Hiley ...



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Hiley, Charles JosephRef 510-3328
[1843-1922]
Or Highley [in 1871, 1881].

Son of John Hiley.

Born at Midgehole [14th March 1843].

He was a member of St Paul's Church, Cross Stone / a cabinet maker [1861, 1871] / making looms with Marlands of Walsden / making woodwork for Lord Brothers spinning machinery [until 1975] / in business as a music seller / organist at Heptonstall Parish Church [1866-1909] / a Professor of music [1881, 1891] / a piano & music seller [1901] / a pianoforte & music dealer [1911] / one of the oldest Freemasons in the borough / a member, then Worshipful Master, of Prince George [No 308] Masonic Lodge / a member of Todmorden Town Council [1903-1905].

His music & piano business was in Fielden Square.

In 1869, he married Sarah Chaffer [1843-1909] in Todmorden.

Children:

  1. Fred [b 1870] who was a corn miller's clerk [1891]
  2. Mabel [b 1872] who was a music teacher [1901]
  3. John W. [b 1874] who was a draughtsman at machine foundry  [1901]
  4. Amy Elizabeth [b 1880] who was a dressmaker [1901] &  married [Q3 1906] Sam Baldwin
  5. Edith H. [b 1883] who was a school teacher [1901, 1911]

They lived at

  • 3 Fair View, Langfield [1871]
  • 8 Hall Ing, Todmorden [1881]
  • Pavement, Todmorden [1891]
  • 22 Rochdale Road, Todmorden [1901, 1911]
  • Fielden Square
  • Byrom Street, Todmorden [1922]

When he retired, his son took over the business.

Sarah died in Todmorden in 1909 (aged 66).

Charles Joseph died suddenly [26th November 1922] (aged 79) 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Hiley, HaroldRef 510-726
[1890-1918]

Hiley, Dr JamesRef 510-3644
[1784-1836]
Son of
John Hiley.

He was a surgeon.

In 1804, he married Ann Walker [1784-1836] in Elland.

Children:

  1. Mary [1804-1834]
  2. Nanny [1807-1860] who married [1829]  John Edward Ogden [1809-18??]
  3. Sarah Walker [1809-1884] who did not marry
  4. John Simeon
  5. James
  6. Simeon [1819-1871]
  7. Emma [1824-1886] who did not marry

Most of the family were buried at Elland Parish Church

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham

Hiley, Dr JamesRef 510-1693
[1813-1877]
Son of
James Hiley

Born in Elland.

He was Medical Officer for Elland-cum-Greetland [1845, 1865, 1874].

He never married.

He lived in Southgate, Elland with his sisters: Sarah Walker, Emma and Nanny [1841, 1851, 1861, 1871]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham

Hiley, JohnRef 510-3646
[1754-1830]
He married Grace [1752-1828].

Child: James

Grace & John were buried at Elland Parish Church

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham

Hiley, JohnRef 510-1393
[1796-18??]
Born in Warley.

He was a cotton spinner [1841] / a cotton cop packer [1851] / a cotton packer [1861].

He married Hannah [1799-18??].


Hannah was born in Stansfield
 

Children:

  1. William [b 1821] who was a cotton scutcher [1841]
  2. Thomas [b 1826] who was a cotton mule piecer [1841]
  3. Ann [b 1826]
  4. John [b 1827]
  5. Emma [b 1829] who was a cotton mule piecer [1851], a  cotton frame tenter [1861]
  6. Martha [b 1832] who was a cotton frame tenter [1851]
  7. David [b 1836] who was a cotton mule piecer [1851]
  8. James [b 1839]
  9. Charles Joseph

They lived at

  • Oldroyd, Todmorden [1841]
  • Midge Hole, Langfield [1851]
  • Causey, Langfield [1861]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Hiley, JohnRef 510-128
[1860-19??]
Also recorded as Highley.

Son of John Highley, carter.

Born in Walsden.

He was a corn mill operative of Langfield, Todmorden [1884] / a corn miller [1891] / a corn mill operative [1901, 1911] / a roller man at corn mill for William Sutcliffe, corn miller,  Todmorden.

On 1st November 1884, he married Mary Ann Graham at Heptonstall Church.


Mary Ann, of Vale, Stansfield, was born in Burnley, the daughter of Robert Graham, game keeper
 

Children:

  1. Arthur [b 1885] who was a slipper maker [1901], a corn  mill operative [1911], a shuttle tip finisher for John Crossley & Sons shuttle makers, Todmorden
  2. Harold

They lived at 3 Russell Street, Todmorden [1891, 1901, 1911, 1921]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Hiley, Rev John SimeonRef 510-3645
[1811-1865]
MA, BD.

Son of James Hiley.

Born in Elland.

Baptised at Trinity College Dublin [1811].

He was a Fellow of St John's College Cambridge and curate of Quorndon & Woodhouse, Leicestershire [1857]

He trained and qualified as a doctor but became a clergyman

In 1845, he married (1) Ann Christiana Watkinson [1796-1849] at Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire.

In 1858, he married (2) Mary [1825-1888] in Otley. Mary was born in Laleham, Middlesex, the daughter of Mary (née Penrose) [1791-1873] and Dr Thomas Arnold [1795-1842], headmaster of Rugby School. She was widow of Alfred Twining, of Gray's Inn, London, whom she had married [1847] at Kendal.

Children:

  1. Arnold James Watkinson [1858-1929] who became a clergyman
  2. Louis Richard Trevenen [1862-1897]

In June 1868, after John Simeon's death, his widow Mary married Rev Robert Hayes [1838-1888] who succeeded John Simeon as curate of Woodhouse, Leicestershire.

On the death of Rev Hayes, his stepson, Rev Arnold James Watkinson Hiley became Vicar of Woodhouse

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham

Hiley, JosephRef 510-3808
[1821-1???]
He was a cotton warper / a cotton manufacturer employing 8 men, 1 woman and 3 boys at
Hall Ing Mill in Todmorden [1861] / a book keeper [1871] / a commercial traveller [1881].

In 1843, he married Mary Ann Lord [1825-1???].

Child: Elizabeth Ann [b 1844] who married William Law

They lived at

  • Knowlwood in Walsden
  • 9 Patmos, Todmorden
  • Brook Street, Todmorden [1861]
  • Wellington Road, Todmorden [1871]
  • Castleton (Rochdale) [1881]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Linda Briggs

Hiley, RobertRef 510-740
[1908-1944]
Son of Elizabeth Ann & Harry Hiley of Halifax.

He worked for (possibly) Baycliff Limited in Halifax.

In [Q3] 1933, he married Mary Alice Jagger in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Russell [b 1939]
  2. Phillip L. [b 1943]

They lived at 69 Dyson Road, Halifax.

During World War II, he enlisted with the West Yorkshire Regiment [1943] and served as a Private with the 4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment.

He died 25th September 1944 (aged 36).

He was buried at Heverlee War Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref 6 E 20].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Christ Church, Pellon

Hiley, SamuelRef 510-3495
[1805-1840]
Of Halifax.

He was a member of the Oddfellows.

He lived at Lister Lane, Halifax [1840].

He was buried at Sion Congregational Church, Halifax

Hiley, ThomasRef 510-1548
[1790-1867]

He married Mary [1793-1857].

Mary died 20th July 1857 (aged 64).

Thomas died 14th February 1867 (aged 77).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3672] with widowed sister Nancy Akroyd [1794-1867]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Stuart Wilkinson

Hiley, ThomasRef 510-3256
[1869-19??]
Born in Brighouse.

He was a cotton twiner [1901] / a cotton spinner [1911].

In 1900, he married Sarah Jane Sugden in Halifax.


Sarah Jane was the daughter of
Alfred Sugden
 

They lived at the Horse & Jockey, Brighouse (with Sarah's parents) [1901]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Surname

Hiley surnameRef 510-1
A variant of the surname Highley

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Unattached BMDs for Hiley

Marriages 1895, 1899; Death 1907

 



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