Waterfall Family History
WATERFALL Joseph
1840 - 1902 (~ 61 years) 
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Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. WATERFALL Joseph was born Between 1 Oct 1840 and 31 Dec 1840, Maidstone RD, Kent, England (son of WATERFALL Abraham and PEAKE Ann); died 30 Aug 1902, Almshouses, King Street, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England. Notes:
Died:
Fatal Fire at Bakewell
"Poet of the Peak" Suffocated
On Wednesday evening on outbreak of fire occurred in the Almshouses in King-street, Bakewell. Smoke was observed issuing from the windows, and an entrance being effected an old man, a cripple from birth, was found to have been suffocated. His name is Joseph Waterfall, and he was well-known as the "Poet of the Peak." How the fire originated it is impossible to say. The event caused great excitement in the town. The fire was extinguished by the local brigade.
2. WATERFALL Abraham was born Abt 1798, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England; was christened 16 Sep 1798, All Saints Church, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England (son of WATERFALL Joseph and SHELDON Ann); died Yes, date unknown. Other Events:
- Census: 6 Jun 1841, Upper Stow Street, Maiststone, Kent, England; 1841
- Census: 30 Mar 1851, Black Boy Lane, Colchester, Essex, England; 1851
Notes:
Census:
Abraham gives his occupation as an Agricultural Labourer.
Census:
Abraham gives his occupation as a Hawker.Abraham married PEAKE Ann 19 Apr 1831, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England. Ann was born Cal 1806, Holme, Huntingdonshire, England; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]
3. PEAKE Ann was born Cal 1806, Holme, Huntingdonshire, England; died Yes, date unknown. Other Events:
- Census: 7 Apr 1861, Gregory Street, Radford, Nottinghamshire, England; 1861
Notes:
On the 1841 census Abraham's wife is given as Eliza. Not sure if this is an error.
Census:
Ann gives her occupation as a Washerwoman in a Hosiery Factory.Children:
- WATERFALL Mary Ann was born Abt 1834; died Yes, date unknown.
- WATERFALL Elizabeth was born Abt 1836; was christened 6 Sep 1835, Ightham, Kent, England; died Yes, date unknown.
- WATERFALL Eliza was born Abt 1838; died Yes, date unknown.
- 1. WATERFALL Joseph was born Between 1 Oct 1840 and 31 Dec 1840, Maidstone RD, Kent, England; died 30 Aug 1902, Almshouses, King Street, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England.
- WATERFALL Sarah was born Between 1 Apr 1843 and 30 Jun 1843, Maidstone RD, Kent, England; died Yes, date unknown.
- WATERFALL Charles was born Between 1 Jul 1845 and 30 Sep 1845, Maidstone RD, Kent, England; died Between 1 Jan 1915 and 31 Mar 1915, Nottingham RD, Nottinghamshire, England.
- WATERFALL Hannah was born Between 1 Jul 1848 and 30 Sep 1848, Maidstone RD, Kent, England; died Yes, date unknown.
Generation: 3
4. WATERFALL Joseph Joseph married SHELDON Ann 17 Nov 1795, All Saints Church, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England. [Group Sheet]
5. SHELDON Ann Children:
- WATERFALL Elizabeth was christened 25 Nov 1796, All Saints Church, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England; died Yes, date unknown.
- 2. WATERFALL Abraham was born Abt 1798, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England; was christened 16 Sep 1798, All Saints Church, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England; died Yes, date unknown.
- WATERFALL Joseph was christened 1 Feb 1801, All Saints Church, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England; was buried Sep 1801, All Saints Church, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England.
- WATERFALL Hannah was christened 5 Sep 1802, All Saints Church, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England; died Yes, date unknown.