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Eccles, Alfred EphraimRef 538-67
[1830-1913]
Son of
William Eccles.

Born in Jackholes, Lancashire.

He was a manager power looms [1851] / a commission agent [1863].

On 28th October 1863, he married Susanna Whiteley at Halifax Parish Church.


Susanna was the daughter of George Whiteley
 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham

Eccles, DavidRef 538-344
[1846-1917]
Born in Halifax.

He was a fruit & fish dealer [1877].

In 1877, he married Hannah Speed [1856-1903] in Halifax.


Hannah was born in Pontefract
 

Children:

  1. John [b 1878]
  2. Annie [b 1880]
  3. Walter [b 1883]
  4. Mary [b 1885]
  5. Florence [1894-1897]

Hannah died in Halifax [26th August 1903].

David died in Halifax [17th February 1917].

Members of the family were buried at St Stephen's Church, Copley [Grave Ref: 287]

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Eccles, EliRef 538-82
[1817-1891]
Born in Rishworth.

He was a worsted weaver [1852].

On 16th May 1852, he married Mary Hollas in Halifax.


Mary was the daughter of
David Hollas
 

They had no children

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Eccles, GeorgeRef 538-53
[1793-1845]
Innkeeper of the
White Hart, Todmorden. Gave his name to Eccles's Fold and Eccles's Steps

Eccles, GeorgeRef 538-228
[1862-1???]
Born in Hull.

He was a mason [1891] / a sexton (church) [1901] / a jobbing mason [1911].

In 1891, he married Annie Elizabeth Alderson [1862-1???] in Sculcoates, East Yorkshire.


Annie was born in Warley
 

Children:

  1. Robert [b 1884] who was a cabinet maker [1901], a  carpenter & joiner [1911]
  2. George
  3. Beatrice [b 1888] who was a bobbin sorter woollen [1901]
  4. Sarah Louisa [b 1891] who was a winder [1911]
  5. Gertrude [b 1893] who was a spinner [1911]
  6. William [b 1898] who was a butcher's apprentice [1911]
  7. Doris [b 1903]

They lived at

  • Hull [1886]
  • Warley Town Lane, Warley, Halifax [1891]
  • 26 St Thomas Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 1 Neville Street, Halifax [1911]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Eccles, GeorgeRef 538-221
[1886-19??]
Son of
George Eccles.

Born in Hull.

He was secretary to the Halifax WEA / a member of the Foresters / secretary of the Court Star of the Cross / a clerk (brickworks) [1901] / a general labourer [1911] / a clerk with Baldwin & Walker Limited.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was reported missing since 11th April 1917.

He is remembered on the Baldwin & Walker Roll of Honour

Records show that he survived the War, was awarded the Victory Medal and demobbed on the 3rd April 1919

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Eccles, GledhillRef 538-178
[18??-1916]

During World War I, he served as a Lance Corporal with the Manchester Regiment.

He was killed in action at Delville Wood [3rd August 1916].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Bethesda Methodist Sunday School, Elland

Eccles, HenryRef 538-68
[1829-1856]
Son of
William Eccles.

Born in Blackburn.

He was partner in his father's cotton manufacturing business in Blackburn.

In 1853, he married Mary Jane Whiteley at St Paul's Church, Halifax.


Mary Jane was the daughter of George Whiteley
 

The ceremony was conducted by Mary Jane's brother Rev J. Whiteley.

Henry died in Blackburn [26th September 1856].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £14,000

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Eccles, James Leslie MazziniRef 538-282
[1893-1917]
Son of
Mazzini Eccles.

He was a member of United Reformed Church, Carlton Street / educated at Halifax Secondary School [1908] / a keen sportsman / an apprentice brass finisher [1911] / apprentice to E. Lumby & Son & Wood Limited / employed in the family pub, the Victoria Hotel Street, Halifax / a three-quarter back with the Halifax Reserve football team.

During World War I, he served as a Gunner with B Battery 68th Brigade Royal Field Artillery.

He was killed in action by a shell [12th July 1917] (aged 24).

Sergeant Clement Willans was wounded by the same shell, and died later.

The Halifax Courier [28th July 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref I K 62].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Halifax Secondary School, on the Memorial at United Reformed Church, Carlton Street, and in King Cross Methodist New Connexion, Graveyard

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Eccles, JohnRef 538-279
[16??-1???]
Quaker.

He lived at Lower Woodhouse, Rastrick.

See Robert Eastburn

Eccles, JosephRef 538-195
[16??-17??]
He lived at
Coley Hall.

He married Unknown.

Child: John [died of smallpox 1709]

Eccles, Joseph HenryRef 538-94
[1824-1883]
Dialect poet.

Born at Ripponden. One of twins.

He was largely self-taught. In 1845, he moved to Leeds where he spent the rest of his life

Eccles, MaxRef 538-14
[1896-1917]
Aka Maximillian.

Son of Thomas Eccles.

Born in Luddendenfoot [Q4 1896].

He was a draper's assistant (shop) [1911].

During World War I, he served as a Private with the West Riding Regiment, attached to the 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.

He was killed in action in France / Flanders [9th April 1917].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

This & associated entries use material contributed by Mark Harrey

Eccles, MazziniRef 538-283
[1855-1929]
Son of David Eccles, woollen spinner.

Born in Halifax.

He was a grocer of King Cross [1876] / a grocery storekeeper [1891] / a grocery storekeeper (employer) [1901] / Temperance Hotel proprietor (employer) [1911] / landlord of the Victoria Temperance Hotel, Halifax [1922].

In [Q1] 1876, he married Mary Ann Hamer [1857-19??] at St Paul's Church, King Cross.


Mary Ann, of King Cross, was born in Halifax, the daughter of James Hamer, carpet weaver
 

Children:

  1. Edith E [b 1877]
  2. Bernard Wallis / Wallis [b 1879] who was a grocers  assistant [1901]
  3. Florence Gertrude [b 1881] who married [Q1 1905] Percy  Fleming
  4. Arthur Percy
  5. James Leslie

The children were born in Halifax

The family lived at

  • 2 Belle Vue Place, Halifax [1891]
  • 4 Cromwell Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 31, 33 and 35 Horton Street, Halifax [1911]

Living with them [in 1911] were daughter Florence Gertrude Fleming (hotel waitress), granddaughter Dorothy Ann Fleming [b 1906], and niece Irene Gladys Eastwood [b 1893] (hotel waitress) 

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Eccles, PercyRef 538-753
[1883-19??]
Full name: Arthur Percy Eccles

Son of Mazzini Eccles.

Player with Halifax RLFC [1908]. He won caps for England and for Great Britain while at Halifax.

He served in World War I

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Eccles, Rev RichardRef 538-10
[1???-1987]
Baptist minister. Trained in Belfast. His arrival to preach at the Zion Baptist chapel in
Hebden Bridge in 1968 motivated Florence Walton to refurbish the building. In April 1969, he became Minister of the chapel

Eccles, ThomasRef 538-366
[1852-19??]
Born in Blackburn.

He was a wool & worsted weaver [1901, 1911].

In 1874, he married Margaret [1853-19??].


Margaret was born in County Mayo, Ireland
 

Children:

  1. child who died young [before 1911]
  2. child who died young [before 1911]
  3. child who died young [before 1911]
  4. child who died young [before 1911]
  5. Joseph [b 1876] who was a weft manager [1901]
  6. Peter [b 1883] who was a weft boy [1901]
  7. Michael [b 1885] who was a bobbin carrier [1901], a wool  & worsted traveller [1911]
  8. Margaret [b 1888] who was a worsted spinner [1901],  working in wool & worsted drapery [1911]
  9. James [b 1893] who was a wool & worsted design [1911]
  10. Maximillian

The children were born in Luddendenfoot.

The family lived at

  • 9 Duke Street, Luddendenfoot [1901]
  • 24 Taylor Street, Halifax [1911]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Mark Harrey

Eccles, WilliamRef 538-81
[1???-18??]
He was a cotton manufacturer.

He married Alice Cocker [1802-1???].

Child: Alfred Ephraim

In 1851, the widowed Alice and son Alfred Ephraim were living at White Coppice, Anglezark, Lancashire with Alice's brother Ephraim Cocker [aged 41]

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Eccles, WilliamRef 538-71
[1795-18??]
JP.

Born in Blackburn.

He was a cotton manufacturer employing 800 males & 900 females [1851].

Around 1824, he married Janet [1801-18??] from Clifton, Lancashire.

Children:

  1. William [b 1824]
  2. Henry
  3. John [b 1834]

The sons were partners in the family cotton spinning business [1851]

They lived at Spring Bank, Blackburn [1851]

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Surname

Eccles surnameRef 538-1

The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District Surnames by George Redmonds.

Entries for people with the surname Eccles are discussed in this SideTrack.


Unattached BMDs for Eccles

Marriage 1899

 



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