Biographies of people buried between 1880 - 1889

Samuel Dewhurst (1826 – 1880) – Cotton manufacturer and Alderman

Mary Rostron (1805 – 1880) – Prominent role in the Bible Christian Church, Salford.

John Wood (1830 – 1880) – Hotel publican and member of Freemasons, Druids, Foresters and Shepherds.

James Albert Bostock (1848 – 1880) – Member of the Bible

Christian Church who died in Melbourne, Australia.

Wright Turner JP (1810 – 1880) – Mayor of Salford 1864/68. Cotton Mill Owner by profession.

Peter Gendall (1797 – 1881) – Alderman and Builder

The Unknown Man (N/A – 1881) – Drowned in River Irwell.

George Little QC (1815 – 1881) – First full-time Vice Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

Holden Veevers (1801 – 1881) – Cotton Spinner and Manufacturer at Romiley, Cheshire.

Mercy Merrill (1834 – 1881) – Wife of Quartermaster Jacob Merrill of 18th Hussars.

William Percival Pochin (1875 – 1881) – Child who was related to prominent Mayor of Salford.

Ralph Milner (1818 – 1882) – Doctor

Aaron Unsworth (1806 – 1882) – Brickmaker, buried on same day as his wife.

James Halsall (1854 – 1882) – (Killed at Work) Railway Guard who fell off a moving train at Blackpool.

John Bellingham (1834 – 1883) – Salford Police Constable

Reverend William Knox (1818 – 1883) – Pastor of Chapel Street Chapel.

Richard Dearden (1814 – 1883) – Councillor and member of Board of Guardians

Thomas Maxwell (1830 – 1883) – Chandler and Temperance supporter

John Slaughter (1852 – 1883) – Fireman who died suddenly aged 31.

John Butterworth (1827 – 1883) – Foreman at Salford Gas Works

John Bailey (1814 – 1884) – Mechanical Engineer and Salford Councillor.

James Lightbown (1817 – 1884) – In partnership with his brother

Henry, and William Aspinal, making Wallpaper.

Rev Peter Rathbone Berry (1845 – 1884) – Minister of the New Windsor Chapel, Broad Street, Salford.

James and Catherine Malone (N/A – 1885) – The Pendleton Mystery

Timothy Boddington (1817 – 1885) – Salford Corn Merchant

The Clifton Hall Colliery Disaster (N/A – 1885) – The Clifton Hall Colliery Disaster of 1885

William Jee (1844 – 1885) – Circus Clown with his three brothers, known as The Jee Brothers.

Benjamin Lowe (1853 – 1885) – Blacksmith’s Striker, but committed suicide when out of work.

Allen Douglas (1844 – 1885) – Constable with Salford Borough Police.

Ezekiel Hartshorne (1806 – 1885) – Iron Moulder who wrote and displayed the longest poem at Weaste Cemetery.

John Elkanah Armitage (1853 – 1885) – Fifth son of Benjamin Armitage MP

Joseph Rufus Chadwick (1849 – 1885) – He and his wife both drowned at sea due to the sinking of the SS Cheerful.

Samuel Linley Southern (1826 – 1885) – Fustian Manufacturer and Merchant. Also Overseer of the Poor.

William Derbyshire (1846 – 1885) – Killed at work when overcome by fumes at Salford Gas Works.

Thomas Barlow (1823 – 1885) – Mayor of Salford and Provisions Dealer.

Henry Flynn (1852 – 1885) – Trumpeter in the band of the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards

Edward Kirk (1832 – 1886) – Worsley Station Master and Editor

James Swindlehurst (1815 – 1886) – Cordwainer (Shoemaker/mender or Leathergoods Worker).

John Clegg Boond (1809 – 1886) – Clerk in a Dye Works whose niece wrote “The Secret Garden.”

William Brassington (1822 – 1887) – Tailor and member of Salford Board of Guardians

Joseph Exell (1819 – 1887) – Methodist Minister

George William Marsden (1841 – 1887) – Warehouseman and Temperance supporter

Charles Jenkinson Handforth (1821 – 1887) – Provisions Dealer and Congregationalist

James Burnett (1817 – 1887) – Grocer and Salford Councillor

Charles Ashley (1818 – 1887) – Skirt Manufacturer and Temperance supporter.

Christopher Graham (1828 – 1887) – Soldier in the 64th Regiment of Foot and saw service in the Indian Mutiny

Rev Joseph Exell (1819 – 1887) – Methodist Minister and Non-Conformist Minister for Weaste Cemetery.

Rev. George Parry Jenkins (1854 – 1887) – Curate of the Stowell Memorial Church, Salford.

Hannah Phillips (1821 – 1887) – Proprietor of a Private School in Rochdale

Charles Bronson (1850 – 1887) – Mechanic who lived in Hulme, Manchester.

Thomas Jackson (1845 – 1888) – Active member of Pendleton Society of Spiritualists.

William Henry Meakin (1845 – 1888) – Manager of Kingston Mills and Salford Councillor.

Ralph Dyer Webb (Killed at work) (1843 – 1888) – Prison Warder killed by prisoner

Samuel Hayhurst (Killed at work) (1867 – 1888) – Carter received fatal injuries from machinery.

Charles Sydney Grundy (1819 – 1888) – Calico and General Merchant. Mayor of Manchester 1877-79

Thomas Reynolds (senior) (1818 – 1888) – Bandsman in the 20th Regiment of Foot and musical instrument business.

Samuel Hayhurst (1867 – 1888) – Dragged into a machine.

John Roberts (1818 – 1889) – Printer and lay preacher

Joseph John Armitage (1830 – 1889) – Cotton Manufacturer

Edward Roberts (1840 – 1889) – Chief Cashier and Welsh Methodist

James Thomas Margerison (1844 – 1889) – American Civil War Cavalry Officer ??

Peter Eden (1825 – 1889) – Manufacturing Chemist and champion Yorkshire terrier breeder

Francis Wilkinson Popplewell (1821 – 1889) – Chartered Accountant

William Aldcroft (Killed at Work) (1864 – 1889) – Tramdriver killed at work

James Close (1851 – 1889) – Salford policeman

Jose Antonio Ynfiesta (1835 – 1889) – Merchant, Consul for Mexico and Vice Consul for Spain in Manchester

Ralph Holland (1831 – 1889) – Fustian Shearer

Joh Joseph Armitage (1830 – 1889) – Fifth son of Elkanah Armitage and Cotton Spinner.

George Henry Oakes (Killed at Work) (1871 – 1889) – Engine Cleaner employed by London and North Western Railway Co.

James Beckett (1855 – 1889) – Accidentally killed on a horse drawn omnibus whilst on an outing.

Francis Cox (1810 – 1889) – One of Manchester’s earliest Policemen.