William ILLINGWORTH

  General Notes:

William was with his parents at St Lawrence Road, Tinsley, Sheffield at the time of the 1911 census. Later he was first a blacksmith in the steel works, then a blacksmith foreman and draugtsman. At the time of the 1939 Register William and his wife Margaret were living in Rotherham with his father-in-law and Margaret's sister Winnie. He is described in the Register as a Foreman Blacksmith. He worked at Hadfield's Sheffield for many years. He was a very principled man and he would never buy a house as he never wanted to owe money. His wife also claimed that he turned down an honour in the Queen's Honours List. Both these dismayed his wife as she would have likesd a legacy to leave. William died at Lodge Moor Hospital, Sheffield

  Burial Notes:

Grave number A 222 RC

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 2 Apr 1911, St Lawrence Road, Tinsley, Yorkshire, England. Son, Born Templeboro, Yorkshire

• Mariage, 28 May 1928, St Bede, Rotherham, Yorkshire, England. Blacksmith, Lord Street, Rotherham

• Census, 1939, 19 Ferham Park, Avenue, Rotherham. Foreman Blacksmith; with parents in-law and wife

• Death, 12 Feb 1974, Lodge Moor Hospital, Sheffield. Foreman Blacksmith (Retired)

William married Margaret Ellen KING, daughter of Joseph KING and Margaret Ellen HOGAN, on 28 May 1928 in St Bede, Rotherham, Yorkshire, England. (Margaret Ellen KING was born on 8 Sep 1901 in Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, died on 5 Oct 1994 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England and was buried on 22 Nov 1994 in Abbey Lane Cemetry, Sheffield, England.)