Levi Waterhouse
Levi was born on October 13th, 1811 in
Hayfield, Derby and his baptism took place there on November 5th, 1811 conducted by Mr Crowther.
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Birth Notes
Age 35 1841 census
Age 69 1881 census
Minister's name from a note by Levi Waterhouse in 1857
Parish register
November Baptized
5 Levi Son of Joseph and Leah Waterhouse
Levi's father was
Joseph Waterhouse and his mother was
Leah Torner. His paternal grandparents were
James Waterhouse and
Mary; his maternal grandparents were
George Torner and
Mary. He had two brothers and six sisters, named
William,
Joseph,
Harriott,
Hannah,
Grace,
Elizabeth,
Caroline and
Alice. He was the second oldest of the nine children. He died from a stroke, Softening of Brain, at the age of 74 on April 6th, 1886 in
29 Hartwood Road Southport.
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Death Notes
Death registered Q2 1886 @Ormskirk 8b p495
Entry 374 in North Meols Sub-district of Ormskirk; registered on 6 April 1886 by E. Gough present at the death
Obituary from Minutes of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference 1886
LEVI WATERHOUSE who was born near New Mills ,
Derbyshire, in 1811. His mother’s religious influence was
gratefully acknowledged by him in his after life. He joined the
Church in 1829. Yielding to the Divine call. He offered himself
for the Ministry, and was sent to the Warringtom Circuit in
1835. His preaching was rich in evangelical truth, and many
conversions took place under the word. He laboured to dis-
charge all the duties of his calling, and was a faithful minister
of Jesus Christ. In all his Circuits God gave him the hearts
of the people. He was greatly beloved out side our own Church;
ministers and people held his name in honour. His piety was
deep and constant. He was a man of prayer, and drew his
power from Divine sources. The latest scene of his public
effort was the Prayer-meeting. Even when his faculties were
failing his prayers were mighty, and had power with God. He
became a Supernumerary in 1880. The last few months of his
life were passed under a deep mental cloud, but God was with
him. That which had been his constant thought for many
years still possessed him, and he was restlessly anxious to do
the work of the Lord. The cloud was not permitted to remain.
God mercifully released His servant. He died at Southport, on
April 6th, 1886, in the seventy-fifth year of his age, and the
fifty-first of his ministry.
Probate by Charles Arthur Clulow,solicitor, 26 8 1886 Personal Estate £580 4s 10d
THE REV LEVI WATERHOUSE
FOR 51 YEARS A WESLEYAN MINISTER
SON OF JOSEPH AND LEAH WATERHOUSE
BORN OCTOBER 13TH 1811 DIED APRIL 6 TH 1881
SUSANNAH EDITH ELIZA HIS WIFE
BORN SEPTEMBER 1[09]TH 1817 DIED DECEMBER 2?TH 1886
BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD THEY REST FROM THEIR
LAORS AND THEIR WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM
WITH CHRIST WHICH IS FAR BETTER
ALSO ALICE LEAH DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED FEBRUARY 7 1926 AGED 65 YEARS
Levi and
Hannah were married in a religious ceremony on August 13th, 1839 in
Parish church Glossop by Vicar Rev. C. Howe and witnessed by James Fielding, Elizabeth Poyser.
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Family Notes
Levi Waterhouse Hayfield &c 19 439
1839 July-Sep
Married at Glossop 13 August 1839 by Licence in the Church #237 in register
Witnesses James Fielding and Elizabeth Poyser
Staffordshire Advertiser 24 August 1839
On the 13th instant, at Glossop, by the Rev. C. Howe, the Rev. Levi
Waterhouse, Wesleyan minister, of Newcastle-under-Lyme, to Miss Mil-
ner, of New Mills, Derbyshire