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On 29th May 1819, he was thrown over the battlements of Halifax Bridge
He fell 46 feet and was found dead the next morning.
Afterwards the bridge was surmounted with iron palisades, in the hope
to prevent any similar occurrence
Born in Ovenden.
He was a bell hanger / a whitesmith [1868].
On 9th November 1868, he married Elizabeth Nicholl in Halifax.
He committed suicide [7th June 1871] (aged 23).
The Bradford Observer [Thursday 8th June 1871] reported
During the night, he stopped at the house of Mr William Holt,
Talbot Inn Yard, to whom he expressed a wish to drown himself.
The Police found Holt's door open, when Asquith was
missed and afterwards found dead in the canal
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3199]
Born in Sowerby Bridge.
He was
a warehouse man in dye works [1881] /
a dry goods warehouseman [1891] /
a worsted stuff warehouseman [1901] /
assisting in his wife's millinery business [1911].
In 1879, he married (1) Hannah Maria Briggs [1853-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.
Child: 1. Annie Jane [b 1880] who was a worsted spinner
[1891], a milliner's assistant [1901]
Hannah Maria died in 1882 (aged 30).
In 1886, he married (2) Sarah Hannah Crowther [1859-1???] in Halifax.
She was a dealer (millinery). Employer [1911]
Child: 2. Harold [b 1892] who was a machine tool fitter
[1911]
They lived at
In 1905, an advertisement was published in the Sowerby Bridge Chronicle for
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In [Q2] 1844, he married Grace Nortcliffe [1817-1???] in Halifax.
Child: James
A Charles Asquith died in Halifax [Q4 1877] (aged 56).
In 1881, Grace was living with son James & family
Born in Halifax;
baptised in Halifax [16th November 1817].
He was
a wire drawer [1841] /
landlord of the Royal Hotel & Oddfellows' Hall, Halifax [1846]
/
(possibly) landlord of the Golden Plough, Halifax [from 1846] /
landlord of the Broad Tree, Lee Mount [1851] /
an assistant bailiff [1861].
In November 1856, he was declared bankrupt.
On 25th April 1839, he married (1) Maria Rushworth at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
Maria died a fortnight after giving birth to her youngest
daughter.
In 1859, he married (2) Mary Ann Clegg [1833-1893] in Dewsbury.
Children:
They lived at
Dan died 5th July 1870 (aged 57).
He was buried at Dewsbury Cemetery.
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3199]
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Question:
Is he the same person as
Empsall Hanson [1834-1???]?
Born in Brighouse.
He was
a labourer slop dyer [1851] /
a stuff presser [1861].
In [Q1] 1853, he married Ellen Schorfield in Halifax.
Ellen died 28th December 1864 (aged 36)
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1995]
with Empsall's parents
Son of Emily Willans and Joseph Dixon Asquith of Morley.
He attended Making Place Academy.
See
Gerald Cozens-Hardy Willans
He was educated at Holy Trinity School.
During World War I,
he served as a Rifleman
with the 2nd/3rd Battalion
New Zealand Rifle Brigade.
He was killed by a shell whilst in his way to the ambulance quarters [18th June 1917] (aged 21).
He was buried at Pont D'Achelles Military Cemetery, Nieppe, France [Grave Ref I D 13].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
Son of Timothy Askew.
He married Betty Whiteley.
Child: Samuel
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Born in Brighouse.
He was
a silk dresser [1866, 1871] /
a dairyman [1881] /
a farmer [1891, 1901].
In 1866, he married Sarah Lee [1842-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1881] was James's widowed mother Grace
Asquith [b 1817]
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Born in Halifax.
He was
a mill hand [1881] /
a cart driver [1891] /
a carter [1895] /
a cart driver [1901] /
a greengrocer [1904] /
a cart driver [1910] /
a coal carter [1911].
In [Q1] 1895, he married (1) Lucy Jane Thompson [1874-1904] in Halifax.
Children:
The children ‡ were baptised at St Paul's Church,
King Cross.
On Easter Monday, 4th April 1904, Lucy Jane murdered her
2-year-old son Raymond, cutting his throat, and then tried to
cut her own throat.
When this failed, she tried to strangle herself with a skipping rope.
The bodies were found by her husband.
Lucy Jane had been distressed after the death of
daughter Elsie May 2 years earlier, and had said to a neighbour
At the inquest, the Jury found that the baby was wilfully murdered
by the mother and that the mother died from injuries inflicted
on herself whilst of unsound mind.
Mother and child were buried at King Cross Wesleyan Church.
James moved to Blackpool after the tragedy.
In 1910, he married (2) Maria Robinson [1872-19??]
at Blackpool Parish Church.
They lived at
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He was
a beer seller & cart driver [1851].
He married Ellen [1803-18??].
Children:
They lived at Skircoat Green Halifax [1851]
He lived at Moorlands, Savile Park, Halifax.
He died [28th April 1933] from complications following an
appendicitis operation at the Royal Halifax Infirmary, only a month
after the death of his father.
At the time of his death, he was preparing to marry Angela Watkinson.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £7,858 4/8d.
Administration was granted to his sister Alice
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Born in Halifax.
He was a machine tool maker [1901].
He and his cousin, J. W. S. Asquith, succeeded William Asquith at
Asquith's, the family machine tool manufacturing business.
In 1892, he married Annie Chapman [1869-1932] in Rochdale.
Children:
They lived at 318 Gibbet Street, Halifax [1901].
He died at Great Yarmouth [10th August 1927].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £73,821 6/11d.
Probate was granted to
Arthur Stocks (chartered accountant)
and
James Frederick Sykes (surveyor)
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He was a machine tool manufacturer [1901].
He and his cousin, John Henry Asquith, succeeded William Asquith
at Asquith's, the family machine tool manufacturing business.
He was a director of the firm.
On 6th October 1909, he married Alice Mann Wills [1880-1972]
at All Saints, Wakefield.
Children:
They lived at Moorlands, Halifax [1920, 1933].
John William died 29th March 1933.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £64,624 6/6d.
Probate was granted to
his widowed daughter Alice
and
Arthur Stocks (chartered accountant).
He and his son, John, died a month apart
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Around 1819, he married Elizabeth [1799-1869].
She was widowed and a proprietor of houses [1861]
Children:
They lived at
Joseph died in Halifax [Q4 1847].
Elizabeth died 8th September 1869 (aged 70)
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 877]
with son William
He was a linen draper with a ladies' outfitters and draper's business
in Halifax.
He was in Old Market, Halifax [before 1890].
He had his Mourning Warehouse at Alexandra House, Halifax [1903].
In [Q3] 1868, he married (1) Savina Magson [1842-1871] in Halifax.
Savina died 16th September 1871 (aged 29),
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1765].
In 1875, he married (2) Annie Elizabeth Moorhouse
in Stourbridge.
Children:
They lived at
Son Willie were buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [Grave Ref: N 52 A]
See
Halifax Juvenile Blue Ribbon Army
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Son of John William Stancliffe Asquith.
In 1949, he was a Director of the family business – William Asquith Limited – and of Modern Foundries Limited.
In September 1939, he married Joan Roscoe at Halifax Parish Church.
They lived at Warley Cott, Warley.
Richard Warren died 30th August 1988.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £376,184.
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Born in Halifax [20th April 1846].
He was
a commercial traveller [1871] /
a beer seller [1881] /
a hotel keeper [1901] /
(possibly) the Bowling Green, Halifax.
In [Q1] 1869, he (possibly) married Mary Green [1841-1891] in Halifax.
Children:
Mary died 30th August 1891 (aged 50).
They lived at
Living with them [in 1901] was Robert's sister Eliza.
Robert died 26th March 1906.
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1696]
with Albert John son of Edward Rice
He married Elizabeth [1846-1???].
Children:
They lived at Albion Terrace, Luddendenfoot [1881]
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Son of John William Stancliffe Asquith.
He was Managing Director of the family business – William Asquith Limited [1949].
He married Deirdre Newton.
They lived at
Robert died at the Hotel Principe Savoia, Milan, Italy [8th October 1963].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £393,906.
Probate was granted to
James Dudley Halliwell Horobin
and
Hugh Wilfrid Walter Finn
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Born in Northowram.
He became a tailor.
On 24th June 1798, he married Mary Green at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
Around 1841, he went to live with his daughter Harriet and her
family at Liverpool.
He died in Liverpool
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Baptised at St John the Baptist, Coley [22nd December 1804]
Born in Halifax.
He became a cabinetmaker.
(Possibly) an apprentice to James Mellor.
On 16th October 1833, Samuel Askwith and John Mellor
appeared at the Leeds Sessions and were found guilty of highway
robbery and stealing money from Benjamin Pinder in Halifax on 21st
September and were sentenced to be transported for 7 years.
On 9th April 1834, left, board the Surrey, for
Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.
On 17th August 1844, he married Margaret Butler Whalan
[1820-1896] from Tipperary, Ireland.
Children:
An advertisement in the West Maitland (NSW) newspaper announced
SAMUEL ASQUITH.
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He was
a master butcher [1891] /
a pork butcher [1911].
On 26th April 1887, he married Angelina Hollins [1861-1935] in Halifax.
Children:
The 1911 census shows that they had had 4 children of whom 1 was still alive at that time.
The family lived at
Samuel died 25th October 1933 (aged 69).
Angelina died 6th February 1935 (aged 74).
The couple & the children ‡ were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1994]
with Thomas Asquith [1827-1866], son of John Asquith
& Hannah Thornton [1838-1884], daughter of Lavinia
Oliver = as yet unidentified
Vicar at St James's Church, Halifax.
He left to serve at New Houghton, Mansfield.
In [Q2] 1887, he married Ann Louisa Gillibrand
in Guisborough.
Child: Hugh Dynevor
He died in Southampton
He was
a cotton warp dresser [1881] /
a dyer's labourer [1891].
In [Q2] 1851, he married Sarah Ann Jackson [1833-1???] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1881] were daughter Mary Eliza & her
husband Robert Fitton
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He was a compositor.
In 1863, he emigrated to Canterbury, New Zealand.
On 25th October 1867, he married Hannah Ellis [1843-1929]
in Christchurch.
Children:
He was
a labourer cart driver [1851] /
a farmer of 5 acres [1861].
In [Q2] 1843, he married Betty Hanson [1814-1869] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at
Betty died 15th August 1869 (aged 55).
William died 11th October 1875 (aged 58).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1995]
with daughter-in-law Ellen [1828-1864]
He was
farmer employing 5 men [1871] /
landlord of the Prince of Wales, Halifax [1871, 1874].
In 1870, he married Mary Ann Booth [1831-1???] in Halifax.
William died in Halifax in 1875 (aged 58).
Mary Ann took over at the Prince of Wales [1881].
Her niece Susannah Tattersall [b 1865] was assisting at the
pub [1881]
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Born in Halifax.
He was
a tailor [1841] /
a master tailor [1851] /
a tailor [1861] /
a retired tailor [1871] /
a retired tailor & draper [1881].
In [Q1] 1851, he married Jane Hartley [1827-1880] in Halifax.
They had no children.
They lived at
Jane died 12th February 1880 (aged 53).
Living with William [in 1881] was his niece Jane
Hartley [b 1860] (housekeeper).
William died 10th February 1882 (aged 60).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 877]
with William's mother Elizabeth
Born in Halifax [16th March 1840].
Machine maker who went to work in the Canadian gold fields of British
Columbia, and spent 2 years working at a mining company in San
Francisco.
In 1865, after the American Civil War, he returned to Halifax to
establish Asquith's at Raglan Street, the family machine tool
manufacturing company.
He was succeeded in the business by his son John Henry Asquith and
his nephew John William Stancliffe Asquith.
On 30th September 1865, he married Ann Bower [1843-1917] at Halifax Parish Church.
In 1861, Ann was staying with John Stancliffe & family
Children:
They lived at
William died at Birks Hall [18th March 1901].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £26,855 19/1d.
Probate was granted to
son John Henry Stancliffe
and
nephew John William Stancliffe Asquith.
Daughter Caroline died 9th January 1915.
Ann died at Weston-super-Mare [16th December 1917].
Probate records show that she left effects valued at £2,562 3/11d
[Resworn £2,859 13/5d].
Probate was granted to daughters
Hannah Maria
and
Mary Emma.
Daughter Hannah Maria died 4th January 1939 (aged 68).
They were buried at Warley Town Cemetery
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He was
a hairdresser's assistant [1891] /
a hairdresser & umbrella-maker at his Cliffe End Toilet Rooms,
Rastrick /
a hairdresser (own account) [1901, 1911].
In 1903, he married Mary Hannah Briggs [1873-19??] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at 14 Crossley Street, Rastrick [1911]
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He was director of William Asquith Limited [1935].
On 24th May 1928, he married Nellie Eastwood [1905-1984] at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge.
Children:
They lived at Oak Royde, Bright Street, Sowerby Bridge.
Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £115,921
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Asquith, Mr Ref 322-151
Of Hipperholme.
by some unknown assassin
Asquith, Alexander Ref 322-228
Son of Dan Asquith.
About half past five yesterday morning, the body of a man
named Alex Asquith, bellhanger, who was without fixed
residence, was found drowned in the canal near Caddyfields bridge.
Asquith, Ben Ref 322-502
Son of Thomas Asquith, a scourer.
Hannah Maria, of Skircoat, was the daughter of Jarrerd
Briggs, a carter
Sarah Hannah was a milliner [1891, 1901].
Mrs Asquith's, New Spring and Summer Millinery at 30 Town Hall
Street, Sowerby Bridge
Asquith, Charles Ref 322-11
He was a farmer [1866].
Grace was born in Brighouse
Asquith, Dan Ref 322-921
Son of Jane [1777-1853] & Joseph Asquith.
Maria was the daughter of William Rushworth
Mary Ann came from Earlsheaton
Asquith, Empsall Hanson Ref 322-8
Son of William Asquith.
Asquith, Herbert Henry Ref 322-402
British MP (for Fife and for Paisley, Scotland), Home Secretary,
Chancellor & Prime Minister [1908-1916].
Asquith, Hugh Dynevor Ref 322-785
Son of Rev Swithin Asquith
Asquith, James Ref 322-824
Of Northowram.
Asquith, James Ref 322-10
Son of Charles Asquith.
Sarah was born in Shelf, the daughter of Benjamin Lee,
farmer
Asquith, James Ref 322-312
Son of Thomas Asquith.
Lucy Jane was born in Halifax, the daughter of John Thompson
I don't know how it is I cannot rear children; other people have such
strong ones
Maria, of 10 Coronation Street, Blackpool, was the daughter of
Samuel Robinson, gentleman
Asquith, John Ref 322-13
Born in Shelf.
Ellen was born in Northowram
Asquith, John Green Ref 322-387
Son of John William Stancliffe Asquith.
Asquith, John Henry Stancliffe Ref 322-113
Son of William Asquith.
Annie was born in Ovenden
Asquith, John William Stancliffe Ref 322-111
Nephew of William Asquith.
Asquith, Joseph Ref 322-6
He was a card maker [1841].
Elizabeth was born in Halifax.
His burial place is not yet known.
Asquith, Joseph Ref 322-977
Born in Queensbury.
Savina or Sabina was the daughter of Samuel Magson
Annie Elizabeth came from Whitby
Asquith, Richard Warren Ref 322-465
MC, AMIPE.
Joan was the daughter of George Thomas Roscoe
Asquith, Robert Ref 322-4
Son of Dan Asquith.
Mary was born in Midgley
Asquith, Robert Simpson Ref 322-686
Born in Ripon.
Elizabeth was born in Masham
Asquith, Robert Wills Ref 322-388
MIPE.
Asquith, Samuel Ref 322-823
Son of James Asquith.
Mary was the daughter of James Green
Asquith, Samuel Ref 322-2
Illegitimate son of Mary Asquith.
Asquith, Samuel Ref 322-825
Son of Samuel Asquith.
LOST, about a month ago, at Seven-mile Station, Liverpool Plains,
A PATENT LEVER SILVER WATCH, maker's name, M. J. Tobias, Liverpool,
No. 7837.
Whoever will bring the said Watch to Mr W. Drew's, "Lamb Inn," West
Maitland, shall receive the above reward.
West Maitland, March 1, 1853
Asquith, Samuel Ref 322-12
Born in Halifax.
Angelina was born in Halifax
Asquith, Rev Swithin Ref 322-789
Born in Hunslet, Leeds.
Asquith, Thomas Ref 322-3
Born in Ripponden.
Sarah Ann was born in Halifax
Asquith, Thomas Sharp Ref 322-112
Son of Dan Asquith.
Hannah Ellis came from Wakefield, Yorkshire, and arrived at
Lyttleton, New Zealand, on the Chrysolite [24th November 1862]
Asquith, William Ref 322-7
Born in Hipperholme.
Betty was born in Brighouse
Asquith, William Ref 322-9
Born in Halifax.
Mary Ann was born in Bradford
Asquith, William Ref 322-5
Son of Joseph Asquith.
Jane was born in Halifax
Asquith, William Ref 322-76
Son of Dan Asquith.
Ann was born in Bradford [19th August 1843].
Asquith, William Ref 322-412
Son of James Asquith.
Mary Hannah was born in Hartshead
Asquith, William Stancliffe Ref 322-373
Son of John Henry Stancliffe Asquith.
| Surname |
The name originated in the village of Askwith, near Harrogate,
North Yorkshire
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for people with the surname Asquith,
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