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Morris, Mr A.Ref 420-1220
[18??-19??]
He stood unsuccessfully as the Conservative candidate in the Election for
MP for Halifax [1885 and 1886]

Morris, A.Ref 420-780
[18??-1918]
Of Luddendenfoot.

He emigrated to Canada.

His sister, Mrs G. Wilde, lived at Beulah Place, Luddendenfoot.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the Canadian Contingent.

He was wounded and gassed, and was treated at Whalley Hospital. He returned to Canada [May 1918].

He died of wounds about a fortnight after arriving in Canada [3rd June 1918].

The Halifax Courier [8th June 1918] reported his death with a photograph. An older brother was killed [June 1917], and another is serving in France

Morris, AdamRef 420-138
[15??-1591]
Curate at
Sowerby [1572-1583]. In 1583, he left Sowerby and became chaplain to a regiment in Ireland.

He married Katharine. Between 1568 and 1582, 8 of his children were baptised at Sowerby.

He was buried at Halifax Parish Church [24th September 1591]

Morris, AlfredRef 420-1735
[18??-19??]
From Hunslet, Leeds.

In 1876, he married (1) Mary Ann Beck [1856-1898] from Hunslet, in Holbeck.

Mary Ann died in Halifax Infirmary [4th January, 1898].

Child: Unknown

In 1898, he married (2) Sarah Ann Child at St Thomas's Church, Charlestown. The witnesses were Ann and Frederick Washington.

Child: Unknown

They lived at 22 Ninn Street, Halifax [1898]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Anne Leitch

Morris, Alfred William JohnsonRef 420-695
[18??-1953]
Son of
William Morris.

After their father's death, he and his brother, T. H. Morris carried on the family business – William Morris & Sons Limited.

He died in Sussex.

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £114,419

Morris, Charles StanleyRef 420-1315
[1917-1944]
Son of Mary Ann & George Morris of Brighouse.

During World War II, he served as a Private with the 1st Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment.

He died 23rd April 1944 (aged 27).

He is remembered on the Rangoon Memorial, Burma [Grave Ref 15]

Morris, EdgarRef 420-519
[1893-1916]
Son of
Frank Morris.

He was an active member of Walsden Wesleyan Sunday School and Church / assistant organist at the Church / a picker maker's apprentice [1911] / employed at Stonewood Picker Works.

On 8th January 1916, he married Martha Agnes Williams [1895-19??].


Martha Agnes was born in Todmorden, the daughter of John James Williams
 

The Todmorden & District News [14th January 1916] reported the wedding


Private Edgar Morris, 2/6th Lancashire Fusiliers, of 130 Bacup Road, married Miss Martha Agnes Williams of 3 Bridge End Building, Todmorden, at York Street Wesleyan Church
 

They lived at

  • Stansfield Road, Todmorden
  • 3 Bridge End Buildings, Todmorden

During World War I, he joined up [September 1914] and served as a Private with the 2nd/6th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.

He died 20th March 1916 (aged 23).

The Todmorden & District News [24th March 1916] reported his death


Private Edgar Morris, 2nd 6th Lancashire Fusiliers, died on Monday [20th March], aged 23.

He had been ill for about eight weeks and in hospital for about a month with double pneumonia.

He will be buried at Mankinholes tomorrow

 

He was buried at Mankinholes Wesleyan Methodist Chapel [Grave Ref: 194].

The following week's Edition [31st March 1916] published his photograph.

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance.

Martha Agnes married James William Halstead

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Morris, F. J.Ref 420-233
[1874-1965]
of Lightcliffe. President of the
Calder Valley Poets

Morris, FrankRef 420-479
[1???-19??]
JP.

He was Mayor of Todmorden [1944-1945]

Morris, FrankRef 420-5
[1866-19??]
Son of

Born in Todmorden.

He was a picker maker [1891] / fireman at picker works [1901] / a picker maker's foreman [1911] / a picker maker's foreman for Thomas & John Walton at Stoneswood  Mill, Bacup Road, Todmorden [1921].

On 15th September 1888, he married Betsy Hannah Hiley [1863-19??].

The Todmorden & District News [21st September 1888] reported the wedding


Mr Frank Morris, picker maker of Hollins Place, married Miss Hannah Hiley of Alma Street, Walsden, at the Wesleyan Chapel, Todmorden
 


Betsy was born in Walsden
 

Children:

  1. Sam [1890-1892]
  2. Edgar
  3. Aquilla [b 1898] who was a a picker maker for Thomas &  John Walton at Stoneswood Mill, Todmorden [1921]

They lived at

  • 11 Hollins Terrace, Walsden [1891]
  • 134 Bacup Road, Todmorden [1901, 1911]
  • 130 Bacup Road, Todmorden [1921]

Living with them [in 1921] was Betsy's unmarried sister Grace Hiley [b Walsden 1845]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Morris, H.Ref 420-523
[18??-19??]
Curate at
Brighouse [1894-1901]

Morris, H. C.Ref 420-358
[19??-] Physics teacher at Heath Grammar School. He was a keen photographer and recorded many Calderdale sights which have since disappeared

Morris, HaroldRef 420-1283
[1889-1915]
Son of Ada & George William Morris of 14 Horne Street, Hanson Lane, Halifax.

He was a sidesman at St Mary's Church, Halifax / secretary of the Sunday School / employed by Brayshaw & Dickinson.

During World War I, he enlisted [September 1914] and served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died following a German gas attack at Hill 60 [5th May 1915] (aged 26).

He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 20], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Saint Mary's Church, Halifax

Morris, HedleyRef 420-733
[18??-191?]
He served in World War I.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered on the Memorial at Holy Trinity Boys' School, Halifax

Morris, JamesRef 420-2

Morris, JosephRef 420-223
[1782-1861]
Of Halifax.

He married (1) Sarah [1780-1823].

Children:

  1. Thomas who died 6th September 1806 (aged 1 year & 11  weeks) 
  2. Joseph Baines who died 11th October 1816 (aged 9 years &  7 weeks) 

Sarah died 1st April 1823 (aged 43).

He married (2) Elizabeth [1786-1859].

Children:

  1. Joseph Speight who died 10/5/1842 (aged 14 years & 4 months) 

Elizabeth died 24th August 1859 (aged 73).

Joseph died 10th January 1861 (aged 79).

Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax [Grave Ref: 59]

Morris, Leonard JamesRef 420-580
[1894-1918]
Born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.


His surname is recorded as Morris and his mother's maiden name is recorded as Orchard on the birth record, but no possible Orchard/Morris marriage has been found.

The marriage of a Jane Ochard (sic) to an Israel Wild in Todmorden is recorded Q4 1900.

In 1901, Leonard was living with his mother & stepfather, and his place of birth, and that of his mother, is shown as Lower Winchendon, Buckinghamshire.

Israel died [20th September 1903] (aged 59).

In [Q4] 1910, Jane married John Shotliff in Todmorden

Leonard James continued to live with his mother & stepfathers

 

Leonard James was working in a bleach house for dyers & bleachers [1911] / formerly a baker, employed at Ogden's, Portsmouth.

He lived at 18 Mount Pleasant, Portsmouth, Todmorden (with his mother & stepfather) [1911].

During World War I, he enlisted in Rochdale [December 1914]. and served as a Private with the 1st/3rd Welsh Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps.

He died 3rd April 1918 (aged 24).

The Todmorden & District News [19th April 1918] reported his death with a photograph


Private Leonard James Morris, R.A.M.C., attached to the Welsh Field Ambulance, died of wounds received in action in Palestine
 

He was buried at Jerusalem War Cemetery, Gaza) (including Palestine & Israel [Grave Ref V 74].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley, Derrick Habergham & Glynn Helliwell

Morris, PriscillaRef 420-4930
[18??-1???]
Of the
Diving Bell, Halifax.

In 3rd April 1875, she was in court for selling spirits without a licence

Morris, SarahRef 420-147
[18??-18??]
In September 1835, the
Leeds Mercury reported


[On 2nd September 1835], a young woman named Sarah Morris, now residing at Wheatley, attempted to drown herself in Friar Dam, Ovenden, near Halifax, but was fortunately observed, and prevented from executing her design.

No particular cause, we understand, can be assigned for this rash act; but her manner of late, has been such as to induce some doubts as to her sanity.

She is about thirty years of age, and lately lived in Hopwood Lane in Halifax, where she carried on business as a milliner and dress maker

 

Morris, Thomas HenryRef 420-800
[1848-19??]
DL, JP.

Son of William Morris.

Born in Halifax [3rd February 1848].

After their father's death, he and his brother, Alfred William Johnson Morris, carried on the family business – William Morris & Sons Limited.

He was educated at Rugby School / Justice of the Peace for the West Riding / Deputy Lieutenant for the West Riding / Chairman of the Halifax Commercial Banking Company Limited / Chairman of William Morris & Sons Limited / President of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce [1888-1890] / President of the Royal Halifax Infirmary [1892-1895].

He was Captain (Queen's Own) Yorkshire Dragoons Imperial Yeomanry, Major 2nd West Yorkshire (Prince of Wales Own) Yeoman Cavalry [joined 1876] He was posted to the C Troop with his relatives, Captain Armitage and Mr J. H. Wheatley. In 1885, he took charge of the B Troop.

He rose to the rank of Colonel.

He married Unknown.

Child: Alice Barbara [b 1854] who married [31st October 1877] Arthur Caltrow Armitage of Meltham Villa (merchant), at Sowerby Church.

They lived at The Lodge, Triangle.

He retired in 1905.

On 30th July 1927, he gave the cricket and recreation ground to Triangle

This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom

Morris, Vincent LawrenceRef 420-3
[1881-1963]
Born in Headington, Oxfordshire.

In [Q1] 1903, he married Isabella Mary [1880-1906] in Halifax.


Isabella Mary was the daughter of
Thomas Foley
 

Children:

  1. Margaret Mary [1904-1905]
  2. Lawrence [1906] who died in infancy

Isabel Mary died (possibly of perinatal complications) [26th January 1906] (aged 26).

She & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2527] with her parents.

A Vincent L. Morris died in Chichester [Q1 1963] (aged 81) 


Precise details of his death / burial place are not yet known
 

Morris, Rev W. D.Ref 420-670
[19??-19??]
Minister at
Pellon Baptist Church [1945-1950]

Morris, WilliamRef 420-492
[1798-1867]
Born in Gildersome.

He was a brewer (ale & porter) [1851].

He married Mary [1797-1873].


Mary was born in Clayton
 

Children:

  1. Sarah [b 1826] who was a stuff weaver [1851]
  2. Sabina [1839-9th September 1869] who married William Fell

The children were born in Clayton.

They lived at 9 North Knight Street, Halifax [1851].

William died 25th March 1867 (aged 69).

Mary died 27th December 1873 (aged 76).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 344] with Abraham Smithson Halliday & family

Morris, WilliamRef 420-9650
[18??-1???]
Stationmaster at
Brighouse Railway Station [1867, 1871]

Morris, WilliamRef 420-799
[1806-1882]
JP, DL.

Of The Lodge, Triangle.

In 1839, he established William Morris & Sons Limited. He was Partner in the Halifax Commercial Banking Company [1853] / Chairman of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce [1882] / Chairman of the Halifax Commercial Banking Company [1882].

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Thomas Henry
  2. Alfred William Johnson

He died suddenly at home.

After his death, his sons carried on the business.

There are windows in his memory in Sowerby Church – erected by voluntary subscription [1883] – to mark the esteem of his workers.

See West Yorkshire Railway Company

Morris, WilliamRef 420-1688
[19??-] Mayor of Hebden Royd [1987-1988]

Morris, WilliamRef 420-4
[1900-1941]
Born in Shrewsbury.

He was a solicitor / a member of Halifax Golf Club.

He came to the local district around 1933 to become a partner in Chambers & Morris with Edward Percy Chambers.

He married Unknown.

Children:

They lived at

  • a son
  • a daughter

William died 4th October 1941 after collapsing on the last green at Ogden Golf Club

Morris, William JosephRef 420-239
[1851-19??]
Born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire.

He was a carpet designer [1911].

In [Q2] 1873, he married Mary Taylor [1851-19??] from Kidderminster, Worcestershire.

Children:

  1. child
  2. William Charles [b 1876] who was a carpet designer [1911]

The family lived at 139 Huddersfield Road, Halifax [1911]

Surname

Morris surnameRef 420-1
There are 26 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Morris, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.


Unattached BMDs for Morris

Marriage 1853

 



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