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Hey, Abraham HenryRef 237-4050
[1854-1???]
Born in Ringby.

He was a general servant [1881].

In 1877, he married Fanny, widow of George Bottomley.

Children:

  1. child
  2. child

They lived at 25 New Street, Southowram [1881].

In 1881, Abraham Henry, Fanny were listed with 4 children named Bottomley and 2 named Hey

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Hey, AnnRef 237-5650
[1834-1???]
Daughter of
Benjamin Hey.

She was a worsted worker [1861] / a woollen weaver [1871].

In 1866, she had a son Hanson Gledhill Hey – father unknown.

The family were members of the Spiritualist Lyceum, Sowerby Bridge.

In 1871, Ann and her son were living at 40 Skircoat Green, Halifax, with her brother John Hey and his family.

In March 1874, she married Abbey Durio Wilson

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Hey, ArthurRef 237-3
[1858-1910]
Son of Abraham Hey, labourer.

Born in Northowram.

He was a delver of Collier Toppin, Boothtown [1881] / a cart driver [1891] / a driller at boiler works [1901].

In [Q3] 1881, he married Eliza Fletcher at Halifax Parish Church.


Eliza, of Boothtown, was born in Tockwith, Yorkshire, the daughter of
William Fletcher
 

Children:

  1. Walter [1882-1895]
  2. Clement
  3. George [b 1889] who was a worsted bobbin fettler [1901]

They lived at

  • 91 Fern Street, Northowram [1891]
  • Delvers Arms, Collier Topping, Northowram [1901]

Eliza died Q4 1901 (aged 39).

Arthur died in 1910 (aged 51) 

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Hey, AyrtonRef 237-3755
[1853-1904]
Born in Oxenhope.

He was landlord of the Crown & Anchor, Mixenden [1898, 1904].

In [Q3] 1888, he married Sarah Ann Crabtree [1850-1927] in Bradford.


Sarah Ann was born in Oxenhope
 

He died 23rd October 1904.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £250 6/-.

Probate was granted to his widow Sarah Ann.

He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1904.

After Ayrton's death, Sarah Ann took over at the Crown & Anchor [1904-1916].

The couple were buried at Mount Zion Methodist Chapel, Ogden (Grave Ref: C2)  with Charles Henry Sanderson.

A crown and anchor are engraved on the gravestone

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Hey, BenjaminRef 237-9010
[1798-18??]
Born in Halifax.

He was a woollen spinner [1851, 1861] / a manufacturer [1874].

He married Ann [1808-18??].


Ann was born in Skircoat
 

Children:

  1. John
  2. Martha [b 1830] who was a worsted reeler [1851]
  3. Samuel [b 1832] who was an assistant woollen spinner  [1851]
  4. Harriet [b 1834] who was a worsted rover [1851]
  5. Susannah [b 1836] who was a worsted rover [1851]
  6. Hanson [b 1842] who was a worsted doffer [1851]
  7. Ann
  8. Cornelius [b 1847]
  9. Mary Jane [b 1849]

They lived at Skircoat Green Village [1851, 1861]

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Hey, CharlesRef 237-1294
[1892-1917]
Aka Charlie.

Son of Fred Hey.

He was a cotton spinner [1911].

He lived with his parents at Mount Pleasant, Ripponden.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd/7th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed in action in France / Flanders [27th November 1917] (aged 24).

The Halifax Courier [5th January 1918] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Cambrai Memorial, Nord France [Grave Ref 6 & 7], on the Memorial at Saint Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden, and on Barkisland War Memorial.

His brother Joe also died in the War

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Hey, Charles HenryRef 237-14
[1884-1960]
Born in Elland.

In 1917, he married Laura de Winton Scarborough in Halifax.


Laura was the daughter of
Thomas Smith Scarborough
 

They had no children.

Laura died in the Royal Halifax Infirmary [29th March 1940].

Charles died in Bradford in 1960.

The couple were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell

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Hey, Charles Henry DavenportRef 237-254
[1833-1874]
Son of
John Hey.

Like his father, he was relieving officer for Halifax.

In [Q3] 1853, he married Martha Ann Blackburn [1831-1898] in Wakefield.


Martha Ann was born in Wakefield
 

Children:

  1. Eliza Ann who died 6th June 1858 (aged 3 years & 4  months) 
  2. John Henry [b 1857]
  3. Lily [b 1859]
  4. Charles Edward [b 1861]
  5. William Edmond [b 1862]
  6. Herbert Blackburn who died 29th July 1866 (aged 1 year &  8 months) 
  7. James Alfred [b 1867]
  8. Lewis Matthew [b 1870]

Charles Henry died 22nd February 1874 (aged 41).

Martha Ann died 13th August 1898 (aged 67).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3778] with mother Ann Hey

Hey, ClementRef 237-1320
[1886-1917]
Son of
Arthur Hey.

Born in Northowram.

He was a worsted doffer [1901] / a slater's labourer [1911] / employed by Webster's.

In [Q4] 1911, he married Eliza Jane Hanson [1887-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Eliza Jane, of Freedom Street, Halifax, was the daughter of Cyrus Hanson, plasterer
 

Children:

  1. Emily [b 1913]
  2. Nellie [b 1914]

They lived at 4 Belgrave Street, Claremount [1917].

During World War I, he was called-up [6th June 1916] and served as a Private with the 9th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

He went to France [December 1916].

He was killed in action [22nd October 1917] (aged 31).

His photograph appears with a report of his award in the Halifax Courier [24th November 1917].

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref XLIII D 2], and on the Roll of Honour at Saint Thomas the Apostle, Claremount.

Eliza Jane married Mr Midgley.

They lived at 229 Queen's Road, Halifax

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Hey, EliRef 237-3772
[1843-1883]
Or Haigh.

Born in Haworth.

He was police sergeant at Barnsley (for 5 years) / at Queensbury (for 3½ years) / at Dringhouses, near York (for 1 year). before becoming Police inspector at Brighouse [1876, 1881].

He was due to move to Holmfirth, but local householders in Brighouse petitioned that he stay here.

In 1877, he was a witness in the trial of Maria Kershaw.

On 6th January 1873, he married Mary Jane [1845-1903] at St John, Ousebridge, York.


Mary Jane [née Peacock] was born in Langton, and was the widow of Henry Bellerby [1839-1871].

She had a child by her first marriage: George Peacock Bellerby [1870-1893]

 

Child: Betsey Alice [1877-1947]

They lived at Brighouse Police Station [1881].

On 5th October 1883, he attended a meeting at Huddersfield and caught a severe cold which

developed alarming symptoms of gastric derangement with fever

and died at Brighouse police station.

He was buried at St Michael & All Saints, Haworth [25th October 1883]

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Hey, EneasRef 237-4043
[17??-1???]
A weaver of High Moss, Rishworth.

He married Unknown.

Child: Hannah who was baptised [22nd July 1792] at St Bartholomew's Church, Dean Head

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Hey, FredRef 237-6
[1856-1909]
Son of Joseph Hey, labourer.

Born in Barkisland.

He was a labourer of Ripponden [1887] / a labourer [1891] / a stone mason labourer [1901].

In 1887, he married Martha Ann Whiteley [1864-1911] at Halifax Parish Church.


Martha Ann, of Ripponden, Soyland, was the daughter of James Whiteley, labourer
 

Children:

  1. Joe
  2. Lilly / Lily [b 1891] who was a cotton beamer  [1911]
  3. Charlie
  4. Arnold [b 1900]
  5. Lizzie [b 1902]
  6. Fred [b 1906]

They lived at Mount Pleasant, Ripponden [1891, 1901, 1911].

Frederick died in Halifax in 1909 (aged 54).

Sons Joe & Charlie died in World War I

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Hey, Hanson GledhillRef 237-5770
[1866-1921]
Illegitimate son of
Ann Hey.

Born at Skircoat Green [30th August 1866].

When he was 7 years old, he fell from a London tram and injured his right knee. The limb had to be amputated 5 years later.

He was a bookbinder [1881] / a book gilder [1891] / a tobacconist.

He had a tobacconist's shop at 68 Crown Street, Halifax. He was the Honorary Secretary of the Tobacconists's Retailers Federation.

He was a Spiritualist. His shop was the first registered office of the Spiritualists' National Union which was founded in 1901.

In 1891, he married (1) Olive Haigh [1866-1898] in Halifax.

In 1903, he married (2) Ruth Holden [1866-1932] from Darwen, Lancashire, in Blackburn.

They had no children.

The family lived at

Living with them [in 1911] was Ruth's sister Edith Holden [aged 42] (housekeeper).

He died at 30 Glen Terrace, Halifax [28th February 1921]

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Hey, HaroldRef 237-548
[1900-1965]
Son of
Joseph Benjamin Hey.

He was a manager [1931].

He never married.

He lived at Dudwell Lea, 1 Dudwell Avenue, Halifax [1965].

He died in Halifax General Hospital [25th May 1965].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £49,852.

Probate was granted to Lloyds Bank Limited

He was buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell

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Hey, Harold RawsthorneRef 237-1387
[1896-1918]
Son of Emily & James Alfred Hey of 11 Malvern Avenue, Bury, Lancashire.

Born in Halifax

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 10th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.

He died 23rd March 1918 (aged 22).

He was buried at Guards' Cemetery, Lesboeufs, France [Grave Ref X ZZ 8]

Hey, J.Ref 237-1990
[18??-18??]
Reed maker at Halifax.

In January 1862, he was declared bankrupt

Hey, JamesRef 237-4032
[1787-1813]
Son of Joseph Hey.

He came from a Methodist family.

He was a woollen spinner from Skircoat / a Luddite.

He married Unknown [1793-18??].

Children:

  1. child
  2. child

In 1812, he was arrested under suspicion of being involved in a number of robberies at Deighton & Fartown, Huddersfield.

On 14th December 1812, Major Hankin of the 2nd Dragoons took Hey's confession.

In 1813, he, Joseph Crowther, Joseph Holroyd alias Carter and Nathan Hoyle, were convicted of robbing a dwelling house, and putting the persons therein in great fear.

Holroyd later turned King's Evidence against the other 3 men, who were then executed [16th January 1813].

A total of 14 men were executed in batches of 7 men. Hey was in the 2nd batch.

The Quakers Joseph Wood & Rev Thomas Shillitoe visited his widow [2nd March 1813]


We met his widow, his 2 children, his father Joseph Hey and his mother. At the conclusion of their conversations, Joseph Hey asked Wood to go with him to his house and meet two of his other sons
 

Wood wrote of the encounter


Joseph Hey, expressing a desire to speak with me, accompanied me nearly thither and then returned, his company was very agreeable to me, he being, I believe, a truly pious man and a local preacher in the Methodist Society, and having had to express my belief in the opportunity that he had discharged his duty to his son and therefore it was clear, I was confirmed in the truth thereof, in our conversation together, and we parted under near sympathy and tender regard for each others welfare
 

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Hey, JamesRef 237-12
[1824-1876]
Born in Halifax.

He was a reed maker [1871].

In [Q4] 1858, he married Mary Walker [1830-1909] in Halifax.


Mary was born in Halifax.

She was a confectioner [1871]

 

Children:

  1. Charles Henry [b 1861]
  2. John [1864-1865]
  3. James [1866-1874]
  4. James [b 1867]
  5. John Walker [b 1869]

The family lived at 1 Bull Green, Halifax [1871].

James died 19th June 1876 (aged 52).

Mary died 14th April 1909 (aged 79).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3418]

Hey, James WillieRef 237-1276
[1894-1917]
Son of
Joe Hey.

Born in Stainland.

He was a cotton piecener [1911] / an engine tenter at Haigh, Wright & Company, Dean Valley Mills, Stainland.

During World War I, he enlisted [28th August 1916] and served as an Able Seaman with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve aboard cargo ship SS Frankby.

After training at Crystal Palace, he served as a gunner on several merchantmen, and sailed to the Indies, San Francisco, and West Africa.

He drowned at sea when his ship – carrying a cargo of nitrate from Antofagasta to Marseille – was wrecked on Formigas Rocks, off St Michael Island in the Azores [11th December 1917] (aged 23).

He was the first naval man from Stainland to die in World War I.

He is remembered on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent [Grave Ref 27]

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Hey, JobRef 237-3468
[17??-18??]
Of Greetland.

He married Sarah.

Children:

  1. Susannah [b 1799]
  2. John [b 1803]
  3. William [b 1805]
  4. James [b 1808]
  5. Mary [b 1810]
  6. Ann [b 1812]

The children were all baptised at the Greetland Wesleyan Chapel

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Hey, JobRef 237-H77
[1771-1813]
Or John.

He was a cotton spinner at Greetland / a waterman.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. child
  2. child
  3. child
  4. child
  5. child
  6. child
  7. child

He was one of the members of a Luddite gang charged with stealing firearms from George Haigh. He had been recruited into the gang on account of his local knowledge that Haigh owned weapons. After the robbery, the pistol and 3¼ pounds of gunpowder were found in Hey's house.

Hey was hanged at 1:30 pm on 16th January 1813 at the Tyburn There were a total of 14 men executed in two batches of 7 men. Hey was in the 2nd batch.

The Quakers Joseph Wood & Rev Thomas Shillitoe visited his widow [March 1813]


She appeared in a very tired state, we found her in a state of mind bordering on despair, her poor mind was so overcharged with the prospect of her great poverty, her numerous children without any visible means for support, our labour with her was that she might endeavour to get into a state of stillness in which God is known and his power felt, to stay and comfort and console the mind and bear it up in the depths of this Affliction
 


Question: There appear to be several men called Job Hey around at this time. Please email me if you can clarify the entries or remove any confusion between the several Jobs

 

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Hey, JobRef 237-3448
[1792-1863]
(Possibly) son of
William Hey.

On 27th December 1813, he married (1) Hannah Calverley [1794-1822] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Sarah [1814] who died in infancy
  2. William [1815-1827]
  3. Joseph [1818-1881]
  4. James [b 1821]
  5. Edward [1822] who died in infancy

On 24th August 1823, he married (2) Sarah Bolton [1795-18??] at Elland Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Abraham [b 1823]
  2. John [b 1827]
  3. Hannah [b 1830]

Sarah was dead by 1861.

Members of the family were buried at St Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden

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Hey, JoeRef 237-5
[1871-19??]
Born in Stainland.

He was a woollen fettler [1901, 1911].

In 1892, he married Clara Gledhill [1872-19??] in Halifax.


Clara was born in Stainland
 

Children:

  1. John Clarence [b 1893] who was a cotton piecener [1911]
  2. James Willie
  3. Vincent Llewellyn [b 1895] who was a worsted doffer [1911]

They lived at

  • Dog Lane, Stainland [1901]
  • The Cross, Stainland [1911, 1917]

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Hey, JoeRef 237-1292
[1887-1917]
Son of
Fred Hey.

Born in Ripponden.

He was a cotton twiner [1911].

During World War I, he served as a Rifleman with C Company 12th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps.

He was killed in action in France / Flanders [16th August 1917] (aged 30).

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 115-119, 162A & 163A], on the Memorial at Saint Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden, and on Barkisland War Memorial

His brother Charlie also died in the War

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Hey, JohnRef 237-13
[18??-18??]
He was relieving officer for Halifax [1841].

He married Ann Davenport [1806-1871].


Ann was the daughter of James Davenport
 

Children:

  1. Charles Henry
  2. Ann [b 1835]
  3. Eliza [b 1838]
  4. John [b 1839]

They lived at Lister Lane, Halifax [1841].

John died before 1871.

Ann died 2nd December 1871 (aged 65)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3778] with her son Charles Henry & family

Hey, JohnRef 237-3909
[18??-18??]
On 25th September 1803, he married Nancy, daughter of
Benjamin Edwards.

Child: John

He was dead before 1862

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Hey, JohnRef 237-16
[1801-18??]
He was a worsted weaver [1841].

He married Elizabeth [1801-1877].


Elizabeth was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Sarah [1823-1884] who was a worsted twister [1841], a  worsted reeler [1851, 1861], never married & was buried with her  mother
  2. James [b 1825] who was a cotton piecer [1841], a worsted  factory overlooker [1851]
  3. William
  4. John [b 1832] who was a bobbin winder [1841, 1851]
  5. Ann [b 1834]

The family lived at

John died between 1841 & 1851

Elizabeth died in Halifax in 1877 (aged 76)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 966] with granddaughter Sarah Hannah Imbery

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Hey, JohnRef 237-17
[1807-18??]
He was a gardener [1851].

He married Mary [1813-18??].

Children:

  1. Ruth Ann [b 1836]
  2. William [b 1838]
  3. Charles [b 1844]
  4. Emma Jane [b 1848]
  5. Mary Hannah [b 1851]

They lived at High Royd Northowram [1851]

Hey, JohnRef 237-3837
[1811-18??]
Son of
John Hey.

He was a relieving officer [1841].

He married Ann Davenport [1807-18??].

Children:

  1. Charles [b 1833]
  2. Ann Esther [1834-1908] who married John Hill
  3. Eliza [b 1838]
  4. John Edwards
  5. Matthew Hey [b 1847] who was unemployed (formerly in the  Army) [1881]

Living with them [in 1841] was (Ann's father [?]) James Davenport [b 1786].

John was dead before 1851

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Hey, JohnRef 237-7230
[1811-1871]
He married Mary [1800-1875].

John died 14th January 1871 (aged 60).

Mary died 7th January 1875 (aged 75).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1112] with Emily & Herbert Robertshaw and Mary's widowed sister Sarah Robinson

Hey, JohnRef 237-7130
[1829-1???]
Son of
Benjamin Hey.

Born in Halifax.

He was a gardener & agricultural labourer [1861] / a wool weaver [1871].

He married (1) Harriet [1833-1857].

Child: 1. Hannah [b 1857].

He married (2) Unknown.

Child: 2. Sarah Ann [b 1866].

They lived at 40 Skircoat Green, Halifax [1871].

Living with them [in 1871] were his sister Ann and her son Hanson Gledhill

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Hey, JohnRef 237-19
[1833-1???]
Born in Shelf.

He was a watchman at dye works [1861] / a worsted mill hand [1871].

Around 1857, he married Jane [1834-1???].


Jane was born in Rastrick
 

Children:

  1. Sam
  2. Lilly [b 1862] who was a worsted spinner [1871]
  3. Harry [b 1864]
  4. Charles [b 1869]

They lived at

  • Spring Field, Range Bank, Northowram [1861]
  • 11 Bailey Hall Terrace, Halifax [1871]

Hey, JohnRef 237-557
[1898-1918]
Son of
Joseph Benjamin Hey.

He was educated at Halifax Secondary School [until 1911].

During World War I, he enlisted with the East Riding Yeomanry, then he served as a Private with the 1st/4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment.

He died a prisoner of war at Dercy, France [4th September 1918].

He was buried at Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension, France [Grave Ref 5 E 7].

He is remembered on the family grave at All Saints' Church, Dudwell, and on the Memorial at Halifax Secondary School

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Hey, John EdwardsRef 237-1551
[1839-1890]
Son of
John Hey.

Born in Halifax; baptised 8th October 1839.

He was a ventilating engineer in Halifax [1871] / a partner in Hill & Hey [1874].

In 1874, he and John Hill patented a design for improvements in ventilators.

His sister Ann Esther Hey married his partner John Hill.

On 9th August 1866, he married (1) Mary Ann Jenkinson [1842-1872].

Children:

  1. George H. [b 1867]
  2. John D. [b 1869]

Mary Ann died 28th March 1872 (aged 30).

In 1874, he married (2) Mary Elizabeth Jessup [1839-1933] in Banbury.

Children:

  1. Charles Meriton who died in infancy [27th February 1877]
  2. Emily [b 1879]
  3. Arthur B. [b 1881]

They lived at

  • 6 Ferguson Street, Halifax [1871]
  • 203 Gibbet Street, Halifax [1881]
  • Clare Hall Road, Halifax [1891]

He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1891

John died 31st October 1890 (aged 51).

Mary Elizabeth died 17th January 1933 (aged 94).

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-B1A]

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Hey, JosephRef 237-2842
[18??-18??]
Carpenter and joiner at Halifax.

He was declared bankrupt but this was annulled in November 1841

Hey, JosephRef 237-4
[1819-1884]
Son of James Hey, weaver.

Born in Rishworth.

He was a weaver of Rishworth [1843].

On 25th December 1843, he married Ann.


Ann was born in Soyland, the daughter of
George Habergham
 

Children:

  1. William [1845-1931]
  2. James [b 1847]
  3. George [b 1850]
  4. Joseph [1845-1910]
  5. Elizabeth Ann [1856-1907] who married [1887] John  William Whiteley
  6. Thomas Henry [1860-1931] who was buried with his parents

The couple died at Ringstone Edge Farm: Joseph [17th April 1884]; Ann [30th November 1899].

They were buried at Christ Church, Barkisland [Grave Ref: 506]

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Hey, JosephRef 237-5900
[1826-1876]
Son of Joseph Hey, overlooker.

Born in Halifax.

He was a police officer in Liverpool [1849] / a police officer in Halifax [1851] / a police officer in Knottingley [1856] / a police officer in Cumberworth, Huddersfield [1859] / a police officer in Sedburgh, Yorkshire [1861] / a police officer in Bradford [1870, 1871] / (possibly) Police Inspector back in Halifax.

On 4th September 1849, he married (1) Margaret Formby [1825-1867] at Holy Trinity Church, Liverpool.


Margaret was born in Liverpool
 

Children:

  1. George [b 1851]
  2. Walter [b 1853]
  3. Alfred [1856-1933]
  4. Eleanor [b 1858]
  5. Charles [b 1860]
  6. Fanny [1862-1939]
  7. Henry [b 1864]

Margaret died in Bradford in 1867.

On 24th February 1870, he married (2) Martha Habergham at Halifax Parish Church.

They had no children.

They lived at 34 Edward Street, Skircoat [1891].

Members of the family were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell: Joseph [11th August 1876]; Martha [6th July 1898]; Alfred [30th June 1933]; Fanny [7th October 1939]

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Hey, JosephRef 237-9
[1845-1889]
Born in Keighley.

He was a waggoner [1871] / a cart driver [1881].

In [Q2] 1867, he married Emma Whitaker [1840-1915] in Halifax.


Emma was born in Southowram.

She was a char woman [1881]

 

Children:

  1. James Henry [1868-1871] who was buried with his parents
  2. Maurice
  3. Arthur [b 1873]

They lived at

  • Cain Lane, Southowram [1871]
  • 5 Cain Lane, Southowram [1881]
  • Cain Lane, Southowram [1910]

Joseph died 25th June 1889 (aged 44).

Emma died 23rd March 1915 (aged 75).

The couple were buried at Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram

Hey, Joseph BenjaminRef 237-534
[1871-1931]
Born in Halifax [19th September 1871].

He was Branch Secretary of a Building Society [1911].

In [Q4] 1896, he married Mary Emily Thorpe [1866-1953] in Halifax.


Mary Emily was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. John [1898-1918]
  2. Harold
  3. Norman [1908-1985] who was a chartered accountant [1931]

They lived at

Joseph Benjamin died 4th October 1931.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £17,965 19/4d.

Probate was granted to his sons Harold & Norman

Mary Emily died 19th November 1953 (aged 87).

Members of the family were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham

Hey, LeviRef 237-3145
[18??-18??]
Of Hipperholme,

On 17th January 1867, he was returning home after drinking at the White Bear when he was attacked by 3 labourers, Thomas Barber, Samuel Sharp, and Joseph Anderton and robbed of 5/- and was then ill-used. The prisoners were discharged as it appeared that Hey was fresh at the time and could not identify his assailants

Hey, LewisRef 237-1065
[1885-1916]
Son of
William Hey

He was a warehouse lad [1901] / a welded boiler maker [1911] / employed by Fleming's.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 9th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was reported missing on the Somme or Fricourt [7th July 1916].

The Halifax Courier [5th August 1916] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6A & 6B], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Hey, MaryRef 237-7
[1807-1886]
Born in Rishworth.

She never married but had 6 children – father(s) unknown:

  1. Elizabeth [b 1834]
  2. George [1836-1915] who never married
  3. Sarah [b 1837]
  4. Rachel [b 1843]
  5. Ruth Ann [1844-1883] who never married
  6. Rebecca [1848-1925] who never married

In 1881, the family lived in the Royal Oak Inn but it was not operating as an Inn at that time. At some point, it became known as Clay House Farm, Barkisland.

Mary died at Clay House Farm [9th January 1886].

She was buried at Christ Church, Barkisland [Grave Ref: 78].

Her children George, Ruth Ann & Rebecca all died at Clay House Farm.

They were buried at Christ Church, Barkisland [Grave Ref: 507]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Hey, MauriceRef 237-8
[1870-19??]
Son of
Joseph Hey.

Born at Cain Lane, Southowram.

He was a worsted doffer [1881] / a labourer on farm [1901] / a beef & pork butcher [1911].

In [Q3] 1900, he married Mary Jane Ulrich in Halifax.


Mary Jane was the daughter of Robert Ulrich.

She was a worsted twister [1901]

 

Child: Stanley [b 1903]

They lived at

  • Cain Lane, Southowram (with Maurice's widowed mother) [1910]
  • 18 Stone Street, Caddy Field, Halifax [1911]

Hey, MauriceRef 237-1780
[1870-1928]
Born in Halifax.

(Possibly) son of William G. Hey.

Partner in W. G. Hey & Son.

He lived at 24 Park Place, Halifax [1905]

Hey, PaulRef 237-3463
[17??-18??]
Mercer and linen draper at the
House at the Maypole, Halifax [1805]

Hey, PeterRef 237-11
[1836-1???]
Son of John Hey, banksman.

He was coal miner of Brittania, Bacup [1859].

On 16th July 1859, he married Nancy Greenwood in Rochdale.


Nancy, of Lane Head, Bacup, was the
Simeon Greenwood
 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles

Hey, SamRef 237-18
[1857-1931]
Son of
John Hey.

Born in Shelf.

He was a worsted spinner [1871] / an iron & tin plate worker [1891, 1901] / a tinsmith (own account) [1911] / an iron & tin plate worker (own account) [1921].

He married Sarah Anne Cox [1859-1920].


Sarah Anne was born in Callow, Hereford
 

Children:

  1. Sarah Jane Marybeth [1881-1937] who was a cotton card  hand [1901] & married Sam Foulds
  2. Florence Maud Annie [b 1884] who was a cotton card hand  [1901], a worsted rover [1911]
  3. William A. [b 1888]
  4. Harold J. [b 1889]
  5. Hilda [b 1893] who was a machinist [1911, 1921] & married  Percy Barker

The 1911 census shows that they had had 7 children of whom 5 were still alive at that time.

They lived at

  • 2 Albert Street, Halifax [1891]
  • 8 Colin Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 4 Hanson Lane, Halifax [1911]
  • 27 Cromwell Terrace, Halifax [1921]

Living with them [in 1921] was widowed daughter Hilda & her daughter Edith Annie Barker.

Sarah died in 1920.

Sam died in 1931.

Members of the family were buried at King Cross Methodist New Connexion Chapel [Grave Ref: 1484]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Hey, SamuelRef 237-1461
[1807-18??]
Of Midgley.

In 1829, he married Betty Nicholl of Midgley, at Halifax Parish Church

In February 1834, he was sentenced to 1 month's imprisonment for selling his wife – with a halter round her neck – for 2/- in Halifax market on 30th November 1833.

At his trial, , Hey said that

he had sold her because she was a bad wife

The Chairman said

she might be so, and he had acted towards here like a bad husband, and if he had been an educated man, the sentence of the Court upon him would have been very different

He was imprisoned in the house of correction for 1 month

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Hey, SamuelRef 237-740
[1832-1891]
Born in Skircoat.

He was a roller cloth maker employing 4 men [1881].

On 23rd December 1854, he married Harriet Thorp [1835-1910] at Halifax Parish Church.


Harriet was born in Moor End
 

Children:

  1. Hannah [1856-1901] who never married
  2. Thomas
  3. Maurice [b 1866]
  4. Benjamin [1867-1895]
  5. Mary Alice [b 1870]
  6. John Thorp [1873-1912]
  7. Martha Jane [b 1875]

They lived at Skircoat Green [1881].

Samuel died 31st July 1891 Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at £3,513 14/1d.

The will was proved by his widow Harriet, daughter Hannah, and Thomas Cockroft Niblett

Members of the family were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham

Hey, StephenRef 237-2
[18??-19??]
Second son of George Hey of Ovenden.

He was a gas engineer's clerk of Middleton Junction [1900].

On 5th September 1900, he married Elizabeth Ann Sutcliffe at Bolton Brow Wesleyan Church, Sowerby Bridge


Elizabeth Ann was the only daughter of Frederick Sutcliffe of Sowerby Bridge
 

Hey, ThomasRef 237-469
[1860-1944]
JP.

Son of Samuel Hey.

Born 19th May 1859.

He was a woollen carder [1881] / a woollen cloth manufacturer [1911] / Mayor of Halifax [1920-1922].

In 1885, he married Elizabeth Sarah Huddlestone [1860-1932] in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.


Elizabeth Sarah was born in n Melton Mowbray
 

Children:

  1. Gilbert Huddlestone [1887-1910]
  2. Millicent Harriet [b 1889]
  3. Winifred Eleanor [1890-1966] who was a telephonist [1911]  and never married
  4. Ella Marion [1895-1919]
  5. Lilian Cecilia [1899-1982]
  6. Thomas Gerald Huddlestone [1903-1972]

They lived at 6 Grandsmere Place, Halifax [1911, 1944].

Thomas died 3rd May 1944.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £329 2/3d.

Probate was granted to daughter Winifred Eleanor.

Members of the family were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell

See Metz-en-Couture

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham

Hey, Thomas KnowlesRef 237-3694
[1813-1891]
Chemist and druggist of Hebden Bridge.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. David who became a chemist and druggist in Hebden Bridge
  2. Helen
  3. Jane

He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1891

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Hey, WilliamRef 237-4038
[17??-18??]
He (possibly) married Mary Law.

Children:

  1. Job
  2. Hannah [1794-1850] who married Silvanus Habergham

This & associated entries use material contributed by Lesley Abernethy & Derrick Habergham

Hey, WilliamRef 237-15
[1826-1902]
Son of
John Hey.

Born in Halifax.

He was a worsted spinner [1841] / a worsted scourer [1861] / a bread baker [1871] / a confectioner [1881] / a retired confectioner [1891] / a retired baker [1901].

In 1853, he married (1) Mary Ann Priestley [1830-1891] in Halifax.


Mary Ann was born in Ovenden
 

Children:

  1. Sarah Hannah [1855-1905] who was a bread baker [1871], an  assistant confectioner [1881] & married John Imbery
  2. Ann [b 1860] who was an assistant confectioner [1881]
  3. Elizabeth [b 1866] who was an assistant confectioner  [1881]

Mary Ann died in Halifax [Q1 1891] (aged 61).

In [Q4] 1891, William married (2) Hannah Holdsworth [1837-19??] in Halifax.


Hannah was born in Southowram
 

The family lived at

  • North Jack Royd, Ovenden [1861]
  • 57 Heywood Place, Halifax [1871]
  • 4 North Parade, Halifax [1881]
  • 12 Villiers Street, Halifax [1891, 1901]
  • 33 Parliament Street, Halifax (the widowed Hannah was a  pensioner here) [1911]

William died in the Royal Halifax Infirmary [17th February 1902] (aged 76).


Death of Mr Wm Hey

It is with regret that we announce the death of Mr William Hey, of 12 Villiers Street, Halifax, who died on Wednesday at the Royal Halifax Infirmary, where he had undergone an operation.

Mr Hey started in life at the Dean Clough Mills, and afterwards he commenced business at Mount Pleasant as a confectioner.

Later he removed to more commodious premises in Hanson Lane, and thence to Northgate, where he remained until he finally retired from business.

In politics he was a Liberal, and an active member of the West Ward Liberal Club.

He also rendered great help to the Amicable Provident Society, of which he was for many years a trustee

 


Deaths: Hey

On Dec. 17th, after a brief but painful affliction, William Hey, late confectioner, Northgate, Halifax, aged 76 years.

Funeral this day at Providence Chapel, Ovenden.

Cortege leaves the house, 12 Villiers Street, 11-30.

No cards

 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Hey, WilliamRef 237-1062
[1850-1???]
Son of Abraham Hey, labourer.

Born in Northowram.

He was a labourer of Ringby, Northowram [1881] / an engine stoker (stationary) [1891] / an engineer (public baths) [1901] / a stoker (stationary) at boiler makers [1911].

In [Q4] 1881, he married Frances at Halifax Parish Church.


Frances was the daughter of
John Parker and widow of James Brandwood
 

Children:

  1. Lily [b 1883] who was a wool winder [1901]
  2. Lewis
  3. Irvine [b 1887] who was a doffer worsted [1901], a boiler  maker's labourer [1911]
  4. Elizabeth [1890-1891]
  5. Frank [b 1896] who was a doffer [1911]

They lived at

  • 6 Hodgson's Terrace, Northowram [1891]
  • 7 Vicar Street, Boothtown [1901, 1911]
  • 18 Drying Houses, Old Lane, Halifax [1916]

Living with them [in 1901] was Frances's widowed mother Elizabeth Parker

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Hey, William G.Ref 237-1779
[1838-1912]
Partner in
W. G. Hey & Son.

He married Unknown.

Child: (possibly) Maurice

They lived at 2 First Avenue, Halifax [1905]

Hey, William SutcliffeRef 237-10
[1868-1955]
Born in Halifax.

He was a sugar boiler (wholesale confectioner) [1911].

In [Q3] 1893, he married Lucy Ann Wainwright in Halifax.


Lucy Ann was the daughter of
David Wainwright
 

They had no children.

They lived at 28 Brookfoot, Brighouse [1911].

Lucy Ann died 18th August 1941 (aged 72).

She was buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram with her parents.

William died in Halifax [Q4 1955] (aged 87).


His burial place is not yet known
 

Families

The Hey family of Hebden BridgeRef 237-2079

See St James the Great Church, Hebden Bridge and Sowden Chapel

Surname

Hey surnameRef 237-1
The surname originated in Scammonden.

George Redmonds writes that Alan del Heye is recorded at Scammonden in 1333, and Robert del Heye is recorded at Barkisland in 1379

Entries for people with the surname Hey are discussed in this SideTrack. Other forms of the surname are not included here.


Unattached BMDs for Hey

Marriage 1901

 



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