Subject: James Bowling Clabour (1019) (1845 - 1908)[1],[2],[2]
Father: John Bowling Clabour (1026) (b. 24 Sep 1807, d. circa Feb 1875)
Mother: Selina Jackson (1027) (b. 1811, d. Jul 1872)

Events

Ages

Timeline

TypeDateDetailsAge
Birth__ ___ 1845Rothwell Haigh, Yorkshire. [1],[2]0
Census30 Mar 1851Upper Goslem, Rothwell, Yorkshire; shown aged 6. [2]6
Census 18617 Apr 18615 Upper Goslem, Rothwell Haigh, Yorkshire; shown as mechanic, aged 16. [3]16
Residence5 Feb 1867Rothwell, Yorkshire. [4]22
Marriage6 Feb 1867Mary Ann Longbottom (1020) (b. 1846, ); Hunslet Baptist Chapel, Hunslet, Yorkshire; he is shown aged 22, an engine smith; she is shown aged 21. [1],[4]22
Daughter__ ___ 1868Annie B Clabour (1021); Hunslet, Yorkshire. [1]22
Son__ Nov 1870James Arthur Clabour (1884); Hunslet, Yorkshire. [5]25
Census 18712 Apr 187138 Leak's Ter (Terrace?), Hunslet, Yorkshire; shown as engine fitter, aged 26. [5]26
Daughter__ ___ 1874Emily F Clabour (1885); Hunslet, Yorkshire. [6]29
Daughter__ ___ 1876Sarah J. Clabour (1022); Yeadon, Yorkshire. [1]30
Misc25 Sep 1878Yeadon, Yorkshire; Clabour & Crossfield business had been liquidated. [7]33
Son__ ___ 1879George E. Clabour (1023); Yeadon, Yorkshire. [1]34
Misc10 Jul 1880Yeadon, Yorkshire; Clabour & Crossfield were advertising for sale "the cheapest horizontal engines in Yorkshire, 2 to 12 Horse Power in stock. [8]35
Misc__ ___ 1881"Clabour & Crossfield" made horizontal compound steam engines, used in steam laundries, for example. [9]36
Misc7 Jan 1881Yeadon, Yorkshire; Clabour & Crossfield were declared bankrupt. [10]36
Misc__ Jan 1881Well-hill, Yeadon, Yorkshire; the partnership between James Bowling Clabour and Elijah Crossfield, engineers, was dissolved by mutual consent. "Clabour and Crossfield" were engineers, millwrights, machine makers, and iron and brass founders. Elijah continued alone. [11],[12]36
Daughter25 Mar 1881Amelia Clabour (1024); Yeadon, Yorkshire. [1],[6]36
Census 18813 Apr 1881Well Hill, Yeadon, Yorkshire; shown as engineer, aged 36. [6]36
Soncirca __ Aug 1883John Bowling Clabour (1025); Guiseley, Yorkshire. [1]38
Event-Misc3 Aug 1885General Trades Exhibition, Leeds; he exhibited an improved steam engine. [13]40
Son__ ___ 1888Wilfred Arnold Clabour (744); Guiseley, Yorkshire. [1]42
Event-Misc19 Jul 1890Leeds Exhibition, Leeds, Yorkshire; he exhibited a combined engine and boiler. [14]45
Census 18915 Apr 18916 Springfield Terrace, Guiseley, Yorkshire; shown as steam engine maker, aged 46. [15]46
Event-Misc24 Dec 1894nr Oxford St., Guiseley, Yorkshire; it was reported in the Leeds Mercury that the Guiseley Engine Works, owned by J B Clabour, was badly damaged by storm. [16]49
Census31 Mar 1901Oxford House, Guiseley, Yorkshire; shown as steam engine maker, aged 56. [1]56
Death22 Dec 1908Engine Works, Oxford Road, Guiseley, Yorkshire; cause of death recorded as "probably heart disease"; occupation recorded as a stationary engine maker (master). [17]63
Event-Misc29 Mar 1909it was reported in the Yorkshire Evening Post, p.5, that an employee had been killed at the engineering works in an accident with a planing machine.

Sources

1. S0506: Census 1901 James CLABOUR, Image of Enumerator's book, 31 Mar 1901, ref: RG13/4069 f.12, Guiseley, Yorkshire, household of James Bowling Clabour; Repository: Ancestry website, www.ancestry.co.uk.

2. S0507: Census 1851 John CLABOR, Image of Enumerator's book, 30 Mar 1851, ref: HO107/2316 f.391, Rothwell, Yorkshire, household of John Bowling Clabour; Repository: Ancestry website, www.ancestry.co.uk.

3. S1129: Census 1861 John Bowling CLABOURGH, Image of enumerator's book, 07 Apr 1861, ref: RG9/3359/f.74,p.7, Rothwell Haigh, household of John Bowling Clabour; Repository: Ancestry website, www.ancestry.co.uk.

4. S0787: James Bowling CLABOUR Mary Ann LONGBOTTOM marriage registration, James Bowling CLABOUR Mary Ann LONGBOTTOM marriage, 6 feb 1867, Entry no. 177, Repository: General Register Office, PO Box 2, Southport, Merseyside PR8 2JD.

5. S1143: Census 1871 James B CLABAIR, Image of enumerator's book, 2 April 1871, ref: RG10/4512/f.103,p.21, Hunslet, Yorkshire, household of James Bowling Clabour; Repository: Ancestry website, www.ancestry.co.uk.

6. S1144: Census 1881 James CLAYBOUR, Image of enumerator's book, 3 Apr 1881, ref: RG11/4341/p.24, Well Hill, Yeadon, Yorkshire, household of James Bowling Clabour; Repository: Ancestry website, www.ancestry.co.uk.

7. S1125: Sheffield Independent, Yeadon, Yorkshire, 25 Sep 1878, page 4, titled "Liquidations", Repository: British Newspaper Archives, www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.

8. S1124: Leeds Mercury, 10 Jul 1880, page 9, titled "For Sale the cheapest horizontal engines in Yorkshire", Repository: British Newspaper Archives, www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.

9. S1122: Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 14 Jul 1923, page 3, titled "Dewsbury Steam Laundry", Repository: British Newspaper Archives, www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.

10. S1123: Sheffield Independent, 8 Jan 1881, page 7, titled "Bankrupts etc.", Repository: British Newspaper Archives, www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.

11. S1114: Huddersfield Chronicle, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, 10 Jan 1881, page 3, titled "Partnerships Dissolved", Repository: British Newspaper Archives, www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.

12. S1115: Leeds Mercury, Leeds, Yorkshire, 4 Jan 1881, page 3, titled "Legal Notices", Repository: British Newspaper Archives, www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.

13. S1140: Leeds Mercury, Guiseley, Yorkshire, 3 Aug 1885, page 1, titled "General Trades Exhibition", Repository: British Newspaper Archives, www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.

14. S1139: Leeds Mercury, Guiseley, Yorkshire, 19 Jul 1890, page 7, titled "The Leeds Exhibition", Repository: British Newspaper Archives, www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.

15. S1145: Census 1891 James B CLABOUR, Image of enumerator's book, 5 Apr 1891, ref: RG12/3531/f.71,p.49, Guiseley, Yorkshire, household of James Bowling Clabour; Repository: Ancestry website, www.ancestry.co.uk.

16. S1138: Leeds Mercury, Guiseley, Yorkshire, 24 Dec 1894, page 8, titled "Collapse of Engineering Works at Guiseley", Repository: British Newspaper Archives, www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.

17. S0786: James Bowling CLABOUR death registration; subject: James Bowling Clabour, Copy of certificate DYB 620444 (7 Aug 2007), General Register Office, PO Box 2, Southport, Merseyside PR8 2JD.