Anderson ...



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Anderson, MrRef 540-743
[18??-18??]
He was a teacher at
Haley Hill Working Man's College. In 1858, he was appointed headmaster of the Government Training School in Madras

Anderson, Arthur WillieRef 540-422
[1872-1937]
Born in Halifax

He was a yarn drying machine tenter [1896].

On 1st August 1896, he married Clara Jane Waterhouse [1870-1915] in Halifax.


Clara Jane was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. George Henry
  2. Walter [b 1901]
  3. Alfred [b 1906]

They lived at 8 Moore Street, Siddal [1911]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Anderson, David RobertRef 540-297
[1???-19??]
He was a player with Preston North End football club. landlord of the
Pine Apple, Halifax [from 7th September 1921,  1924, 1936] / landlord of the Crown & Anchor, Halifax [1936]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Ian Rigby

Anderson, George HenryRef 540-421
[1896-1916]
Son of
Arthur Willie Anderson.

Born in Halifax [23rd October 1896].

He was a bobbin carrier in a worsted mill [1911].

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 9th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed in action [26th April 1916].

He was buried at Cité Bonjean Military Cemetery, France. [Grave Ref IX G 19].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Anderson, HenryRef 540-748
[1880-1918]
Son of
John Anderson.

Born in Rastrick.

By 1901, his father had vanished from the records, his mother had married John Dearden, and Henry was staying with his cousins Edgar Clewley [b 1879] (clay miner) & Thomas Clewley [b 1875] (clay miner), at 30 Bell Street, Halifax.

He was a clay miner [1901] / a miner of 2 Upper Horley Green, Halifax [1909] / a clay miner (living with his mother & stepfather John Dearden) [1911] / employed by E. Luty & Sons.

In 1909, he married Mary Ann Holdsworth at St Thomas's Church, Claremount.


Mary Ann, of 13 Abbey Street, Halifax, was the daughter of Aquilla Holdsworth.

She & Lydia were not recorded in the 1911 census

 

Child: Lydia [b 1910]

They lived at 10 Abbey Street, Range Bank.

During World War I, he enlisted [May 1915], and he served as a Corporal with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was sent to France [December 1915].

He was gassed in 1917.

He returned to France and was killed in action – 3 weeks later – in Iwuy Ridge [11th October 1918] (aged 38).

The Halifax Courier [9th November 1918] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at St. Aubert British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref V E 5].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on Clifton War Memorial.

Mary Ann married Mr Wood.

They lived at 23 Lane Side, Queensbury

Anderson, HenryRef 540-727
[1897-1917]
Or Harry.

Son of Annie Elizabeth & John Anderson of 10 Albert Street, Clifton.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 8th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment.

He died 4th October 1917 (aged 20).

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 124-125 & 162-162A], on Brighouse War Memorial, on Clifton War Memorial, on the Memorial at Saint John's Church, Clifton, and in the book Clifton War Memorial

Anderson, Rev J. S. M.Ref 540-761
[18??-18??]
MA.

Rector of Todmorden [1857]. He was appointed Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen [June 1859]. Vicar of Todmorden Parish Church [1857]

Anderson, Rev James RichardRef 540-205
[1881-1955]
Born in New Zealand.

Curate at Holy Trinity Church [1910-1912].

He retired to New Zealand where he died

Anderson, JohnRef 540-168
[1856-1???]
Born in Thornton.

He was a corn miller [1881].

In 1876, he married Lydia Berry in Halifax.


Lydia was born in Rastrick, the daughter of
Henry Berry.

She was a silk gasser [1891]

 

Children:

  1. Henry
  2. Willie [b 1890]

They lived at

  • New North Road, Rastrick [1881]
  • Common, Rastrick [1891]

Living with them [in 1881] was Lydia's sister Annie Berry [b 1866] (silk spinner).

John is not recorded after 1881.

In 1899, Lydia married (2) John Dearden in Halifax

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Anderson, John SellarsRef 540-263
[1814-1???]
Born in Halifax.

He was a plasterer [1841, 1851].

He married Harriet [1816-18??].


Harriet was born in Rochdale
 

Children:

  1. Walter
  2. Susan [b 1843]
  3. John Henry [b 1845]
  4. Sarah Emma [b 1848]
  5. William Foster [b 1849]

They lived at 2 Blackledge, Halifax [1851]

Anderson, John WilsonRef 540-276
[1792-18??]
Born in Halifax.

Painter of animals and landscapes. He was an acquaintance of Branwell Brontë and of Joseph Leyland.

He had an unsuccessful career as an artist in Bradford,

He returned to Halifax and was innkeeper of the Bath Hotel, (Public Baths), Waterside and Keeper of the Baths at Lilly Lane [1845, 1850].

Leyland paid his debts at the Commercial Inn, Halifax

This & associated entries use material contributed by Colin Newbitt

Anderson, ThomasRef 540-343
[1811-18??]
Born in Wakefield.

He was a tailor [1851] / landlord of the Hop Pole, Halifax [1855] / a tailor [1861].

The Halifax Courier [24th November 1855] announced


Hop Pole Inn, Bull Green, Halifax

Thomas Anderson, Tailor &c., begs to inform his numerous Friends and the Public generally, that he has entered into the above commodious House, where he hopes, by strict attention to the comforts of those who may favour him with a call, to gain a share of their patronage and support.

Well aired beds &c

 


T. A., at the same time, wishes it to be understood that he intends carrying on the TAILORING BUSINESS as usual, and flatters himself that, from his long experience in the Trade, he will be enabled to give satisfaction to those who may favour him with an Order
 

Around 1835, he married Ellen Smith [1811-18??].


Ellen was born in Northowram
 

Children:

  1. Elizabeth Ann [b 1835]
  2. Ellen [b 1845] who was a worsted spinner [1861]
  3. Thomas Henry [b 1848]
  4. Emma [b 1851] who was a worsted spinner [1861]

They lived at

  • 25 Paradise Street, Halifax [1851]
  • 10 St James's Road, Halifax [1861]

Living with them [in 1861] was widowed mother-in-law Emnisen Smith [b 1780]

This & associated entries use material contributed by S. J. Peers

Anderson, WalterRef 540-301
[1840-1888]
Son of
John Anderson.

Born in Southowram.

He was a plasterer & whitewasher [1871] / an agricultural labourer [1881].

In [Q2] 1867, he married Sarah Butter [1844-1916] in Halifax.


Sarah was born in Southowram.

She had a daughter: Elizabeth A. Butter [b 1866] who was a worsted hank packer [1881], a dress weaver [1891]

 

Children:

  1. John / Tom [b 1871]
  2. Sarah E. [b 1873]
  3. Anne [b 1876]
  4. John William [b 1879] who was a scavenger [1901]
  5. Emily [b 1881] who was a worsted spinner [1901]
  6. Lewis [b 1886] who was a silk doffer [1901]

They lived at

  • 7 Queens Court, Halifax [1871]
  • 15 Battinson Street, Southowram [1881]
  • 2 Blaithroyd Farm, Southowram [1901]

Walter died Q3 1888 (aged 48).

Sarah died Q1 1916 (aged 72) 

Anderson, William BainRef 540-166
[1834-1902]
He was born in Dundee, Scotland around 1834.

He was a bank clerk in his father's bank at 105 Murraygate, Dundee / a wool stapler/merchant in Liverpool [1858] / a woolstapler [1867] / a wool merchant / a partner in Anderson Brothers.

He later said that he traded in cotton in Liverpool, pig iron in Glasgow, wool (wherever he lived), and also grain, wheat, flax, and rabbit skins in New Zealand.

On 22nd August 1867, he married (1) Emily Annie Sykes at St Paul's Church, King Cross.


Emily Annie was the daughter of Miles Sykes
 

Children:

  1. William Wallace [b 1868]
  2. Marion Tillotson [b 1869]

The children were born in Halifax.

Emily Annie died in Halifax [11th May 1876] (aged 30).

Around 1877, he emigrated to New Zealand with 2 of his brothers: David Charles Anderson and John Bain Anderson.

William was a wool merchant in Dunedin.

On 3rd March 1883, he married (2) Emily Rhoda Inman [1854-1890] in Dunedin.


Emily Rhoda was licensed as a teacher/civil servant [1882].

She appears in an 1880 list of passengers on the barque Rialto from London to Otago

 

In 1889, William paid £33 for his wife to travel to England on the cargo ship Marlborough. After leaving Lyttelton on 11th January 1890, the Marlborough vanished. Emily Rhoda was lost at sea in 1890.

William began a stock station in Gore, Southland, New Zealand. He was the Gore agent for the South British (Fire & Marine Insurance Company of New Zealand) [1894].

In 1896, he married (3) Eleanor Florence (Nellie) Crofts [1864-1945].

His life and times in New Zealand are summarised in the Foldout.

William died suddenly and unexpectedly in his sleep [10th June 1902]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell & Andrea Shoebridge

Surname

Anderson surnameRef 540-1
Entries for people with the surname Anderson are discussed in this SideTrack.


Unattached BMDs for Anderson

Marriage 1907

 



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