William Picthall 1897–1962 – Whos Your Daddy? Wikigenealogy

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William Picthall, 1897–1962 (aged 65 years)

Name

William Picthall

Name: William /Picthall/
Given names: William
Surname: Picthall

Sex Male

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Family with Elizabeth McCooey
himself	Links Birth: 1 January 1897 — Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England Marriage: 22 March 1922 — Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England Death: 20 December 1962 — Pennington, Ulverston, Lancashire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth McCooey Kathleen Picthall Gordon Picthall Marion Picthall Margaret C Picthall William Picthall 1897–1962 Birth: 1 January 1897 — Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England Death: 20 December 1962 — Pennington, Ulverston, Lancashire, England
wife	Links Birth: 17 May 1899 61 31 — Ulverston, Lancashire, England Marriage: 22 March 1922 — Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England Death: 31 January 1992 — Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William Picthall Kathleen Picthall Gordon Picthall Marion Picthall Margaret C Picthall Elizabeth McCooey 1899–1992 Birth: 17 May 1899 61 31 — Ulverston, Lancashire, England Death: 31 January 1992 — Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England
Marriage	Marriage — 22 March 1922 — Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England
11 months daughter	Links Birth: 13 February 1923 26 23 — Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England Marriage: September 1949 — Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England Death: 4 December 2014 — Cumbria, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Frank Penny Kathleen Picthall 1923–2014 Birth: 13 February 1923 26 23 — Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England Death: 4 December 2014 — Cumbria, England
18 months son	Links Birth: 16 August 1924 27 25 — Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England Death: 29 March 1977 — Brentwood, Essex, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Gordon Picthall 1924–1977 Birth: 16 August 1924 27 25 — Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England Death: 29 March 1977 — Brentwood, Essex, England
3 years daughter	Links Birth: 16 April 1927 30 27 — Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England Marriage: 5 September 1950 — Hampstead, Middlesex, England Death: 23 March 2003 — Sevenoaks, Kent, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ronald James Mead Marion Picthall 1927–2003 Birth: 16 April 1927 30 27 — Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England Death: 23 March 2003 — Sevenoaks, Kent, England
5 years daughter	Links Birth: September 1931 34 32 — Ulverston, Lancashire, England Marriage: September 1952 — Ulverston, Lancashire, England Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Alan Gordon Harrison Margaret C Picthall 1931–… Birth: September 1931 34 32 — Ulverston, Lancashire, England Death:

Events of close relatives
Birth	1 January 1897 Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England
Marriage	Elizabeth McCooey — View this family 22 March 1922 (aged 25 years) Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England Address: Primitive Methodist Chapel, Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England.
Birth of a daughter	Kathleen Picthall 13 February 1923 Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England Address: 3 Fair View
Birth of a son	Gordon Picthall 16 August 1924 Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England Address: 3 Fair View
Birth of a daughter	Marion Picthall 16 April 1927 Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England Address: 3 Fair View
Birth of a daughter	Margaret C Picthall September 1931 Ulverston, Lancashire, England
Marriage of a daughter	Frank Penny — Kathleen Picthall — View this family September 1949 Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England
Marriage of a daughter	Ronald James Mead — Marion Picthall — View this family 5 September 1950 Hampstead, Middlesex, England
Marriage of a daughter	Alan Gordon Harrison — Margaret C Picthall — View this family September 1952 Ulverston, Lancashire, England
Death	20 December 1962 (aged 65 years) Pennington, Ulverston, Lancashire, England Address: High Carley Hospital, Pennington, Ulverston, Lancashire, England.
Last change	21 May 2022 – 08:16:32 Author of last change: Danny

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Note	Bowesfield – the Picthall farm The dogs at Bowesfield were said to eat better than the hands on other farms. Two of William’s daughters had a hand in that: they washed and ironed shirts for the five Bowesfield hands and did endless cooking and baking so that during the school holidays William Picthall could do without the two maids he employed during term time. One of his daughters recalls delivering cream to the high class confectioner’s in Barrow run by William’s sisters Annie and Maggie after she had separated it and washed the milking machines. Another of his daughters married young – a farmer - to escape the punishing Bowesfield routine. Her husband came from an important farming family. One of his daughters recalls William being very careful not to leave her with hands (his sister Runa Picthall had married one). Two of the hands – names forgotten worked at Bowesfield for a long time. The path above Bowesfield runs along a ridge from which Barrow can be seen, about a mile off. The trusses on the veranda roof were the same in August 2002 as in photographs taken in 1940s and 1950s. The shadows of the fells paint the horizon. Sands of Morecambe Bay visible everywhere. A daughter remembers driving a cart loaded with hay led by a horse, Sally, who worried her, but about whom she dare not complain to her father for fear of a scolding. The land was bad. The path runs close to swallow holes caused by the iron ore mine beneath, one so huge a mature tree has grown in it, its topmost branches at ground level. At several points there are brick structures capping swallow holes. Once the hands put basins on their heads to watch Barrow being bombed. AA shrapnel landed on a barn roof and an officer and his men requisitioned a room and a field. A searchlight operated from that field for just one night. A land mine destroyed the roof of a barn – the only war damage suffered by Bowesfield. William Picthall (1897-1962) A large part of William’s work was fattening cattle that came from Dumfries by rail. William took land all over the area for these cattle. After 21 years of this work he bought Elleslea House (15 Fair View) in 1955 to retire to. It was said of William that he lived like a millionaire and whilst his nephew Leslie would die a millionaire. He only managed to draw his pension once before he died but doing so gave him great pleasure. He loved his grandchildren.

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Bowesfield – the Picthall farm

The dogs at Bowesfield were said to eat better than the hands on other farms. Two of William’s daughters had a hand in that: they washed and ironed shirts for the five Bowesfield hands and did endless cooking and baking so that during the school holidays William Picthall could do without the two maids he employed during term time. One of his daughters recalls delivering cream to the high class confectioner’s in Barrow run by William’s sisters Annie and Maggie after she had separated it and washed the milking machines. Another of his daughters married young – a farmer - to escape the punishing Bowesfield routine. Her husband came from an important farming family.

One of his daughters recalls William being very careful not to leave her with hands (his sister Runa Picthall had married one). Two of the hands – names forgotten worked at Bowesfield for a long time.

The path above Bowesfield runs along a ridge from which Barrow can be seen, about a mile off. The trusses on the veranda roof were the same in August 2002 as in photographs taken in 1940s and 1950s. The shadows of the fells paint the horizon. Sands of Morecambe Bay visible everywhere. A daughter remembers driving a cart loaded with hay led by a horse, Sally, who worried her, but about whom she dare not complain to her father for fear of a scolding. The land was bad. The path runs close to swallow holes caused by the iron ore mine beneath, one so huge a mature tree has grown in it, its topmost branches at ground level. At several points there are brick structures capping swallow holes.

Once the hands put basins on their heads to watch Barrow being bombed. AA shrapnel landed on a barn roof and an officer and his men requisitioned a room and a field. A searchlight operated from that field for just one night. A land mine destroyed the roof of a barn – the only war damage suffered by Bowesfield.

William Picthall (1897-1962)

A large part of William’s work was fattening cattle that came from Dumfries by rail. William took land all over the area for these cattle. After 21 years of this work he bought Elleslea House (15 Fair View) in 1955 to retire to. It was said of William that he lived like a millionaire and whilst his nephew Leslie would die a millionaire.

He only managed to draw his pension once before he died but doing so gave him great pleasure. He loved his grandchildren.

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