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John Hamer & Ruth Gledhill

John and Ruth were married in a religious ceremony on May 19th, 1834 in Huddersfield.¹ They had a biological daughter named Elizabeth. They also had a foster son named Alfred.

Personal Details
- John Hamer
  John is no longer alive.
  
  Ruth Gledhill
  Ruth was born in 1815.

Children
- Elizabeth Gledhill
  Elizabeth was born on May 14th, 1835 in Berry Brow and her baptism took place on July 10th, 1848 at Berry Brow Salem NC.²
  - Birth Notes
    
    Elizabeth Gledhill - Daughter of Ruth Gledhill, Berry Brow daughter of Mathew Gledhill Clothier Berry Brow of Lockund in the Parish of Almondbury
    
    Aged 4 on 1841 census at Berry Brow, (in Betty Gladhills household)
  Alfred Gleadhill
  Alfred was born in 1837 in Berry Brow.³
  - Birth Notes
    
    Aged 3 on 1841 census at Berry Brow, (in Betty Gladhills household).
    
    Next to Elizabeth on census record, so assumed to be son of Ruth.
  He died at the age of 7 in 1844 in Berry Brow.⁴
  - Death Notes
    
    Name:    Alfred Gledhill
    Registration Year:    1844
    Registration Quarter:    Jan-Feb-Mar
    Registration district:    Huddersfield, Yorkshire West Riding
    Volume:    22
    Page:    252
    This may not be correct death, or the mother was Mary Gledhill, so perhaps a cousin, and not Ruth's child.

¹ West Yorkshire BMB 1512-1812
² West Yorkshire Non-Conformist Records
³ 1841 UK Census
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