James Garside
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2026 9:37 pm
Hello all,
I’m hoping for some fresh eyes on a brick wall ancestor and would really appreciate any guidance or suggestions.
I’m researching James Garside, who is named as the father of Samuel Garside, christened/baptised in the North Bierley / Wibsey area of Yorkshire, with dates suggesting the 1790s (possibly a late christening around 1798).
What I know with reasonable confidence:
James Garside is named as Samuel’s father
No mother is named in the baptism/christening record I’ve seen
I have found no marriage, no burial, and no later census record that can be safely attributed to this James
I have deliberately avoided attaching James to larger FamilySearch trees, as these appear to merge multiple families across different counties without clear evidence
What I suspect (but cannot yet prove):
James may have been unmarried, transient, or died relatively young
There may be relevant Poor Law / parish chest / bastardy or maintenance records, but I’m not sure which specific record series would be most productive for this parish and period
I’ve taken this line back as far as the surviving parish evidence reasonably allows, but before parking it permanently, I wanted to ask:
Are there any specific West Riding / North Bierley / Wibsey record sets (Poor Law, settlement, overseers, Quarter Sessions, etc.) that would be worth checking for a man in James’s position around 1790–1805?
Any advice on where to look next — or confirmation that this may simply be the limit of surviving evidence — would be very welcome.
Many thanks in advance.
I’m hoping for some fresh eyes on a brick wall ancestor and would really appreciate any guidance or suggestions.
I’m researching James Garside, who is named as the father of Samuel Garside, christened/baptised in the North Bierley / Wibsey area of Yorkshire, with dates suggesting the 1790s (possibly a late christening around 1798).
What I know with reasonable confidence:
James Garside is named as Samuel’s father
No mother is named in the baptism/christening record I’ve seen
I have found no marriage, no burial, and no later census record that can be safely attributed to this James
I have deliberately avoided attaching James to larger FamilySearch trees, as these appear to merge multiple families across different counties without clear evidence
What I suspect (but cannot yet prove):
James may have been unmarried, transient, or died relatively young
There may be relevant Poor Law / parish chest / bastardy or maintenance records, but I’m not sure which specific record series would be most productive for this parish and period
I’ve taken this line back as far as the surviving parish evidence reasonably allows, but before parking it permanently, I wanted to ask:
Are there any specific West Riding / North Bierley / Wibsey record sets (Poor Law, settlement, overseers, Quarter Sessions, etc.) that would be worth checking for a man in James’s position around 1790–1805?Any advice on where to look next — or confirmation that this may simply be the limit of surviving evidence — would be very welcome.
Many thanks in advance.