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| Fox, Abraham Fielding | Ref 245-719 |
Born in Sowerby Bridge.
He was a joiner [1871, 1881] / a joiner & builder (employer) [1901, 1911] / partner in William Fox & Sons.
In 1889, he married Annie Ord [1857-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.
Annie, of King Cross, Halifax, was born in Halifax, the daughter of Cowle Thompson Ord, a warehouse man
They had no children.
They lived at
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| Fox, Rev Arthur W. | Ref 245-698 |
Son of Rev George Fox [1835-1916], Unitarian Minister in Wigan.
Arthur became Minister at Todmorden Unitarian Church [1898, 1905, 1917].
He is recorded as being a lecturer at the photographic group of the Todmorden Conservative Club [1908].
The Todmorden & District News [20th October 1933] published a tribute marking his move from Todmorden to live in Manchester
| Fox, Benjamin | Ref 245-11 |
Born in Elland.
He was a goods porter [1871] / a railway goods checker [1881, 1891, 1901] / a retired railwayman [1911].
In [Q1] 1871, he married Lydia Haigh [1844-1929] in Halifax.
Lydia was born in Stainland
They lived at
Living with them [in 1871] were Lydia's sisters Sarah Haigh [b 1847] (woollen weaver), Elizabeth Haigh [b 1851] (woollen twister) & Mary Ann Haigh [b 1854] (woollen twister).
Living with them [in 1881] were Lydia's sisters & Mary Ann Haigh [b 1854] (woollen weaver).
Living with them [in 1891, 1901, 1911] was Lydia's sister Mary Ann Haigh [b 1854] (woollen weaver).
Benjamin died 6th June 1917 (aged 77).
Lydia died 3rd March 1929 (aged 85).
Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: S10] with Lydia's sisters Sarah [1847-12th November 1881] & Mary Ann Haigh [1854-3rd August 1930], and the family of his brother-in-law Benjamin Shaw
| Fox, C. J. | Ref 245-4 |
During World War I, he enlisted with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), then he served as a Private with the 6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered on the Memorial at Crossley & Porter School, Halifax
| Fox, Charles | Ref 245-6 |
He was a butcher & grocer.
On 10th May 1880, he married Susannah Womersley in Halifax (in a double wedding with her sister Emily & John Carter).
Susannah was the daughter of Edward Womersley
Children:
They lived at Pye Nest [1907].
The couple died at 9 Darnes Ave, Pye Nest: Charles [21st September 1907] (aged 47); Susannah [13th September 1943] (aged 84).
They & other members of the family (‡) were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-F29]
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| Fox, Charles Edward | Ref 245-302 |
Born in Sowerby Bridge.
He was an architect / partner in Jackson & Fox.
In [Q4] 1888, he married Alice Ann Smith in Ormskirk.
Children:
They lived at 20 Elm View, Halifax [where he died 1938].
He died 9th May 1938.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £13,144 18/4d. Probate was granted to Charle Horace Fox (architect) and George Maddock
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| Fox, Charles James | Ref 245-827 |
In 1863, he married Mary Harriet Stott [1841-1915] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at
He died 23rd July 1926.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £3,436 4/10d. Probate was granted to sons Charles Edward and Samuel
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| Fox, David | Ref 245-13 |
Born 30th January 1832.
He was a woollen spinner [1851] / a woollen manager [1861] / a woollen manufacturer / a member of the Halifax Board of Guardians [1880s] / a staunch Liberal / a supporter of St John's Church, West Vale / vicar's warden at St John's Church [1886, 1887] / President of West Vale Liberal Club [1882] / owner of Onecliffe Mill, West Vale [1882].
On 23rd December 1865, he married Jane Thompson [1834-1882] at St Anne's Church, Southowram.
Jane, of Park Nook, Southowram, was born in Southowram
Children:
They lived at Far Onecliffe, West Vale.
Jane died in West Vale [20th September 1882].
David died in West Vale [5th October 1887].
The couple & other members of the family (‡) were buried at St Thomas's Church, Greetland
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| Fox, David J. | Ref 245-71 |
| Fox, David Wright | Ref 245-383 |
| Fox, Edward | Ref 245-1299 |
On 11th February 1856, he hanged himself, from the head rail of his bed, by a cotton handkerchief. He was found by his wife.
At the Inquest, Mrs Fox explained that
the protracted sickness and death of an adult daughter had involved the family in difficulties which preyed upon his mind, and had led him to indulge more freely in drink
The jury brought a verdict
Hanged himself whilst in a fit of temporary insanity, caused by monetary difficulties and indulgence in intoxicating liquors
| Fox, Evelyn Mary Jessamine | Ref 245-330 |
In 1927, she married Captain Sir John Armytage.
They divorced in 1947.
In 1948, she is referred to as Mrs John Cooper of Ovington Square, London.
In 1962, she is referred to as Mrs J. Wooldridge of Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire
| Fox, Frederick Sandell | Ref 245-22 |
He was a decorator of 18, Harriet Street, Ashton-under-Lyne [1922].
On 8th June 1922, he married Nellie Collins in Todmorden.
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| Fox, Friend | Ref 245-3 |
During World War I, he served as a Sergeant with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 3rd September 1916.
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6A & 6B],
He is remembered on Elland War Memorial
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| Fox, George | Ref 245-67 |
In October 1650, he was charged with preaching illegally, and at the trial urged Judge Gervase Bennet to
tremble at the word of the Lord
Bennet replied that the only quaker in court was Fox himself – the name was used from that time.
At the invitation of Thomas Taylor, he came to speak in Brighouse in 1654 and 1666. He visited Southowram several times.
See Friends Meeting House, Brighouse and Rev Christopher Taylor
| Fox, George | Ref 245-5 |
He was landlord of the Pack Horse, Southowram [1851].
He married Martha Swaine [1816-1???]
| Fox, Henry | Ref 245-20 |
Around 1828, he married Mary [1803-1???].
Children:
| Fox, Henry Savile | Ref 245-823 |
| Fox, Henry Sutcliffe | Ref 245-687 |
He was a member of St John's Church, West Vale & Choir / educated at West Vale Board School & Grace Ramsden's Endowed School / a cotton spinner apprentice [1911] / apprenticed to his uncles, Ben & Thomas Sutcliffe at Victoria Mills, West Vale / a student of Shackleton Pollard / deputy organist at St John's Church, West Vale, [after his father's death].
He lived at 51 Rochdale Road, West Vale.
During World War I, he enlisted [January 1916] and served as a Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), then transferred and served as a Signaller with the 64th Brigade Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).
He trained in Grantham, before being sent to France. He suffered an attack of pneumonia and was hospitalised in England.
He was sent to Egypt, and was drowned at sea during the journey [31st December 1917] (aged 22).
The Halifax Courier [2nd February 1918] reported his death with a photograph.
He was buried at Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt [Grave Ref F 14].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland
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| Fox, Herbert | Ref 245-449 |
Born in Greetland.
He was a piano dealer in West Vale [1901] / a musical instrument dealer of Adelaide, West Vale [1903] / a coal merchant [1911] / organist and choirmaster at St John's Church, West Vale [for 35 years].
He established the Victoria Music Rooms, West Vale.
He married (1) Ruth Ellen Sutcliffe.
Ruth Ellen was born in Greetland, the daughter of James Sutcliffe
Children:
The children were born in Greetland.
Ruth Ellen died (possibly of perinatal complications) in 1901.
On 23rd February 1903, he married (2) Susannah Garside [1869-19??] at Saint John the Evangelist, West Vale.
Susannah, of Dean Street, West Vale, was born in Horwich, Lancashire, the daughter of John James Garside, joiner
They had no children.
They lived at
Living with them [in 1911] was Susannah's brother William Garside [b 1874] (railway signalman).
Herbert died 22nd November 1914.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £690 0/5d.
Probate was granted to Harry Gladstone Turner (schoolmaster) and Reuben Mitchell Brooke (draftsman)
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| Fox, Isaac Tolson | Ref 245-14 |
Born in Northowram.
He was a woollen piecer [1851] / an overlooker woollen spinner [1861] / a warehouseman [1871] / a wool warehouseman [1881].
In [Q3] 1859, he married Rachel Sykes in Halifax.
Rachel was the daughter of John Sykes.She was a cotton winder [1861]
Child: Sarah Hannah [b 1860] who was a bobbin sider [1871]
They lived at
| Fox, Jabez | Ref 245-26 |
He was a currier [1851] / a grocer [1881].
In [Q1] 1841, he married (1) Isabella Scott [1812-1865] in Kendal, Westmorland.
Isabella was born in Kendal
Children:
Isabella died 21st April 1865 (aged 53).
In [Q4] 1874, he married (2) Mary Halliwell [1822-1884] in Halifax.
Mary was born in Bradford
Mary died 14th March 1884 (aged 62).
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1881] were journeymen grocers George Hall [b Lynn, Norfolk 1852] & Percival Smith [b Manchester 1858]
Jabez died 15th April 1900 (aged 82).
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3628]
| Fox, James | Ref 245-27 |
He was a grocer.
In [Q3] 1848, he married Anne Maria Ash [1805-1856] in Otley.
Anne Maria was the daughter of Rev W. Ash
Child: William Ash [1850-1852] who was buried with his mother
The family lived in Bradford.
Ann Maria died 18th April 1856 (aged 31) and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2978]
Details of James's death / burial place are not yet known
| Fox, James | Ref 245-1314 |
Born in Rastrick.
He was a wheelwright / a carpenter [1841] / a timber merchant [1851, 1861] / landlord of the George, Rastrick [taking over from his brother John 1859, 1861].
In 1833, he married (1) Ann (Nancy) Dearden [1811-1841] at Halifax Parish Church.
Nancy died in childbirth.
On 30th June 1859, he married (2) Susannah (Susan) Thornton [1810-1878] at Halifax Parish Church.
Susannah came from Huddersfield
They lived at Shepherd House, Fixby [1841, 1851].
Living next door to them in 1861 was son Joseph and family.
James, his mother Hannah, and his wives Nancy & Susannah were buried at Rastrick Church
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| Fox, James | Ref 245-7720 |
He was a glazier (living at Julianne Lynch's boarding house) [1851] / a general dealer [1871].
He married (1) Mary Ellen [1831-1858].
Children:
Mary Ellen died (possibly of perinatal complications) [2nd July 1858] (aged 27).
He married (2) Ann [1839-1???].
Child: 3. Elizabeth Ann [1868-1871] who was buried with her father
They lived at 5 Gaol Lane, Halifax [1871].
James died 15th July 1878 (aged 50).
James & Mary Ellen were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1895]
| Fox, John | Ref 245-28 |
He married Elizabeth [1736-1815].
They lived at Southowram [1815].
Elizabeth died 26th January 1815 (aged 79).
John died 10th December 1818 (aged 77).
The couple were buried at Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram
| Fox, John | Ref 245-29 |
He married Lydia [1775-1842].
Child: Israel [1814-1819] who was buried with his parents
They lived at Southowram [1815].
John died 10th November 1840 (aged 64).
Lydia died 26th August 1842 (aged 67).
The couple were buried at Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram with John's parents
| Fox, John | Ref 245-128 |
He was a manufacturer at Onecliffe Mills, West Vale [1873].
On 6th December 1823, he married Rachel Lumb of Barkisland
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| Fox, John | Ref 245-382 |
He married Unknown.
Children:
In February 1884, whilst he and his wife were at church, 4 boys – William Lumb (who lived next door to the Fox family), James William Kemp, Frank Heywood, and Walter Sykes - broke into the house. They shared the proceeds of their robbery (£3 14/-) amongst themselves. They all pleaded guilty, and received 6 strokes of the birch, except Kemp who was ordered to pay £1
| Fox, John | Ref 245-12 |
He was a woollen manufacturer employing 20 men & 10 women [1851] / a woollen manufacturer employing 4 men, 6 women & 10 boys & girls [1861] / a mill owner employing 3 men [1871].
He married Rachel Lumb.
Children:
They lived at
John died 25th February 1874 (aged 74).
Rachel died 14th September 1879 (aged 81).
Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: O7] with Rachel's parents
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| Fox, Rev John | Ref 245-582 |
On 21st April 1906, his mother Elizabeth died at York (aged 83).
She was buried at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery
| Fox, John | Ref 245-1020 |
He was a carpenter / landlord of the Upper George, Rastrick [1851].
He never married.
After his death, his brother James took over at the Upper George
| Fox, John | Ref 245-24 |
He was a grocer employing 2 apprentices [1851] / a grocer & tea dealer at 7 Northgate, Halifax [1861].
In [Q2] 1854, he married Rebecca Lupton [1825-1???] in Otley.
Rebecca was born in Harewood
Children:
The children ‡ were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3184]
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1851] was widowed mother-in-law Elizabeth Lupton [b 1785]
| Fox, John | Ref 245-2 |
He was a farm labourer [1871] / an ag.lab [1881] / a farmer [1891].
On 14th October 1841, he married (1) Elizabeth Hutchinson [1828-1869] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
Elizabeth died in 1869.
In [Q3] 1885, John married (2) Theresa Sutcliffe [1832-1???].
Theresa was born in Southowram, the daughter of Joseph Sutcliffe
John died Q2 1900 (aged 72) and was buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: O 5].
Theresa died 21st December 1904 (aged 72) and was buried at Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram with her parents
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| Fox, John | Ref 245-9 |
Born in Greetland.
He was a woollen spinner [1851, 1861] / a woollen manufacturer [1871] / a woollen manufacturer employing 8 persons [1881] / a retired woollen spinner [1891] / a retired woollen manufacturer [1901].
On 28th December 1871, he married (1) Ellen Dyson [1830-1874] at Halifax Parish Church.
They had no children.
Ellen died in Halifax [9th October 1874] (aged 44).
On 25th December 1875, he married (2) Delia Howe [1834-1913] at Halifax Parish Church.
Deliah / Delilah was born in Greetland, the daughter of Aaron Howe.She was a woollen warper [1881], a woollen burler [1891]
They had no children.
They lived at Saddleworth Road, Elland-Cum-Greetland [1881, 1891, 1901].
John died 2nd October 1901 (aged 70).
Delia died 27th April 1913 (aged 79).
They were buried at St Thomas's Church, Greetland
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| Fox, John | Ref 245-240 |
Born in Sowerby Bridge.
He was a plumber [1861, 1871, 1880] / partner in W. Fox & Sons [until 1881] / a plumber & glazier [1881, 1891] / a plumber [1893].
He married (1) Eliza [1843-18??].
Eliza was born in Poynton, Cheshire
Children:
In 1880, he married (2) Martha Nicholl [1852-1???] at St Peter's, Sowerby.
Martha was the daughter of James Nicholl, farmer
They lived at
Living with them [in 1871] was boarder Seth Kirkham [aged 13] (plumber's apprentice).
In 1881, son George William was living with his Fox grandparents at Bolton Brow, Skircoat.
John died in the Royal Halifax Infirmary [29th September 1900].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £1,823. Probate was granted to his widow Martha and Fred Lumb (compositor).
Living with the widowed Martha [in 1901] were niece Sarah A Hellawell [aged 27] (head mistress infants' school), and boarder Edith M Francis [aged 29] (assistant teacher) from Liverpool
An item in the Sowerby Bridge Chronicle [20th January 1905] announced
WILL OF THE LATE JOHN FOX, Master Plumber, of Sowerby BridgeI leave my entire estate in the charge of trustees to pay the income therefrom to my wife during her lifetime, and at her death to call in and divide the same equally amongst my four sons, and I appoint my friend, Mr. Fred Lumb, a trustee – Value of estate about £1200
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| Fox, John | Ref 245-23 |
In [Q2] 1876, he married Mary Ellen Lawrence [1849-1900] in Halifax.
Mary Ellen died 1st October 1900 (aged 51).
John died 6th August 1910 (aged 63).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1593]
| Fox, John | Ref 245-633 |
Born in Greetland.
He was a painter & decorator of 18 Middle Dean Street, West Vale [1910] / a house painter [1911].
In [Q1] 1910, he married Mary Elizabeth Priestley at Elland Parish Church.
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1911] were Mary Elizabeth's younger siblings: Emma & Farrar
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| Fox, Joseph | Ref 245-6240 |
On 4th May 1807, he married Hannah Thornton [1783-1863] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
After his death, Hannah carried on with her husband's carpentry business and the farm. She also helped her son John at the Upper George, Rastrick
Hannah was buried at Rastrick Church with her son James Fox and his wives
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| Fox, Joseph | Ref 245-21 |
He was a stone mason [1841, 1851].
On 26th December 1811, he married Hannah Simpson [1790-1867] at Elland Parish Church.
Hannah was born in Barkisland
Children:
All the children were baptized at St Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden
They lived at
They and their children John, Thomas & Sally were at St Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden.
Daughter Martha, son Joseph & Joseph's wife Ann are buried at Lister Lane Cemetery
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| Fox, Joseph | Ref 245-18 |
He married Grace [1803-18??].
Grace was born in Fixby.She was a mangle keeper [1851]
Children:
They lived at Toothill Bank, Rastrick [1841, 1851]
Living with them [in 1851] was lodger John Haigh.
Joseph died between 1841 & 1851
| Fox, Joseph | Ref 245-19 |
Born in Barkisland.
He was a worsted twister [1851] / an overlooker [1858].
On 16th May 1858, he married Ann Habergham at Halifax Parish Church.
Ann was the daughter of Silvanus Habergham
Children:
Joseph died 12th November 1862 (aged 30).
On 29th April 1872, Ann married (2) Richard Priestley in Halifax
Ann died 29th January 1873.
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Location unknown] with Joseph's sister Martha
After the death of their parents, the children were living with their aunt, Ruth Ann Habergham [1834-1900] in West Vale [1881]
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| Fox, Joseph | Ref 245-1315 |
He was a timber merchant [1851, 1861].
On 17th August 1858, he married Ann, daughter of John Thomas Armitage
Child: James Armitage (Fox) [b 1860]
In 1861, the family were living next door to father James Fox at the George, Rastrick.
They lived at Castle Hill, Rastrick
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| Fox, Rev Joseph | Ref 245-49 |
| Fox, Joseph | Ref 245-7 |
Born in Greetland.
He was a talented musician / an apprentice tinner [1851] / a tinner & brazier employing 1 man [1861] / a master spinner [1871] / a mill furnisher.
On 30th March 1861, he married Harriet Bettison [1841-1891] in Halifax.
Harriet was born in Greetland
Children:
Harriet died in West Vale [16th June 1891].
On 12th June 1895, Joseph married (2) Eliza Jane Andrews [1853-1923] in Halifax.
Eliza Jane was born in Newmarket
They lived at Saddleworth Road, Elland-cum-Greetland [1871].
Joseph died in Rotherham [13th April 1920].
Eliza died in Rotherham [12th December 1923].
He & his wives were buried at St Thomas's Church, Greetland
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| Fox, Lewis | Ref 245-310 |
He was a labourer [1908].
On 25th July 1908, he married Mary Agnes in Sowerby.
Children:
The children were born in Halifax
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| Fox, Sir Lionel Wray | Ref 245-68 |
Born in Halifax [21st February 1895].
He was educated at Heath Grammar School, Halifax, and Hertford College Oxford.
During World War I, he served with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
In 1916, Lieutenant Lionel Wray Fox was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry.
He entered the Home Office in 1919, and and became Chairman of the Prison Commission, doing much work on delinquency, crime and the treatment of offenders.
He wrote for the Encyclopædia Britannica and the British Journal of Delinquency, and was President of the United Nations European Consultative Group on prevention of crime and treatment of offenders [1951-1960].
He was created a CB in 1948, and was knighted in 1953.
In 1921, he married Marjorie Horner [1898-1987].
Marjorie was the daughter of Charles Henry Horner
Children:
Lionel died in Westminster Hospital [6th October 1961].
Marjorie died in Bristol [18th December 1987].
They are buried at St Andrew's Churchyard, Toft, Cambridgeshire
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| Fox, Luke | Ref 245-16 |
He married Unknown.
Child: (possibly) Miles [1792-23rd December 1805]
Luke died 31st October 1837 (aged 79).
Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: F4]
| Fox, Madame Anne | Ref 245-130 |
She married Ivor Whiteley.
She lived at 39 Rochdale Road, Greetland [1949]
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| Fox, Margaret | Ref 245-223 |
| Fox, Miles | Ref 245-8 |
He was a spinner [1841] / a woollen spinner [1851, 1861].
He married Betty [1807-1887].
Betty was born in Elland
Children:
They lived at
Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: K3]
| Fox, Miles | Ref 245-9990 |
Born in Barkisland [6th March 1814].
He was a silk spinner of Ovenden [1838] / a cotton twiner [1851] / a cotton twister [1871] / a yeast dealer (travl) [1881] / living on his own means [1891] / a retired yeast dealer [1901].
He was also a Liberal and (possibly) a Chartist.
In [Q1] 1838, he married (1) Frances Whiteley at Halifax Parish Church.
Frances born in Rishworth, was a weaver and daughter of George Whiteley
Children:
Frances died Q3 1880 (aged 67).
In [Q4] 1880, he married (2) Mary Jane Edmondson [1840-1???].
Mary Jane was born in Bradford
They lived at
Miles died at Providence Place, Sowerby [5th June 1906] (aged 92).
An obituary in the Sowerby Bridge Chronicle noted that
he was Sowerby Bridge's oldest inhabitant, and had lived in the reign of 5 English monarchs
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1318] with Thomas Edmondson
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| Fox, Ralph | Ref 245-105 |
Born in Halifax [30th March 1900]. He was educated at Heath Grammar School and Oxford University..
In 1920, he was a founder member of the Communist Party of Great Britain.
He published several books including This was their youth – which was set in Halifax, and biographies of Lenin and Genghis Khan [1936] – which weren't.
He fought in the Spanish Civil War and was killed fighting near Córdoba [3rd January 1937].
A bench dedicated to Fox was placed in Bull Green [1950]. A new bench was dedicated to him in the Piece Hall [2010]
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| Fox, Robert | Ref 245-25 |
He was a stone mason [1881].
He married Mary [1832-1???].
Children:
| Fox, S. W. L. | Ref 245-60 |
| Fox, Samuel | Ref 245-17 |
He was a woollen manager [1861].
In 1869, he married Frances Bottomley [1827-1886] in Knaresborough.
Frances was born in Greetland.She had two children:
- Isabella [1852-1894] who was buried with Frances & Samuel
- John William Herbert [1864-1947] who died in Leeds
Both children were baptised with the surname Bottomley but changed their names to Fox after Frances & Samuel married.
John names Samuel as his father on his marriage record, but there is no firm evidence that either child belongs to Samuel
Samuel died in West Vale [4th March 1873].
Frances died in West Vale [18th November 1886].
The couple were buried at St Thomas's Church, Greetland
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| Fox, Samuel | Ref 245-574 |
He was a commercial traveller [1901] / a company director (boiler manufacturer) employer [1911].
In 1893, he married Minnie Wray [1870-1951] in Spilsby, Lincolnshire.
Minnie was born in Irby, Lincolnshire [10th December 1870]
Children:
They lived at
Minnie died at South Royd Avenue, Halifax [26th January 1951].
Samuel died in Birmingham [5th January 1960].
The couple were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell [Grave Ref: 449-A]
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| Fox, Saville | Ref 245-10 |
Born in Greetland [15th February 1809]; baptised at Elland [30th April 1809].
He was a woollen spinner [1841, 1851] / a woollen slubber [1861].
He married Hannah [1790-1866].
Hannah was born in Elland
Children:
They lived at
Saville died 23rd November 1863 (aged 54).
Hannah died 6th December 1866 (aged 76).
Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: R2]
| Fox, Thomas | Ref 245-124 |
He married Unknown.
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| Fox, Thomas | Ref 245-242 |
Born in Sowerby Bridge.
He was a plumber [1861] / partner in W. Fox & Sons [until 1881] / a plumber [1901].
He married Selina [1841-19??]
Selina was born in Eltham, London
Children:
They lived at 37 Upper Washer Lane, Halifax [1901].
Living with them [in 1901] was Thomas's widowed mother Ann
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| Fox, Rev W. | Ref 245-526 |
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| Fox, William | Ref 245-127 |
Baptised at Square Chapel [1773].
He was a weaver.
On 27th December 1798, he married Sarah Dyson of Elland.
Child: John
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| Fox, William | Ref 245-605 |
He qualified in November 1915
| Fox, William | Ref 245-15 |
He was a saddler [1841, 1851].
He married Hannah [1811-1???].
Hannah was born in Sowerby
Children:
They lived at Old Lane, Halifax [1841, 1851]
| Fox, William | Ref 245-244 |
Born in Sowerby Bridge.
He was a joiner of Sowerby Bridge [1840] / a joiner & builder [1851] / a joiner employing 2 men & 12 boys [1861] / a builder employing 7 men & 13 boys [1871] / master joiner & builder [1881].
On 17th May 1840, he married Mary Ann Fielding at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
They lived at
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley & Derrick Habergham
| Fox, William | Ref 245-225 |
Born in Sowerby Bridge.
He was a plumber & glazier [1842] / a plumber &c [1851] / a plumber employing 4 men & 3 boys [1861] / a master plumber & glazier employing 4 men & 2 boys [1881].
In 1842, he married Ann Hoyle [1819-1905] at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax.
Ann, of Warley, was the daughter of Luke Hoyle, a porter
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1881] was grandson George W Fox [aged 11].
William died 2nd July 1893.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £1,090. Probate was granted to his widow Ann, son John, and James Farrar, gentleman.
In 1901, Ann was living with son Thomas & family
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
| Fox, Rev William Harper | Ref 245-485 |
| Fox, William Henry | Ref 245-493 |
He was a woollen dryer [1861] / a joiner [1871].
In [Q4] 1877, he married Elizabeth Ann Crossley in Halifax.
Elizabeth Ann was the daughter of James Crossley. After the death of her father, Elizabeth Ann took over at the Oddfellows' Arms, Sowerby Bridge
After the marriage, the couple ran the pub until 1899.
They retired in 1899, and lived at 145 Park Crescent, Bolton Brow, where they both died.
William Henry died 14th December 1908.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £4,728 1/4d. Probate was granted to Joseph William Atkinson and Charles William Rushworth
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham
| Surname |
| Fox surname | Ref 245-1 |
The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District Surnames by George Redmonds.
Entries for people with the surname Fox are discussed in this SideTrack. Other forms of the surname are not included here.
Unattached BMDs for FoxMarriages 1835, 1906; Death 1810
Unattached burials at Lister Lane Cemetery: Plot 2978
Page Ref: MMF59
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