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Barlow, Lieutenant-ColonelRef 553-828
[1???-1812]
He married
Maria.

Child: Jane [b 1811]

During the Napoleonic Wars, Lieutenant-Colonel Barlow served with the 2nd Battalion 44th Foot, and was killed at the Battle of Salamanca [22nd July 1812]

Barlow, Arthur WillsRef 553-6
[1858-1921]
Son of
Richard Barlow.

Born in Northowram.

He was a worsted doffer [1871] / a shoe maker employing 1 man & 1 boy [1881] / a master boot maker [1891] / a boot factor [1901, 1911].

In [Q2] 1878, he married Sarah Hannah Scott [1859-1???] in Halifax.


Sarah was born in Northowram.

She was a servant in refreshment rooms [1881]

 

Children:

  1. Amy Florence [1882-1893]
  2. Edith Annie [b 1883] who was a stock keeper [1911]
  3. Harold [b 1887] who was a boot packer [1901], an  insurance agent [1911]
  4. Gertrude [b 1889]
  5. Gladys [b 1891] who was a clerk [1911]
  6. Hilda [1893-1902]

The 1911 census shows that they had had 10 children of whom 4 were still alive at that time.

They lived at

  • 76 Gibbet Street, Halifax [1881, 1891]
  • 76 Back of Gibbet Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 290 Huddersfield Road, Halifax [1911]

Arthur died Q1 1921 (aged 63) 


Details are not yet known of the death / burial place of Sarah Hannah
 

Barlow, EllisRef 553-8
[1863-19??]
(Possibly) son of
William Barlow.

Born in Rastrick.

He was a labourer in gas works [1901] / a labourer for Elland UDC [1911].

In [Q2] 1892, he married Sarah Jane Bottomley [1868-19??] in Halifax.


Sarah Jane was born in Brighouse
 

Children:

  1. Edith [b 1893] who was a worsted twister [1911]
  2. Annie [b 1895] who was a worsted rover [1911]
  3. Ada [b 1896] who was a worsted spinner [1911]
  4. Frank [b 1900]
  5. Harry [b 1901]
  6. Harriet [b 1904]

They lived at

  • 54 Bonegate Road, Brighouse [1901]
  • 7 Church Street, Elland [1911]

Barlow, J. E.Ref 553-1253
[18??-19??]
Postmaster for Halifax [1925-1931]

Barlow, JohnRef 553-30
[15??-16??]
Local preacher. A native of Cheshire, and minister in Plymouth. He came to Halifax as lecturer and assistant to
Dr John Favour at Halifax Parish Church. He published several theological works and sermons [1618] including

Hieron's last farwell

and

A Christian's last day is his best Day

and famously reminded the local gentry that

gentility consists not only in the cutting of a card, casting of a die, throwing of a bowl, watching of a cock, manning of a hawk, or in following after a deep-mouthed cry of hounds, but in good hospitality, virtuous actions and generous deeds

See Halifax Exercises

Barlow, JohnRef 553-428
[1855-1906]
Son of
William Barlow.

Born in Leeds.

He was an apprentice engineer [1871] / a commercial traveller [1881].

In [Q2] 1878, he married (1) Clara Annie Howarth [1858-1883] in Halifax.


Clara Annie was born in Halifax
 

Child: Ethel H. [b 1881]

Clara Annie died 1st January 1883 (aged 25).

He married Selina [1859-1925].


Selina was born in Trichinopoly, India
 

They lived at

  • 6 Hampden Place, Halifax [1881]
  • 7 Carlton Street, Halifax [1881]

John died 13th September 1906 (aged 51).

Selina died 6th December 1925 (aged 66).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1366] with John's parents

Barlow, Rev John ElliottRef 553-1255
[1906-19??]
BD, BSc, MSc.

Curate at Southowram [1933, 1936].

On 9th January 1936, he married Kathleen Marshall from Southowram

In 1936, he left Southowram to serve at Thornhill Lees, Hepworth, Felkirk with Brierley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, Linton in Craven with Hebden, Skipton, and Queen Ethelburga's School, Harrogate

This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom

Barlow, Mrs MariaRef 553-487
[1786-18??]
Born in Guernsey.

She married (1) Unknown.

Her husband was killed [1812].

Maria married (2) Lieutenant-Colonel Barlow.

Later, Maria was a lover of Anne Lister in Paris.

In 1827, Anne, Maria and Maria's daughter Jane toured Italy

Barlow, RichardRef 553-5
[1823-1896]
Born in Halifax.

He was a master cordwainer [1851] / a shoe maker [1871] / a cordwainer [1881].

In [Q4] 1844, he married Sarah Elizabeth Horner Gill [1821-1868] in Halifax.


Sarah was born in Northowram.

She was a grocery shopkeeper [1851]

 

Children:

  1. Annie [b 1856] who was a cotton reeler [1871]
  2. Arthur

They lived at

  • 23 North Darley Street, Halifax [1851]
  • 2 Bankhouse Lane, Skircoat [1871]
  • 17 Cinder Hill Lane, Siddal [1881]

Sarah died Q1 1868 (aged 47).

Richard died Q1 1896 (aged 73).

They both died in Halifax

Barlow, RichardRef 553-493
[1846-1???]
Born in Pemberton, Lancashire.

He was a bookkeeper [1871].

He married Sarah [1843-1???].


Sarah was born in Cheshire
 

Children:

  1. Alice H. [b 1866]
  2. Frederick Arthur who died April 1st 1871 (aged 3 years &  4 months) 
  3. Emily Gertrude who died May 16th 1870 (aged 6 months) 
  4. Nellie L. [b 1871]

The children () were buried at Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram.

They lived at Within Field, Southowram [1871]

Barlow, Robert HilaroRef 553-2
[1815-1876]
Born in West Bengal.

In 1843, he married (1) Elizabeth Boxer [1824-1861] in Montreal.


Elizabeth was born in Dover [26th June 1824], the daughter of Rear Admiral Sir Edward Boxer
 

Child: Robert Hilaro

Elizabeth died in Kensington [25th May 1861].

In 1871, he married (2) Christiana, daughter of Jeremiah Rawson..


Christiana was the daughter of Jeremiah Rawson
 

Robert died in Halifax [29th June 1876].

Christiana died at Ravenswood, Skircoat Green [4th May 1889].

The couple were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell with Christiana's sister Emma Sophia Rawson who [died Halifax 20th August 1905]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Barlow, Robert HilaroRef 553-810
[1844-1893]
Son of
Robert Hilaro Barlow

Born in Canterbury.

He was a Captain of the 68th Light Infantry.

He died at Stratford on Avon

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Barlow, TelemachusRef 553-2881
[1841-1927]
Son of
Thomas Barlow.

Born at Pump, Southowram.

He was a stoker in the gas works [1871] / a blacksmith [1881] / a blacksmith in the gas works [1901, 1911].

In 1862, he married Mary Alice Culpan in Halifax.


Mary was the daughter of John Culpan
 

Children:

  1. Ruth Ann [b 1863]
  2. John Thomas [1864-1895]
  3. Mary Ann [b 1870]
  4. Emily [1872-1909] who married Fred Barber
  5. Lydia [1875-1891]
  6. Eva [b 1877]
  7. Eliza [b 1879]
  8. Walter [b 1883]
  9. Annie [b 1887]

They lived at

  • 3 William Street, Northowram [1871]
  • 46 Martin [?] Street, Northowram [1881]
  • Fern Street, Boothtown [1901, 1911]

Mary Alice died 11th June 1915.

Telemachus died at Wheatley Lane [30th May 1927].

Members of the family were buried at All Souls' Church, Halifax

This & associated entries use material contributed by Carole Edwards Caruso, Glynn Helliwell & Susan Wiseman

Barlow, TelemachusRef 553-4
[1842-1???]
Born in Hipperholme.

He was a stoker at gas works [1871] / a blacksmith [1881, 1891] / a blacksmith in gas works [1901, 1911].

Around 1863, he married Mary Alice [1842-1???].


Mary Alice was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Ruth Ann [b 1863] who was a damask weaver (flax) [1881]
  2. John Thomas [b 1864] who was a a carpet works bander  [1881], carpet printing [1891]
  3. Mary Ann [b 1871] who was a worsted spinner [1881],  carpet printing [1891]
  4. Emily [b 1873] who was a worsted drawer [1891]
  5. Lydia [b 1875] who was a worsted winder [1891]
  6. Eve [b 1877] who was a worsted winder [1891], a drawer in  worsted factory [1901]
  7. Eliza [b 1879] who was a worsted spinner [1891], a drawer  in worsted factory [1901]
  8. Walter [b 1883] who was a wood pattern maker [1901]
  9. Annie [b 1886] who was a cork cutter [1901]

The 1911 census shows that they had had 11 children of whom 5 were still alive at that time.

They lived at

  • 3 William Street, Northowram [1871]
  • 41 Martin Street, Northowram [1881]
  • 51 Fern Street, Northowram [1891, 1901, 1911]

Living with them [in 1901] was uncle William Sutcliffe [b  Halifax 1828] & nephew Arthur Mitchell [b 1888] (spinning frame doffer).

Living with them [in 1901] was nephew Arthur Mitchell [b 1888] (tram conductor) 

Barlow, ThomasRef 553-2882
[1810-18??]
Banksman in a Southowram quarry.

He married Ruth Mann [1817-18??].


Ruth was the daughter of
Robert Mann
 

Children:

  1. Lydia [b 1836]
  2. Selina [1839-1843]
  3. Telemachus
  4. Elizabeth [1843-1881] who married George Stirk
  5. Dardenus
  6. Mary Ann [1848-1915] who married Sam Aspinall
  7. Eliza [1850-1851]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Susan Wiseman

Barlow, Thomas J.Ref 553-566
[1876-1917]
He was employed at Dean Clough dye works.

He lived at 14 Old Bank, Halifax.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed at Cambrai [26th November 1917] (aged 41).

He is remembered on the Cambrai Memorial, Nord France [Grave Ref 6 & 7], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Saint Bernard's Catholic Church, and on the Memorial at Crossley's Carpets

Barlow, WalterRef 553-1120
[1870-19??]
Born in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

He was a Church of England preacher [1901].

He married Kate E. [1866-19??] from Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.

Children:

  1. Reginald M. [b 1896]
  2. Albert E. [b 1898]

They lived at Springfield, Stainland [1901]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Carole Edwards Caruso

Barlow, WilliamRef 553-577
[1819-1872]
Born in Leeds.

He was a brush maker [1871].

He married Ellen [1818-1889].

Children:

  1. Rosa Esther [b 1851] who was a worsted weaver [1871]
  2. John

The family lived at Kingston, Halifax [1871].

William died 1st March 1872 (aged 53).

Ellen died 14th January 1889 (aged 71).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1366]

Barlow, WilliamRef 553-3
[1831-1???]
Born in Colne Bridge / Kirkheaton.

He was a carder in cotton mill [1881, 1891].

He married Mary Ann [1831-1???].


Mary Ann was born in Kirkheaton
 

Children:

  1. Harry [b 1859] who was a cotton twiner [1881]
  2. Tom [b 1861] who was a cotton piecer [1881]
  3. Laurich [b 1862] who was a cotton piecer [1881]
  4. Sarah [b 1863] who was a cotton piecer [1891]
  5. Ellis [b 1865] who was a silk dresser [1881, 1891] -  (possibly) = Ellis Barlow
  6. Emma [b 1868] who was a cotton piecer [1881, 1891]
  7. Ann [b 1871] who was a cotton piecer [1881, 1891]

They lived at Railway Terrace, Rastrick [1881, 1891]

Surname

Barlow surnameRef 553-1
Entries for people with the surname Barlow are discussed in this SideTrack.


Unattached BMDs for Barlow

Marriages 1808, 1941

 



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