Grave numbers 24B + 33G + 36K + 25U + 6U (MI 239 + 259)
Squire Thornton is seated front row, second from right
Close examination of this photo by members of the Dockroyd Graveyard Trust facebook group have identified the photo as having been taken in the former Railway Station yard on the bottom side of the A629 Halifax Road, now the site of the Suzuki Garage. Ingrow St Johns Church can be seen in the top left corner and pedestrians can be seen walking along the A629 footpath.
Thanks to Nikki Denison for providing the following detail:
1. James Gott b. 1824, Cowling d. 11 Feb 1885, Oakworth
Married Mary Hartley b. 1828, Trawden, Lanc d. 2 Dec 1876, Oakworth
Married on 27 Dec 1847 at Saint Mary’s Church, Trawden, Lanc.
James listed as full age (23), bachelor, profession Woolcomber, living at Lidget at Oakworth, literate as signed himself, father Samuel Gott (a Tailor).
Mary listed as a minor (19), spinster, no profession, living at The Hole at Trawden, illiterate as mark of cross, father James Hartley (a weaver).
1851 Census living at 24 Lidget, Oakworth
James aged 27, Woolcomber
Mary aged 21, no profession
Hartley (son) aged 2
Mary Ann, aged 3 months
Plus 2 uncle-in-laws and a female cousin living with them.
1861 Census living at 106 Lidget, Oakworth
James aged 37, Hawker to Greengrocer
Mary aged 32, no profession
Mary Ann, aged 10, Scholar
Samuel, aged 7, Scholar
Jane, aged 5, Scholar
James, aged 1
1871 Census living at 109 Lidget, Oakworth
James aged 47, Hawking Draper
Mary aged 41, Housekeeper
Mary Ann, aged 20, Worsted cotton weaver
Samuel, aged 17, Joiner Apprentice
Jane, aged 15, Spinner at factory
James, aged 11, Spinner at factory
Susan, aged 6, Scholar
Arthur, aged 1
James listed as Grocer and Draper at Samuels marriage on 29th July 1876
1881 Census living at 136 Lidget, Oakworth
James aged 57, Grocer
Mary aged 54, No profession
Jane, aged 25, Draper
James, aged 21, Tailor
Susan, aged 16, Worsted spinner
James and Mary had 4 children die either before 5 or were stillborn.