James Worster

1805 - 1874  (~ 69 years)

• Name	James Worster
  	Possible confusion with the James Worster on the miscellaneous tree - see notes
  Birth	Abt. 1805	Billesdon, Leicestershire   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Jun 1874	Arthur Street, Keighley, Yorkshire   [2]
  	Name recorded as Worcester. Occupation: A machine woolcomber Cause of death: Pneumonia Informant: John Worcester of Arthur Street, Keighley [2]
  Person ID	I1	James Worster (b.1805)
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	William Worster,   b. 18 Jun 1781   d. UNKNOWN
  Mother	Rebecca Woodford,   b. 1 Jan 1769   d. 1848 (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	23 Jan 1804	Billesdon, Leicestershire   [3]
  Family ID	F13	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marsella Dunn,   b. Abt. 1811, Dublin, Ireland d. Bet. Jan-Mar 1884, Keighley, Yorkshire (Age ~ 73 years)
  Marriage	20 Feb 1840	St Peter, Bradford, Yorkshire   [4]
  	Marsella was a widow and married under the name Marsella Brook [4]
  Children	+ 1. John Worster,   b. 17 Aug 1840, Bowling, Yorkshire d. Bet. Apr-Jun 1903, Keighley, Yorkshire (Age 62 years)   2. Isaac Worster,   b. Abt. 1842   d. Bef. 6 May 1845, Bradford, Yorkshire (Age ~ 3 years)   3. James Worster,   b. Bet. Jul-Sep 1844, Bradford, Yorkshire d. Bet. Jan-Mar 1846, Bradford, Yorkshire (Age ~ 1 years)   4. Anne Worster,   b. Abt. 1846, Bradford, Yorkshire d. UNKNOWN   5. Elizabeth Worster,   b. Abt. 1851, Bradford, Yorkshire d. UNKNOWN + 6. William Worster,   b. Abt. 1853, Bradford, Yorkshire d. UNKNOWN   7. Marsella Worster,   b. Bet. Jan-Mar 1854, Bradford, Yorkshire d. UNKNOWN
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2017

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt. 1805 - Billesdon, Leicestershire Marriage - 20 Feb 1840 - St Peter, Bradford, Yorkshire  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Possible confusion between two James Worsters: Both born around the same time. One from Billesdon in Leicestershire and the other unknown. Both died in West Yorkshire, one in 1866 in the Skipton workhouse and the other in 1874 in Keighley. The one from Leicestershire had a family and was consistently a woolcomber and the other a railway labourer on his death certificate. We now believe the one with the family to be the one who died in Keighley in 1874 as (a) his occupation was given as a woolcomber, (b) the informant was a John Worcester (likely his son, but it doesn't specify) and (c) his wife Martha was down as married on the 1871 census and widowed on the 1881 census. None of this is conclusive, but on balance we believe this to be the case. This of course does leave a "stray" James Worster on the miscellaneous tree.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] 1851 Census, Registration district: Bradford, Sub-registration district: Bradford East End, ED: 46, Household schedule number: 138, Piece: 2307, Folio: 486, Page 43 (Reliability: 3). [S28] Death Certificate, Wooster Family Group (Nick Wooster) (Reliability: 2). [S18] England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973, FHL Film Number: 585309 (Reliability: 3). [S1] West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935 (Reliability: 3).