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Shuttleworth, MrRef 571-29
[17??-18??]

He married Hannah [1794-18??].

Children:

  1. Elizabeth [b 1817] who was a worsted weaver [1861]
  2. Grace [b 1827] who married Joseph Smith
  3. John [b 1836]

The family lived at 7 Bath Parade, Halifax [1861]

Hannah was widowed by 1861.

Living with them [in 1861] were daughter Grace, her husband and children

Shuttleworth, AlvinRef 571-1015
[1885-1916]
Born in West Vale [25th October 1885].

Baptised at St John the Evangelist, West Vale [25th March 1888].

In the 1890s, his family moved to Bolton.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.

He was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme [1st July 1916].

He was buried at Serre Road Cemetery No.2, France [Grave Ref XL L 8]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham

Shuttleworth, Charles F.Ref 571-2
[1887-19??]
Born 18th November 1887.

He was a special constable [1939] / a worsted spinner manager [1939].

In [Q2] 1912, he married Nellie Medforth [1887-19??] in Sculcoates.


Nellie was born in Patrington, Yorkshire [9th May 1887]
 

Children:

  1. Annie [b 28th March 1913] who was a bank clerk typist  [1939], a VAD nurse with the British Red Cross
  2. Mary [b 13th September 1916] who was a technical dyer's  clerk typist [1939] & married [Halifax Q3 1941] Harry Marris

They lived at 66 Shay Lane, Halifax [1939]

Shuttleworth, HarryRef 571-616
[1880-1918]
Son of
Hartley Shuttleworth.

Born in Callis, Hebden Bridge.

He was a member of the choir at Cross Stone Church / a cotton weaver [1901, 1911] / working for William Cockcroft at Cinderhill Mill, Todmorden.

On 10th October 1903, he married Sarah Alice Cunliffe [1880-19??] at St Paul's, Cross Stone.


Harry Shuttleworth, a weaver of Charlestown, son of Hartley Shuttleworth (deceased), married Sarah Alice Cunliffe of Woodhouse, daughter of Ellis Cunliffe, twister-in.

Sarah Alice was a cotton weaver [1911]

 

The family lived at

  • 5 Bank View, Woodhouse, Todmorden [1911]
  • 7 Bank View, Woodhouse, Todmorden [1918]

During World War I, he enlisted [August 1916], and served as a Driver with A Battery 76th Brigade Royal Field Artillery.

He was sent to France [December 1916], then to Italy [December 1917]. He contracted an illness in Italy.

He died 26th May 1918 (aged 38).

The Todmorden & District News [7th June 1918] reported his death with a photograph


Driver Harry Shuttleworth, Royal Field Artillery, died at Bath War Hospital on May 28th after about five weeks' illness, aged 38
 

He was buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone [New Part 6 66].

He is remembered on Todmorden War Memorial, on the Memorial at Naze Bottom Baptist Church, and on the Memorial at Saint Paul's Church, Cross Stone

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Shuttleworth, HartleyRef 571-479
[1849-1902]
Born in Stansfield / Blackshaw.

He was a dresser at dye works [1871] / a cotton cord dyer [1881] / a fustian dyer [1891] / a cotton dyer [1901].

On 11th February 1871, he married Sarah Hitchen [18??-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Sarah was born in Sowerby
 


Hartley Shuttleworth, a dyer of Stansfield, (father not recorded), married Sarah Hitchen, of Stansfield, daughter of Nicholas Hitchen, weaver
 

Children:

  1. Arthur [b Erringden 1869] who was a cotton weaver [1901],  a cotton weaver & head of the household [1911]
  2. Mary [b 1873] who was a cotton weaver [1891]
  3. Fanny [b 1876] who was a fustian tailoress [1891] &  married Jim Lord
  4. Harry
  5. Hannah [b Blackshaw 1885] who was a fustian machinist  [1901], a cotton cord machinist [1911]

The family lived at

  • Callis, Erringden [1871]
  • Old Bar, Stansfield [1881]
  • Co-op Buildings, Hebden Bridge [1891]
  • Charlestown, Blackshaw, Todmorden [1901]
  • 2 Ingle Dene, Charlestown, Hebden Bridge (when Arthur was  head of the household with his mother and sisters Sarah,  Hannah, and Fanny & family) [1911]
  • Charlestown, Hebden Bridge [1916]

The Todmorden & District News [10th August 1900] reported


Unlucky Fall

Late on Saturday evening, Mr Hartley Shuttleworth, Charlestown, had the misfortune to fall down stairs, breaking his leg in two places and also sustaining a very bad cut on the head.

Dr Garnet Lawson attended to the injuries and Mr Shuttleworth was removed to the Halifax Infirmary in the Hebden-bridge Ambulance on Tuesday morning

 

Hartley died in Todmorden [Q2 1902] (aged 53) 

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Shuttleworth, HenryRef 571-634
[1817-1889]
Son of
John Shuttleworth.

Born 11th February 1817.

He was a farm labourer (living with his brother James)   [1871] / a farmer of Stansfield [1876] / a farmer of 24 acres [1881].

On 16th December 1876, he married Mary [1818-1???].


Mary came from Heptonstall.

Her father was not named on the marriage records.

She was the widow of Mr Cockroft, and had children by her first marriage:

  • Thomas [b 1847]
  • Sarah [b 1840]
 

They lived at High Gate, Heptonstall [1881].

Henry died in 1889 (aged 72) 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles

Shuttleworth, J. W.Ref 571-1814
[18??-19??]
Proprietor of
Shuttleworth's Steam Laundry [1905]

Shuttleworth, JamesRef 571-3550
[18??-1865]
Manager at the
Bacchus Tavern Tap, Halifax.

On the morning of 24th May 1865, as he was on his way to work, he was seized by a fit of apoplexy. He was taken to his home in Well Lane, but he died before noon

Shuttleworth, JamesRef 571-621
[1819-18??]
Son of
John Shuttleworth.

Born 11th January 1819.

He was a farmer of 36 acres [1871] / a farmer/carter [1891].

He lived at

  • Murgatshaw, Stansfield [1871]
  • Bailey Croft, Stansfield [1891]

Living with him [in 1871] were his brother Henry, and lodgers William Gill [b 1846], his wife Susan Gill [b 1843] & son Willie [b 1870].

Living with him [in 1891] was nephew William Gill [b 1870] (farm labourer) 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles

Shuttleworth, James HenryRef 571-992
[1864-1946]
Born in Bingley.

He was a farm labourer [1911].

On 25th June 1887, he married Ada Abbott [1869-1954] at Halifax Parish Church.


Ada was born in Coley
 

Children:

  1. twins Robert John
  2. Charles Frederick [1887-1960] who was a drawing  overlooker warehouseman (worsted mill) [1911]
  3. Annie [1890-1899] who was buried at Coley Church [12th  October 1899]

They lived at Lumbrook, Northowram [1911].

James Henry was buried at Coley Church [19th October 1946]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham

Shuttleworth, James WilliamRef 571-942
[1897-1917]
Son of
William Shuttleworth.

Born 24th July 1897.

He was a member of Square Congregational Church, Halifax & Sunday School / educated at Trinity School & Halifax Secondary School / articled to Norman Lister, chartered accountant in Silver  Street, Halifax.

He lived at 5 Shaw Hill, Halifax.

During World War I, he enlisted with the 18th Hussars [24th July 1916], then he served as a Private with C Company 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.

He went to France [19th November 1916].

He died of wounds in the 61st Casualty Clearing Station in Belgium [24th August 1917] (aged 20).

The Halifax Courier [8th September 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref III H 15].

He is remembered on the family grave at All Saints' Church, Dudwell, in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Halifax Secondary School, on the Memorial at Holy Trinity Boys' School, Halifax, and on the Memorial at Square Church, Halifax

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Shuttleworth, JohnRef 571-600
[1788-18??]
He was a farmer of 28 acres [1851] / a farmer of 27 acres [1861].

On 26th December 1811, he (possibly) married Susannah Sutcliffe [1781-18??].

Children:

  1. William
  2. John [b 15th February 1815]
  3. Henry
  4. James
  5. Daniel [b 1821; buried Heptonstall 5th September 1822]
  6. Samuel [b 1822; buried Heptonstall 14th April 1822]

They lived at

  • Shaw, Stansfield [1821, 1841, 1851]
  • Higher Murgatroyd, Stansfield [1861]

Living with them [in 1851] were William Gill [b 1845], and daughter Grace Varley & with her children Thomas, Sally & John.

Living with them [in 1861] was grandson William Shuttleworth [b 1847]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles

Shuttleworth, Joseph WilliamRef 571-1704
[1867-1954]
Born in Halifax [26th April 1867].

He was a laundryman [1894] / a laundry proprietor (employer) [1901] / a laundryman [1911] / a laundry proprietor [1939] / a retired shirt maker [1939].

On 4th July 1894, he married Sarah Ellen Halstead [1865-1949] in Todmorden.


Sarah Ellen was the daughter of
Stephen Halstead
 

Children:

  1. Addyce [b 1895]
  2. Kenneth Halstead [1901-1903]
  3. Philip Halstead [1904-1908]

The family lived at

  • 8 Willow Bank, Todmorden [1901]
  • Willow Bank House, Todmorden [1911]
  • Willow Bank, Todmorden [1939]

Sarah Ellen died at Willow Bank [28th October 1949]

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Shuttleworth, Robert JohnRef 571-89
[1887-1919]
Son of
James Henry Shuttleworth.

He was a stuff warehouseman (worsted mill) [1911].

On 11th April 1914, he married Annie Crossley [1889-1967] at St Anne's Church, Southowram.


Annie was born in Southowram
 

They lived at 6 Marsh Lane, Southowram.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps Labour Corps.

He died 14th February 1919 (aged 31).

He was buried at Coley Church (18th February 1919) [2 V 45].

He is remembered on Southowram War Memorial, and on Coley War Memorial

Shuttleworth, ThomasRef 571-399
[1832-1909]
Born 14th April 1832.

In [Q2] 1860, he married Elizabeth Howarth [1834-1905] in Halifax.


Elizabeth was born 30th April 1834
 

Child: James [9th March 1861-22nd September 1877]

They lived at Bowers Mill, Barkisland.

Elizabeth died 21st September 1905 (aged 71).

Thomas died 13th December 1909 (aged 77).

Members of the family were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland [Grave Ref: S3/155]

Shuttleworth, W.Ref 571-3207
[1743-18??]
On 7th August 1815, at the age of 72, he walked a distance of 64 miles, from Midgley to Liverpool, in 18 hours for a wager of £5, having bet that he could complete the distance 24 hours.

He offered a further wager that he could complete the 64 miles from Liverpool to Warrington in 16 hours

Shuttleworth, WilliamRef 571-638
[1812-18??]
Son of
John Shuttleworth.

Born 13th November 1812.

He was a farmer of Shay Lane, Stansfield [1863] / a cart driver [1871].

On 21st February 1863, he married Sally [1815-1???].


Sally, of Heptonstall, was the daughter of Harry Sutcliffe, farmer.

She was the widow of Mr Heseltine

 

They lived at New Road Bottom, Heptonstall [1871]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles

Shuttleworth, WilliamRef 571-941
[1861-1927]
Born in Halifax.

Born 4th April 1861.

He was a grocer shopkeeper (own account) [1901].

On 27th May 1890, he married Annie Smith [1862-1952] in Dewsbury


Annie was born in Wakefield [5th March 1862]
 

Children:

  1. Gertrude [1891-1965]
  2. Maud / Maudie [1893-1971]
  3. Amelia [1895-1983]
  4. James William

They lived at

  • 3 Nettleton's Yard, Salterhebble [1901]
  • 3 Daisy Bank, Halifax [1927]

William died at St Paul's Church, King Cross [16th October 1927].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £794 0/3d.

Probate was granted to his widow Annie.

Annie died 9th April 1952.

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

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham

Surname

Shuttleworth surnameRef 571-1
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Unattached BMDs for Shuttleworth

Marriage 1907

 



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