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Butterworth, AbrahamRef 192-13
[1599-1???]
Son of
Henry Butterworth.

Baptised 9th September 1599.

On 2nd July 1633, he married Sarah Wood.

They lived at Sowerby

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Butterworth, AbrahamRef 192-18
[1629-1684]
Son of
Henry Butterworth.

Baptised at Heptonstall Church [9th August 1629].

He emigrated to the US and lived in Rhode Island.

He married Unknown.

Child: Ann

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Butterworth, Albert EdwardRef 192-5
[1876-1920]
Son of
Edward Butterworth.

Born in Sowerby Bridge [21st June 1876].

He was a woollen operative [1891] / a blanket finisher [1901].

During World War I, he served as a Sapper with the Royal Engineers.

He died 11th January 1920 (aged 43)  and was buried at St George's Church, Sowerby [South Part].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Saint George's Church, Sowerby

Butterworth, AlfredRef 192-3
[18??-1905]
In 1891, he was serving with the with the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) in Barbados.

On 12th July 1892, he married Edith Blanche Alberta Olton in Barbados.


She had a (possibly illegitimate) son: Charles Tell [b 1889]
 

Children:

  1. Letitia [b Barbados 1893-1919] who was a gold ring maker  [1911] and died in Halifax
  2. Edward Sidney [b Rangoon 19th October 1900]
  3. Ethel [b India 1904]

In 1901, Alfred was serving in South Africa in the Boer War, and Edith Blanche (listed as Blanche Tell) was living with son Charles at the Halifax District Barracks.


Question: Where are the 3 Butterworth children at this time?

 

Alfred returned to India [September 1902].

Presumably, Edith Blanche followed him once his Boer War service was over.

Alfred died of dysentery in Calcutta in 1905.


The report also mentions cirrhosis of the liver. He is described as addicted to alcohol
 

In 1911, the widowed Edith Blanche (dress maker) and her 3 children were living at 30 Albert Road, Halifax, and son Charles Tell was with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), living at Kandahar Barracks, Hampshire.

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Butterworth, AlfredRef 192-28
[1839-1931]
Born in Todmorden [20th April 1839].

In 1851, he was living with John Walton at Rock Nook Todmorden [1851].

He was a coal miner with Cliviger Coal Company, Bankwell Pit / a retired coal miner [1901, 1911, 1921].

In 1901, he married Peggy Earnshaw [1842-1915] in Todmorden.


Peggy was born 21st February 1842, the daughter of Luke Earnshaw
 

Children:

  1. Mary Alice [1869-10th December 1871]
  2. Ruth Ellen [1874-19??] who married Charles Henry Dugdale
  3. Robert A. [b 1878] who was a picker maker [1901]
  4. Emily [1882-31st December 1884]

The 1911 census shows that they had had 10 children of whom 8 were still alive at that time.

They lived at

  • 298 Bacup Road, Todmorden [1901]
  • Owler Carr, Bacup Road, Todmorden [1911]
  • Bacup Road, Todmorden [1915]
  • 312 Halifax Road, Todmorden (the widowed Alfred living  with daughter Ruth Ellen & her husband) [1921]

Peggy died 5th February 1915 (aged 72).

Alfred died 27th April 1931 (aged 92).

The couple & the children () were buried at Cloughfoot Independent Congregational Chapel

Butterworth, ArnoldRef 192-349
[18??-19??]
Or Arthur.

Of Halifax Road, Triangle.

He was injured – severe scalp wound, lacerated hand, injury to the wrist – in the Pye Nest Tram Disaster of 15th October 1907, but was treated at home

Butterworth, CharlesRef 192-24
[1848-19??]
Born in Huddersfield.

He was a cotton weaver [1881, 1891, 1901].

In 1870, he married Ellen Sunderland [1850-19??] in Todmorden.


Ellen was born in Todmorden, the daughter of
John Sunderland
 

Children:

  1. Simeon [b 1871] who was a cotton weaver [1891]
  2. Albert [b 1873] who was a cotton weaver [1891]
  3. Mary [b 1876] who was a cotton weaver [1891]
  4. Frances [b 1878] who was a cotton weaver [1901]
  5. Sarah J. [b 1881] who was a slipper maker [1901]
  6. Bertha [b 1883] who was a slipper maker [1901]
  7. Ellen [1889-1897]
  8. John

The children were born in Stansfield.

The family lived at

  • 1 Temperance Street, Langfield (living with Ellen's  parents) [1871]
  • 6 Cross Bank, Stansfield [1881, 1891]
  • 22 Stansfield Street, Todmorden [1901]

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Butterworth, Charles HenryRef 192-4
[1858-1891]
Born in Halifax.

He was a welded boiler maker [1881].

In 1877, he married Lucy Shepherd [1858-1???] in Halifax.


Lucy was born in Birkenhead
 

Children:

  1. William [b 1880] who was a cotton turner [1891], a clay  miner [1901]
  2. Lily [b 1882] who was a coating weaver [1901]
  3. Sarah [b 1886] born in Scotland, who was a worsted  spinner [1901], a comb minder worsted [1911]
  4. Charles [b 1888]
  5. Samuel/ Sam [b 1891] who was a warehouseman  worsted [1911]
  6. Fred who was a cutter in dye house  [1911]

They lived at

  • 52 St Mark Street, Northowram [1881]
  • 15 Mary Street, Skircoat [1891]
  • 5 Waterloo Street, Boothtown [1901]

Charles Henry died Q1 1891.

Living with them [in 1891] was boarder Samuel Shepheard [b  1871] (coal miner).

In 1911, Lucy and her children were living with Herbert Shaw, and calling herself Lucy Shaw, although no record of their marriage has yet been found.

In World War I, son William was wounded [1st July 1916] and son Fred was killed [20th July 1916]

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Butterworth, CyrilRef 192-10
[1897-19??]
Son of
Joseph Thorp Butterworth.

Born in Halifax [Q1 1897].

He was a piecer (woollen mill) [1911] / an apprentice with Lightowler & Company.

During World War I, he enlisted [November 1915] and served as a Private with the King's Royal Rifle Corps.

He went to France [July 1916]. He came through the Somme battles unharmed.

On 23rd April 1917, he went into action alongside his cousin Hedley Maurice Helliwell. Cyril was reported missing, last seen going through barbed wire with his platoon sergeant, and had fallen on his way to the trenches.

His uncle Councillor Thomas Naylor Helliwell made enquiries but was told that there was no news of Cyril.

Cyril was later reported to be a POW in Germany


Question: Does anyone know any more about Cyril or what became of him?

A Cyril Butterworth died in Manchester [Q4 1956] (aged 59). Was this him?

 

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Butterworth, EdmondRef 192-14
[1604-16??]
Son of
Henry Butterworth.

Baptised as Edmond Butterfield [23rd December 1604].

On 26th December 1629, he married Sara Clegg at Heptonstall Church.

They lived at Sowerby

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Butterworth, EdwardRef 192-8
[1829-1892]
Son of Henry Butterworth, cloth miller.

Born in Norland.

He was a cloth miller of Sowerby [1854] / a patent grease maker [1861] / a mechanic labourer [1871, 1881].

On 20th November 1854, he married Martha Wood [1833-1903] at Halifax Parish Church.


Martha, of Sowerby, was the daughter of Benjamin Wood, millwright
 

Children:

  1. Henry [b 1855] who was an oiler in cotton factory [1871],  an iron moulder [1881, 1891]
  2. Mary Ann [b 1857] who was a spinner [1871], a weaver  [1881]
  3. Thomas [b 1860] who was a spinner [1871], a cotton  spinner [1881], a cotton operative [1891], a cotton card room hand  [1901], a woollen labourer [1911]
  4. Sarah Ellen [b 1862] who was a weaver [1881], a cotton  operative [1891]
  5. Benjamin [b 1865] who was a tanner [1881], a cloth  finisher [1891]
  6. John William [b 1868] who was a clerk [1891]
  7. Martha Alice [b 1872] who was a cotton operative [1891],  a cotton card room hand [1901]
  8. Albert Edward
  9. Samuel
  10. Mary Elizabeth [b 1886]

They lived at

  • 47 Mill Road, Batley Carr, Dewsbury [1861]
  • Back Terrace Street, Sowerby Bridge [1871]
  • Sowerby Street, Sowerby Bridge [1881]
  • 20 Sowerby Street, Sowerby Bridge [1891, 1901]
  • 8 Broad Street, Sowerby Bridge [1911]

Edward died in 1892 (aged 63).

Living with them [in 1901] was niece Mary E. [b 1886].

Martha died in 1903 (aged 70) 

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Butterworth, Ernest WilliamRef 192-629
[1897-1918]
Son of
Fred Butterworth.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a member of Todmorden Unitarian Church & Sunday School / presented with a silver medal in recognition of 5 years' unbroken  attendance at Sunday School / a news boy station (at a train station?) [1911] / a blacksmith's striker / employed by Crabtree & Stansfield at Exchange Tin-Plate Works,  Hebden Bridge.

During World War I, he enlisted [April 25th 1917] and served as a Private with the 8th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment.

He went to France [10/1917].

He was killed while going over the top [5th April 1918] (aged 20).

The Todmorden & District News [10th May 1918] reported his death with a photograph.

The Todmorden & District News [10th May 1918] & [4th April 1919] published In Memoriam notices from the family.

He was buried at Quesnoy Farm Military Cemetery, France [Grave Ref A 5],

He is remembered on Todmorden War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Todmorden Unitarian Church

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Butterworth, Rev F.Ref 192-1299
[19??-19??]
He was chaplain of the London County Council Residential School at Banstead before becoming Vicar of
St Peter's Church, Walsden [1956]

Butterworth, FieldenRef 192-25
[1897-1965]
MM.

Son of John Fielden Butterworth.

He was a farm labourer at Stonebreaks Farm, Springhead, Saddleworth [1911].

During World War I, he served as a Bombardier with the Royal Field Artillery.

He was awarded the Military Medal [1917].

He was presented with the Military Medal at a ceremony at Todmorden Town Hall on Friday 30th November 1917.

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter 07/12/1917 [r] the occasion


On January 1st 1917, whilst under heavy shell fire, and in extreme danger, assisting his commanding officer in extinguishing a fire which broke out on an anti-aircraft gun lorry, caused by a shell bursting ten feet away, and in removing live rounds of ammunition to a place of safety. Their cool behaviour and prompt action saved the complete destruction of the gun lorry, and some 800 rounds of ammunition, some of which were actually exploded
 

His brother Leonard died in the War.

Fielden was seriously ill in France [November 1918], but survived the War.

A Fielden Butterworth died in Littleborough [Q1 1965] (aged 67) 

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Butterworth, FredRef 192-21
[1870-19??]
Born in Todmorden.

He was a loom tackler [1901] / a cotton weaver [1911].

In 1892, he married Mary Hannah Astin [1871-19??] in Todmorden.


Mary Hannah was born in Todmorden
 

Children:

  1. Hilda [b 1896] who was a cotton weaver [1911]
  2. Ernest William
  3. Arthur Leslie [b 1901]
  4. Walter Astin (Butterworth) [b 1902]

The family lived at 89 Longfield Road, Todmorden [1901, 1911]

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Butterworth, Fred ShawRef 192-1058
[1894-1916]
Son of Lucy and
Herbert Shaw Butterworth

Baptised at St Paul's Church, King Cross.

He was a cutter in dye house [1911] / employed in the cloth finishing department of Standeven & Company Limited at Ladyship Mills.

During World War I, he joined under the Derby Scheme [January 1916] and served as a Private with the 105th Company Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).

He was sent to France [May 1916].

He was killed on the Somme [20th July 1916] (aged 22).

The Halifax Courier [12th August 1916] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 5C & 12C], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Standeven Roll of Honour.

His brother William Butterworth was wounded in the War [1st July 1916]

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Butterworth, G. J.Ref 192-1257
[1918-19??]
In September 1936, when he was a Rover Scout, he was awarded the Scouts' Bronze Cross for saving a man in shark-infested waters in the Pacific. He was a member of the 2nd Halifax
Heath Grammar School Troop.

At the time of the incident, he was an apprentice on the SS Great City which was moored in Noumea Harbour, New Caledonia when a seaman – a non-swimmer – fell into the water. While the 2 men were struggling in the water, sharks could be seen swimming round them, but the crew threw pieces of coal to keep the sharks at bay

Butterworth, GeorgeRef 192-3197
[1872-19??]
Born in Halifax.

He was Inspector in the Halifax Police before becoming Police Superintendent at Todmorden Police Station [1911].

In 1892, he married Margaret Kavanagh [1871-19??] in Halifax.


Margaret came from Ireland
 

They lived at 48 Hyde Park Road, Halifax [1911].

Living with them [in 1911] was Margaret's sister Mary [b  1880]

Butterworth, George EdmundRef 192-554
[1893-1917]
Son of
George Thomas Butterworth.

Born in Haslingden.

He was a member of Waterside United Methodist Sunday School, Bacup / a butcher (lodging in Littleborough) [1911] / a butcher's assistant for Fred Sutcliffe of Fielden Square,  Todmorden.

During World War I, he enlisted in Todmorden [May 1916] and served as a Private with the 9th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment.

He died of wounds in Salonika [13th June 1917] (aged 24).

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [22nd June 1917] published a small notice of his death.

He was buried at Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece [Grave Ref 28].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

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Butterworth, George ThomasRef 192-22
[1853-19??]
Born in Waterfoot, Lancashire.

He was a cotton ring overlooker [1901] / a mule room overlooker [1911].

He married Sarah Ann [1850-19??].


Bacup, Lancashire was born in
 

Children:

  1. Sarah E. [b 1879] who was a dress maker [1901]
  2. Annie Maud [b 1881] who was a baby linen machinist  [1901], a seamstress [1911]
  3. Hetty H. [b 1882] who was a cotton weaver [1901]
  4. William R. [b 1884] who was a cotton weaver [1901], a  weaver [1911]
  5. George Edmund

The family lived at

  • 58 Dale Street, Bacup, Lancashire [1901]
  • 2 Fern Street, Bacup [1911]
  • 11 Stanley Street, Bacup [1917]

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Butterworth, HenryRef 192-12
[1570-1633]
Of Sowerby.

On 7th July 1595, he married Ephan Hileley [15??-1639].

Children:

  1. James [bapt 28th March 1596]
  2. John [bapt 20th November 1597]
  3. Abraham
  4. Henry
  5. Edmond
  6. Martin [1606-1624]
  7. Samuel

The couple were buried at Halifax Parish Church: Henry [10th May 1633]; Ephan [27th July 1739]

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Butterworth, HenryRef 192-16
[1601-1636]
Son of
Henry Butterworth.

Baptised in Halifax [28th February 1601/2].

On 2nd February 1626, he married Mary Longbottom [1600-1687] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. John
  2. twins Abraham
  3. Mary [bapt 9th August 1629] who went to America and  married Sampson Mason
  4. Samuel [bapt 6th January 1631]
  5. Henry [bapt 26th May 1634]

The family lived in Sowerby.

They emigrated to New England, US [around 1635].

Henry died in Weymouth, Massachusetts in 1636.

Mary married (2) Thomas Clifton in Massachusetts.

They settle in Rehoboth & Newport, Rhode Island.

Thomas died in Newport [9th July 1681].

Mary died in Newport [26th January 1687] (aged 87) 

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Butterworth, HenryRef 192-1420
[1840-1???]
Son of
William Butterworth.

Born in Midgley.

He was a blacksmith [1861, 1871] / a master blacksmith employing 1 man [1881].

On 24th March 1862, he married Janet Patchett at Halifax Parish Church


Janet was the daughter of Henry Patchett
 

They lived at Luddenden [1871, 1881].

Living with them [in 1871] was John E. Eastwood [b 1856] (apprentice blacksmith) 

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Butterworth, HenryRef 192-23
[1859-19??]
Son of Joseph Butterworth, maltster.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a weaver of Spring Bank, Todmorden [1891] / a cotton weaver [1901] / a cotton cloth weaver [1911].

In [Q3] 1891, he married Ada Fox [1865-19??] at All Saints' Church, Harley Wood.


Ada, a domestic servant in Harley Wood, was born in Bawtry, the daughter of George Fox
 

Children:

  1. Fanny [b 1893] who was a cotton cloth weaver [1911]
  2. James William [b 1895] who was a cotton cloth weaver  [1911]
  3. Herbert
  4. Clement [b 1903]
  5. Mary Ellen [b 1905]
  6. Henry Uttley [b 1907]

The family lived at

  • Kitson View, Lydgate, Todmorden [1901]
  • 52 Kitson View, Lydgate, Todmorden [1911]

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Butterworth, HerbertRef 192-577
[1897-1917]
Son of
Henry Butterworth.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a member of Lydgate Baptist Church, Todmorden & Sunday School / a dyer's labourer [1911] / employed at Mons Mill, Todmorden.

He lived at 2 Fern Hill, Lydgate, Todmorden.

During World War I, he enlisted [7/1916], and served as a Lewis gunner with the 2nd/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [29th June 1917] reported that he was in hospital at Stockport suffering from gunshot wound in the leg which he received in France.

He was killed in action [27th November 1917] (aged 20).

The Todmorden & District News [28th December 1917] reported his death

He is remembered on the Cambrai Memorial, Nord France, and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

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Butterworth, Rev J.Ref 192-2834
[18??-19??]
He was Chaplain at Seremban, Federated Malay States before becoming Vicar of
All Saints' Church, Harley Wood [1925]

Butterworth, JabezRef 192-19
[1850-19??]
Son of
John Butterworth.

Born in Halifax.

He was a railway porter [1871] / a labourer (Highways) [1891] / a beer seller at the Abbey Inn, Luddenden [1891] / landlord of the New Inn, Skircoat Green [1901, 1905] / a retired publican [1911].

In [Q2] 1871, he married Ann Kenyon [1851-19??] in Halifax.


Ann was born in Halifax
 

Child: Louisa [b 1882]

They lived at

  • Shepherd House, Warley [1881]
  • 1 Upper Tewit, Holmfield [1911]

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Butterworth, JamesRef 192-1981
[18??-18??]
Journeyman joiner at Greetland.

In September 1856, he was declared insolvent

Butterworth, JamesRef 192-26
[1847-1902]
Son of Thomas Butterworth, mason.

Born in Wadsworth.

He was a dyer of Wood End, Wadsworth [1870] / a fustian finisher [1871, 1881] / a fustian stiffener [1891] / a fustian dyer's labourer [1901].

He married Jane Stuttard [1849-1???] at Hebden Bridge parish church.


Jane, a factory operative of King Street, Hebden Bridge, was born in Stansfield / Blackshaw, the daughter of Hartley Stuttard, carter.

She was a cotton throstle spinner [1871]

 

Children:

  1. John Thomas [1871-1876]
  2. Sarah G. [b 1872] who was a fustian tailoress [1891]
  3. Charles Charley / Charlie [b 1875] who was  a cotton reeler [1891], a cotton weaver [1901]
  4. Ada [b 1877] who was a fustian tailoress [1891]
  5. Emily [b 1879] who was a cotton weaver [1901]
  6. Ethel [b 1882] who was a fustian clothing machinist [1901]
  7. Tom [b 1884] who was a cotton weaver [1901]
  8. Hartley [b 1886] who was a cotton weaver [1901, 1911]
  9. Elsie [b 1889] who was a fustian clothing machinist [1901]
  10. Wilson

They lived at

  • Green Springs, Stansfield [1871]
  • Jumble Hole, Stansfield [1881]
  • Lower Underbank, Hebden Bridge [1891]
  • Charlestown, Blackshaw, Hebden Bridge [1901]
  • Thistle Bottoms, Charlestown, Hebden Bridge [1911]

James died in 1902 (aged 55) 

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Butterworth, JohnRef 192-1624
[16??-1???]
Of Warley Edge.

In 1672, Oliver Heywood obtained a licence to use his home as a Nonconformist preaching house. This was one of the first authorised places of worship in Halifax outside the established church.

See Warley Congregational Church

Butterworth, JohnRef 192-17
[1627-1708]
Son of
Henry Butterworth.

Baptised in Halifax [16th September 1627].

Like other members of his family, he emigrated to the US and lived in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

He was a deacon of the Baptist Church in Swansea, Massachusetts.

Around 1650, he married (1) Sarah.

Around 1698, he married (2) Hannah.


Hannah was the daughter of Thomas Bowerman / Boreman, and widow of Anthony Fry
 

John died in Bristol, Massachusetts

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Butterworth, JohnRef 192-20
[1816-1???]
Born in Warley.

He was a worsted hand loom weaver [1851] / a labourer on the Highways [1871].

Around 1843, he married Margaret [1821-1???].


Margaret was born in Warley
 

Children:

  1. Elizabeth [b 1843]
  2. Mary [b 1845] who was a woollen weaver [1871]
  3. Jabez
  4. Edward [b 1852] who was a woollen spinner [1871]
  5. Abraham [b 1855] who was a woollen feeder [1871]
  6. William [b 1857] who was a woollen feeder [1871]
  7. Margaret [b 1859] who was a part-timer / woollen spinner  [1871]
  8. George [b 1862] who was a part-timer / woollen spinner  [1871]
  9. Emma [b 1866]

They lived at

  • Upper Popplewells, Halifax [1851]
  • Shepherd House [1871]

Butterworth, JohnRef 192-581
[1890-1916]
Son of
Charles Butterworth.

Born in Stansfield.

He was a cotton weaver [1911] / employed at Greenwood, Elliman & Company.

In [Q1] 1911, he married Sarah Hannah Whitham [1892-19??] in Todmorden.


Sarah Hannah was born in Todmorden.

She was a cotton weaver [1911]

 

Children:

  1. Phyllis [b Q3 1911]
  2. Hilda [1913-1914]
  3. Gladys [b 1915]

The family lived at

  • 3 Dalton Court, Todmorden [1911]
  • 7 Prince Street, Todmorden [1916]

During World War I, with the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) attached to the 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [25th August 1916] reported his death, saying that


He was called up with the first married groups, and was in France on 20th July 1916. He and his comrades had been sleeping in a barn and he was taken ill and hospitalised [10th August 1916]
 

He died of pneumonia in hospital [17th August 1916] (aged 27).

He was buried at Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension, France [Grave Ref B 13].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance, on Patmos War Memorial, and on the Roll of Honour of Patmos Congregational Church

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Butterworth, JohnRef 192-7
[1912-1943]
Son of Lily & Joseph Henry Butterworth.

He worked at the Halifax Railway Depot, Horton Street.

In [Q3] 1934, he married Rose Ann Haynes in Halifax.

Child: child

They lived at 9 Hanover Court, Hopwood Lane, Halifax.

During World War II, he served as a Sergeant with the 80th Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery.

He was a POW in Malaya.

He died 25th July 1943 (aged 31).

He was buried at Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand [Grave Ref 9 H 10].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Butterworth, John D.Ref 192-909
[1???-194?]
Of Todmorden.

During World War II, he served with the Lancashire Fusiliers.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Butterworth, John FieldenRef 192-1088
[1871-1938]
Born in Todmorden.

He was a collier's coal drawer underground [1901] / a farmer [1911].

In [Q2] 1895, he married Ada Walton [1874-19??] in Todmorden.


Ada was born in Bacup, Lancashire
 

Children:

  1. Fielden
  2. Leonard
  3. Edith [b 1906]

They lived at

  • 70 Hollin Green, Todmorden [1901]
  • Watty Farm, Todmorden [1911]
  • Brown Roads Farm, Walsden [1918]
  • Hanging Shaw Farm, Dulesgate

Both sons served in World War I: Fielden won the Military Medal, but Leonard was killed in the conflict.

A John F. Butterworth died in Rochdale [Q4 1938] (aged 67) 

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Butterworth, Rev John WaltonRef 192-2351
[1949-] He was Curate at Todmorden [1974-1977]. In 1977, he left to serve at Wakefield Cathedral and then at Outwood

This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom

Butterworth, JosephRef 192-2544
[18??-18??]
A
ticket-of-leave man.

He was keeper of Elland Independent Chapel. On 31st December 1857, he was charged with stealing the top-coat of Benjamin Dyson which had been left behind after a tea-party at the chapel. Butterworth had pawned the coat for 8/- at Huddersfield

Butterworth, Rev JosephRef 192-317
[18??-19??]
Vicar of
Holy Trinity Church, Halifax [1934]. In 1935, he was appointed local secretary for the Diocese of Wakefield. In 1943, he was appointed rector of Castleford. He served as rector of Burnsall and Appletreewick.

In 1939, he married Eileen Oakley

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Butterworth, JosephRef 192-827
[1866-1939]
Or Joah.

Born in Warley.

He was landlord of the Woodman, Luddendenfoot [1910, 1911].

On 31st August 1910, he married Henrietta


Henrietta was the daughter of George Halstead and widow of William Buckley
 

Henrietta died in Halifax in 1924.

Joseph died in Greetland in 1939

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham & Glynn Helliwell

Butterworth, Joseph ThorpRef 192-11
[1862-1???]
Born in Luddenden / Warley.

He was a boilermaker [1891, 1901] / a labourer (pulp mill) [1911].

In 1887, he married Mary Elizabeth Helliwell [1863-1???] in Halifax.


Mary Elizabeth was born in Luddendenfoot, the daughter of
Joseph Helliwell
 

Children:

  1. Edna [b 1892] who was a twister worsted [1911]
  2. Gladys [b 1893] who was a sewing machinist tailor shop  [1911]
  3. Cyril

They lived at

  • 8 New Street, Ovenden [1891]
  • 21 Lytham Street, Halifax [1901]
  • Thorn Terrace, Luddenden [1911]
  • New Road, Luddenden [1917]

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Butterworth, LeonardRef 192-644
[1899-1918]
Son of
John Fielden Butterworth.

He was a confectioner's errand boy [1911].

During World War I, his brother Fielden served in the Army, & survived the conflict.

The Todmorden & District News [28th September 1917] reported


that his father appealed against Leonard's conscription on that grounds that the family had ten milkers (cows), and Leonard was needed to deliver the milk.

The decision was that he be exempted until 1st February 1918

 

and he served as a Private with the 10th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He was killed in action [10th October 1918] (aged 19).

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [15th November 1918] reported his death.

He was buried at Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery, Montay, France [Grave Ref I G 7].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

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Butterworth, MarkRef 192-1781
[18??-19??]
Cabinet maker and undertaker at Beaumont's Yard, Elland.

He lived at 10 Stainland Road, West Vale [1905]

Butterworth, PCRef 192-3350
[18??-1???]
Elland constable 1882

Butterworth, Rev RobertRef 192-155
[17??-1704]
He was educated at Jesus College Cambridge. Vicar of
Todmorden [1704]

Butterworth, Rev RoderickRef 192-1549
[19??-19??]
Vicar of
St George's Church, Sowerby [1960]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Gary McDanielson

Butterworth, RudolphRef 192-915
[1924-1942]
Son of Nora & Robert Butterworth of Todmorden.

During World War II, he served as a Second Radio Officer with the Merchant Navy the tanker MV San Emiliano.

He died 9th August 1942 (aged 18)  when his ship was torpedoed by German Submarine U-155, and sank west of Trinidad with the loss of 40 of her crew of 48.

He is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial, London [Grave Ref 92], and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Butterworth, SamuelRef 192-15
[1608-1684]
Son of
Henry Butterworth.

Baptised in Halifax [5th February 1608/9].

He emigrated to the US and was in New England [by 1635]. He went to Charlestown, then to Weymouth and finally to Rehoboth, Massachusetts.

He died in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA.

No records of wife / family have been found

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Butterworth, SamuelRef 192-9
[1877-1955]
DCM.

Son of Edward Butterworth.

Born in Sowerby Bridge [26th November 1877].

He was a woollen operative [1891] / a blanket finisher [1901] / a sawyer and planer wood [1911] / employed by Joseph Sutcliffe & Company, joiners & builders,  Sowerby Bridge / a bank porter of Bank House, Town Hall Street, Sowerby Bridge [1921].

In 1921, he married Alice Greenwood at St Peter's Church, Sowerby.


Alice was the daughter of John Greenwood
 

Child: Albert [b 1922]

During World War I, he served as a Sapper with the Royal Engineers.

In 1917, he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal


for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty, staying with a wounded officer for three days & three nights, under heavy shelling, and repeatedly trying to get help though wounded himself
 

His photograph appears with a report of his award in the Halifax Courier [9th June 1917].

He died 2nd January 1955 (aged 78).

Alice died 11th July 1978 (aged 93)  The couple are remembered on the grave of Samuel's brother Albert Edward at St George's Church, Sowerby

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Butterworth, SimeonRef 192-1149
[1853-1930]
Son of John Butterworth, dyer.

He was a dyer of King Street, Stansfield, [1900] / a fustian dyer [1901].

On 21st July 1900, he married Hannah Nutter at Halifax Parish Church.


Hannah was the daughter of
Squire Nutter
 

In 1901, they were living with Hannah's family

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Butterworth, ThomasRef 192-260
[17??-18??]
Established
Butterworth's Bobbin Works, Todmorden

Butterworth, ThomasRef 192-405
[18??-18??]
Manchester architect. Designed
Halifax Railway Station [1855]

Butterworth, ThomasRef 192-3381
[1830-1890]
Born in Norland.

He was a woollen dyer [1861] / a dyer [1871].

A neighbour of Thomas Butterworth.

He married Caroline [1833-1893].


Caroline was born in Greetland
 

Children:

  1. John [b 1852] who was a worsted doffer [1861], a woollen  slubber [1871]
  2. James [1854-4th November 1867]
  3. Tom [b 1860] who was a woollen piecer [1871]
  4. William Henry [b 1863]
  5. Joseph [b 1865]

They lived at Sunny Bank, Greetland [1861, 1871].

Thomas contracted cholera and died on 25th September 1890.

Caroline died 10th February 1893 (aged 60).

Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: G14]

Butterworth, ThomasRef 192-1693
[1836-1915]
Born in Ovenden.

He was a silk dresser [1851, 1861] / a silk spinner employing 7 men, 2 boys and 6 women [1871] / a master silk spinner in partnership Barkers & Butterworth  employing 146 hands [1881] / a silk spinner [1891].

He held public offices: Overseer of the Poor for Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse, President of the Brighouse Liberal Association, Vice-president of the Brighouse Liberal Club, and Councillor in the Brighouse Municipal Elections of 1893

In 1851, he was living with his widowed mother Mary Butterworth [aged 49] at Mytholmroyd.

In 1859, he married (1) Mary, daughter of Nathan Barraclough, in Halifax.

They had no children.

In 1897, he married (2) Lucy Avison [1861-1???] from Brighouse.

Children:

  1. Mary Lucy [b 1899]
  2. Thomas Avison [b 1901]

They lived at

  • Bethel Street, Brighouse [1861]
  • 28 Spring Terrace, Waterloo Road, Brighouse [1871]
  • 4 Belle Vue Terrace, Brighouse [1881, 1891]

Living with them were Mary's sister Elizabeth Womersley [1871, 1881] and niece Lydia Ann Womersley [1861, 1871].

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £801 8/-

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Butterworth, WalterRef 192-911
[1???-19??]
During World War II, he served with the Pioneer Corps.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Butterworth, WalterRef 192-6
[1901-1940]
Son of Annie & Frank Butterworth.

He married Ellen.

They lived in Todmorden.

During World War II, he served as a Private with 75 Company Pioneer Corps Aux. Mil.

He died 17th June 1940 (aged 39).

He is remembered on the Dunkirk Memorial, France [Grave Ref 150]

Butterworth, WilliamRef 192-2972
[18??-19??]
Ale and porter bottler at Armitage Road, King Cross

This & associated entries use material contributed by Ian Lister

Butterworth, WilliamRef 192-27
[1806-18??]
Born in Ovenden.

He was a blacksmith [1841, 1851, 1861].

He married Rachel [1806-18??].


Rachel was born in Ovenden
 

Children:

  1. Benjamin [b 1830] who was a blacksmith [1851]
  2. Henry

They lived at Luddenden [1841, 1851, 1861]

Butterworth, William HenryRef 192-2
[1863-1917]
Of Greetland.

In [Q2] 1888, he married Jane Crompton [1863-1896] in Halifax.

Jane died 3rd June 1896 (aged 33).

William Henry died 14th February 1917 (aged 54).

Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: R9] with Duke THORPE

Butterworth, WilsonRef 192-895
[1890-1915]
Son of
James Butterworth.

Born in Todmorden.

He was Hebden Bridge Parish Church School / a worker for Hebden Bridge Association Football Club / a cotton weaver [1911] / employed at Callis Mill.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st/6th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.

He went to the Dardanelles.

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [11th August 1916] said that he was reported missing in September 1915, and was assumed to have been killed in the battle at Suvla 7th August 1915 (aged 25).

He is remembered on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Saint James Church, Hebden Bridge.

His brother Hartley served in France

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Families

The Butterworth familyRef 192-778
Recorded in 1861, when they were at Greystones Farm, Luddenden

Surname

Butterworth surnameRef 192-1

The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District Surnames by George Redmonds.

There are 59 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Butterworth, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.


Unattached BMDs for Butterworth

Marriages 1876, 1896, 1907, 1920; Deaths 1893, 1900, 1901

 



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