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This & associated entries use material contributed by Anne Leitch 
 
In 1879, he married Mary Haigh [1855-1920] in Halifax.
 
Children:
 
All the children were baptised at Christ Church, Barkisland
 
They lived at Park Nook, Barkisland [1911].
 
Mary died 2nd July 1920 (aged 65).
 
 
Alfred died 3rd July 1942 (aged 87).
 
 Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Barkisland
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham 
He was
a mill hand [1871] /
a woollen under carder [1881] /
a grease extractor in a woollen mill [1911].
 
He married Eliza Hitchin in Halifax.
 
Children:
 
The children were born in Sowerby
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell 
 
Son of Joshua Waddington.
 
On 11th March 1875, he married Eliza Ann Farrar [1852-1888].
 
 
They lived at Whitwell Place, Elland.
 
Ely died at The Cliffe, North Shore, Blackpool [16th March 1882] (aged 26).
 
 
Eliza Ann died 30th November 1888 (aged 36).
 
 The couple were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: F-T2]
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell & Jeffrey Knowles 
 
Born in Sowerby.
 
He was a mechanic [1908].
 
In [Q2] 1908, he married Elizabeth Ellen Greenwood [1884-1974]
in Halifax.
 
Children:
 
Evelyn Kenyon died in Sowerby [31st March 1956]
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell 
 
In [Q2] 1927, he married Margaret Ann Wilkinson in Halifax.
 
They lived in Rastrick.
 
During World War II,
he served as a Stoker 1st Class
with the Royal Navy
aboard HMS Raleigh.
 
He died 14th March 1947 (aged 61).
 
 He was buried at Rastrick Cemetery
[C 43 38]
 
He was
a stationer [1891] /
a letterpress printer (own account) [1901].
 
Around 1881, he married Susy [1857-1???].
 
 
Children:
 
They lived at
 
In 1???, he married Mary Brooke at Birstall
 
He married Unknown.
 
Child: Mary [1887-1909] who married James Bottomley Watkinson
 
Uncle of
John and Joseph Watkinson.
of Watkinson Hall.
 
On 27th March 1750, he married Mary Ramsden [1720-1799] from
Illingworth.
 
Children:
 
The family lived at Hope Hall, Halifax [1756].
 
He died 18th September 1784 [aged 67].
 
In his will, he bequeathed £50 to the Leeds Infirmary, and
 
and left £5 per year for 10 years to purchase books for the
Halifax Sunday schools.
 
The epitaph on the family memorial
in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in
the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions
 
On 25th December 1835, he married Ann Berry in Halifax.
 
 
 
Children:
 
Ann was widowed by 1851
 
Heywood records that
 
 
He was a cordwainer [1851].
 
On 31st December 1812, he married Mary Farrar [1793-1861] in Halifax.
 
 
Children:
 
They lived at
 
Mary died 28th October 1861 (aged 68).
 
 
Jeremiah died 15th October 1865 (aged 75) 
 The couple & the children (‡) were buried at Steep Lane Baptist Chapel, Sowerby
 
Born in Sowerby.
 
He was a warehouseman [1861, 1871, 1881].
 
In [Q3] 1861, he married Hannah Kenyon [1842-1890] at Halifax
Parish Church.
 
She was a bobbin winder [1871]
 
Children:
 
They lived at
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley 
 
He married Maria Gledhill Stott.
 
 
Children:
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Stott 
 
In 1611, he married Rosamund Watson.
 
Children:
 
 
Born in Shipley / Kirby Malham.
 
He was
a stone delver (quarry) [1881, 1891, 1901] /
a quarryman [1911].
 
In [Q4] 1885, he married Emma Hall (Or Hale) [1866-1938] in Halifax.
 
 
Children:
 
They lived at
 
John died 19th March 1931 (aged 68).
 
 
Emma died 25th January 1938 (aged 72).
 
 The couple were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: NR-A14]
 
Born in Barkisland.
 
In [Q2] 1916, he married Selina Calverley [1888-1958] in Halifax.
 
 
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 63rd Battalion
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).
 
 
He was killed in France [5th September 1918].
 
 He is remembered on the family grave at Christ Church, Barkisland,
on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France [Grave Ref 10],
on Barkisland War Memorial,
and on the Memorial at Krumlin Methodist Chapel, Barkisland
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham & Glynn Helliwell 
Born in Todmorden.
 
He was
a general printer [1871] /
a printer in Sowerby [1879] /
a reporter & compositor [1881] /
a reporter [1891, 1901] /
a journalist [1911] /
a newspaper proprietor /
printer & publisher of the Todmorden News & Advertiser /
a partner in Waddington & Sons (Printers) Limited.
 
In 1879, he married Harriet Heyhirst [1854-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.
 
 
Children:
 
They lived at
 
John William died in Todmorden [21st February 1927] (aged 72) 
 He was buried at Mytholmroyd Wesleyan Methodist Church.
The funeral was reported in the Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden
Bridge Newsletter [4th March 1927].
 Probate records show that he left effects valued at £3,070. 
Probate was granted to
his son Walker and
son-in-law William Alfred Hopkinson, master painter.
 
His will was reported in the Yorkshire Post & Leeds
Intelligencer [31st May 1927]
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley 
 
He had a carpet shop on Bradford/Huddersfield Road, opposite the
Firth's Carpets, for many years.
 
His son succeeded him in the business.
 
Contributor Dave van de Gevel writes
 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Dave Van De Gevel 
 
In July 1873, he bought the Punch Bowl from H. W. Ripley for
£3,570.
 
He married Unknown.
 
Children:
 
Born in Sowerby.
 
He was
a painter [1891] /
a painter & decorator [1901] /
a house decorator, sign writer, paperhanger, &c. at Penny Bank
 Buildings, Tuel Lane, Sowerby Bridge [1905].
 
In 1898, he married Frances Sarah Hitchen [1873-19??] in
Halifax.
 
Child:
Hilda [b 1901]
 
They lived at
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley 
He was
a reporter [1901] /
a newspaper reporter [1911] /
a reporter on the Todmorden and District News.
 
In [Q3] 1903, he married Alice Hollinrake [1883-19??] in Todmorden.
 
 
She was a coat tailoress with Thomas Wilson & Company
 
Children:
 
They lived at
 
Joseph died from pneumonia after suffering influenza [18th January 1919] (aged 37) 
 The Todmorden & District News [25th January 1919] reported his death
 
He began work as an apprentice draper.
In 1900, he bought a plot of land in Rawson Street where he built
Waddington's Dress Warehouse.
He was
Mayor of Halifax [1924-1925]
 
In 1939, he published a booklet Essays and Addresses which
described shops, shopping and shopkeeping in the town.
He was a Methodist lay preacher.
He was a long-serving and well-known Councillor and was the
Father of the Town Council when he died [16th January 1945].
 
In [Q2] 1894, he married Mary Dawson [1868-19??] from
Brighouse, in Halifax.
 
Children:
 
The family lived at 22 Palatine Square, Burnley [1911].
 
Born in Southowram.
 
He married (1) Mary Waddington [1774-1848].
 
 
 
Child:
 Joshua [2nd November 1806-3rd March 1871]
 
 
Mary died at Whitwell Place [2nd January 1848] (aged 74).
 
 
In [Q1] 1851, he married (2) Hannah Wilkinson [1817-1886] in Halifax.
 
Children:
 
Joshua died at Whitwell Place [17th June 1863].
 
 
Hannah died 21st September 1886 (aged 69).
 
 Members of the family are buried/remembered at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Refs: F-S2, F-T2 & F-T3A]
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell & Jeffrey Knowles 
 
He was
a landed carpenter & farmer of 22 acres employing 2 men [1861].
 
He married Hannah [1818-18??].
 
 
Children:
 
They lived at Whitwell Place, 47 East Gate, Elland [1861].
 
Living with them [in 1861] was Joshua's widowed
father Joshua Waddington [b Southowram 1780] (landed
proprietor) 
 
Working for them [in 1861] was Isaac Earnshaw (servant) 
 
On 8th November 1810, he married Hannah Farnhill [1781-1828] in Halifax.
 
Children:
 
Hannah died 20th September 1828 (aged 47).
 
 
Luke died 18th February 1838 (aged 61).
 
 Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax [Grave Ref: 193]
 
He was a cordwainer [1841].
 
In 1854, he became the first policeman in Brighouse with
responsibility for the township of Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse.
 
In 1856, he left the post and was succeeded by PC Greenwood.
 
He married Lusey [1788-18??].
He was a widower by 1861.
 
Children:
 
They lived at
 
See
Towser, Brighouse and
Waddington vs Waller
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley 
 
He married Sarah Jane Jackson.
 
Child: Lettice Annie [1871-1964] who married Albert Hargreaves
 
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Louise Jennings 
 
He was
an excavator [1871].
 
Around 1860, he married Agnes [1839-1???].
 
 
Children:
 
They lived at
 
Robert died Q1 1880 (aged 43) 
 
In 1647, he married Unknown
 
In 1807, he married Jane Goldthorp [1779-1860]
at Hartshead.
 
Children:
 
They lived at Daisy Croft, Brighouse [1851].
 
Living with them [in 1841] were Isaac Walker [aged 50] John
Sutcliffe [aged 25].
 
Samuel died in 1830.
 
Jane took over at the Black Swan [1834, 1841, 1845].
 Samuel & Jane were buried at Saint Peter's, Hartshead
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley 
 
He was a cordwainer [1850, 1851].
 
He married Betty [1799-18??].
 
 
Children:
 
They lived at Stansfield Mill, Sowerby [1851].
 
Living with them [in 1851] were daughter Susan, her husband
Joseph Whiteley and daughter Hannah.
 
In 1861, the widowed Betty was living with
daughter Susan and her husband Joseph Whiteley
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley 
 
He lived at Moorfield House, Wainstalls [1905]
 
Born in Bingley.
 
He was
an apprentice to Harrison & Todd letterpress printers in
 Bingley /
a printer in Bingley [1853] /
employed by Samuel Ward Walton in Todmorden [around 1855] /
in Mytholmroyd [1857] /
a partner with Albert Benjamin Bayes & bought Walton's
 business [1861] /
a book binder in Sowerby [1861] /
a letterpress printer at Mytholmroyd [1863] /
a general printer [1871] /
a book seller [1881] /
a printer & stationer [1891] /
head of Waddington & Sons /
a letterpress printer (employer) [1901] /
a letterpress & newspaper printer (employer) [1911] /
 a Methodist /
a teetotaller /
a non-smoker.
 
In 1853, he married Elizabeth Walbank [1830-1892]
at All Saints' Church, Bingley.
 
She was a dressmaker [1861]
 
Children:
 
They lived at
 
An Elizabeth Waddington died in Halifax in 1892 (aged 62) 
Living with the widowed Walker [in 1901, 1911] were
son John William & family.
 
Walker died in Todmorden [4th June 1911] (aged 81).
 
 The Todmorden & District News [9th June 1911]
 He was buried at Mytholmroyd Wesleyan Methodist Church
[6th June 1911].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £1,140. 
Probate was granted to his sons
John William & Fred.
 
On Christmas Day 1911, a portrait presented by his son John
William, and tablet to his memory were unveiled Mytholmroyd Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School.
The unveiling of the portrait was reported in the Todmorden &
District News [29th December 1911].
 
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley & Benjamin Brundell 
He was a toll collector [1871].
 
Around 1851, he married Susannah [1818-1???].
 
 
Children:
 
They lived at Toll Bar, Elland Road, Brighouse [1871]
Waddington, Albert Remon Ref 272-2634 
Curate at St Thomas the Apostle, Claremount [1898]
Waddington,  Alfred Ref 272-3 
He was a farmer [1911].
Waddington,  Charles Ref 272-427 
Son of Job Waddington.
Eliza was the daughter of Phineas Hitchin
Waddington,  Ely Wilkinson Ref 272-2741 
Gent.
Eliza Ann was the daughter of James Farrar
Waddington,  Evelyn Kenyon Ref 272-467 
Son of Charles Waddington.
Elizabeth Ellen was born in Sowerby
Waddington,  Frank Ewart Ref 272-1008 
Son of Ellen & William Waddington of Rastrick.
Waddington,  Fred Ref 272-12 
Born in Todmorden.
Susy was born in Walsden
Waddington,  Henry Ref 272-690 
He lived at
Smith House, Brighouse in 1634.
Waddington,  Henry Ref 272-2075 
Of Southowram.
Waddington,  James Ref 272-567 
Manufacturer of Halifax.
to 84 poor persons the sum of 40 guineas
Waddington,  James Ref 272-2 
Ann was the daughter of Francis Berry
Waddington,  Jeremiah Ref 272-1955 
Of Sowerby.
[he was] buried [at Sowerby] Feb 9 1691/2 and left his son to Josiah Stansfeld
Waddington,  Jeremiah Ref 272-13 
Born in Midgley.
Mary was born in Sowerby
Waddington,  Job Ref 272-170 
Son of William Waddington, weaver.
Hannah was the daughter of Samuel Kenyon, cordwainer.
Waddington,  John Ref 272-9 
Maria was the daughter of Elkanah Stott
Waddington,  John Ref 272-691 
Of Hipperholme.
Waddington,  John Ref 272-2084 
On 3rd September 1814, he placed a notice in The Leeds Mercury
Whereas, I, John Waddington of Hipperholme, cordwainer, did
on the 22nd day of August 1814, violently assault and abuse Sarah
Mallinson, the wife of Stephen Mallinson, of Hipperholme,
for which an action was commenced against me, but in consideration of
my acknowledging myself a defaulter, and advertising it once in the
Leeds Mercury and paying all expenses, has thought proper to shew me
this lenity – as witness by my hand
Waddington, John Ref 272-2009 
Marine store dealer at Bradford Road, Brighouse [1861]
Waddington,  John Ref 272-4 
Son of Robert Waddington.
Emma was born in Shibden
Waddington,  John Alfred Ref 272-965 
Son of Alfred Waddington.
Waddington,  John William Ref 272-457 
Son of Walker Waddington.
Harriet, of Erringden, was the daughter of Alfred
Heyhirst, stiffener
Waddington,  Joseph Ref 272-2757 
Of Bailiff Bridge.
I remember him calling into Firth's on a regular basis to buy
roll-ends
Waddington,  Joseph Ref 272-1987 
He was
licensee of the Punch Bowl, Bailiff Bridge [1869] /
a joiner & builder [1873].
Waddington,  Joseph Ref 272-194 
Son of Job Waddington.
Waddington,  Joseph Ref 272-11 
Son of Fred Waddington.
Alice was born in Todmorden.
Waddington,  Joseph Harold Ref 272-339 
Born at Mile Thorn.
Waddington,  Joshua Ref 272-8 
Recorded in 1848, when he was
the owner of Lower Park Gate Farm, Southowram
Waddington,  Joshua Ref 272-2742 
Gent.
Mary was born in Southowram
They lived at Whitwell Place, Elland.Waddington, Joshua Ref 272-923 
In May 1858, he opened a Turkish bath at Boddy's Buildings, Halifax
Waddington,  Joshua Ref 272-10 
Born in Southowram.
Hannah was born in Elland
Waddington,  Luke Ref 272-6 
Waddington,  PC Anthony Ref 272-585 
Born in Hipperholme.
Waddington,  Richard Ref 272-235 
Son of Lettice (née Gill) & Richard Waddington.
Waddington,  Robert Ref 272-5 
Born in Halifax.
Agnes was born in Halifax
Waddington,  Samuel Ref 272-693 
Son of John Waddington.
Waddington,  Samuel Ref 272-2759 
He was landlord of the Black Swan, Brighouse [1822, 1829].
Waddington, Sarah Ref 272-1545 
Cotton spinner at Rudclough Mill, Erringden [around 1800]
Waddington,  Thomas Ref 272-2829 
Born in Sowerby.
Betty was born in Sowerby
Waddington, Thomas Ref 272-1782 
Bus proprietor.
Waddington,  Walker Ref 272-2323 
Son of Walker Waddington, yeoman.
Elizabeth, of Bingley, was the daughter of Joseph
Walbank, draper.
Waddington,  William Ref 272-7 
Born in Northowram.
Susannah was born in Halifax
| Surname | 
The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District Surnames by George Redmonds.
 
 
There are
38
entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname Waddington,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
 
 
Marriages
1804,
1855,
1861,
1862,
1890,
1899,
1900,
1907,
1910
 
Waddington surname Ref 272-1 
Unattached BMDs for Waddington
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