Murgatroyd Sunderland 1834-?

Murgatroyd was born in the Yorkshire village of Howarth, famous for its vicarage where the Brontë sisters grew up with their brother Branwell. He married a Martha Unknown. Their daughter Lydia Sunderland 1869 married Wallace Patterson. Murgatroyd was recorded in the 1871 census for Hill Top, Clayton living in the following household -

Murgatroyd Sunderland 37, Cart Driver, born in Howarth

Martha Sunderland 36, Domestic, born in Howarth

John Sunderland 15, Mill Hand, born in Thornton

Eliza Sunderland 9, Mill Hand, born in Northowram

Sam Sunderland 8, Mill Hand, born in Northowram

Joseph Sunderland 4, born in Bradford

Lydia Sunderland 2, born in Bradford

Sarah Ann Sunderland 6 months, born in Bradford

Murgatroyd died between the 1871 and the 1881 census, when his wife was recorded as a widow. A daughter was born in 1877, suggesting 1876-1881 as limits for his death.