William Henry Greenhalgh

  General Notes:

In the census of 1900 a snapshot of time reveled that travel from England was in 1886 no boat reference yet. The Greenhalgh's lived at 77 School Street, Yonkers, NY, USA. The twelfth Census of US June 9, 1900.

Greenhalgh, William Jan 1853 age 47
Emeline Feb 1854 age 46
William May 1879 age 21
Fredrick Apr 1881 age 19
Beatrice Sep 1882 age 17
Henrietta Mar 1885 age 15
Emma May 1891 age 9
Benjamen Feb 1894 age 6

The Scolding's lived next door at School Street. This was Emeline's Brother John Scolding age 43. (see John Scolding for details).

In the 1910 census for Westchester County, Yonkers, NY I got a birth year for Bill Smith's father, 1883. Bill is eight months old at the time of the census. My WHG1853 is 56 and his wife Emeline (Emiline or Emily) Hague Scolding is passed on for five years. What I gather since the move from School street (now 1910) to 90 Lindon (Linden) street Bill Smith's mother Henrietta Smith is listed as WHG1853's (head) daughter and Harry Smith as son-in-law. Harry is chauffeur for a private family. I feel he could not come up to WHG1853's standards and left Henrietta and Young Bill. As a then single parent with no employment of her own is very dependent on dad (WHG1853). Dad might still have been grieving his loss of Emiline so Henrietta becomes the substitute house person. Another sign of loosing touch with the "old country" declaring they came over in 1885. When the 1900 census claim is 1886. I will need Ellis Island records to confirm that one. Ben WHG1853's youngest son is now 17 and works as a Bookkeeper for a real estate office.

In the English census 1881(April 2) for the Parish of Great Bolton, City of Bolton, Municipal ward of Bradford

#152 Crook Street
William Greenhalgh, head, married, age 28, occ: Overlooker in Cotton Mill, b. Lancashire, Bamber Bridge
Emily H., wife, married age 29, b. Bolton
William H., Son, age 2 b. Bolton
Frederick Jas., Son, age 4 months, b. Bolton
Familysearch.org has the dwelling at 150 Crook St all other information is the same, Family History Library Film 1341918

The ships passinger list for the S.S. Egypt shows a Greenhalgh age 22 in March 8, 1886. Possibly WHG1853 but age does not jive with 1900 census.
Further investigation revealed a passinger list from the Oregon, December 21, 1885 Liverpool and Queenstown.
Passinger # Name Age Sex Calling
28 William Greenhalgh 30 M Overlooker
29 Emily Greenhalgh 30 F Wife
30 William Greenhalgh 6 M Child
31 Fredrick Greenhalgh 4 M Child
32 Beatrice Greenhalgh 2 F Child
33 Henriette Greenhalgh .5 F Infant
Harpers's New Monthly Magazine Volume LXXIII (73),375 "The Transatlantic Captains",1886, there is a picture of the bridge of the "Oregon".

  Noted events in his life were:

• Emigration: Atlantic crossing age 33, 1886.

• Census: 152 Crook Street, Bolton, England, Overlooker in Cotton Mill, 1881.

William married Emily Hague Scholding, daughter of Henry Scholding and Mary Elizabeth Hague, on 19 Sep 1878 in Wesley Chapel, Bolton, Lancaster, England. (Emily Hague Scholding was born in Jan 1851 in Bolton, Lancshire, England and died on 14 Dec 1905 in Yonkers, New York, USA.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Fact: William L. Watkinson - Minister, Wesleyan Methodists, 19 Sep 1878.