Richard Cockroft

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: factory worker, at the time of the census in March 1851. ¹²⁹ He was then living with his parents at Shade Lodge, Northowram, Yorkshire

• Occupation: clerk in worsted stuff factory, at the time of the census in April 1861. ¹³⁰ He was then living and supporting his widowed mother at Winn Street, Halifax, Yorkshire

• Occupation: manager, stuff warehouse, at the time of the census in April 1881 and April 1891. ^131,132 He was then living at 17 Richmond Rd, Horton-in-Bradford, Yorkshire with his wife, six children (five in 1891) and a domestic servant.

Richard married Abigail Tetley, daughter of James F Tetley and Sarah Collins, Q2 1862 in Halifax Registration District, Yorks.¹²² (Abigail Tetley was born circa Jul 1840 in Halifax, Yorks ^{133,134,135,136,137} and died Q3 1892 in Bradford Registration District ¹³⁸.)

Richard next married Elizabeth Q3 1893 in Bradford Registration District.¹²³ (Elizabeth was born circa 1841 in Sheffield, Yorks ^{139,140,141,142}.)