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.