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He married Unknown.
Child: (possibly) William
Born in Southowram.
Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [1618].
In 1642, she married Rev Abraham Pierson.
The family emigrated to America.
She died at New Haven, Connecticut [15th March 1722]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles
In [Q1] 1838, he married Margaret Holden [1818-1???] in Halifax.
She was widowed & a laundress [1861, 1871]
Children:
The family lived at
Born in Midgley.
He was
a worsted factory worker [1851] /
a brush manufacturer [1861].
He married Catherine [1840-1916].
Children:
Abraham died 5th June 1899 (aged 60).
Catherine died 10th March 1916 (aged 76).
The couple & the children ‡ were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1402]
On 27th September 1879, he married Mary Phoebe Hollas in
Facit, Lancashire.
Children:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell
Born in Oxenhope.
He was
a dyer (cotton) [1891] /
landlord of the Frieldhurst Tavern, Cornholme [1896, 1900,
1901].
In 1885, he married Harriet Ann Hampson [1866-1???] in Todmorden.
She was a cotton cop winder [1891]
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1891] was Abraham's sister Ada
Mitchell [b 1880].
Abraham died in Rochdale in 1912.
He was buried in Rochdale
This & associated entries use material contributed by Joan Mitchell
In February 1880, he went into liquidation
He died 23rd August 1908 (aged 40)
and was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [Grave Ref: H 286 C]
He was a carpet weaver.
He lived at 3 Stoney Lane, Lightcliffe [1939]
He was
a cloth finisher's blower [1911] /
a Sunday School teacher and local preacher at Boothtown Primitive Methodist Church [1914].
During World War I,
he enlisted [January 1915]
and served as a Private
/ Signaller
with the 7th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment.
He was reported missing and assumed to have died 14th May 1917.
The Halifax Courier He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 5],
in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Akroydon Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
He was a doffer worsted mill [1901].
Around 1910, he went to live in Toronto.
He married Unknown.
Children:
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 19th Battalion
Canadian Infantry.
He died of shrapnel wounds [24th March 1917].
The Halifax Courier He was buried at Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France [Grave Ref IV G 8].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance.
His brother John Edward also died in the War
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
Born in Brighouse [2nd September 1868].
He was a cotton doubler [1894].
On 25th June 1894, he married Clara Crowther [1869-1???] in
Bradford
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell
Son of John Mitchell
Born in Elland.
He was
a member of the Wesleyan Church /
a warper at woollen mill [1911] /
employed by Agur Halstead & Sons at Marshall Hall Mills, Elland.
During World War I,
he enlisted [October 1914]
and served as a Corporal
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was awarded the Military Medal
[August 1917] for
He was wounded [13th April 1918].
He died of wounds [19th April 1918] (aged 22).
The Halifax Courier He was buried at Étaples Military Cemetery, France [Grave Ref XXIX G 12A].
He is remembered on Elland War Memorial,
on the Memorial at Elland Boys' Brigade,
and on the Memorial at Elland Wesleyan Chapel
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley & Glynn Helliwell
Todmorden coal merchant.
On 21st August 1888, he married Harriet Uttley at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
They lived at Middle Stoodley [1901].
He died in 1938.
Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £221,324.
After World War I, son James joined the family business.
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham
Wilkinson was further convicted of stealing a piece of
kersey from tenters at Brearley Hall.
The two were the last men to be executed at the Halifax Gibbet.
There is some confusion in the records as to which of the
two Wilkinson brothers was actually executed.
From the Register Book at Halifax, it seems that – although he
confessed to stealing the cloth – Abraham was acquitted and
escaped the death penalty whilst John was executed.
It is most likely that it was Abraham who was executed
Born in Mytholmroyd.
He was a cotton spinner [1851]
He married Sarah [1835-19??].
He lived at Lower Oldfield, Luddendenfoot [1901, 1908].
He died 31st May 1908.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £1,105 17/1d.
Probate was granted to his brothers
James MITCHELL & Emmanuel Mitchell
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham
He was
a woollen piecener [1911] /
employed at Clay House Mills, Greetland.
In 1911, he was living with his sister Ada Joynes and
her family.
In 1915, he married Martha H. Ashworth in Halifax.
Child:
Arthur [b [Q3] 1917]
They lived at 18 Upper Brunswick Street, Halifax.
During World War I,
he enlisted [August 1914]
and served as a Private
with the 10th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was severely wounded on the Somme and both jaws were broken by a
shell [5th July 1916].
He took part in several operations in England.
He was reported missing and assumed to have died 20th September 1917 (aged 27).
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Saint Mary's Church, Halifax.
The Halifax Courier
His brothers John & Frank also
served in the War
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
He lived at 58 Baines Street, Halifax.
During World War I,
he enlisted
with the Royal Field Artillery,
then
he served as a Lance Corporal
with the 14th Battalion
Warwickshire Regiment.
He died of wounds [28th August 1918] (aged 27).
The Halifax Courier He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
In 1921, he married Alice Louisa Carter.
They had no children.
They lived at 42 Richardson Street, Halifax.
Arthur died 24th December 1950 (aged 55).
Alice Louisa died 10th February 1966 (aged 69).
They were buried at Mount Zion Methodist Chapel, Ogden (Grave Ref: E 13)
This & associated entries use material contributed by Duncan Mitchell
He was
a stoker (brickworks) [1911] /
a retort maker with Joseph Morton Limited at Siddal [1921] /
a retort maker [1939].
On 4th June 1904, he married Mary Hannah Sharp [1880-1940] in Halifax
at All Saints' Church, Salterhebble.
They lived at 10 Cinderhills Lane, Siddal [1911, 1921].
Mary Hannah died 30th September 1940 (aged 60).
Arthur died 16th January 1957 (aged 79).
The couple were buried at Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram
Son of Hubert Norman Mitchell who was killed in World War I.
He was
a member of St Jude's Church, Savile Park & Choir /
educated at Holy Trinity School, Heath Grammar School &
Crossley & Porter School /
employed by Armitage & Norton, accountants /
employed by the Halifax Building Society at the Halifax HQ and at
the King Cross Branch.
During World War II,
he enlisted [1938]
with the Royal Artillery,
was commissioned [1939], then transferred
and served as a Flying Officer
/ PO
with the 218th Squadron
Royal Air Force.
He took part in 20 bombing raids.
He was killed in action over Germany [15th August 1941] (aged 26).
He was buried at Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany [Grave Ref 26 G 1].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
on the Memorial at Saint Jude's Church, Savile Park,
on the Memorial at Crossley & Porter School, Halifax,
and on the Memorial at Halifax Building Society
In 1977, he became MP for Grimsby
Born in Todmorden.
He was a picker maker [1851].
He married Sarah [1831-1897].
There are no records of any children.
Barker died at Byrom Street, Todmorden [1st April 1892] (aged 67).
Sarah died 7th April 1897 (aged 66).
The couple were buried at Cloughfoot Independent Congregational Chapel
In [Q1] 1880, he married Emma Holt [18??-1???] in Halifax.
Child: James William
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell
Born in Midgley [25th January 1823];
baptised at Midgley [26th January 1823].
He was a spindle maker [1851, 1861, 1870].
He married Mary Ann [1822-1879].
Children:
The family lived at
Barrett died 28th July 1871 (aged 48).
Mary Ann died 15th July 1879 (aged 57).
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3367]
with
Sarah Jane Mitchell (widow) [1848-1910],
and Mercy Booth
On 23rd April 1887, he was charged with (1) selling drink during
prohibited hours and (2) refusing to admit the police on the 12th
April 1887.
The police had gone to the pub at midnight, but it wasn't until
4:15 am that the door was opened to them.
He was ordered to pay £1 13/6d on each count
Born in Rishworth / Ripponden [3rd October 1853].
He was
a cotton piecer [1871] /
a cotton twister [1881] /
a woollen weaver [1891, 1901, 1911].
He lived with his sister Sarah Hannah [1891,
1901, 1911]
He died 7th January 1923.
Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: A4]
with his brother-in-law Ernest Howe
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He was an iron foundry man [1861].
He married Grace [1803-1864].
Child:
Helliwell [b 1838] who was a cotton bleacher [1861]
They lived at Lower Wade Street, Halifax [1861].
Living with them [in 1861] was grandson James Greenwood [b
1845] (cotton bleacher).
Charles died 31st July 1862 (aged 60).
Grace died 12th January 1864 (aged 61).
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3963]
with William Priestley & Sydney Noble
He was
an excavator (stone) [1881].
Around 1855, he married Caroline [1826-1???].
Children:
They lived at
Cold Edge Bottom, Warley [1881]
He was
a general labourer [1893] /
a plasterer's labourer [1901] /
a general labourer [1911].
In [Q2] 1893, he married Margaret Galvin [1860-1???] in Halifax.
Children:
The 8 youngest children were born in Halifax.
They lived at
During World War I,
he volunteered [November 1914], and served in Malta
with the 8th Battalion
West Riding Regiment.
Sons John & Owen Patrick died in World War I
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley & Glynn Helliwell
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the Royal Army Service Corps.
He died 21st January 1920
and was buried at Brighouse Cemetery
[C U 384]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell
Son of John William Mitchell.
Born at Wall Nook, Greetland.
He was
educated at Mount Pellon Elementary School & Halifax Modern School /
an office clerk & steam road-roller driver for his father's firm, J. W. Mitchell Limited.
During World War I,
he joined the Territorial Army [June 1912]
and served as a Bombardier
with 5th West Riding Battery
Royal Field Artillery.
He went to France [April 1915].
He was awarded the Military Medal & Bar.
His photograph appears with a report of his award in the Halifax Courier [10th November 1917].
He was demobbed [April 1919].
He survived the War.
In [Q2] 1920, he married Ivy G. Downes in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley & Bill Mitchell
Born in Todmorden.
He was
a weaver of Lob Mill [1884] /
a cotton weaver [1891].
On 13th December 1884, he married Sarah Elizabeth Greenwood.
Children:
They lived at
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles
On 25th July 1925, she married (1) Edward Walmsley [1905-1930]
at Coley Church.
Children:
In 1939, she married (2) Sam Blackburn Wilkinson [1897-1942] in Halifax.
Child: 4. Ann who married George Watson.
Her husband died at 26 Hope Street, Stone Chair, Shelf [29th November
1942].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £274 8/10d.
She married (3) Jimmy Kendall, becoming his second wife
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham & Elizabeth Kilner
Born in Brighouse [28th April 1866].
He was a commission weaver [1892].
On 7th June 1892, he married (1) Mary Hannah Steele
[1866-1901] in Bradford Cathedral.
Mary Hannah died in Bradford in 1901.
After her death, Crossley married Frances Whitworth
[1876-1???] in Bradford [Q3 1905].
Crossley died at Triangle in 1938
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell
He took her and her children in when Hemingway ejected them from the
family home at Mountain
See
Timothy Starkey
He married Unknown.
Child:
Sarah who married John Ramsden
Born in Southowram.
Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [14th November 1619].
He was a schoolmaster.
He emigrated to America with his family [1635].
In 1650, he married Sarah Wheeler [1628-1669]
at Southbury, Stratford.
Children:
Sarah died in 1669 (aged 41).
David died at Stratford, Fairfield, USA [3rd March 1686]
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He married Hannah [1771-1850]
Child:
Lydia who died in infancy
David died 4th November 1837 (aged 68).
Hannah died 13th June 1850 (aged 79).
Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: C7]
with George Canning Mitchell
He married Betsy [1831-1866].
Betsy died 31st October 1866 (aged 35),
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 964]
He was a saddler.
On 23rd October 1834, he married Mary Whitaker [1817-1865] at Heptonstall Church.
Children:
The family lived at York Street, Todmorden.
David died in Todmorden [2nd December 1848]
He was buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone.
In 1856, Mary gave birth to Thomas Heyworth Mitchell;
father unknown.
Mary died 18th May 1865
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He was a machine maker.
In 1870, he married Emma Atkinson in Halifax.
They lived at Old House, Sowerby.
The couple were buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby:
David [27th September 1902];
Emma [30th December 1916]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham
He was a stone dresser [1881, 1891].
He (possibly) married Mary Ann Hardy [1844-1905].
Children:
They lived at Common Lane, Southowram [1881, 1891].
David died 14th January 1894 (aged 55).
Mary Ann died 22nd June 1905 (aged 61).
Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-L11]
Born in Ovenden.
He was a worsted manufacturer employing 14 hands [1881].
On 11th April 1863, he married Sarah Ellen at Halifax Parish Church.
Child:
Margaret Ellen [b 1865]
They lived at 3 Three Trees, Ovenden [1881].
Sarah Ellen was buried at Illingworth Church
[15th August 1882]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Andrew Schofield
He married Mary [1847-19??] from Illingworth.
He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1905.
After his death, Mary took over the Griffin [1911].
Living with the widowed Mary [in 1911] was granddaughter Mary
Ellen Preston [aged 23] (draper's assistant)
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
She married Captain Harry Christopher Shaw Rawson whilst he was
serving in Australia
Born in Elland;
baptised at Elland [1st October 1876].
He was
a grave digger (for the burial board) [1911] /
Registrar (for the Elland-cum-Greetland Joint Burial Board) [1921].
On 28th June 1903, he married Emily Broomhead [1872-1939] at Elland Parish Church.
Child: Harry
The family lived at
Emily died 27th January 1939 (aged 67).
Dyson died in Calder District [7th July 1957] (aged 81)
Members of the family were buried at Elland Cemetery
He married Martha [18??-19??].
Child: Jack
The family (possibly) lived at 16 Saltburn Street, Halifax
He was
a cartwright [1891] /
a blacksmith [1896] /
a wheelwright's smith [1901] /
a wheel smith [1911] /
employed by Henry Wadsworth & Son at Highroad Well.
In [Q1] 1896, he married Edith Annie Pinder at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
They lived at
He joined the Army and was a Territorial.
He was awarded the King's Long Service Medal.
During World War I,
he served as a Staff Sergeant
with D Battery
2nd (West Riding) Brigade
Royal Field Artillery.
He died of wounds in the Casualty Clearing Station [14th October 1916] (aged 43).
The Halifax Courier He was buried at Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, France [Grave Ref II H 13].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
on the Memorial at Saint Hilda's Church, Halifax,
on the Memorial at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax,
and on the Memorial at Holy Trinity Boys' School, Halifax
Edgar & son Norman Edgar are remembered on the Pinder
family grave at All Saints' Church, Dudwell
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
He was
a cloth weaver [1841] /
a tyer-in for a worsted weaver [1851].
He married Ruth [1804-1870].
Children:
The family lived at
Edmond died 24th August 1855 (aged 61).
Ruth died 19th January 1870 (aged 66).
Mitchell, Mr Ref 53-109
He was
landlord of the Travellers' Rest, Sowerby [about 50
years, including the 1820s].
Mitchell, A. Ref 53-1259
He stood unsuccessfully as the Liberal candidate in the Election for MP for Halifax [1935]
Mitchell, Abigail Ref 53-1106
Eldest daughter of Matthew Mitchell.
Mitchell, Abraham Ref 53-1439
Chapman of Copley.
He married Agnes.
His will was recorded on 21st May 1653
and Agnes was executor
Mitchell, Abraham Ref 53-229
Margaret was born in Southowram.
Mitchell, Abraham Ref 53-807
In 1859, he established Abraham Mitchell & Company
Mitchell, Abraham Ref 53-199
Son of John Mitchell.
Mitchell, Abraham Ref 53-28
Born in Walsden.
Mary Phoebe was the daughter of Michael Hollas
Mitchell, Abraham Ref 53-175
Son of Jesse Mitchell.
Harriet was born in Manchester.
Mitchell, Abram Ref 53-438
Machine maker at Brighouse.
Mitchell, Adam Ref 53-118
Landlord of the Cross Keys, Siddal [1908].
Mitchell, Ainsworth Ref 53-231
Born 31st August 1866.
Mitchell, Albert Lewis Ref 53-86
Son of Robert Mitchell.
Mitchell, Albert Victor Ref 53-133
Son of Walter Mitchell.
Mitchell, Albert Willie Ref 53-32
Son of William Mitchell.
Clara was born in Leeds
Mitchell, Alexander Robert Ref 53-110
MM.
gallantry & courageous conduct, and distinguished service on the
battlefield
Mitchell, Amos Ref 53-413
Born in Eastwood.
Harriett was the daughter of Joseph Uttley
Mitchell, Anthony Ref 53-87
He and
John Wilkinson
and Abraham Wilkinson
were found guilty of stealing and attempting to sell 2 horses
from John Cusforth of Sandal, near Wakefield, on 17th April
1650, and a further charge of stealing 16 yards of russet-coloured
kersey – valued at 1/- per yard – from the tenters of Samuel Colbeck of Lower Shaw Booth, Warley on 19th April 1650.
The total value of the goods was £5 8s.
Mitchell, Anthony Crossley Ref 53-149
Son of William Mitchell.
Mitchell, Arthur Ref 53-78
Son of John Mitchell.
Mitchell, Arthur Ref 53-134
Son of Phineas Mitchell.
Mitchell, Arthur Ref 53-212
Alice Louisa was the daughter of William Ernest Carter
Mitchell, Arthur Holroyd Ref 53-256
Born in Halifax [15th April 1877].
Mary Hannah was born in Halifax [3rd January 1880], the
daughter of Abraham Sharp
Mitchell, Arthur Page Ref 53-91
BSC.
Mitchell, Dr Austin Vernon Ref 53-397 Mitchell, Barker Ref 53-246
Son of John Mitchell.
Mitchell, Barrett Ref 53-36
He was a farmer in Sowerby.
Mitchell, Barrett Ref 53-222
Son of Mary Mitchell.
Mary Ann was born in Flakenham, Suffolk
Mitchell, Beaumont Ref 53-1793
Landlord of the Bay Horse, Stainland [1887].
Mitchell, Benjamin Ref 53-160
Son of Joseph Mitchell.
Mitchell, C. Ref 53-24
Recorded on 18th March 1916, when
an advertisement in the Halifax Courier announced
THE OIL & LAMP BUSINESS of C. MITCHELL has been
TRANSFERRED to 17 COW GREEN
Mitchell, Charles Ref 53-96
Born in Warley.
Mitchell, Charles Ref 53-203
Born in Warley.
Caroline was born in Warley
Mitchell, Charles Ref 53-61
Born in Ireland.
Margaret was born in Halifax
Mitchell, Charles Ref 53-81
Mitchell, Charles Albert Ref 53-77
MM.
Mitchell, Charles Henry Ref 53-181
No father was shown in his marriage record.
Sarah Elizabeth, born in Hebden Bridge, was the daughter of
Hartley Greenwood
Mitchell, Clara Ref 53-3
Mitchell, Crossley Ref 53-34
Son of William Mitchell.
Mary Hannah was born in Allerton
Frances was born in Sowerby
Mitchell, Daniel Ref 53-618
Of Horley Green.
His daughter married Daniel Hemingway.
Mitchell, Daniel Ref 53-810
Of Ovenden.
Mitchell, Daniel Ref 53-1200
Of New House, Ovenden.
Mitchell, David Ref 53-1839
Son of Matthew Mitchell.
Sarah was the daughter of Thomas Wheeler
Mitchell, David Ref 53-157
Of Brow Bridge, Elland-cum-Greetland.
Mitchell, David Ref 53-196
Mitchell, David Ref 53-207
(Possibly) born in Southowram.
Mary was the daughter of
daughter of Betty (née Hudson) & Edmund Whitaker,
a weaver of Knowlwood, Todmorden
Mitchell, David Ref 53-1660
Born in Halifax.
Emma was the daughter of John Atkinson,
Mitchell, David Ref 53-170
Born in Southowram.
Mary Ann was born in Southowram
Mitchell, David Ref 53-22
Son of John Mitchell.
Sarah Ellen was the widow of Wilson Hartley
Mitchell, David Ref 53-1726
Landlord of the Griffin, Halifax [1905].
Mitchell, Dorothy Ref 53-431
Daughter of James S. Mitchell of Sydney, Australia.
Mitchell, Dyson Balmforth Ref 53-169
Son of Matthew Mitchell.
Emily was born in Elland, the daughter of Bairstow Broomhead
Mitchell, Edgar Ref 53-138
Mitchell, Edgar Ref 53-84
Son of Henry Mitchell.
Edith Annie, of Hermon Grove, Halifax, was the daughter of
Thomas Pinder
Mitchell, Edmond Ref 53-223
Born in Halifax.
Ruth was born in Halifax