Samuel was a thatcher and slater in 1841 at Moor side, Halifax, living with wife Martha and son Sidney, 2. In 1851 he is 45 and a slater and plasterer - perhaps the demand for thatching had reduced as slates replaced thatch. His birthplace is given as Ovenden, like his older brother Stephen. No further children are listed. By 1861 he is a a plasterer lodging with Robert RUSHWORTH, perhaps a relation of Stephen's wife's first husband?