Lancashire's "Mr Cheese" |
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Joseph Gornall was born on the 16th June 1856, the tenth and youngest child of Joseph and Mary (nee Jenkinson) of Upper Birks Farm, Eagland Hill
He married Elizabeth Hoyles on the 10th February, 1880 and they farmed at Clay Lane Head Farm, Cabus.
Joseph and Elizabeth had nine children, six girls and three boys. |
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Joseph and his family as they appear on the 1901 census
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Specialising in quality cheese, Joseph patented the "Gornall Cheesmaker", which was sold from 1892 to 1919 and was used for many years after that. He also designed and sold curd knives and cheese moulds, the tinwork being made by Singletons of Garstang.
In 1891 he became a peripatetic instructor in cheesemaking for the County Council, visiting or staying on farms in order to give practical advice, so raising the quality and achieving uniformity of the end product. Joseph often worked with Miss Knowles of the new County Council "Dairy School" at Hutton Agricultural College. |
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Joseph retired to "Glencoe", Smallwood Hey, Pilling. He died aged 71 years on March 25th 1928.
Information including photographs kindly supplied by Joseph Gornall's granddaughter Constance Gornall and great granddaughter Jean Boardman (nee Gornall) of Garstang
Census return reproduced with kind permission of the Public Record Office. Any subsequent publication must be agreed with the Image Library of the PRO and a fee may be payable.
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