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| Birch, Mr | Ref 519-1195 |
| Birch, Eric Wykeham | Ref 519-846 |
Son of Annie Isabella Turnbull & John Grant Birch.
He was educated at Rugby & Wye College Kent / appointed to the Sudan Government.
He lived at Holly Bank, Rastrick.
During World War I, he enlisted [1914], and he served as a Lieutenant with the 4th Battalion Brighouse Chums Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), then transferred to the Machine Gun Corps for the Somme.
He died 17th January 1917 (aged 24).
He was awarded the Military Cross the following day.
He was buried at Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, France [Grave Ref II A 12].
He is remembered on Brighouse War Memorial
| Birch, Evan | Ref 519-811 |
Born in Dewsbury.
He married Elizabeth [18??-1???].
During World War I, he enlisted in Halifax and served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was killed in action in France / Flanders [6th April 1915].
He was buried at Tuileries British Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref D 7] [Sp Mem].
Son John Evan died in World War II
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham
| Birch, George | Ref 519-3021 |
improvements in printing yarns
| Birch, George | Ref 519-1322 |
He married (1) Elizabeth [1822-1853].
Children:
Elizabeth died 2nd January 1853 (aged 31).
In [Q2] 1854, he married (2) either Elizabeth Morris or Elizabeth Walton [1826-1857] in Halifax.
Child: 4. Joseph who died aged 4 months
Elizabeth died 2nd February 1857 (aged 31).
Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax. with William Birch.
Details of George's death / burial place are not yet known.
A George Birch died in Halifax [Q1 1906] (aged 78)
| Birch, George | Ref 519-1591 |
He was a mechanic fitter [1861] / a carpet printing machine maker employing 7 men [1871] / a machine maker [1881].
In [Q3] 1858, he married Ellen Barraclough [1823-1885] in Halifax.
Ellen was born in Southowram
Child: Lewis Henry [1860-1861] who was buried with his parents
The family lived at
Ellen died 26th February 1885 (aged 62).
George died 11th March 1906 (aged 78).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2154]
| Birch, Rev Hugh | Ref 519-422 |
He served at Stratford and at Lindley before becoming Curate and Lecturer at Halifax [1937-1940], Chaplain of the Waterhouse Charity [1938-1940], vicar of Gomersal [1940-1949], Vicar of Rastrick [1949-1960], and Vicar of Coley [1960-1971].
He had 4 sons. The eldest, John, died tragically in Scotland when he was 18. He was Head boy at Rastrick Grammar School at the time.
The family grave is in the churchyard, near the east window of St Matthew's, Rastrick
This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom & Sylvia Osbourne
| Birch, John Evan | Ref 519-163 |
Born in Dewsbury.
On 20th April 1935, he married Ethel Goldsborough [1909-1986] at St Thomas's Church, Claremount.
They lived at 24 John Street, Range Bank, Halifax.
During World War II, he served as a Private with the Pioneer Corps.
He died in Halifax General Hospital [30th September 1946] (aged 37).
He is remembered with a CWGC headstone at Stoney Royd Cemetery. Probate records show that he left effects valued at £422 12/9d.
Probate was granted to his widow Ethel
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham
| Birch, Rev Joseph | Ref 519-1001 |
He was the first vicar of Brighouse [March 1843-October 1862]. It was at this time when the church separated from Rastrick and became an independent chapelry and parish within the parish of Halifax. Since the church was built in 1831, there had been a Curate in charge.
He set up several philanthropic causes:
In 1857, when the Parish Church was competing with Methodists, he established a chapel of ease which was unsuccessful and subsequently became St Paul's Methodist Chapel.
He married Fanny Lea [1810-1868].
Fanny was a Quaker and wore a silk poke bonnet and other Quaker clothes throughout her life
Child: Lydia Lea [b 1838] who married Rev Richard Abbey Tindall
He left to go to West Teignmouth, Devon
See Judge William Barber and Rev John Phillips
| Birch, Leonard F. | Ref 519-3195 |
He married Unknown.
Child: Leonard J.
This & associated entries use material contributed by Ivan Birch
| Birch, Leonard J. | Ref 519-3196 |
He worked as a technician with Harnett & Company,
Around 1948, he and his father established Birch's photographers.
In the 1950s, he was Chief Photographer for the British speedway magazine The Speedway Star.
Lenny continued in the business when they moved to London about 1951, with a studio in Albemarle Street, Piccadilly.
He moved to New Zealand in the early 1960s
This & associated entries use material contributed by Ivan Birch
| Birch, Martha A. | Ref 519-1421 |
Question: Is this the same as Martha A. Birch [1884-1???]?
Born in Liverpool.
She was one of the children who came to the district and worked as a worsted winder at Calvert's Mill at Wainstalls.
She lived with Amos Bentley [1901]
| Birch, Martha A. | Ref 519-1447 |
Question: Is this the same as Martha A. Birch [1881-1???]?
Born in Liverpool.
She was one of the children who came to the district and worked as a worsted spinner at Calvert's Mill at Wainstalls.
She lived with Amos Bentley [1901]
| Birch, Percival Clifford | Ref 519-992 |
He was educated at Moorside School, Ovenden / a radio salesman for Wild's of Bradford.
In [Q2] 1936, he married Ida L. Metcalfe in Bradford.
Child: Patricia [b 1937]
They lived in Bradford.
During World War I, he served as a Lance Corporal with the 5 Bridge Company Royal Army Service Corps.
He was killed in a traffic accident [12th January 1943] (aged 30).
He is remembered on the Alamein Memorial, Egypt [Grave Ref 73], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
| Birch, Roger | Ref 519-1176 |
| Birch, William | Ref 519-371 |
He married Sarah.
Child: (possibly) Emma Jane [1816-1843] who was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4409]
They lived at Northowram
This entry was compiled from the burial record in the Lister Lane Archives. Please email me if you can add further details
| Birch, William | Ref 519-3115 |
He was a wit, a bareback rider, the village blacksmith, jailer, potman, village dentist, and a leading light in the local maypole dancing
At Warley Congregational Church, he was sexton, gravedigger, deacon, and clerk
He married (1) Hephzibah [1803-1843].
Children:
They lived at Old Hall Farm, Warley [tenant 1809]
Hephzibah died 29th June 1843 (aged 40).
In [Q3] 1850, he married (2) Elizabeth Saville in Halifax.
William died 19th June 1869 (aged 64).
Elizabeth died 22nd February 1895 (aged 89).
Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax. with George Birch
This & associated entries use material contributed by June Illingworth & Sally Taylor
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| Birch surname | Ref 519-1 |
The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District Surnames by George Redmonds.
Entries for people with the surname Birch are discussed in this SideTrack.
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