Thread: Orton from CDA looking for Ortons Yorkshire

I posted this in the forum Introduce yourself, and then I saw this forum so I just did a copy and paste if anyone notices the duplicate.



Hello all. My name is Deborah Orton from Innisfil, Ontario Canada, and I am the daughter of Derek Orton, formerly of Wyke, Bradford, Yorkshire, England. This year my father will be 75 (born Oct 23, 1933 to William Henry Orton and Beatrice Ough) and as a special birthday gift (for he has always wanted to know) I have undertaken to do the Orton family tree.



My dad's brothers are Arthur Edwin Orton, born ~1922, lived in Romney UK, died a couple of years ago, and Gerald Orton, born ~1923, emigrated to Dundas, Ontario Canada after WW2. My father lived with him and his wife Bonnie Brown when he came to Canada at the age of 17. His mother sent him to Canada for safekeeping to preempt him joining the RAF during WW2.



I have been looking at some of the information that they let you see without the subscription, and there is a William Riley who has posted the family tree of Reeve who is relatively (no pun intended) closely related to my father ~ my fathers aunt was Lovinia Orton who married Percy George Reeve. Would love to get hold of him somehow without having to subscribe (tight budget). I have a birth certificate for William Henry Orton, born of William Henry Orton and Elizabeth Shackleton, an Arnold Orton, and a birth certificate for a William Henry born of William Orton and Selina Chaplin, but I don't have any information concerning marriages and so on.



My fathers family has resided for the most part in Yorkshire England, in the Bradford, Leeds Bingley area ( I have a number of plot certificates for the Bingley Cemetary), and my grandmother Beatrice Ough's family resided predominantly in Wakefield. I have some information concerning the Ough family if anyone is looking or can help fill in some details. She had sisters Olive, Ivy, brothers Willie and a Norman and a Frank, but I don't know if they were brothers or in-laws, or if the sisters were in-laws. I have a family photo that shows a Ruby, a Frank, and a number of others, but they are noted by first names and relationships, not last names (i.e. Frank's second wife, and so on.)



I have been enjoying looking into this family tree thing, it is very interesting, and would enjoy hearing from anyone that is looking or has anything that they can share.



I would even be interested in anyone that knows anything historical about Bingley, Wakefield, Leeds, or if there is anyone that knows anything about an old tavern in Bingley I believe called the Barley Mow. My fathers great grandfather was the Publican/Landlord of the Barley Mow, but beyond that, I don't know anything. What I cannot find with details before my father's birthday, I would love to be able to make up for with local color and history.



Also, there is a mystery relative, believed to be an Arnold Orton (an uncle or a great uncle of my father's) that went to Australia in the late 1800's I believe, last heard from with a letter sent from Alice Springs in the heart of the Red Center if I understand correctly.



That's it for my introduction ~ looking for Orton's (direct descent line), Shackletons a/o Dec 1861 (marriage), Ough's a/o Dec 1922 (marriage), Hiltons a/o Jun 1907 (marriage), Meadwells a/o Dec 1876 (marriage), Coulton's a/o Dec 1896 (marriage), Wignalls a/o Mar 1916 (marriage), and Chaplins a/o pre 1841 (marriage) as well as Anderton's - two brothers I believe who married sisters Selina Orton and Florence Orton, daughters of William Henry Orton and Elizabeth Shackleton.



Deborah Orton

d.orton@rogers.com

Hi Deborah, welcome to AA.



This would appear to be William Henry on the 1901 census.



Name: William H Orton Age: 4 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1897 Relation: Son Father's Name: Arthur Mother's Name: Mary Gender: Male Where born: Bingley, Yorkshire, England



Civil Parish: Bingley Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity Town: Bingley County/Island: Yorkshire Country: EnglandRegistration district: Keighley Sub-registration district: Bingley ED, institution, or vessel: 15 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 319 Household Members: Name Age Annie Orton 11 Arthur Orton 34 Florence Orton 9 Lilly Orton 13 Martha E Orton 15 Mary Orton 34 William H Orton 4

Thank you ever so much, slizzy. They are all exact matches! Now I know birth order, and I know who Lilly/Louie are. Once again, thank you ever so much!

An Arthur Orton married in Keighley in Jun qrt 1886



Possible wives were Mary Coulton, or Mary Todd.



It's unfortunate that both are Mary's...........you may need to buy the cert. to be certain which of the Mary's is yours.



Certs. cost £7 from the GRO. If you do decide to order the cert. you will need this ref.



Marriages Jun 1886 (94%)

Coulton Mary Keighley vol9a page261

Hollings Matthew Keighley vol9a page261

ORTON Arthur Keighley vol9a page261

Todd Mary Keighley vol9a page261

1891, mistranscribed as ARTON



Name: Annie Arton Age: 1 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1890 Relation: Daughter Father's Name: Arthur Mother's Name: Mary Gender: Female Where born: Bingley, Yorkshire, England



Civil Parish: Bingley Ecclesiastical parish: Bingley Holy Trinity Town: Bingley County/Island: Yorkshire Country: EnglandRegistration district: Keighley Sub-registration district: Bingley ED, institution, or vessel: 2 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Annie Arton 1 Arthur Arton 23 Lily Arton 3 Martha E Arton 5 Mary Arton 24

1881.........Arthur live-in help with a Field family.



Name: Arthur Orton Age: 13 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868 Relation: Servant Gender: Male Where born: Bingley, Yorkshire, England



Civil Parish: Long Preston County/Island: Yorkshire Country: England



Street address: Eagle Hotel Education:



Employment status:



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Occupation: Stable Boy (Dom)



Registration district: Settle Sub-registration district: Long Preston

1871 Census ....... All born Bingley except William (Longford Warwickshire) William's occupation was cotton warp dresser.



Name: Arthur Orton Age: 4 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867 Relation: Son Father's Name: William H Mother's Name: Elizabeth Gender: Male Where born: Bingley, Yorkshire, England Civil Parish: Bingley Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity Town: Bingley County/Island: Yorkshire Country: EnglandRegistration district: Keighley Sub-registration district: Bingley ED, institution, or vessel: 2 Household schedule number: 8 Household Members: Name Age Alfred Orton 6 Arthur Orton 4 Elizabeth Orton 25 William H Orton 26

It's late here in England now Deborah, and I'm brain dead. I'll take a look for more records tomorrow evening.

Hi Deborah,



I've just taken a look on Ancestry for 'George Percy Reeves' tree, it's a public tree so I was able to view it, there seems to be a lot of info of interest to you. It has cleared up which Mary was Arthur's wife, according to the tree owner it was Mary Coulton. I have contacted the tree owner on your behalf, and asked if he would be interested in helping you, saying I'll pass on your e-mail address. I so hope he answers my message, he has a wealth of info etc. on your family......there's a fair few photos too. So fingers crossed he gets back to me.

slizzy, you are phenomenal. I thank you more than words can say, especially for your effort on my behalf with the e-mail to the owner of the Reeve family tree. God bless you, you are a gem. Thank you once again.