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PRIESTLEY
The PRIESTLEYs
were workers in the stone quarries of West Riding and North
Derbyshire, the stone dust they breathed caused the early deaths of
many of the men.
My children's
great-grandfather, Joseph Priestley,
was born near Hade Edge where his father and grandfather had worked
in the quarries before him. He served in the army in WWI along with
his elder brother Herbert.
Both brothers moved to Glossop where they worked in Glossop Low Quarries, Joe later worked a stone planing machine.
Herbert's sons were the last quarrymen in the family, working at Mouselow quarry; Leslie was a gravestone cutter and Stanley a stone dresser.
This is the direct line I am following; I have more detail on these people and some other information on the branches.
Joshua PRIESTLEY
(c1826 - 1894) married Mary HEPPENSTALL (1829-1880) in 1859
delver in a stone quarry
Children: Richard 1859
- c1911
Mary 1868 - 1888
Clara 1872 - 1887
Richard PRIESTLEY
married Eliza NORTH in 1878
delver in a stone quarry
Children: Elizabeth
(1879 3 days)
Hannah (1880-
Ellen (1883-
Herbert (1885-
Harry (1888-
Emma (1889-
Adam and Eve
(July 1894-August-1894)
Joseph (1897-1955)
Joseph PRIESTLEY
married Ethel BATES in 1921
quarry worker
Children: Ronald
(1925-1944) killed in action
Kenneth (1930-1966)
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