John Eddowes

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Taken on May 22nd, 1842 at Beast Market and sourced from Chester Chronicle.

1852-05-22 John Eddowes Death

This picture was taken on May 22nd, 1842 at Beast Market and sourced from Chester Chronicle.

Individual Picture Notes
- SUDDEN DEATHS. - On Sunday last, Mr. John Eddowes, cowkeeper, residing at Beast Market, Wrexham ate his dinner in his usual health and spirits; but after rising from the table he fell down; and instantly expired.
  An inquest was held on the body before Bevis Heywood Thelwall Esq., and a respectable jury, when a verdict of "Died by visitation of God" was returned. Deceased was about 55 years of age.

Worthen

Birth Notes

Born 1797 if 55 when buried in 1852 (although 52 on death record).

Cant find any birth record in Wales, but assumed to have come from Holt, near Wrexham.

April 1851, Age 55, born Wrexham, Denbighshire
May 1852: Aged about 55 when died.
So born 1796-7

Married by licence, so may not originally be from Wrexham or Brymbo, possibly Shropshire:

Name:    John Eddowes
Baptism date    21 Aug 1797
Denomination    Anglican
Place    Worthen, Shropshire
Father:    John Eddowes
Mother:    Elizabeth Eddowes
Register type    Baptism & Burial
Register date range    1778-1799
Archive reference    P315/A/1/4
Page    59
Record set    Shropshire Baptisms
Subcategory    Parish Baptisms
Collections from    Great Britain, England

John Eddowes

Elizabeth Jones

Ralph

Thomas

Esther

Beast Market

Brymbo

Death Notes

Died before 1861, when wife Mary was a widower, living with daughter Esther Brereton and family.

2 Possible John Eddowes Deaths in Wrexham: (1837-1860)
Deaths Jun 1852   Wrexham 11b, 249    WM/010/40, Aged 52
Deaths Dec 1859   Wrexham 11b, 240    WM/016/20, Aged 60

Mary should be in Birkenhead somewhere, but John is probably buried at St Chad Holt, Gresford or Brymbo, both just outside Wrexham.

May 1852: SUDDEN DEATHS. - On Sunday last, Mr. John Eddowes, cowkeeper, residing at Beast Market, Wrexham ate his dinner in his usual health and spirits; but after rising from the table he fell down; and instantly expired.
An inquest was held on the body before Bevis Heywood Thelwall Esq., and a respectable jury, when a verdict of "Died by visitation of God" was returned. Deceased was about 55 years of age.

Died the Sunday before 22-May which is the 16th

Name:     John Eddowes
Event Type:     Burial
Event Date:     12 May 1852
Event Place:     Brymbo, Denbighshire, Wales
Age:     55
Birth Year (Estimated):     1797
Digital Folder Number:    004631666
Anode: Wrexham Regis

General Notes

John and Mary are my 3x great grandparents. John is from the Beast Market, Wrexham. Johs may have somtimes gone by the name Joseph (e.g. on daughter Elizabeth's marriage).

13 Mar 1826, John Eddowes, a Maltster married Mary Whitfield by licence.

In 1827, Elizabeth's baptism also shows John a Malster

There is another John Eddowes from Wrexham b.1814, also a Maltster, also married to Mary (see 1851 Manchester census).

9 May 1852, John died aged 55. The closest birth match is another John from Worthen, Shropshire, son of John and Elizabeth. He was born about a year after John and Elizabeth Ford married at Worthern in 1797. There are no more baptisms there, so the family may have moved on (i.e. to Wrexham). However, that family moved to Westbury and had Thomas (1799), Edward (1801), William (1803), Sanuel (1805), George (1807), Ann (1810). This in not our John!

An older John Eddowes had the Tannery in the Beast Market by the Old National School. It was formerly held by William Poynton, tanner, and after by Mr Walter Jones. Died Nov 19 1799, and was buried at Marchwiel (from Wrexham Parish History).

In 1827, when Elizabeth was baptised, the family were at Bank Street, Wrexham. They were also at Bank Street when Mary Ann was baptised, this time John shown as a Carrier. Must be the same John, as same address (and it appears Elizabeth got baptised again).

In 1835, when Esther was baptised, John was a farmer at Common Wood (Gresford).

In 1847, they may still havre been at Holt when Johns daughter Elizabeth had her first child.

In 1851 John (55, a Coal Jagger, born Wrexham) was with his Mary (47, born Gresford), at the Beast Market, Wrexham. They were with children Edmund (17), Esther (15), John and Thomas (both 12), Lydia (10), William (8) and Mathew (4). Elizabeth and George had already left home and married. In 1851, Another John and Mary Eddowes family were at Manchester, also a Maltster (they married at Wrexham in 1841).

Mary (John's wife) was recorded as a Farmers Widow in 1861, so John must have been a farmer earlier in his life.

Mrs Eddowes and Mr William Owen Eddowes (1786-1850) held land and a tannery adjacent to the Beast Market (before 1896, sold in 1824), so may be a parents or close relatives, anthough now thought not.

In 1836 Esther, daughter of John and Mary, Farmer at Common Wood, was baptised. Common Wood in by Gresford and Holt, so it seems very likely Thomas of Pike Green, Gresford in 1851 is John's brother.

According to the births of the children, the family moved from Holt to Wrexham about 1839-40. Unfortunately, there are no Census records for Wrexham 1841 that have survived.

John's death was recorded at the Beast Market, Wrexham in 1852. His wife Mary then moved to her daughter's Esther in Birkenhead where she died in 1868

Occupation Details
- From 1826 to after 1827 John's occupation was Maltster in Wrexham.
  - Occupation Notes
    - Maltster in 1826 (when married), and 1827 when Elizabeth baptised. Abode Bank Street
  From 1829 his occupation was Carrier in Wrexham.
  - Occupation Notes
    - John a Carrier, not a Malster, but still at Bank Street, Wrexham (Ann and Elizabeth's baptisms)
  From November 1833 his occupation was Labourer in Holt.
  - Occupation Notes
    - A labourer at Holt when Edmund baptised
  From 1836 his occupation was Farmer and Cowkeeper in agriculture at Cattle Market. He died in May 1852 while still employed there.
  - Occupation Notes
    - John was recorded as a Farmer on Esther (and Thomas and John's) baptism and marriage certificate of 1853, and a Cowkeeper at his inquest. However, in between he seems to also have had other occupations, perhaps part-time.
      
      In 1838, John Eddowes was a farmer at Common Wood.
  From 1851 his occupation was Coal Jagger in mining / energy at Cattle Market. He died in May 1852 while still employed there.
  - Occupation Notes
    - 1851 Census
  From 1853 his occupation was Farmer in agriculture at Cattle Market. He died while still employed there.
  - Occupation Notes
    - Described as a farmer on Esther's 1853 marriage to Richard Brereton, although had recently died in 1852, a Jagger.

Occupancy & Contact Details
- John lived at Beast Market from 1851.¹
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Home of John and Mary Eddowes, with their children: Edmund, Esther, John, Thomas, Lydia, William and John in 1851.
      Next to Hayes Entry. Beach Market is difficult to read, so may not be "Beach"

Social & Emotional Relationships
- John was a relative of Thomas Eddowes.
  - Relationship Notes
    - John (and wife Mary) married & Thomas (and wife Charlotte) all buried at Brymbo
  John was a relative of John Eddowes.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Another John and Mary Eddowes family from Wrexham, probably related as Charlotte used as Mother and daughters name.
      Also, both John's Maltsters, and married at Wrexham and Brymbo.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John Eddowes
  - b.1767 d.Jan 1834 in Wrexham
  
  John Eddowes
  - b.1797 in Worthen d.09 May 1852 at Beast Market
  
  Elizabeth Jones
  - b.~ 1770

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John Eddowes

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