Henry SHUTTLEWORTH and Leah READ Family
m. 22 Sep 1857
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Henry SHUTTLEWORTH
Birth 25 Mar 1831 Prestwich, Lancashire, England 
Death 21 Dec 1912 Northenden, Cheshire, England Burial Marriage 22 Sep 1857 Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England Father Mother
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Leah READ
Birth 28 Feb 1838 Runham, Norfolk, England Death 5 Mar 1912 Northenden, Cheshire, England Burial Father Mother
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William SHUTTLEWORTH
Birth 8 Jul 1860 Salford, Lancashire, England Death Jun 1924 Lytham, Lancashire, England Burial
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Jane SHUTTLEWORTH
Birth 17 Oct 1861 Pendleton, Lancashire, England Death 25 May 1913 Northenden, Cheshire, England Burial
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Alfred SHUTTLEWORTH
Birth 13 Oct 1865 Salford, Lancashire, England Death 16 Sep 1943 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Burial
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+ George Arthur SHUTTLEWORTH
Birth 22 Jul 1867 Salford, Lancashire, England Death 22 Jan 1931 Ilford, Essex, England Burial Spouse Louisa HOLLINGHURST | F13716 Marriage 17 Aug 1893 Salford, Lancashire, England
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Annie SHUTTLEWORTH
Birth 21 Jan 1872 Salford, Lancashire, England Death 18 Jun 1956 Ilford, Essex, England Burial
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+ Charles Edward SHUTTLEWORTH
Birth 3 Dec 1873 Salford, Lancashire, England Death 9 Dec 1965 Bendigo, Victoria, Australia Burial Spouse Hannah BRICKELL | F6582 Marriage 24 Feb 1900 Somerset, England Spouse Bridget Lena DESMOND | F13735 Marriage 1925 Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
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Notes - Arthur Shuttleworth b1896 said of Henry & Leah Shuttleworth:
My grandfather Henry was born in 1831. He married Leah Read, born in 1838. At age 16 he ran away from home, falsely stating his age as 18, and enlisted in the army. He was posted to Gibraltar (there was a large picture of Gibraltar in the living room of his home in Northenden, but was bought out after serving four years. There was a suggestion that his reason for leaving home was on account of his parents not being on good terms. His father died at age 61 and his wife (Hannah) remarried but did not long survive Charles. The reason for the remarriage may be that she was widowed and left without means of support.
Henry joined the Manchester Police but was later persuaded to transfer to the Salford police by the Chief Constable .
Leah Read (Henry's wife, my grandmother) came from Raynham in Norfolk. Her grandmother was a lady's maid. The top servants in those days were the lady's maid or the valet. They had to attend board school to acquire the habits and speech of their employers. When their employers were on a journey they travelled in the same coach. A knowledge of French was an advantage. Leah's mother was something of a mystery. Apparently she was a disappointed woman and that dictated her attitude to her eldest child Leah. There was a suggestion that she was unmarried but I think the explanation is that her husband was the bailiff of an estate some distance from home and that he frequently had to sleep there[1] .
[1] Notes on the Shuttleworth tree made by Arthur indicate that at one time he believed Leah (and her siblings) to be illegitimate and that her father was a farm bailiff. He also notes that Leah said her father was home only at weekends and made a great fuss of her. She left Holt in 1853 to go to live with her Uncle and Aunt Chipperfield at Manchester to learn tailoring, which she didn't like. She went into service and moved to Brougham in 1854.
- Arthur Shuttleworth b1896 said of Henry & Leah Shuttleworth: