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Son of Josiah Broomhead.
Born 11th December 1841;
baptised 17th October 1852.
He was
an apprentice coal miner [1851] /
a stone miner [1871, 1881].
He died 27th May 1898
& was buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-G17]
with his brothers
Son of Herbert Broomhead.
Born at Camm Street, Brighouse.
He was
vice-president of the Brighouse & Rastrick Band
and
Mayor of Brighouse [1958-1959]
and the first mayor to serve for only one year, a decision made after
the mayoralty of Harry Edwards
He worked – as manager and/or owner – at the Empire Theatre, Brighouse, and the Town Hall Cinema.
In 1929, he married Maud Armitage in Huddersfield
Born in Southowram.
He was
a card setter [1851] /
a tailor [1871] /
a grocer & tailor [1891] /
a grocer/shopkeeper (own account) [1901] /
a grocer (own account) [1911].
He married Elizabeth [1839-1905].
Children:
The 1911 census shows that they had had 10 children of whom 4 were still alive at that time.
They lived at
Elizabeth died 5th November 1905 (aged 66)
Bairstow died 23rd March 1913 (aged 75).
Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: F-E9]
He was a stone delver [1851].
He married Mary [1807-18??].
Children:
They lived at Lillands Lane, Rastrick [1851].
David (possibly) died Q3 1861
In [Q3] 1878, he married Sarah Garside [1858-1929] in Halifax.
Firth died 18th November 1903 (aged 47).
Sarah died 19th April 1929 (aged 71)
The couple were buried at Brighouse Cemetery
During World War I,
and he served as a Private
with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died in the Lord Derby War Hospital, Warrington [9th July 1918] (aged 24)
& was buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-D37]
[13th July 1918].
on Southowram War Memorial,
and on the Memorial at Saint Anne's Church, Southowram
He was
a stone delver [1851].
He married Ellen [1806-18??].
Children:
They lived at
Recorded in 1882, when
his business went into liquidation
He was
a pavior [1891] /
road pavior [1901].
He married Unknown.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with the widowed Hall [in 1891, 1901] were
daughter Martha, her children and husband Richard Thornton.
Living with them [in 1891] was visitor Ruth Brierley [b 1838]
(widow)
Born in Elland.
He was
a millhand [1891] /
a stone quarryman [1911] /
employed by Samuel Gledhill, Elland Edge.
During World War I,
he enlisted [March 1916] and
served as a Private
with the 10th Battalion
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
He was killed in action [25th April 1917].
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 7],
on Elland War Memorial,
and on the Memorial at Saint Mary the Virgin, Elland
He was
a quarryman with Bentley & Smith.
During World War I,
and he served as a Bombardier
with B Battery
168th Brigade
Royal Field Artillery.
He died in Trouville hospital of pneumonia following a gunshot wound to the chest [6th October 1918].
He was buried at Tourgeville Military Cemetery, Calvados [Grave Ref IV C 14].
He is remembered on Brighouse War Memorial,
and on Rastrick War Memorial
He played the violin at Bridge End Congregational Church.
He was one of the people who recognised Susan Sykes's singing
potential.
He taught her reading, writing, arithmetic and geography at his
school.
On 17th July 1828, he married Ann Savile Naylor [1796-1866]
at All Saints Church, Otley.
Children:
By 1851, Ann was a widowed, French and English teacher.
The family lived at
In 1841, they had lodgers:
a bookkeeper Joseph Lather? Carroll [aged 15];
Savile Atkinson [aged 13];
Robert Atkinson [aged 12];
Frederick Sugden [aged 10];
John Atkinson [aged 9].
In 1851, the widowed Mrs Broomhead had lodgers:
her niece Fanny Lister [aged 20],
Joseph Samuel Cliffe Colefax [aged 19] (English teacher),
William Cockcroft [aged 24] (railway station master),
and
James Golden [aged 29] (card maker).
Ann, the daughter of Abel Aspinall was a servant in
1861
The family came from Hathersage, North Derbyshire in the late 1870s,
and lived in Leeds, before coming to Thornhill Briggs, Brighouse.
In [Q4] 1899, he married Edith Lilly Harrison [1875-1928] in Halifax.
Children:
The couple separated.
Herbert's brothers and sisters gave him £40 to emigrate
to America.
He sailed from Liverpool aboard the Mauretania, sister ship of
the Lusitania, and arrived at Ellis Island on 17th June 1910.
He was met by his nephew Arnold Armitage, and went to live
at Firthcliffe, New York State.
Herbert died in Newburgh, Orange County, New York State [6th December 1919]
(aged 49 years & 9 months).
In 1911, Edith Lilly and the children were living with her
brother William Henry Harrison [aged 39] (club steward) and
her mother Charlotte Beevers [aged 67] at 23 Camm Street,
Brighouse.
Edith Lilly died (probably in Brighouse) in 1928 (aged 52)
He was a stone dresser (quarry), of Park Road, Elland [1901].
In [Q2] 1903, he married Sarah Ann Pearsall at Halifax Parish Church.
Joe died Q3 1931 (aged 53)
He was a labourer [1921].
On 21st March 1921, he married Lillian at St Anne's Church, Southowram.
They had no children
Son of Josiah Broomhead.
Born 29th May 1848;
baptised 17th October 1852.
He was a flag facer [1871, 1881].
He died 5th April 1906
& was buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-G17]
with his brothers
He was
a flag facer [1841, 1851].
On 13th October 1833, he married Susannah Bairstow [1814-1885] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at
Jonah died 2nd January 1861 (aged 51).
Susannah died 1st July 1885 (aged 71).
Members of the family are buried/remembered at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Refs: F-M19 & %R-G17]
Born in Rastrick.
He was
a stone delver [1851] /
a delver [1853] /
a stone mason [1861] /
innkeeper at the Anchor, Brighouse [1871].
On 21st July 1853, he married Hannah Hepworth [1833-1???] at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
He was brought up by his grandparents Mr & Mrs Frost.
He was
an errand boy [1851] /
a millstone worker /
a hardener and temperer, walking to work in Sheffield /
a card maker at a works in Bramston Street, Brighouse.
In [Q4] 1860, he married Martha Harris [1844-1910]
in Bakewell.
Children:
14 including
The family came from Hathersage, North Derbyshire in the late 1870s,
and lived in Leeds, before coming to Thornhill Briggs, Brighouse.
Matthew was a man of small stature, and was assaulted,
while walking home, during the Irish Riots of 1882.
The couple died in Thornhill Briggs, Brighouse:
Matthew [1905]; Martha [1910]
He was a stone delver [1866].
On 26th April 1866, he married Frances Dean [1843-1915] in Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Lower Edge, Elland.
They lived at
Reuben was dead by 1891.
In 1911, Frances and some of the children were living at 62
Thornhill Road, Rastrick, Brighouse with son-in-law James Henry Oxbury
During World War I,
he served as a Pioneer
with the Roads & Quarry Troops Department
Royal Engineers.
He died 2nd March 1920 (aged 21).
He was buried at Haidar Pasha Cemetery, Turkey [Grave Ref I J 14]
Son of Josiah Broomhead.
Born 4th May 1844;
baptised 22nd September 1844.
He was
a stone miner [1871, 1881].
He died 1st August 1898
& was buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-G17]
with his brothers
Born in Brighouse.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 8th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died at Gallipoli [9th August 1915].
He is remembered on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli [Grave Ref 117-119],
and on Brighouse War Memorial
Broomhead, Alfred Ref 380-1744 Broomhead, Ambrose Ref 380-285
Broomhead, Bairstow Ref 380-1658
Elizabeth was born in Southowram
Broomhead, David Ref 380-4
Mary was born in Sowerby
Broomhead, Firth Ref 380-1769 
Broomhead, Fred Ref 380-1020 
Broomhead, George Ref 380-319
Ellen was born in Southowram
Broomhead, H. Ref 380-3 Broomhead, Hall Ref 380-660
Broomhead, Hall Ref 380-1160
Broomhead, Harry Ref 380-1367
Broomhead, Henry Ref 380-3024
Ann came from Hunslet, Leeds
Broomhead, Herbert Ref 380-466
Edith Lilly was born in Mold, Flintshire
Broomhead, Joe Ref 380-1649
Sarah Ann, of Railway Terrace, Sowerby, was the daughter of
James Pearsall
Broomhead, John Henry Ref 380-271
Lillian was the daughter of Samuel Boocock Normington and
widow of Harry Ealham
Broomhead, Jonah Ref 380-1776 Broomhead, Josiah Ref 380-1712
Susannah / Susey was born in Southowram
Broomhead, Luke Ref 380-752
Hannah was born in Rastrick, the daughter of John
Crowther, mason
Broomhead, Matthew Ref 380-467
Martha was born in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent
It is said that Martha decided to leave Hathersage,
when Emily and two younger sisters were born, because she
could see no work for them there.
She certainly did not want them to be employed in service
Broomhead, N. Ref 380-1 Broomhead, Reuben Ref 380-1169
Frances Dean was born in West Vale
Broomhead, Sam Ref 380-1449
Broomhead, Tom Ref 380-1757 Broomhead, William Ref 380-2 Broomhead, William Ref 380-1572
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