Grand Old Age

[neddy]

Sheffield Longevity, The following list containing 50 names in Chronological order of Sheffield people, who have lived to the advantaged age of 90 years and upwards, may prove interesting to some readers.

Date of Death Name Age Residence &c

1707 Mar 7 William Hunt 102 Sheffield

1739 Jan 3 Mary Bradberry 105 Sheffield

1754. William Congreve 111 Sheffield

1794 Mar 8 Aaron Rodger 101 Pond Street

1794 Sept 22 Sarah Trickett 97 Hollis Croft

1796 Feb 5 Mary Hides 95 Sexton

1800 Jan 5 Mr. Hawke 90 Church Street

1801 June 19 Thomas Chapman 91 Heeley

1802 Dec 24 Eliz. Wainwright 92 Shrews. Hosp.

1813 Mar 29 William Lees 92 Hollis Hospital

1815 July 24 Mr. Greaves 99 Bridgehouses

1816 Feb 28 Samuel Foster 94 Bridgehouses

1816 John Dickenson 93 Bridgehouses

1817 June 10 Mr. Carnall 99 Sheffield

1818 Feb 12 Philip Smilter 93 Goddard Hall

1818 Dec 26 Anne Andrews 100 Sheffield

1819 April 25 Hannah Benton 93 Brown Street

1819 Mary Fowler 91 Ladies Walk

1827 Oct 10 Margaret Howard 96 Infirmary

1828 Nov 16 Samuel Shore 91 Meersbrook

1830 Mar 15 Joseph Ellis 101 Furnace Hill

1830 July 5 Thos. Clitheroe 103 Garden Street

1831 July 27 Benj. Bailey 91 Westfield

1834 Feb 6 Geo Bradshaw 94 Grimesthorpe

1836 Mar 23 Wm Wood 92 Sheffield

1838 Feb 1 Geo. Woodcock 97 Pitsmoor

1839 May11 Lydia Shore 92 Meersbrook

1840 Sept 19 Jno. Richardson 91 Park School

1841 July 9 Miss Rawson 90 Wardsend

1842 March 25 Math. D'Armour 93 Sheffield

1842 July 9 S Newbould 91 Bridge End

1842 Oct 3 Jno. Chadburn 90 Optician

1843 Dec 8 Mrs Gray 109 Bells Gardens

1847 March 14 Ebenezer Brooks 93 Highfield

1849 March 26 Wm. Swann 92 Dykes Hall

1849 Oct 21 Joshua Chambers 94 Bailey Field

1853 March 25 Mary Shore 95 Tapton

1853 May 1 Hannah Chambers 102 Bailey Street

1856 Jan 31 Edwd. Lucas 91 Dronfield

1858 March 27 John Gatley 90 Sheffield

1858 June 21 H H Pearson, Esq. 89 Norton

1861 Oct 29 John Wreaks 89 Sheffield

1861 Nov 15 Hugh Parker 90 Woodthorpe

1868 June 7 William Morton 100 Bramall Lane

1870 March 13 George Carr 96 Sheffield

1870 April 1 Godfrey Pearson 92 Sheffield

1870 April 29 Mary C Morton 90 Woodside

1870 Sept 27 Mary Ashby 93 Bradfield

1870 Oct 29 Jacob Owen 93 Tipton

1870 Nov 11 William Fearn 92 Loxley

In 1830, there were buried in the town seven persons over 90 years of age

[vox]

I find some of their addresses surprising considering the type of living conditions at the time.

Hollis Croft, Garden Street, Pond Street for instance.

[DaveH]

My 3x Great grandfather, Thomas Higginbottom (1817 - 1909) was 92 when he died.

He lived at Norton, at that time a fairly rural village in Derbyshire.

I would think that the rural, outdoor, unpolluted lifestyle contributed to his longevity.

He is mentioned in Harold Armitage's Book, along with a line drawing of him by Charles Ashmore in his final year.

He was afriend of Chantrey's, was present st his funeral and in later life received a generous pension from Chantrey's estate.

[RichardB]

1870 Nov 11 William Fearn 92 Loxley

Great find Neddy, all of it.

Fearn from 1861 Census

[vox]

Re-finding some of yesterdays.

National Archives 1840

Declarations re death of Lydia Shore without issue

National Archives 1829-1839

Certificates of burial, Samuel Shore (24 November 1828) and Lydia Shore (21 May 1839, aged 92).

National Archives August 1839

Memorandum of agreement, Edward Humble, of Renishaw, Derbys., one of executors of late Mrs. Lydia Shore, of Mearsbrook, Derbys., and Thos. John Dixon, of Holton, for sale and purchase of Ewefield estate, now in occup. of James Green Dixon, for £6,800

National Archives 8 and 9 February 1788

Copy, deed of settlement, on marriage of Lydia, only child of Freeman Flower, now of Clapham, Surrey, Esq., by Martha his wife, decd., to Samuel Shore, of Norton Hall, Derbyshire, Esq., conveying Ewefield and other properties in trust for use of children of marriage.

Same name, same area, wrong date.

Not the daughter because she died without issue

Whites 1857

Shore Misses Lydia & Amelia, Mearsbrook House