PCPLOD178 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 The Coldwell family ran the pub from about 1850 to 1895 or thereabouts. Robert Coldwell, 1821-1889, was my Great Great Grandfather, and his wife, Eliza Coldwell, need Batty, 1821-1905, my G.G. Grandmother. They had a son, James 1845- ????, and two daughters, Emma, 1848-1904, and Sarah, 1851-1912. Sarah married Francis (Frank) Wilson, I think he was from Snig Hill, 1847-1887, and they had four daughters, Clara 1872-1949, Gertrude 1872-1948, Emma (my grandmother) 1877-1949, and Eliza, 1874-1929. Gertrude and Eliza remained spinsters and worked at Queen Ethelburger's School for Girls, at Harrogate as matron and housekeeper respectively. The only one of these ancestors I knew was my lovely Auntie Gertie, who I loved to bits. Emma married Henry Bunker, a works Constable, who was from Epsom, where he had been a butler and later a poiice officer. Clara married George Baker, and they had John Willie, Frances Eliza, and Constance Gertrude. Frank Wilson died aged 30 in 1877, shortly after or during a term of imprisonment for having something to do with fiddling an election result. He is the mystery of the family. I only knew Gertrude, and would like to hear from anyone who has family connected with any of the others. I came across the Coldwell family whilst researching my own immediate family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 ...Frank Wilson died aged 30 in 1877, shortly after or during a term of imprisonment for having something to do with fiddling an election result...Hi - I don't know if you have access to scanned newspapers, but this report appeared in the Leeds Mercury of 12 March 1877. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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