George was born in Yorkshire and baptised 2 June 1793 at Shelley Bank Bottom Methodist New Connection Chapel, the son of Joseph Biltcliffe and his wife Sarah nee Gawthorp.The family lived at Shelley in Kirkburton.
His father died when he was a baby, leaving George and his sister Elizabeth to be brought up by their mother. She does not appear to have remarried. George and Elizabeth were beneficiaries under the will of their grandfather James Biltcliffe in 1804.
He married Alice Haigh at All Hallows Kirkburton 26 December 1814.
Children: Joseph 1815, John 1818, James 1824, Mary Ann 1826, George 1829, Robert 1831, William 1834, Charles 1837.
George initially worked as a clothier like his father, but by 1829 the family had moved to Penistone, and his children's baptisms record him first as a watchmaker, then as a clockmaker. He appears in trade directories in the 1830s as a clockmaker, and various examples of his wall and longcase clocks can be found for sale or auction today. He is said to have been active as a clockmaker from 1832 to 1864.
George died aged 72 in Penistone, and was buried 16 July
His father died when he was a baby, leaving George and his sister Elizabeth to be brought up by their mother. She does not appear to have remarried. George and Elizabeth were beneficiaries under the will of their grandfather James Biltcliffe in 1804.
He married Alice Haigh at All Hallows Kirkburton 26 December 1814.
Children: Joseph 1815, John 1818, James 1824, Mary Ann 1826, George 1829, Robert 1831, William 1834, Charles 1837.
George initially worked as a clothier like his father, but by 1829 the family had moved to Penistone, and his children's baptisms record him first as a watchmaker, then as a clockmaker. He appears in trade directories in the 1830s as a clockmaker, and various examples of his wall and longcase clocks can be found for sale or auction today. He is said to have been active as a clockmaker from 1832 to 1864.
George died aged 72 in Penistone, and was buried 16 July
George was born in Yorkshire and baptised 2 June 1793 at Shelley Bank Bottom Methodist New Connection Chapel, the son of Joseph Biltcliffe and his wife Sarah nee Gawthorp.The family lived at Shelley in Kirkburton.
His father died when he was a baby, leaving George and his sister Elizabeth to be brought up by their mother. She does not appear to have remarried. George and Elizabeth were beneficiaries under the will of their grandfather James Biltcliffe in 1804.
He married Alice Haigh at All Hallows Kirkburton 26 December 1814.
Children: Joseph 1815, John 1818, James 1824, Mary Ann 1826, George 1829, Robert 1831, William 1834, Charles 1837.
George initially worked as a clothier like his father, but by 1829 the family had moved to Penistone, and his children's baptisms record him first as a watchmaker, then as a clockmaker. He appears in trade directories in the 1830s as a clockmaker, and various examples of his wall and longcase clocks can be found for sale or auction today. He is said to have been active as a clockmaker from 1832 to 1864.
George died aged 72 in Penistone, and was buried 16 July
His father died when he was a baby, leaving George and his sister Elizabeth to be brought up by their mother. She does not appear to have remarried. George and Elizabeth were beneficiaries under the will of their grandfather James Biltcliffe in 1804.
He married Alice Haigh at All Hallows Kirkburton 26 December 1814.
Children: Joseph 1815, John 1818, James 1824, Mary Ann 1826, George 1829, Robert 1831, William 1834, Charles 1837.
George initially worked as a clothier like his father, but by 1829 the family had moved to Penistone, and his children's baptisms record him first as a watchmaker, then as a clockmaker. He appears in trade directories in the 1830s as a clockmaker, and various examples of his wall and longcase clocks can be found for sale or auction today. He is said to have been active as a clockmaker from 1832 to 1864.
George died aged 72 in Penistone, and was buried 16 July
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