Rachel GREAVES

1851 - 1936  (84 years)

• Name	Rachel GREAVES
  Birth	5 Oct 1851	East Street Leeds Yorkshire
  	Baptism Record
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	25 Dec 1851	St Peter Hunslet Leeds Yorkshire
  	St Peters, Leeds, number 1735 Rachel dau of William and Elizabeth Greaves of East Street, Leeds, Grocer
  Burial	1936	Holbeck Leeds West Yorkshire
  	Find a Grave website Memorial ID 226552255 BIRTH 1851 DEATH 7 Aug 1936 (aged 84?85) BURIAL Holbeck Cemetery Leeds West Yorkshire PLOT 5880
  Death	7 Aug 1936
  	FreeBMD Sep 1936 Leeds North 9b 260 aged 85 Burial Record
  Person ID	I113	Main Tree
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	William GREAVES,   b. 27 Nov 1823, Heckmondwike Yorkshire
  Mother	Elizabeth THORP,   b. 26 Oct 1822, Bank Yorkshire
  Marriage	7 Mar 1847	Parish Church Leeds Yorks
  	from Transcription of parish records Certificate number 351 - 07/03/1847 William Greaves, full age, bat, grocer, living in Meadow Lane, Leeds, father Jonas Greaves, Miner Elizabeth Thorp, full age, spin, lfrom Hunslet, father Joseph Thorp, flannel maker
  Family ID	F905	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Alfred DYSON,   b. 1851, Huddersfield Yorkshire
  Marriage	13 Oct 1872	Parish Church Bradford Yorkshire
  	Ancestry West Yorkshire C of E records St Peter (Bradford Cathedral) Bradford no 63 13th October 1872 Alfred Dyson aged 22 bat comber of Bradford son of John Dyson comber to Rachel Greaves aged 20 spin spinner of Bradford dau of William Greaves mechanic by Banns. Alfred signed Rachel didn't wit by William Holmes and Christopher Gibson FreeBMD Dec 1872 Bradford 9b 48
  Children	+ 1. Benjamin DYSON,   b. 1873, Liversedge Yorkshire   2. Emily DYSON,   b. 1877, Windhill Yorkshire + 3. Henry DYSON,   b. 2 Dec 1881, Shipley Yorkshire
  Family ID	F572	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Dibb PITTS,   b. 1855, Windhill Yorkshire d. 31 Aug 1920, Holbeck Leeds Yorkshire (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	11 Nov 1893	Calverley Yorkshire
  	SCI Dec 1893 North Bierley 9b 253 Marriage Certificate Parish Church, Calverley, West Yorkshire after banns by Lucius Smith (Vicar) page 44, number 88 on 11/11/1893 Dibb Pitts 38, Bat, Lab, resident of Windhill, father Joanthan Pitts (deceased) Rachel Dyson, 39, wid, resident of Windhill, father William Greaves (deceased) Dibb signed, Rachel didn't witnessed by George Frankland and Mary Frankland.
  Children	+ 1. George PITTS,   b. 10 Apr 1886, Liverpool Lancashire + 2. Lily PITTS,   b. 1 May 1889, Shipley Yorkshire d. 1974, Winterton Hospital Sedgefield Co Durham (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F48	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2025

  
  

• Notes

  1861 RG9 3372 46 at 15 View Lane, Leeds dau single aged 9 born Leeds 1871 RG10 4450 57 at 1 Brittania Yard Bradford lodger in the household of William Beedlam? single worsted spinner aged 19 born Leeds 1881 RG11 4479 44 at 182 Briggate Idle wife married aged 29 born Leeds 1891 RG12 3670 96 at 6 William Street Leeds wife married aged 39 born Hunslet 1901 RG13 4202 98 at 4 Nineveh Grove Holbeck Leeds wife married aged 49 born Leeds 1911 RG14 27193 101 at 12 Nineveh View Holbeck Leeds wife married for 26 years 2 children born alive 2 still living aged 59 born Leeds 1921 RG21 22305 159 at 2x Princess Street Elland Road Leeds mother in the household of Lily Holliday widow hone duties aged 69 & 9 months born Leeds