Cain Cornelius Highley was born on 11th June 1848. He was baptised four years later at St Peter's Church Walsden on the same day as his sisters Sarah Ann and Mary Jane, and his brother John.
Cain and Cornelius are unusual forenames and I have found no other instances of Hileys with either of these names.
He was the son of Thomas and Betty Highley. Thomas was a Labourer and the family lived at 10 Gauxholme Fold.
Cain Cornelius was a Cotton Weaver. It appears that he never married and continued living in the same house until his death in 1914. The records show that he was buried at Cross Stone in Todmorden but there is no gravestone there to remember him.
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| Baptism of Cain Cornelius and siblings (with the permission of West Yorkshire Archive Service) www.wyjs.org.uk/archives |
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| Gauxholme Fold (left), Todmorden (above left), Knowlwood (above right), Gauxholme viaduct, Rochdale canal. Walsden is to the right (photo taken from Naze 2018) |
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