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- From: http://www.hartleychambers.com/familytree/people.php?person=00002
Baptised in Kirby. Occupation in England: Schoolmaster in Colne and a city missionary. He was a preacher at Barrowfield in the 1830's
He was a man of considerable ability, great religious fervour and moral passion. He was a Wesleyan local preacher, but later joined the Primitive Methodists. He was urged to join the ministry but declined. At a later period he regretted his refusal and vowed that if he had a son, he would dedicate him to the service of God. At his son Robert's birth that vow was renewed and it was with the boy almost as with the prophet Samuel; for very early in life he took part in Church work.
Later in life William became a missionary in the Isle of Man. He died during an epidemic of fever which claimed him as its victim, as with self-effacing devotion he ministered to the needs of others.
Buried: St Georges, Douglas, Isle of Man
(Birth date and location, Death of death, Burial location and parent's names courtesy of Gordon Hartley)
1841 Census, Colne Lane, Colne:
William Hartley, Age: 52, Occupation: Schoolmaster, Not born in same county.
Christiana Hartley, Age: 49, was born in same county.
John Hartley, Age 17, was born in same county
Richard Hartley, Age 8, was born in same county
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Singing Our Family Song
1789 - 1848 (59 years)
