Biographies of people buried between 1890 - 1899

Henry Kellett (1830 – 1890) – Chemist in Chapel Street and Salford Councillor

James Brown (1837 – 1890) – Traveller for Threlfall’s Brewery

James Clay (1816 – 1890) – Formerly a Footwear Dealer, then Estate Agent.

James Peacock (1822 – 1890) – Machinist and member of the Bible Christian Church

John Bainbridge (1844 – 1890) – Evangelist Minister and Preacher

Joseph Foveaux Mart JP (1816 – 1890) – Tea Merchant and prominent Roman Catholic

Moses Berry (1844 – 1890) – Coal Merchant and member of Nursery Street Baptist Church

Uriah Nichols (1824 – 1890) – Proprietor of Perseverance Ironworks

William Ashton (1817 – 1890) – Cashier and member of the Salford Board of Guardians

John Reuban Ledger (1829 – 1890) – Committed suicde, but it was declared “Felo de se”.

Marmaduke Swindlehurst (1862 – 1890) – Head Master and President of Salford Teachers Association.

William Metcalfe (1849 – 1890) – Police bandsman

George Binns (1819 – 1890) – Warehouseman and also Collector for Salford Independent Burial Society.

Mark Addy (1838 – 1890) – Salford Hero who rescued over 50 drowning people from the River Irwell.

Junia Stirzaker Jackson (1838 – 1890) – Railway Clerk.

Abraham Williamson (1839 – 1891) – Champion, semi professional runner.

Reverend Edwin Walker (1843 – 1891) – Minister of Pendleton Congregational Church

Eliza Hale (1868 – 1891) – Assistant Mistress at Ordsall Board School

George Alfred Packwood (1836 – 1891) – Estate Agent and prominent Freemason

Thomas Creighton (1817 – 1891) – Machinist and member of the Sons of Temperance

John Harrison (1838 – 1891) – Police Inspector

Daniel Stanley Isherwood (1844 – 1891) – Builders Merchant and volunteer soldier.

Annie Cowan Russell (1851 – 1891) – Wife of Alexander Cockburn Russell, partner in the Scotia Foundry, Weaste.

John Thomas Greenough (1823 – 1891) – Draper and devoted 64 years to Irwell Street Wesleyan Methodist Church.

Richard Johnson (1832 – 1892) – Auctioneer and Valuer

Septimus Whaite (1807 – 1892) – Scenic Artist and Banner Maker.

Peter Bolongaro (1817 – 1892) – Carver and Guilder and later an Artist Print Seller.

Joseph Pearson PPGM (1828 – 1892) – Dyer by trade, and prominent member of the Independent Order of Oddfellows.

Sir James Farmer (1823 – 1892) – Mayor of Salford 1885 to 1887. Owner of an Engineering company.

Edwin Jordan (1820 – 1893) – Manufacturing chemist

Cordelia Clark (1824 – 1893) – Wife of Rev James Clark, Minister of the Bible Christian Church, Salford.

George Evans (1842 – 1893) – Gas Works Labourer, and an early Salford Socialist and Strike Leader.

Ralph Wood (1866 – 1893) – Iron Turner by trade and member of Pendleton Football Club.

Rev. James Lee (1823 – 1893) – Congregational/Independent Minister and Principal of College School, Broughton.

Rev. Robert William Selbie (1825 – 1893) – Minister of the Congregational Church in Salford.

John Millers jnr (1822 – 1893) – Proprietor of the Merchant’s Dining Rooms on Market Street, Manchester.

Elizabeth Canavan (1840 – 1894) – Charitable pub landlady.

William Henry Malkin (1848 – 1894) – Brass founder and Councillor

Dora, Elizabeth Ann and Bertha Litherland (N/A – 1894) – 3 young girls burnt to death.

Samuel King Lievesley (1849 – 1894) – Coach Maker, and his name was passed down the generations.

William Hampson (1780 – 1894) – Claimed to be Queen Victoria’s longest living citizen and died aged 113.

Charles Moseley (1833 – 1894) – Ironmonger at 41, Regent Road, Salford.

James Harvey (1818 – 1894) – Cotton Spinner and Trustee of Salford Athenaeum and Temperance Hall.

Christopher Atkinson Farmer. (1843 – 1895) – Younger brother of Sir James Farmer and Manager of his engineering works.

Richard Elliott Mottram (1814 – 1895) – Master Brewer and member of Salford Council for nearly 30 years.

Samuel Gill (1817 – 1895) – Proprietor of a Chemist shop on Broad Street, Pendleton for nearly sixty years.

Chow Kalen (1870 – 1895) – Chinese Merchant Seaman on S S Moyune, who died at Salford Docks.

John Tysoe (1832 – 1896) – Cotton Spinner at Albert Mill in Hope Street, Salford and a Salford Alderman.

Peter Foxcroft (1819 – 1896) – Manager of a cotton spinning mill and later a Lecturer on Vegetarianism.

Hannah Eastwood Hunter (1843 – 1896) – Wife of the disgraced Engineer of Salford Gas Works, Samuel Hunter.

Dr James Cran (1843 – 1897) – Doctor and Medical Officer of Salford Union.

Joseph St.Patrick Riley (1843 – 1897) – Surgeon and GP

Henry Cecil Wain & Mary Ann Howarth (N/A – 1897) – Tragedy in Weaste

Richard Dunn Rusden (1827 – 1897) – Shipping Merchant, and Liberal Party re-organiser after the Gladstone defeat.

John Lee JP (1816 – 1897) – A man of independent means and supported Richmond Congregational Chapel.

Sgt. Robert Crompton (1824 – 1897) – One of the heroes against the Indian Mutiny and later in Salford Militia.

William Morton (1825 – 1897) – Artist and well known member of the Manchester Academy of Fine Art.

Oliver Yates (1813 – 1897) – Cotton Yarn Agent and Merchant

Randall Kay Williams (1846 – 1898) – Travelling Fairground Illusionist, known as the “King of Showmen”.

Charles Hagan (Killed at Work) (1868 – 1898) – Dock Labourer killed by a capstan

Charles Poole (1841 – 1898) – Trumpeter with the 17th Lancers and Bandmaster of the 7th Dragoon Guards.

Rev. John Reid MA (1819 – 1898) – Presbyterian Church of England Minister for 46 years, including 25 years in Salford.

Helen Brotherton (1812 – 1898) – Daughter of Joseph Brotherton and Vice President of the Vegetarian Society.

James (Jim) Pymer (1819 – 1898) – Clown, Comic Singer and renown “Patterer”.

Robert Balderstone (1826 – 1899) – Grocer and Alderman

Henry Charles Beale (1828 – 1899) – Crimean War veteran

Edward Denson (1827 – 1899) – Hay and Straw Dealer and Councillor

Samuel Hibbert (1846 – 1899) – Railway Company Cashier and Sunday School Teacher

Samuel Slater (1826 – 1899) – Engraver and calico printer, and member of Bethesda Chapel.

William Henry Sutton (1846 – 1899) – Photographer and member of the Buffaloes.

Charles Henry Fearnley (Killed at work) (1877 – 1899) – Joiner who fell off a scaffold and died.

John James Collier (1860 – 1899) – Champion open water swimmer

Edward Harvey (1827 – 1899) – Ran the family cotton spinning mill and was an Overseer for the Poor in Salford.

Edwin Collier (1872 – 1899) – Deacon of the Bible Christian Church and Vice President of the Vegetarian Society.

Richard Garside (1821 – 1899) – Cotton Waste Manufacturer (specialising in lamp wicks and sponges).

Henry Lightbown (1819 – 1899) – Wallpaper manufacturer and lived at Weaste Hall, Weaste Lane, Pendleton.