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Ramsden, AlfredRef 56-134
[1827-1892]

Ramsden, AlfredRef 56-64
[1836-18??]
Born in Barkisland.

He was a cordwainer [1871] / a boot & shoe maker [1881].

In [Q2] 1855, he married Sarah Foster [1835-1???].


Sarah was born in Barkisland
 

Children:

  1. Christiane [b 1856] who was a cotton creeler [1871], a  fancy draper [1891]
  2. Emma [b 1858] who was a cotton creeler [1871]
  3. William [b 1860] who was a spinner piecer [1871], a silk  dresser [1881]
  4. Annice [b 1864] who was a cotton piecer [1881], a dress  maker [1891], a dress maker (own account) [1901]
  5. Sarah Phoebe [b 1866] who was a silk spinner [1881], a  tailor's finisher [1891], a dress maker [1901]
  6. Alfred [b 1871]
  7. Annie Emilia [b 1873] who was a tailor's machinist [1891]

They lived at

  • Ripponden Bank, Barkisland [1871, 1881]
  • 6 Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge [1891]
  • 56 Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge [1901]

Alfred died between 1881 & 1891

Ramsden, AnnRef 56-69
[1811-1876]
Daughter of
Joseph Ramsden.

She and her sister Betsy never married.

They lived with widowed sister Sarah Boardman (annuitant) at 1 Grosvenor Terrace, Halifax [1871]

Ann died 8th August 1876 (aged 65).

Betsy lived alone at 3 Upper Kingston, Halifax [1881, 1891]

She died 26th July 1895 (aged 80).

They were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1738]

Ramsden, Anthony DavidRef 56-146
[1933-1983]
Son of
Charles Alfred Ramsden.

Born 21st July 1933.

He joined the Army and is listed at Lieutenant-Colonel Ramsden.

He died 6th November 1983 and was buried at Warley Town Cemetery with other members of the family

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Ramsden, ArthurRef 56-29
[1907-1940]
Son of
John Ramsden.

He was a mill hand doffer with J. B. Farrar at Globe Works, Halifax [1911].

In [Q3] 1932, he married Doris Forrest in Halifax.

They lived at 1 Bright Place, Siddal [1940].

During World War II, he served as a Driver with the Royal Army Service Corps.

He died 13th December 1940 (aged 33).

He was buried at Bethesda Primitive Methodist Chapel, Bank Top

Ramsden, ArthurRef 56-40
[1913-1944]
Born in Barnsley.

He worked for Halifax Corporation Water Works.

In [Q2] 1940, he married Alice Marshall in Halifax.

Child: Nora [Q3] 1940

They lived at 15 St Mark's Street, Boothtown, Halifax.

During World War II, he served as an Aircraftman 1st Class with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

He died 18th September 1944 (aged 31).

He is remembered on the Singapore Memorial [Grave Ref 441], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Ramsden, AsaRef 56-66
[1889-1958]
Son of
John Ramsden.

Born in Halifax [22nd April 1889].

He was a woollen feeder, boarding with the family of James Henry  Medley at 4 Brickfield Grove, Holmfield [1911] / a fettler with Smith, Barker & Willson Limited / an engineer – machine tool fettler [1939].

In 1914, he married Ida Field [1885-19??] in Halifax.


Ida was born 10th October 1885
 

Children:

  1. Norman [b 1915] who was a French polisher [1939]
  2. Jack [b 1920]

They lived at

  • 6 Roper Lane, Ambler Thorn [1918]
  • 1 Prospect Row, Halifax [1939]

During World War I, he enlisted [November 1915] and served as a Private with the 21st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment, then with the 1st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment.

He was reported missing [June 1916], then found to be a prisoner of war in Limberg [1918].

His photograph appears with reports of his story in the Halifax Courier [27th April, 11th May & 1st June 1918].

He was demobbed [March 1919].

He survived the War.

He died in 1958 (aged 68) 

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Ramsden, CharlesRef 56-175
[1809-18??]
Born in Halifax.

He was a painter (house) [1851].

In [Q3] 1837, he married Caroline Sugden [1812-1???] in Halifax.


Caroline was the daughter of
James Sugden.

She was a staymaker [1861]

 

Children:

  1. Eliza [1839-1871] who was a minder of sewing machines  [1861] & married Levi Binns
  2. Thomas [b 1843] who was a ? finisher [1861]
  3. Charles [b 1849] who was an errand boy [1861]

They lived at

  • 19 Brunswick Street, Halifax [1851]
  • 5 Delph Street, Halifax [1861]

Charles died between 1851 & 1861.

Caroline died 9th August 1868 (aged 56)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3744] with her parents

Ramsden, CharlesRef 56-78
[1826-1882]
Born in Halifax.

He founded the omnibus and cab business which became John Marsh & Company [1870]

He was a cab driver [1864] / a cab proprietor (living as a boarder at 42 St James's Road, Halifax  with Susannah Glover) [1871] / a cab proprietor employing 5 men [1881].

He married (1) Hannah [1827-1864].

Hannah died 15th January 1864 (aged 37).

In [Q3] 1864, he (possibly) married (2) Martha Murray [1821-1???] in Halifax.


Martha was born in Batley.

She had a daughter Elizabeth [b 1855] who married John Hardwick

 

They lived at 5 St James's Street, Halifax [1881].

Living with them [in 1881] were Elizabeth & John Hardwick & family.

Charles died 26th November 1882 (aged 56).

He & Hannah were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2363] with infant John C. R. Hardwick [1878]

Ramsden, CharlesRef 56-165
[1833-1893]
Born in Clifton. He was a leather dresser [1861] / licensed victualler at the
Armytage Arms, Clifton [1871] / a farmer / a dealer in horses.

Around 1848, he established Clifton Bowling Green behind the pub

In 1860, he married Ruth Morrison [1834-1907] from Clifton, at Halifax.

Children:

  1. Annie [b 1860]
  2. Jemmie or Jimmy [b 1863]
  3. Alfred [b 1865]
  4. Bertha [b 1872]
  5. Laura [b 1874]
  6. Ada [b 1870]

Charles died 8th August 1893.

After his death, Ruth took over as licensee of the Armytage Arms [1894, 1901].

After Ruth's death, her sons took over at the pub: Jemmie [1907] and Alfred [1917].

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Ramsden, Charles AlfredRef 56-174
[1906-1970]
Son of
Clifford Ramsden.

He succeeded his father as Editor of the Halifax Courier & Guardian [from 1942]. He was succeeded by his son John Michael [1964].

In September 1930, he married Phyllis Margaret Crowther in Newport, Shropshire/Staffordshire.

Children:

  1. Anthony David
  2. Michael

They lived at

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Ramsden, ClaraRef 56-41
[1896-1918]
Daughter of S. E. & Mr Ramsden of 15 the Square, Northowram.


Question: Does anyone know any more about Clara or her family?

 

During World War I, she served with the Women's Royal Air Force.

She died 28th December 1918 (aged 22)  and was buried at Heywood's Chapel [Grave Ref: E 22]

Ramsden, CliffordRef 56-80
[1880-1954]
JP.

Son of Alfred Ramsden.

At the age of 16 he joined the staff of the Halifax Courier. In 1916, he became Editor and Managing Director of Halifax Courier Limited, taking over from his father. He was editor of the Courier & Guardian for 26 years.

He was succeeded by his son Charles Alfred [1942].

He was a director of the Halifax Building Society. He was a founder of the Halifax Rotary Club. He was President of the Yorkshire Newspaper Society [1932]

He and his siblings Rayner and Edith, all inherited a 1/10th share of the residual estate of their maternal uncle Arthur Donald Oates's estate, after the Bermerside Bequest & Oates Trust Fund.

He married Nellie Grandage Ward [1877-1953].


Nellie was from Charleston, West Virginia
 

Children:

  1. Elizabeth [b 1900] who married Cecil Collins
  2. Virginia [1908-2000] who married Ronald Murgatroyd
  3. Carolyn [1911-2002] who married Lascelles Morton Wood
  4. Charles Alfred

They lived at

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Ramsden, CopleyRef 56-87
[1842-1882]
Son of
George Ramsden.

Born in Rastrick.

He was a print compositor [1861] / a printer at Northgate, Halifax [1866] / publisher of the Halifax Almanack & Parish Year Book [1866] / a member of the Ward Committee for Halifax Central Ward [September  1868] / a letter press printer [1881].

The Assignments & Compositions list in the Gazette Section of the Bookseller [1st February 1868] published


Copley Ramsden, Halifax printer. Composition to pay 20s by 8 equal quarterly payments; trustee, Robert Moseley, weaver, Hall-houses, Warley in Halifax
 

In [Q4] 1868, he (possibly) married (1) Mary Nicholl [1846-1869] in Halifax.

A Mary Nicholl died in Halifax [Q1 1869] (aged 23).

In [Q2] 1878, he married (2) Margaret Hagen [1850-1892] in Cardiff.


Margaret was born in Pontypridd, Wales
 

The family lived at West View Terrace, Huddersfield [1881].

He died in Chorlton [Q4 1882] (aged 40)  and was interred at Cardiff Cemetery.

He is remembered on the family grave at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3665].

Margaret died in Cardiff [Q1 1892] (aged 42) 

Ramsden, DanielRef 56-126
[1788-1865]
Born in Horton, Bradford.

After his father died, his mother & her 8 children moved to Boothtown.

He was self-taught. He worked in a cotton mill at Halifax.

In 1809, he became bookkeeper and manager of a corn mill at Luddendenfoot. He later established his own business as a corn merchant at Woolshops with a warehouse in 1 Broad Street [1837].

He was one of the Trustees appointed under the Halifax Improvement Act [1823].

In 1848, he was the first Chairman of the new Halifax Council. He was Mayor of Halifax [1860-1861] and laid the corner-stone of Halifax Town Hall. He was High Constable of the town [1861] He was Alderman, until he resigned the post a week before his death.

A promoter of the Halifax, Huddersfield & Keighley Railway [1863].

He married Lydia [1798-1861].

They lived at Kingston House, Halifax.

He died 21st August 1865.

See Halifax Temperance Hall

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Ramsden, DavidRef 56-71
[1793-1847]
Son of John Ramsden.

Born 25th February 1793; baptised at Warley Congregational Church [14th April 1793].

He married Harriet Ramsden.


Harriet was the daughter of Thomas Senior.

She was an innkeeper at Lower Bowling Dyke, Halifax [1851] / a retired landlady (at Inn) at Bowling Dyke, Halifax [1861]

 

Children:

  1. John [bapt 15th April 1828] who was a corn miller [1851]
  2. Harriet [bapt 29th November 1829]
  3. Mary Ann [bapt 15th February 1831]
  4. Hannah [bapt 16th July 1833]
  5. Daniel [d May 1836]

They lived at

  • Bowling Dyke, Northowram [1841]
  • Lower Bowling Dyke, Northowram [1851]

David died 1st August 1847 (aged 54).

Harriet died 26th December 1863 (aged 69).

The couple were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax [Grave Ref: 208] with 3 unidentified children who died in infancy, and with Harriet's parents

Ramsden, DavidRef 56-44
[1816-1881]
Gentleman.

He died at his home, 8 Royal Parade, Cheltenham [8th July 1881] (aged 65)  and was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [Grave Ref: J 160 A]

Ramsden, Rev EdwardRef 56-117
[1791-1853]
AM.

Son of John Ramsden.

He was educated at St John's College Cambridge [1813], ordained Deacon (Chester for Lichfield) [5th April 1817], and appointed Perpetual Curate of Lower Darwen, Lancashire [1829-1839] before becoming Perpetual Curate of St John's Church, Ovenden [1838], the first incumbent of Bradshaw [1839-1853], and Curate of Illingworth [1841]

He wrote a number of collections of verse including The Christian Minister [1842] and Christ the Foundation [1844]

He married Margaret Wray [1802-1835].


Margaret came from Lower Darwen
 

Children:

  1. John Edward [1830-1831]
  2. Mary Elizabeth [1832-1836]
  3. Margaret Frances [1834]

All the children were buried at Illingworth Church.

They lived at Jumples House.

Some cottages at Jumples Crag were dated ER 1819 for him.

Margaret died in Lower Darwen [11th July 1835] (aged 33).

Edward died 6th June 1853.

The couple were buried at Illingworth Church: Margaret [15th July 1835] (aged 33); Edward [10th June 1853]. The epitaph on the headstone records

He belonged to a well to do local family who lived at Jumples

In 1877, the east window at Bradshaw church was installed in his memory by John Taylor Ramsden

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Ramsden, EdwardRef 56-79
[1890-19??]
MC.

Son of John Taylor Ramsden of Jumples House, Mixenden.

He was educated at Eton and at the Royal Military College Sandhurst.

During World War I, he served with the 5th Royal Irish Lancers and was 3 times mentioned in despatched. He was awarded the Mons Star and the Military Cross. He was Brigade Major to the 1st Cavalry Brigade.

He was Chairman and Managing Director of the family firm Thomas Ramsden & Son Limited. He lived at Sedgefield, County Durham.

He married Geraldine Wilson.


Geraldine was the daughter of Colonel J. Wilson of Cliff Hall, Darlington
 

Child: James Edward [b 1923]

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Ramsden, EdwinRef 56-27
[1809-1854]
Son of Martha & John Ramsden.

Baptised in Halifax [12th February 1809].

He was a currier [1837] / a farmer of 44 acres employing 2 labourers at Newland / Newlands, Warley [1851] / a master currier employing 8 men [1851].

On 2nd March 1837, he married Mary Ann Liddle Crabtree [1812-1850] at Halifax Parish Church.


Mary Ann was the daughter of William Crabtree
 

Children:

  1. William Crabtree
  2. Sarah Ann [1841-12th December 1925] who never married and  was buried with her parents & her brother

They lived at Newlands, Warley.

Mary Ann died 6th November 1850 (aged 38).

Living with the family [in 1851] was mother-in-law Sarah Crabtree.

Edwin died 8th December 1854 (aged 45).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4283]

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Ramsden, Mrs ElizabethRef 56-81
[1???-1756]
Wife of
John Ramsden.

They lived at Booth, Rishworth.

After John's death, she married Joseph Haigh.

She drew up a prenuptial agreement which preserved all her rights in her goods and property at Rishworth. She was immediately separated from her husband and they lived apart.

She lived at Booth, Rishworth until her death. She bequeathed the house to various family members.

In 1737, when the new Ripponden Church was consecrated, she stood in the aisle throughout the service, protesting that her pew had not been replaced to her liking.

The local people seemed to have had a love/hate relationship with her. In 17??, she unsuccessfully demanded an exhumation in an attempt to discredit a local girl.

John Collier called her Queen at the Booth...

a gallamaufry of a woman who was dressed as gay and airy as a girl of 16

Ramsden, ElizabethRef 56-99
[1531-1595]
Or Ellen.

Daughter of Robert Ramsden.

She married Henry Savile

Ramsden, ElizabethRef 56-60
[17??-18??]
Daughter of John Ramsden.


Question: Can anyone help me attach Elizabeth to the appropriate John?

 

She married Richard Boulton [17??-1846] of Harrock Hall, near Wigan.

Children:

  1. son
  2. Alfred Ramsden Boulton [b 1818] who became a Magistrate  for Lancashire

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Ramsden, ElkanahRef 56-24
[18??-1???]
He was an engine tenter [1881].

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Sarah Ellen [1858-19??] who married James Brook
  2. Ruth Ann

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Ramsden, ElkanahRef 56-26
[1898-1917]
Illegitimate son of
Ruth Ann Ramsden.

Born in Halifax [29th March 1898]; baptised at Halifax Parish Church [24th April 1898].

He was a member of Range Bank Sunday School / a Sergeant in the Square Chapel Boys' Brigade / employed by Halifax Corporation Tramways.

In 1901, Elkanah was living with his aunt Sarah Ellen & her husband James Brook. Later, he lived with his mother and his stepfather James Tatham.

During World War I, he enlisted [January 1917] and served as a Private with the 10th Battalion Royal Fusiliers / London Regiment.

He died after being hit by a shell as he was returning to the lines after delivering a message to HQ [6th August 1917] (aged 19).

The Halifax Courier [18th August 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 6 & 8], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Range Bank Sunday School

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Ramsden, EmsleyRef 56-37
[1895-1916]
BSc.

Son of George Henry Ramsden.

He was an engineering student [1911].

During World War I, he served as a 2nd Lieutenant with the Machine Gun Corps.

He was killed leading an attack between Bazentin & Longueval on the Somme [15th September 1916] (aged 21).

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

He was buried at London Cemetery & Extension, Longueval, France [Grave Ref 1A A 6].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Halifax Secondary School, and on the Memorial at Akroydon Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

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Ramsden, ErnestRef 56-43
[1898-1916]
Son of
Lewis Ramsden.

Born in Halifax.

He was a worsted doffer [1911] / employed by Hollingrake & Clegg Limited.

During World War I, and served as a Private with the 9th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.

He was killed in action [4th November 1916].

The Halifax Courier [2nd December 1916] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 10B, 11B 7 12B].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

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Ramsden, FrancisRef 56-3
[1???-18??]
He was Chairman of the
Sowerby Bridge Local Board [15th April 1879-15th April 1881]

Ramsden, FretchvileRef 56-173
[1658-1679]
Of New Longley Hall, Almondbury.

Heywood writes of


a son of Esquire Ramsden of Longley, who had been a soldier, a wild, ranting, hectoring blade of no mean size, having been at Huthersfield October 30th 1679, having been drinking too liberally, went home about 12 o'clock to his mother's, was observed to sing and rant as he went out of the town, but in the morning was found dead in their own fields, a little beyond the bridge, much blood having issued from his body, whether slain by himself or some other it's not known, it was astonishing
 

The Annals of the Parish of Almondbury record


Fretchvile Ramsden, gentleman, killed by misfortune, no one being present, by a mastiff dog and buried on the 1st November 1679
 

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Ramsden, GeoffreyRef 56-107
[15??-1612]
Of
Thick Hollins, Greetland.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Hugh
  2. Henry
  3. William who became rector of Edgmond, Shropshire

He was a member of a branch of the Ramsden family of Greetland

Ramsden, GeorgeRef 56-150
[1???-1???]
Son of
John Ramsden.

On 12th February 1615/6, he married Jenet Nore.

Child: Jeremy

Ramsden, GeorgeRef 56-98
[15??-16??]
Third son of
John Ramsden.

He married Sarah, daughter of John Riley.

Children:

  1. Jeremia
  2. Samuel
  3. John
  4. Joseph
  5. Nathan
  6. Hester
  7. Marie

They lived at Booth, Rishworth [1617]

Ramsden, GeorgeRef 56-145
[16??-17??]
Youngest son of
Robert Ramsden.

Overseer of the Poor for Skircoat [1690]. He built Heath Hall, Halifax. It passed to his son, John Ramsden

Ramsden, GeorgeRef 56-95
[16??-1723]
Son of
Jeremy Ramsden.

He was the first owner of Jumples which he bought in 1710 / churchwarden of Illingworth Church [1696].

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. John [1669-1731]
  2. George
  3. Robert

He was buried at Illingworth Church [4th April 1723] like many of the family

Ramsden, GeorgeRef 56-85
[1674-1742]
Son of
George Ramsden, the first owner of Jumples. Yeoman of Ovenden. He was churchwarden of Illingworth Church [1733].

He married Elizabeth.

See Sod House Green

Ramsden, GeorgeRef 56-121
[17??-1771]
He was a steward on the Armytage estate. He was the first master of
Clifton Free School [1729-1765]. The school became known as Ramsden's School.

He was a trustee for Betty Nuttall Hill.

On 14th October 1748, he married Mrs Martha Law, a widow.

Martha died 3 months after her husband

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Ramsden, GeorgeRef 56-176
[1808-1859]
Born in Wike.

He was a weaver [1841] / a pattern carpet weaver [1851].

He married Amelia [1813-1861].


Amelia was born in Rastrick
 

Children:

  1. Mary [1833-1914] who was a power loom weaver [1851]
  2. Lydia Ann [1835-1859] who was a power loom weaver [1851]  
  3. Annis [1838-1869]
  4. Emma [1839-1900]
  5. Copley Ramsden
  6. Copley [1842-1852]
  7. Leah [1846-1895]

The family lived at

  • Little Woodhouse, Rastrick [1841]
  • Lillands Lane, Rastrick [1851]
  • 45 & 46 Back Lane, Halifax [1861]

Living with them [in 1851] was grandson George Henry Ramsden [b 1851].

George died 26th December 1859 (aged 51).

Amelia died 29th July 1861 (aged 48).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3665]

Ramsden, George HenryRef 56-36
[1866-19??]
Son of
Henry Morris Ramsden.

Born in Halifax.

He was a cabinet maker of 11 Back Foundry Street [1893] / a cabinet maker [1901] / a cabinet maker (cash tills) [1911].

In 1893, he married Ada Nuttall Emsley [1867-19??] at All Souls' Church, Halifax.


Ada was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, and lived at 62 Boothtown Road [1893].

Her father was not recorded on the marriage record

 

Children:

  1. Emsley
  2. Harry [b 1897] who was a joiner apprentice [1911]
  3. Jack L. [b 1901]
  4. Doris [b 1903]

They lived at

  • 62 Boothtown Road, Akroydon [1901, 1911]
  • 49 Beverley Terrace, Akroydon [1916]

George Henry was dead by 1916

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Ramsden, George TaylorRef 56-153
[1879-1936]
MA.

Eldest son of John Taylor Ramsden of Jumples House, Mixenden.

Born 6th April 1879.

He was educated at Eton and at Trinity Hall Cambridge / Mayor of Halifax [1911-1912] / a Lieutenant in the 2nd West Riding Brigade [World War I] / Coalition Unionist MP for Elland [1918-1922] / Chairman of Thomas Ramsden & Son Limited / churchwarden of Illingworth Church / Director of the Wetherby District Water Company / a keen lover of horses / interested in Yorkshire dialect / a member of the Dialect Society.

During World War II, he served with the RFA Anti-Aircraft Force, reaching the rank of Captain.

On 29th June 1915, he married Elisabeth Juel Hansen at St George's Church, Hanover Square, London.


Elisabeth was born in Tanna, Norway
 

Children:

  1. Mary Elizabeth [b 1916]
  2. Robert George Taylor [b 1918]
  3. Elna Margaret [b 1920]
  4. Anne [1922-1923]

He bought Bramham House, Leeds. The family went to live there.

They also lived at Middleton Towers, Norfolk.

He died whilst out shooting at Redlish Moor, Thornthwaite [9th October 1936].

He was buried at Illingworth Church [13th October 1936].

Probate records show that he left personal effects valued at £287,598 19/8d, and

A sum sufficient to provide a set of tubular bells for the Parish Church of St Mary, Illingworth – if not already installed

and directed his trustees

provide a 36-gallon barrel of good ale for consumption by such persons as should attend his funeral

See George William Brear

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Ramsden, GilbertRef 56-115
[15??-1629]
He owned
Crawstone Hall, Greetland and Syke House, Greetland.

He was an early member of the Ramsden family of Greetland.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Joseph
  2. Mary [?] who married John Milner

Ramsden, GraceRef 56-57
[16??-1714]
Of Northowram.

The Northowram Register records that


[she] had taken horse for Bradford on 14th July 1714. Rode but a few Roods from her own house, the Horse Struck to th' Gallop she could not hold him. Thinking to save herself, she slipt off, broke her leg, whereof she died 19th July. A very Pious, discreet, useful woman
 

Ramsden, GraceRef 56-119
[1682-1735]
Daughter of
Joseph Ramsden.

Born at Crowstone, Upper Greetland; baptised at Elland [6th October 1682]. After the deaths of their brothers, Susannah and Grace went to live in Hawksworth.

Susannah, died before she was able to fulfil her own wish to found a school in Elland for teaching the English tongue to the poor boys of Elland and Greetland.

Grace then inherited all the family estate. In her will, dated December 1734, she gave money from her property in Bingley for the establishment of Grace Ramsden's School.

She died at Hawksworth and was buried in Elland Parish Church

Ramsden, Mrs HarrietRef 56-51
[1794-18??]
Recorded in 1851, when she was innkeeper at premises in Lower Bowling Dyke, Halifax.


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

 

Her son John [b 1828] (corn miller) was living with her [1851]

Ramsden, HarryRef 56-30
[1869-1946]
Born in Ovenden.

He was a machine tool fitter [1893] / a doffer (worsted mill) [1911].

On 8th July 1893, he married Emma Scott [1869-1942] in Halifax.


Emma was born in Mixenden
 

Children:

  1. Tom
  2. Albert [b 1898]
  3. Eveline [1899-1976] who married [1928] George C.  Fleming

They lived at

  • 6 Friendly Street, Ovenden [1901]
  • 40 Keighley Road, Ovenden [1911, 1918]

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Ramsden, HenryRef 56-104
[15??-162?]
Son of
Robert Ramsden.

He was associated with Rastrick Chapel.

Around 1593, he married Alice, daughter of John Gybson

Children:

  1. William
  2. Richard

He was dead by 1625

Ramsden, HenryRef 56-111
[1585-1646]
Second son of
John Ramsden.

In December 1620, he married Esther Firth.

Children:

  1. John [1624-1664]
  2. Henry
  3. Samuel
  4. Joseph
  5. Elizabeth
  6. Susan
  7. Mary / Maria [16??-1717] who married Henry Dyson

Ramsden, HenryRef 56-127
[1597-1637]
MA.

Son of Geoffrey Ramsden.

Educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford [1610] and became a Fellow of Lincoln College [1621], and preached in London before becoming Vicar of Halifax on the death of his elder brother Hugh [1629].

He was known for his Puritanical sermons. Some of these were published after his death

A Gleaning of God's Harvest [1639]

On 31st June 1630, he married Anna Foxcroft [16??-1682].

He died March 1637.

He was buried in Halifax Parish Church in the Chancel [28th March 1638].

The epitaph on his memorial, erected by his brother William, is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions.

Anna was buried at Elland Parish Church.

See William Aulte, Abraham Sunderland and Richard Sunderland

Ramsden, HenryRef 56-149
[1628-1665]
Second son of
Henry Ramsden of Booth, Rishworth.

He married Unknown.

Child: John

Ramsden, HenryRef 56-2
[1811-1858]
Born in Greetland.

He was a cloth dresser [1851].

He married Martha [1816-1886].


Martha was born in Greetland
 

Children:

  1. William [b 1836] who was a woollen spinner [1851]
  2. Charles [1838-31st March 1855] who was a worsted spinner  [1851]
  3. Joseph [1840-12th April 1861] who was a blacksmith [1861]
  4. Samuel [1842-11th August 1860]
  5. Edwin [1844-11th November 1864] who was a piecer at  woollen factory [1861] & was buried at St Thomas's Church Greetland
  6. Henry [b 1849] who was a piecer at woollen factory [1861]
  7. Mary Ann [b 1852]
  8. Walter [b 1857]

They lived at

  • 18 Cross Hill, Elland-cum-Greetland [1851]
  • Brandy Hole, Elland-cum-Greetland [1861]

Henry died 30th June 1858 (aged 47).

Martha died 19th January 1886 (aged 70).

Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: L12]

Ramsden, Henry MorrisRef 56-55
[1834-1903]
Born in Halifax.

He was a tradesman / a blacksmith [1881] / a general labourer [1901].

In [Q4] 1854, he married Elizabeth Clegg [1835-1???] in Halifax.


Elizabeth was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Mary E. [b 1856] who was a worsted weaver [1881]
  2. Susannah [b 1863] who was a worsted weaver [1881]
  3. George Henry

They lived at

  • Chapel Lane, Skircoat [1871]
  • 11 Back Foundry Street, Halifax [1881]

Ramsden, HughRef 56-142
[1594-1629]
Or Hugo.

Son of Geoffrey Ramsden.

He was educated at Merton College Oxford.

He married Mercia Hurst [1???-1635] from Huddersfield.

He was Rector at Methley before becoming Vicar of Halifax [1628].

He died of a fever at York the following year.

He was buried at Halifax Parish Church [19th July 1629].

The epitaph on his memorial, erected by his younger Henry, is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions.

He was succeeded at Halifax by his younger brother, Henry.

Mercia was buried at Halifax Parish Church [24th January 1635]

Ramsden, HughRef 56-63
[16??-16??]
Of Stainland.

In 1670, he issued tradesmen's tokens worth 1d bearing the image of a rose

Ramsden, JamesRef 56-16
[1???-18??]
Recorded in 1822, when he was an ironmonger at Cow Market [?], Halifax

Ramsden, JamesRef 56-52
[1751-1824]

On 3rd July 1776, he married Elizabeth (Betty) Bothamley at St Peter's Church, Bradford (Bradford Cathedral).


Elizabeth came from Great Horton
 

Child: John

James was buried at Slaithwaite Church, Huddersfield [18th February 1824]

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Ramsden, JamesRef 56-855
[1814-1853]
Son of John Ramsden of Halifax.

In May 1853, he accidentally drowned in an attempt to ford the river Patea near Petre, Wanganui District, New Zealand

Ramsden, JamesRef 56-56
[1861-1???]
Born in Halifax.

He was a leather currier [1891] / a garden labourer [1901] / a leather currier [1911].

In 1887, he married Bridget Gilmartin [1868-1???] in Halifax.


Bridget was born in India
 

Children:

  1. Henry [b 1889] who was a cotton tueler [1901]
  2. James
  3. John [b 1892] who worked in the Health Department of the  Borough Council [1911]
  4. Sarah [b 1894] who was a worsted spinner [1911]
  5. Thomas [b 1901]
  6. Joseph [b 1904]

They lived at

  • 5 Fosters Yard, Halifax [1891]
  • 16 Victoria Street North, Halifax [1901]
  • 3 Range Lane, Haley Hill, Halifax [1911]
  • 9 Hemingway's Row, New Bank, Halifax [1917]

Bridget died in Halifax in 1910 (aged 43) 

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Ramsden, JamesRef 56-10
[1878-19??]
Son of
James Sutcliffe Ramsden.

He was an electrician of Tonge cum Bright?, Bolton [1906].

In 1906, he married Annie Akroyd at St George's Church, Sowerby.


Annie was the daughter of Roger Akroyd
 

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Ramsden, JamesRef 56-21
[1886-1918]
Born in Birstall / Batley.

He was lodging with, and working for, Richard Habergham at Great House, Soyland [1911] / a carter for William Morris & Sons Limited.

On 12th October 1912, he married Clara Walker [1885-1947] at St John's Church, Cragg Vale.

Children:

  1. Selwyn [1913-1997]
  2. Irene Walker [1915-1989]

They lived at

  • 4 Stansfield Mill Lane, Triangle
  • 10 Hubberton, Sowerby

During World War I, he enlisted [May 1917] and served as a Private with the 8th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment.

He died of pneumonia in Canadian General Hospital, Le Treport, France [23rd February 1918] (aged 32).

He was buried at Mont Huon Military Cemetery, France [Grave Ref V E 4A].

He is remembered on Norland War Memorial, on the World War I Memorial in Sowerby Church, and on Triangle War Memorial

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Ramsden, JamesRef 56-35
[1890-1917]
Son of
James Ramsden.

Born in Halifax.

He was a member of St Bernard's Catholic Church, Halifax / a labourer [1911] / employed at Smith's Wire Works.

He lived at 9 Hemingway's Row, New Bank / Range Bank.

During World War I, he enlisted [1915] and served as a Private with the 15th Battalion Notts & Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment.

He died in the Military Hospital from gunshot wounds to the head [25th August 1917] (aged 26).

The Halifax Courier [1st September 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Tincourt New British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref I E 19].

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

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Ramsden, James FrederickRef 56-50
[1881-1916]
He was a wire drawer with Spencer & Company, Cleckheaton.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. child
  2. child
  3. child
  4. child

They lived at 22 Clifton Road, Brighouse.

During World War I, he enlisted with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [September 1915] and served as a Private with the 1st/5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He died of wounds in the Casualty Clearing Station [23rd July 1916] (aged 35).

He was buried at Puchevillers British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref II A 12].

He is remembered on Brighouse War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Saint John's Church, Clifton

Ramsden, James SutcliffeRef 56-11
[1838-1896]
He was a dyer.

He married Unknown.

Child: James

He died in Halifax [Q2 1896]

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Ramsden, James WilliamRef 56-59
[1843-1???]
In 1860, he was working as an apprentice bookseller with Mr Palmer of Huddersfield. He was discharged after 2 incidents of embezzlement and purloining his master's money.

He then went to work as a clerk in a mercantile house in Brighouse.

His conduct led his employer to make enquiries about his earlier career, and Ramsden moved to Pontefract where he stayed at the principal hotel and passed himself off as a relative of Sir John William Ramsden of Huddersfield, and had cards printed with

James William Ramsden Esq, tragedian from the Theatre Royal, London

He then fled in turn to Goole and to Howden.

At his trial, it was reported that he was charged with embezzling tea and tobacco at the age of 12.

He was charged with embezzlement and obtaining money under false pretences

Ramsden, JeremyRef 56-160
[16??-16??]
Son of
John Ramsden.

On 28th April 1638, he married Elizabeth Royde.

Child: George

Ramsden, JesseRef 56-148
[1735-1800]
Born at the
Elephant & Castle, Salterhebble. Scientific instrument maker and inventor, and maker of the first effective screw-cutting lathes

Ramsden, JohnRef 56-139
[1???-1???]
Of Rishworth. He was an early member of what became the
Ramsden family of Jumples

On 10th February 1582/3, he married Alice Sladen from Elland.

Children:

  1. son
  2. George

Ramsden, JohnRef 56-77
[1???-1???]
A cotton spinner from West Vale.

In August 1869, he and Benjamin Whiteley were charged with attacking and robbing John Chester.

Ramsden, JohnRef 56-152
[1???-16??]
Crawstone Hall, Greetland was built for him in 1631. His family had been granted the land in 1619

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Ramsden, JohnRef 56-83
[1???-16??]
See
Bowers Hall, Barkisland and High Trees Hall, Barkisland

Ramsden, JohnRef 56-6300
[1???-1871]
A member of Halifax Town Council [1848-1849].

He died 14th December 1871

Ramsden, JohnRef 56-8
[15??-1???]
He married Isabel Bottomley [15??-1???].

Child: John

Ramsden, JohnRef 56-86
[15??-1???]
Son of
John Ramsden of Bowers.

In October 1579, he married Isabel, daughter of Thomas Bottomley.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Henry
  3. George
  4. Samuel
  5. Grace

His father bought Booth, Rishworth for him.

When his parents had died, he returned to Bowers. He left 40 oak trees in a wood at Bowers to his 4 grandsons John, Henry, Samuel, and Joseph

Ramsden, JohnRef 56-168
[15??-1591]
Of
Bowers Hall, Barkisland.

He married Janet.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Mychaell
  3. Henrye
  4. Grace
  5. a daughter

Ramsden, JohnRef 56-155
[15??-16??]
Built
Hoyle House, Warley

Ramsden, JohnRef 56-164
[15??-16??]
In 1577, he built New Longley Hall, Huddersfield.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Ann who married Sir Samuel Saltonstall
  2. Fretchvile

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Ramsden, JohnRef 56-5
[1581-1665]
Son of
John Ramsden.

He married Susan Meg, daughter of Richard Waterhouse.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Anne

He died in Elland [12th August 1665]

Ramsden, JohnRef 56-130
[16??-1???]
He was
Constable of Northowram [1694, 1756]

Ramsden, JohnRef 56-93
[16??-1???]
Son of
George Ramsden.

He inherited Heath Hall, Halifax. He sold it to James Graeme

Ramsden, JohnRef 56-161
[16??-1695]
Son of
Henry Ramsden.

He lived at Booth, Rishworth.

He married Sara or Sarah.

Child: John

Ramsden, JohnRef 56-90
[16??-1707]
Of
Siddal Hall and Mytholm in Hipperholme.

Oldest son of Robert Ramsden.

In 16??, he married (1) Sarah, daughter of John Illingworth.

In January 1706, he married (2) a daughter of Eli Dyson.

Children:

  1. Martha who married Joseph Wood

See Coldwell Hill, Southowram

Ramsden, JohnRef 56-47
[16??-1720]
Of Southowram.

He was buried at Halifax [14th July 1720].

A record of his burial says he was


very rich tho' called poor John
 

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Ramsden, JohnRef 56-169
[16??-174?]
Son of
John Ramsden.

He lived at Booth, Rishworth.

He married Elizabeth

Ramsden, JohnRef 56-113
[1667-1689]
Eldest son of
Joseph Ramsden.

He married Bridget Calverley


Bridget was the daughter of Walter Calverley of Calverley
 

John died in 1689 (aged 22).

Heywood comments that


he was very fat
 

His brother Thomas succeeded to the estate

Ramsden, JohnRef 56-133
[1695-1755]
Born in Halifax.

In 1716, he married Hannah, daughter of Luke Hoyle.

Children:

  1. Mary [b 1717]
  2. Richard [b 1723]
  3. John [1724-1731]
  4. Luke [b 1726]
  5. Sarah [b 1727]
  6. Richard [b 1728]
  7. John [b 1731]
  8. Thomas

John & Hannah were buried at Halifax Parish Church

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Ramsden, JohnRef 56-6
[17??-1???]
Gentleman. Only son and heir of John RAMSDEN late of Wellhead, merchant,

He lived at Old Well Head, then Upper Calico Hall.

Between 1767-1770, he sold Old Well Head to John Kershaw

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Ramsden, JohnRef 56-120
[17??-18??]
Of Halifax.

Around 1790, he and John Ashford built one of the Swamp Mills, Sowerby

Ramsden, Sir JohnRef 56-162
[17??-18??]
He was
MP for the West Riding [1859-1865]

Ramsden, JohnRef 56-91
[1722-1799]
Son of
Robert Ramsden.

He married (1) Sarah Mitchell.


Sarah was the daughter of Daniel Mitchell
 

Children:

  1. John

He married (2) Mary Armitage.


She was about 18 years old, and he was approaching 70
 

Children:

  1. Edward
  2. Thomas [1792-1809]

Ramsden, JohnRef 56-94
[1744-1815]
Son of
John Ramsden.

He was (possibly) churchwarden of Illingworth Church.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Joseph

He was accidentally drowned whilst fishing in Cumberland and was buried at Wickham there

Ramsden, JohnRef 56-89
[1746-1805]
Card maker of Halifax.

He married Elizabeth [1741-1813].

Children:

  1. Jane [1770-1831] who married John Ashworth from  Elland
  2. Thomas
  3. Lydia [1773-1803]
  4. Robert [1774-1815]
  5. John [1780-1842]
  6. Elizabeth who married Richard Boulton of Harrock  Hall in Lancashire
  7. William
  8. George

John died 9th July 1805.

William and George erected a memorial to the family in the Holdsworth Chapel where many of them were buried

The epitaph on the memorial is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions

Ramsden, JohnRef 56-100
[1774-1861]
Son of
John Ramsden.

He was of independent means [1841] / a landed proprietor [1851].

He married Mary [1778-1858].

Children:

  1. Thomas
  2. Grace [1802-1886]
  3. Sarah [1805-1874] who married William Brear
  4. Ann [1807-1827]
  5. Joseph [1809-1834]
  6. Jane [b 1816]

They lived at

  • Bedford Street, Halifax [1841]
  • 2 Gerard Street, Halifax [1851]
  • Clough Head, Ovenden [1861]

At the age of 88, he was gored to death by a bull.

He was buried at Illingworth Church [26th July 1867]

Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £2,000. Probate was granted to his son Thomas.

He was buried at Illingworth Church [21st May 1858]

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Ramsden, JohnRef 56-20
[1791-1815]

He married Unknown.

Child: John

He died 18th June 1815 (aged 24)  at Waterloo

Members of the family were buried at St Thomas's Church, Greetland

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Ramsden, JohnRef 56-53
[1797-1871]
Son of
James Ramsden.

He was school master at Popples School House, Bradshaw [1827] / a rent collector / an accountant / a town councillor for Halifax.

On 31st December 1818, he married (1) Sarah Scholefield [1776-1831] at St Peter's Church, Birstal.


Sarah came from Wyke
 

Children:

  1. Edwin [b 1821]
  2. James [b 19th June 1823]
  3. Emma [12th February 1825-7th February 1909] who married  (1) Mark Walsh and (2) Robert Crossley
  4. Alfred
  5. Frederic [1828-1908] who went to Australia [1852],  married, had a family & died there

On 21st August 1833, he married (2) Alice Priestley [1801-1873] at St Peter's Church, Bradford (Bradford Cathedral)  at Bradford St Peter.


Alice came from Low Moor
 

Children:

  1. Caroline Emily [1839-22nd December 1905] who married William Copley

They lived at

  • Bradshaw
  • Wyke
  • Halifax

John died in Halifax [14th December 1871] (aged 75) 

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Ramsden, JohnRef 56-103
[18??-19??]
A tailor of Denton's Court,
Lister Lane, Halifax.

On 7th June 1873, he rushed out of his house and attempted to strangle a small boy, he then tried to do the same to some other children.

The Chief Constable was quickly on the spot and took him to the Town Hall where he became very wild. He was finally taken to the Workhouse.

Ramsden had twice been confined in a lunatic asylum

Ramsden, JohnRef 56-32
[1814-1884]
Son of
John Ramsden.

He was a cordwainer [1871] / (formerly) a cordwainer [1881].

On 24th August 1835, he married Nancy Crowther [1815-1888] in Huddersfield.

They lived at Stainland Road, West Vale [1871, 1881].

John died in 1884.

Nancy died 22nd January 1886.

The couple were buried at St Thomas's Church, Greetland

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Ramsden, JohnRef 56-33
[1834-1???]
Born in Scammonden.

He was a joiner [1881].

He married Mary [1834-1???].


Mary was born in Rishworth
 

Children:

  1. Martha Ann [b 1853]
  2. Sarah Jane [b 1857] who married John Nichol
  3. Hannah [b 1860]
  4. Eliza [b 1870]

They lived at Dyson Lane, Soyland [1881]

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Ramsden, JohnRef 56-72
[1835-1906]
Born in Halifax.

He was a maltster [1871] / a maltster's labourer [1881] / a plasterer [1891].

In [Q1] 1862, he married (1) Susannah Denton [1840-18??] in Halifax.


Susannah was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Mary H. [b 1863] who was a silk spinner [1881]
  2. Rachel Ann [1866-25th June 1920] who married [Halifax Q3  1888] Herbert Nettleton, & was buried with her father
  3. Lewis / Louis [b 1869] who was an errand boy  [1881], a boiler maker [1891]
  4. Herbert [b 1879] who was a worsted spinner [1891]
  5. Norman [b 1880] who was a worsted spinner [1891]

Susannah died in Halifax [Q1 1881] (aged 40).


Her burial place is not yet known.
 

In [Q3] 1886, he married (2) Ann Whiteley [1840-1905] in Halifax.


Ann was born in Halifax
 

They lived at

  • 13 Dean Street, Halifax [1891]
  • 17 Foundry Street, Halifax [1871]
  • 20 Lister Lane, Halifax [1881]

Ann died 4th February 1905 (aged 65).

John died 29th December 1906 (aged 71).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1536]

Ramsden, JohnRef 56-65
[1847-1892]
Son of Amos Ramsden [b 1822], farm labourer.

Born in Halifax.

He was a farmer of Holdsworth [1886] / a farmer [1891].

In 1886, he married Eunice Midgley [1851-1???] at Christ Church, Pellon.


Eunice, of Northowram, was born in Halifax, the daughter of John Midgley.

She was a widowed cloth weaver [1901]

 

Children:

  1. Asa
  2. Eliza A. [b 1891]

They lived at

  • Holdsworth, Ovenden [1891]
  • 22 Mount Pleasant, Thornton, North Bierley [1901]

Living with them [in 1891] was John's widowed father Amos Ramsden.

John died in Halifax in 1892 (aged 44) 

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Ramsden, JohnRef 56-177
[1868-19??]
Born in Halifax.

He was a boiler firer [1911] / a brick & tile works labourer with Joseph Morton Limited  [1921].

In [Q4] 1896, he married Sarah Jane Balme [1872-1915] in Halifax.


Sarah Jane was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Willie [b 1900] who was a brick & tile works labourer  (out of work) [1921]
  2. Newton [b 1902] who was a glazed brick works labourer  with Leeds Fireclay Company Limited [1921]
  3. Sarah Ellen [b 1905] who was a weaver in the chenille  department of Crossley's at Dean Clough [1921]
  4. Arthur
  5. Lily [b 1909]

They lived at

  • 2 Mile Street, Horley Green Road, Halifax [1911]
  • 22 Senior's Buildings, Halifax [1921]

Sarah Jane died Q2 1915 (aged 44) 

Ramsden, JohnRef 56-135
[1868-1935]
Born in Southowram.

He was an insurance agent [1901] / a school caretaker [1911] / an engineer's fitter W. Denham & Company [1921].

In [Q1] 1892, he married Margaret Bentley [1868-1960] in Halifax.


Margaret was born in Southowram [18th December 1868], the daughter of James Bentley
 

Children:

  1. Edith H. [b 1895] who was a cotton winder [1911]
  2. Evelyn [b 1897] who was a cork brander [1911], a cotton  winder W. M. Smeeton Limited [1921]

The 1911 census shows that they had had 4 children of whom 2 were still alive at that time.

They lived at

  • Ripley Street, Hipperholme [1901]
  • 13 Marsh Delves, Southowram [1911, 1921, 1939]

John died 19th January 1935 (aged 67).

Margaret died 22nd April 1960 (aged 91).

The couple were buried at Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram with Margaret's parents

Ramsden, John HeyworthRef 56-67
[1828-1909]
Born in Greetland.

He was a barber [1871] / a hairdresser [1891, 1901].

He married Sarah J. [1823-1???]


Sarah J. was born in Greetland
 

Children:

  1. Peggy H. [b 1860] who was a mill operative [1871]
  2. Olive A. [b 1863] who was a mill operative [1871]

They lived at Lower Fold, Greetland [1871, 1891].

John was a widower by 1891.

In 1891, Lucy Wilde & her daughter Betty were boarders with John. Lucy was a widow by 1881.

Two other people, Hannah Ramsden Wilde & James Arthur Ramsden Wilde, are shown as his children, which suggests that they were illegitimate.

In 1901, John was a boarder with Lucy.

A John Heyworth Ramsden died in Halifax [Q4 1909] (aged 81) 

Ramsden, John MichaelRef 56-137
[1931-1972]
JP.

Son of Charles Alfred Ramsden.

He succeeded his father as Editor of the Halifax Evening Courier [1964]. He was Managing director of the Halifax Evening Courier, and Chairman of the Brighouse Echo and the Todmorden Times.

In 1956, he married Margery Ann Constable [1933-1984] from South Shields

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Ramsden, John RowlandRef 56-19
[1872-1905]
Son of
Richard Ramsden.

He was a cotton doubler [1891].

In [Q1] 1900, he married Nancy Senior in Halifax.

John Rowland was buried at Brighouse Cemetery

Ramsden, John TaylorRef 56-143
[1835-1916]
Son of
Thomas Ramsden.

Born in Halifax [15th March 1835].

He was a common brewer / a director of Thomas Ramsden & Son Limited [1894] / churchwarden of Illingworth Church / a governor of the Waterhouse Charity / a trustee of the Wadsworth Charity / a member of the Ovenden School Board / a member of the Ovenden Local Board / Chairman of the Illingworth Conservative Association.

He built St Andrew's Mission Church, Holmfield which he gave to the parish. Ramsden House, Holmfield is named for him.

In 1877, he installed the east window of Bradshaw Church in memory of Rev Edward Ramsden.

In 1878, he married Fanny Watkinson in Halifax.


Fanny was the daughter of George Watkinson
 

Children:

  1. George Taylor
  2. John Watkinson
  3. Thomas
  4. Maud
  5. Mary Winifred
  6. Edward

They lived at

He died at Middleton Tower, Norfolk [2nd September 1916].

Probate records show that he left personal effects valued at £275,916 19/7d.

See Halifax White Swan Company Limited

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Ramsden, John WatkinsonRef 56-108
[1880-1943]
JP.

Son of John Taylor Ramsden.

On 28th August 1906, he married Eleanor, daughter of John Murgatroyd, at Luddenden Church.

They lived at

He died at University College Hospital, London [15th June 1943]

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Ramsden, John WilliamRef 56-18
[1872-19??]
Son of
William Ramsden.

Born in Richmond.

He was a postman [1902].

On 2nd August 1902, he married Rachel Culpan [1870-1927] in Halifax.


Rachel was born in Halifax
 

Child: Gertrude [b 1907]

Rachel was buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell [16th September 1927]

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Ramsden, JonathanRef 56-75
[1832-1909]
of Bradford.

In [Q3] 1855, he married Sarah Ann Holroyd [1830-1888] in Halifax.

Sarah Ann died 4th July 1888 (aged 58).

Jonathan died 28th February 1909 (aged 77).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1164] with Sarah Ann's unmarried sister Elizabeth Holroyd [1827-1875]

Ramsden, JonathanRef 56-39
[1834-1880]
Born in Ovenden.

He was licensed victualler & farmer of 13 acres [1871] / landlord of the Sun, Bradshaw [1874].

In [Q2] 1856, he married Zilpha Hooson [1838-1???] in Halifax.


Zilpha was born in Ovenden
 

Children:

  1. Alice [1864-1907] who was a weaver (worsted factory)   [1881] & married John Newsome
  2. Albert [b 1866] who was a spinner (worsted factory) [1881]
  3. Sam [b 1869] who was a wool sorter [1891]
  4. Sarah Ann [1871-1874]
  5. Betsy [b 1873] who was a coating weaver [1891]
  6. Annie [b 1877] who was a worsted spinner [1891]
  7. Ada [b 1879] who was a worsted spinner [1891]

The children were born in Ovenden.

The family lived at

  • Soil Hill, Ovenden [1871]
  • New Fold, Soil Hill, Ovenden [1881]
  • 15 Bradshaw Lane, Ovenden [1891]

Jonathan died in 1880 (aged 47).

Zilpha was a (domestic) housekeeper [1881] / a stay maker [1891]

Living with Zilpha & family [in 1891] were her granddaughters Ida Newsome [b 1888] & Lilly Newsome [b  1889]

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Ramsden, JosephRef 56-92
[16??-1684]
Son of
Gilbert Ramsden.

Of Crowstone Hall, Greetland.

On 3rd November 1664, he married (1) Mary Sharp in Mirfield.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Thomas

Mary died after being knocked down and trampled by a horse in Halifax [September 1673]

In 1675, Joseph married (2) Dorothy Savile.

Children:

  1. Joseph
  2. Samuel
  3. Susannah
  4. Grace

Joseph died January 1684/5.

His son John inherited the family estate, and died in 1689.

Thomas then inherited the family estate, and sent the younger children to stay with his steward, John Jackson of Halifax.

After the deaths of their brothers, Susannah and Grace went to live in Hawksworth

Ramsden, JosephRef 56-157
[16??-1691]
Third son of
Joseph Ramsden.

He inherited the family estate when his older brothers died

Ramsden, JosephRef 56-156
[16??-1698]
He lived at
Crowstone Hall, Greetland.

He married Elizabeth Finch

Ramsden, JosephRef 56-132
[17??-18??]
Younger son of
John Ramsden.

He emigrated to Canada

Ramsden, JosephRef 56-68
[1781-18??]
He was a mechanic [1841].

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Daniel [b 1811] who was a mechanic [1841]
  2. Ann
  3. Betsy
  4. Benjamin [b 1821] who was a mechanic [1841]
  5. George [1823-1878] who was a corn dealer [1841], a  sailor
  6. Sarah [1825-1885] who was a straw bonnet maker [1841], &  (possibly) married Mr Boardman and was widowed by [1871]  

They lived at 4 Buttress, Skircoat [1841]

The children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1738]

Ramsden, JosephRef 56-109
[18??-18??]
Manufacturer in Brighouse [1870]

He married Unknown.

Child: Sarah Elizabeth [1848-1912] who married Richard Sugden

Sarah Elizabeth was buried at Brighouse Cemetery

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Ramsden, JosephRef 56-74
[1844-1916]
Born in Brighouse / Southowram.

He was a mechanic in factory (spinning) [1881] / a flax carding overlooker [1891] / living on own means [1901] / a day watchman (carpet factory) [1911].

He married Rachel [1844-1928].


Rachel was born in Southowram
 

Children:

  1. William Henry [1864-1928] who was a wood roller turner  [1881]
  2. Elizabeth Ann [b 1867] who was a spinner [1881]
  3. Harry [b 1869] who was a creeler (worsted) [1881], a wood  roller turner [1891]
  4. Mary Jane [b 1871] who was a flax reeler [1891]
  5. James [b 1875] who was a cotton weaver [1891], a teacher  of music [1901]
  6. Fred [b 1877] who was a cotton weaver [1891]

The 1911 census shows that they had had 9 children of whom 6 were still alive at that time.

They lived at

  • Smithson's Row, Southowram [1871]
  • 13 Morpeth Street, Northowram [1881]
  • 14 Railway Place, Halifax [1891]
  • 43 Raglan Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 2 Lee Bank, Halifax [1911]

Joseph died 26th December 1916 (aged 72).

Rachel died 24th March 1928 (aged 84).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3612] with Joseph's sister Hannah Haigh [1840-1912]

Ramsden, JosephRef 56-45
[1852-1888]
Son of
Thomas Ramsden.

He was a retort maker.

He lived at Jubilee Street, Trooper Lane [1888]

He died 6th September 1888 (aged 36)  and was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [Grave Ref: O 78 C]

Ramsden, JoshuaRef 56-70
[1718-1796]

He married Sarah.

Sarah died 18th December 1786 (aged 89).

Joshua died 30th April 1796 (aged 78).

Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax [Grave Ref: 9] with David Harper

Ramsden, JoshuaRef 56-14
[1806-1870]
Born in Northowram.

He was a mechanic [1828].

On 11th November 1828, he married Martha Best [1806-1878] in Halifax.


Martha was born in Northowram
 

Children:

  1. Ann [b 1829]
  2. Thomas [b 1831]
  3. Sidney [1837-1907]
  4. Rebecca [1841-1871]
  5. Ellen [1846-1913] who never married

Joshua died 18th January 1870 (aged 64).

Martha died 30th November 1878 (aged 72).

The couple were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse

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Ramsden, LewisRef 56-42
[1869-19??]
Born in Halifax.

He was a welded boiler maker [1901] / a carder in worsted factory [1911].

In 1896, he married Ada Booth [1865-19??] in Halifax.


Ada was born in Halifax
 

Child: Ernest

They lived at

  • Brow Bridge, Greetland [1901]
  • 2 Arthur Street, Queen's Road, Halifax [1911]

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Ramsden, MaryRef 56-58
[1???-1???]
Butcher at Woolshops & Causway [1850]

Ramsden, Mary WinifredRef 56-123
[1886-19??]
Younger daughter of
John Taylor Ramsden

She married Anthony Knight from West Newton, Sandringham.

Children:

  1. Peter Fernley
  2. Edward
  3. John

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Ramsden, MaudRef 56-116
[1883-19??]
Elder daughter of
John Taylor Ramsden.

She married Harold Patrick Martin from Alipore, Calcutta.

Children:

  1. Thomas Aquin
  2. Mervyn Harold

They lived at Nether Hall, Pakenham, Suffolk

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Ramsden, N.Ref 56-118
[18??-19??]
Built
Ramsden's Baths, Rastrick

Ramsden, NelsonRef 56-49
[18??-19??]
He was landlord of the
Ship Inn, Brighouse [from 21st May 1915, 1916]

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Ramsden, PhyllisRef 56-122
[19??-19??]
Of Halifax. In the 1960s, she came across the
journals of Anne Lister and prepared the publish these. A condition of releasing the documents and the code, Halifax Corporation had to have control over what she could publish, and they refused

Ramsden, RaynerRef 56-9
[1878-1962]
Son of
Alfred Ramsden.

He became a worsted spinner, and joined the family business – Oates Brothers – established by his maternal uncles: Arthur Donald and Edwin James Oates at Ryburne Mills in Hanson Lane.

He and his siblings Clifford and Edith, all inherited a 1/10th share of the residual estate of their maternal uncle Arthur Donald Oates's estate, after the Bermerside Bequest & Oates Trust Fund.

He married Rachel Ellen Wilkinson in Halifax [Q1 1902].


Rachel Ellen or Nellie was the daughter of a stuff dyer manager
 

They lived at Prospect House, Hanson Lane [where he lived until 1962].

He died at St Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire

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Ramsden, RichardRef 56-48
[16??-1723]
of Siddal Hall.

He was buried at Halifax [12th September 1723]


22nd September 1716.

Articles of Agreement between Robert Ramsden of Clayhouse in Greetland and Richard Ramsden of Siddal Hall in Southowram concerning exchange of seats in Halifax Church

 

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Ramsden, Rev Dr RichardRef 56-114
[1761-1831]
Son of
Thomas Ramsden.

Born in Halifax.

He was educated at Windsor and Eton [1780] / Trinity College Cambridge [1781-1807] / Deputy Regius Professor of Divinity at Trinity / curate in charge at Cleckheaton [1787-1790] / vicar of St Andrew's, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire [1808-1817] / rector of Grundisburgh, Suffolk [1817-1831].

In 1783, he won Sir William Browne's Medal for a Greek ode on the siege of Gibraltar.

He never married.

He died at his home at Grundisburgh, Woodbridge, Suffolk

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Ramsden, RichardRef 56-34
[1794-1861]
Born in Elland.

He was an organist, professor & teacher of music / (possibly) organist at Elland Parish Church.

On 7th August 1814, he married (1) Mary Mortimer [1796-1827] at Elland Parish Church.

Child: William Mortimer [1816-1826]

On 16th September 1829, he married (2) Jane Newby [1800-1866] at Elland Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Jane Margaret [1834-1920] who was a teacher [1861], and  never married
  2. Victoria [1837-1905] who was an organist & teacher of  music [1861], and never married

The family lived in Halifax/Elland, but shortly after the birth of daughter Victoria, they moved to Harrogate; Victoria was born in Halifax and baptised at Christ Church, Harrogate.

Richard and Jane were buried at Christ Church, Harrogate.

Members of the family were buried at Elland Parish Church

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Ramsden, RichardRef 56-12
[1833-1894]
He was a corn porter [1881] / a labourer at a corn mill [1891].

In [Q2] 1859, he married Jane Smith [1837-1???] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Dick [b 1863] who was a blacksmith [1881]
  2. Smith [b 1864] who was a silk dresser [1881], a general  labourer [1891]
  3. Ann [b 1868] who was a silk dresser [1881] & married  Charles Gregson
  4. John Rowland
  5. Sarah Alice [1875-1941] who was a cotton doubler [1891]  and never married
  6. Georgina [1878-1880] who died aged 1 year & 8 months
  7. Adeline [b 1880] who was a cotton doubler [1891] and  married David Pendlebury
  8. John George who died in infancy
  9. Elizabeth Ann who died in infancy
  10. Susannah who died in infancy

They lived at 23 Wakefield Road, Brighouse [1881, 1891].

Some members of the family were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse and remembered at Brighouse Cemetery

Ramsden, RobertRef 56-170
[1???-16??]
Of
Stoney Royd.

He was one of the electorate of 59 people when Jeremy Bentley was elected first MP for Halifax in 1654.

In 1657, he and his brother Paul, became entitled under the will of their uncle, Robert Ramsden,

of the messuage called the Birkes, and a close thereto adjoining, in Halifax on trust to sell the same for the payment of the testator's debts

See Birks Hall, Ovenden

Ramsden, RobertRef 56-61
[1???-18??]
He was appointed
Surveyor of the Highways for Southowram [1835]

Ramsden, RobertRef 56-97
[15??-1???]
Of Longley.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Ellen
  2. Robert

In 1578, St Matthew's Church, Rastrick was illegally sold to Ramsden and used as a barn

Ramsden, RobertRef 56-110
[15??-16??]
Of
Back Hall, Exley. In 1607, he sold Haley Hill, Halifax to Henry Grime

Ramsden, RobertRef 56-96
[15??-16??]
Of Almondbury and Rastrick.

Son of Robert Ramsden of Longley Hall, Huddersfield.

He married Joan Firth.


Joan was the daughter of Edward Firth of Rastrick
 

Child: Henry

Ramsden, RobertRef 56-141
[16??-1???]
He was
Constable of Northowram [1690, 1737]

Ramsden, RobertRef 56-15
[16??-16??]

In November 1673, he, James Brooksbank and Joshua Smith, were arrested and taken to York for refusing to take the churchwardens' oath,

although they had faithfully served the office

In York, they each paid £6 and were released

Ramsden, RobertRef 56-172
[16??-1689]
Of
Siddal Hall. The family may be related to the Ramsden family of Greetland.

In 1684/5, Henry Marsden sold the houses and farm at Upper Rookes to Robert

for a sum so small that it apparently amounted to a gift

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Robert
  3. George
Robert Ramsden died 1689 leaving three sons

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Ramsden, RobertRef 56-7
[16??-17??]
Of
Quarry House, Northowram.

Son of Robert Ramsden

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Ramsden, RobertRef 56-171
[1681-1760]
Son of
George Ramsden. He was churchwarden of Illingworth Church [1738].

He married Unknown.

Child: John

Ramsden, RobertRef 56-138
[1708-1767]
Of Osberton and Byrom.

On 13th January 1753, he married Elizabeth Smith

Ramsden, RobertRef 56-9900
[1727-1770]
Of Skircoat.

He married Mary [1726-1773].

Robert died August 1770. Mary died June 1773.

The couple were buried in Halifax Parish Church

Ramsden, RobertRef 56-23
[1812-1894]
Born in Southowram.

He was a labourer [1851] / a contractor & farmer of 15 acres employing 2 man [1871] / a farmer of 16 acres [1881] / an excavator [1891].

He married (1) Maria [1816-1869].


Maria was born in Norland
 

Children:

  1. Robert who died in infancy
  2. Arthur who died in infancy
  3. James [b 1837] who was a labourer [1851]
  4. Thomas [1839-11th December 1855] who was an errand boy  [1851]
  5. Albert [b 1841]
  6. Richard [1844-17th May 1865]
  7. John [b 1846] who was a stone delver [1881]
  8. Joseph [b 1850]
  9. Mary A. [b 1859] who was a worsted mill hand [1871]

Maria died 8th May 1869 (aged 53).

In [Q3] 1870, he married (2) Sarah in Halifax.


Sarah – née Barber – was the widow of
Thomas Nettleton
 

They lived at

  • National School House, Southowram [1851]
  • West Lane, Southowram [1871]
  • 3 West Lane, Southowram [1881]
  • Hall Ings, Southowram [1891]

Sarah died 12th July 1877 (aged 65).

She was buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: F-S1] with her first husband.

Other members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: F-I19].

Robert died Q4 1894 (aged 82).


Robert's burial place is not yet known
 

Ramsden, Robert IngersollRef 56-22
[1892-1918]
Son of
Thomas Ramsden.

Born in Norland.

He was a member of St Luke's Church, Norland / a cotton piecer [1911] / employed by W. & R. K. Lee Limited.

He lived at Bethel Terrace, Norland.

During World War I, he enlisted [October 1914] and served as a Lance Corporal with the 2nd/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed by shellfire [26th August 1918].

He was buried at Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, France [Grave Ref IV G 9].

He is remembered on Norland War Memorial, and on the W. & R. K. Lee Limited Roll of Honour

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Ramsden, RowlandRef 56-163
[1759-1835]
Son of
Thomas Ramsden.

Born in Halifax.

Halifax attorney. He lived and practised at Barum Top House.

On 3rd November 1789, he married Mary Alderson [1768-1794] in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire.

Child: Agnes Bickerstaff [1793-1858] who married John Rhodes Ralph

In 1785, he inherited £100 from his grandfather Rowland Watson.

He lived [1820], and died, at Gomersal

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Ramsden, Ruth AnnRef 56-54
[1871-1945]
Daughter of
Elkanah Ramsden.

She was a domestic servant to the family of James Parkinson, School Board caretaker, at School House, Parkinson Lane, Halifax [1901].

She had 2 illegitimate sons:

  1. Elkanah
  2. Jack [b 30th January 1905; bapt at St Thomas's Church,  Claremount 22nd February 1905]

Father unknown for either son.

She lived at

  • 6 Miles Street, Halifax [1898]
  • Range Bank, Halifax [1905]

In [Q4] 1906, she married James Tatham in Halifax

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Ramsden, SamuelRef 56-129
[1???-1682]
Son of
Henry Ramsden. He built – or rebuilt – Stott Hall.

He married Grace

Ramsden, SamuelRef 56-84
[16??-1???]
Son of
Joseph Ramsden. He inherited the family estate, but died intestate and it passed to his sisters, Susannah and Grace

Ramsden, SamuelRef 56-13
[1799-1848]
Of Brighouse.

He died 14th November 1848.

He was buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse

Ramsden, SamuelRef 56-166
[18??-18??]
Lasting manufacturer at
Forest Mills, Ovenden [1861]

Ramsden, SamuelRef 56-76
[1811-1???]
In 1842, he was sentenced at Pontefract to 6 months' imprisonment for housebreaking.

In 1843, he and John Verity were charged with assault on John Watson in Halifax, and stealing various items from Watson.

On 13th March 1844, Ramsden sentenced to 15 years' transportation for assault.

He departed England on board the Blundell, arriving at Van Diemen's Land on 12th July 1844.

Australia Convict Transportation Registers show that on 9th August 1850, Ramsden was hired by Mr Abraham of Liverpool Street and, on 20th August 1851, Ramsden was hired by a private contractor Mr George Grunell of Murray Street

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Ramsden, SusannahRef 56-106
[16??-1734]
Daughter of
Joseph Ramsden and sister of Grace. After the deaths of their brothers, Susannah and Grace went to live in Hawksworth. She died before she was able to fulfil her own wish to found a school near Elland parish church for the poor boys of Elland and Greetland

Ramsden, ThomasRef 56-102
[1???-15??]
He lived at
High Trees Hall, Barkisland [1524]

Ramsden, ThomasRef 56-105
[16??-1698]
He lived at
Crowstone Hall, Greetland.

He married Elizabeth Finch and Judith Horton.

See Sod House Green

Ramsden, ThomasRef 56-124
[16??-17??]
Son of
Thomas Ramsden. He was High Sheriff of Yorkshire [1725-1726].

He married Frances Hawksworth.


Frances was the daughter of Sir Walter Hawksworth of Hawksworth
 

Child: Walter

Ramsden, ThomasRef 56-147
[16??-17??]
He was
Constable of Northowram [1723]

Ramsden, ThomasRef 56-62
[16??-1732]
Halifax attorney

Ramsden, ThomasRef 56-151
[1670-1691]
Second son of
Joseph Ramsden.

He inherited the estate after his older brother, John, died.

He married Unknown.

Child: Thomas

Heywood comments that


he died young, having shortened his days by intemperance
 

After his death, his brother, Samuel, inherited the estate

Ramsden, ThomasRef 56-159
[17??-1???]
He married Anne.

Children:

  1. Rowland [1759-1835]
  2. son
  3. son
  4. Anne [1764-1788] who married Thomas Harrison

There is a memorial to their children, Rowland and Anne in Halifax Parish Church, along with that of Thomas Harrison, where an inscription reads


Sacred to the Memory
of Anne, the wife of Thomas
Harrison and oldest daughter
of Thomas & Anne Ramsden,
who died April 5th 1788, aged
24 years.

Also of Thomas Harrison, formerly of Kendal, who died Jany 1st 1793, aged 32 years.
Also of their daughter Anne, who died Augt 24th 1790, aged 2 years.
Also to the memory of Rowland, eldest son of the above-named Thomas and Anne Ramsden, who died Decr 26th 1835, aged 76.

Ramsden, ThomasRef 56-101
[17??-18??]
Cotton and wool
card maker at Heath, Halifax [1809]

Ramsden, ThomasRef 56-136
[17??-18??]
Cotton spinner at
Bowling Dyke Mills, Halifax [1801]

Ramsden, ThomasRef 56-154
[17??-18??]
Cotton spinner at
Winters Mill, Stansfield [1822]

Ramsden, ThomasRef 56-140
[1733-1787]
Son of
John Ramsden.

Born in Halifax.

He was a merchant [1755] / a trustee in the will of Rowland Watson [1776].

On 9th November 1756, he married Ann, daughter of Rowland Watson, at Keighley.

Children:

  1. John [b 1757]
  2. Rowland
  3. George [1760-1786]
  4. Richard
  5. Ann [b 1763]
  6. Hannah [b 1765]
  7. Thomas
  8. Martha [b 1773]

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Ramsden, Colonel ThomasRef 56-88
[1769-1851]
Son of
Thomas Ramsden.

He was educated at Peterborough / a partner in Ramsden, Harrison & Company / Colonel of the Halifax Local Militia / a member of a Committee supporting those affected by the Luddites  [1813].

He carried on his business as a card maker for the cotton and woollen industry at his home, Heath Hall [1841] He had interests in Royston's wire mill and a wire mill in Brighouse.

He was one of the subscribers to John Horner's book Buildings in the Town & Parish of Halifax [1835]

On 23rd May 1799, he married Ann, daughter of William Simpson.

They lived at Heath Hall, Halifax [1841, 1851]

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Ramsden, ThomasRef 56-4
[1771-1804]
Son of
John Ramsden.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. John [1800-1805]

Thomas died 20th August 1804.

Son John died 18th July 1805.

Members of the family were buried in Halifax Parish Church

Ramsden, ThomasRef 56-73
[18??-1???]

He married Mary Jane Stancliffe [1822-1850].

Children:

  1. daughter who died 16th August 1850 (aged 3 months) 

Mary Jane died in childbirth [24th May 1850] (aged 28), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2024] with (her brother?) John Stancliffe

Ramsden, ThomasRef 56-82
[1800-1882]
Son of
John Ramsden.

Established Thomas Ramsden & Son Limited.

He lived at Jumples House, Mixenden.

On 18th June 1833, he married Susannah Taylor [1804-1868] in Haworth; Rev Patrick Brontë conducted the ceremony.


Susannah was the eldest daughter of Stephen Taylor of Stanbury, Haworth
 

Children:

  1. John Taylor
  2. Mary [1837-1911] who married Wilson Midgley

The family supported Illingworth Church and financed the construction of Holmfield Mission Church.

Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at £7,605 4/2d

See Halifax White Swan Company Limited

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Ramsden, ThomasRef 56-46
[1828-1884]
He was a carter.

He married Mary [18??-1???].

Children:

  1. Joseph
  2. Sarah Elizabeth [1856-1878]
  3. Mary Hannah [1859-1879]
  4. William [1861-1868]
  5. Thomas [1864] who died aged 2 weeks

The family lived at Caddy Field.

Thomas died 2nd February 1884 (aged 56).

Members of the family were buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery

Ramsden, ThomasRef 56-25
[1851-1927]
Son of John Ramsden, quarryman.

Born in Thornhill Lees, Dewsbury.

He was a quarryman of Wall Nook, Greetland [1880] / a stone delver [1881] / a stone quarryman [1891, 1901, 1911].

On 4th November 1880, he married Maria Throp [1851-1922] at Halifax Parish Church.


Maria, of Boothtown, was the daughter of
Edmund Throp
 

Children:

  1. Samuel [b 1879] who was an iron planer; [1911]
  2. George [b 1881] who was a cotton twiner [1891, 1901]
  3. Edmond [b 1883] who was a cotton twiner [1901]
  4. Mary Ann [b 1885] who was a wool twister [1901]
  5. Richard [b 1891] who was a farmer's man; [1911]
  6. Robert Ingersoll
  7. Ellen [b 1894] who was a cotton winder; [1911]
  8. child who died young [before 1911]

They lived at

  • Moor Bottom, Norland [1891]
  • Hob Lane Top, Norland [1901]
  • Bethel Terrace, Norland [1917, 1911]

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Ramsden, ThomasRef 56-144
[1882-1960]
MA.

Third son of John Taylor Ramsden of Jumples House, Mixenden.

He was educated at Harrow and Christ Church Oxford.

He was Assistant Managing Director of the family firm Thomas Ramsden & Son Limited.

On 29th April 1920, he married Clare Ermyntrude Magdalene Taylor [1891-1953].


Clare Ermyntrude Magdalene was born in Kensington, London, the daughter of Robert Wright Taylor of Barton-upon-Humber and London.

Her parents were barristers at law [1891]

 

Children:

  1. Diana Mary [b 1921]
  2. June [b 1923]

He lived at Middleton Tower, Kings Lynn, Norfolk where Clare and Thomas died

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham & Bill Wall

Ramsden, TimothyRef 56-112
[16??-17??]
Woolstapler. In 1724, he rebuilt
Hazlehurst Hall, Ambler Thorn.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Elizabeth
  2. Martha

Both the children died of smallpox [1736]

Ramsden, TomRef 56-31
[1895-1918]
Son of
Harry Ramsden.

Born in Ovenden.

He was a member of Providence Congregational Church, Ovenden / a member of King Cross Wesleyan Chapel, Halifax / an apprentice boot maker for Halifax Industrial Society [1911].

He lived at 74 Rhodes Street, Halifax.

During World War I, he enlisted [17th July 1916] and served as a Private with the 1st/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He went to France [12th November 1916].

He was killed in action at Kemmel [15th April 1918].

The Halifax Courier [11th May 1918] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 82-85 & 162A], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Providence Congregational Church, Ovenden

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

Ramsden, TommyRef 56-125
[18??-1???]
An itinerant bookseller for
William Milner

Ramsden, WalterRef 56-131
[1???-17??]
Son of
Thomas Ramsden. He took the surname Hawksworth.

He married Unknown.

Child: Walter

Ramsden, WilliamRef 56-167
[15??-15??]
See
Kirklees Priory, Brighouse

Ramsden, WilliamRef 56-128
[17??-18??]
Cotton spinner at
Lee Bridge Mill, Halifax [1803]

Ramsden, WilliamRef 56-17
[1829-1908]
Born in Hipperholme.

He was a soldier.

After discharge from the Army, he worked for the Post Office.

On 26th November 1868, he married Mary Jane Hollas at St Thomas's Church, Claremount.


Mary Jane was the daughter of
John Hollas
 

Children:

  1. George [1869-1878]
  2. John William
  3. Alice [b 1874] who married William Ashman
  4. George Edward [1877-1926] who was a time keeper for the  council
  5. Arthur [1879-1887]
  6. Sarah [1882-1894]
  7. Eva [1885-1892] who died at Howard Street, Halifax
  8. Wilfred [1887-1896] who died at 40 Kliffen Place, Halifax

Mary Jane died in Halifax in 1892.

William died in Halifax [8th January 1908].

Members of the family were buried at St Thomas the Apostle, Claremount: Arthur [10th May 1887]; Mary Jane [21st July 1892]; Eva [19th November 1892]; Wilfred [10th August 1896]; George Edward [29th October 1926]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Ramsden, William CrabtreeRef 56-28
[1838-1887]
Son of
Edwin Ramsden.

Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [1st April 1838].

He was a currier / an unemployed dyer living in Ovenden [1881] / a serial offender:

  • June 1863: Imprisoned for 6 months at Bradford Sessions for stealing leather
  • 5th October 1864: Imprisoned for 3 months for want of sureties
  • October 1866: Acquitted at Leeds Sessions for obtaining money by false pretences
  • April 1867: Imprisoned for 6 months at Leeds Sessions for obtaining money
  • December 1867: Acquitted at Durham Sessions for fraud
  • 17th August 1868: Imprisoned for 7 years at Wakefield Session for stealing leather
  • He was in Gillingham prison [1871]
  • He was in Pentonville on his release on license [1874]
  • 27th June 1881: Imprisoned for 18 months at Wakefield Sessions for


    Felonious Embezzlement

    • on 9th April 1881, the sum of 7/8d
    • on the 10th April 1881, the sum of 5/-
    • on 25th April 1881, the sum of 15/-, the property of his master, Frederick Jennings of Halifax
     

In 1859, he married Martha Binns [1849-1889].

Children:

  1. James Henry [b 1862]
  2. Mary Ann Lydia [b 1869]
  3. Charles William [b 1876]

William died 7th December 1887 (aged 49).

Martha died 11th December 1889 (aged 40).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4283] with William's parents

This & associated entries use material contributed by Stephen Walsh

Ramsden, WillieRef 56-38
[1897-1916]
Son of Mrs Hannah Ramsden of 1 William Henry Street, Brighouse.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 13th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.

He died 27th October 1916 (aged 19).

He was buried at Bethune Town Cemetery, France [Grave Ref VI A 7]

Ramsden, ZillahRef 56-158
[1802-1860]
She was the first person to be buried in the graveyard at
St John the Evangelist, Clifton

Families

The Ramsden family of GreetlandRef 56-970
A branch of the family owned land and property in Greetland, Barkisland, Exley and Southowram.

Gilbert Ramsden was an early member of the family, and Geoffrey Ramsden was a member of another branch of the family.

Some of the family lived at Bowers Hall, Barkisland and Crawstone Hall, Greetland.

They are associated with – and possibly ancestors of – the Ramsden family of Huddersfield and the Ramsden family of Wheatley.

See The Ramsden family of Greetland, The Ramsden family of Huddersfield, The Ramsden family of Jumples, Bowers Hall, Barkisland, Crawstone Hall, Greetland, Ye Farre Close, High Trees Hall, Barkisland, Hoyle House, Friendly, Jumples House, Mixenden, Kirklees Hall, Brighouse and Upper Rookes, Norwood Green

The Ramsden family of HuddersfieldRef 56-930
The family bought the manor of Huddersfield from Elizabeth I in 1599, and the manor of Almondbury in 1627.

See Ramsden family of Barkisland

The Ramsden family of JumplesRef 56-972
and Illingworth. Yeomen clothiers. The family established a considerable estate in the Illingworth and Jumples area and the name is still found in the district. John Ramsden of Rishworth was an early member of the family.

See The Ramsden family of Greetland, The Ramsden family of Huddersfield, The Ramsden family of Jumples, Bowers Hall, Barkisland, Crawstone Hall, Greetland, Ye Farre Close, High Trees Hall, Barkisland, Hoyle House, Friendly, Jumples House, Mixenden, Kirklees Hall, Brighouse and Upper Rookes, Norwood Green

The Ramsden family of Norwood GreenRef 56-931
They owned Upper Rookes, Norwood Green [1684-1784]

Surname

Ramsden surnameRef 56-1
Another form of the surname is Ramsdin.

Derived from rams and dene, meaning valley of the wild garlic.

There are 178 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Ramsden, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.


Unattached BMDs for Ramsden

Baptism 1856; Marriages 1810, 1858, 1861, 1873, 1877, 1887, 1901, 1907; Deaths 1805, 1812, 1906, 1907

 

See Ramsbottom



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