William DARLOW [1293]

  General Notes:

William and Sarah were married by Banns. Witnesses to the marriage were John Darlow and Mary Ann Fox.

At the 1851 Census, William was living at Rookery, Kimbolton. When he married in 1860, his address was given as White Horse Yard. At 1881 Census he was living at Bridewell Lane, Kettering and his occupation was given as local road foreman, in 1891, he was living at 12 Eden Street Kettering and occupation was Foreman-local road Board.

In 1911 at the time of the census, he had two of his granddaughters staying with him, Doris Blackwell 15 years and Ethel Darlow 24 years.

It is thought that William's wife, Sarah Holland, and her family were Romany Travellers (gypsy ).

When William died he was living at 19 Club St Kettering, England. William, Sarah, and their granddaughter Daisy Miles (Darlow) are all buried in a grave number C / 447.

Most or all of William and Sarah's children were mostly referred to by their second names.

FROM THE RECOLLECTIONS OF ROBERT BERNARD BLACKWELL (grandson) in 1987

.........Grandad Darlow. I remember him well, often used to see him walking around the streets of Kettering on his job………I can see him now walking very straight, shoulders back, and we'd say "good morning Grandad", we were proud to address him as Grandad "good morning, m'boy" always very courteous and very nice. He was a Yorkshire man, he used to do a lot of road work and drain work in Yorkshire and he got a contract to do work for the Kettering Council and he came down there and did drains and roads and he was so satisfactory that when he finished his contract to do work for the Kettering Council offered him the job of Outdoor Overseer of all their outdoor staff. That's when we used to see him, going doing his rounds, supervising the men. He had that till the day he retired. They lived in Eden Street Kettering.............

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence, 1841, Tilbrook, Bedfordshire, England. ²²⁵¹ Fathers occupation was ag lab.

2. Residence: 25 Rookery, 1851, Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, England. ²²⁵² Fathers occupation rat catcher.

3. Occupation: labourer, 1860.

4. Residence: White Horse yard, 1861, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England. ²²⁵³ Occupation labourer of parish roads. At this time, William's brother in law Thomas C Holland was boarding with William and Sarah. He was 14 years old and said to be a brickmakers labourer.

5. Residence: 14 Dover Street, 1871, Saint Giles, Northampton, England. ²²⁵⁴ occupation railway labourer

6. Residence: Box Meadow, Mar 1872, Blatchinworth, Lancashire, England. ^2255,2256 occupation - brick makers labourer.

7. Residence: New Road, Apr 1875, Dearnley Wuerdle, Lancashire, England. ²²⁵⁷ occupation labourer.

8. Residence: 83 Bridewell Lane, 1881, Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, England. ²²⁵⁸ Occupation local Rd foreman.

9. Residence: 12 Eden Street, 1891, Kettering, Northamptonshire, England. ²²⁵⁹ Occupation Foreman of Local Road Board.

10. Residence: 12 Eden Street, 1901, Kettering, Northamptonshire, England. ²²⁶⁰ Occupation foreman of urban council

11. Residence: 19 Club Street, 1911-1920, Kettering, Northamptonshire, England. ²²⁶¹

William married Sarah HOLLAND [1292] [MRIN: 394], daughter of Edward HOLLAND [1315] and Maria SMITH [819], on 3 Dec 1860 in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England.²²³⁹ (Sarah HOLLAND [1292] was born on 1 Mar 1838 in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England ¹⁷³⁰, christened on 16 Feb 1846 in Bedford, , England,^1730,2240 died on 19 Nov 1910 in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England ²²⁴¹ and was buried on 23 Nov 1910 in London Road Cemetery, Kettering, Northamptonshire, England ²²⁴².)