Samuel Boothroyd 1814-1886
Draper
Luebber/Gardner, Boothroyd-Johnstone, & several other Ancestry Family trees
1814. Samuel Boothroyd is born to Benjamin Boothroyd,Independent minister, & Sarah Hurst on 19/5/1814 in Pontefract
1834. He went to Southport for his health. George Greatbatch, his future father in law, introduced him to William Jolley, draper. Samuel became an assistant and then a partner in what then became Jolley & Boothroyd
1836 Samuel Boothroyd married Sarah Ann Greatbatch on 1/4/1836 at St Cuthberts, N.Meols on Botanic Road . Witnesses William & Mary Anne Jolley: she the sister of the bride
1838, Sarah Elizabeth Boothroyd was born 10/10/1838 at Southport, North Meols to Samuel & Sarah Ann
1841C.Samuel Boothroyd, 25, draper, Lords Street, Meols North, Ormskirk
| Samuel | Boothroyd | Male | 25 | 1816 | -draper |
| Sarah | Boothroyd | Female | 25 | 1816 | Lancashire, England |
| Benjamin | Boothroyd | Male | 4 | 1837 | Lancashire, England |
| Sarah | Boothroyd | Female | 2 | 1839 | Lancashire, England |
| George | Boothroyd | Male | 0 | 1841 | Lancashire, England |
| George | Fazakerly | Male | 15 | 1826 | Lancashire, England |
| Betsy | Grundy | Female | 20 | 1821 | Lancashire, England |
| Elizabeth | Moorcroft | Female | 20 | 1821 | Lancashire, England |
George Greatbatch introduced Boothroyd to William Jolley,( also his brother in law by 1836) when Boothroyd had moved to Southport for his health; Samuel became an assistant, then partner in the firm of Jolley and Boothroyd
1851C. Samuel Boothroyd, 37, draper, is living Lord Street, North Meols . Children Benjamin, Sarah & George missing from this census! First 2 likely at a boarding school
| Samuel | Boothroyd | Head | Married | Male | 37 | 1814 | Draper | Pontefract, Yorkshire, England |
| Sarah | Boothroyd | Wife | Married | Female | 39 | 1812 | - | Southport, Lancashire, England |
| Philip | Boothroyd | Son | - | Male | 4 | 1847 | - | Southport, Lancashire, England |
| William | Boothroyd | Son | - | Male | 3 | 1848 | - | Southport, Lancashire, England |
| Isaac | Boothroyd | Son | - | Male | 1 | 1850 | - | Southport, Lancashire, England |
| Samuel | Boothroyd | Son | - | Male | 0 | 1851 | - | Southport, Lancashire, England |
| William | Bibbington | Servant | Unmarried | Male | 24 | 1827 | Drapeis Assistant | Halton, Cheshire, England |
| William | Kirby | Servant | Unmarried | Male | 19 | 1832 | Drapeis Assistant | Buckinghamshire, England |
| Edward | Rimmer | Servant | Unmarried | Male | 20 | 1831 | Drapeis Assistant | Southport, Lancashire, England |
| Hannah | Martindale | Servant | Widow | Female | 29 | 1822 | General House Servant | Westmorland, England |
| Frances | Fylds | Servant | Unmarried | Female | 18 | 1833 | General House Servant | Ormskirk, Lancashire, England |
1860. Southport Pier was opened: The chairman of the Company [that built it] stated that it "had mainly originated with Mr Boothroyd, who..had steadily pursued his object and brought it into shape".
1860s. Chapel Street members set out to build a 2nd, larger church : Alderman Samuel Boothroyd + William Hinmers prime movers, and Hinmers purchased site. Corner of Lord and Birkdale Streets, close to the "Duke's Folly" Hotel where G Greatbatch had some years back held services.
page 34 IV WEST END AND BIRKDALE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES NOTE 1. In early life he came to Southport, where, from " small beginnings, he raised himself to a high position, occupying many important offices in the town, and being called to fill four times the important office of Mayor." (Rev. John Chater, in the "Lancashire Congregational Calendar" for 1886.) The church at West End is not the only memorial of his efforts to extend Congregationalism in the town, for the Trafalgar Road Church felt at his decease that a generous friend had been taken away." He was known also as the "Father of the Council."
1861C. Samuel Boothroyd, 47, draper, is living Beswick House Lord Street, North Meols
| Samuel | Boothroyd | Head | Married | Male | 47 | 1814 | Draper | Pontefract, Yorkshire, England |
| Sarah | Boothroyd | Wife | Married | Female | 49 | 1812 | Draper Wife | Lancashire, England |
| Benjamin | Boothroyd | Son | Unmarried | Male | 24 | 1837 | Draper | Southport, Lancashire, England |
| Sarah E | Boothroyd | Daughter | Unmarried | Female | 22 | 1839 | Spinster | Southport, Lancashire, England |
| Philip H | Boothroyd | Son | Unmarried | Male | 14 | 1847 | Scholar | Southport, Lancashire, England |
| William Jolley | Boothroyd | Son | Unmarried | Male | 13 | 1848 | Scholar | Southport, Lancashire, England |
| Isaac W | Boothroyd | Son | - | Male | 11 | 1850 | Scholar | Southport, Lancashire, England |
| Samuel H | Boothroyd | Son | - | Male | 10 | 1851 | Scholar | Southport, Lancashire, England |
| Maria G | Boothroyd | Daughter | - | Female | 8 | 1853 | Scholar | Southport, Lancashire, England |
| Alfred W | Boothroyd | Son | - | Male | 7 | 1854 | Scholar | Southport, Lancashire, England |
| Alice | Leigh | Servant | Unmarried | Female | 24 | 1837 | General Servant | Lancashire, England |
| Mary Ann | England | Servant | Unmarried | Female | 30 | 1831 | General Servant | Latchford, Cheshire, England |
1863. Their son, Samuel Hurst Boothroyd, 12, drowns whilst bathing
1865. His wife dies 16/3/1865 Ormskirk Mar 1865
In Remembrance of SARAH wife of Samuel Boothboyd who died March 16th 1865 aged 55 years. Also of Samuel Hurst Boothroyd son of the above who was drowned whilst bathing July 9th 1863 aged 12 years
1866. Samuel Boothroyd re marries Eliza Ashton Greenwich Sep 1866 . She is ~ 40 and there are, seemingly, no more children
1867 . Samuel Boothroyd was elected Alderman at the first meeting of Southport Town Council on 1/6/1867
1871C.Samuel Boothroyd, 56, draper, is living Duke Street, North Meols
| Samuel | Boothroyd | Head | - | Male | 56 | 1815 | - | Yorkshire, England |
| Eliza | Boothroyd | Wife | - | Female | 45 | 1826 | - | Middlesex, England |
| William J | Boothroyd | Son | - | Male | 23 | 1848 | - | Lancashire, England |
| Mary Georgiana | Boothroyd | Daughter | - | Female | 18 | 1853 | - | Lancashire, England |
| Alfred Edward | Boothroyd | Son | - | Male | 17 | 1854 | - | Lancashire, England |
| Sarah | Gort | Servant | - | Female | 21 | 1850 | - | Shropshire, England |
| Annie | Lunt | Servant | - | Female | 19 | 1852 | - | Caernarvonshire, Wales |
1880. Eliza Boothroyd, 55, dies Ormskirk Dec 1880
1881C.Samuel Boothroyd, 66, draper & cabinet maker, is living 13 Duke Street, North Meols
| Samuel | Boothroyd | Head | Widower | Male | 66 | 1815 | Draper & Cabinate Maker | Pontefract, Yorkshire, England |
| Alfred E | Boothroyd | Son | Married | Male | 27 | 1854 | Draper & Cabinate Maker | Southport, Lancashire, England |
| Emily | Boothroyd | Daughter In Law | Married | Female | 30 | 1851 | - | Cheshire, England |
| Ann | Galley | Servant | Single | Female | 43 | 1838 | General Serv | Salford, Lancashire, England |
| Margaret | Hume | Servant | Single | Female | 22 | 1859 | General Serv | Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
His death took place on April 26th, 1886, at the age of seventy-two years, after a residence in Southport of fifty-two years.
1882. He married his 3rd wife, Rosina Strickland , Tunbridge Jun 1882 At the Congregational Church. Mount Pleasant, Tunbridge on 23/6/1882, she the daughter of Edmund Strickland of Preston House, Hastings, he, JP , of Warley House, Southport- St James Gazette
1886.Samuel Boothroyd, 71, dies 26/4/1886. Ormskirk Jun 1886. Probate: £28503 to 3 sons & George Dent, cashier
1886 Will _ Left £500 to Rosina, + income for life of £7000 unless she remarried when this would lapse but she would receive a further £1000
OBIT
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Monument in Southport.
In Loving Memory of Samuel Boothroyd of Warley House, Southport, who died 26th April 1886, aged 71 years. His wife Sarah Greatbatch and his wife Eliza Ashton are both remembered on the back of the Monument.
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A great great grandson standing next to his portrait on a Council Chambers wall, Southport - courtesy Boothroyd-Johnstone Ancestry tree
Broadbent-Boothroyds in 2005