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He married Sarah [1807-1877].
Child: William
In [Q4] 1846, he (possibly) married (2) Benjamin Stell [1807-1877] in Halifax.
He became a printer's compositor.
In 1858, he embarked on a sea voyage to find a new life in Australia
and New Zealand.
His brother, Henry Vickerman, followed him.
Alfred returned to Halifax to court Anne Mackerill
[1860] and then again to marry her [1865].
Children:
Alfred tried several jobs –
working in the gold fields
and
running a boarding house
- before settling down as a compositor for the Wellington
Independent then the Otago Daily News.
Alfred died died of TB in Dunedin, New Zealand [16th July 1869] (aged 20).
There is a memorial to him in Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 325]
He was a butcher in Halifax.
He married Mary Vickerman at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
They lived at
Charles died 3rd August 1868 (aged 58).
Mary died 11th February 1906 (aged 93).
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plots 324] & [325]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
Born in Greetland [25th December 1896].
He was
a draper's assistant /
employed by Halliday & Sons, drapers at Bull Green.
He lived at
During World War I,
he enlisted [July 1915], but was found physically unfit.
He voluntarily underwent an operation in Leeds, and afterwards was
declared fit.
He joined up
and served as a Rifleman
with the 18th Battalion
King's Royal Rifle Corps
[3rd September 1915].
He arrived in France [3rd May 1916].
He was killed in action [21st September 1917].
The Halifax Courier He was buried at Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref B 27].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Saint John the Evangelist, West Vale
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley & Glynn Helliwell
He was partner in Hitchen, Peel & Company.
On 28th June 1913, he married Caroline Halstead [1883-1950]
at Eastwood Congregational Church
Born in Halifax.
He was
a butcher [1861] /
a butcher employing 1 boy [1871].
In [Q4] 1864, he married Sarah Jane Wood [1841-1???] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at 49 Lister Lane, Halifax [1871].
Edwin died 30th September 1875 (aged 32).
He & the children ‡ were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 325]
with Edwin's father.
He was
a woollen slubber [1871] /
a woollen manufacturer [1881, 1891] /
a woollen manufacturer at Whitwell Mill, Elland [1905] /
a lodge caretaker [1911].
In 1877, he married Grace Standeven.
Children:
One of the children died before 1911.
They lived at
This & associated entries use material contributed by Michael Peel
Woollen manufacturer at South Lane Mills, Elland.
In 1880, he married Elizabeth Park.
Children:
They lived at
He died 4th August 1934
This & associated entries use material contributed by Michael Peel
In 1823, there was an auction at his house at Halfpenny Can, Southowram, selling nearby property, including that of Joseph Brook
He married Sarah.
Sarah took over at the Malt Shovel [1834].
On 14th January 1835, Sarah took part in a Benefit
Concert held at the Malt Shovel for Mrs Boocock
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles
Born in Cleckheaton.
He was
a farmer & butcher of White Chapel [1894] /
a green grocer [1901] /
a warehouse labourer (worsted) [1911].
In 1894, he married Sarah Ellen Weldrake [1873-19??]
at St Peter's Church, Birstall.
Children:
They lived at
3 sons served in World War I:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
In 1858, his brother, Alfred, had embarked on a sea
voyage to find a new life in Australia and New Zealand.
Henry followed him, sailing from Liverpool, aboard
the Virginian, for Halifax, Canada [2nd April 1909].
He died in Rockhampton, Queensland [22nd December 1888] (aged 39)
There is a memorial to him in Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 324]
In [Q4] 1891, he married Sarah Crossley in Halifax.
Sarah died 9th August 1921 (aged 60).
Herbert died 11th March 1929 (aged 67).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2585]
In June 1867, he was declared bankrupt
Son of Thomas Peel.
He married Ann [1839-1906].
Children:
Isaac died 3rd January 1884.
Ann died 9th September 1906.
Members of the family were buried at Blackley Baptist Graveyard
He was
a dyer [1861] /
a farmer of 10 acres [1871] /
a farmer of 9 acres & dyer [1881].
On 16th January 1845, he married Ann Drinkwater [1826-1885] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at
This & associated entries use material contributed by Richard Akroyd
Question:
Is he the same person as
Jeremiah Peel [17??-17??]?
A weaver at Northowram.
He married Unknown.
Children:
Question:
Is he the same person as
Jeremiah Peel [16??-17??]?
On 6th March 1762, at York, he was charged upon oath, with stealing
12 yards of cloth from Messrs Walker & Sharpe of Halifax.
He was reprieved
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles
On 26th December 1803, he married Alice Smith [1781-18??] at Elland Parish Church.
Child: William
In 1851, a widowed Alice Peel [b 1781] was living at Lindwell
with Betty & James Wadsworth
This & associated entries use material contributed by Michael Peel
On 2nd September 1858, he married (1) Emma Jane Gledhill [1839-1876] at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
In 1876, he married (2) Rachel Walker [1842-1913].
Children:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Michael Peel
He was one of founders of Temperance Methodist Church, Elland
This & associated entries use material contributed by Paul Iredale
He was a grocer & baker [1881].
In [Q3] 1860, he married Caroline Iredale [1834-1???] in
Halifax.
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1881] was Thomas Troughton [b Kendal,
Westmorland 1860] (temperance lecturer).
Joseph died Q1 1891.
The widowed Caroline carried on a baker [1891]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham
Born in Halifax [23rd May 1851].
He was
a wool buyer /
a wool trader.
He moved to Dublin, Ireland.
He married Unknown
in Dublin.
Children:
Joseph died in Dublin [3rd November 1915].
Many of the family moved from Ireland to England and others went to
the USA and Canada
This & associated entries use material contributed by Neil Hutchinson
He married Hannah [1840-1868].
Hannah died in Halifax [11th October 1868] (aged 28)
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2563]
Born in Greetland;
baptised at St John the Evangelist, West Vale.
In [Q3] 1928, she married Walter Bennett
in Bramley, Leeds.
Children:
He died in World War I.
He is remembered on the Memorial at John Mackintosh & Sons Limited
He was
a coal miner [1851, 1871] /
innkeeper at the Brown Cow, Elland [1871] /
an outdoor labourer [1881] /
a miner [1881].
He married Mary [1833-1878].
Children:
The children were born at Broad Carr, Elland with Greetland.
The family lived at 35 Broad Carr, Elland with Greetland [1881].
Mary died in Halifax [Q1 1878] (aged 45)
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley & David I. Peel
Born in Bury, Lancashire.
He was educated at Hipperholme Grammar School and Harrow
On Wednesday 4th October 1843, a newspaper reported
On the premises of Mr John Avison of the White Swan Hotel
in Halifax, there is a large stone flag which was recently removed
from a farm in the possession of that gentleman at Hipperholme, on
account of its deriving a fictitious value from the following
circumstances.
It is said, on unquestionable authority, that Sir Robert Peel,
passed some of his early years at Hipperholme School, and moreover,
that once upon a time he exhibited his longing for immortality
by carving with his own hands on a block of stone which served the
humble office of fence post
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles
Born 17th November 1853.
In 1874, he married Martha Ann Brier.
Child:
Blanche [b 1889]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Richard Akroyd
He was employed by Mackintosh's.
He lived at 8 Square Terrace, Halifax.
During World War I,
he enlisted [May 1915]
and served as a Lance Corporal
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was wounded.
He was killed by shell fire in the Keersekarrhoek sector at Passchendaele [17th December 1917] (aged 19).
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6],
in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at John Mackintosh & Sons Limited
He was
educated at Holy Trinity School /
an under overlooker [1911] /
employed in the bottling department of Whitaker's,
brewers, Northgate [1915].
During World War I,
he enlisted [November 1915]
and served as a Private
with the 4th Battalion
South Wales Borderers.
He was killed in action in Mesopotamia [30th April 1917] (aged 22).
The Halifax Courier He is remembered on the Basra Memorial, Iraq [Grave Ref 16 & 62],
in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax.
2 brothers – Horace & Norman – also served in
World War I
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
Born 7th May 1842.
Manufacturer at South Lane Mills, Elland [1905]
In 1866, he married Maria Smith [1842-1911].
Children:
They lived at Glynwood, Elland [1913, 1923].
He died at Glynwood [13th November 1913].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £4,770 9/7d.
Probate was granted to
his sons William and Jonas Jackson Peel.
Members of the family were buried at Blackley Baptist Graveyard
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham & Michael Peel
He was landlord of the White Hart, Soyland [1829, 1841].
On 21st May 1793, he married Hannah Merral [1772-1831] in
Keighley.
Child: Roger
They lived at Dyson Lane, Soyland [1841].
Living with them [in 1861] was unmarried relative Mary Briggs
[1787-1866] (female servant).
Hannah died 25th April 1831.
Roger (snr) died at Dyson Lane [27th March 1851].
They were buried at Stones Methodist Church, Soyland
with son Roger and Mary Briggs
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham
He was
a landed proprietor at Town End, Soyland [1851] /
a retired inn keeper [1861].
He never married.
In 1861, he was living at Moorfields, Soyland with his unmarried
cousin Mary Briggs [1787-1866] (house keeper).
He died at Moorfields [20th May 1864].
Mary Briggs died 24th March 1866.
They were buried at Stones Methodist Church, Soyland
with Roger's parents.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £2,000.
Probate was granted to
John Robinson,
Peter Whiteley,
and Bateson Peel of Moorfields (gentleman)
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham
He built Carr Wood House, Shelf
In 1824, he married Hannah Smithies [1799-1880] in Huddersfield.
Children:
Thomas died 25th March 1844 (aged 40).
After Thomas's death, Hannah took over the Brown
Cow [1845].
Son Reuben followed his mother at the Brown Cow
[1871]
Hannah died 31st May 1880 (aged 80).
Thomas & Hannah were buried at Blackley Baptist Graveyard
This & associated entries use material contributed by David I. Peel
Born in Greetland [15th December 1845].
He was
an errand boy [1861] /
a dyer [1871, 1881, 1891] /
a woollen piecer dyer [1901].
In [Q4] 1889, he married Eliza Nutton [1842-1930] in Halifax.
She was a machinist [1891]
They lived at
Living with them [in 1891] was
Eliza's unmarried sister Caroline Nutton [b 1838]
(machinist).
Living with them [in 1901] were
Eliza's unmarried sister Caroline Nutton [b 1838]
(retired cotton reeler),
& nephew Wilkinson Nutton [b 1869] (cotton carder)
Thomas died 17th November 1909.
Eliza died 23rd October 1930 (aged 88).
Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: A8]
with Eliza's sister Caroline Nutton [1838-13th July
1921]
On 12th April 1854, Peel was ill-treating a female with whom
he was drinking at the King of Prussia public house in
Halifax.
Both parties were the worse for liquor.
Jowett intervened, Peel struck him with a single
violent blow under the left ear, and he died before medical
assistance could be called.
Mr Lister, surgeon, examined the body.
There were no outward marks of violence but the head was covered in
blood which accounted for death.
At the Trial Peel was found Guilty, but recommended to
mercy, and imprisoned for 14 days
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles
He started work for F. Lomas & Son.
He inherited the business on the death of his father-in-law Lewis Lomas.
In 1914, he married Edith daughter of Lewis Lomas, in
Halifax.
He died 28th August 1962
This & associated entries use material contributed by Michael Peel
He built Holly Mount, Greetland [1925].
He married Unknown.
Child:
Grace
This & associated entries use material contributed by Kathryn Midgley
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered on the Memorial at Saint Michael's & All Angels' Church, Shelf
Born in Stainland [6th June 1804].
Baptised 15th July 1804.
He was a manufacturer employing 3 men, 4 boys & 10 girls [1871].
He owned mills in Elland – South Lane Mills Whitwell Mill – which he left to his sons.
On 24th February 1833, he married Sarah Jackson [1810-1872] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
They lived at Victoria Road, Elland [1871].
Sarah died 1st November 1872 (aged 62).
William died 2nd October 1881 (aged 77).
Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: L8]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Kathryn Midgley & Michael Peel
He married Ann [1837-1???].
Children:
The family was living at 42 Union Street South, Halifax (with
daughter Sarah & her husband) [1891].
William & Ann were living at 42 Union Street South,
Halifax (with daughter Sarah & her husband) [1901].
William died between 1901 & 1911.
Ann was living at 203 Barden Lane, Burnley (with
daughter Sarah & her husband) [1901]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
Born in Halifax.
He was
a boiler maker [1851] /
a milk dealer [1871].
He married Mary [1834-1886].
Children:
The family lived at 12 Pearson Street, Northowram [1871].
William died 30th August 1886 (aged 52).
Mary died 19th October 1886 (aged 52).
The couple & the children ‡ were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2162]
He was a draper's assistant [1896].
On 9th September 1896, he married Mary Ann Smith [1871-1???] in Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Greetland & baptised at St John the
Evangelist, West Vale.
The family lived at
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley & Glynn Helliwell
He was a merchant [1871].
In 1865, he married Mary Charlotte Ludgate [1844-1???] at St George's Church, Hanover Square, London.
Children:
They lived at Perth Villas, Lightcliffe [1871]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Carole Edwards Caruso, David Kershaw & Jeffrey Knowles
Peel, Mr Ref 286-11
Peel, Alfred Ref 286-949
Son of Charles Peel.
Peel, Charles Ref 286-948
Born in Southowram.
Mary was the daughter of Charles Vickerman
Peel, Clarence Eastwood Ref 286-262
Son of William Peel.
Peel, Edmund Speak Ref 286-1035
Son of Betty (née Speak) & John Peel.
Born 11th January 1880.
Caroline was the daughter of Stephen Halstead
Peel, Edwin Ref 286-6
Son of Charles Peel.
Sarah Jane was born in Halifax
Details are not yet known of the death / burial place of Sarah Jane
Peel, Ely Ref 286-644
Son of William Peel.
Grace was born in Greetland
Peel, Ephraim Ref 286-641
Son of William Peel.
Peel, George Ref 286-835
He was
(possibly) landlord of the Malt Shovel, Southowram [1822, 1829]
Peel, Harry Ref 286-315
Son of Robert Peel, farmer.
Sarah Ellen, of Hightown, was the daughter of Robert
William Weldrake, grinder
Peel, Henry Vickerman Ref 286-950
Son of Charles Peel.
Peel, Herbert Ref 286-934
Sarah was the daughter of Beet Robinson Crossley
Peel, I. Ref 286-429
Manufacturing chemist at Halifax.
Peel, Isaac Ref 286-8400
Of Elland.
Peel, James Ref 286-4
Born in Greetland.
Ann was born in Greetland
Peel, Jeremiah Ref 286-541
Peel, Jeremiah Ref 286-8
Peel, Joe Ref 286-1033
Tobacconist and newsagent at 78 King Cross Street, Halifax [1907]
Peel, John Ref 286-7000
Born in Elland;
baptised at Elland Parish Church [28th July 1771].
Alice was born in Greetland
Peel, John Ref 286-1108
Son of William Peel.
Peel, Joseph Ref 286-833
Corn dealer at Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse [1810]
Peel, Joseph Ref 286-6260
Brother-in-law of Edwin Iredale.
Peel, Joseph Ref 286-808
Born in Elland.
Caroline was born in Elland
Peel, Joseph Ref 286-12
Son of Charles Peel.
Peel, Joshua Ref 286-13
Does anyone know more about this family, beyond what is shown
on Hannah's gravestone?
Peel, Lilian Mary Ref 286-284
Daughter of William Peel.
Walter was a butcher with the Co-Op
Peel, Martin Ref 286-494 Peel, R. Ref 286-283
He worked for Mackintosh's.
Peel, Reuben Ref 286-5101
Son of Thomas Peel.
Mary was born in Sowerby
Peel, Sir Robert Ref 286-1019
Politician and Prime Minister.
Sir Robert Peel at Hipperholme School
R. Peel No hostile hands can antidote my doom
Peel, Robert Ref 286-7
Son of James Peel.
Martha Ann came from Norland
Peel, Robert Ref 286-959
Son of Laura & Isaac Peel of 29 Wheatley Lane, Lee
Mount, Halifax.
Peel, Robert Henry Ref 286-957
Son of Harry Peel.
Peel, Robert Smith Ref 286-649
Son of William Peel.
Peel, Roger Ref 286-561
From Keighley.
Hannah was also from Keighley
Peel, Roger Ref 286-570
Son of Roger Peel.
Peel, Samuel Ref 286-1055
He was
a worsted manufacturer /
a partner in Smith & Peel /
a grocer.
Peel, Thomas Ref 286-858
He was landlord at the Brown Cow, Elland.
Hannah came from Stainland
Peel, Thomas Ref 286-3
Son of James Peel.
Eliza was born in Greetland.
Peel, Thomas Brook Ref 286-18
In July 1854, he was charged with the manslaughter of Isaac Jowett.
Peel, Walker Gordon Ref 286-6000
Son of John Peel.
Peel, William Ref 286-2
He had a haulage business in Greetland.
Peel, William Ref 286-5
He served during World War I.
Peel, William Ref 286-1096
Son of John Peel.
Peel, William Ref 286-9
He was a retired dyer [1891].
Ann Barnoldswick, Yorkshire
Peel, William Ref 286-10
Son of Mr Peel.
Mary was the daughter of Benjamin Stell
Peel, William Ref 286-279
Born in Greetland.
Mary Ann was born in Greetland
Peel, William Henry Ref 286-1226
Born in Bradford.
Mary Charlotte came from Sydenham, Kent
| Surname |
The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District Surnames by George Redmonds.
There are
47
entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname Peel,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Marriages
1835,
1855,
1857,
1867,
1870;
Deaths
1897,
1899,
1900
Unattached burials at Lister Lane Cemetery: Plot 2563
Peel surname Ref 286-1
Unattached BMDs for Peel
Page Ref: MMP379
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