See
Bog Eggs
Recorded around 1915, when
James Greenwood was a player/member
He married Margaret Skene [1868-1944].
Minister at Wainsgate Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge [1901-1906].
They lived at
James died at Ryde House, Newchurch [5th March 1931].
Margaret Skene died at Brae Moray, Newchurch [15th February 1944] (aged 76).
The couple were buried at Wainsgate Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge [Grave Ref: F848]
See
Crown Bakery, Hebden Bridge
There is a memorial to him in Mount Zion Chapel, Lightcliffe
erected by the members of the Odd Fellows Manchester Unity
He was
a labourer at lime kilns [1881] /
a lime drawer [1891] /
a limestone quarryman [1901, 1911].
In 1875, he married Emma Daggard [1855-1???]
in Settle.
Children:
They lived at
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Born in Giggleswick.
He was
half-time mill hand [1891] /
a railway navvy [1901] /
a postman of 49 Cambridge Street, Walsden [1910] /
town postman [1911].
On 12th November 1910, he married May Carr [1886-19??] at St Peter's Church, Walsden.
As reported below, May came from
fighting stock
Children:
The family lived at
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 18th April 1915.
The Todmorden & District News [4th August 1916] reported
He lived in Walsden and was on the local postal delivery staff
The following week's Edition [11th August 1916] published
his photograph & reported
He was on the postal delivery staff for four years but was not
serving in this capacity when called up.
He was taken prisoner at the
Battle of Mons
but killed his guard and escaped.
He was subsequently invalided home then returned to active service on
Christmas Day 1914.
His wife had not seen him since.
His widow comes from fighting stock.
Her father served five years in India,
her grandfather was killed at the battle of Inkerman,
her great-grandfather was wounded during fighting in Spain and her
great-great-grandfather fought in the battle of Waterloo
He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 20],
and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
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He married Jane [1797-1862].
Child: Mary [b 1825; bapt 9th October 1825; d 1901] who was
buried her mother
Jane died 6th May 1862 (aged 65),
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4085]
The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other.
Partners included
David Dyson Casson.
They were at
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Partners included
P. Clayton
Partners included
Benjamin Whitehead Jackson,
Charles Edward Fox,
and
Cyril Sunderland.
They had offices at
17 George Street [1866],
22 George Street [1881],
7 Rawson Street, Halifax [1902-1908],
and
Harrison Road, Halifax.
Their work includes
Plans are also recorded for
and a number of Samuel Webster's pubs
Partners included
W. Jackson and
W. Whitaker.
The partnership was dissolved in July 1856
Recorded in 1899
at the Jolly Sailor, Sowerby Bridge.
Recorded in 1914
Black Horse, Stainland
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The name is said to be from Judge Jackson.
See
Thomas Brenard
They were at Der Street Mill, Todmorden [1877].
In 1905, it was called Derdale Iron Works.
See
William Jackson
They did much work local Chapels, Churches and War Memorials, as
listed in the Foldout
Prehistoric flint implements were found here.
See
High Brown Knowl
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He married Unknown.
Children:
He was dead by 1833.
See
History of the town and parish of Halifax,
Rev Dr George Legh,
Moore's Terrier and
William Winn
An obituary recorded
He died in Manchester after a severe illness [October 1804]
published in 1871 by J. Simpson of Crossley Street, Halifax.
It sold at 1d
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3783]
with Elizabeth Ann and John Fleming
He was
a printer's apprentice living at Cavalry Field, Rhodes Street,
Halifax [1841] /
a printer [1851] /
a printer at the Halifax Guardian [1851].
In [Q2] 1849, he married Sarah Ann Bairstow [1816-1884].
She was a milliner [1851]
They lived at 13 Copper Street, Halifax [1851].
On 5th May 1858, James Edward was beaten to death by
fellow-worker William Blackburn Dawson – see the Foldout
Sarah Ann died 3rd June 1884 (aged 68).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2060]
with James Horatio Foster
He was a pewterer [1892].
In [Q2] 1892, he married Emma in Halifax.
Child:
Ivy who died 27th December 1894 (aged 5 months)
Emma died 8th December 1925 (aged 70).
Robert died 18th August 1934 (aged 71).
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 348]
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He was
educated at Holy Trinity School /
employed at Brunswick Mills.
In [Q2] 1939, he married Blanche Hooson in Halifax.
They lived at Halifax.
He enlisted [1924], and served in India.
During World War II,
he was called-up [1939], and
he served as a Signalman
with the Royal Corps of Signals.
He was killed in action at Bir Hakeim with the Free French [9th December 1941] (aged 31).
He was buried at Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya [Grave Ref I E 21].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on a French Memorial
The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other.
They were at the Market Hall, Halifax and at Grimsby.
Other members of the family followed him in the business, including
his son Ambler Jagger
and
his grandson Kenneth Jagger.
The business is still in Albion Street [2010] owned by a cousin of
the family
This & associated entries use material contributed by Les Piggin
A mid-19th century white-washed stone slab against the south parapet
reads:
and is listed
See
The beck that runs through Rastrick and
Spout Mills, Rastrick
See
Shavey Bottom, Jagger Green
It is dated 1703 TDM for Thomas Denton and his
wife Mary.
In 1886, Samuel Shaw bought the property.
It is now private dwellings.
This is discussed in the book
Ancient Halls in & about Halifax
This & associated entries use material contributed by John Rushworth
The area may have been a part of the park – the estate – of Royds Hall
This & associated entries use material contributed by Mary Twentyman
This & associated entries use material contributed by Ben Stables
He came to Halifax about 1909.
He was
a teacher of languages (employer) [1911] /
head of the Berlitz School of Languages, Halifax.
Around 1909, he married Antonie.
They lived at 26 Second Avenue, Manor Drive, Halifax [1911].
During World War I,
he served as a Lieutenant
Interpreter.
He did war work for Campbell's.
He was awarded the Italian Croix de Guerre with 1 star [1917].
He was awarded the French Croix de Guerre with 3 stars [18th May
1918].
He was working in Bailleul, France, where he was involved in the
safety of civilians and of transport.
On 15th November 1918, he was walking along a road outside the town
[15th November 1918], he found a detonator lying in the road.
Remarking that this was a danger to any passing cart or lorry, he
picked it up to throw it away.
The detonator exploded in his hands.
He was taken to the No.3 Canadian Stationery Hospital at St Omer
where an operation was performed on his hands [16th November 1918].
He developed pneumonia.
He died 28th November 1918.
He has not been found in any British military records.
The Halifax Courier
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Born in Haigh, Wigan.
He was
educated at St John's College Cambridge /
working in Dover /
assistant solicitor to Halifax Corporation.
During World War I,
he served as a Sergeant
with the 13th Battalion
Middlesex Regiment.
He was reported missing and assumed to have died 18th August 1916 (aged 28).
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance.
3 brothers were killed in action in World War I
On 28th July 1823, he,
Rev Joshua Fearnside,
Rev John Heap,
Rev Jagger,
Rev Edward B. Lloyd,
Rev Zachariah Yewdall,
Rev Matthew Lumb and
Stephen Wilson of Holmfirth,
were amongst the passengers travelling by The Fleece coach
from Halifax to Sheffield which overturned near Shepley.
Rev Sergeant of Scarborough died of his injuries.
Edward Smith, the driver of the coach was accused of
Rev James's ankle was crushed
From Cornwall.
He was Minister at Cross Lanes United Methodist Chapel, Hebden Bridge [August 1897]
During World War II,
he served as a Sergeant
with the 102nd Squadron
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
He died 26th November 1943 (aged 22).
He was buried at Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany
[Joint Grave 6 A 13-14]
Born in Durham.
He was
educated at Queen's College Oxford /
assistant master at Durham School /
chaplain to the forces in Egypt and Mesopotamia (during World War I).
He returned to England then went to New Zealand where he was
vicar at St Mary's Cathedral, Auckland, New Zealand [for 9 years],
vicar of St Paul's Pro-Cathedral in Wellington, New Zealand [from May
1929],
vicar general of the Wellington Diocese [from 1934],
governor of St John's College and King's College, Auckland,
and
active in a Bibles-for-Schools movement
before becoming
Vicar of Halifax [1937].
In 1923, he married Unknown, the daughter of Sir George
Fenwick
He was a carpet weaver [1871, 1881].
He married Ann [1828-1906].
Children:
The family lived at
William died in Halifax [Q1 1891] (aged 59).
Ann died in Halifax [Q1 1906] (aged 77)
In [Q4] 1917, he married Hilda Helme in Halifax.
They lived at 21 Marion Street, Brighouse.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 7th Battalion
Royal Fusiliers.
He died 18th January 1918 (aged 27).
He was buried at Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, France [Grave Ref X B 10]
He was
a farm labourer /
a regular soldier [1932].
In [Q1] 1944, he married Emily A. Smith in Halifax.
They lived at 28 Rugby Terrace, Ovenden.
During World War II,
he served as a Private
with the 7th Battalion
Seaforth Highlanders.
He was wounded in Burma, and sent back to the UK.
He was killed in action at Normandy [21st July 1944] (aged 30).
He was buried at Bayeux War Cemetery, France [Grave Ref XXVI A 9].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
Late 17th century house.
The original house had (possibly) been built by James Brooksbank and the Brooksbank family.
Subsequent owners and tenants have included
(probably) for George & his wife Jane
This & associated entries use material contributed by Ben Stables & Robert Wade
In May 1863, he was declared bankrupt
He was
a furniture broker & draper [1891] /
a lime grinder for masons [1901].
In [Q3] 1870, he married Mary Culpan [1844-19??] in Halifax.
There are no records of any children.
They lived at
Living with them [in 1891] were Mary's widowed
mother Hannah Culpan [b 1818]
Living with them [in 1891, 1901, 1911] was Mary's sister Ann Culpan
He was
a grocer [1841] /
a grocer employing 2 men [1851] /
a grocer employing 1 man [1861].
He married Unknown.
Children:
They lived at
Charles Spencer was a widower by 1851.
Living with them [in 1841] was Stancliffe Aspinall [b 1831]
(apprentice grocer).
Charles Spencer died 26th June 1866 (aged 61),
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 179]
with daughter Charlotte, her husband Thomas Parkinson &
children
He married Mary [1768-1793].
Children:
Mary died 1st February 1793 (aged 25).
James died 3rd April 1797 (aged 44).
Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax [Grave Ref: 80]
Appointed in December 1923, he was the first Recorder for
Halifax [1923-1931]
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He was a solicitor at the Supreme Court [1901].
He married Unknown.
Child:
Margaret Baird [b 1893]
They lived at Till Carr House, Lightcliffe [1901]
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Perpetual Curate at Luddenden [1834].
He resigned in 1838.
He was one of the subscribers to John Horner's book Buildings in the Town & Parish of Halifax [1835]
He married Caroline.
Children:
He lived at
The children's death are recorded in a Memorial at St Mary's Church, Luddenden
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham
She was born in Halifax.
She was a governess and French teacher.
John Lister was one of her pupils.
After the death of their parents, in the 1850s, she and her sister
Marie Louisa received a sizeable inheritance, and moved
to Fern Hill in Settle, to live with their aunt Sarah Chapman
[1788-1863].
The sisters were rarely seen apart after they moved to Craven.
Maria died 17th April 1893 (aged 75).
She left her estate to Alphonsine;
this has been estimated to be the equivalent of over
£1.1million today.
¾ of that went to charity.
Alphonsine generously donated to the Settle church endowment
scheme for pew rents, and to a charity set up for the aged and infirm
of the parish of Giggleswick.
Alphonsine died 6th November 1912 (aged 90).
She bequeathed £600 and a portrait of her father – by John Horner – to the Royal Halifax Infirmary
The portrait went missing
The sisters were buried, side by side, at Holy Ascension Church,
Settle, and there is a William Morris stained glass window in
the church.
A plaque reads:
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His father was a steward for the French King Louis XV1.
Born at Versailles, France [11th December 1775].
From the age of 5, he attended the Chapel Royal School where he was a
chorister.
The family moved to Paris at the time of the French Revolution.
Anyone associated with the King was liable to be caught and executed.
Etienne was reduced to begging for bread, but he survived and
became a secretary to a general, travelling through Europe.
Then, he became a soldier in the army and saw active service in the
Peninsular War, where he was wounded by a British sabre in Spain
[1809], and was brought to England as a prisoner of war.
He was released at Northampton at the end of hostilities.
In 1812, he married Sophia Millbourn [1792-1853].
In 1814, they moved to Halifax.
He converted from Catholicism to become an Anglican.
He was
a British lace manufacturer at Woolshops, Halifax [1816] /
Chapel Warden at Northgate End Chapel [1816].
He ran a French School in Halifax [1820s-1850s], where he
taught French and offered a large French library for his students.
He was one of the subscribers to John Horner's book Buildings in the Town & Parish of Halifax [1835].
Horner painted a portrait of M. Jarry which his
daughter Alphonsine presented to the Royal Halifax Infirmary.
The portrait subsequently went missing.
Children:
They lived at 18/19 Aked's Road, Halifax [1851].
The couple died at Aked's Road:
Sophia [1853];
Stephen [1858].
They were buried at Halifax Parish Church.
After the death of their parents, the daughters moved to Fern Hill in
Settle, to live with their aunt Sarah Chapman [1788-1863]
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She was born in Halifax.
She worked as a governess in Halifax [1841]
In 1861, Agnes Whitfield Ashworth was a visitor at Maria Louisa Ladies' School of Marie Louisa Jarry at 19 Akeds
Road, Halifax [1861]
After the death of their parents, in the 1850s, she and her sister
Alphonsine received a sizeable inheritance, and moved
to Fern Hill in Settle, to live with their aunt Sarah Chapman
[1788-1863].
The sisters were rarely seen apart after they moved to Craven.
Maria died 17th April 1893 (aged 75).
She left her estate to Alphonsine;
this has been estimated to be the equivalent of over
£1.1million today.
Alphonsine died 6th November 1912 (aged 90).
The sisters were buried, side by side, at Holy Ascension Church,
Settle, and there is a William Morris stained glass window in
the church.
A plaque reads:
Born in Wadsworth.
He was
a member of Old Town Methodist Chapel, Wadsworth /
a member of Hope Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge /
a member of Hebden Bridge Liberal Club /
a cotton weaver (power loom) [1911] /
employed by James Hoyle Limited at Acre Mill, Old Town.
During World War I,
he enlisted [October 1914], and
he served as a Rifleman
with the 20th Battalion
King's Royal Rifle Corps.
He fought at Ypres & Arras and was twice wounded.
He died of wounds to his arm & chest sustained in the Battle of Arras [10th April 1917] (aged 25).
The Halifax Courier He was buried at Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, France [Grave Ref III A 5]
He is remembered on the family grave at Wainsgate Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge [Grave Ref: F825],
on the Memorial at Hope Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge,
on the Memorial at Old Town Methodist Chapel, Wadsworth,
on the Memorial at Acre Mill, Old Town,
and on Wadsworth War Memorial
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He was
president of Hebden Bridge Liberal Club /
a cotton weaver (power loom) [1876] (probably) with James Hoyle Limited at Acre Mill, Old Town /
a cotton weaver [1901] /
power loom cotton weaver [1911].
The family were connected with
Old Town Methodist Chapel, Wadsworth
and
Hope Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge.
On 16th August 1876, he married Mary Wilcock [1856-1929] in Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Wadsworth.
The family lived at
Mary died 10th September 1929.
Robert died 30th December 1931.
Members of the family were buried at Wainsgate Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge [Grave Ref: F825]
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The attached archway – leading to the Heptonstall graveyard – is
also listed
Jack at Bog Eggs Ref J161 Jack Bridge Cricket Club Ref J303 Jack Bridge, Heptonstall Ref J48 Jack Hey, Sowerby Ref J120 Jack, Rev James Ref J181
Jack Royd Ref J78 Jack Taylor's Garden, Hebden Bridge Ref J284 Jack Uttley Collection Ref J69 Jackman, John Ref J3000 
Jackman, John Ashworth Ref J125
Emma was born in Hampstead, London
Jackman, Robert Ref J103
May, a weaver of 592 Rochdale Road, Walsden, was born in
Burnley, Lancashire, the daughter of William Carr, coal miner.
Private Robert Jackman, West Riding Regiment, was reported
missing on April 18 1915, now assumed to have died.
[Private Robert Jackman, West Riding Regiment,] died aged 38.
Jackman, William Ref J239
William Jackman in Halifax went to bed full of drink, some say with
brandy, on Saturday night January 10th 1680, and in the night waked,
distracted, raging mad, roaring, raging, swearing in a horrible
manner that several men could not hold him, once he had got out his
knife and made an attempt to cut his own throat, his daughter got the
knife from him, though to the cutting of her fingers – he dyed on
Friday night following January 16th, was buried on Monday January 19th
Jackman, William Ref J55 Jackson ... Ref J385 
Jackson's: A. Jackson & Son Ref J199 Jackson & Casson Ref J315
Jackson & Clayton Ref J202 Jackson & Fox Ref J166
Jackson & Greenwood Ref J211 Jackson & Whitaker Ref J260 Jackson's: Benjamin Jackson & Sons Ref J206 Jackson's Court, Halifax Ref J143 Jackson Feather & Company Ref J297 Jackson's: Jeremiah Jackson & Sons Ref J294 Jackson of Coley Ref J275
Jackson's: Peter Jackson & Sons Limited Ref J169 Jackson's Ridge Ref J1 Jackson Room Ref J56 Jacob, Edward Ref J59
Jacob, Edward Ref J9020
He had been 9 years engaged in the service of his country, had fought
with Lord Gardner and Lord Duncan, and received a wound while
employed under Lord Nelson at the bombardment of Copenhagen
Jacob Halifax Ref J180
a local skit
Jacobs, James Ref J4020
Elizabeth was the daughter-in-law of Elizabeth Ann Fleming
Jacobs, James Edward Ref J99
Sarah Ann was born in Halifax.
Jacobs, Robert Ref J72
Emma was the daughter of Samuel Magson and widow of
Thomas Bishop
Jacobs, Tom Ref J269 Jagger ... Ref J160
Jagger's: A. Jagger & Sons Ref J309 Jagger Bridge, Greetland Ref J156
DIVISION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF STAINLAND AND GREETLAND
Jagger Dam, Rastrick Ref J145 Jagger Green Ref J4 Jagger Green Hall, Stainland Ref J30
Jagger's Limited Ref J6190 Jagger Park Wood Ref J87 Jagger's: S. Jagger & Company Ref J164 Jail Hole Rocks, Walsden Ref J40 Jails & Gaols Ref J379 Jake Royd, Shelf Ref J126 Jakeroyd Farm, Shelf Ref J123 Jakstubynge, Shelf Ref J235 Jambu, Eugene Ref J278
Antonie came from Germany
James, Rev A. R. Ref J81 James, Francis Ref J226 James, Rev Francis Ref J172 James, Henry Ref J2
James, Rev J. Ref J236 James, Rev John Ref J252
wanton behaviour and shameful perversity, on account of the peril to
which his furious driving subjected his passengers.
James, Rev John Henry Ref J192 James, Joseph Ref J9 James, Leslie Ref J344
James, Canon Percival Ernest Ref J13 James, William Ref J110
Ann was born in Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire
Jamieson, Rev Guy Ref J50 Jamieson, James Theodore Ref J266
Jane Crowther & Ellen Hopkinson's Charity Ref J97 Japan Ref J300 Jappie, David Alexander Ref J17
Jaque Royd, Shelf Ref J46
GB JB 1680
Jaques, Battye & Edwards Ref J244 Jaques, James Ref J264 Jaques, James Ref J105
Mary was born in Halifax, the daughter of Joseph Culpan
Jarby, Mr Ref J171 Jardine, Charles Spencer Ref J45
Jardine, James Ref J93
Jardine, James Willoughby Ref J66 Jardine, John R. B. Ref J6350 Jarratt, Rev Robert Ref J142
Jarrom, Rev W. Ref J210 Jarry, Alphonsine Sarah Ref J353
To the memory of two sisters devoted to kind and good works
Jarry, Etienne Edme Ref J268
Sophia came from Northampton
Does anyone know anything about the portrait or its whereabouts?
Jarry, Marie Louisa Ref J65
To the memory of two sisters devoted to kind and good works
Jarvie, Rev A. M. M. Ref J132 Jarvis, Astin Ref J261
Jarvis, Robert Oakley Ref J262
Mary was born in Erringden [25th February 1856]
Jasmine Cottage, Heptonstall Ref J317