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Nicholl, MrRef 172-57
[17??-18??]

He married Betty [1795-1861].


Betty was born in Warley (or Wadsworth) 
 

Children:

  1. David [b 1820] who was a wool sorter [1851]
  2. Betty [b 1831] who was a dress maker [1851]
  3. William
  4. Sarah [1834-1859] who was a dress maker [1851]

Betty was widowed by [1851].

Betty died 15th August 1861 (aged 66)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3441] with son William & daughter Sarah

Nicholl, AbrahamRef 172-50
[1814-1877]
Born in Norland [9th November 1814].

He was an iron foundry worker [1837].

On 7th September 1837, he married Rachell Hollas at Elland Parish Church.


Rachell was the daughter of
John Hollas
 

Children:

  1. Mary [1840-1848]
  2. Sarah Ellen [b 1842] who married Richard Holroyd  [1836]
  3. William [1844-1852]
  4. Thomas [b 1847]
  5. Frank [b 1852]

The children were all born in Norland.

Rachell died in Brighouse in 1896.

She was buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby [1st September 1896].

Abraham died in Norland.

He was (possibly) buried at St Luke's Church, Norland

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Nicholl, AbrahamRef 172-33
[1821-1878]
Born in Southowram.

He was a stone delver [1861].

He married Sarah [1821-1886].


Sarah was born in Southowram
 

Children:

  1. Rachel [b 1839] who was a worsted weaver [1861]
  2. Sarah Ann [1857-5th January 1913] who married [Halifax Q2  1895] John Swift
  3. Stephen [b 1860]

They lived at 12 Marsh Lane, Bank Top, Southowram [1861].

Abraham died 25th February 1878 (aged 57).

Sarah died 24th January 1886 (aged 64).

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-J2]

Nicholl, AbrahamRef 172-10
[1855-19??]
Born in Elland.

He was a stone dresser [1891, 1901, 1911].

In 1883, he married Catherine Swift [1858-19??] in Halifax.


Catherine was born in Salterhebble
 

Children:

  1. Harry [b 1887] who was a book binder [1891, 1901]
  2. Gertrude [b 1889] who was a machinist blouse maker [1911]
  3. Edith Eveline [b 1890] who was a machinist underclothing  maker [1911]
  4. Herbert William

They lived at

  • Whitehall Road, Hipperholme [1891]
  • Whitehall, Hipperholme [1901]
  • 3 Summer Street, King Cross [1911, 1916]

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Nicholl, AlexanderRef 172-568
[18??-18??]
Worsted spinner at Greetland.

In November 1839, he was declared bankrupt

Nicholl, AlexanderRef 172-531
[18??-19??]
Worsted spinner at
Carlton Mill, Sowerby Bridge [1861]

Nicholl, AlexanderRef 172-30
[1815-1878]
Born in Halifax.

He was a worsted spinner employing 243 hands male & female [1861] / (possibly) at Carlton Mill, Sowerby Bridge [1861] / a worsted spinner [1871].

In [Q2] 1843, he married Harriet Earnshaw [1823-1873] in Halifax.


Harriet was born in Elland
 

Children:

  1. Mary [1844-16th August 1846] who died aged 2 years & 5  weeks
  2. Ann [b 1849]
  3. John [b 1851] who was a wire drawer [1871]
  4. Emmela who died 2nd February 1853 (aged 5 months) 
  5. Sarah [b 1856]

They lived at

  • Mill Yard, Town Hall Street, Sowerby Bridge [1861]
  • Brackenbed Terrace, Ovenden [1871]

Living with them [in 1861] was nephew Thomas Bell [b 1846] (book keeper).

Harriet died 23rd February 1873 (aged 50).

Alexander died 28th November 1878 (aged 63).

Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: R3]

Nicholl, AlfredRef 172-11
[1888-1918]
Son of
John Clayton Nicholl.

He was educated at Trinity School / in business with his brothers as a mineral water & ginger beer  manufacturers at Square Road, Halifax.

He and his brothers joined the family mineral-water business.

On 21st August 1913, he married Beatrice Denham [1886-1960] at St Augustine's Church, Pellon.

Child: John Clayton

They lived at

  • The Square, Halifax
  • 30 Walnut Street, Gibbet Street, Halifax

During World War I, he served as a Private with 1st Base M.T. Depot Army Service Corps.

He died of influenza in hospital in France [20th November 1918] (aged 30).

The Halifax Courier [30th November 1918] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Caudry British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref II A 1]

He is remembered on the family grave at St Thomas the Apostle, Claremount, and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

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Nicholl, AliceRef 172-53
[1???-1857]

She died 1st December 1857 (aged 57), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3231]. Her name appears as Nichols on the headstone

Nicholl, AlmaRef 172-36
[1876-1954]
Landlady of the
West Bottom Tavern, Norland [1917-1921]

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Nicholl, AnnRef 172-353
[1759-1818]
Daughter of
Francis Nicholl.

She married William Armitage.

She was buried at Rastrick Church [26th November 1818]

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Nicholl, ArnoldRef 172-3
[1891-1916]
Son of
Bright Nicholl.

He was a member of Heath Congregational Church, Halifax & Sunday School / educated at Halifax Secondary School [until 1904] / a confidential clerk to Smith & Sons wireworks – (possibly)   Frederick Smith & Company / a teacher at evening classes at Queens Road Board School / W / is recorded in 1911 [1911].

During World War I, he enlisted [October 1915] as a Trooper with the East Riding Yeomanry, then he served as a 2nd Lieutenant with the 2nd/7th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed by shellfire [18th July 1916] (aged 25).

He was buried at Authuile Military Cemetery, France [Grave Ref I 12].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Halifax Secondary School, on the Memorial at All Saints' Church, Dudwell, and on the Memorial at Heath Congregational Church, Halifax

Nicholl, ArthurRef 172-12
[1886-1917]
Son of
John Henry Nicholl.

Born in Ovenden [Q3 1886].

He was an office boy [1901] / a pattern maker with John Stirk & Sons Limited / a muffin and crumpet baker (own account) [1911].

In 1910, he married Blanche Cockroft [1886-19??] in Halifax.


Blanche was born in Dowlais, South Wales.

She was a member of the choir at Lee Mount Baptist Church, Ovenden

 

They lived at

  • 90 Crondall Street, Moss Side, South Manchester [1911]
  • 13 Hartington Street, Moss Side, Manchester

During World War I, he served as a Private / Lewis gunner with the 3rd/4th Battalion Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).

He died following an operation [17th October 1917].

The Halifax Courier [3rd November 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Haringhe (Bandaghem) Military Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref I A 17]

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Nicholl, BenjaminRef 172-56
[1821-1???]
He was a clerk (carpet works) [1881].

He married Ann [1825-1???].

Children:

  1. Frances A. [b 1849]
  2. Bright
  3. Dan [b 1866] who was a timer's apprentice (watchmaker)   [1881]
  4. Ben [b 1867] who was an errand boy [1881]

The family lived at Cromwell Terrace, Halifax [1881]

Nicholl, BrightRef 172-55
[1862-1910]
Son of
Benjamin Nicholl.

Born in Halifax [28th July 1862].

He was a commercial clerk.

In [Q3] 1883, he married Frances Rawson in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Ethel [17th November 1884-28th June 1924] who was a  designer (carpet manufacturing) [1911]
  2. Ernest [1887-13th May 1940] who was an accountant [1911]
  3. Arnold

The family lived at

  • 20 Stafford Parade, Stafford Road, Halifax [1911]
  • Bayswater Terrace, Skircoat Green [1916]

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

Nicholl, CharlesRef 172-35
[1851-1932]
Born in Southowram.

He was a mill overlooker (cotton) [1881] / a worsted drawing overlooker [1881] / a driller at gas engine firm [1911].

In [Q1] 1872, he married Sarah Ann Newsome [1852-1929] in Halifax.


Sarah Ann was born in Southowram the daughter of Hannah Newsome [1818-24th December 1897] Hannah married
James Gill
 

Children:

  1. Joe [b 1874] who was a mill hand [1891]
  2. Fred [b 1877] who was a mill hand [1891]
  3. Frank [b 1882]

The family lived at

  • 5 Wood Terrace, Salterhebble [1881]
  • 64 Hare Street, Halifax [1891]
  • 66 Hare Street, Halifax [1911]

Sarah Ann died 13th March 1929 (aged 77).

Charles died 5th March 1932 (aged 81).

The couple were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-B14] with widowed mother Hannah Gill

Nicholl, Charles EdwinRef 172-29
[1872-1935]

On 24th June 1895, he married Harriet Hannah Cockroft [1872-1944] at St Peter's Church, Sowerby.

They were both born & baptised in Sowerby.

After their marriage, they moved to Southport where Charles Edwin was a butcher.

Children:

  1. James Edward [1898-31st July 1917] who is remembered on  his parents' grave
  2. Amy [1903-1962]

Charles Edwin & Harriet Hannah died in Southport.

They were buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby

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Nicholl, DanRef 172-51
[1865-1904]
Born in Halifax.

He was a tinplate worker [1891] / a hawker [1904].

In [Q2] 1890, he married Eliza Wood [1857-1911] in Halifax.


Eliza was born in Halifax, the daughter of
Samuel Wood.

She was a cocoa house waitress [1891] / a restaurant waitress [1901]

 

There are no records of any children.

They lived at

  • 13 Portland Road, Halifax (living with Dan's widowed  mother) [1891]
  • 15 Portland Road, Halifax [1901]

Dan died 2nd December 1904 (aged 39).

Eliza died 18th April 1911 (aged 54).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3058] with Eliza's parents

Nicholl, DanielRef 172-38
[1818-18??]
Born in Wheatley.

He was a stuff & woollen finisher [1871].

He married Elizabeth.


Elizabeth was the widow of
Richard Pullan
 

They lived at 1 Bath Parade, Halifax [1871].

Living with them [in 1871] was brother-in-law Jeremiah Thompson [b 1832] (general labourer) 

Nicholl, DavidRef 172-683
[1788-1850]
Of Warley.

He married Sarah [1792-1856].

Children:

  1. Hannah
  2. David
  3. Sarah [14th February 1819-25th December 1889] who married  Solomon Priestley
  4. Susan [1820-1904] who married John Bairstow
  5. Mary Ann [1824-1919] who married James Clay
  6. Elizabeth [1826-1904] who married John Horsfall
  7. John
  8. Fanny [1831-1909] who married Frederick Rhodes  from Pudsey

They lived at Ive House, Warley [1841]

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Nicholl, DavidRef 172-684
[1815-1880]
Son of
David Nicholl.

He was a farmer & cattle dealer.

On 12th August 1841, he married Sarah Titterington at Halifax Parish Church.


Sarah was the daughter of Eli Titterington
 

Children:

  1. Sarah Ann [1843-1894] who married William Murgatroyd
  2. John William [1844-1916] who never married
  3. Fanny [1856-1938] who never married

They lived at

David was buried at Halifax Parish Church [21st April 1880].

John William carried on his father's business as a farmer & cattle dealer

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Nicholl, DavidRef 172-808
[1825-1879]
Born in Southowram [16th July 1825].

He was a hat maker / silk hatter [1861].

In [Q1] 1847, he married Sarah Smith in Halifax.


Sarah, from Southowram, was the daughter of
Jonas Smith
 

Children:

  1. Abraham [b 1849]
  2. John H. [b 1852]
  3. Walter Smith who died 3rd February 1856 (aged 2 years &  10 months), & was buried with his parents
  4. Joe [b 1856]
  5. Anne Elizabeth who died 19th April 1858 (aged 9 months),  & was buried with her parents
  6. Sarah Jane [b 1860]
  7. Eliza Ann [1863-1939] who married Tom Mallinson Tuley
  8. Mary C. [b 1868]
  9. David who died 28th February 1869 (aged 4 months), & was  buried with his parents
  10. Arthur who died 4th October 1870 (aged 6 months), & was  buried with his parents

They lived at 2 Higgin Lane, Southowram [1861].

Living with them [in 1861] was Sarah's widowed mother Elizabeth Smith [b 1791].

David died 11th September 1879.

Sarah died 21st April 1885 (aged 56).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2068]

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Nicholl, DavidRef 172-797
[1839-1???]
Son of John Nicholl, millwright.

Born in Norland.

He was a blacksmith [1860, 1861, 1871, 1891].

In 1860, he married Lavinia Smith [1832-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Lavinia was the daughter of woolsorter Adolphus Smith
 

Children:

  1. John [1860-1867]
  2. Robert
  3. Joseph
  4. Silvanus [b 1869] who was a worsted spinner [1881], a  moulder [1891], an iron moulder [1901]
  5. Emma [b 1872] who was a worsted spinner [1891]

They lived at

  • 2 Upper Field House, Sowerby [1861]
  • 30 Quebec(?), Elland, Elland with Greetland [1871]
  • 31 Norland Town, Norland [1881]
  • Fields, Norland [1891]
  • Heath Hall, Norland [1901]

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Nicholl, DavidRef 172-796
[1856-1???]
Born in Halifax.

He was innkeeper at Swine Market [1891].


Question: Does anyone know which inn this may have been?

(Possibly) the Grand Junction Hotel, Halifax?

 

A David Nicholl was landlord at the

He married Sarah Jane Farrar [1855-1???].

Child: Eleanor Jane [1876-1954] who married William Aaron

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Nicholl, DerekRef 172-13
[1925-1945]
Son of Jessie & Joe Nicholl of 63 Hyde Park Road, Halifax

He was a member of King Cross Methodist New Connexion Chapel Boy Scouts.

During World War II, he enlisted [1944] and served as a Private with the A. A. C. 13th (2/4th Battalion)  South Lancashire Regiment.

He was killed in action [3rd January 1945] (aged 20).

He was buried at Hotton War Cemetery, Luxembourg [Grave Ref VII F 3].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Nicholl, Donald WilliamRef 172-14
[1919-1941]
Son of Annie & William Nicholl of 2 Winburn Terrace, Warley.

Born in Australia.

He was educated at Crossley & Porter School / a member of Warley Congregational Church / a Sunday School teacher / a player with the Old Crossleians RUFC / a player with King Cross Cricket Club / employed by Samuel Whitley & Company Limited of Hanson Lane.

During World War II, he served as an Able Seaman with the Royal Navy aboard HMS Hood.

He died 24th May 1941 (aged 22)  when his ship was shelled by the German battleship Bismarck, and then exploded and sank in the Battle of the Denmark Strait, with the loss of 1,415 of her crew of 1,418.

He is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, England [Grave Ref 49 1], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Saint John the Evangelist, Warley, and on the Memorial at Crossley & Porter School, Halifax

Nicholl, E.Ref 172-638
[18??-19??]
Grocer and provisions dealer at
Blaithroyd Lane, Southowram

Nicholl, EdgarRef 172-58
[1860-1924]
Born in Luddendenfoot.

He was an electric wire isolator [1891] / an electric wire coverer [1901, 1911] / an electric wire coverer with the Northern Electric Wire Company  [1921].

In [Q2] 1884, he married Mary Elizabeth Hellowell [1860-1929] in Halifax.


Mary Elizabeth was born in Sowerby
 

Children:

  1. Ethel [16th November 1884-24th September 1951] who was a  worsted spinner [1901, 1911], a cotton winder with Mitchell Brothers at Prospect Mill, Sowerby Bridge [1921]
  2. Lily [1886-29th November 1957] who was a worsted cop  spinner [1901], a worsted drawer [1911], a worsted coating weaver  with H. & S. Clay at Raglan Street Works, Halifax [1921]
  3. son Alma Harwood [b 1888] who was a worsted bobbin setter  [1901], a dyer's labourer [1911]
  4. James [b 1890] who was railway clerk [1911], a timekeeper  with the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway at Shaw Syke, Halifax  [1921]
  5. Frank [29th May 1896-8th June 1940] who was a bootmaker's  errand boy [1911], a motor fitter with the Lancashire & Yorkshire  Railway at Shaw Syke, Halifax [1921]

They lived at

  • Pulman's Place, Skircoat Green [1891]
  • 5 Pulman's Place, Skircoat Green [1901]
  • 11 Perseverance Terrace, Savile Park, Halifax [1911, 1921]

Edgar died 10th October 1924 (aged 64).

Mary Elizabeth died 19th August 1929 (aged 69).

The couple were buried at King Cross Methodist New Connexion Chapel with the children (

Nicholl, EdgarRef 172-23
[1917-1???]
Son of Emily (née Fletcher) [1884-19??] & Harry Nicholl [1883-19??], postman (later a fruiterer).

Born in Southowram.

He was a bus conductor [1940s].

In 1946, he married Nancy Sibbald

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Nicholl, EdwardRef 172-4
[1882-19??]
Son of Harry Nicholl, boiler maker.

He was a boiler maker of 45 Plum Street, Halifax [1908].

On 26th December 1908, he married Mary Jane Ingham [1881-19??] at St Paul's Church, King Cross.


Mary Jane, a twister of 40 Plum Street, Halifax, was the daughter of James Ingham, labourer
 

Nicholl, EllisRef 172-N569
[1788-18??]
Son of weaver Francis Nicholl of Southowram.

Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [1788].

In 1805, he joined the 1st Battalion 84th Foot Regiment and was discharged in 1817.

He was later charged with several crimes and was transported to Van Diemen's Land [25th June 1838]

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Nicholl, ErnestRef 172-21
[1879-1918]
Son of
Ezra Nicholl.

Born in Southowram.

Of Siddal.

He was a member of Square Church PSA / a hosiery presser [1901] / a hosiery trimmer of 15 Hadassah Street, Siddal [1902] / a worsted spinning yarn warehouseman [1911] / employed by J. & J. Baldwin & Partners Limited at Clark Bridge Mills, Halifax [since boyhood].

In 1902, he married Mabel Hannah Goodrum [1878-19??] at All Saints' Church, Dudwell.


Mabel Hannah, of 4 Well Head Lane, Halifax, was born in Saham Toney, Norfolk the daughter of Robert Goodrum
 

They lived at 2 Florence Street, Halifax [1911]

During World War I, he enlisted in Halifax and served as a Gunner with the 142nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery.

He died of pneumonia in the 10th General Hospital, Rouen, France, following a slight attack of gas poisoning [9th May 1918] (aged 39).

The Halifax Courier [18th May 1918] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France [Grave Ref P XI E 4A].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

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Nicholl, Ernest HodgsonRef 172-5
[1897-1918]
Son of
Thomas Albert Nicholl.

Born in Elland.

He was a junior clerk [1916].

He lived at 4 Melrose Terrace, Elland [1916].

During World War I, he served as a Gunner with the Royal Garrison Artillery.

He was killed in action [21st March 1918].

He was buried at Templeux-Le-Guerard Communal Cemetery Extension, France [Grave Ref C 11].

He is remembered on Elland War Memorial, on the Memorial at Rosemount Iron Works, Elland, and on the Memorial at Elland Wesleyan Chapel

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Nicholl, EzraRef 172-34
[1852-1???]
Born in Southowram.

He was a woolsorter [1881, 1891, 1901].

In 1875, he married Ruth Watson [1855-1???] in Halifax.


Ruth was born in Southowram
 

Children:

  1. Edith [b 1876] who was a worsted spinner [1891], a  worsted twister [1901]
  2. Edwin [b 1877] who was a worsted factory hand [1891], an  accountant's clerk [1901]
  3. Ernest

They lived at

  • Common Lane, Southowram [1881]
  • 4 Blaithroyd Lane, Southowram [1891]
  • 18 Bankfield View, Halifax [1901]

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Nicholl, F.Ref 172-425
[18??-19??]
Partner in
Spencer & Nicholl.

He lived at Wood Top, Hebden Bridge [1905]

Nicholl, FrancisRef 172-354
[17??-17??]
A maltster at
Woodhouse, Rastrick.

He married Unknown.

Child: Ann

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Nicholl, FrankRef 172-238
[1894-1915]
Son of Phyllis & John Nicholl of Hollins Bottom, Walsden.

During World War I, he served as a Private with C Company 1st/6th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.

He died 7th August 1915 (aged 21).

He is remembered on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli [Grave Ref 58-72 / 218-219], and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Nicholl, FredRef 172-26
[1879-1951]
Son of
Samuel Nicholl.

After the death of his sister-in-law Betsy, Fred took over from his brother John as landlord of the Martin's Nest, Elland [1917-1943].

In brother John's probate record of 1949, Fred is described as a retired cotton warper

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Nicholl, FrederickRef 172-60
[1851-1???]
Son of
Thomas Nicholl.

Born in Halifax.

He was a bobbin doffer [1861] / a boiler maker [1881] [1891] / a welded boiler maker [1901] / a boiler maker (welded iron boiler) [1911].

He married Eliza [1855-1???].


Eliza was born in York
 

Children:

  1. Emma [b 1875] who was a woollen factory worker [1891]
  2. Herbert [b 1877] who was a brickyard labourer [1891]
  3. Frances [b 1886] who was a worsted spinner-in [1901]
  4. Arthur [b 1889] who was a plasterer's carter [1911]
  5. Walter [b 1892] who was a machine minder [1911]
  6. Ernest [b 1894] who was a warehouse lad yarn rover [1911]
  7. Edgar [b 1894] who was an under-overlooker in worsted  mill [1911]
  8. Harry

The family lived at

  • Horley Green Road, Northowram [1881]
  • 5 Salubrity Street, Northowram [1891]
  • 13 Harrow Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 7 Haigh Street, Pellon Lane, Halifax [1911]

Nicholl, GeorgeRef 172-15
[1897-1917]
Son of
John Nicholl.

Born in Sowerby.

He was a member of King Cross Wesleyan Sunday School / educated at Crossley & Porter School / a clerk at Caledonia Wire Mills.

During World War I, he volunteered on his 19th birthday and served as a Private with the 1st/7th Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.

He died in 7th Canadian General Hospital, Étaples, of septic poisoning, from a wound in the right hand [4th October 1917] (aged 20).

The Halifax Courier [13th October 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Étaples Military Cemetery, France [Grave Ref XXVII E 4A].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Crossley & Porter School, Halifax

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Nicholl, George ArthurRef 172-22
[1915-1942]
Son of Annie Elizabeth & Edgar Nicholl.

He was educated at Holy Trinity School / employed by Oates & Green Limited at Ellen Royd Works, Halifax.

He married Nellie.

They lived at 4 Bradshaw Lane, Bradshaw / Holmfield.

During World War II, he served as an Able Seaman with the Royal Navy aboard the cruiser HMS Curacoa.

He died 2nd October 1942 (aged 27).

when his ship was escorting RMS Queen Mary into Greenock, and was rammed and sliced in two by RMS Queen Mary, and sank north of Ireland; only 26 crew members survived.

He is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, England [Grave Ref 64 2], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on Bradshaw War Memorial

Nicholl, Gilbert ThompsonRef 172-8
[1877-1916]
MM.

Son of Mary & John Nicholl of Bradford.

Born in Halifax.

He was a clerk making up cottons etc [1911] / employed by the Bradford Dyers' Association.

In [Q4] 1904, he married Clara Stockdale in Bradford.


Clara was born in Long Preston, Craven
 

Child: Harry [b 1906]

The family lived at

  • 9 Fagley Place, Eccleshill, Bradford [1911]
  • 30 Valencia Road, Lower Kersal, Manchester [1913]

During World War I, he served as a Lance Corporal with A Company 18th Battalion Manchester Regiment.

He died 9th July 1916 (aged 39).

He was buried at Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, France [Grave Ref IV H 24]. He is remembered by an offertory box in the Regimental Chapel at Manchester Cathedral

He was awarded the Military Medal

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Nicholl, HarryRef 172-59
[1884-1943]
Son of
Frederick Nicholl.

Born in [27th July 1883].

He was a postman [1911] / a green grocer (own account) [1921] / a fruiterer & green grocer [1939].

In [Q4] 1913, he married Emily Fletcher [1884-1966] in Halifax.


Emily was born in York [13th January 1884]
 

Child: Edgar [b 22nd December 1917] who was an omnibus conductor [1939]

They lived at

  • 3 Mount Pleasant, Southowram [1921]
  • 7/9 Towngate, Southowram [1939]

Harry died 6th February 1943 (aged 59).

Emily died 11th February 1966 (aged 82).

The couple were buried at Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram

Nicholl, HenryRef 172-32
[1828-1884]
Of Marsh Lane, Southowram.

Born in Halifax.

He was a piece dyer [1861].

In [Q4] 1851, he married Ann Green [1829-1880] in Halifax.


Ann was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Sarah A. [b 1852] who was a worsted spinner [1861]
  2. Arthur [b 1854]
  3. Ellen [b 1856]
  4. Job [25th January 1859-23rd May 1895]

They lived at 9 Marsh Lane, Bank Top, Southowram [1861].

Ann died 1st November 1880 (aged 51).

Henry died 7th December 1884 (aged 56).

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: F-C3]

Nicholl, HenryRef 172-27
[1830-1???]
Born in Sowerby.

He was a worsted carpet weaver [1881].

He married Harriet [1832-1???].


Harriet was born in Sowerby
 

Children:

  1. Grace [b 1856] who was a woollen weaver [1881]
  2. Rhoda [b 1864] who was a worsted twister [1881]
  3. Herbert [b 1866] who was a worsted doffer [1881]
  4. Rawson P. [b 1868] who was a worsted doffer [1881]
  5. Ada [b 1873]

They lived at 14 Cedar Street, Halifax [1881].

Living with them [in 1881] were sister-in-law Mary Cockhill and her children James A. Cockhill [b 1878] & Joseph H. Cockhill [b 1881]

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Nicholl, HerbertRef 172-16
[1892-1918]
Son of
Rusby Nicholl.

Born in Halifax.

He was a card machine tenter [1911] / employed by Charles Cain, Son & Greenwood / Sunday School superintendent at Salterlee Methodist New Connexion Chapel, Stump Cross.

He was engaged to Miss Annie Smith of Stump Cross.

During World War I, he enlisted with the Leeds Rifles [16th October 1916], then he served as a Private with the 1st Battalion Notts & Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment.

He was invalided home with trench feet [December 1917].

He was killed in action somewhere in France [27th September 1918] (aged 26).

The Halifax Courier [26th October 1918] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle, France [Grave Ref IV J 6].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Saint Matthew's Church, Northowram.

Nicholl, Herbert WilliamRef 172-9
[1893-1916]
Son of
Abraham Nicholl.

Born in Hipperholme.

He was a biscuit baker [1911].

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 8th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died of wounds [19th September 1916] (aged 23).

The Halifax Courier [14th October 1916] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France [Grave Ref VIII C 149].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Saint Paul's Church, King Cross

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Nicholl, IsaacRef 172-409
[18??-19??]
Marine store dealer at
Mount Pleasant Mills, Mytholmroyd [1905]

Nicholl, IsaacRef 172-49
[1819-18??]
Born in Sowerby.

He was a wool comber [1851] / a woollen weaver [1861].

In [Q3] 1840, he married Eliza Farrar [1818-18??] in Halifax.


Eliza was born in Sowerby
 

Children:

  1. Mark
  2. Joseph [b 1844] who was a wool comber [1851], a cotton  winder [1861]
  3. Thomas [b 1845] who was a cotton spinner [1861]
  4. James [b 1847] who was a cotton spinner [1861]
  5. Susy [b 1848] who was a worsted spinner [1861]
  6. Phoebe [b 1850] who was a worsted spinner [1861]
  7. Grace [b 1851]
  8. Selina [b 1852] who was a milliner [1861]
  9. Martha [b 1854]
  10. John [b 1857]
  11. Sarah [b 1860]

They lived at

  • 5 Lower Red Brink, Sowerby [1851]
  • Row Bottom, Sowerby [1861]

Living with them [in 1851] was Eliza's uncle Job Farrar [b 1806] (wool comber) 

Nicholl, J.Ref 172-558
[18??-1???]
Halifax poet. His works included Sam Crab, The Village Fortune Teller, and Evening Thoughts [1880]

Nicholl, JamesRef 172-7
[18??-18??]

He married Ellen Henderson.

Child: Elizabeth [1838-1894] who married David Scott

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Nicholl, JamesRef 172-46
[1810-1???]
Born in Sowerby.

He was a waller (mason) [1881] / a fence waller [1891].

He married Ann [1816-1???].


Ann was born in Haworth
 

Children:

  1. David [b 1845] who was a wool sorter [1881, 1891, 1901]
  2. Mary Ann [b 1857] who was a worsted mill hand [1881], a  worsted drawer [1891]
  3. Hannah [b 1860] who married John Robert Turton
  4. Sarah [b 1862] who was a lasting weaver [1881, 1891], a  worsted weaver [1901]

They lived at

  • Grotto Terrace, Warley [1881]
  • 5 Grotto Terrace, Warley [1891]
  • 28 Haigh Street, Halifax (when Mary Ann was head of the  household) [1901]

James & Ann are not recorded after 1891.

Living with Mary Ann, David & Sarah [in 1901] was nephew William Nicholl

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Nicholl, JamesRef 172-44
[1819-1881]
Born in Halifax [26th March 1819].

He was a cloth dresser [1851] / a cloth finisher [1871] / a master stuff finisher employing 12 men & boys [1881].

In [Q2] 1841, he married Ann Thomas [1817-1892] in Halifax.


Ann was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Ellis [b 1842]
  2. Elizabeth Thomas [October 1844-12th December 1845]  
  3. Eliza [1846-19th November 1863]  whose burial is recorded with her father [Plot 328] and on her own  [Plot 228]
  4. Emma [1848-12th October 1865]
  5. John William [August 1851-30th January 1852]  
  6. Hannah R. [b 1856]
  7. Florence [b 1858]

They lived at

  • 18 Trinity Road, Halifax [1851]
  • 6 Gibbet Hill, Halifax [1881]

Living with them [in 1881] was sister-in-law Sarah Thomas [b  1836] (domestic servant).

James died 29th May 1881 (aged 62).

He and other members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 328].

An Ann Nicholl died in Halifax [Q1 1892] (aged 74).


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

Nicholl, JamesRef 172-20
[1837-19??]
Born in Sowerby.

He was a wool sorter [1897] / a wool mixer [1901].

He married Abigail [1836-19??].


Abigail was born in Sowerby
 

Child: Sarah [b 1875] who married John Helliwell

They lived at Mill Cottage, Longbottom, Luddendenfoot, Halifax [1901].

Living with them [in 1901] were widowed daughter Sarah and her 2 sons

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Nicholl, JamesRef 172-28
[1838-1906]
Born in Sowerby.

He was a millwright [1881] / landlord of the Church Stile, Sowerby [1880, 1891] / a farmer [1891].

On 31st January 1859, he married Nerinah Rushworth at Halifax Parish Church.


Nerinah was the daughter of Charles Rushworth
 

Children:

  1. Esther Jane [1864-1944]
  2. James Albert [b 1866] who was a clerk [1881]
  3. Nerinah Adelaide [1867-1911] who was a part-time mill hand
  4. Frank [b 1870]
  5. Charles Edwin [1872-1935] who was a farmer [1891]
  6. Mary Hannah [b 1874]
  7. Emma [1877-1951] who was a mill hand [1881]
  8. Gertrude [1879-1926]

They moved to Southport [1895], and James died there [1906]

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Nicholl, JoeRef 172-616
[1856-19??]
Born in Halifax.

He was a hatter [1891] / an athletic outfitter (shop keeper) [1911] / a partner in Nicholl & Brown.

In [Q2] 1885, he married Ann Elizabeth in Halifax.


Ann Elizabeth was born in Howden, the daughter of William Gleadow
 

Children:

  1. Josephine Lilian [b 1893]

They lived at 24 Commercial Street, Halifax [1891, 1911]

Nicholl, JoeRef 172-110
[19??-19??]
He was
Mayor of Halifax [1955-1956]

Nicholl, JohnRef 172-630
[1???-18??]
Worsted spinner at
Carlton Mill, Sowerby Bridge. Built Field House, Halifax [1830s]

Nicholl, JohnRef 172-564
[15??-15??]
Priest at
St Peter's Church, Sowerby [1549]

Recorded on 4th June 1549 when he witnessed the will of Edward Tattersall

Nicholl, JohnRef 172-646
[17??-18??]
He was a watchmaker and
clockmaker at Westgate, Halifax [1837].

See Metcalfe & Nichol

Nicholl, JohnRef 172-93
[17??-18??]
Grocer at Gaol Lane, Halifax [1809]

Nicholl, JohnRef 172-209
[1763-1836]
He married Susanna.

Children:

  1. Samuel [1897-1936]

Members of the family were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse

Nicholl, JohnRef 172-685
[1829-1???]
Son of
David Nicholl.

He lived at Ive House, Warley [1861]

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Nicholl, JohnRef 172-191
[1831-1???]
He was a butcher.

He married Lavinia Firth [1833-1868].

Child: Mary Ann [1858-1946] who married Albert Hitchin

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Nicholl, JohnRef 172-736
[1831-1900]
Born in Sowerby.

He was a clogger [1891] / landlord of the White Horse Inn, Triangle [1891, 1900].

On 4th October 1882, he married Emma at Halifax Parish Church.


Emma was the daughter of William Firth, and widow of Thomas Mellor
 

John died 16th April 1900.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £15 5/-.

Probate was granted to Joseph Nicholl (surveyor).

Emma & John were buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby: Emma [13th May 1897]; John [19/4/1900.] Emma's brother John Whiteley Firth and his wife are buried in the same grave

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Nicholl, JohnRef 172-6000
[1834-1922]
Son of John Nicholl, contractor.

Born in Warley.

He was a contractor [1856] / registrar at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery [1906].

On 6th September 1856, he married Ellen Dawson [1833-1906] at Halifax Parish Church.


Ellen was born in Clayton West, the daughter of Charles Dawson, weaver
 

They lived at Cemetery Lodge.

John died in Halifax [Q4 1922] (aged 88).

Ellen died 31st July 1906.

She was buried at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery

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Nicholl, JohnRef 172-37
[1854-1920]

He married Mary [1848-1924].


Mary was born in New Plymouth, New Zealand, the daughter of
John Helliwell Thompson
 

John died 9th March 1920 (aged 66).

Mary died 2nd April 1924 (aged 76).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1647] with Mary's parents

Nicholl, JohnRef 172-6730
[1861-1???]
Born in Halifax.

He was a commercial clerk [1891].

In [Q2] 1884, he married Ann Hodgson.


Ann was the daughter of
Thomas Dean Hodgson
 

Children:

  1. Edith [1888-1892]
  2. Mary who died 30th November 1891 (aged 9 months) 
  3. child who died young [before 1911]
  4. child who died young [before 1911]

In 1891, the family were living with Ann's parents at Cheapside, Halifax.

The children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1597] with their Hodgson grandparents

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Nicholl, JohnRef 172-24
[1861-1907]
Known as Jack of Ikes.

Son of John Nicholl, butcher.

Born in Sowerby.

He was a butcher of Towngate, Sowerby [1889] / a butcher [1891, 1901].

In 1889, he married Ellen Dugdale [1862-1928] at Halifax Parish Church.


Ellen, of Luddendenfoot, was the daughter of
James Dugdale
 

Children:

  1. Kate [b 1892]
  2. Florence [b 1896]
  3. George
  4. Doris Helen [b 1899]
  5. Lilian [1901-1967] who was a pupil at Crossley & Porter Orphan Home & School, Halifax [1911] – she was one of the girls who  found the Skircoat Hoard – & married [1928] Frank Smith

They lived at

  • Green Cottage, Sowerby [1891, 1901]
  • 14 Fixby Avenue, Pye Nest, Halifax [1911]
  • 8 Skircoat Moor Road, Halifax [1917, 1928]

John died in Halifax in 1907 (aged 47).

Ellen's brother James arranged for her children George & Lilian to go Crossley & Porter Orphan Home & School.

Ellen died home on the same day that daughter Lilian married [4th August 1928].

Ellen was buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby [7th August 1928]

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Nicholl, JohnRef 172-19
[1866-1949]
Son of
Samuel Nicholl.

Born in Mytholmroyd.

He was a cotton weaver [1901, 1911] / landlord of the Robin Hood, Cragg Vale / landlord of the Martin's Nest, Elland [1915, 1917].

In [Q2] 1891, he married Betsy Ellen Mitchell [1866-1917] in Halifax.


Betsy Ellen was born in Mytholmroyd.

She was a fustian finisher [1911]

 

Child: Joseph

They lived at

  • Lane Side, Mytholmroyd, Sowerby [1901]
  • 2 Thorn Bank, Mytholmroyd [1911]
  • 4 New Hollin Hey, Mytholmroyd [1949]

Betsy died in 1917.

After her death, John's brother Fred took over as landlord of the Martin's Nest, Elland [1917-1943].

John died at 28 South Lane, Elland [26th March 1949].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £582 3/2d.

Probate was granted to his brother Fred (retired cotton warper) 

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Nicholl, John ClaytonRef 172-526
[1840-1904]
Son of
William Nicholl.

Born 22nd June 1840.

He was an aerated water and ginger beer manufacturer in Halifax. The business was at Park Farm, Southowram / Westgate, Halifax / Market Hall, Halifax / 12 Square Road, Halifax [1906].

In 1871, he married Maria Pearse [1849-1907] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Elizabeth Maria [1873-1925] who was a dress maker [1891]  & married Ernest Parkinson King Of Rotherham
  2. Thomas William [1876-1943]
  3. Martha [1877-1959]
  4. Charles Henry [1879-1944]
  5. Sarah [b 1881]
  6. Alfred

The sons followed in the mineral-water business.

They lived at 5 The Square, Halifax [1891-1904].

John Clayton died 30th July 1904.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £267 9/6d.

Probate was granted to his widow Maria.

Maria died 30th December 1907 (aged 58).

Members of the family were buried at St Thomas the Apostle, Claremount

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Nicholl, John HenryRef 172-54
[1852-1???]
Born in Halifax.

He was a hatter [1879] / a master hatter [1881].

He married Mary Jane [1849-1???].


Mary Jane was born in Huddersfield
 

Children:

  1. Sarah Emma [1862-1879]
  2. David [b 1874]
  3. Lily [b 1875]
  4. William Henry [1876-1879]
  5. J. Elizabeth [b 1880]

The family lived at 29 Stirling Street, Halifax [1881].

The children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 290]

Nicholl, John HenryRef 172-25
[1860-19??]
Born in Ovenden.

He was a small wire drawer [1891, 1901].

In [Q4] 1881, he married Alice Greenwood [1860-19??] in Halifax.


Alice was born in Bradford
 

Child: Arthur

They lived at 8 Tennyson Street, Ovenden [1891, 1901]

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Nicholl, JonathanRef 172-714
[17??-1787]
He was Churchwarden of Northowram Township [1751, 1760] / Constable [1746] / Surveyor of the Highways [1754, 1769]

He invested in the turnpike Road from Catherine Slack to Halifax and the Calder & Hebble Navigation.

He owned land and property especially in the Upper Shibden Valley, including Hanging Royd, Addersgate, Woodcock Hall, and Catherine Slack

In 1748 bought Backhall, Siddal from the Hanson family.

He bought Boothtown House from Abraham Hall. There is a datestone JNE 1769 for Jonathan and his wife Elizabeth.

He married (1) Elizabeth Ellis.

Children:

  1. Jonathan
  2. Bethel
  3. Elizabeth

He married (2) Sarah Firth.

They left Boothtown and went to live at Clough House, Rastrick property owned by his wife Sarah

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Nicholl, JonathanRef 172-31
[1819-1878]
Born in Sowerby.

He was a labourer on road [1871].

Around 1849, he married Mary [1822-1902].


Mary was born in Craven
 

Children:

  1. James [1842-14th December 1853]
  2. Joseph [1846-16th June 1847]
  3. Lucy [b 1849] who was a cotton factory hand [1871]
  4. Susan [1850-16th February 1933]
  5. Hannah [1852-21st May 1868]
  6. Emma [1854-23rd October 1914] who was a cotton factory  hand [1871]
  7. Elizabeth [b 1857] who was a cotton factory hand [1871]
  8. Robert [1859-31st May 1866]
  9. Mary Ann [1863-2nd January 1865]
  10. Sarah [b 1865]

They lived at Cromwellbottom, Southowram [1847, 1871].

Jonathan died 18th October 1878 (aged 59).

Mary died 28th April 1902 (aged 80).

Members of the family are buried/remembered at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Refs: %F-C37 & R-H24]

Nicholl, JosephRef 172-368
[17??-18??]
Of Ovenden. He was a lay preacher at
Rishworth Independent Church.

He married Unknown.

Child: Samuel

Nicholl, JosephRef 172-574
[18??-18??]
Worsted spinner at Sowerby Bridge. He was declared bankrupt in November 1839, in October 1840, and in December 1844

Nicholl, JosephRef 172-41
[1800-1875]
Born in Southowram.

He was a mason [1861, 1871].

He married Isabella [1815-18??].


Isabella was born in Otley
 

Children:

  1. Ellen [1837-1926] who married John Bolton
  2. Martha [1839-1865] who was buried with her father

They lived at 11 Emmet's Court, Halifax [1861, 1871].

Joseph died 10th December 1875 (aged 75)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4289].


Details of Isabella's death / burial place are not yet known
 

Nicholl, JosephRef 172-42
[1802-18??]
Of Dean Lane, Sowerby.

He was a cattle dealer [1841].

He married Sarah [1803-18??].

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 1824] who was a winder [1841]
  2. Mary [b 1827] who was a piecer [1841]
  3. John [b 1829]
  4. Sarah Ann [b 1836]
  5. Ellen [b 1838]
  6. Joseph [b 1840]

Nicholl, JosephRef 172-39
[1806-18??]
Born in Ovenden.

He was a shopkeeper [1841] / a book keeper, iron founder, grocer [1861].

Around 24th April 1830, he married Peace Ratcliffe [1804-1868] in Halifax.


Peace was born in Haworth
 

Children:

  1. Mary Ann [b 26th July 1832; bapt Square Chapel 23rd  September 1832; d 17th December 1832]
  2. Addison [bapt 23rd January 1831]
  3. Sarah [bapt 23rd September 1832]
  4. Ellen who died 27th October 1835 (aged 18 months)   
  5. James [b Ovenden 1839] who was a book keeper at carpet  mill [1861]
  6. Samuel [b Ovenden 1843] who was a book keeper at carpet  mill [1861]
  7. Fanny [b Sowerby 1846] woollen weaver by hand [1861]

They lived at

  • Wheatley [1832]
  • City, Ovenden [1841]
  • City Lane, Ovenden [1861]

The children () were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax [Grave Ref: 127] with another child who died in infancy.

Peace died Q3 1868 (aged 64).


Details of Joseph's death / burial place are not yet known
 

Nicholl, JosephRef 172-45
[1807-1863]

He married Ann [1794-1858].

Children:

  1. William Henry [1836-1866]

Ann died 5th February 1858 (aged 64).

Joseph died 8th July 1863 (aged 56).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3581]

Nicholl, JosephRef 172-52
[1845-1???]
He was a quarryman

He married Maria [1846-1???].

Children:

  1. daughter
  2. daughter
  3. son

The family lived at

  • Mountain, Queensbury
  • Wainhouse Terrace, King Cross [1899]

By 1899, the couple had been unhappy on account of Joseph's unwillingness to work, and he had left the family home and Maria & the children had moved from Queensbury to Halifax.

In April 1889, Joseph attacked Maria with a hatchet and then attempted to commit suicide

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Nicholl, JosephRef 172-798
[1866-1897]
Son of
David Nicholl.

Born in Sowerby.

He was an iron moulder [1881] / a moulder [1891] / a moulder at E. Hargreaves & Company [1901].

In 1893, he married Elizabeth Kaye [1873-1???] at Elland Parish Church.


Elizabeth was the daughter of labourer George Kaye
 

Children:

  1. Lavinia [b 1893]
  2. John [b 1895]
  3. Emma [b 1896]
  4. Joseph [b 1897] who was born posthumously

They lived at

On 18th March 1897, Joseph was scalded by molten metal when a mould burst at his work. He died the following morning in Halifax Infirmary. E. Hargreaves & Company paid for his funeral

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Nicholl, JosephRef 172-2
[1892-1916]
Son of
John Nicholl.

Born in Sowerby / Mytholmroyd.

He was a member of St Michael's Church & School, Mytholmroyd / a cotton weaver [1911] / employed by John Ackroyd & Sons at Square Shed, Mytholmroyd.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 8th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died of pneumonia in hospital in Étaples [18th December 1916] (aged 25).

The Halifax Courier [30th December 1916] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Étaples Military Cemetery, France [Grave Ref XX J 1].

He is remembered on a memorial in St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd, in the book Royd Regeneration, on Elland War Memorial, on the Memorial at Saint Mary the Virgin, Elland, and on the Memorial at Saint Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd

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Nicholl, Joseph WestonRef 172-370
[1875-1925]
Son of
Samuel Nicholl.

He was known as a violinist, organist, pianist, musician and composer.

He studied under the Hungarian violinist and teacher, Joseph Joachim, in Berlin, with Josef Rheinberger in Munich, and with Alexandre Guilmant in Paris.

He was also involved in the brass band world. He was conductor of the West Riding Military Band [1908-1910] and of the Black Dike Mills Band [1910-1912].

He also composed and arranged music for the bands. His compositions included The Viking, a tone poem recorded by Black Dike Mills Band [1923], a Festival Overture and a Commemorative Ode and March for the Jubilee of the opening of People's Park.

He also wrote an opera entitled Comala, an orchestral symphonic poem entitled In English Seas, and many other songs and pieces for the organ and piano.

He also contributed to the Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians.

He never married and had no children

Illness in the last 12 years of his life, prevented his performing. He died of tuberculosis

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Nicholl, JoshuaRef 172-43
[1809-1862]
Born in Northowram.

He was landlord of Nicholl's Temperance Hotel [1847, 1851] / a wire drawer [1861].

He married Harriet [1810-1878].


Harriet was born in Colne Bridge
 

Children:

  1. Edwin [1842-1880] who was a wire drawer [1861, 1880] &  was buried with his parents
  2. Elizabeth [b 1848]
  3. Martha J. [b 1851]

The family lived at Northgate, Halifax [1861].

Joshua died 23rd February 1862 (aged 53).

Harriet died 1st January 1878 (aged 67).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3814] with Florence Emily Hey [1884-1887], daughter of Emily A. & Charles E. Hey (a clerk in Leeds) 

Nicholl, MarkRef 172-806
[1841-1910]
Son of
Isaac Nicholl.

Born at Red Brink, Sowerby.

He was a cotton winder [1861] / a labourer [1871].

After the death of his mother-in-law Susey in 1873, Mark took over the Wilson farm at Ball Green, Sowerby. He was a farmer (24 acres) [1881].

In 1862, he married Susannah Wilson in Halifax.


Susannah was the daughter of John Wilson
 

Children:

  1. Ann Eliza [1867-1940] who was a mill hand [1881], a  worsted drawer [1891] & never married
  2. John Edward [1869-1932] who was a cloth miller [1891]
  3. Florence L. [b 1872] who was a tailoress [1891]
  4. Wilson [1874-1934] who was a farmer's son [1891]
  5. Sarah Jane [b 1876]

They lived at Ball Green, Sowerby [1871, 1881, 1891].

Living with them [in 1881, 1891] was Susannah's blind sister Mary Ann Wilson [aged 54].

Susannah died November 1897 (aged 59).

Mark died May 1910 (aged 68).

Members of the family were buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby: Susannah [20th November 1897]; Mark [16/5/1910;] John Edward [31st March 1932]; Ann Eliza [7th March 1940]

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Nicholl, MaryRef 172-518
[18??-18??]
Worsted spinner at
Cross Hill Mills, Halifax.

She lived at Greetland [1845]

Nicholl, NorthendRef 172-750
[1???-1???]
Of Elland.

He is recorded as using his drawn sword to prevent the removal of the family pew when the old box pews were being removed from Elland Parish Church as part of the restoration in 1865.

There is a monument to him in the Church

Nicholl, RobertRef 172-341
[1862-19??]
Son of
David Nicholl.

Born in Sowerby.

He was a foundry labourer [1901].

He lived at Heath Hall, Norland [with his parents 1907, 1911].

He was injured – badly lacerated wounds in his hands, his leg and face – in the Pye Nest Tram Disaster of 15th October 1907, but was treated at home

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Nicholl, RusbyRef 172-699
[1844-1903]
Son of Joshua Nicholl, miner.

He was a coal miner of Hipperholme [1873] / a coal miner [1881, 1891, 1901].

In 1873, he married Emma at Halifax Parish Church.


Emma, of Northowram, was the daughter of William Tasker, and widow of James Wadsworth
 

Children:

  1. Mary Alice [b 1874] who was shown as dumb from  fits [1881]
  2. Sam [b 1879] who was a stone hewer [1901]
  3. Walter [b 1882] who was a worsted warehouseman [1901]
  4. Arthur [b 1884] who was a brick labourer [1901], a  horizontal borer [1911]
  5. Maude Eleanor [b 1887]
  6. Herbert

They lived at

  • 27 Godley Road, Northowram [1881]
  • 8 Staups Lane, Northowram [1891, 1901]
  • 36 Staups Lane, Stump Cross, Halifax [1911]

Living with them [in 1881] was Mary's son Harry.

Living with them [in 1901] was granddaughter Emma Nicholl [b  1892].

Rusby died in Halifax in 1903 (aged 60)  Living with them [in 1911] was granddaughter Rose E B Nicholl [b Tottenham, London 1906]

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Nicholl, SamuelRef 172-18
[1837-1907]

He married Sarah Meadowcroft [1837-1887].

  1. John
  2. Fred

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Nicholl, SamuelRef 172-369
[1842-1911]
Son of
Joseph Nicholl.

He played the organ and harmonium at Rishworth Independent Church.

He married Unknown.

Child: Weston

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Nicholl, Mr T.Ref 172-47
[18??-1???]
He owned
Greenup's Mill, Warley when the mill was gutted by fire [17th May 1867]


Question: Is this the same as Thomas Nicholl [1???-18??]?

 

Nicholl, ThomasRef 172-170
[1???-18??]
Worsted manufacturer.


Question: Is this the same as Mr T. Nicholl [18??-1???]?

 

He was Chairman of the Sowerby Bridge Local Board [15th August 1856-15th April 1858].

Carlton Mill, Sowerby Bridge was built for him.

He built Carlton House, Halifax.

He owned Moorfield, Wainstalls.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. daughter
  2. daughter
  3. daughter
  4. daughter
  5. daughter
  6. Eliza [1840-1869] who married Jonathan Calvert

They lived at Carlton House, Halifax

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Nicholl, ThomasRef 172-713
[17??-18??]
Cloth dresser of Boothtown.

He married Unknown.

Child: Sarah [1790-1852] who married William Morton

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Nicholl, ThomasRef 172-61
[1813-1869]
Born in Southowram.

He was a hand loom weaver [1851] / a stone mason [1861].

Around 1840, he married Mary [1817-18??].


Mary was born in Southowram
 

Children:

  1. John [b 1840] who was a part-timer [1851], a flag facer  [1861]
  2. Alice [b 1842] who was a wool drawer [1861]
  3. Henry [b 1847] who was a worsted spinner [1861]
  4. Frederick
  5. Emma [b 1854]

They lived at

  • Marsh Delves, Southowram [1851]
  • 5 Bank Top, Southowram [1861]

A Thomas Nicholl died in Halifax [Q2 1869] (aged 56) 

Nicholl, Thomas AlbertRef 172-6
[1851-1917]
Born in Greetland.

He was a commercial haulier [1893].

On 17th October 1893, he married Ann Hollingsworth [1859-1933] in Halifax.


Ann was born in London
 

Child: Ernest Hodgson

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Nicholl, W. A.Ref 172-256
[18??-18??]
Owned land at Sowerby.

See Sowerby Bridge Baths

Nicholl, William (Billy)Ref 172-619
[1869-1922]
Of Rastrick.

He was landlord of the Stag & Pheasant, Brighouse [1897, 1901] / landlord of the Round House, Brighouse [1901, 1906].

It is said that he dealt strictly with the Irish workers who drank at his pub, allowing them to have only one pint, and then urging them to give the rest of their money to their wives. He was one of a group of people who attempted to drive the Irish out of Brighouse.

He was also a Rugby player. He played for Brighouse Rangers, Yorkshire and England. He is said to have been the finest rugby player of his generation. Whilst at Brighouse Rangers he won caps for England against Wales [1892] and Scotland

He married Eliza [1866-19??].


Eliza came from Oldham
 

Children:

  1. Harry [b 1892]
  2. Leonard [b 1894]
  3. William [b 1896]
  4. Laura [b 1898]

His daughter resorted to marrying her sweetheart behind Billy's back, because he disapproved of the marriage.

Billy died 10th April 1922

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Nicholl, WilliamRef 172-48
[18??-1???]

In [Q2] 1872, he married Sarah Sloane [1837-1872] in Halifax.


Sarah was the daughter of
Thomas Sloane
 

Sarah died 8th December 1872 (aged 35), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 972] with her parents

Nicholl, WilliamRef 172-584
[18??-18??]
Worsted spinner at Greetland.

In November 1839, he was declared bankrupt

Nicholl, WilliamRef 172-640
[18??-1880]

He married Mary Hutton [1850-1886].


Mary was the eldest daughter of
Charles Hutton
 

Children:

  1. Charles who died 21st January 1873 (aged 19 weeks)   
  2. Nancy [b 1874]
  3. Martha who died 16th January 1875 (aged 6 weeks)   

William was a soldier in the British Indian Army.

He was killed [27th August 1880] at the Battle of Maiwand, Afghanistan, in the Second Afghan War.

Mary died 9th May 1886 (aged 36).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4170] with Martha [1803-1846], wife of Sydney Smith

Nicholl, WilliamRef 172-712
[1815-1874]
He was a waste dealer [1841] / a wool stapler [1861] / a farmer of 55 acres employing 2 labourers [1871] / in the
ginger beer / mineral-water business.

In [Q4] 1838, he (possibly) married (1) Elizabeth Clayton in Halifax.

Child: John Clayton

He married (2) Martha [1825-1875].


Martha was born in Howden
 

Children:

  1. Mary [b 1857]
  2. Ann [b 1860]
  3. Letisha [b 1862]

They lived at

Living with them [in 1871] was niece Ann Nicholl [b 1849].

Members of the family were buried at St Thomas the Apostle, Claremount with mother-in-law Eliza Adamson [1799-1862] of 3 Shibden Hall Road, Halifax

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Nicholl, WilliamRef 172-769
[1823-1869]
From Warwick. His wife and family were in Warwick. He was staying at the
Prince Albert Beerhouse, Brighouse.

He was employed as foreman in the creation of the lake for Sir Titus Salt. On 28th May 1869, he was found drowned in the lake at Crow Nest, Lightcliffe. The lake was 3 ft 6 ins deep. His hands were tied together with his own handkerchief. His watch had stopped at 4:35 am

Nicholl, WilliamRef 172-40
[1831-1862]
Son of
Mr Nicholl.

Born in Warley.

He was a mechanic / a maker of power looms [1861].

In [Q3] 1860, he married Ellen Hudson [1838-1913] in Halifax.


Ellen was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Augustus Frederick [1861-1908]
  2. Willie [b 1862] who died in infancy

The family lived at 37 Lister Lane, Halifax [1861].

Living with them [in 1861] was William's mother Betty Nicholl

William died 5th December 1862 (aged 31).

Ellen (possibly) married Mr Hallowell.

In 1911, she was widowed Ellen Hallowell, living at 1 Crib Lane, Halifax.

Ellen died 15th October 1913 (aged 75)  and is recorded as Ellen Hallowell in the Lister Lane Archives.

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3441] with William's sister Sarah Nicholl & William's mother Betty Nicholl

Nicholl, WilliamRef 172-17
[1882-1918]
William was born in Halifax, (possibly) the illegitimate son of
Hannah Nicholl.


Hannah married John Robert Turton [1895]
 

He was a grocer's assistant (living with his maternal uncle & auntsMary  Ann, David & Sarah) [1901] / a grocer of 5 Spring Head [1908] / a grocer's warehouseman [1911].

In 1908, he married Jane Bannister [1884-19??] at Christ Church, Pellon.


Jane, of 8 Haigh Street, Halifax, was born in Halifax.

Her father was not named on the marriage records

 

Child: Jack [b 1911]

They lived at

  • 94 Pellon Lane, Halifax [1911]
  • 6 Holden Street, Halifax [1918]

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd/6th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment.

He was reported missing and assumed to have died 15th April 1918 (aged 36).

He was buried at Le Grand Beaumart British Cemetery, Steenwerck, France [Grave Ref B1].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

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Nicholl, William AppleyardRef 172-600
[1841-1906]
Worsted spinner in Halifax.

In 1870, he married Ellen [1853-19??] from Shuttleworth, Lancashire, at Stockport.

They lived at 3 Park Road, Halifax [1891, 1901, 1911].

He left property with a gross value of £30,992 16/5d [nett £29,953 10/1d]. Probate was granted to his widow Ellen, Thomas Burnley of Gomersal (worsted spinner), William Burnley of Burnley Road (bank manager)  and Thomas Percival Beavan of Wiltshire (leather manufacturer).

See Moor End Congregational Church

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Surname

Nicholl surnameRef 172-1
Other forms of the surname include Nicholls and Nichols

Entries for people with this and similar surnames are shown in a separate Foldout

There are 104 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Nicholl, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.


Unattached BMDs for Nicholl

Marriages 1861, 1876, 1879, 1899, 1904, 1908, 1940; Death 1900

Unattached burials at Lister Lane Cemetery: Plot 1869

 



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