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Joseph Wells

1828–
Horton All Saints, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

The Life of Joseph

When Joseph Wells was born on 28 May 1828, in Horton All Saints, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Wells, was 33 and his mother, Elizabeth Galloway, was 29. He married Sarah Ainley on 5 June 1852, in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Luddenden Foot, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881.

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Family Time Line

Spouse & Children

Parents & Siblings

Joseph Wells

1828–

Sarah Ainley

1829–

Marriage: 5 June 1852

Editha Wells

1856–

Thomas A Wells

1862–

Charlotte Wells

1863–

Annie Wells

1865–

William Wells

1866–

Spouse & Children

Joseph Wells

Male1828–Male

Sarah Ainley
Female1829–Female

MARRIAGE
5 June 1852
Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

children

(5)

Female1856–Female

Male1862–Male

Female1863–Female

Female1865–Female

Male1866–Male

Parents & Siblings

William Wells
Male1795–Male
Elizabeth Galloway
Female1799–Female

siblings

(10)

Male1821–1827Male

Female1822–Female

Female1824–Female

Female1825–1828Female

Hannah Wells

Female1825–Female

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World Events (8)

1830

Age 2

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor

Age 5

The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.

1863 · Lendal Bridge Opened

Age 35

The Lendal Bridge was opened in 1863, after a previous failed attempt at building it Thomas Page was brought in to design it. It is an iron bridge styled with the gothic style popular in England. When it was first opened, it was a toll bridge but in 1894, it accepted it’s last toll.

Name Meaning

Wells

Joseph

1 English: habitational name from any of several places named with the plural of Old English well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’, or a topopgraphical name from this word (in its plural form), for example Wells in Somerset or Wellsnext-the-Sea in Norfolk.2 Translation of French Dupuis or any of its variants.

Possible Related Names

Dupuis

Welles

Sources (3)

Joseph Wells in household of William Wells, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
Joseph Wells in household of William Wells, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
Joseph Wells, "England and Wales Census, 1881"

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