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He married Unknown.
Children:
Harry was buried at Mount Tabor Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
He married Susan [1830-1???].
Children:
Susy was widowed by 1894.
The family lived at
He was a stone mason & builder.
On 3rd January 1878, he married Ada Heyhurst Wade [1854-1905] in Halifax.
Children:
The children were born and baptised in Copley
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell
Born in Northowram / Shelf.
He was
a coal miner [1851] /
a weaver [1856] /
a worsted weaver [1861, 1871, 1872, 1881, 1891].
In 1856, he married (1) Grace Crowther [1837-1861] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
Grace died Q1 1861.
In 1872, he married (2) Mary Gardiner [1842-1919] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1901] was daughter Alice, her
husband Festus Dyson and children.
Aquilla died 12th January 1896 (aged 63).
Mary died 29th November 1919 (aged 77).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2756]
with grandson Cyril Beverley
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
Born in Halifax [4th December 1893].
He was
educated at Halifax Secondary School /
an electrician employed by Hamer & Company [1911].
During World War I,
he volunteered [September 1914]
and served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
After 7 months' training, he went to France.
He had only been there for 3 weeks, when he died [5th May 1915] from
the effects of gas poisoning at Hill 60.
He was buried at Divisional Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref C 18].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
on the Memorial at Halifax Secondary School,
and on the Memorial at Saint Jude's Church, Savile Park
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
Born in Northowram / Shelf.
He was
a worsted spinner [1871] /
a jobbing printer [1881] /
a music master of Hipperholme [1883] /
professor of music [1891] /
a music seller [1901] /
a piano and musical instrument dealer and concert agent at Victoria Hall Buildings, Halifax [1905] /
a violinist & musical instrument dealer [1911].
In 1883, he married Sarah Isabel Wilson [1854-1914] at Coley Church.
Children:
They lived at
Sarah Isabel died 7th June 1914 (aged 60).
Bethel died 22nd September 1933 (aged 76).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 620]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
Born in Copley [20th November 1885];
baptised at Copley [3rd February 1886].
He was
educated at Heath Grammar School /
a clerk in a woollen mill [1901].
During the next 10 years, he qualified as a teacher and in 1911 he
was working as a Teacher at the Birkenhead Higher Elementary School,
Cheshire.
On 21st June 1914, he married Mary Hannah Lea [1886-1968]
in St Saviour's Church, Ravensthorpe.
She died in Cheshire
They had no children.
During World War I,
he enlisted for service in Birkenhead [1914], and served
with the Royal Army Medical Corps.
He died in Salonica [17th October 1918].
He was buried at Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece [Grave Ref 548]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell
In 1922, he married Ada Womersley in Halifax.
On 2nd December 1932, Mrs Beverley gave birth the
triplets – two boys and a girl – Andrew, David
and Patricia.
She was later awarded the King's Bounty.
The family already had 6 children
Born 2nd (or 5th) April 1812.
He was
a delver & beershop keeper at Warley /
a stone merchant employing 24 men [1851] /
a beer shop keeper at Cross Roads, Warley [1858].
On 10th February 1834, he married Susannah Ingham [1815-1886].
She was
a farmer of 10 acres & beer seller [1861] /
a farmer & inn keeper at the Cross Roads Inn, Warley [1881]
Children:
All the children were born in Ovenden.
The family lived at
On Saturday, 30th October 1858, he went on an errand and was 30th
October 1858, he went on an errand and was travelling from Halifax
back to Warley with 2 other men who, it is believed, robbed him,
ransacked his papers, and left him.
He was found above Pellon, and died the following morning
Susannah died in 1886
and was buried at Mount Tabor Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
[17th July 1886]
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Born December 1843.
He was
a stone delver of Warley [1868] /
a quarryman [1871, 1891].
On 1st January 1868, he married Ann Helliwell [1847-1876].
Her father is not recorded on the marriage documents
Children:
They lived at
Ann died September 1876 (aged 30)
and was buried at Mount Tabor Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
[30th September 1876].
In 1911, Dan was an inmate at the Halifax Union Workhouse,
Gibbet Street
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles
Born 21st March 1858.
He was a machine tool maker [1891, 1901, 1911].
In 1881, he married Paulina Wormald [1860-1922].
Children:
They lived at 21 Summergate Street, Parkinson Lane, Halifax [1891,
1901, 1911, 1932]
Pauline died in 1922 (aged 62).
Dan died 23rd February 1932.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £725 7/-.
Probate was granted to son Frank
and Wilfred Waddington (mechanic)
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He was
a roverer piler factory worker [1891] /
a brick dresser [1898].
In [Q1] 1898, he married Grace Ann Walker [1875-1935] in Halifax.
Children:
A Grace A. Beverley died in Halifax [Q4 1935] (aged 60).
A Fred Beverley died in Halifax [Q4 1941] (aged 66).
He died 31st August 1858 (aged 49),
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3478]
with Joseph Beverley
Son of James Beverley.
Born in Halifax.
He was
a half-time worsted mill hand [1901] /
a carter for Halifax Corporation Health Department [1911].
In 1908, he married Mary Flaherty [1884-19??] in Halifax.
Child:
Harry [b 1910]
They lived at 1 Wilson's Yard, Grove Street, Halifax [1911,
1918].
During World War I,
he served as a Sergeant
with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was awarded the Military Medal
[1918].
His photograph appears with a report of his award in the Halifax Courier [12th January 1918].
He survived the War, and died
[Q1 1959] (aged 70)
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
He was a van man with Laws & Pickles.
He lived at Grange Mill Yard, Mytholmroyd.
During World War I,
he enlisted in Sowerby Bridge
and served as a Private
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was killed in action [3rd September 1916].
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6A & 6B],
on a memorial in
Mount Zion Methodist Church, Mytholmroyd and
Scout Road Wesleyan Chapel, Mytholmroyd,
and in the book Royd Regeneration
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham
Born in High Town, Cleckheaton.
He was
a labourer of Halifax [1882] /
a road scavenger [1891] /
a cart driver for Corporation [1901] /
a driver for Corporation [1911].
In 1882, he married Emily Brier [1864-19??] at All Souls' Church, Halifax.
Children:
They lived at
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
He died 3rd December 1856 (aged 37),
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3478]
with George Beverley
There is some confusion between this lady and Elizabeth Gill.
Nan lived in a cellar dwelling at Woolshops.
Around 1796, she died after a long drinking session.
Neighbours found her dead in bed.
She was described as having lived
that is, a prostitute.
Rev Coulthurst, and the sexton Joseph Binns, refused her
a Christian burial in consecrated ground.
One story tells of how Nan was buried at night in a grave
which was dug at the back of houses near the bottom of Halifax Parish
Churchyard.
Other stories describe a funeral in which a large crowd watched the
procession as her body was carried on a cart through the street of
Halifax to her interment at Parkinson Lane, Halifax.
There was no funeral service.
In 1859, workmen digging in Parkinson Lane, Halifax discovered a
grave containing a human skeleton.
A surgeon identified the skeleton as that of a woman who had
poisoned herself.
One report says that there was a stake driven through the body,
possibly following an old custom of burying the staked bodies
of Suicides at cross-roads.
The remains were later reinterred at the same place.
He married Mary [1778-1802].
Children:
Mary died 12th December 1802 (aged 24).
Nathaniel died 25th May 1810 (aged 32).
The couple were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax [Grave Ref: 189]
He married Ellen [1809-1???].
Children:
They lived at
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
On 25th September 1803, he married Hannah Schofield [17??-1???].
Child: Dan
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles
Born 13th October 1850.
He never married.
He lived
In 1913, he was an inmate at Storthes Hall Asylum, Huddersfield.
He died in 1913
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles
In 1871, Tom was living with his Beverley grandparents
at the Cross Roads Inn, Warley.
In 1881, Tom was shown as the son of Joseph & Sarah
Ann Hessleden.
He was
a farrier [1881] /
a blacksmith of Saltburn Street, Halifax [1891] /
a blacksmith [1891] /
a blacksmith of 32 Mount Pellon, Halifax [1900] /
a farrier/shoeing smith [1901].
On 1st April 1891, he married (1) Mary Ann Hart [1864-1900] at Christ Church, Pellon.
Child:
Annie [b 1896]
Mary Ann was buried at Mount Tabor Wesleyan Methodist Chapel [Grave Ref: E1]
[5th March 1900].
On 25th October 1900, Tom married (2) Ellen Feavers [1863-19??]
at Rhodes Street Wesleyan Chapel, Halifax.
The family lived at
Tom died October 1908,
and was buried with his first wife [17th October 1908]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles
Beverley, Mr Ref 64-3293
Landlord of the Ash Tree, Sowerby Bridge [1872].
Beverley, Mr Ref 64-371
Susan (Susy) was born in Soyland
Beverley, Alfred Ref 64-1382
Born in Halifax.
Ada was born in Halifax
Beverley, Aquilla Ref 64-9604
Son of Richard Beverley.
Grace, of Northowram, was the daughter of George
Crowther, delver
Mary, of Northowram, was born in Sowerby, the daughter
of John Gardiner, weaver
Beverley, Arthur Verdi Ref 64-3361
Son of Bethel Beverley.
Beverley, Bethel Ref 64-5451
Son of Aquilla Beverley.
Sarah Isabel, of Shelf, was born in Liverpool, daughter
of John Thomas Wilson, publican
Beverley, Cecil Adler Ref 64-1377
Son of Alfred Beverley.
Mary was born in Ravensthorpe, the daughter of wool
manufacturing magnate Sam Lea [1853-1919] of Craig-Owen,
Ravensthorpe.
Beverley, Clement Ref 64-1086
Of Middle Street, Claremount.
Beverley, Dan Ref 64-1281
Son of Samuel Beverley.
In 1851, Susannah had 8-year-old Tom Sunderland Beverley living with her.
Beverley, Dan Ref 64-1932
Son of Dan Beverley.
Ann came from Warley.
Beverley, Dan Ref 64-1937
Illegitimate son of Sarah Ann Beverley; father unknown.
His mother later married Joseph Hessleden
Beverley, Fred Ref 64-1919
Son of Aquilla Beverley.
Their burial places are not yet known
Beverley, George Ref 64-3
A stone merchant.
Beverley, George Ref 64-346
MM.
Mary was born in Haslingden, Lancashire
Beverley, Herman Ref 64-969
Known as Jack.
Beverley, James Ref 64-344
Son of Squire Beverley, labourer.
Emily was born in Greetland, the daughter of John
Brier, caretaker
Beverley, Joseph Ref 64-2
A stone merchant.
Beverley, Nan Ref 64-511
Or Ann.
a bad life
Beverley, Nathaniel Ref 64-1402
Beverley, Richard Ref 64-7001
He was
a delver [1841] /
a quarry man [1851] /
a delver [1856].
There is a child Jonas [b 1827] who was a coal miner [1841,
1851] and is listed as Jonas Winder [1841] and Jonas
Windlo illegitimate son [1851]
Beverley, Samuel Ref 64-1936
He was
a husbandman [1803] /
a labourer of Ovenden.
Hannah came from Southowram.
Beverley, Samuel Ref 64-1938
Son of Dan Beverley.
Beverley, Tom Sunderland Ref 64-1931
The illegitimate son of Sarah Ann Beverley and Samson
Sunderland, quarryman.
Sarah Ann Beverley was the daughter of Dan Beverley,
and married Joseph Hessleden in 1866
Mary Ann, of Woodhead Street, Halifax, was the daughter
of John Hart, leather worker
Ellen, of West View, Pellon, was born in Wisbech, the daughter
of John Feavers, seaman
Details of Ellen's death / burial place are not yet known
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The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District Surnames by George Redmonds.
There are
23
entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname Beverley,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Marriages
1867,
1874,
1920
Beverley surname Ref 64-1
Unattached BMDs for Beverley
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