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I will start the Dunderdale family with Thomas. He was born around 1723 in Broughton by Brigg, Lincolnshire. He died 13th Dec 1795 in the levels Hatfield in Yorkshire. Thomas married Susannah Lelew on 13th Dec 1752 in Hatfield and she died 30th Sept 1797 in the levels. Thomas and Susannah had a son John he was born 15th Oct 1753 in Hatfield and he died 7th April 1819 in Thorne. He married Susy Owtwin her family was from Hatfield Woodhouse. Hatfield Woodhouse is the next village to Hatfield as is Thorne. Susy was born in 1757 married John on 12th Aug 1793 and died 7th July 1818 . They had three children Hannah, John and Thomas. This Thomas was born 20th Jan 1795 in Hatfield, see photo below right.

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Joseph Abbott Dunderdale

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Thomas Dunderdale

 

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Thomas had three wives Ann Rebecca Atkinson, Harriet Rands and Isabella Widdeson. His first wife Isabella had 13 children. He married Ann Rebecca next then finally married Harriet Rands. Thomas was a Butcher. In the Goole Weekly Times Friday 20th 1883, it said. Died at Thorne, July 14th 1883, Thomas Dunderdale aged 90. Death of an old inhabitant. Mr Thomas Dunderdale of Thorne, died on Saturday evening last at the ripe old age of 90 years. Mr Dunderdales family have for several generations lived on the levels or at Thorne. The remains of the deceased townsman were interred in the parish churchyard on Tuesday last. Thomas and Isabella had a son called Thomas (too many Thomas’s), he was born 10th May 1829 in Thorne and he died 3rd July 1868. Thomas married Rose Hannah Sophia Abbott, she was from Ripon North Yorkshire. They were married Jan 23rd 1855, at the time Thomas was a Sergeant of the 3rd West Yorks Light Infantry. He then became a Butcher like his father before him, and had a shop in Finkle street Thorne. Thomas and Rose Hannah had four children, John Thomas, Joseph Abbott, Frederick William and Elizabeth Mary Ann. Joseph Abbott was born 15th Feb 1857 in Thorne. when he was 14 he was a bus conductor. He married Betsy Parkinson May 27th 1880, at that time he was a railway fireman at Swinton nr Doncaster, Betsy died in April 1891 in Thorne. They had a son also called Joseph Abbott who died when he was four years old. They also had two more children before Joseph they were Emily and Elsie. Joseph got married again to Mary Elizabeth Yates 24th December 1892. They had four children, Tom, Harry, Edith and Joe. Emily left home when she was 15, on the 1901 census she was working as a general domestic servant for a draper/shopkeeper at 22 High Street Scunthorpe. She later met and married Charles Ogden. See the rest of the story on the Ogden page. We have a family tree from the Dunderdale family and on it there is a John Chester Coulman from Thorne who was part of the family by marriage see his story here.

Below is a article taken from a local newspaper mentioning Rose Hannah at an inquest

 

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The Lock on Thorne Canal

 

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South Parade Thorne

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Finkle Street where Thomas had his butchers shop

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Market Place Thorne

Hight Street Thorne 1903

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