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He was
a butcher [1881].
In [Q1] 1872, he married Rose Hannah Helm [1852-19??] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at
Alfred died in Halifax [Q3 1897] (aged 49)
He was
a baker's apprentice [1911].
During World War I,
he enlisted
with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment),
and
served as a Private
with the 9th Battalion
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
He died at Ypres [22nd October 1917] (aged 20).
He was buried at Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Belgium [Grave Ref XXII A 16].
He is remembered at King Cross Cemetery, Halifax
and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He was a mineral water worker with his father [1901].
In [Q4] 1907, he married Eliza Ann Makepeace in Todmorden.
The family lived at
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd/7th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 29th November 1917 (aged 39).
He was buried at Grevillers British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref VII C 1].
He is remembered on a memorial in
Mount Zion Methodist Church, Mytholmroyd and
Scout Road Wesleyan Chapel, Mytholmroyd,
and in the book Royd Regeneration
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Born in Shelf [27th July 1897].
He was a doffer (worsted mill) [1911].
In 1929, he married Jessie Barnham [1902-1982] in Halifax.
Arthur died at Smith House Lodge, Lightcliffe [27th December 1957].
Jessie died in the Pilgrims' Nursing Home, Savile Lane [13th December 1982].
Both were cremated
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He was
a woollen slubber [1861] /
a woollen spinner [1871] /
a draper [1881].
He married Grace [1837-1???].
She was a linen draper [1891]
Children:
They lived at
Charles died Q2 1890 (aged 59).
Grace died Q3 1894 (aged 57)
Born in Triangle.
He was
a silk dresser's apprentice [1891] /
a silk dresser [1901] /
landlord of the Reed Inn, Sowerby Bridge [1901-1902] /
landlord of the Branch, Sowerby Bridge [1902-1905] /
licensed victualler at the Blue Ball, Norland [1906-1916]
On 19th July 1891, he married (1) Grace Whipp [1871-1915] at Halifax Parish Church.
Child:
Annie [b 1895] who was a weaver woollen [1911]
On 25th November 1922, he married (2) Leah Elizabeth Dronfield [1873-1941] at Halifax Parish Church.
They lived at 8 Back Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge [1901]
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Born in Greetland.
He was
a farm worker [1911] /
employed at Pye Nest Farm [for 9 or 10 years].
During World War I,
he enlisted [Wakes Monday]
and served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was killed in action at Fampounx, on Easter Monday [9th April 1917].
The Halifax Courier He was buried at Level Crossing Cemetery, Fampoux, France [Grave Ref I B 69].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
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He moved to Holcombe, Lancashire
Born in Salford.
He wrote a popular stage adaptation of The Railway Children.
He lives in Todmorden [2007]
Deacon at Christ Church, Pellon [1948]
Born in Greetland.
He was mobilised [8th June 1916] and after his medical, he was
classed as fit for labour work at Home Only.
He was discharged after 287 days [22nd March 1917] as no longer
physically fit for War Service.
He was granted a pension of 13/9d [8th May 1918]; this was back-dated
to 13th February 1918.
He died 2nd November 1918.
He is remembered on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland
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During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st Battalion
South Staffordshire Regiment.
He died 28th March 1917.
He was buried at St. Leger British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref 3]
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
In her will, she left bequests for various religious and other
organisations in the district.
In 1933, she and Jane Simpson gave money to establish the Eliza
& Jane Simpson Isolation Ward at the Royal Halifax Infirmary
The Halifax Daily Guardian [3rd April 1916] reported his death
The evidence showed that Miss Simpson had made her home in
France for some years past, but had come to England at the beginning
of the war, and had been depressed because she had been unable to get
back to her home in France.
The Coroner said that the idea was prevalent among the general public
that they should not touch a body until it had been first seen by the
police, but that idea was wrong.
It should be as widely known as possible that if people found a body
when there was the slightest possibility of a person being alive, it
was their duty to cut it down if hanging, or taken it out of the
water, if it was a case of drowning
She was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2080]
with her parents
Born 15th June 1901.
He was an aircraft sheet metal worker [1939].
He married Zillah Tordoff.
They lived at 29 Yorke Street, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire [1939].
Living with them [in 1939] were Ernest's father
and Zillah's parents
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In the 1920s, she worked in Bradford.
She later went to live with her sister in Sheffield.
She had a brother Henry Simpson who adopted the
name Simpson Waddington about 1938.
In 1920, she married John Reginald Halliday Christie in Halifax.
He moved to London in 1923 to escape the shame of his criminal record.
Ethel followed her husband in 1934.
Christie murdered Ethel and buried her body beneath the
floorboards at 10 Rillington Place because she suspected him of the
other murders he had committed
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During World War I,
he served as a Gunner
with 80th Battery
15th Brigade
Royal Field Artillery.
He died 29th September 1918 (aged 20).
He was buried at Thilloy Road Cemetery, Beaulencourt, France [Grave Ref E 31].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
In [Q2] 1906, he married Betsy Gibson in Todmorden.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 11th Battalion
Lancashire Fusiliers.
He died 6th December 1915 (aged 31).
He was buried at Gunners Farm Military Cemetery, Belgium, [Grave Ref F 4].
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance.
In [Q3] 1917, Betsy married Paul Dunn
in Oldham.
They lived at 7 Villa Road, Oldham
On 20th December 1919, he married Ethel at Christ Church, Todmorden.
She had lost her father, her brother John William
and her first husband in World War I
The couple moved to Doncaster, where they died
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Born in Todmorden.
He was
a labourer in a woollen mill /
a labourer in a cotton mill [1911].
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 7th Battalion
Lincolnshire Regiment.
He died 4th June 1918.
He was buried at Auchonvillers Military Cemetery, France [Grave Ref II L 18].
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
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He lived at 21 Kliffen Place, Halifax [1905]
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the West Yorkshire Regiment.
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He married 0-0.
Henry died 23rd June 1893 (aged 40).
Mary Hannah died.
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 252]
with Henry's parents
He was
a clothing club collector [1883] /
a worsted spinner clerk [1891] /
a bookkeeper [1901] /
a collector, clothing club [1911].
In 1883, he married Martha Elizabeth Parr [1863-1947] in Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Greetland.
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1891, 1901, 1911] were sisters-in-law:
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On 13th November 1837, his body was found in a wood at Egerton,
Huddersfield.
His daughter said that he had left home a fortnight earlier without
saying where he was going and the family never saw him again.
A report in The Times and the Halifax Express has the heading
In April 1865, he was declared bankrupt
He was
a brass & bell founder [1841] /
a brass founder [1851] /
a brass founder employing 1 boy & 2 labourers [1871] /
a brass founder [1891].
He married Harriet [1814-1875].
Children:
They lived at
Harriet died 6th August 1875 (aged 61).
James died 29th April 1894 (aged 82).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 567]
with grandson James Simpson who died 24th June 1890 (aged 15
years)
He was licensed victualler at the Stag Inn, Heptonstall [1881].
He established a hop ale and mineral water manufacturing business at
Hawksclough [recorded in 1891, 1901, 1911, 1913].
His trade mark was the Latin inscription
He lived at Acre Villas, Mytholmroyd.
He was active on the Hebden Bridge Division of the County Council and
Chairman of the Hebden Bridge & Mytholmroyd Gas Board [1908]
On 4th January 1872 he married Grace Abbott [1848-1909] from
Todmorden, at Holme in Cliviger.
Children:
They lived at
Stag Inn, Heptonstall [1881];
3 Bolton Terrace, Wadsworth [1891];
Hawksclough, Mytholmroyd [1901];
Acre Villas, Mytholmroyd [1911]
In 1911, the widowed James was living with daughter Mary
Jane and her husband Acre Villas.
He died at Acre Villas [12th January 1923].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £4,605 5/5d.
Probate was granted to
his daughters Mary Jane Helliwell & Jessie Sutcliffe
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Question:
Can anyone tell me anything more about Jane or Eliza or their family?
Son of Joseph Sympson.
On 30th September 1703, he married Mary Ramsden [1684-1704]
from Quarles.
Child: John
Mary died with the birth of their son
On 7th March 1728, he married (1) Dorothy Sharp.
Children:
He married (2) Grace Brogden.
Children:
He married Mary Scholfield from Rochdale
He married Mary [1736-1765].
There is a memorial to the couple and their children in Coley Church
On 11th March 1798, he married Martha Bates [1777-1???].
Children:
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He married Martha [1776-1841].
Children:
John died 30th March 1817 (aged 43).
Martha died 21st March 1841 (aged 65).
Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax
with sister-in-law Sarah Tattersall [1787-11th February 1812]
Children:
He married (2) Sarah [1821-1891].
They lived at 60 Woolshops, Halifax [1851].
John died in 1866.
After his death, Sarah married Thomas Greenwood.
She survived Thomas and was buried with John and his
first wife.
He and his wives were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4547],
next to the grave of William McVine's family
Born in Barkisland.
He was
a dyer [1851].
He married Joyce [1804-1859].
Children:
They lived at
14 Cross Hill, Elland-cum-Greetland [1851].
Joyce died 13th June 1859 (aged 55).
John died 15th January 1860 (aged 55).
Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: B18]
In [Q3] 1838, he (possibly) married Susannah Wood [1813-1890] in Halifax.
Children:
The children ‡ were interred at Salem Chapel.
John died 2nd April 1881 (aged 63).
Susannah died 30th October 1890 (aged 77).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1149]
He was
a herbalist [1865, 1871] /
Halifax town crier [1875-1880] /
a stone mason's labourer [1891].
He succeeded David Moorhouse as Halifax town crier [1875-1880].
A newspaper notice in January 1876 announced
MR. JOHN SIMPSON, No. 2. Star Yard, Northgate having been duly
Licensed and Registered TOWN CRYER of Halifax on Friday January 21st
1876 does hereby give notice that all orders entrusted to him will be
immediately attended to
Yours Truly, J. SIMPSON
In 1838, he married (1) Susannah Wood.
Child:
Margaret [b 1840]
On 22nd June 1865, he married (2) Elizabeth Ashworth at Halifax Register Office.
Children:
The children were born in Halifax
Elizabeth died 30th March 1874.
In 1879, his 2 children (aged 11 and 9) were found alone and filthy
in the house, with only a frock and a handkerchief each.
John was ordered to find a surety of £10 to make
provision for the children, or 10 months' imprisonment.
He found the surety.
Ben Cordingley succeeded John as town crier [1880].
John was in Halifax Workhouse [1881, 1891].
He died of paralysis in the Workhouse [23rd August 1891]
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He was a Primitive Methodist Minister, and enthusiastic chapel
builder, who did work at
He published several tracts and sermons
Around 1870, he left the Methodists and entered the Catholic Church.
In 1848, he married Mabel Ireland [1827-1890] at West Derby,
Liverpool.
On 27th January 1864, he gave the sermon when the new chapel /
preaching-room was opened at Crossley Almshouses, Arden Road.
He died at Oldham [17th January 1897].
See
Samuel Laycock
He was a brass founder [1881]
He married either Mary Ann Boothman or Margaret A. [1838-1???].
Children:
They lived at 2 Horsfall's Yard, Halifax [1881]
Physician and surgeon at Mytholmroyd [1905].
He lived at
Calder Grange House, Mytholmroyd
Born in Halifax [4th November 1852].
He was
educated at Hipperholme Grammar School & Kippax Hall, Leeds /
Chairman of Thomas Simpson & Sons Limited /
a partner in H. & J. T. Simpson /
a member of Halifax Town Council /
an Alderman [1898] /
Mayor of Halifax [1898-1899] /
Chairman of the Highways & Sewerage Outfall Works /
a governor of Heath Grammar School /
Honorary Secretary of the Halifax Liberal Association /
a Freemason /
a member of the Probity [No 61] Masonic Lodge.
He married Annie [1852-1901].
They lived at
Annie died 21st August 1901
Brother of Mary, wife of Thomas Collinson.
On 29th April 1865, a legal notice of Bankruptcy in the local paper
announced
The coal business was taken over by his nephew Thomas Collinson – see Robert J. Maude
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He married Charlotte [1811-1869].
Charlotte died 10th April 1869.
Joseph died 20th January 1879.
The couple were buried at Bolton Brow Wesleyan Chapel
Born in Greetland.
He was
a foundry man [1839] /
a labourer [1841] /
a labourer in an iron foundry [1851, 1852, 1871].
In 1839, he married (1) Martha Dyson [1817-1851] at Halifax
Parish Church.
She was a factory girl [1839]
Children:
Son Thomas died aged 9 months and was buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby [28th September 1841].
Wife Martha died in 1851.
In 1852, Joseph married (2) Mary Ann [1819-1898] of
Lower Oak, daughter of labourer John Eastwood, at Sowerby.
Children:
They lived at Stile, Sowerby [1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881].
Members of the family were buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby:
Martha [1st October 1851];
Charley [24th July 1862];
Joseph [6th March 1879]
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Born in Sowerby.
He was
a silk piecer [1861] /
a foundry man [1868] /
a core maker [1871] /
a labourer in an iron foundry [1881] /
a core maker [1891] /
an iron core maker [1901] /
a core maker in an iron foundry [1911].
In 1868, he married Emma Williams [1845-1930] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1891] were Joseph's stepmother Mary
Ann and sisters Sarah (gill tenter in a worsted mill)
and Mary (comb tenter in a worsted mill).
Joseph died in 1919 (aged 70).
Emma died in 1920 (aged 74)
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He was
a timekeeper (woollen mill) [1901] /
a timekeeper (for a blanket firm) [1911].
He married Alice Ann [1852-1918].
She was a caretaker & cook [1901]
Child: Florette E. [1884-22nd June 1957] who never
married.
They lived at
Alice Ann died 27th February 1918 (aged 66).
Joseph died 28th September 1931 (aged 77).
Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: N7]
He lived at Savile Green, Halifax [1822]
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She had a daughter – father unknown –
Eliza Frances Simpson [1805-1829] who married Richard Allen Jackson.
On 29th October 1809, she married Samuel Haigh [1787-1854] at
Halifax Parish Church.
Samuel was an overlooker [1841].
They lived at New Mill, Erringden [1841].
Living with them [in 1841] was grandson John Jackson.
Members of the family were buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby:
Lydia [3rd March 1842];
Samuel [27th April 1854];
Eliza Frances [1st November 1829]
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Simpson was found guilty.
See
Auguste Wilhelm
No one was ever accused of her murder, although it was later linked
to the Yorkshire Ripper
He was
a moulder [1899] /
landlord of the Foresters' Arms, Norland [1908-1912] /
landlord of the Bay Horse, Sowerby Bridge [1912-1924] /
landlord of the Travellers' Rest, Luddenden [1929-1937] /
landlord of the Star, Elland [1938-1951].
On 12th August 1899, he married (1) Elizabeth Sutcliffe [1872-1936] at St Peter's Church, Sowerby.
They had no children.
Elizabeth died at the Travellers Rest in 1936.
In 1938, he married (2) Lily [1876-1957] in Halifax.
They had no children.
Percy died in Halifax [5th August 1952].
Lily died in Halifax in 1957
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He was a well-known agriculturalist and farmer.
He bought Old Hall Farm, Warley [1790].
He was a mentor for the young Benjamin Boothroyd.
He was one of a number of local men who took a monthly course of
services at a local Workhouse.
He enjoyed good health and walked to Westmorland every year.
He was buried in the chapel
In [Q3] 1856, he married Fanny Rushworth [1839-1907] in Halifax.
She was a cotton weaver [1861], a cotton spinner [1871]
Children:
The family lived at
21 Orange Street, Halifax [1881].
Richard died in Halifax [Q2 1866] (aged 34).
In 1881, Fanny married (2) Luke Holmes
Fanny died 18th January 1907 (aged 68),
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3403]
Born in Halifax;
baptised at the Square Independent Chapel.
On 3rd April 1823, he married Hannah [1799-1885], daughter of
John Crossley, in Halifax.
Children:
He was a corn dealer [1833].
Sometime between 1841 and 1846, the family moved to Toronto, Canada
In the Toronto city directory [1846/7], he is listed as being with
which is possibly the business established by John Crossley.
They appear to have moved frequently between Canada and Britain:
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In [Q1] 1850, he married Mary Hill in Halifax,
or [Q3] 1841, he married Mary Brook in Halifax.
Children:
The children ‡ were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4552]
On 26th January 1770, John Wesley visited the 22-year-old girl who
suffered fits and convulsions.
She was described by Dr Alexander as
being bewitched
He married Unknown.
Child: Thomas
He married Unknown.
Child: John Taylor
Son of John Simpson, sawyer.
He was a cabinet maker [1840].
On 7th July 1840, he married Elizabeth Crabtree [1820-1903] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
Members of the family were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse
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He married Amelia [1823-1861].
Child: Henry Hudson
Amelia died 17th December 1861 (aged 38).
Thomas died 2nd August 1894 (aged 73).
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 252]
Born in Halifax.
He was
a cabinet maker employing 6 men [1851] /
a cabinet maker & upholsterer [1861] /
a cabinet maker employing 11 men & 5 boys [1871].
In [Q4] 1851, he married either Ann Lang or Anne Taylor [1825-1906] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at
Thomas died 18th December 1874 (aged 49).
Anne died 28th January 1906 (aged 81).
The couple & the children ‡ were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2080]
He married Mary Rabbit [1841-1907].
Child:
Mary Ann [1872-1879] who was buried with her parents
Thomas died 30th May 1899 (aged 52).
Mary died 31st July 1907 (aged 66).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4082]
with Mary's parents
He was a woollen mill overlooker.
In [Q4] 1885, he married Mary Alice Nuttall [1857-1914] in Todmorden.
Children:
They lived at
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He was
an electric tram driver [1901, 1907] /
publican at the Lord Raglan, Halifax [1911].
He was the driver of the tram involved in the Pye Nest Tram Disaster of
15th October 1907.
He was unharmed in the accident.
In [Q3] 1896, he married Clara Kershaw [1873-19??].
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1901] was Thomas's sister Sarah
E. Simpson [aged 17] (worsted spinner).
Thomas died at 15 Surrey Street, Hopwood Lane 12/2/1939.
Clara died at their daughter Florence's home in Cleckheaton [4th November 1946].
The couple were buried at All Souls' Church, Halifax
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Born in West Vale [13th April 1888].
In [Q2] 1915, he married Hilda Smith in Halifax.
Children:
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with A Company
Royal Army Medical Corps.
He died in the St Luke's War Hospital, Halifax [16th November 1918].
He is remembered with a CWGC headstone at Stoney Royd Cemetery [Grave Ref: J A 88],
and on All Saints' War Memorial, Dudwell
in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
on the Memorial at All Saints' Church, Dudwell,
on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland,
and on the Memorial at Saint John the Evangelist, West Vale
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During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the Royal Army Medical Corps.
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
During World War II,
he served as a Corporal
with the 1st Battalion
Lancashire Fusiliers.
He died 24th August 1942 (aged 24).
He was buried at Delhi War Cemetery, India [Grave Ref 7 H 6].
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
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He married Elizabeth [1741-1814].
Children:
The family were buried at Halifax Parish Church
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He married Mary [1745-1807].
William died 18th May 1807 (aged 60).
Mary died 30th April 1807 (aged 62).
The couple were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax
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Physician and surgeon at Mytholmroyd [1905].
He lived at
Calder Grange House, Mytholmroyd
Simpson, Alfred Ref 169-14
Born in Halifax.
Rose Hannah was born in Halifax
Simpson, Alfred Ref 169-9
Son of Alfred Simpson.
Simpson, Archibald Ref 169-7310
Son of James Simpson.
Eliza Ann was the daughter of Walter Thomas Makepeace
Simpson, Arthur Ref 169-39
Son of Thomas Herbert Simpson.
Jessie was born in Halifax 11th January 1902
Simpson, Charles Ref 169-21
Born in Greetland.
Grace was born in Mytholmroyd.
Simpson, Charles Arthur Ref 169-3600
Son of Joseph Simpson.
Grace, of Wakefield Road, Skircoat, was born in Norland, the
daughter of Peter Whipp, carter
Simpson, Clement Ref 169-8
Son of Humphrey Simpson.
Simpson, Constance Sophia Pickney Ref 169-840
In 1899, she became the second wife of Courtney Clarke Rawson
Simpson, Rev David Ref 169-1624
A Scot.
He came from Newcastle to be Minister at Myrtle Grove Chapel, Eastwood [1779].
Horsfall Turner says
[he] was a supposed Arian and was driven out
Simpson, David Colin Ref 169-2469 
Simpson, Rev E. Ref 169-22
Vicar of Hartshead [1980-1983]
Simpson, E. Ref 169-1291
BSc.
Simpson, Edgar Ref 169-5
Son of Ruth & Herbert Simpson.
Simpson, Edward Ref 169-15
Of Kings Bromley.
Simpson, Edward Ref 169-475
Hull-based architect who designed St Bernard's RC Church, Halifax
Simpson, Eliza Ref 169-1265
Of Mytholmroyd.
Simpson, Emily Ref 169-36
Daughter of Thomas Simpson.
A Harrogate Jury on Saturday [1st April 1916] returned a verdict of
"Found drowned" at an inquest on Miss Emily Simpson, aged 49,
daughter of the late Thomas Simpson, of Halifax, whose body
was recovered from the Oakbeck at Harrogate the previous day.
Simpson, Ernest Ref 169-19
Son of John Simpson [b 5th October 1860].
Zillah was the daughter of William Henry Tordoff
Simpson, Ethel Ref 169-37
Of Boothtown.
Simpson, Francis Ref 169-16
Of Ripon.
Simpson, Frank Ref 169-2
Son of Sarah & Richard Simpson of Todmorden.
Simpson, Rev G. Hudson Ref 169-7920
Minister at Bethesda Primitive Methodist Chapel, Southowram
Simpson, George Ref 169-13
Ethel was the daughter of John Phillips and the widow
of John Oldfield.
Simpson, Granville Ref 169-3
Son of Thomas Simpson.
Simpson, Harry Ref 169-2259
Partner in H. & J. T. Simpson.
Simpson, Henry Ref 169-17
Simpson, Henry Hudson Ref 169-26
Son of Thomas Simpson.
Simpson, Humphrey Ref 169-11
Born in Greetland.
Martha Elizabeth was born in Greetland
Simpson, J. Ref 169-183
Of Todmorden.
The late murder near Huddersfield
Simpson, J. Ref 169-1476
Coal agent at Halifax.
Simpson, James Ref 169-27
Born in Halifax.
Harriet was born in Sowerby Bridge
Simpson, James Ref 169-1263
Born in Todmorden.
Suum cuique
Simpson, Jane Ref 169-763
In 1933, she and Eliza Simpson gave money to establish the Eliza
& Jane Simpson Isolation Ward at the Royal Halifax Infirmary
Simpson, John Ref 169-1415
Of Hipperholme.
Simpson, John Ref 169-1416
Son of John Simpson.
Dorothy was the daughter of Rev Nathan Sharp
Grace was the daughter of John Brogden of North Bierley
Simpson, John Ref 169-1418
Son of John Simpson.
Simpson, John Ref 169-230
Of Hipperholme.
Simpson, John Ref 169-2904
Of Halifax.
Simpson, John Ref 169-23
Of Halifax.
Simpson, John Ref 169-3669
He was
a joiner [1841] /
a cabinet maker employing 3 men [1851].
He married (1) Sarah [1793-1850].
Simpson, John Ref 169-20
Of Crawstone, Greetland.
Joyce was born in Norland
Simpson, John Ref 169-29
He was a railway agent.
Simpson, John Ref 169-1169
Born in Halifax.
NOTICE.
Elizabeth [1845-1874] was the daughter of Ephraim Ashworth
Simpson, Rev John Ref 169-1666
Born in Whitehaven, Cumberland [23 April 1821].
Simpson, John Ref 169-28
Son of James Simpson.
Margaret was born in Southowram
Simpson, Dr John H. Ref 169-1774
LRCPS.
Simpson, John Taylor Ref 169-596
Son of Thomas Simpson.
Simpson, Joseph Ref 169-3527
Corn / coal dealer.
John Simpson, formerly of Bowness, Windermere, Corn & Flour
Dealer, afterwards of Crossley Terrace, Halifax, labourer, then Clay
Pits and now of 11 Foster Court, a Coal Agent –
Bankrupt [7th April 1865]
Simpson, Joseph Ref 169-9330
Of Sowerby Bridge.
Simpson, Joseph Ref 169-3602
Son of cart driver Joseph Simpson.
Martha was born in Rochdale, the daughter of cart
driver Benjamin Dyson.
Simpson, Joseph Ref 169-3601
Son of Joseph Simpson.
Emma, of Soyland, was the daughter of warehouseman William
Williams
Simpson, Joseph Kitchen Ref 169-1
Born in Greetland
Alice Ann was born in Greetland.
Simpson, Joshua Ref 169-3523
Merchant.
Simpson, Kate Ref 169-34
Of 11 Shaw Street, King Cross, Halifax.
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1533]
with David Spencer
Simpson, Lydia Ref 169-9620
Born in Sowerby.
Simpson, Margaret Ref 169-2583
In July 1853, she was charged at York Crown Court with, on 29th March
1853,
having feloniously caused Mary Fielding to take a noxious drug,
with intent to procure her miscarriage
Simpson, Margaret Victoria Ref 169-366
Her battered body had been assaulted and strangled and was found in
Zachariah Wood, Barkisland.
Simpson, Martha Ref 169-4340
Bookseller, stationer & bookbinder.
She had a circulating library at Crown Street, Halifax [1822]
Simpson, Percy Ref 169-5190
Born in Sowerby Bridge [10th November 1875].
Elizabeth was born in Sowerby Bridge
Lily (née Bottomley), born in Halifax, was the
widow of Mr Lum
Simpson, Richard Ref 169-7150
He was an agent for the London Tea Company at Crown Street, Halifax [1822]
Simpson, Rev Richard Ref 169-1134
He trained at Dr P. Doddridge's Academy and served at Stainton in
Ravenstonedale
before becoming
Minister at Warley Congregational Church [1764].
He served at Warley for the rest of his life.
Simpson, Richard Ref 169-35
Fanny was born in Rastrick, the daughter of David Rushworth.
His burial place is not yet known.
Simpson, Richard Bates Ref 169-1698
Son of John Simpson.
J. Crossley & Company
Simpson, Robert Ref 169-2766
Police Constable in Shelf [1857]
Simpson, Robert Ref 169-32
He was
a contractor [1850] /
an inspector [1851].
Simpson, Sally Ref 169-2443
Daughter of Zachariah Spencer.
Simpson, Thomas Ref 169-1084
A teacher at Natty Binns's School
Simpson, Thomas Ref 169-264
Established Thomas Simpson & Sons Limited [1798].
Simpson, Thomas Ref 169-271
Son of Thomas Simpson.
Simpson, Thomas Ref 169-9590
Of Brighouse.
Elizabeth was the daughter of John? Crabtree, clogger
Simpson, Thomas Ref 169-25
Simpson, Thomas Ref 169-30
Son of John Simpson.
Anne was born in Ovenden
Simpson, Thomas Ref 169-31
Mary was the daughter of Patrick John Rabbitt
Simpson, Thomas Ref 169-10
/ Tom
Simpson, Thomas Herbert Ref 169-1501
Born in Halifax.
Clara came from Halifax
Simpson, Thomas Parr Ref 169-6
Son of William Simpson.
They lived at
Simpson, W. H. Ref 169-18
Simpson, Walter Leslie Ref 169-4
Son of Lily & Thomas Simpson of Todmorden.
Simpson, William Ref 169-1838
Hatter in Halifax [1783]
Simpson, William Ref 169-413
Around 1780, he leased Heath Hall, Halifax where he carried on his
business as a woollen cloth merchant.
Simpson, William Ref 169-24
Simpson, William Ref 169-305
Corn miller at Mixenden Corn Mill [1861]
Simpson, Dr William Ref 169-1775
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