Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameWilliam MORRIS, 3C2R
Birth31 Dec 1891, Horsforth, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Death15 Jun 1965, Horsforth, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
OccupationDyer’s Labourer
FatherJames MORRIS (1858-)
MotherSusannah JACKSON (~1857-)
Spouses
Birth16 Oct 1906
Death11 May 1991, Horsforth, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
ChildrenIan (1939-2003)
Notes for William MORRIS
In the January to March 1892 birth index William Morris, Wharfedale district, West Riding Yorkshire, volume 9a, page 115

In the 1901 census Broadgate Lane, Horsforth, Yorkshire
Head James Morris, age 44, stone quarry owner, employer, born Horsforth
Wife Susannah Morris, age 44, born Horsforth
Daughter Mary A. Morris, single, age 23, dressmaker, worker, born Horsforth
Daughter Elizabeth Morris, single, age 19, woolen weaver, worker, born Horsforth
Daughter Annie Morris, single, age 18, born Horsforth
Son James Morris, single, age 17, joiner’s apprentice [carpenter], worker, born Horsforth
Son Alfred Morris, single, age 15, shoe maker, worker, born Horsforth
Son Ernest Morris, single, age 13, shoe maker, worker, born Horsforth
Son William Morris, age 10, born Horsforth
Son Harold Morris, age 5, born Horsforth
Daughter Gladys Morris, age 3, born Horsforth
Son Fred Morris, age 7 months, born Horsforth

In the 1911 census Broadgate Lane, Horsforth, Leeds, Yorkshire
Head James Morris, age 53, quarry man delver [digger] at a stone quarry, born Horsforth
Wife Susannah Morris, age 52, married 34 years, 12 children born alive, 10 still living, born Horsforth
Daughter Annie Morris, age 28, single, born Horsforth
Son Alfred Morris, age 24, single, boot repairer, worker, born Horsforth
Son William Morris, age 19, single, dyers labourer, cotton industry, worker, born Horsforth
Son Harold Morris, age 15, dyers labourer, cotton industry, born Horsforth
Daughter Gladys Morris, age 12, school, born Horsforth
Son Fred Morris, age 10, school, born Horsforth

Parish Records St. Paul, Glass Houghton, West Yorkshire
Marriage April 20, 1935
William Morris, age 43, bachelor, foreman dyers finisher, of 8 Broadgate Lane, Horsforth, father James Morris (deceased), father was a quarry man and
Brenda May Smith, age 28, spinster, of ‘Wood Lea’ Glass Houghton, father Abraham Smith, winding engine man
after banns
In the presence of Sarah Wade Smith, William Taylor, Martha Smith, Abrham Smith and ??? Smith Jr?
[Glass Houghton is south east of Leeds]

In the April to June 1935 marriage index William Morris and Brenda M. Smith, Pontrefact district, West Riding Yorkshire, volume 9c, page 295

1939 England and Wales Register
8 North Broadgate Lane, Horsforth, West Riding Yorkshire
1. William Morris, born December 31 1891, married, Textile Dying Productive Process Foreman
2. Brenda M. Morris, born October 16 1906, married, housewife unpaid

In the April to June 1965 death index William Morris, age 73, Wharfedale district, West Riding Yorkshire, volume 2d, page 645

National Probate Calendar
William Morris of 52 Broadgate lane Horsforth Yorkshire died 15 June 1965 Probate Wakefield 15 July 1965 to Yorkshire Bank Limited. effects 1002 pounds
Notes for Brenda May (Spouse 1)
National Probate Calendar
Brenda May Morris of 12 Lee Lane East Horsforth Leeds died 11 May 1991 Probate Leeds 9 September 1991. Not exceeding 125 000 pounds
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