Grave Concerns
Grave-digging can lead to some unexpected finds! Not much in the way of treasure, but some valued links which can turn into real-world connections.
Shearer
Florence Bell Shearer
Mother of Gladys and daughter of Hiram and Maria Shearer
Born Florence Bell Shearer on 8 December 1890 in Bradford, Yorkshire.
Married Thomas Jarvis Crickmore on 1 October 1912
Died 23 February 1979 and buried in Undercliffe Cemetery
Lily Leachman
Mother of Stephen and daughter of John and Mary Ann Leachman
Born Lillian (but used Lily) Leachman in 1890, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Married Joseph Johnson in 1909
Died in December 1957 in Chesterfield
John Leachman VI
Father of my grandmother Lily and son of Phoebe Leachman
Baptised on 7 December 1867 at Stow in Lindsey, Lincolnshire
Married Mary Ann Fenton in summer 1886
Died in September 1932 in Chesterfield
Mary Ann Fenton
Mother of Lily and daughter of Jane and Barnabas Fenton
Baptised Mary Ann Fenton on 14 November 1869 in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Married John Leachman VI in 1886
Died early in 1918
Hiram Bell Shearer
Father of Florence, son of Mary Bell and acknowledged as the son of William Shearer
Possibly born in 1868 in Preston, Lancashire and baptised Hiram Smith Bell. Surnames he used are “Shearer”, “Bell-Shearer” and “Bell Shearer”
Married Maria Clark on 8 March 1887
Died in September 1933 and buried in Undercliffe Cemetery
Maria Clarke
Mother of Florence and daughter of Joe and Mary Hannah Clark
Born Maria Clark in about 1867 in Horsforth near Bradford, Yorkshire
Married Hiram Bell Shearer on 8 March 1887
Died 7 January 1951 and was buried in Undercliffe Cemetery
Mary Bell
Mother of Hiram and daughter of Thompson and Hannah Bell
Born mid-March 1851 in Bradford, Yorkshire
Married William Shearer on 1 August 1870 at Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire
Died 1890 and was buried on 18 June in Undercliffe Cemetery
Phoebe Leachman
Mother of John Leachman VI and daughter of Kezia and John Leachman V
Born in Kexby and baptised on 24 August 1845 in Upton, Lincolnshire.
Single parent, married Edward Kent in 1871
Died June 1924