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Laura Inman BICKERDYKE

Laura Inman BICKERDYKE

Female 1882 - 1902  (20 years)    Has 15 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name Laura Inman BICKERDYKE 
    Relationshipwith Teresa Ann GOATHAM
    Born 22 Mar 1882  Kirkgate, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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 See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    Child Status Illegitimate 
    Died 17 Dec 1902  Royal Albert Asylum, Lancaster, Lancashire, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    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 See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1834 and 1836  (Age ~ 81 years)  (Grandfather) 
    Elizabeth METCALF,   b. Abt 1812, Kilburn, Yorkshire, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar Q 1891, Great Ouseburn Reg Dist, Yorkshire, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (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 See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1894, Kirkgate, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    Other Partners: Sarah CRAVEN  m. 31 May 1846  
    Mother Hannah BICKERDYKE,   b. Dec Q 1856, Great Ouseburn, Yorkshire, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 1924, 90, Wood Street, Norton, Malton, Yorkshire, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years)
    Other Partners: John BRADLEY  m. Jun Q 1909;   George FISHER  m. Mar Q 1915  
    Married Jun Q 1883  Leeds Reg Dist, Yorkshire, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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

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    Philip Inman's home in Kirkgate
    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…