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Possibly the Sarah (1820-) who later married Andrew Cartwright.
see Sarah Dearnley.

Is this the John D lodging with the Hall family in 1851 & 1861? see John Dearnley

and perhaps the John Deanley who married Susannah in 1887. see John Deanley.

'John son of Sarah Dearnley, Totties, Spinster.'

Barrass
     
Richard and Samuel Barrass were the first members of this family to join the waterside community. They were allocated a strip of land near Stainforth Bridge, on the West Bank, over which they later claimed ownership by means of the enclosure award.
In 1840, John Barrass was apprenticed to John Dearnaley, a sailmaker of South Bank.
John Barrass’s son, George, was the last Stainforth sailmaker. He died in 1907.
Ernest Barrass was a man of many means. He started work as a joiner, later becoming an undertaker, and then finished his working days as a shopkeeper.
Aaron Barrass was a local preacher after he retired from being a keelman.
There was also Fred Barrass, of whom I know only that he too was a keelman.

from www.stainforthonline.co.uk.

John & brother Joseph are assumed to have died in infancy. When father David died in Aug 1832, the newspaper report shows that he then had five children.

John son of David & Hannah Dearneley; abode: Tintwistle; occupation: Joiner.

John & brother Joseph are assumed to have died in infancy. When father David died in Aug 1832, the newspaper report shows that he then had five children. (Ruth, George, Abel, Betty & David.)

Derbyshire Times. Saturday 29th. April 1854 Page 3 Col. 3

Suffocation from Choke Damp at Bradwell, Derbyshire.

The village of Bradwell, about twelve miles from Sheffield, was thrown into consternation a few days since by the death of four men from choke-damp. Many inhabitants are miners, and rich veins of lead ore, running from east to west, are worked at a distance of three miles from the village. Most of the ore is smelted at the village, where there are several cupolas for the purpose. A correspondent of a daily paper says -"Four men lie dead at the works, erected near the old cupola, about four of five years ago, for the purpose of extracting lead from the "slag", or refuse from the old smelting furnace, by some improved process. These works have been out of operation for twelve months, and were reopened on Wednesday. In consequence of the pump which supplied the engine with water not working properly, the manager of the works, a man named Mitchell, was obliged to descend the well and open a valve to allow the air to escape. This valve was fixed to a stage which was about six feet and a half from the bottom of the well, and reached from above by a ladder. It appeared that Mitchell had performed this operation several times during the day, and between ten and eleven o'clock on Wednesday night, he went down again, for the same purpose. Being absent for some time on this occasion, one of the workmen named Hallam descended the well to see what was the matter. Hallam was heard by some others of the workmen calling to Mitchell, by presently his voice ceased. The workmen became alarmed, and on one of them descending the well, he found both Mitchell and Hallam senseless. This man was unable to render his companions any assistance, such were the overpowering effects of the air, being highly charged with noxious vapours. He made his escape with the aid of parties at the mouth of the well, with considerable difficulty. Some of the workmen set off to the village for assistance, and on their way met two young men, named John Dernelly and Joseph Elliot, to whom they communicated the fact that Mitchell and Hallam were lying in the well nearly dead, but unfortunately without adding a word of caution as to the danger of descending the well. Dernelly and Elliot hurried of to the well, whilst the workmen went forward to the village. It appears that on arriving at the well Elliot descended, and being a powerful young man, he succeeded nearly in reaching the mouth of the well, being one of the bodies in his arms. Suddenly he wavered and let go his burden to save himself. Dernelly caught hold of him, but the superincumbent weight dragged him from his feet, and he and his companion fell to the bottom of the pit. It was sometime before the well was sufficiently cleared of choke-damp to permit of it being explored; but when this had been done the four unfortunate men were found lifeless. Mitchell has left a wife and four children; Hallam a wife (who is near her confinement), and four little ones; Elliot and Dernelly were not married men.

Entry No. 43
'John [son of] Rich^d Dearneley & Susan* his wife; abode: Romiley; born: June 5^th 1826; bapt: Juy 17^th 1826'

* Susan has been transcribed as Sarah and indeed looks that way at first glance. However, the loop of the ‘&’ makes the ‘n’ look like an ‘h’. Sarah is also written in an earlier entry and the 'ar' and 'us' are different.          
- JAD.