Joseph Nicholson
Son of Isaac Nicholson and Sarah Dickinson, baptised on the 14th of February 1795 in Eskdale Chapel, Cumberland
Married Dinah Porter on the 18th of August 1823 in Eskdale, Cumberland
Children
John, baptised on the 3rd of October 1823 at Esdale Chapel, Cumberland from Sword House
Sarah, baptised on the 2(5?)th of February 1825 at Irton, Cumberland from Scaitgarth
Eleanor, baptised on the 28th of July 1828 at Irton, Cumberland from Skategarth
Dinah, baptised on the 14th of August 1831 at Irton, Cumberland
Ann, baptised on the 26th of October 1834 at Irton, Cumberland
Joseph, baptised on the 26th of February 1837 at Irton, Cumberland from Skaitgarth
Stephen, baptised on the 16th of February 1839 at Irton, Cumberland
Died on the 2nd of December 1891, buried on the 5th of December at Irton, Cumberland
Notes
1 IN LOVING EMORY OF JOSEPH NICHOLSON, WHO DIED DECEMBER
2nd 1891, AGED 97. ALSO OF DINAH, HIS WIFE, WHO DIED JULY 5th 1893, AGED 93
YEARS. ALSO OF JOHN THEIR SON, WHO DIED DEC 2nd 1861, AGED 38 YEARS, AND WHO WAS
INTERRED AT ESKDALE. ALSO OF ELEANOR, THEIR DAUGHTER, WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 10th
1892, AGED 65 YEARS. ALL OF THE ABOVE DIED AT SANTON BRIDGE. ALSO OF JOSEPH
THEIR SON, WHO DIED AT ASKAM, APRIL 21st 1919 AGED 82 YEARS LATE OF SANTON
BRIDGE. "AT REST".
* The M of MEMORY has been omitted and the letter E reversed on the headstone.
Inscription at Irton (Transcription of Monumental Inscriptions at Irton, Anne Trembath 1980/92 at Whitehaven Record Office)
2 In the 1881 census Joseph is stated as living at Mill Green, Irton with Santon. Today (2004) there appear to be three houses at Mill Green - Mill Green Cottage and two others, one of which is Seedhill; a little further upstream is Gatesgarth. Gatesgarth is not mentioned in the 1881 census but Seat Garth is. Possibly Gatesgarth is Seat Garth is Skaitgarth, or possibly Skaitgarth is the other house at Mill Green. It seems likely that Joseph has remained in the same house since 1825 but he might have moved into the smaller cottage.