Charles Kershaw was the son of Richard Kershaw.
He was born in Wyke / Birstall [18th August 1819].
He was a gardener in Brighouse; a gardener employing 3 labourers [1851]; a market gardener of 4 acres [1861]; a farmer of 5? acres employing 3 men [1861]; a nurseryman employing 12 men [1871]; a retired nursery gardener [1901]; a nurseryman and landscape gardener [1891].
He created and transformed the gardens at the Rydings.
He also laid out the gardens at several other houses in and around the district, including Lightcliffe Golf Course [1895], Stoneleigh, Brighouse, Crossley & Porter Orphanage, Elm Royd, Stoneleigh, Ye Farre Close, and Hornby Castle.
He regularly attended Brighouse Parish Church.
He acquired the Slead Syke estate. He and his sons developed a gardening business there, Slead Syke Nurseries. He regarded
every tree and shrub almost as a friend
In 1845, he married Betsy Underwood Hirst [1819-1880] from Howden, daughter of butcher Jowett Underwood, in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them in 1881 was grandson Oliver Smithson (aged 8),
In later life, he suffered from deafness and eye problems, and latterly, from weakness which caused him to withdraw from the business.
Elizabeth died in 11th August 1890. He died 17th May 1903.
In his obituary, the Brighouse Echo described him as
highley esteemed ...... one of the oldest inhabitants of Brighouse
Members of the family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery
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