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Mary ("Polly") INMAN
1855 - 1916 (60 years)
Has 17 ancestors and 19 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Mary ("Polly") INMAN Nickname Polly Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 14 Oct 1855 Kirkgate, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England 
- GRO ref: Inman, Mary q4 1855 Knaresborough RD 9a 89; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Craven
Baptised 7 Mar 1856 St. John the Baptist Church, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England Gender Female Education 1861 Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England Scholar Census7 Apr 1861 Water Bag Bank, Kirkgate, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England Census 7 Apr 1861 Water Bag Bank, Kirkgate, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England Occupation 1871 Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England Dress maker Census2 Apr 1871 Kirkgate, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England Died 2 Sep 1916 77, Princess Street, South Bank, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England Siblings2 brothers and 1 sister Half-siblings3 half brothers and 1 half sister (family of Philip INMAN and Hannah BICKERDYKE) Patriarch & Matriarch 
John INMAN, d. Yes, date unknown (Great Grandfather)
Mary STEEL, b. Est 1747, (probably in or near), Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England, d. 1805, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 58 years) (Great Grandmother) Person ID I154 All | The Inman eighth - ancestors and descendants of Philip Inman and Sarah née Craven Last Modified 15 Nov 2022
Father Philip INMAN, b. 19 Mar 1818, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England , d. 5 Apr 1894, Kirkgate, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England (Age 76 years)
Other Partners: Hannah BICKERDYKE m. Jun Q 1883Mother Sarah CRAVEN, bap. 14 Feb 1813, St. James’ Church, Colchester, Essex, England , d. 18 Jan 1879, Kirkgate, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 65 years) Married 31 May 1846 St. John the Baptist Church, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England - GRO ref: q2 1846 Knaresborough RD 23 323
Why didn't Philip and Sarah marry until 1846? Hannah was born in 1843, but Philip was Hannah's father (according to his will) and both Philip and Sarah had witnessed the wedding of Philip's brother Isaiah Inman in 1838, so they must have known each other for some time. But it was only when Hannah was pregnant with their second child that they married. Apprentices were not allowed to marry, but Philip was too old to be an apprentice, nor does he appear to have been away in the forces.
Curiously, he didn't marry his second wife either until after his first child with her was born (again, he claimed her daughter as his natural child in his will).
David Greenwood and Jane Clough witnessed the marriage. I don't know the connection to either, but a Jane Clough (age 45) was in the same household as Emma Craven (age 15, a linen winder) in the 1841 census, so maybe Jane was a Craven relation. (In the same house there was another Jane Clough age 35 b Scotland with a Matthew age 30 and Frederick age 8 - both born Yorks)
Certificate for the marriage of Philip Inman to Sarah Craven Family ID F65 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Ralph TARRAN, b. Abt 1849, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England , d. 30 May 1874, Knaresborough Reg Dist, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 25 years)
Other Partners: Annabella HODGSON m. Dec Q 1867Married 18 Aug 1873 Minster Church of St. Peter’s, Leeds, Yorkshire, England - GRO ref: Tarran, Ralph to Inman, Mary q3 1873 Leeds RD 9b 632
Children 1. Annie Elizabeth TARRAN, b. 20 Dec 1873, 16, Greenmount, Holbeck, Yorkshire, England , d. Yes, date unknown▻ Ben Watson BARKER m. Dec Q 1904Last Modified 15 Nov 2022 Family ID F3195 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Paul Batty LEADSTONE, b. Jun Q 1858, Skipwith, Yorkshire, England , d. Jun Q 1932, Middlesbro' Reg Dist, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 74 years) Married 25 Sep 1875 Leeds, Yorkshire, England - GRO ref: Leadston, Paul Batty to Tarran, Mary q3 1875 Leeds RD 9b 771
The 1911 census shows that Paul and Mary had had 10 children, 9 of whom were still living
Children9 children Last Modified 7 Jun 2021 Family ID F92 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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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…