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Laura Inman BICKERDYKE
1882 - 1902 (20 years) Has 15 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.Set As Default Person
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Name Laura Inman BICKERDYKE Relationship with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 22 Mar 1882 Kirkgate, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England - GRO ref: Bickerdyke, Laura Inman q2 1882 Knaresborough RD 9a 103; GRO online index does not show a mother's maiden name, suggesting a birth out of wedlock.
Details from birth registration entry (image of GRO copy)
Gender Female Census 5 Apr 1891 Kirkgate, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England Child Status Illegitimate Died 17 Dec 1902 Royal Albert Asylum, Lancaster, Lancashire, England Cause: Phthisis Pulmonalis - GRO ref: Bickerdyke, Laura I q4 1902 Lancaster RD 8e 512; GRO online index shows middle name as Inman
Details from death registration entry (image of GRO copy)
Siblings 3 brothers Half-siblings 2 half brothers and 2 half sisters (family of Philip INMAN and Sarah CRAVEN) Patriarch & Matriarch John INMAN, [Parents?], b. Abt 1753, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England , d. Between 1834 and 1836 (Age ~ 81 years) (Grandfather)
Elizabeth METCALF, b. Abt 1812, Kilburn, Yorkshire, England , d. Mar Q 1891, Great Ouseburn Reg Dist, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 79 years) (Grandmother)Notes - Laura suffered an injury, which left her a permanent invalid. She was described as an imbecile and in the Royal Albert Asylum, Lancaster at the time of the 1901 census (most on same page in their teens, all imbeciles) - see http://www.institutions.org.uk/asylums/england/LAN/royal_albert_a sylum.htm. (entry there and registry of death both with her name as at birth, Laura Inman Bickerdyke) The year after Laura was born her mother married Philip Inman - in his will Philip refer's to Laura as "my natural daughter"
Person ID I1204 All | The Inman eighth - ancestors and descendants of Philip Inman and Sarah née Craven Last Modified 18 Jan 2024
Father Philip INMAN, b. 19 Mar 1818, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England , d. 5 Apr 1894, Kirkgate, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England (Age 76 years)
Other Partners: Sarah CRAVEN m. 31 May 1846Mother Hannah BICKERDYKE, b. Dec Q 1856, Great Ouseburn, Yorkshire, England , d. 9 Aug 1924, 90, Wood Street, Norton, Malton, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 68 years)
Other Partners: John BRADLEY m. Jun Q 1909; George FISHER m. Mar Q 1915Married Jun Q 1883 Leeds Reg Dist, Yorkshire, England - GRO ref: Inman, Philip to Bickerdyke, Hannah q2 1883 Leeds RD 9b 627
(the page no. indicates the marriage was not in a Church of England church, but in a Register Office or non-confirmist church)
Family ID F66 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Bickerdyke, Laura Inman q2 1882 Knaresborough RD 9a 103; GRO online index does not show a mother's maiden name, suggesting a birth out of wedlock.
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Event Map Click to hide Born - 22 Mar 1882 - Kirkgate, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England Census - 5 Apr 1891 - Kirkgate, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend
Photos Philip Inman's home in Kirkgate
My 2 x great grandfather seems to have been living in Kirkgate by 1851 and until his death in 1894. These cottages include the one where his youngest son Philip was born in 1892, and this was quite likely where he had lived for all of those years, with both his wives and families.
Described by Philip Inman junior (b.1892) in his autobiography "No Going Back" (p.11):
The home I was born into was a cottage, one of a row of four, long since demolished. They were whitewashed and had thatched…