BIRTHS, MARRIAGES and DEATHS. DEATHS. MOSS - At the residence of her son, MR. RBOERT MOSS, Islington, London, on the 27th inst., after a long illness, ELIZABETH, wife of MR. JOHN MOSS, formerly of the Bridge End, Appleby, aged 66 years. JOHNSTON - At Penrith, on the 25th inst., JANE, second daughter of the late MR. JOHN JOHNSTON, of Catterlen, in her 21st year. FETHERSTONHAUGH - At Staffield Hall, on the 21st inst., JANE, wife of CHARLES FETHERSTONHAUGH, Esq., aged 54 years. BOWERBANK - At Park House, Greystoke, on the 22nd inst., JANE, the beloved wife of MR. JOSEPH BOWERBANK, aged 51 years. BIRBECK - At Appleby, on the 22nd inst., MR. GEO. BIRBECK, shoemaker, aged 69 years. ALDERSON - At Appleby, on the 20th inst., FRANCES, youngest daughter of MR. JOHN ALDERSON, aged 12 years. FALDER - At Winskill, in the parish of Addingham, on the 22nd inst., JOHN and ANN, the beloved son and daughter of JOSEPH and ANN FALDER, aged 3 weeks and 6 days. SLEE - On the 23rd inst., at the residence of his son, 33, The Willows, Brock Road, Liverpool, MR. JOHN SLEE, late of Penrith, in his 87th year. _____________________________________________________________ barb, ontario, canada.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES and DEATHS. MARRIAGES. MUIR - PATTERSON - At the Parish Church, Plumpton, by the REV. J. BRUNSKILL, vicar, MR. WM. MUIR, Sewborwens, Newton, to MISS JANE PATTERSON, Highfield, Calthwaite. PAYNE - NICHOLSON - At the Parish Church, Penrith, on the 23rd inst., by the REV. C. H. GEM, B.A., MR. JOHN PAYNE, mason, Princes-street, Penrith, to MISS SARAH E. NICHOLSON, of Ousby. HUGHES - DONOHOW - At the Register Office, Penrith, on the 9th inst., MR. JACOB HUGHES, razor-grinder, to MISS MARGARET DONOHOW, both of Penrith. BETTON - HOGARTH - At the Register Office, Penrith, on the 13th inst., MR. T. GEORGE BETTON, Ainstable, to MISS BRIDGET HOGARTH, of the same place. FRYATT - DAVIDSON - At the Register Office, Penrith, on the 19th inst., MR. WALTER FRYATT, railway labourer, Culgaith, to MISS HANNAH DAVIDSON, of the same place. MOUNSEY - CARRUTHERS - At the Register Office, Penrith, on the 24th inst., MR. GEORGE MOUNSEY, blacksmith, Penrith, to MISS JANE ANNE CARRUTHERS, of the same place. CAPSTICK - CHAPLOW - At Great Musgrave, on the 23rd inst., by the REV. J. CHAPELHOW, M.A., MR. RICHARD CAPSTICK, to MARY ANNIE, second daughter of MR. RICHARD CHAPLOW, both of this parish. TAYLOR - McCLEAN - At the Parish Church, Kirkby Stephen, on the 23rd inst., by the REV. J. CHAPELHOW, curate, MR. WILLIAM TAYLOR, labourer, Kirkby Stephen, to MISS ELIZABETH McLEAN, Nateby. ROUTLEDGE - CHAPMAN - At the same time and place, MR. THOS. ROUTLEDGE, shoemaker, to MISS JANE CHAPMAN, both of Mallerstang. FAINT - RITSON - At the Parish Church, Kirkby Stephen, on the 25th inst., by the REV. J. CHAPELHOW, MR. GEORGE FAINT, labourer, Kaher, to MISS FANNY RITSON, Winton. DIXBURY - THOMPSON - At the Congregational Chapel, Kirkby Stephen, on the 23rd inst., by the REV. P. REID, MR. SAMUEL DIXON, platelayer, to MISS MARY THOMPSON, both of Kirkby Stephen. BOOTHES - DAVIDSON - At St. John's, Skirwith, on the 16th inst., by the REV. JOHN ATKINSON, of Culgaith, MR. GEORGE BOOTHES, Willington, Durham, to MISS MARGARET DAVIDSON, of Skirwith. _____________________________________________________________ barb, ontario, canada.

Saturday 01 Jun 1844 (p. 3, col. 6-7) Deaths. In the Drover's Lane, on the 25th ult., Mrs. Jane MACMILLAN, aged 43 years. At St. Mary's Workhouse, on the 27th ult., George M'PHERSON, aged 53 years. In the West Walls, on the 25th ult., Mr. Robert PORTER, aged 65 years. In Scotch Street, on the 26th ult., Mr. Joseph NICHOLL, aged 35. In Eden Street, on the 30th ult., Jane Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Mary CREIGHTON, aged seven years. At Stainton, on Friday, the 17th ult., Mrs. Eleanor GRAHAM, aged 76,-much respected. At Newland's Row, in the parish of Bolton, on the 29th ult., Mr. Jacob HEWITSON, universally and deservedly respected by all who knew him. At Syke, in the parish of Wigton, on the 29th ult., Mr. Wilfred ROBINSON, yeoman, formerly carrier betwixt Carlisle and Whitehaven, aged 30 years. At Greenrow, on the 22nd ult., Tabitha SAUL, aged 85 years. At Hightown, Haltwhistle, on the 23rd ult., after a tedious and painful illness, borne with christian resignation, Sophia, wife of Mr. John SMITH, aged 58 years. At Line Moor, on the 26th ult., Mrs. Jane TINNING, widow, aged 60 years. At Workington, on the 26th ult., Mary, the daughter of Mr. James BELL, aged two years. At Cockermouth, on the 25th ult., Elizabeth, the wife of Mr. George MARTIN, husbandman, aged 79 years; and at the Union Workhouse, on the 24th ult., Alexander KILLANDER, mariner, formerly of Whitehaven, aged 55 years. At Forge, near Keswick, on the 24th ult., John DAWSON, in the 16th year of his age. At Keswick, on the 17th ult., after a long illness, Mr. Peter BUCKBARROW, formerly a woollen manufacturer at that place, aged 66 years. At Scar Brow, in Gosforth, on the 24th ult., after a long illness, borne with great patience, Mr. Joseph PARKER, aged 18. At High Boon Wood in Gosforth, on the 24th ult., Mrs. SHERWEN, wife of Mr. Henry SHERWEN, yeoman, and only daughter of Mr. John SHEPHERD, of Gosforth Hall, aged 38 years. At Whitehaven, since our last, Miss Esther WRAY, sister of the late Edmond WRAY, shoemaker, aged 80; Mrs. Mary BELL, widow, aged 70; Mrs. Mary Jane MIDDLETON, aged 40; and Mrs. Jane SAWYERS, widow, aged 67 years. At Corkicle, near Whitehaven, on the 26th ult., Ann SEDGWICK, aged 21 years. At Appleby, on the 26th ult., Mr. Joseph TAYLOR, aged 20. At Knock, near Appleby, on the 27th ult., Mr. Joseph ION, aged 44-much respected.

Saturday 01 Jun 1844 (p. 3, col. 6-7) Births. At Eden Terrace, Stanwix, on the 26th ult., Mrs. Geo SIBSON, of a daughter. At Appleby, on Monday the 27th ult., the wife of Mr. Robert COATES, of a daughter. Marriages. At St. Cuthbert's Church, on the 25th ult., Mr. Wm. James LITTLE, of Abbey Street, upholsterer, to Miss Ann BELL, of Union Street; on the 27th ult., Mr. George DALTON, of Botchergate, to Miss Jane BIRKETT, of Halfway Houses. At St. Mary's Church, in this city, on Saturday, the 25th ult., Mr. James GILKERSON, to Miss Mary PATTINSON; Mr. John TAYLOR, to Miss Isabella DAVIDSON; Mr. Joseph HOGGARTH, to Miss Jane HODGSON; Mr. William PATTINSON, to Miss Margaret JACKSON; on the 26th, Mr. Robert BROWN, to Miss Elizabeth WHITELOCK; and on the 30th, Mr. Joshua VIPOND, to Miss Ann BYERS. At Plumbland, on the 28th ult., the Rev. Wm. Paley GRAHAM, curate of Lazonby, Cumberland, to Elizazeth [sic], third daughter of the Rev. James BUSH, curate of Plumbland. At the Superintendent Registrar's Office, Wigton, on the 25th ult., Mr. John HUTTON, joiner, to Miss Elizabeth REED, both of Thursby. At Wigton, on the 25th ult., Mr. Henry EARL, of Lesson Hall, to Miss Elizabeth CLARK, of the same place; Mr. W. Thompson GOUGH, to Miss Elizabeth GALLANGHAR [GALLAUGHAR according to Civil Registration index], both of Wigton; Mr. John BIRKETT, to Miss Ann EASTON, both of Waverton; on the 26th, Mr. George HOWE, to Miss Jane BENSON, both of Wigton; on the 28th, Mr. William ARMSTRONG, of Wigton, to Miss Margaret, IRVING of Westward. At Great Salkeld, on the 27th ult., Mr. John MOUNSEY, yeoman, of Patterdale, in the parish or Barton, to Miss Hannah REBANKS. At Crosscanonby on the 27th ult., Mr. William JACKSON, ropemaker, to Mrs. Mary SMITH, both of Maryport. At Cockermouth, on the 26th ult., Mr. William SHERWOOD, painter, Workington, to Miss Isabella CLARK, of Cockermouth; same day, Mr. Thomas BRISCOE, weaver, to Miss Susannah CURWEN; and on the 27th, Mr. William THOMPSON, hatter, to Miss S. TODD. At Irton, on the 25th ult., Mr. John WILSON, of Greenland, to Miss BIRKET, daughter of Mr. Allen BIRKETT, of Hewrigg, both in the parish of Irton. At Setmurthy, on the 25th ult., by the Rev. C. C. SOUTHEY, Mr. John SEWELL, of Bassenthwaite, to Miss Mary Ann ROGERSON, of Setmurthy. At Whitehaven, on the 26th ult., Mr. Robert MARSHALL, grocer, to Miss Charlotte RAVEN, daughter of Mr. John RAVEN, of Sandwith, yeoman. At Whitbeck, on the 25th ult., Mr. John HARRISON, of Bootle, to Mary, daughter of Mr. John BRAITHWAITE, waller, of Hall Foss, in Whitbeck. At Warcop, on the 25th ult., by the Rev. Joseph BLAND, B.A., Mr. John WILKINSON, to Mrs. Mary FISHER, both of Warcop. At Ravenstonedale, since our last, by the Rev. Mr. KENDAL, Mr. Thomas WILSON, Sandford, to Miss Jane ATKINSON, Ravenstonedale. At the Cast Iron Church, Liverpool, on the 26th ult., Mr. Jas. RENNIE, (of the firm of Messrs. Mc.MILLEN and RENNIE, tobacco manufacturers,) to Miss Sarah Ann MAHER, second daughter of Mr. Wm. MAHER, Toxteth Park. At Shap, on the 25th ult., Mr. Abram KIDE, of Ingleton, yeoman, to Miss Mary WHITEHEAD, of Tunstal. At Appleby on the 25th ult., by the Rev. Joseph MILNER, A.M., Mr. Timothy SARGINSON, to Miss Mary SLEE, both of Appleby; same place, on the 26th, Mr. Michael BOUSFIELD, joiner, Asby, to to [sic] Miss Elizabeth RUDD, Appleby. At St. Botolph's, Aldersgate, London, on the 16th ult., the Rev. Joshua BARNES, M.A., Vicar of Kendal, to Emma Lucretia, daughter of Charles LESTOURGEON, Esq., late of Cambridge. At Kendal, since our last, Mr. Thomas HUTTON to Miss Mary ALLEN; Mr. William EVANS, to Miss Eleanor STUTHERD; and Mr. Daniel Wilson DEROME, of Preston, to Miss Isabella HOLIDAY, of Kendal.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, and DEATHS. BIRTHS. EWBANK - At Duckintree, near Kaber, on the 20th, the wife of MR. EWBANK, of a daughter. HAINES - At Crossbyravensworth, on the 21st inst., the wife of the REV. STAFFORD A. HAINES, of a son. BURNS - At the Railway Tavern, Castlegate, Penrith, on the 24th inst., the wife of MR. J. BURNS, of a son. ROBSON - At 48, Castlegate, Penrith, on the 14th inst., the wife of MR. JOHN ROBSON, of a daughter. FAWCETT - At Warcop, on the 24th inst., the wife of MR. ROBERT FAWCETT, cattle dealer, of a son.

PENRITH BOARD OF GUARDIANS. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Penrith Guardians was held on Tuesday last, under the presidency of MR. W. HARRISON, of Brent House. The attendance of guardians was not large, and the only noticeable matter for consideration was an application by MR. BANNISTER, the master of the workhouse, for an advance in his salary of £20 per annum. The Chairman said this matter had been brought under the notice of the Finance and Visiting Committees on the previous day, and they were unanimous in recommending that the salary should be increased for a variety of reason. In the first instance, when MR. BANNISTER was appointed to the office, more than six years ago, it was regarded merely as a probationary appointment, and his salary was place at £10 per annum below that of his predecessor. The time of the probation should not have exceeded one year, at the end of which time MR. BANNISTER was entitled to receive full remuneration; but instead of that, he had for five years at least been receiving £10 a year less than he was entitled to. MR. BANNISTER, too, was very badly supported in his duties in the workhouse, for there was now neither a schoolmaster nor a schoolmistress; and there was scarcely a pauper in the house, either male or female, who could be depended upon. Besides there were seventeen lunatics in the house, thus a great deal more responsibility was thrown upon the master than he had any right to bear. Under all the circumstances, the committee thought it was only right to recommend the Board to increase the salary of the master, and with that object in view to direct the Clerk to give the requisite notice that it will come on for consideration at next meeting. The remarks of the Chairman met with unanimous approval, and all the guardians spoke in the highest terms of praise of MR. BANNISTER's industry, tact, and ability, not even the shadow of a complaint having been made either by inspectors or any one else since the workhouse had been under his management.

WEST WARD UNION. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Guardians was held in the Board Room of the Old Workhouse, Eamont Bridge, on Wednesday, under the presidency of MR. JAS. ATKINSON, of Winderwath. The following Guardians were present: MR. J. JAMESON, MR. W. H. PARKIN, CAPTAIN MARKHAM, MR. J. LONGRIGG, MR. W. HUTCHINSON, MR. J. FORSTER, MR. J. HODGSON. THE VAGRANT WARD FOR SHAP. The Chairman said the Vagrant Ward Committee met MR. LUMB, on Monday last, at Shap, and looked at the four sites which had been suggested as suitable to build a vagrant ward upon. But after consulting with MR. LUMB, it was considered desirable to try and induce the Shap Guardians to call a meeting of the ratepayers to take into consideration whether or not they would allow the Union to have the cottages belonging to the parish for a vagrant ward on a long lease. The REV. S. WHITESIDE and other Guardians were, however, of opinion that a meeting could not be legally convened before Thursday, and of course no report could be sent in by today. Failing this negotiation, MR. LUMB had intimated that he would let the Guardians have a site near the Greyhound Hotel, which had been considered a very suitable place, the length of it being 20 yards and the depth 17 yards.

Saturday 01 Jun 1844 (p. 2, col. 7) CORONERS' INQUESTS. (Before Mr. LEE, Deputy Coroner.) On the 11th ult., at Bridge Cottage, near Boustead Hill, on the body of Benjamin TURNER, aged eight years, who was accidentally drowned in the canal on the previous day. Deceased was son of the canal bridge keeper at the above place, and had several times narrowly escaped a similar fate. He was seen by a person to go to the canal with a tin vessel and attempt to lift water; in doing so he fell in the canal, and although an alarm was immediately given, the body of deceased was not recovered for upwards of an hour. The jury were unanimously of opinion that had drags been at hand deceased might have been saved, and recommended the Canal Company to supply each bridge and lockhouse with drags and necessary implements for saving drowning persons. Verdict, "accidental death." On the 20th ult., at How, in the parish of Hayton, on the body of Thomas MILBURN, of that place, yeoman, aged 78 years. He was found the previous day suspended by the neck from a beam in his barn; he was immediately cut down, was seen to breathe afterwards, but instantly died. The mind of deceased had been unsettled for some time, and became much worse shortly before his death. Not more than twenty minutes had elapsed from the time he was last seen alive until he was found hanging. Verdict, "Suicide whilst deceased was in a state of insanity." On Tuesday last, at Wigton, on the body of Robert COOPER, aged 11 years, who, on the morning of that day was killed on the Railway between Carlisle and Wigton, near Curthwaite, by being crushed between two laden ballast waggons. Deceased was engaged in greasing the axles of the laden waggons, previous to their being removed, when the engine Harrison was seen approaching with a train of empty ones, and he was ordered to desist, and told that he had not time to complete his work before the engine would come up, which he accordingly did. In the meantime, the engine having arrived, after being disengaged from the empty waggons, and giving the usual signal for starting, it proceeded to the laden ones which deceased had been ordered to leave. Immediately after the engine came in contact with them, deceased was seen to fall out from between two of them, and on being taken up was found to be quite dead; his head having been jammed between the bumpers. It is supposed that after deceased had left the waggons, as ordered in the first instance, he had gone round, unobserved, to the other side, to finish his job. He was a very rash and forward boy, and had been frequently cautioned. Verdict: "accidental death-with a deodand of one shilling on the engine and waggons." (Before W. LUMB, Esq.) At Whitehaven, on Friday week, on view of the body of James SMITH, who on the same day was stifled by an accumulation of foul air in a coal-mine on Cleator Moor, belonging to Messrs. BARKER and HARRISON. Verdict:-"Accidental Death." The deceased was 27 years of age, and had been married only about a fortnight.-Another inquest was held before the same gentleman, on Monday, at Maryport, on view of the body of Mary CURWEN, 62 years of age, who on Sunday morning last was found dead in bed, by the side of her husband, who was unconscious of what had occurred, nor had he heard his wife complain of indisposition at any time throughout the night. The jury returned a verdict of "Died by the visitation of God." (Before G. THOMPSON, Esq.) An inquest was held on Friday, the 24th ult., at Woodhouse, near Morland, Westmorland, touching the death of Jane COULTHARD, daughter of Thomas COULTHARD, of that place. The young woman was in her 16th year, and the circumstances attending her death were detailed in the evidence of her brother and Mr. Thomas FOTHERGILL, who were at a short distance when the accident occurred. Deceased, it appears, had on the previous Wednesday gone along with an older and a younger brother to cart a quantity of small wood from a field on the farm, and was employed in loading when the cart was unfortunately overturned, and she was thrown down a declivity with great violence. Deceased, from the force of the fall, received a concussion of the brain, and was taken up in a state of insensibility; she continued so until the following day, when she expired. The jury returned a verdict of "accidental death."

Saturday 01 Jun 1844 (p. 2, col. 5) FATAL AND MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE ON KESWICK LAKE.-On Sunday last, one of the most distressing and melancholy accidents happened on Keswick Lake that has occurred in that neighbourhood for a long time past, and has been the means of plunging some highly respectable families in that town into the deepest affliction. About three o'clock in the afternoon, four gentlemen, all natives of Keswick-namely, Mr. Wm. DIXON, draper; Mr. John AIREY, jun., black-lead pencil manufacturer; Mr. Isaac BANKS, gardener; and Mr. Richard THORNTON, son Mr. Wm. THORNTON, tallow chandler,-went upon the Lake to enjoy an aquatic excursion in the John Bull sail boat. A heavy gale was blowing from the north-east at the time, and on going up towards the head of the Lake the boat ran before the wind at a fearful rate. When the party were in the very centre of the Lake between Barrow House, the residence of W. H. PETERS, Esq., on the east side of the water, and Mutton Pye Bay on the west, the boat suddenly ran into the agitated water, and in a moment went to the bottom, where the Lake was at least ten yards deep, when, three out of the four gentlemen instantly met with a watery grave! This truly lamentable occurrence was observed by W. H. PETERS, Esq., of Barrow House, who, in the most laudable manner, and with the utmost possible promptitude, instantly called his coachman and gardener, who entered a boat with their master, and pulled at the oars with all their might on their way towards the awful scene, which they reached in about twenty minutes after the accident had occurred. The first object which this humane party rescued from the water was a favourite little dog belonging to Mr. DIXON, which was the means of their discovering Mr. AIREY, who was buoying himself up with an air bag and an oar that he had got hold of as the boat was going down; he was in a very exhausted state, but the moment he got hold of the stern of Mr. PETERS' boat, he begged of them to make towards Mr. DIXON, even before he was taken into the boat himself. Mr. DIXON was at the time a short distance from the boat, into which the party took Mr. AIREY, and then pushed on toward Mr. DIXON, who was still struggling in the water; but alas! before the rowers had made half a dozen strokes with their oars, Mr. DIXON, who had become completely exhausted, sank never to rise again! It is supposed that the other two young men had both sunk with the boat. Too much praise certainly cannot be bestowed upon Mr. PETERS and his two servants, who, at the risk of their own lives, succeeded, at all events, in saving one gentleman out of the four; and had they not been completely exhausted by buffeting the heavy swells, it is thought that Mr. DIXON's life would also have been saved, as he was distinctly heard to call out for help when they were within a few boats' length of him, the party exerting themselves to the very utmost to reach him, but in vain. The unfortunate party in the sail boat, it appears, had four air bags with them, which had never before been used, and in consequence of the weather being windy and squally they took the precaution to fill them previous to embarking on the Lake, and thus inflated were lying at the bottom of the boat. When the accident occurred Mr. AIREY had snatched up one air bag, and Mr. DIXON another, and the former gentleman, who cannot swim, was saved, whilst the latter, who is an excellent swimmer, was drowned. Whilst struggling in the water, it appears, Mr. DIXON was much annoyed and burthened by his favourite little dog, which got upon his back: he, however, succeeded in shaking the animal off, when it immediately made for Mr. AIREY, upon whose back it also got, and who did not shake it off without considerable difficulty, the poor animal being so anxious to escape destruction. Mr. DIXON was one of the most respectable tradesmen in Keswick, and was universally respected by all classes of the inhabitants of that town; he has left a wife and three young children, the youngest only three weeks old. The young man, Mr. THORNTON, has also left a wife and three young children at Penrith, where he resided, but had been at Keswick for the last few weeks assisting his father. What makes this young man's case the more distressing is, that he was no boater, but being accidentally by the side of the Lake, he was induced to go on board by the others, who gave him a friendly invitation to take a sail with them. BANKS was a single man, but we understand that he was on the eve of marriage. Mr. AIREY, on being landed, was taken to Barrow House, where every kindness and attention were paid to him by Mr. and Mrs. PETERS, where he soon came round, but still in a very distressed state of mind, owing to the loss of his companions. During the whole of Sunday evening, exertions were made to recover the bodies from the water, but without the desired effect.-On Monday morning nearly all the boats on the Lake were out, and their owners searching with grappling irons for the bodies of the other two sufferers. The body of Mr. DIXON was found about twenty yards from the place where the boat foundered. Efforts were next directed to raise the boat, which was after some difficulty accomplished, and during the afternoon the body of Mr. THORNTON was found. Mr. BANKS was found near the place where the boat went down.-An inquest was held on the bodies on Tuesday, by W. LUMB, Esq., coroner, and a verdict of accidental death returned, with a deodand on the boat of 1s.

You're off to a good start this year Petra! Mary was a widow, her first husband being her cousin William Sutton. Many Thanks David Armstrong Maylands, Western Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: Petra Mitchinson To: Cumberland Mailing List ; Westmorland List Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 9:46 PM Subject: [CUMB] Carlisle Journal, BMD, 25 May 1844 (1) Saturday 25 May 1844 (p. 3, col. 6-7) Marriages. At the Friends' Meeting House, at Benfieldside, near Shotley Bridge, on the 21st instant, Mr. Edward WHITFIELD, of Elswick Villas, near Newcastle, shipowner and colliery agent, to Mary SUTTON, daughter of Elihu SUTTON, Esq., of Scotby, near Carlisle. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

Ah well - always thinking of you and your SUTTONs! -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Armstrong Sent: 18 January 2014 14:05 To: Cumberland Mailing List; Westmorland List Subject: Re: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] [CUMB] Carlisle Journal, BMD, 25 May 1844 (1) You're off to a good start this year Petra! Mary was a widow, her first husband being her cousin William Sutton. Many Thanks David Armstrong Maylands, Western Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: Petra Mitchinson To: Cumberland Mailing List ; Westmorland List Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 9:46 PM Subject: [CUMB] Carlisle Journal, BMD, 25 May 1844 (1) Saturday 25 May 1844 (p. 3, col. 6-7) Marriages. At the Friends' Meeting House, at Benfieldside, near Shotley Bridge, on the 21st instant, Mr. Edward WHITFIELD, of Elswick Villas, near Newcastle, shipowner and colliery agent, to Mary SUTTON, daughter of Elihu SUTTON, Esq., of Scotby, near Carlisle.

Saturday 25 May 1844 (p. 3, col. 6-7) Deaths. In Rickergate, on the 21st instant, Mr. Joseph Hetherington FENWICK, aged 34 years. In Scotch Street, on the 22nd instant, Mr. John CORBETT, aged 62 years. In Union Street, on the 21st instant, Mr. Robert WISE, aged 68-after a lingering illness, which he bore with Christian patience and resignation. At the English Damside, on the 20th instant, Mr. Harker GILL, aged 36 years. At Liverpool, on the 20th instant, Mrs. Jane RICHARDSON, wife of Mr. Thomas RICHARDSON, late of Carlisle, aged 37 years-under severe suffering, died with great resignation, and will be long lamented by her family and friends. At Kingstown, on the 18th instant, Mrs. Mary MARTIN, aged 61 years. At Corby, on the 2nd inst., Jane HIND, relict of Mr. Thomas HIND, aged 83-much respected through life. At the How, near Hayton, on Sunday last, very suddenly, Mr. Joseph MILBURN, aged 78 years. At Brampton, on the 20th instant, Mr. Joshua PARKER, dyer, aged 56 years. At Wigton, on the 22nd instant, Hannah, wife of Mr. Andrew BURNEY, aged 55 years. At Gamblesby, in the parish of Aikton, on the 12th inst., Mr. Joseph STODDART, aged 64-much esteemed and regretted by his friends and neighbours. At Penrith, on the 19th instant, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. James HUTCHINSON, miner, aged 26; at his grandmother's, (Mrs. HOPPER), Thomas, son of Mr. Thomas HOPPER, merchant, Glasgow, aged seven years. At Stockport, on Wednesday last, in the prime of life, Mr. Beeby HODGSON, tea-dealer, third son of Mr. Joseph HODGSON, post master, Allonby. At Clargill Head, near Alston, on the 17th inst., aged 60, Mr. Nicholas SMITH. At Nenthead, on the 19th instant, aged 64, Mrs. Sarah TATTARS [TATTERS according to FreeBMD]. At Keswick, on Friday last, suddenly, from the rupture of a blood vessel, Mrs. Betty JACKSON, aged 71 years. At Cockermouth, on Wednesday, the 22nd inst., Mr. William ARMSTRONG, husbandman, aged 37 years; same day, Thomas OLIPHANT, woollen weaver, aged 27 years. At Cockermouth, on Tuesday week, Margaret, the daughter of Mr. Jonah MILLER, aged nine years. At Workington, on the 13th instant, Jane, relict of the late Mr. D. MIDDLETON, aged 48 years; on the 16th, Barbara BELL, aged 29 years; on the 17th, William, son of the late Mr. Wm. EDKIN, aged seven weeks; same day, John, son of Mr. Thomas MURRAY, aged nine months; on the 20th, Jane, daughter of Mr. Thomas FRAZER, aged 19 years; and same day, Frances Ann, daughter of the late Mr. William EDKIN, aged five years. At Lamplugh, on the 18th inst., Mr. John DICKINSON, of the Golden Fleece inn, advanced in years. At Harrington, on the 19th inst., awfully sudden, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Barnard M'GOWAN, aged 61 years. At the Union Workhouse, Whitehaven, Mrs. Ann GAINFORD, widow, aged 80 years. At Whitehaven, since our last, Frances Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. James ROBSON, in the 6th year of her age. At Benin, Africa, on board the brig Oscar, Mr. John STEELE, mariner, of Whitehaven, in the 22nd year of his age. The Oscar arrived at Liverpool on Thursday week, and out of the crew of 13 persons, who left this country with her, she has returned with only two of her original hands; the master, mate, and nine others having fallen sacrifice to that pestilential climate. There was another young man belonging to Whitehaven on board the ill-fated vessel, named DOWCIE, who is also one of the sufferers. At his residence in Castle Grove, Lancaster, on the 16th inst., Thomas CROFT, Esq., in the 68th year of his age. In London, on the 6th instant, awfully sudden, aged 49 years, Charlotte, wife of Mr. William BROWN, formerly of Yanwath Hall, near Lowther, much and deservedly respected. DEATH OF THE LADY ELIZABETH LOWTHER.-We regret to announce the death of Lady Elizabeth LOWTHER, relict of the late Sir John LOWTHER, of Swillington, Bart. Her ladyship was in the 74th year of her age. She was the third daughter of John, the ninth Earl of Westmoreland, and sister of the late Countess of Lonsdale, who was the eldest daughter of the same Earl of Westmoreland by his first wife. The deceased Lady Elizabeth was married to Sir John LOWTHER in 1790.

Saturday 25 May 1844 (p. 3, col. 6-7) Births. At Cockermouth, on Monday, the wife of Mr. Wm. SMETHURST, foreman in the hat-finishing department of Mr. WILSON's business, formerly of Manchester, of two sons and a daughter. Marriages. At St. James's Church, Whitehaven, on Wednesday, the 15th instant, by the Rev. J. JENKINS, Mr. Christopher Woodall HENDERSON, of Carlisle, to Miss Elizabeth KITCHEN, of Hilton Terrace, Whitehaven. At Dalston, on Wednesday, the 15th inst., by the Rev. Walter FLETCHER, John LIDDLE, Esq., of Brow Nelston House, to Sarah, the fourth daughter of the late John WATSON, Esq., Gill, near Dalston. At the Friends' Meeting House, at Benfieldside, near Shotley Bridge, on the 21st instant, Mr. Edward WHITFIELD, of Elswick Villas, near Newcastle, shipowner and colliery agent, to Mary SUTTON, daughter of Elihu SUTTON, Esq., of Scotby, near Carlisle. At Wigton, on the 19th instant, Mr. George MILLER, tailor, to Margaret, only daughter of Mr. Thomas ROUTLEDGE, grocer; on the same day, Mr. John HEWITSON, mason, to Ann, daughter of Mr. Henry FIELDING, clogger; on the 20th, Mr. William STORY, currier, to Miss DREWRY, milliner. At St. Silas's Church, Liverpool, on the 19th inst., by the Rev. Mr. DAVIES, Mr. A. BOUCH, mate of the brig Isabella, of North Shields, (now discharging in Princes' Dock, Liverpool), to Miss Mary MANDALL, of Penrith. At Crosscanonby, on the 13th, by the Rev. J. DONALD, Mr. R. O. SANDERSON, late Roman Catholic priest at Maryport, to Ann, widow of the late Mr. DUGGAN, draper, of the same place. At New York, on the 30th March last, Mr. HERD, late of Egremont, Cumberland, to Miss Mary DIXON, dressmaker, formerly of Whitehaven. At Askham, on the 16th inst., by the Rev. J. T. WARD, vicar, Mr. Thomas WHARTON, of Bampton, merchant, to Agnes, youngest daughter of the late Mr. John KIRKBRIDE, of Helton Head, in the parish of Askham. At Kendal, on the 13th instant, Mr. Robert PARKER, to Miss Dorothy STEPHENSON, both of Kendal; on the 16th, Mr. Benjamin DICKINSON, head waiter at the Commercial inn, Kendal, to Miss Margaret WILKINSON, of the same place. On the 20th instant, at St. George's, Hanover-square, by the Rev. Gilbert ELLIOT, Viscount Melgund, eldest son of the Earl of Minto, to Emma Eleanor Elizabeth, only daughter of the late General Sir Thomas HISLOP, Bart., G.C.B.

LOCAL & DISTRICT NEWS.......#3 TRAVELLING SHOWS AND THE SMALLPOX. At the Kendal Board of Guardians, on Saturday, DR. PAGE, medical officer of health for the district, called the attention of the Board to information he had received to some travelling caravans, containing persons suffering from smallpox, and had passed through Sedbergh in Yorkshire, from the town of Kirkby Stephen, in Westmorland, apparently on their way to Kendal. DR. PAGE stated that he hoped it was not true, as he had heard that at Kirkby Stephen a medical man, finding the vans were infected, ordered them away out of the place. All the caravans in Kendal on Saturday (of which there were a great many) were inspected; so that it would appear the plague-stricken show had sought quarters elsewhere. Nevertheless, the medical officer advised the Board, who, by a strange anomaly in the Public Health regulations, are the only responsible parties in such cases, in the borough of Kendal, to take precautions. It was known that caravans had come from Preston,, where the disease was very prevalent; and as the persons connected with these establishments did not always sleep in the vans, they might easily spread infection, not only in one town, but in every place which they happened to make their location. It appears the police have no power to inspect the vans. FRESH OUTBREAK OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. This disease has again made its appearance in Westmoreland, after an interval of several months, during which the cattle in the county were quite clear of all contagious diseases. On yesterday week, we reported that seven cows and one pig had become affected with the foot and mouth disease, and on that day, a cow at Kirkby Lonsdale also took it. This cow had been pasturing on an island in the River Lune, and as many cattle have been driven through the district to the late cattle fairs at Sedbergh, Milnthorpe, and Kirkby Lonsdale, and as one herd was driven to the Lune to drink, it is probably that the disease has been imported. The diseased cow is isolated, and every effort will be made to prevent the further spread of the disease. The regulations and restrictions with respect to isolation are now repealed by the Privy Council, and consequently the authorities are almost powerless to deal with an outbreak of infectious disease. Cattle may be moved about or allowed to herd with healthy stock, in fact a farmer may do as he pleases with respect to his diseased cattle, so long as he does not take them upon a highway or show them at a market or fair. As farmers chafed so very much under the restrictions we have referred to, can they not voluntarily do something among themselves to obviate the necessity of compulsion ? A VALUABLE HEIFER KILLED. A mysterious and singular catastrophy took place on Saturday last in a field near Penrith. MR. F. WILLIAMSON, of Steadman House, had a number of valuable short-horn cattle pasturing in an inclosure called Mires Hill, near the Penrith Workhouse; and skirting the land is a hedge belonging to MR. CLARK, in which grew an ash tree of large dimensions. About two o'clock in the afternoon smoke was observed rising from the neighbourhood of the tree by MR. JOSEPH FENTON, of Penrith, as he was passing along the highway; but the circumstance does not seem to have occurred to him as singular, for he neither went to ascertain the cause nor named what he had seen to any one. So far as we are able to learn no other passerby noticed anything peculiar until eight o'clock in the evening. MR. WILLIAMSON's son, who at that time was returning from business in Penrith, perceiving that the tree had fallen from the place where he had seen it standing in the morning, went into the field, and discovered that the lower part of the trunk had almost been burned through, and one of the large limbs resting upon a fine three-year-old shorthorn calving heifer. The ribs were completely smashed, and the whole body was pounded nearly to a jelly. When found, the animal must have been dead for some time, as the carcase was quite cold. The trunk of the tree was still smouldering when MR. WILLIAMSON reached the place; but no indication could be discovered, nor indeed has anything yet transpired, upon which to form a conclusion as to whether the tree had been fired by an accident or premeditatedly.

LOCAL & DISTRICT NEWS......#2 APPLEBY AND KIRKBY STEPHEN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. The annual general meeting of the members was held at the King's Head Hotel, Appleby, on Saturday last, when MR. JOHN NICHOLSON, of Kirkbythore, was appointed chairman of the committee for the current year, and the annual show was fixed to take place at Appleby, on Friday, the 18th September next. JAMES ATKINSON, Esq., of Winderwath, has generously offered to give a challenge cup of the value of £20 or thereabouts, but the object has yet to be decided upon. The accounts, which were audited previous to the meeting, show a substantial balance of £58 14s. 2d. PENRITH WHITSUNTIDE CATTLE FAIR. This annual gathering took place on Tuesday morning upon the Fair Hill, at the Townhead, and was largely attended by dealers and other intending purchasers, who found only a small display of stock to select from. Calving cows and heifers were particularly scarce, and had it not been for a drove of fine, fresh two and three year old bullocks and heifers shown by MR. PATTINSON YOUNG in an adjoining pasture, this department of the fair would have been only very indifferently represented. By nine o'clock an eager disposition was manifested by dealers to enter upon business, but wishing to make their contracts on a somewhat reduced scale (on account of the downward tendency of the Lancashire and Southern markets) to that which has prevailed in the north for some months, and sellers being resolute in their demands for former, and in some instances even higher rates, for a time a lull took place. However, previous to the close, which occurred early, a better understanding was come to, and all the choicest animals found customers at prices similar to those ruling at last April Fair. APPLEBY. The half-yearly statute hiring was held on Monday in the Market-place, servants preferring it to the High Cross, near the Castle gates, where it has been held at this time of the year alternately with the Martinmas hiring at the Low Cross for generations past. There was a large attendance of young men and girls, who to appearance seemed more bent on pleasure than on business; the best known servants having accepted situations previous to the hiring, which was unusually brisk, and in a great measure concluded at an early hour in the afternoon. Wages as expected ruled high. Best men obtained from £15 to £18, and youths from £10 to £12 and upwards for the summer half-year. Women servants from £9 to £11, and girls, from about 16 years of age, from £7 to £9, according to their ability. The town was very quiet and peaceable throughout the day. These was a total absence of shows and shooting galleries, and a dance in the Butter Market Hall, got up by a portion of the Militia Band, appeared to be the chief attraction,, and was largely patronised. WENSLEYDALE RAILWAY. The branch from Leyburn to Hawes, which, in order to avoid obstacles, proceeds in a rather circuitous line up the dale, or Valley of the Ure, will be about seventeen miles in length. Commencing at the present station at Leyburn, it passes underneath the road to Middleham, winds along the hill side to the south of the village, crosses the Wensley road, and skirts the base of the cliff known as the Shawl, and proceeding, onward passes near the lead mine at Keld Head, leaves Bolton Hall a little to the south, touches at the village of Redmire, and a little further on passes in front of the grim-looking ruins of Bolton Castle. Thence the line, taking a south-westerly direction, runs near to the village of Carperby, passes close by "Aysgarth Force", and continues on past Bearpark, Nappa Hall, through an extensive rabbit warren known as "Nappa Warren", on to Askrigg, Bowbridge, Bainbridge, and further on it crosses the Ure and proceeds thence to Hawes.

LOCAL & DISTRICT NEWS......#1 MR. S. PLIMSOLL,, the "Sailor's Friend", and M.P. for Derby, visited Penrith last week. MR. F. HERSCHELL, Q.C., is one of the candidates in the Liberal interest for the representation of the city of Durham. SALE OF "LAUGHING STOCK". - This famous stallion was last week sold by MR. MOFFAT for 1,000 guineas to MR. HUTTON, bone-setter, of London, and a native of Westmorland. We may add that in the class of two-year-olds for hunting purposes, at Manchester show, MR. MOFFAT's "Young Stockwell" has been awarded the first prize. (from Carlisle Journal) SUICIDE OF FARMER. - On Thursday morning MR. GEORGE COATSWORTH, of Bowlees, near Middleton-in-Teasdale, committed suicide by cutting his throat. Deceased was a farmer in good circumstances, but had been depressed in mind for some time. He was 62 years of age, and leaves a wife and large family. INDUCTION OF THE NEW BISHOP OF ST. CUTHBERT's. - On Wednesday evening, the REV. T. J. COOPER, M.A., Vicar of Stavely, who was the same day instituted by the Bishop to the incumbency of St. Cuthbert's, Carlisle, was inducted to his new benefice. The REV. D. A. DOUDNEY, conducted the ceremony, which was the old one of handing the new clergyman the key of the church, allowing him to lock himself in, say a prayer, and ring the bell. MR. COOPER is expected to preach for the first time in St. Cuthbert's on the last Sunday in June. MELMERBY. - PHRENOLOGY. - MR. THOS. BROWN, professor of phrenology, delivered three very interesting lectures on the above subject in the school-room at Melmerby, during last week. The following were the subjects of each lecture respectively: 1. The Brain, a Plurality of Organs; 11. How to Read Character; and 111. Human Progression (phrenologically considered). To prove the accuracy of phrenological delineation of character, &c., MR. BROWN examined several ladies and gentlemen publicly at the close of each lecture, which were delivered in a lucid manner, and were listened to with wrapt attention. CARD SHARPERS AT KENDAL. - Three men, calling themselves WILLIAM BRADLEY and MICHAEL CAIN, of Manchester, and THOMAS RILEY, of Leeds, were apprehended at Kendal, on Friday afternoon, as being rogues and vagabonds, and for unlawfully playing at a certain game with cards. The prisoners went to the Fleece Inn, where they met a young man named WILLIAM DENNISON, a farm-servant, with whom they got into conversation, and one of them produced three cards, and DENNISON was induced to wager a shilling on his success in choosing a certain one among them. In this way he was allowed to win two shillings, after which he lost two florins, and urged on by the mans accomplices, he next risked a sovereign and lost it. Information was given to the police, and the men were taken before a magistrate and sentenced to two months' imprisonment, two women who were in company with them being sent out of town. One of the company had been previously known at the police-office. HOLLOWAY's PILLS. - Liver Complaints and Disorders of the Bowels. - It is impossible to exaggerate the extraordinary virtue of this medicine in the treatment of all affections of the liver or irregularities of the bowels. In cases of depraved or super-abundant bile, these Pills taken freely have never been known to fail. IN bowel complaints, they are equally efficacious, though they should then be taken rather more sparingly, for every medicine in the form of an aperient requires caution when the bowels are disordered, although, at the same time. a gentler or more genial aperient than these Pills, in moderate doses, has never yet been discovered. If taken according to the printed instructions, they not only cure the complaint, but improve the whole system.

Hi I have a number of the Woof family in my tree. I will send these to you direct. Regards Gerry Doyle -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of gillykh Sent: Saturday, 18 January 2014 6:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] FW: Woof of Firbank From: gillykh [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 1:56 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: FW: Woof of Firbank From: gillykh [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2014 8:00 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: Woof of Firbank Hi List, I am helping a friend to research her family history ,and I have been unable to find any baptisms for the Woof family. Can anyone help? William Woof b 1769 no baptism, married Agnes Tebay no marriage found John Woof b 1796 no baptism married Ann Ward 29 May 1830 familysearch William b 1830 Agnes b 1832 John b 1834 Thomas b 1835 Richard b 1837 George b 1839. No baptisms found for the children Any help or additional info would be great Thanks Gilly ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Saturday 25 May 1844 (p. 2, col. 5) LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. ----- A MYSTERIOUS VISITOR.-On Wednesday last, a fine looking young man, a stranger, nearly in a state of nudity, was discovered wandering about in the neighbourhood of Trinity Church, Caldewgate, and as it was ascertained that he was insane he was handed over to the parish officers. By them he was sent off, in charge of an officer, to Dunstan Lodge, Newcastle, by railway. His hands and feet were bound, and as he was, as regarded clothing, in much the same situation, as when he was first seen in Caleewgate [sic], he was, as may be readily supposed, no very agreeable companion to the rest of the passengers, who, like Miss Tabitha BRAMBLE in Humphrey Clinker, felt their nerves a little discomposed by the too extensive exhibition of skin, though it was never so white. The officers had, we understand, attempted to "cover his nakedness," but could only succeed in getting a cloak thrown round him. This was an unpremeditated source of annoyance on the stranger's part, but he took means to make himself actively obnoxious, by voiding rheum, with unerring aim, in the faces and upon the habiliments of those seated near him. Disagreeable as this was, originating as it did with a madman, it certainly does not seem to have warranted the expedient adopted by the officers in charge of the stranger, to put an end to his annoyances, on the arrival of the train at the Milton station. He might have been removed to an empty carriage, and allowed to indulge his penchant for spitting there harmlessly; but instead of this, he was locked up in a dog box, of very small dimensions, and the train proceeded on its way. It had not been long in motion before he burst open the door of his prison house, and, while the train was travelling at a rapid rate, leaped out upon the road! He reached the ground, it would appear, without sustaining any injury, for when, after going about half a mile, the train put back to pick up what was supposed to be a dead man, he was found leaning against the hedge on the side of the railway, unhurt, and apparently unconcerned in anything going on around him! He was again placed in the train, and conveyed to Newcastle. He gave his name Andrew ROWLAND, and said he was a hatter from Cockermouth. His coat has since been found near Wigton, having in the pocket a hatters' ticket. INQUESTS.-An inquest was held before Mr. CARRICK, County Coroner, on Tuesday last, at Pedderhill, in the parish of Arthuret, on the body of John LAW, aged 43 years, a farm servant with Mr. JOHNSTON, of that place. The deceased was carting manure and sitting on the fore-end of the cart, when something caused the mare to throw up and kick, by which he received a mortal injury on the lower part of his body, producing mortification of the parts, of which he died five days after the accident. Verdict, accidental death-deodand 1s. LAW bore an excellent character, and had been a servant in Mr. JOHNSON's family for upwards of 30 years. He has left a wife and seven children.-At Brampton, on the same day, on the body of Miss DOBIE, of Rowantree Hill, in the parish of Lanercost. On Monday afternoon, the deceased left home to consult a medical gentleman, having been suffering from illness a considerable time. It was with much difficulty that she reached Brampton, and on her arrival she was quite exhausted. Mr. MOSES attended her, and found that she was labouring under all the symptoms of typhus fever, considerably aggravated by the cold and exertions to which she had exposed herself. She was put to bed in a friend's house in the inn. Up to eleven o'clock no material change was observed, but when the household awoke next morning, she was discovered to be dead. Verdict, "Typhus Fever, aggravated by exposure to cold and too violent exertion."-At How, in the parish of Hayton, on Monday last, on the body of Mr. Joseph MILBURN, yeoman, who committed suicide on the preceding day, by hanging himself in his barn. Clear evidence of his insanity was given, and the jury returned their verdict accordingly.

Saturday 18 May 1844 (p. 3, col. 2-4) QUARTERLY TABLE OF MORTALITY.-The quarterly returns ending March 31st, have just reached us. The deaths in the northern division in that period are shown to have been in Carlisle 271 | Gateshead 216 Cockermouth 184 | Tynemouth 332 Kendal 222 | Sunderland 306 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 436 | In the Registrar's notes, we find the following observations:-Carlisle, (St. Mary's.)-The number of deaths registered this quarter is considerably above the average, being 49 more than the corresponding quarter of last year, which is attributable to Measles and Hooping Cough, being very prevalent and fatal, there being 49 deaths from the above causes; whereas, in the corresponding quarter of last year there were only 1 of measles, and 1 of hooping cough. St. Cuthbert.-This is considerably above an average quarterly number of deaths; but there does not seem to be any infectious disease prevalent to account for the increase. The deaths seem to have been principally amongst old people and young children-14 persons being upwards of 70 years each, and 22 under one year, which will account, in a great measure, for the increase. Stanwix.-The number of deaths is above the average, owing to the prevalence of measles. There was one case of hooping cough, also two of croup. None of these have of late years been prevalent in this district. Wetheral.-Hooping cough and measles have been very prevalent in my district this quarter. DEATH OF SIR JOHN LOWTHER, BART.-The demise of this venerable Baronet, which had been looked for for some weeks past, took place on Monday, at Swillington Hall, near Leeds, his principal residence. He was the son of the Rev. Sir W. LOWTHER, Bart., rector of Swillington, and Ann, his wife, a descendant of the ancient family of the ZOUCHes; was born in April, 1759, had had consequently just completed his 85th year. On the 4th of September, 1790, he married Lady Elizabeth FANE, second daughter of John, the ninth Earl of Westmoreland, by whom he had three sons and three daughters, but one of the latter died an infant and another in 1812. Sir John was next brother to the late Earl of Lonsdale, whom he strongly resembled both in features and personal disposition. Though fond of retirement, he was not unused to public life, and during a period of many years represented in Parliament the county of Cumberland. His baronetcy dates from 1824. The successor to his title and estates is his eldest son, John Henry (born March 23, 1793,) one of the members for the city of York-now, course, Sir John Henry LOWTHER, Bart. DEATH OF MR. ISAAC CREWDSON.-The decease of this benevolent gentleman occurred very suddenly whilst on a visit at Bowness, near the lake of Windermere, on the 8th instant. He had for some years suffered from an affection of the heart, and an attack, half an hour in duration, terminated his life of piety and usefulness, in the 64th year his age. The town of Manchester has sustained a severe loss in the removal of this good man, whose excellencies consisted in the application of a sound judgment to useful purposes, in remarkable integrity of character, in a disinterested and generous benevolence, and in singleness of aim and untiring devotedness to the cause of practical piety. Many under the pressure of adversity have been privately relieved by his beneficence, in a manner so tender and delicate as at once to supply their temporal necessities, and to sooth their feelings. Mr. CREWDSON was a native of Kendal, but in early youth removed to Manchester, and for many years resided at Ardwick Green. After an assiduous, but not absorbing attention to business, he retired with a competency from commercial pursuits in 1826, and more fully devoted his time, talents and property, to the benefit of his fellow men, in various channels of Christian philanthropy. Whilst, on the broadest and most liberal principles, he was the friend and supporter of associations formed to relieve the physical, and raise the mental condition of mankind, he applied the largest share of his energies and property to the bible, missionary, and tract societies. But the Manchester and Salford Town Mission was the institution to which, since its establishment in 1837, he was especially devoted, and to him, under the divine blessing, more than to any other individual, is that establishment indebted for its prosperity and usefulness. The interest felt by Mr. CREWDSON, in the religious welfare of his fellow-men, induced him to print several small works, chiefly compilations. Amongst these was his own abridgment "Baxter's Saint's Rest," of which 30,000 have been circulated, and a large proportion of them at the cost of the benevolent compiler, to missionaries, Sunday schools, and other public institutions. But in 1835 he appeared as an author, in the publication of a work which will, probably, hand his name down to posterity,-"A Beacon to the Society of Friends." This gave rise to an active controversy, the result of which was, that Mr. CREWDSON and many of his friends felt themselves constrained to withdraw themselves from that community; but he continued to cherish an affectionate regard for the society, which he manifested until the close of his valuable life. Mr. CREWDSON's remains were interred on Wednesday morning, at eleven o'clock, at the Rusholme Road Cemetery.

Hello Gilly Although not Baptism information, you may be interested in looking at the following search from the CUMBERLAND & WESTMORLAND NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES, using only the surname in capital letters for the surname WOOF. You will need to scroll down past the news items, until you see the heading "SEARCH" http://www.cultrans.com/component/search/?searchword=WOOF&searchphrase=all&Itemid=17 Barb, Ontario, Canada.