Biographies of people buried between 1857 - 1869

Joseph Brotherton (1783 – 1857) – Salford’s First MP

Leopold Reiss (1803 – 1857) – Merchant and Importer from China

David Madeley (1799 – 1857) – Canal Carrier based at Castlefield, Manchester

Mary Harvey (1790 – 1857) – Wife of William Harvey, Mayor of Salford.

John Lowe (1815 – 1857) – Slate Merchant

Thomas Boothman (1792 – 1857) – Secretary of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce.

James Woolley (1811 – 1858) – Manufacturer of phamaceuticals and photographic chemicals.

Samuel Holroyd (1773 – 1858) – Founding member of the Oddfellows Duchess of Devonshire Lodge.

Mary Ann Lee (1800 – 1859) – Sister of Daniel Lee, prominent Roman Catholic.

William Blundell (1795 – 1859) – Engineer, born in the ancient Forest of Arden.

Peter Hulme Edge (1810 – 1859) – Surgeon of Chapel Street, Salford.

Ralph Ratcliffe Kilvert (1820 – 1860) – House Painter in Salford

Samuel Horabin (1820 – 1860) – Iron Moulder from Willington, Derbyshire

James Coulburn (1808 – 1861) – Dedicated Tee-totaller

Martha Brotherton (1783 – 1861) – Wife of Joseph Brotherton and author of a Vegetarian Cookery book.

John Millers (1800 – 1861) – Marble and Stone Mason at New Bailey Street, Salford.

David Balfour (1799 – 1861) – Engineer and Foreman at the Soho Foundry, Pollard Street, Manchester.

Thomas Fuller (1791 – 1861) – Machinist and Toolmaker, and Alderman for Salford Council.

Hannah Dean (1845 – 1862) – killed on a level crossing

Rev. George Corney (1794 – 1862) – Independent Minister of Religion.

Jonathan Preston (Killed at work) (1816 – 1863) – Mill engineer killed when an engine beam collapsed

John William Boothman (1804 – 1863) – Owner of a colliery, works and farm near Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire.

Henry Southern (1797 – 1863) – Builder, renown for building the Triumphal Arch at Peel Park, Salford.

John William Edge (1803 – 1864) – Craftsman Gun Maker at King Street, Manchester.

Benjamin Lang (1806 – 1864) – Publican and Music Hall Proprietor

Thomas Ashworth (1800 – 1865) – Senior Partner in a cotton mill and Alderman of Salford Council

William Rymer (1822 – 1865) – Commission Agent in Textiles

John Parry (1804 – 1866) – Engraver to a Calico Printer and photography pioneer.

George Collier (1800 – 1866) – Clerk to a Bookkeeper and member of Hulme Bible Christian Church.

Thomas Goadsby (1805 – 1866) – Druggist, Oil Merchant and Wine Merchant. Mayor of Manchester 1860-61.

William Drinkwater (1791 – 1867) – Owned Salford Woollen Mill and lived at Monks Hall, Eccles.

Cpt. Lancelot Kerby Edwards (1838 – 1867) – Soldier in the 54th Regiment of Foot and took part in the Indian Mutiny.

Patrick Nurney (1837 – 1868) – Violinist, stabbed to death at the Cambridge Inn beer house, Regent Road, Salford.

Lanag’s Victorian Music Hall Disaster (N/A – 1868) – 23 people died and 10 buried at Weaste cemetery.

Henry Leigh Trafford (1809 – 1869) – Salford Magistrate

Henry Pollard (1807 – 1869) – Undertaker and prominent member of Salford Oddfellows.

Joseph Ashworth (1813 – 1869) – Cotton Goods Merchant and Alderman for Salford Council

Richard Gibson (1819 – 1869) – Solicitor at 42

John Dalton Street, and later King Street, Manchester

Joh Skerratt (1785 – 1869) – Soldier in the Grenadier Guards who participated in the Battle of Waterloo.

William Boyce Webb Lindley (1801 – 1869) – Distinguished cellist and Professor of Music (Music Teacher)

Francis Goadsby (1779 – 1869) – Druggist on Chapel Street, Salford, and prominent member of the New Jerusalem Church.

William Baylis (1828 – 1869) – Shared a Draper’s shop with his wife in Hulme