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Walshaw, AbsalomRef 484-48
[1835-1878]
(Possibly) son of
John Walshaw.

Born in Newsome / Almondbury.

He was a dyer's apprentice [1851] / a yarn dyer [1871].

He married Sarah.


Sarah was born in Rastrick
 

Children:

  1. Richard [1861-1891]
  2. Clara [1862-1864]
  3. Harry [b 1865]
  4. Flora [b 1867]

The family lived at 19 Hampden Place, Halifax [1871].

Absalom died 30th November 1878 (aged 43)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2385] with the children ()  & Ellen Hinchcliffe [1819-1890].


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

Walshaw, ArthurRef 484-8160
[1862-1910]
Son of
Edwin Walshaw.

Born in Halifax.

He was a worsted dyer [1891] / a police constable at Halifax [1901] / a retired policeman [1910].

In [Q3] 1885, he married Emma Senior in Halifax.


Emma was born in Halifax, the daughter of James Senior.

She was a cloth weaver [1911]

 

Children:

  1. Phyllis [b 1895] who was a cloth weaver [1911]
  2. Tom

They lived at

  • 43 Thomas Street South, Halifax [1891]
  • 12 Brunswick Place. Morley, Dewsbury [1901]
  • 9 Park Place, Halifax [1918]

Arthur died in Dewsbury. [10th November 1910] (aged 48)  In 1911, Emma & the children were living with her parents at Holmfield.

Emma died 24th March 1937 (aged 74).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3096] and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3096]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Walshaw, BenjaminRef 484-1132
[1880-1954]
Aka Benny.

Son of John Walshaw.

Born in Halifax [October 1880].

In 1910, his parents & siblings emigrated to Australia and settled in Kulikup, Western Australia.

He was an assistant news agent [1901] / a farmer [1919].

Benny died in Kulikup [25th November 1954]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Sandra Mills

Walshaw, Cecil GarsideRef 484-1127
[1882-1944]
Son of
John Walshaw.

Born in Halifax [June 1882].

He was educated at Halifax High School & Grimescar College.

In 1910, his parents & siblings emigrated to Australia and settled in Kulikup, Western Australia.

Cecil was in an electrical business in Perth / a keen motor cyclist / a fine baritone singer / a member of the Perth Concert Artists / an apiculturist / working in the Eastern Goldfields [1931] / an electrical engineer / a signaller in the Kalgoorlie VDC Company / an honorary lecturer on wireless with the Kalgoorlie militia / a farmer [1919].

He married a daughter of Daniel Baker, a well-known figure in the Australian goldfields.

He died of heart failure [4th January 1944] (aged 62)  and was buried at Kalgoorlie cemetery.

The Kalgoorlie Miner [28th January 1944] published an obituary

This & associated entries use material contributed by Sandra Mills

Walshaw, Charles AlfredRef 484-1144
[1848-1924]
Son of
Charles James Walshaw

Born in Halifax.

He was a plumber, glazier and gasfitter [1891, 1901] / a plumber, glazier and sanitary engineer (employer) [1911] / a master plumber (own account) [1921].

In [Q1] 1872, he married Sarah Elizabeth Sowden [1850-1898] in Bradford.


Sarah Elizabeth was born in Bradford
 

Children:

  1. John George [b 1873] who was a plumber's apprentice  [1891], a plumber, glazier and gasfitter [1901]
  2. Emily Maude [b 1874] who was a machinist and bodice hand  [1891]
  3. Florence [b 1878]
  4. Charles Percy [b 1879]
  5. Hilda [b 1881]
  6. Albert [b 1888] who was a district sanitary inspector  [1911]

The family lived at

  • 53 Lister Lane Halifax [1891]
  • 20 Upper Brunswick Street, Halifax [1901, 1911, 1921]

Living with them [in 1891, 1901, 1911] was Charles Alfred's mother Elizabeth Walshaw (living on own means).

Living with them [in 1891, 1901, 1911] was Charles Alfred's widowed aunt Sarah Ann Graham [1901, 1911, 1921].

Sarah Elizabeth died Q1 1898 (aged 48).

Charles Alfred died Q1 1924 (aged 75).

They both died in Halifax

Walshaw, Charles HenryRef 484-3
[1871-1934]
Born in Thornhill.

He was a foreman wool dyer [1901] / a director of slubbing dyeworks [1911].

In [Q1] 1894, he married Marian Hannah Hawkins [1871-1940] in Bradford.


Marian was born in Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire [17th September 1871].

She was incapacitated & living in a nursing home [1911]

 

Children:

  1. Irving
  2. Dorothy [b 1898]
  3. Charles Lloyd [b 1910]

They lived at

  • 3 Bracken Road, Brighouse [1901]
  • The Ridge, Rastrick [1911]
  • 54 Alexandra Road, Southport (Marian living in a nursing  home) [1911]

Living with them [in 1901] was Charles's sister Amelia Walshaw [b 1883].

Living with them [in 1911] was Charles's cousin Maboth Ethel Walshaw [b 1881] (mother's help).

Charles Henry died in Halifax [Q3 1934] (aged 63).

Marian died in Southport [Q3 1940] (aged 69) 

Walshaw, Charles JamesRef 484-1143
[1824-1883]
Born in Huddersfield.

He was a dyer [1851] / a dyer employing 17 men [1871] / a dyer [1881].

In [Q1] 1846, he married Elizabeth Kaye [1829-1???].


Elizabeth was born in Huddersfield
 

Children:

  1. John William [b 1846] who was a surveyor's assistant  [1871]
  2. Charles Alfred
  3. Emma Jane [b 1849]
  4. Walter [b 1851] who was a dyer [1871]
  5. Mary Ellen [1853] who died in infancy and was buried at  Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3100]

They lived at

  • 20 Labour Street, Halifax [1851]
  • 15 Clare Road, Halifax [1871]
  • 16 Clare Road, Halifax [1881]
  • 53 Lister Lane, Halifax (Elizabeth was living with son  Charles and his family) [1891, 1901, 1911]

Charles died in Halifax [Q2 1883] (aged 59) 

Walshaw, DavidRef 484-2
[1836-1914]
Born in Brighouse.

He was a cabinet maker [1871] / a butcher [1891] / an auctioneer & valuer, cabinet maker [1881].

He was a member of St James's Church, Brighouse.

In 1897, he was involved in the notorious Bad Meat Case, as discussed in the Foldout.

In [Q1] 1867, he married Louisa Spink [1844-1888].


Louise was born in Brighouse
 

Children:

  1. Ernest [b 1868] who was a butcher [1901] & at 21  Commercial Street, Brighouse [1906]
  2. Minnie [b 1870]
  3. Edith [b 1871]
  4. Hugh [b 1873]
  5. John [b 1877] who was a butcher [1901]
  6. Fred [b 1879] who was a butcher [1901]
  7. Mabel [b 1881]

They lived at

Louisa died in Halifax [Q4 1888] (aged 44).

In June 1914, he was driving his dog-cart when it was run into by a heavy motor-waggon and he was thrown to the ground. His health never recovered.

He died of a heart attack [14th July 1914] Probate records show that he left effects valued at £2,541

This & associated entries use material contributed by Jacquie Gibson

Walshaw, EdwinRef 484-2502
[18??-1???]
Chairman of the
Halifax Omnibus & Cab Company Limited [1867]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Walshaw, EdwinRef 484-911
[1826-1???]
Born in Huddersfield.

He was a dyer [1891].

Around 1861, he married Harriet [1827-1???].


Harriet was born in Almondbury
 

Children:

  1. Tom who died 11th August 1852 (aged 17 days) 
  2. Rosalind who died June 4th 1857 (aged 2 years & 5 months) 
  3. Herbert [1861-14th December 1902] who was a dyer [1891]
  4. Arthur

They lived at 2 Horley Green Road, Northowram [1891].

He was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3096]

Walshaw, Helen MollieRef 484-2143
[1912-1952]
Daughter of
Saxon Walshaw.

She married Edmund Hodgson [1899-1961] from Blackpool.

Children:

  1. Christopher
  2. Ann
  3. Michael
  4. Joan Margaret

Edmund was a missionary and served in the Congo under the Congo Evangelistic Mission. He and a colleague were hacked to death by Baluba tribesmen in North Katanga in 1961

This & associated entries use material contributed by Dick Thomas

Walshaw, IrvingRef 484-393
[1895-1956]
Son of
Charles Henry Walshaw.

Born in Brighouse [11th October 1895].

He was managing director (textile dyeing) [1939] / Managing Director of Drake & Company Limited / (possibly) a member of Walshaw, Drake & Company Limited.

In [Q4] 1920, he married Kathleen Cheetham [1897-1976] in Halifax.


Kathleen was the daughter of James Cheetham
 

Children:

  1. Kathleen B. [b 24th December 1921] who was a textile  dyeing production worker [1939]
  2. David H. [b 23rd December 1922] who was a dyer's  apprentice [1939]

The family lived at 25 Gernhill Avenue, Huddersfield [1939]

Irving died Q4 1956 (aged 61).

Kathleen died Q1 1976 (aged 77).

They both died in Southport

Walshaw, JohnRef 484-1047
[1???-1870]
A dyer.

He lived at Alma Cottage, Northowram.

See Walshaw vs Walshaw

This & associated entries use material contributed by Christine Oddy

Walshaw, JohnRef 484-1136
[1797-18??]
Born in Kirkheaton.

He was a dyer [1841] / a worsted dyer employing 9 men [1851].

He married Hannah [1799-1???].


Hannah was born in Huddersfield
 

Children:

  1. William [b 1821] who was a mechanic [1841]
  2. Charles [b 1826]
  3. Edwin [b 1826]
  4. Elizabeth [b 1830]
  5. Thomas [b 1833] who was a dyer's apprentice [1851]
  6. Absalom
  7. Alfred [b 1839]
  8. Sarah Ann [b 1843]
  9. Charles A. [b 1848]

The family lived at

  • Newsome, Almondbury, Huddersfield [1841]
  • 11 Bath Street, Halifax [1851]

Walshaw, JohnRef 484-2136
[1852-1919]
Born in Halifax [20th September 1852].

He was a news vendor [1881] / a bookseller and news agent [1891] / a news agent, stationer and bookseller [1900] / a news agent [1901] / postmaster [1919].

On 15th April 1879, he married Mary Hannah Garside [1853-1918] in Halifax.


Mary Hannah was born in Halifax [2nd March 1853]
 

Children:

  1. Benjamin
  2. Cecil Garside
  3. Dora Regina E. [b 1888]
  4. Charles Stanley / Stanley [b 1890] who was  postmaster [1919]

The children were born in Halifax.

The family lived at

  • Northgate, Halifax [1881]
  • The Square Halifax [1891]
  • 7 Northgate, Halifax [1900]
  • 10 Church Street, Halifax [1901]

In 1910, the family emigrated to Australia and settled in Kulikup, Western Australia.

The Halifax Courier [24th January 1919] reported


[John] was postmaster in Kulikup / presiding officer for the district in the first election for the Commonwealth / active in the campaign to construct a branch railway connecting to the main line 16 miles away.

There are Walshaw Street, Walshaws Road and Walshaw Avenue in the town

 

An article in the Bunbury Herald [Wednesday 9th July 1919] reported that


Mary Hannah died in Blackwood, Western Australia [13th August 1918] (aged 65).

John died in the Government Hospital, Wellington, Western Australia [5th July 1919] (aged 66).

The couple were buried at Boyup Brook Cemetery

 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles & Sandra Mills

Walshaw, John WilliamRef 484-2358
[1863-19??]
Born in Halifax.

He was a mineral water manufacturer at Savile Park Road, Halifax [1893].

By 1897, the business had become a partnership – Walshaw & Stott – with his brother-in-law James Stott

In [Q2] 1890, he married Frances Ann Stott [1866-19??] in Halifax.


Frances was born in Halifax, the daughter of David Stott
 

They lived at

  • 1 Perseverance Terrace, Halifax [1905]
  • Brearley Hill, Southowram [1891]

Living with them [in 1891] was Frances's brother Jim Stott.

This & associated entries use material contributed by Ian Lister

Walshaw, JosephRef 484-1295
[18??-19??]
He qualified in January 1872.

He was Grand Marshall of the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Good  Templars [1882] / Clerk to Rishworth UDC [1905] / a solicitor with Walshaws in Halifax [1934].

In 1875, he married Lydia Annie Wilson in Oakham, Rutland/Leicestershire.

His wife was also an official of the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Good Templars

See Christopher Tate Rhodes

Walshaw, JoshuaRef 484-2505
[18??-1???]
Halifax solicitor.

Recorded in July 1873, when he was appointed one of the Secretaries of the British Temperance League at Halifax

Walshaw, JoshuaRef 484-1708
[1835-1904]
Born in Heckmondwike.

He was publican at Heckmondwike [1891] / innkeeper of the Bridge Hotel, Greetland [1901, 1904].

In 1859, he married Eliza Pickles [1838-1917] in Dewsbury.


Eliza was born in Heckmondwike
 

Children:

  1. Tom [b 1865] who was an indigo dyer [1891]
  2. Alfred Henry [b 1871] who was an apprentice [1891], a  woollen dyer [1901], manager at the Bridge Hotel [1911]
  3. Florence [b 1874] who was a dress maker [1901]
  4. Emma [b 1876]
  5. Annie [b 1882] who was a barmaid [1911]

They lived at Market Place, Heckmondwike [1891].

Living with them [in 1891] was grandson Ernest Whitley [aged 10].

Living with them [in 1901] was sister-in-law Constance Pickles [b 1851] (dry cleaner) and grandson Arthur Pick [b 1890]

Joshua died on the 16th August 1904. Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £288. Probate was granted to his widow Eliza, his son Alfred Henry Walshaw (dyer)  and Frederick Arthur Bottomley, (book-keeper).

After Joshua's death, Eliza took over at the Bridge Hotel [1905, 1911]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Walshaw, RobertRef 484-419
[19??-19??]
Motor-racing driver from Lightcliffe. In 1952, he was one of a 3-man team which made a record-breaking drive from London to Cape Town in 13 days, 9 hours, 6 minutes. He retired after a 20-year career when he completed the 25th Grand Prix at Le Mans in 1957

Walshaw, SaxonRef 484-1297
[18??-19??]
Halifax solicitor with
Walshaws [1934]. He qualified in August 1903 He was Deputy Clerk to Rishworth UDC. He was Honorary Treasurer to the Halifax Incorporated Law Society.

He married Norah, daughter of Edward Richardson.

Child: Helen Mollie

This & associated entries use material contributed by Dick Thomas

Walshaw, ThomasRef 484-1200
[1833-1868]
He was a partner in
Walshaw & Sons.

He retired and became landlord of the Old Cock, Halifax.

He was a member of the Turk's Head Conservative Club / a member of the Loyal Georgean Society [meetings were held at  Walshaw's house].

On 30th April 1868, there was a fire at a mill in Bailey Hall Road, Halifax – occupied by Thomas Crossley & Sons.

Walshaw (aged 35) went to the scene to assist in the incident, and was walking along the roof of a the black dye-house, when he fell through a sky-light into a dyer's vat full of hot, poisonous chrome dye and drowned.

His body was discovered in the vat around 6:00 am.

He was taken out

in a parboiled state

and conveyed to the T' Cat i' th' Window, Halifax, where the Inquest was held. The Jury returned a verdict of accidental death.

The funeral procession started from the Old Cock for St Thomas's Church, Claremount.

He was buried at St Thomas the Apostle, Claremount

This & associated entries use material contributed by John Needham

Walshaw, TomRef 484-3051
[1899-1918]
Son of
Arthur Walshaw.

Born in Morley, Leeds.

He was educated at Crossley & Porter School [1911] / connected with St Paul's Church, King Cross / employed by the Halifax Town Clerk.

During World War I, he enlisted with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1917] and served as a Lance Corporal / Lewis gunner with the 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.

He was wounded by shellfire somewhere in France; his wounds were dressed, but he died before he could be evacuated [18th April 1918].

His photograph appears with reports of his story in the Halifax Courier [27th April & 4th May 1918].

He is remembered at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3096], on the Loos Memorial, France [Grave Ref 20-22], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Saint Paul's Church, King Cross, and on the Memorial at Crossley & Porter School, Halifax

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Surname

Walshaw surnameRef 484-1

The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District Surnames by George Redmonds.

There are 22 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Walshaw, as discussed in this SideTrack.


Unattached BMDs for Walshaw

Marriage 1907

 



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