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- ↑ 1901 England Census
- ↑ West Yorkshire, Non-Conformist Records, 1646-1985
- ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
- ↑ "English & Welsh executions 1900 - 1931". capitalpunishmentuk.org. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
- 1 2 "'My Daddy's Killing My Mammy!'". truecrimelibrary.com. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
- ↑ Fielding, Steve. The Executioner's Bible: The Story of Every British Hangman of the Twentieth Century . (John Blake, 2008), pp. 55-56.