Crowther ...



The entries for people & families with the surname Crowther are gathered together in this SideTrack.

This Page does not include people with other forms of the surname.

There are many people with this surname, and it is possible that there are duplicate entries for an individual. If you discover any such duplicates, please email me and I shall correct them.


Crowther, MrsRef 61-588
[15??-1615]
Possibly Jane Hemingway, daughter of
Richard Hemingway, and wife of Bryan Crowther.

She bought Shibden Hall from Edward Waterhouse on behalf of her nephew, John Hemingway.

When Mrs Crowther died in 1615, John was under age and was made ward of the Crown and his uncle, Samuel Lister, was appointed guardian to John and his four sisters

Crowther, AbrahamRef 61-719
[1???-16??]
A merchant of woollen cloth. He was Master at
Hipperholme Grammar School.

In 1636, he bought Broadgates from John Joshua Waterhouse and a part of Mearclough Bottom Mill.

He married Ann.

Children:

  1. Henry
  2. Abraham
  3. John
  4. Samuel
  5. Susannah who married Michael Oldfield
  6. Ann who married John Wainhouse

He sold Broadgates and Mearclough Bottom Mill to John Wainhouse

Crowther, AbrahamRef 61-2567
[17??-18??]
Hatter in Southowram [1790]

Crowther, AlbertRef 61-1994
[1860-19??]
Born in Halifax.

He was a grocer/shopkeeper [1901] / landlord of the Broad Tree, Lee Mount [1911].

In 1881, he married Fanny Oates [1860-19??] from Halifax, at Halifax.

Children:

  1. Hetta [b 1882]

The family lived at 143 Claremount Road, Halifax [1901]

Crowther, AlbertRef 61-25
[1862-1???]
Son of Wilson Crowther, labourer.

Born in Soyland.

He was a cotton twiner of Ripponden [1882] / a cotton twiner [1891] / a cotton twister [1894] / a cotton twiner [1901, 1911].

In 1882, he married Betty Greenwood [1862-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Betty was the daughter of John Greenwood, spinner
 

Children:

  1. Elizabeth / Lizzie [b 1883] who was a cotton  twiner piecer [1901]
  2. Asa [b 1885] who was a cotton twiner piecer [1891, 1901],  a cotton twiner [1911]
  3. Ebison
  4. Fred [b 1896] who was a cotton piecer [1911]
  5. Louisa [b 1899]

They lived at

  • Lane Head, Ripponden [1891]
  • Hume Terrace, Soyland [1894]
  • 88 Rochdale Road, Soyland [1901]
  • 4 Mitchell Street, Sowerby Bridge [1911]
  • Lower Brig Royd, Ripponden [1915]
  • 7 Kingswood Grove, Old Lane, Brighouse

Crowther, AlbertRef 61-2169
[1869-19??]
Son of woolsorter James Crowther.

Born in Norland.

He was a warehouseman at Luddenden [1889] / beerseller at the Bridge, Luddenden [1901, 1905].

On 16th December 1889, he married Henrietta Harris [1866-19??] at Halifax Parish Church


Henrietta, of Luddenden, was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, daughter of mechanic Charles Harris
 

Crowther, AlbertRef 61-52
[1883-1916]
Son of
Titus Crowther.

Born in Halifax.

He was a cotton spinner [1901] / a cotton twiner [1907, 1911] / employed at Smeaton's, Phoebe Lane Mills.

In 1907, he married Beatrice Grisdale Brearley [1886-19??] at St Augustine's Church, Pellon.


Beatrice was the daughter of Thomas Brearley, green grocer
 

Child: Madge [b 1909]

They lived at

  • 1 Boys Mill Terrace, Halifax [1911]
  • 1 Phoebe Lane Terrace, Siddal [1916]

During World War I, he enlisted [October 1914] and served as a Private with the 9th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died 4th July 1916 (aged 34).

The Halifax Courier [22nd July 1916] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6A & 6B], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Crowther, AliceRef 61-786
[16??-17??]
She established
Alice Crowther's Charity

Crowther, AmosRef 61-18
[1815-1859]
Of Elland.

He was a stone mason [1841] / a vestry clerk [1851].

In different records, he was described as Parish Clerk and Vestry Clerk.

On 26th August 1845, he married Ann Ormerod [1811-1887] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. twins Maria Elizabeth [1844-1915]
  2. Edward William [b 1844]
  3. Phoebe [1847-1915]
  4. Sarah Jane [b 1849]
  5. Naomi [1853-1899] who married William Robison  [1847-1913]


Twins Maria Elizabeth & Edward William were born 6th September 1844 in Greetland. and baptised at Elland Parish Church [20th November 1844], mother's name Ann Ormerod spinster
 

The family lived at

  • Castlegate Elland [1841]
  • Quebec Street, Elland [1851]

Members of the family were buried at Elland Parish Church

Crowther, AnnieRef 61-1022
[18??-19??]
An assistant teacher a
Brighouse Board School.

In March 1897, The Times and The Leeds Mercury carried reports of a breach of promise case Crowther v Leach, concerning her and Arthur Holdsworth Leach

Crowther, ArthurRef 61-60
[1868-1933]
Born in Norland.

He was a foreman dyer [1911] / landlord of the Church Stile, Sowerby [1922, 1933].

On 22nd September 1888, he married (1) Sarah Ann Elmsley [1869-1920] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. child who died young [before 1911]
  2. child who died young [before 1911]
  3. Annie [b 1889]
  4. Edwin [1891-1893]
  5. Arthur
  6. Edith [b 1898]
  7. John Elmsley

They lived at

  • 50 Windsor Terrace, Elizabeth Street, Elland [1911]
  • 3 Princess Street, Sowerby [1918]

Son Arthur was killed in World War I [1918].

Sarah Ann died in 1920.

In June 1921, Arthur married (2) Ellen Turner [1874-1936] in Halifax.

Arthur died in 1933.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £1,066 2/11d.

Probate was granted to son John Elmsley and Samuel Wadsworth (coppersmith) 

Ellen took over at the Church Stile [1933, 1936].

An Ellen Crowther died in Halifax [Q4 1936] (aged 62).

Son John Elmsley took over at the Church Stile [1936]

Crowther, ArthurRef 61-106
[1877-1932]
Son of
William Crowther.

He was involved in his father's business.

In [Q3] 1900, he married Annie Ethel Crowther in Halifax.

Children:

  1. child who died in infancy
  2. child
  3. child

In 1907, they went to New Zealand.

Family stories tell that


he was sent to New Zealand for being a disgrace to the family, although there is no explanation of his transgressions
 

He became a wealthy sheep farmer

Crowther, ArthurRef 61-161
[1882-19??]
Son of
William Crowther.

Born in Brighouse.

He was a cab driver [1901, 1911]

In 1910, he married Thebais [1887-19??].


Thebais was born in Clifton
 

Children: Not Known

They lived at Upper Bonegate Cottage, Brighouse [1911]

Crowther, ArthurRef 61-74
[1895-1917]
Son of Mrs L. Watson of Park Chapel House, Brighouse.

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

He died 4th April 1917 (aged 22).

He was buried at Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension, France [Grave Ref N 33]

Crowther, ArthurRef 61-62
[1895-1918]
Son of
Arthur Crowther.

Born in Halifax.

He was a dyer's apprentice [1911].

In [Q2] 1918, he married Ruth Page in Rotherham.

During World War I, he enlisted in Elland and served as a Private with the 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment.

He was severely wounded in the abdomen & thigh, and admitted to No.4 Casualty Clearing Station [19th September], and died of wounds [20th September 1918].

The Halifax Courier [5th October 1918] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Brie British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref II D 9].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Bethesda Methodist Sunday School, Elland

Crowther, Arthur BirchRef 61-157
[1846-1904]
Born in Todmorden.

He was a road repairer for local board [1891] / a general labourer [1901].

In [Q4] 1873, he (possibly) married (2) Elizabeth Hazeltine [1847-1879] in Todmorden.

Elizabeth died in Todmorden [Q4 1879] (aged 32).

In [Q4] 1883, he married (2) Elizabeth Woodhead [1844-1???] in Todmorden.


Elizabeth was born in Ripponden
 

They lived at 10 California, Walsden [1891].

Living with them [in 1891] were Elizabeth's ?sister Sarah Ann & her husband William Fielden.

Elizabeth died before 1901.

In 1901, the widowed Arthur was living at 50 California, Walsden with William Fielden & family.

Arthur died in Todmorden [Q3 1904] (aged 57) 

Crowther, Arthur OatesRef 61-75
[1910-1944]
Son of Clara & Arthur Oates Crowther.

In [Q1] 1933, he married Mary Frances Smith in Halifax.

They lived at Salterhebble, Halifax.

During World War II, he served as a Private with the 6th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders.

He died 7th June 1944 (aged 34).

He was buried at Naples War Cemetery, Italy [Grave Ref I S 16].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland

Crowther, Dr Astley BrodieRef 61-1598
[1863-1912]
Son of
Thomas Crowther.

He qualified LSA (London, 1887).

He was Surgeon at High Street, Luddenden [1905].

In 1895, he married Emily Margaret Charlesworth in Todmorden.


Emily Margaret was born in Pocklington, the daughter of Rev Joseph Charlesworth
 

Children:

  1. Dudley Earl [b 1896]
  2. Ellen May [b 1899]
  3. Brian [b 1900]
  4. Clifford [b 1909]

They lived at 4 Beulah Place, Luddenden [1901]

Crowther, BartonRef 61-142
[1857-1911]
Son of
William Crowther.

Born in Cornholme.

He was a cotton factory hand [1871] / a cotton weaver [1881, 1891] / a warehouseman (bobbin works) [1901] / an invalid (cotton weaving).

In 1887, he married Alice Webster [1859-1911] in Todmorden.


Alice was born in Burnley.

She was a cotton weaver [1891]

 

Children:

  1. Annie [b 1892] who was a cotton weaver [1911]
  2. Hilda [b 1894] who was a cotton weaver [1911] & married  Allan Crabtree
  3. Ida [b 1895] who was a cotton weaver [1911]

The family lived at

  • Barker Street, Stansfield [1891]
  • 906 Burnley Road, Cornholme [1901, 1911, 1917]

Living with them [in 1911] was sister-in-law Maria Webster [b  1856] (charwoman).

Barton died in Todmorden [Q3 1911] (aged 54) 

Crowther, BryanRef 61-788
[1536-1607]
Halifax
clothier.

He owned property and land at Airmyn in East Yorkshire.

In his will, he established Bryan Crowther's Charity, and also provided an annuity of £20 to Heath Grammar School charged on his property and land at Airmyn.

He married either Jane Hopkinson [unknown date] or Jane Hemingway [1578].

There was a memorial to him in Halifax Parish Church.

The epitaph on the memorial is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions

Crowther, CalebRef 61-206
[17??-18??]
Owned
Bottom Hall, Lightcliffe

Crowther, CharlesRef 61-1139
[1803-1855]
Born in Midgley.

First postmaster at Mytholmroyd.

He was landlord of the Dusty Miller, Mytholmroyd.

Between 1835 and 1851, he ran the mail service from the Dusty Miller.

On 4th September 1836, he married Sarah / Sally [1801-1853]

Crowther, CharlesRef 61-140
[1815-1880]
Born in Sowerby.

He was a carpet weaver (patent) [1851] / a power loom carpet weaver [1861] / a worsted weaver [1871].

He married Sarah (Sally) [1815-1879].


Sarah was born in Sowerby
 

Children:

  1. Sarah Ann [1837-1878] who was a rug setter [1851]
  2. Joseph Waterhouse [1839-1859] who was a worsted spinner  [1851, 1861]
  3. Mary Ann Eliza [b 1842] who was worsted spinner [1851], a  mosaic rug worker [1861], a carpet setter [1871] & married George Spencer
  4. John William
  5. Hannah [b 1846] who was a carpet setter [1871]
  6. Charles [b 1856] who was a printer [1871]

The family lived at

  • Green Terrace, Skircoat [1851]
  • Shroggs Bottom, Ovenden [1861]
  • 1 Sykes Terrace, Ovenden [1871]

Living with them [in 1871] was visitor Sarah Ann Halstead [b  1837] (widow; no occupation).

Sally died 4th December 1879 (aged 64).

Charles died 17th December 1880 (aged 65).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3689]

Crowther, CharlesRef 61-108
[1848-1892]
Son of
George Crowther.

He was a woollen spinner [1871].

He took over from his father as landlord of the Golden Fleece, Blackley [1886-1892].

He married Betty Smith [1848-1???].


Betty was the daughter of Sidney Smith, weaver
 

Children:

  1. Enos [b 1873] who was a bootmaker [1901], boot repairer  [1911]
  2. Charlotte [b 1875] who was a woollen piece burler [1901],  woollen piece knotter [1911]
  3. Eliza [b 1880] who was a cotton reeler [1901], cotton  reeler [1911]
  4. Florence [b 1882] who was a worsted twiner [1901]
  5. Saville [b 1884] who was a cotton piecer [1901], woollen  weaver [1911]
  6. Selina [b 1885] who was a worsted twister [1901], worsted  twister [1911]
  7. Annie [b 1888] who was a millinery apprentice [1901]

Charles died Q2 1892 (aged 44).

Betty took over at the Golden Fleece [1892-1894].

In [Q1] 1894, Betty married (2) Oliver Ackroyd in Halifax

Crowther, CharlesRef 61-86
[1878-1914]
Son of
John William Crowther.

Born in Halifax [6th December 1878].

During World War I, he enlisted in Keighley [30th August 1899] and served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He served in South Africa [1901-1902].

He died of wounds in France / Flanders [24th November 1914].

He was buried at Harlebeke New British Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref XIV C 16].

Crowther, Charles W.Ref 61-1351
[18??-19??]
Of
J. Crowther & Company.

He lived at Crossley Terrace, Hebden Bridge [1905]

Crowther, CockcroftRef 61-163
[1844-1884]
Son of
George Crowther.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a general draper & smallware dealer at 6 Roomfield Buildings,   Todmorden [1877] / a hawker of draper [1881] / a draper in Todmorden [1883].

In [Q1] 1867, he married (1) Betty Elizabeth Crossley [1836-1872] in Todmorden.


Betty was born in Stansfield
 

Child: John C. [b 1870]

Betty died in Todmorden [Q2 1872] (aged 36).

In [Q3] 1872, he married (2) Mary [1856-1877] in Todmorden.


Mary was the daughter of James Fielden
 

Mary died 16th December 1877 (aged 21).

and was buried at Eastwood Congregational Church with her parents.

In [Q3] 1878, he married (3) Lydia [1842-1???] in Halifax.


Lydia was born in Stansfield, & was (possibly) the widow of Mr Sutcliffe.

She had a son by her first marriage: Daniel Sutcliffe [b Stansfield 1858] who was a cotton weaver [1881]

 

Children:

  1. James A. [b 1874]
  2. George A. [b 1880]

They lived at

  • Mills Street, Todmorden [1871]
  • 6 Roomfield Buildings,  Todmorden [1881]
  • 24 Swan Place, Todmorden [1884]

Cockcroft died in Todmorden [15th November 1884] (aged 40) 


Cockcroft's burial place is not yet known
 

Crowther, CrossleyRef 61-96
[1853-1920]
Son of John Crowther, engine tenter & stoker.

Born in Greetland.

He was a woolsorter of Greetland [1876] / a woolsorter [1881] / a warehouseman of Lindwell, Greetland [1884] / a warehouseman [1891] / a warehouseman (woollen mill) [1901] / a woollen warehouseman [1911].

In 1876, he married (1) Elizabeth Ann Maude [1856-1879] at Halifax Parish Church.


Elizabeth Ann, of Greetland, was the daughter of Gideon Maude, labourer
 

Elizabeth Ann died in Halifax in 1879 (aged 22).

In 1881, he was living at Upper Fold, Greetland with his widowed aunt Anne Rawnsley [b 1811].

In 1884, he married (2) Emma Gledhill [1859-1???] at Halifax Parish Church


Emma, of Lindwell, Greetland, was born in Scammonden, the daughter of Joseph Gledhill, cloth fuller
 

Children:

  1. Minnie [b 1886] who was a worsted spinner [1901], a  weaver [1911]
  2. Fred
  3. Elizabeth [b 1892] who was a school teacher [1911]
  4. Annie [b 1897] who was a worsted spinner [1911]
  5. Alice [b 1900]
  6. Arthur Clifford [b 1904]

They lived at

  • Rochdale Road, Greetland [1891]
  • Shutts Lane, Ashfield Terrace, Greetland [1901]
  • 8/10 Road End, Greetland [1911]

Son Fred died in World War I.

Crossley died in Halifax in 1920 (aged 66) 

Crowther, DanielRef 61-2292
[1844-1917]

In 1879, he married Martha Berry.


Martha was the daughter of
John Berry
 

Children:

  1. twins Elizabeth Ann [1880-1905] who was a cotton warper  [1901]
  2. Sarah Hannah [1880-1972] who was a cotton warper [1901] &  married Albert Fielding
  3. Louisa
  4. Mary
  5. Irvin [1886-1952]
  6. Florence

In 1884, Daniel took over from his mother-in-law, Mary Berry, as landlord of the Royal Hotel, Rishworth.

He was a farmer & innkeeper.

Living with them [in 1901] was sister-in-law Ellen Berry [aged 44].

Daniel died 2nd September 1917.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £245 17/6d to his widow Martha.

After his death, Martha took over at the Royal Hotel.

Martha died 2nd January 1922.

Probate records show that she left effects valued at £246 to son Irvin and son-in-law Albert Fielding;

After Martha's death, their daughters took over at the Royal Hotel.

Members of the family were buried at St John The Divine, Rishworth

Crowther, Daniel JohnRef 61-126
[1835-1891]
(Possibly) son of Sarah & Samuel Crowther.

Born in Halifax.

He was a linen maker's apprentice & draper [1861] / a tobacconist [1871] / a piece looker at dye works [1881] / a maker-up / a dye works clerk [1891].

In [Q1] 1860, he married either Sarah Barnes or Sarah Langton [1837-1907] in Halifax.


Sarah was born in Harbury, Leicestershire
 

Children:

  1. Frederick [1865-1866]
  2. Lavinia [b 1861] who was a dressmaker [1881]
  3. Clara [b 1863] who was a dressmaker's apprentice [1881]
  4. Herbert Edward [1868-1870]
  5. Sarah [b 1873] who was a dressmaker [1891]
  6. Emily Blanche [b 1874] who was a dressmaker [1891]
  7. George Henry [b 1876] who was a solicitor's clerk [1891]

The family lived at

  • 16 Nelson Street, Halifax [1861]
  • 70 Woolshops, Halifax [1871]
  • 36 Wade Street, Halifax [1881, 1891]

Daniel died 25th May 1891 (aged 56).

Sarah died 18th October 1907 (aged 70).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2313]

Crowther, DavidRef 61-2227
[1806-1???]
He was a silk spinner [1841].

He married Sarah [1806-1???].

Children:

  1. Ellen [b 1826]
  2. John [b 1828]
  3. Mary [b 1833]
  4. Sarah [b 1834]
  5. Hannah [b 1840]

They lived at Paradise Row, Halifax [1841]

Crowther, Dyson WilliamRef 61-63
[1892-1918]
Son of
John William Crowther.

Born in Halifax [Q4 1892].

He was a carpet printer at Dean Clough Mills [1911].

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He died at the Battle of St Quentin [21st March 1918] (aged 23).

His photograph appears with a report of his story in the Halifax Courier [4th May 1918].

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 4], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Crossley's Carpets

Crowther, EbisonRef 61-26
[1894-1915]
Son of
Albert Crowther.

Baptised at Ripponden Church.

He was a cotton warehouseman [1911].

He enlisted with the Territorials in Mirfield [February 1914].

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed in action in Elland [15th May 1915] (aged 21).

He was buried at Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, France.

He is remembered on Ripponden War Memorial

Crowther, EdwinRef 61-7
[18??-1???]
Son of
Philip Crowther.

In 1852, he, his brother William and nephew Philip Crowther sailed from Liverpool to New York on the Benjamin Adams.

They arrived on 16th September 1852.

They lived in New York

Crowther, EliRef 61-12
[17??-1???]
He married Martha [17??-1???].

Child: William

Crowther, EliRef 61-42
[18??-1855]
Of Sowerby.

During the campaigns of 1854 and 1855, in the Crimea War, he served with the Grenadier Guards.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered on the Crimea Memorial in Sowerby Church

Crowther, EliRef 61-8
[1826-1880]
Son of
Philip Crowther.

He was a stone mason [1841] / a soldier stationed at the Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich [1851] / a stone mason [1861] / a stone cutter [1871].

He never married.

They lived at

The Leeds Mercury of Tuesday, 16th April 1861 reported

WILFUL DAMAGE

On Friday at noon, Eli Crowther, stonemason of Todmorden, who is well known to the police, was charged at the Magistrates Office with having on Thursday wilfully and maliciously cut and damaged a crane rope used for the purpose of hoisting up Steeple Jack who was at the time repairing the chimney of the mill belonging to Messrs Pickles of Shade.

It appears that the prisoner was in the employ of Sutcliffe Greenwood, who had for some reason discharged him, and Greenwood being the contractor for the repairs, the prisoner cut the rope from a feeling of revenge upon Greenwood.

He was committed to the New Bailey for 2 months hard labour

Crowther, EliRef 61-119
[1838-19??]
(Possibly) son of
James Crowther.

Born in Halifax.

He was a worsted manufacturer [1871] / a clerk [1891].

In [Q2] 1865, he married (1) Elizabeth Hartley [1840-1???] in Halifax.


Elizabeth was born in Colne
 

Children:

  1. Albert [b 1867]
  2. Frank [b 1869]
  3. Mary Jane [1870]
  4. Arthur [b 1872] who was a tailor [1901]
  5. Mary E. [b 1875]

Elizabeth died 5th August 1884 (aged 45).

She & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1122].

He married (2) Rebeckah Scandrett [1854-19??] in Weobley, Herefordshire.


Rebeckah was born in Irvington, Hereford
 

Children:

  1. Martha [b 1888]
  2. George E. [b 1889]
  3. Sidney who died 10th October 1886 (aged 4 days)   

They lived at

  • 43 Wesley Street, Halifax [1871]
  • 17 Sandon Road, Ormskirk [1891, 1901]

Crowther, ErnestRef 61-27
[1893-1960]
Born in Elland.

He was a teamer [1914].

On 30th May 1914, he married Elizabeth Pitchforth at Elland Parish Church.


Elizabeth was the daughter of
William Edward Pitchforth
 

Crowther, Ernest EdwardRef 61-93
[1871-1910]
LRCP, LRCS.

Son of Thomas Crowther.

He qualified LRCP and LRCS (Edinburgh, 1896).

He was a physician and surgeon.

When his father retired from practice [1899], Ernest succeeded him as Medical Officer for Luddenden.

He was Medical Officer for Midgley, Luddendenfoot and Warley Municipal Wards [1905].

He was a General Medical Practitioner of Wirrialpa, Burley-in-Wharfedale.

On 23rd January 1905, he married Emily Beatrice in Halifax.


Emily Beatrice was the daughter of Henry C. Tolson, and widow of Thomas Gledhill Titterington
 

He lived at Lynton House, Luddenden [1905].

He died 28th February 1910

Crowther, FittonRef 61-20
[1870-1914]
Born in Hartshead.

He was landlord of the Duke of Edinburgh, Brighouse [1902] / publican at the White Cross, Bradley [1911].

In [Q1] 1894, he married Elizabeth Ellen Priestley [1872-19??] in Dewsbury.


Elizabeth Ellen came from Mirfield
 

Children:

  1. child who died young [before 1911]
  2. William Fitton [b 1895]
  3. Sam Howgate [b 1899]
  4. Harry [b 1908]
  5. Mary [b 1910]

Crowther, FlorenceRef 61-2291
[1889-1968]
Daughter of
Daniel Crowther.

In 1922, after the deaths of their parents, Florence and her sister Mary took over as licensees at the Royal Hotel, Rishworth [1950s].

Neither sister ever married.

In his Memories of Pubs in Rishworth, Geoffrey Siddall recalls that

the sisters did not keep draught beer or spirits and were loath to attract trade. Consequently, they were open all licensing hours with very few customers and existed on funeral teas

The sisters were buried at St John The Divine, Rishworth.

In 1960, after Mary's death, Florence sold the pub at auction. It was bought for £6,400 by Alan Bracewell and Norman Somers who were well known in the Halifax amateur acting community

Crowther, Rev Francis NelsonRef 61-94
[1857-1949]
BA.

Son of Rev William Crowther.

Born in Claines, Worcestershire.

He was a clergyman [1911].

In [Q1] 1888, he married Mary Kate Stallard in Worcestershire.


Mary Kate was born in Worcestershire
 

Child: Dorothy Edna [b 1892] who was born in Calcutta, India [1900].

They lived at Aston Rowant, Wallingford, Oxfordshire [1911].

He died in the New Forest district [Q2 1949]

Crowther, FrankRef 61-41
[1885-1916]
Son of
James Crowther.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a cotton weaver [1901] / a weaver of Lower Naze Bottom, Stansfield [1906] / a cotton weaver [1911] / a weaver at Sandbach's Ridgefoot Mill.

In [Q4] 1906, he married Lottie Schofield [1885-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Lottie, of Kilnhurst, Langfield, was born in Mossley, Lancashire, the daughter of James Schofield, engine tenter.

She was a cotton weaver [1911]

 

Children:

  1. Fred [b 1912]

The family lived at 5 Mount Street, Meadow Bottom, Todmorden [1911, 1916].

Living with them [in 1911] were Frank's sisters: Sarah Jane Crowther [b 1872] (cotton weaver) & Grace Ellen Crowther [b 1891].

During World War I, he joined up [June 1916] and served as a Private with the 1st/8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry.

He was sent to France [October 1916].

He died of wounds [5th November 1916] (aged 31).

The Todmorden & District News [5th January 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 14A & 15C], and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Crowther, Frank CrossleyRef 61-109
[1882-1946]
Born in Greetland [1st November 1882].

 

He was a farrier [1905] / (possibly) landlord of the Clothiers' Arms, Greetland  [1923-1926] / landlord of the Druids' Arms, Greetland [1926-1930] / landlord of the New Inn, Sowerby Bridge [1930-1932] / landlord of the Siddal Tavern [1932-1934] / landlord of the Swan Bank Tavern, Halifax [1934-1939].

On 2nd December 1905, he married (1) Edith Law [1881-1910] in Halifax.


Edith was born in Greetland
 

Edith died in Greetland in 1910.

In 1911, he married (2) Harriet Elizabeth Hufton in Hemsforth

Frank died in Halifax in 1946

Crowther, FredRef 61-123
[1861-1926]
Son of Rebecca & John Crowther.

Born in Todmorden.

He was an insurance agent [1887] / a cotton warp dresser [1891-1911].

On 28th December 1887, he married Hannah Howorth at Christ Church, Todmorden.


Hannah was the daughter of
James Howorth
 

Children:

  1. John
  2. Ruth [b 29th December 1891-1st June 1962] who married  Henry Wilkinson
  3. Mary [b 3rd April 1897] who married Richard Holt
  4. William

They lived at

  • Wellington Road, Todmorden [1863]
  • 7 Well Lane, Todmorden [1887]
  • Whiteplatts Street, Todmorden [1888]
  • Pickles Court, Todmorden [1891, 1892, 1901]
  • 12 Oak Mount, Todmorden [1904]
  • 1 Dalton Street, Todmorden [1911, 1914]
  • 4 Wellington Road, Todmorden [1920]

Hannah died in Todmorden [Q3 1914].

She was buried at Christ Church, Todmorden [11th July 1914].

Fred died in Todmorden [Q4 1926]

Crowther, FredRef 61-64
[1888-1917]
Son of
Crossley Crowther.

He was a worsted doffer [1901] / a coal merchant [1911].

He lived at 123 Langdale Street, Elland [1917].

During World War I, he served as a Bombardier with 34 Battery 1st Brigade Royal Field Artillery.

He died of wounds [12th October 1917] (aged 29).

The Halifax Courier [27th October 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Nine Elms British Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref V A 15].

He is remembered on Elland War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland

Crowther, Fred AlbertRef 61-21
[1873-19??]
Born in Halifax.

He was a stone merchant (employer) [1911].

Around 1903, he married Edith [1875-19??] from Huddersfield.

Children:

  1. Ena [b 1904]
  2. William [b 1907]
  3. Lucy [b 1909]

The family lived at 3 Lister Street, Brighouse [1911]

Crowther, FrederickRef 61-980
[1844-1937]
He was churchwarden [1862] / a brewery agent [1891] / employed by
Shibden Head Brewery / a member of the Northowram (Extra Municipal) Education Committee / a representative of Major Stocks in the purchase land for the  building of a school – (possibly) the Catherine Slack School [1875].

In 1846, he married Betsy Emma.

Children:

  1. Hettie [b 1871] who married [1891] Joseph H.  Willey from Bradford
  2. Percy [b 1875] who married [1900] Mabel Benn at  Clayton Parish Church
  3. Sydney [b 1878]

The family lived at

On 8th November 1879, his wife presented land to be used as a cemetery to Heywood's Chapel, Northowram. She had received the land as a gift from Major Michael Stocks.

Frederick died in Harrogate in 1937.

He was buried at Coley Church

Crowther, G.Ref 61-87
[19??-19??]
He served in World War II.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Golf Club, Ogden

Crowther, GeorgeRef 61-2600
[1???-1???]
Constable at Todmorden & Walsden [1764]

Crowther, GeorgeRef 61-216
[1???-1535]
Or Crowder. He objected to the changes in the
Great Tithes Dispute, and was killed in Sowerby Bridge by Gilbert Waterhouse

with a dagger worth 20 pence

Crowther, GeorgeRef 61-2041
[1???-18??]
A surveyor. He did a lot of work for
Fixby Hall. In 1831, he built a house called The Wood above Grimescar Road. This appears to be one the site of the original house, The Wood, Fixby

Crowther, GeorgeRef 61-9
[1690-1762]
He married Fleetwood Crossley.

Child: Philip

Crowther, GeorgeRef 61-162
[1798-18??]
Born in Heptonstall.

He was a cotton spinner [1851].

Around 1837, he married Mary [1798-18??].


Mary was born in Stansfield
 

Children:

  1. George [b 1836] who was a jenny piecer (cotton) [1851]
  2. Cockcroft

They lived at

  • Cockden, Todmorden [1851]

Crowther, GeorgeRef 61-2535
[18??-18??]
Landlord of the
Moorcock, Norland [1859].

In July 1859, he charged George Carter of Norland with

letting off, and thereby entirely wasting, a 36-gallon barrel of ale

Carter admitted the offence, and acknowledged that it was very wrong of him. He was ordered to pay £2, the value of the ale, plus 19/6d in costs

Crowther, GeorgeRef 61-107
[1812-1886]
Born in Fixby.

He was a beer house keeper at Blackley [1851] / landlord of the Golden Fleece, Blackley [1851-1886] / a cow keeper [1851] / a farmer of 5 acres [1861] / a farmer of 14 acres [1871].

He married Sarah [1812-18??].


Sarah was born in Lindley
 

Children:

  1. James [b 1836] who was a woollen piecer [1851], a woollen  hand weaver [1861]
  2. Edward [b 1838] who was a woollen hand weaver [1861]
  3. Saville [b 1840]
  4. Hannah Maria [b 1846]
  5. Charles
  6. Mary Elizabeth [b 1851] who was a woollen drawer [1871]
  7. Rebecca [b 1856]

George was a widower by 1861.

George died Q2 1886 (aged 74).

Son Charles took over at the Golden Fleece [1886-1892]

Crowther, GeorgeRef 61-101
[1844-19??]
Son of
William Crowther.

Born in Normanton.

He was a working maltster [1861] / a maltster [1881, 1901] / a beer seller at the Anchor Pit, Rastrick [1901, 1911].

He married Ann [1842-1???].


Ann was born in Rastrick
 

Children:

  1. Sarah H. [b 1865] who was a cotton winder [1881]
  2. James [b 1867] who was a cotton twiner [1881]
  3. Saville [b 1869] who was a cotton twiner [1881]
  4. Christiana [b 1872]
  5. Marsden [b 1875] who was maltster [1901], a labourer  (iron works) [1911]
  6. George H. [b 1877] who was a cooper [1901]
  7. Fairburn [b 1879] who was a maltster [1901]
  8. Harry [b 1882] who was a patent glazier [1901]
  9. Ann [b 1884] who was a dress maker [1911]

They lived at

  • Little Woodhouse, Rastrick [1881]
  • 5 Calder Street, Rastrick [1901]

Living with them at the Anchor Pit Inn [in 1911] were granddaughters Clara Crowther [b 1890] (confectioner) & Ann Elizabeth Crowther [b 1895] (cotton operative – winder) 

Crowther, GeorgeRef 61-232
[1891-1917]
Son of
Ramsden Crowther.

Born in Brighouse [1st September 1891].

He was a steel wire drawer [1911] / a teacher at St James's School, Brighouse.

He never married.

In 1910, he formed a "Laurie" Command Scout troop in Brighouse. He was scoutmaster of the 3rd Elland Scout troop.

He enlisted on 1st September 1914, and served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders. He was wounded and sent home.

He obtained a commission [22nd November 1915]. He was a Second Lieutenant in the 1st/4th Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He took part in many operations in France. He was sent home with poisoning in his foot.

He rejoined his regiment.

He died during a bombardment at Cité Elie, near Hulluch [28th June 1917].

He was buried at Sailly-Labourse Communal Cemetery Extension, France [Grave Ref B 11].

There is a memorial to him in St Martin's Church, Brighouse.

His brother Reginald Shaw also died in the War

Colonel R. E. Sugden wrote


George, as you know, came out with the division in the ranks. He always set his men a fine example then. When he became an officer, his company commander spoke most highly of his keenness and his determination to make his the best platoon in the battalion. He was exceedingly brave.

Only the morning before he was killed, the Germans raided us in some strength. He had his platoon out in a very heavy bombardment, and opened rapid fire drove them off. The General noted his action on the occasion.

George was essentially a clean-living lad, and he carried his principles into the trenches.

We have lost a fine brave officer and a friend, and one of the best living lads I ever came across.

He was one of the founders and organising scoutmaster of the Laurie Command, Brighouse

 

Crowther, GeorgeRef 61-84
[1892-1917]
Son of Lucy Jane & Ramsden Crowther of 7 Clifton Road, Brighouse,

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

He died 28th June 1917 (aged 25).

He was buried at Sailly-Labourse Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

He is remembered on Brighouse War Memorial

Crowther, George AlbertRef 61-858
[1???-19??]
JP.

He was Mayor of Todmorden [1939-1940]

Crowther, George AlbertRef 61-36
[1883-1917]
Son of
Tom Crowther.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a cotton weaver [1901, 1911].

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

He died 19th May 1917 (aged 34).

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [1st June 1917] reported


Private George Albert Crowther, Duke of Wellington's Regiment, formerly of 76 Rochdale Road, was killed by a shell on the night of the 19th of May, aged 33
 

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [15th June 1917] published his photograph.

He was buried at H.A.C. Cemetery, Ecoust-St.Mein, France [Grave Ref VI C 7].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Crowther, Rev George DobsonRef 61-2630
[1820-1848]
Son of
Rev Thomas Crowther.

Born in Halifax.

He was educated at Clare College Cambridge [1841]

He became a clergyman.

He died in Jamaica [12th September 1848]

Crowther, George DobsonRef 61-686
[1858-1926]
MRCS, LSA, MD.

Son of Thomas Crowther.

Born in Luddenden.

He was educated at a school in New North Road, Huddersfield [1871].

He qualified MRCS (England, 1847), LSA (London, 1849) & (MD, Aberdeen), 1860.

He was Medical Officer of Health for Warley (perhaps in succession to his father).

He was a physician and surgeon at 50 St James's Road, Halifax [1895, 1905]

On 21st September 1887, he married Edith Emily Brook [1865-1915] at All Saints' Church, Dudwell.


Edith Emily was the daughter of Cyrus Brook
 

Children:

  1. Mabel [b 1888] who never married
  2. Doris [b 1891] who never married
  3. Phyllis [1898-1898]

They lived at

Edith Emily died 10th July 1915.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £401 6/4d.

Probate was granted to daughters Mabel and Doris

Crowther, George HowardRef 61-54
[1881-1918]
Born in Halifax.

In [Q3] 1904, he married Elizabeth Ellen Crowther in Halifax.

They lived at 3 Peel Street, Halifax.

During World War I, he served as a Private with W Company 8th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died from multiple gunshot wounds & fractures at South Stoneham, Hampshire [18th February 1918] (aged 36).

He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [K C 440].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Crossley's Carpets

Crowther, George RaymondRef 61-66
[1894-1917]
Son of Thomas Crowther of 5 Springfield, Hipperholme.

During World War I, he enlisted [October 1914] and served as a Private with the 2nd/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died 26th November 1917 (aged 23).

He is remembered on the Cambrai Memorial, Nord France [Grave Ref 6 & 7], and on Coley War Memorial

Crowther, George W.Ref 61-1293
[18??-19??]
Caretaker at
Lord Savile's Shooting Box, Rishworth [1905]

Crowther, GladstoneRef 61-56
[1885-1917]
Son of Bright Crowther of Mixenden.

Born in Boothtown.

In [Q2] 1912, he married Ruth Nattrass in Halifax.

They lived at 6 Peel House Gate, Luddenden.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd/6th Battalion Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment).

He was wounded and gassed [29th November 1917].

He died of wounds in Elland [1st December 1917] (aged 32).

He was buried at Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, France [Grave Ref VI E 15].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on Luddenden Working Men's Club Roll of Honour, on Luddenden & Midgley War Memorial, and on Luddenden & Midgley War Memorial

Crowther, GordonRef 61-67
[1890-1918]
Son of Fred Crowther of 40 Middle Dean Street, West Vale.

In 1914, he married Lillie Eastwood.

They lived at 19 Savile Road, Elland.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st/7th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died 29th April 1918 (aged 28).

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 82-85 & 162A], on Elland War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland

Crowther, HansonRef 61-103
[1858-1930]
Born in Shelf.

He was a boiler maker [1881, 1891] / a welded boiler maker [1901] / a boiler maker [1911].

In [Q1] 1878, he married Polly Hartley [1859-1???] in Halifax.


Polly was born in Boothtown
 

Children:

  1. Holland [b 1881] who was a ladies' & gents' tailor  [1901], married & went to live in Rochdale
  2. Hartley [b 1882] who was a mechanic fitter [1901]
  3. Edith [b 1885] who was a stocking machinist [1901], a  stocking knitter [1911]
  4. Ann Elizabeth [b 1889] who was a stocking knitter [1911]
  5. Richard
  6. Albert [b 1893] who was a mechanic for machine tool maker  [1911]

They lived at

  • 2 Elgin Street, Northowram [1881]
  • 14 Walnut Street, Halifax [1891, 1901]
  • 1 Whitby Street, Halifax [1911]

Hanson died in Halifax [Q2 1930] (aged 72) 

Crowther, HaroldRef 61-37
[1890-1915]
Son of
Philip Crowther.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a bobbin carrier [1901] / a cotton weaver [1911].

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

He died 15th May 1915 (aged 25).

He is remembered on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli [Grave Ref 58-72 / 218-219], and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

The Todmorden Advertiser & District News [28th May 1915] reported his death with a photograph, and the edition of 4th June 1915 added that he had been


killed by shrapnel to the head while working a Maxim gun under heavy shell fire
 

Crowther, HarryRef 61-855
[18??-1???]
An overlooker at
Crossley's Carpets who – in 1876 – was charged with manslaughter of 9-year-old worker, Peter Keegan, and subsequently acquitted

Crowther, HarryRef 61-33
[1893-1917]
Son of
Smith Fortune Crowther.

He was a picker maker [1911] / a weaver at Derdale Mill.

During World War I, he enlisted in April 1915 and served as a Private with the 6th Battalion (machine gun section)  Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.

He was sent to France [August 1915].

He was killed by a machine gun bullet while going over the top on the morning of 22nd August 1917 (aged 23).

The Todmorden & District News [14th September 1917] published his photograph.

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 80-82 & 163A], in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Oddfellows' Hall, Todmorden.

His brother Thomas William, also died in the War, as did brother-in-law Joseph Edgar Wilson

Crowther, HarryRef 61-83
[1917-1944]
Son of Annie & Joe Crowther.

Born in Halifax.

He was a bricklayer.

He married Elizabeth.

They lived at Westgate, Elland.

During World War II, he enlisted [1940] and served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment.

He was killed in action at the Battle of Kohima [4th May 1944] (aged 26).

He was buried at Kohima War Cemetery, India [Grave Ref 5 E 14].

He is remembered on Elland War Memorial

Crowther, HenryRef 61-1029
[1551-1635]
Born in Norland.

Died at Ball Green, Sowerby.

He was buried at Halifax Parish Church. His epitaph reads


Eighty-four years I lived; wouldst thou so do,
Be thou as I, quiet, chaste, and temp'rate too,
Norland me gave, and Sowerby took my breath;
Man knows the place of birth but not of death.

Crowther, HenryRef 61-82
[16??-17??]
Halifax attorney

Crowther, HenryRef 61-55
[18??-1???]
He worked as an overlooker at
Crossley's Carpets in Halifax.

On 10th March 1876, he severely thrashed 9-year-old Peter Keegan. The boy died the following day

Crowther, HenryRef 61-2172
[18??-19??]
Coal merchant at 1
Pellon Station [1916]. He also had branch offices at Sowerby Bridge Station, St Paul's Station, Church Street, Halifax, 20 Tyson Street, Halifax, Height Green, Tuel Lane, Halifax, and 37 Leigh Street, Willow Hall, Halifax

Crowther, HenryRef 61-2299
[1855-1928]
Born in Halifax.

He was a piece sorter [1891] and landlord of the Neptune, Brighouse [1891, 1894, 1905, 1917]

On 9th December 1876, he married Mary Sugden [1857-1903] in Halifax.


Mary came from Bradford
 

Children:

  1. Hannah Elizabeth [b 1878]
  2. Ethel [b 1880] who was an assistant schoolteacher [1901]
  3. William [b 1883] who was an apprentice hairdresser [1901]
  4. Amy [b 1889]
  5. Harry [1891-1893]
  6. Elsie [1894-1897]
  7. Herbert [1896] who died in infancy
  8. Fred [1895-1896]

The couple died at the Neptune Inn: Mary [15th May 1903]; Henry [6th May 1928].

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: A 12]

Crowther, Henry DentonRef 61-28
[1879-1946]
Born in Halifax.

He was a hairdresser.

He married Elizabeth Greenwood [1885-1943].


Elizabeth came from Halifax
 

Children:

  1. James Nicholson.

See John Arthur Carpenter

Crowther, HerbertRef 61-88
[1???-1942]
He worked for
Halifax Co-operative Society.

He lived at 50 Sandbeds Road, Pellon.

During World War II, he served as a Gunner with the Royal Artillery.

He died in Malaya in 1942.

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Christ Church, Pellon

Crowther, HerbertRef 61-1954
[18??-19??]
Headmaster of
Holywell Green School.

The attached photograph shows him as a Regimental Sergeant Major during World War I.

Contributor Kimberly Brush writes

I have a Herbert Crowther in my family tree. He was my great-grandfather's brother. He was in the British Army stationed at one time in India. No one seems to know what happened to him after that. He looks similar to the picture you have posted.

However, I am uncertain because the pictures I have are not in profile. The picture he is holding looks similar to a picture of one of his sisters that I have a copy of but, again, I cannot be certain since it is so fuzzy.

I have heard that all of the Crowthers of Halifax are related somehow. There were three Herbert Crowthers born in Halifax in 1883. One of them is mine. He was the son of Edward Alfred Crowther and Sarah Ann Denton. My great-grandfather was Alfred Crowther [born 1881]. I know he died sometime after 1925 because I have a postcard that he sent to my great-grandparents after they moved to California in 1923

Crowther, HollandRef 61-31
[1880-1949]
Born in Halifax.

He was a tailor [1903].

On 13th June 1903, he married Edith Ambler at St Augustine's Church, Pellon.


Edith was the daughter of
Abraham Ambler
 

Children:

  1. child

Crowther, IsaacRef 61-139
[18??-1???]
In 1857, he was charged with assaulting & robbing
John Harrison

Crowther, IsraelRef 61-45
[1815-1???]
Son of
Joseph Crowther.

Baptised at Sowerby [7th May 1815].

He was a cotton twister [1851] / a self-acting minder (cotton) [1861].

On 8th January 1843, he married (1) Mary Dyson [1813-1???] at Elland Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Barbara [b 1839] who was a cotton creeler [1851, 1861]
  2. Sarah [b 1843] who was a cotton creeler [1861]

On 20th April 1851, he married (2) Mary Hollas at Elland Parish Church.


Mary was born in Barkisland, the daughter of John Hollas
 

Children:

  1. Elizabeth Ann [b 1853]
  2. John William [b 1858]
  3. Hollas [b 1861]

The family lived at Glen Haven Cottage, Soyland [1861].

Living with them [in 1861] was Israel's widowed father

Crowther, J. W.Ref 61-2030
[18??-19??]
In 1911, he was driving his motor car in Godley Road, Halifax, when he crashed into the back of a wagon being driven by
Thomas Drury. Drury was thrown from the vehicle and received injuries from which he died 2 months later. Crowther was found culpably negligent and a verdict of manslaughter was returned

Crowther, JamesRef 61-2597
[1???-1???]
Constable at Todmorden & Walsden [1752]

Crowther, JamesRef 61-11
[17??-1???]
Of Erringden.

Recorded in May 1785, when banns of marriage between him and Grace Barker were published at Heptonstall

Crowther, JamesRef 61-1194
[17??-1810]
Worsted manufacturer of Halifax.

He later became a schoolmaster.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. child
  2. child
  3. child
  4. child
  5. child
  6. child
  7. child
  8. child
  9. child

He died at Harrogate [28th February 1810]

Crowther, JamesRef 61-14
[1789-1866]
Born in Rastrick.

He was a waterman [1815].

On 6th November 1815, he married Mary Berry [1797-1869] in Hartshead.


Mary was born in Clifton
 

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 1821]
  2. John [b 1830]
  3. William [b 1833]
  4. James [b 1838]
  5. George [b 1840]

James died 11th February 1866 (aged 77).

Mary died 30th January 1869 (aged 72).

The couple were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse [Grave Ref: L77]

Crowther, JamesRef 61-160
[18??-18??]

He married Martha [1816-1884].

Children:

  1. William [1812-29th December 1838]
  2. John [1813-24th April 1838]
  3. Mary Ann [1838-23rd April 1848]

The children () were buried at Shore General Baptist Church, Todmorden

The family lived at Commons [1838].

Martha died 23rd April 1884 (aged 68)  and is buried at Haggate Chapel near Burnley; she is remembered on her children's grave

Crowther, JamesRef 61-17
[18??-18??]
He married Ann.

Children:

  1. Hannah Maria [1859-1886]
  2. Barzillai [1868-1869] who died aged 3 months

He died aged 35.

Members of the family were buried at Bethesda Primitive Methodist Chapel, Bank Top

Crowther, JamesRef 61-118
[1816-1878]
Born in Todmorden.

He was a carpet weaver [1861].

He married Mary [1818-1870].


Mary was born in Warley
 

Children:

  1. Eli [b 1838] who was a stripper & grainster of cotton  coaching engineer [1861] = (possibly) Eli Crowther
  2. Hannah [b 1845] who was a cotton reeler [1861]
  3. Mary Jane [1852-1867] who was buried with her parents
  4. Esther [b 1855]
  5. Elizabeth [b 1849] who was a cotton spinner [1861]

They lived at 1 Holden Street, Halifax [1861].

Mary died 20th October 1870 (aged 52).

James died 8th November 1878 (aged 62).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1121]

Crowther, JamesRef 61-2
[1830-1867]

On 30th May 1852, he married Sarah Ramsden [1832-1870] in Dewsbury.

Child: Ramsden

James & Sarah were landlord & landlady of the Armytage Arms, Clifton [1861].

They died at the Armytage Arms.

Members of the family were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse

Crowther, JamesRef 61-48
[1848-1892]
Born in Hove Edge, Hipperholme.

He was a silk dresser [1911].

On 21st May 1877, he married Hannah Elizabeth Firth [1856-1911] at St Thomas's Church, Batley.


Hannah was born in Rawdon
 

Children:

  1. Joseph [b 1901] who was a worsted waste picker [1900], a  stone delver [1911]
  2. Willie
  3. Mary Ann [b 1893] who was an apprentice photographic  artist [1911]

They lived at Hove Edge Cottage, Hipperholme [1911]

Crowther, JamesRef 61-146
[1849-19??]
Born in Todmorden.

He was a cowman (agricultural labourer) [1881] / a cotton weaver [1891, 1901].

In 1871, he married Grace Greenwood [1847-1898].


Grace was born in Ovenden
 

Children:

  1. Sarah J. [b 1872] who was a cotton weaver [1891]
  2. Hannah [b 1874] who was a cotton weaver [1891]
  3. Mary A. [b 1876] who was a cotton weaver [1891]
  4. Martha A. [b 1878] who was a cotton weaver [1891, 1901]
  5. Ruth [b 1880] who was a cotton weaver [1901]
  6. Prudence [b 1882] who was a cotton weaver [1901]
  7. Frank
  8. Edith [b 1889]
  9. Grace E. [b 1891]

The children were born in Stansfield.

The family lived at

  • Bank, Stansfield [1881]
  • 18 Gate Bottom, Stansfield [1891]
  • 2-3 Cowhirst, Stansfield [1901]

Grace died in Todmorden in 1898 (aged 52) 

Crowther, JamesRef 61-155
[1849-19??]
Son of
William Crowther.

Born in Walsden.

He was a collier [1871] / a clay miner [1881] / a game keeper [1891] / a general labourer [1901] / retired [1911].

On 1st April 1871, he married (1) Sarah Agnes Hoyle of Stonybarn, Todmorden at Todmorden Register Office.

They had a son James William Hoyle, born six weeks before their marriage; In 1881, he is known as James William Crowther and was a cotton weaver [1891]

Sarah Agnes died in Todmorden [Q1 1872] (aged 20).

In 1882, he married (2) Mary Greenwood [1853-1???] in Todmorden.

Children:

  1. John [b 1884] who was a bobbin painter [1901]
  2. Rhoda [b 1887] who was a cotton weaver [1901]
  3. Fred [b 1890] who was a cotton weaver [1911]
  4. twins Walter
  5. Abraham [b 1892] who was a cutlooker (cotton)   [1911]

The family lived at

  • Thornsgrease, Walsden (living with James's' parents and  siblings) [1871]
  • River Cottages, Cliviger, Lancashire [1881]
  • Holden Gate, Todmorden [1891]
  • 86 Carr Road, Portsmouth, Todmorden [1901, 1911]

Living with the widowed James [in 1881] were his widowed mother Martha Crowther & unmarried sister Martha Ann Crowther.

Living with them [in 1901] was Mary's brother Thomas Greenwood [b 1861] (brick burner's labourer) 

Crowther, JamesRef 61-1799
[1866-19??]
Of Manchester. Technical school teacher. He lived at Westfield, Hipperholme.

He married Alice Ainscow [b 1870].

Children:

  1. James Gerald
  2. child

Crowther, JamesRef 61-15
[1868-1???]
Son of
Joseph Crowther.

He worked with his father in the cab business in Brighouse, as driver and farrier [1891].

He took over the business after his father's death in 1895

Crowther, JamesRef 61-392
[1911-1993]
Born in Todmorden. He studied metallurgy at Manchester University and worked for British Steel in Sheffield, then as a metallurgist in other parts of the country. He was interested in local history. He wrote booklets entitled:

  • Walsden, a century of change 1780-1880
  • Walsden words

Crowther, Dr James EdwardRef 61-2061
[1833-1908]
Son of
Rev Thomas Crowther.

Born in Cragg Vale.

He and his brother Thomas were living in Luddenden [1851].

He qualified LSA (London, 1861).

He was a surgeon's apprentice [1851] / an assistant surgeon [1861] / a surgeon [1881] / a medical practitioner in Sowerby Bridge [1895].

On 27th September 1855, he married Mary Bradley at St John's Church, Cragg Vale.


Mary was born in Ripponden, the daughter of John Bradley
 

Children:

  1. Phoebe Elizabeth [1856-1906]
  2. Eleanor Gertrude [1862-1944] who married Thomas Walter  Fleming

They lived at

  • Strefford Cottage, Winstantow, Shropshire [1861]
  • South Parade, Stainland, Halifax [1871]
  • Town Hall Buildings, Sowerby Bridge [1881]

In 1891, he was living alone, with a housekeeper, at Copley Hall, Halifax.

In 1901, he was listed as a

Pauper inmate, Physician to the Surgeon

at the Halifax Poor Law Workhouse; Mary was in lodgings in Manchester.

James Edward was later living in Manchester

Mary died at Rusholme [29th August 1906]

Crowther, James GeraldRef 61-1798
[1899-1983]
Son of
James Crowther.

Born at Hipperholme.

He was educated at Bradford Grammar School and Trinity College Cambridge. He became a science journalist, writer and broadcaster

Crowther, James NicholsonRef 61-29
[1905-1997]
Son of
Henry Denton Crowther.

Born in Halifax [23rd March 1905].

He was a baker [1928].

On 28th January 1928, he married Jeanne Turner at St Augustine's Church, Pellon.


Jeanne was the daughter of George Turner
 

Crowther, James WilliamRef 61-153
[1862-19??]
Son of James Crowther, mechanic.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a weaver of Hanging Ditch, Langfield [1882] / a cotton weaver [1891, 1901, 1911].

In 1882, he married Harriet Mather [1864-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Harriet, of Hanging Ditch, Langfield, was born in Wentworth Woodhouse, near Rotherham, the daughter of James Mather, shoemaker
 

Children:

  1. Lily [b Todmorden 1884] who was a cotton weaver [1901,  1911] & married Abraham Kaye
  2. Sarah Elizabeth [b Sudden, Lancashire 1886] who was a  cotton weaver [1901, 1911]
  3. James William
  4. Bertha [b Castleton, Lancashire 1893] who was a cotton  weaver [1911]

The family lived at

  • 84 Partington Street, Castleton, Rochdale [1891]
  • 3 Meadow Street, Todmorden [1901]
  • 21 Stansfield Street, Todmorden [1911, 1918]

Crowther, James WilliamRef 61-40
[1890-1918]
Son of
James William Crowther.

Born in Sudden, near Rochdale.

He was a cotton weaver [1911] / a weaver [1913].

In 1913, he married Mary Uttley at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone.


Mary, of Fielden Square, Todmorden, was the daughter of Sam Uttley
 

There are no records of any children.

During World War I, he enlisted in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment [July 1916].

He was sent to France [May 1917].

He was wounded in the lung [September 1917]. Being unfit for further active service, he was transferred and served as a Private with the 3rd Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment where he was an officer's servant.

He was taken ill while home on leave. and died of pneumonia, following influenza, in the Northern General Hospital, Newcastle [4th July 1918] (aged 28).

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [12 July 1918] reported his death.

He was buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone [8 54].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Crowther, Mrs JaneRef 61-225
[15??-16??]
She married
Bryan Crowther.

In 1610, she and her sister, Ellen Hopkinson, founded the Crowther-Hopkinson charity.

She left income from lands at Long Preston to provide £8 per annum for teaching poor children at the charity's almshouse

Crowther, Mrs JaneRef 61-1676
[18??-18??]
In 1861, she ran a
school at Mytholmroyd/Wadsworth

Crowther, JobRef 61-1248
[1828-1890]
Son of
Joseph Crowther.

Born in Erringden [16th October 1828]; baptised at St John's Church, Cragg Vale [9th November 1828].

On 7th July 1866, he married (1) Hannah Thorp [1828-1865] in Halifax.


Hannah was the daughter of James Thorpe
 

Children:

  1. Sarah [1851] who was a cotton weaver [1871]
  2. Grace [1853]
  3. Martha H. [1856] who was a worsted twister [1871]
  4. Ellen [1860] who was a worsted spinner [1871]
  5. Alice [1863]
  6. Mary

Hannah died in 1865.

In [Q3] 1866, he married (2) Mary Thorp [1835-1878] in Halifax.


Mary was the daughter of James Thorpe and sister of his first wife
 

Children:

  1. Emma [1867]
  2. Grace [1869]
  3. Minnie [1870-1941] who married Dr William Thompson
  4. Norris [1872]

The family lived at

  • Upper Castle, Erringden [1861]
  • 9 Square, Sowerby [1871]

Crowther, JobRef 61-141
[1846-1916]
Son of Elizabeth (née Robinson) [1824-1881] & Thomas Wilson Crowther [1825-1907]

Born in Brighouse [5th January 1846].

He was a joiner & cabinet maker / a builder & contractor. He had business at 49 Briggate, Brighouse and Mill Royd Street, Brighouse.

He was involved in the construction of Upper Edge Baptist Church, Elland, and several Brighouse Industrial Society stores.

He married Jane Thorp [1845-1914].

Job died in Brighouse in 1916

Crowther, JohnRef 61-121
[1???-18??]

He married (1) Elizabeth [1812-1873].

Elizabeth died 10th September 1873 (aged 61).

He married (2) Elizabeth [1831-1880].

Elizabeth died 3rd December 1880 (aged 49).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3895] with Mary Crowther.


Details of John's death / burial place are not yet known
 

Crowther, JohnRef 61-127
[1???-18??]
He was a
chartist in Todmorden.

Recorded in 1843, when he was appointed to the General Council for the National Charter Association

Crowther, JohnRef 61-2539
[16??-1???]
He was
Constable of Northowram [1689]

Crowther, JohnRef 61-387
[1648-1700]
Son of
Joshua Crowther. He inherited and lived at Staups House, Shibden

Crowther, JohnRef 61-1101
[17??-17??]
Coiner. In 1780, he and 2 others were charged with counterfeiting copper coins. They were transported for life

Crowther, JohnRef 61-1862
[17??-18??]
Corn dealer at Barkisland.

In February 1808, he was declared bankrupt

Crowther, JohnRef 61-1064
[1757-1845]
Of
Howroyd. Known as Old Crowther.

Son of Philip Crowther.

He married (1) Betty Earnshaw.

They had no children.

He married (2) Mary.

Children:

  1. William
  2. Jay
  3. Samuel
  4. Joseph Haigh
  5. Ann

They lived at Nickelty.

He died at Nicklety

Crowther, JohnRef 61-77
[1780-18??]
He served with the 2nd Battalion 84th Foot York & Lancaster Regiment in the
Peninsular War

Crowther, JohnRef 61-115
[1785-1861]
He was landlord of the
Lower George, Halifax [1845, 1852].

He married Naomi [1799-1852].

Naomi died 22nd May 1852 (aged 53).

John died 14th December 1861 (aged 76).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3937] with Mary Longbottom & her brother John Lee [1804-1868]

Crowther, JohnRef 61-159
[1796-1863]
Born in Stansfield.

He was a railway plateplayer [1851] / a plateplayer [1861].

He married Betty [1798-1864].


Betty was born in Walsden
 

Children:

  1. John [b 1829] who was a railway plateplayer [1851]
  2. Mary [b 1831] who was a cotton throstle spinner [1851], a  cotton winder [1861]
  3. Hannah [b 1836] who was a cotton throstle doffer [1851]
  4. Sarah Ann [b 1838] who was a cotton throstle doffer  [1851], a cotton winder [1861]
  5. Samuel [b 1840] who was a turner [1861]

They lived at Pexwood, Todmorden [1851, 1861].

Living with them [in 1861] was Betsy Stephenson [b 1838] (servant).

John died 17th July 1863 (aged 67).

Betty died 6th November 1864 (aged 66).

The couple were buried at Shore General Baptist Church, Todmorden

Crowther, JohnRef 61-2410
[18??-1???]
He married Lavinia Crossley.


Lavinia was the daughter of
Thomas Crossley
 

Children:

  1. Jonas
  2. Cissie who married William Bell

Crowther, JohnRef 61-1678
[18??-18??]
He ran a
school at Shelf [around 1861]

Crowther, JohnRef 61-1863
[18??-18??]
Corn miller at Elland.

In May 1854, he was declared insolvent

Crowther, JohnRef 61-1246
[18??-1894]
Partner in
James Sutcliffe & Sons.

The firm's mill burnt down in 1866.

In 1871, he and his son, William Crowther and partners Edward Turner and John Barron carried on the business. The business became John Crowther & Company

He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1894

Crowther, JohnRef 61-120
[18??-19??]
Stone merchant at
Stone Platts Quarry, Southowram.

He was declared bankrupt [July 1896]

Crowther, JohnRef 61-3580
[18??-19??]
In [Q2] 1883, he married Mary Ellen Collins [1859-19??] from Fewstone, Yorkshire.


Mary Ellen was an insurance agent [1911]
 

Children:

  1. child
  2. child

They lived at 3 Wellholme, Brighouse [1911].

Living with the widowed Mary Ellen [in 1911] was her brother Arthur Collins [aged 34] (living on private means) 

Crowther, JohnRef 61-385
[1801-18??]
Of Rastrick. He became a tea dealer at
Queenshead [1851]

Crowther, JohnRef 61-13
[1807-1856]
Landlord of the
Commercial, Halifax [1845, 1850, 1856].

He married Hannah [1801-1869].

The couple were buried at All Souls' Church, Halifax

Crowther, JohnRef 61-130
[1819-1896]
Born in Sheffield.

He was an insurance agent [1861, 1871, 1881] / a retired agent [1891].

He married Hannah [1820-1898].


Hannah was born in York
 

There are no records of any children.

They lived at

  • 2 Bedford Street, Halifax [1861]
  • 13 Gladstone Street, Halifax [1871]
  • 63 Battinson Road, Halifax [1881]
  • 23 Violet Street, Halifax [1891]

Living with them [in 1881, 1891] were several boarders.

John died 9th December 1896 (aged 77).

Hannah died 15th August 1898 (aged 78).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2323] with John's brother Thomas Crowther

Crowther, JohnRef 61-113
[1825-1865]
Son of George Crowther, delver.

Born in Southowram.

He was a mason of Southowram [1848] / a stone mason [1851, 1861].

In 1848, he married Lydia Jagger [1830-1895] at Halifax Parish Church.


Lydia was born in Halifax, the daughter of
William Jagger.

She was a silk picker [1881]

 

Children:

  1. Ann [1851-1936] who was a worsted rover [1871], a  dressmaker [1881, 1891]
  2. Elizabeth [b 1853] who was a worsted reeler [1871, 1881]
  3. George [1855-Q2 1872] who was a coal miner [1871]
  4. Mary [b 1857] who was a worsted spinner [1871], a silk  drawer [1881] & married [1883] James Lewis Foster
  5. Louisa [b 1860]
  6. Judith [b 1862] who was a silk picker [1881]
  7. Ellen [1863-Q1 1945]
  8. John [b 1866] who was an apprentice plumber [1881]
  9. John [b 1867] who was a plumber [1891]

They lived at

  • Wakefield Bank, Southowram [1851]
  • 27 Marsh Delves, Southowram [1861]
  • Blaithroyd Lane, Southowram [1871]
  • 8 Gaukroger's Yard, Halifax [1881]
  • Alma Street, Halifax [1891]
John died between 1861 & 1871.

John died in 1865 (aged 40).

Lydia died Q1 1895 (aged 65).

Members of the family were buried at Bethesda Primitive Methodist Chapel, Bank Top

Crowther, JohnRef 61-111
[1836-1902]
Born in Stainland.

He was a woollen weaver [1861, 1871, 1881, 1891].

In [Q2] 1857, he married (1) Rhoda Whitehead [1834-1881] in Halifax.


Rhoda was born in Stainland
 

Children:

  1. Hannah M. [b 1858] who was a tenter [1871], a cotton hand  [1881]
  2. Harriet [b 1860]
  3. Eli [b 1862] who was a painter [1881]
  4. Elizabeth Ann [b 1864] who was a woollen weaver [1881]
  5. Esther [b 1870] who was a woollen weaver [1891]
  6. Clara [b 1874]

Rhoda died 6th October 1881 (aged 47).

He married (2) Frances [1842-1900].


Frances was born in Huddersfield
 

They lived at

  • Dobroyd, Stainland-with Old Lindley [1861]
  • Broad Royd, Stainland-with Old Lindley [1871]
  • Barkisland Mill, Stainland [1881]
  • Cold Wells Hill, Stainland [1891]

Frances died 21st November 1900 (aged 58).

John died 22nd November 1902 (aged 66).

Members of the family were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland [Grave Ref: S3/192] with granddaughter Rhoda who died March 6th 1882 (aged 7 months) 

Crowther, JohnRef 61-116
[1839-1865]
Born in Halifax.

He was a woollen spinner [1861].

In [Q3] 1859, he married Julia Anna Gilfile [1839-1???] in Halifax.


Julia was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Celia [b 1860]
  2. Emma [1863-1883]
  3. Harriet [1865-1940]

John died 16th November 1865 (aged 26)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3530] with the children ()  and William Greenwood

Crowther, JohnRef 61-44
[1867-19??]
Son of Joseph Crowther, labourer.

Born in Elland.

He was an overlooker of New Street, Elland [1894] / a worsted overlooker [1901, 1911].

In 1894, he married Emma Burrows [1868-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Emma was from Scarborough Terrace, Elland – father not recorded on the marriage record
 

Children:

  1. Joe / Joseph William
  2. Norman
  3. Frank [b 1903]
  4. Arnold [b 1908]

The family lived at

  • 54 Westgate, Elland [1901]
  • 54 Swales Yard, Westgate, Elland [1911]

Emma was dead by 1916

Sons Joe William & Norman died in World War I

Crowther, JohnRef 61-79
[1872-1936]
He was landlord of the
Travellers' Rest, Sowerby.

On 6th January 1896, he married Mary Alice Smith [1873-1932] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Harry [b 1898] who was a hairdresser [1936]
  2. Willie [b 1900] who was a farmer [1936]
  3. Alice [b 1902]

The family lived at Higgin Farm, Luddendenfoot [1936].

John died 4th March 1936.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £4,214 17/8d.

Probate was granted to sons Harry and Willie

Crowther, JohnRef 61-90
[1877-19??]
Born in Fixby.

He was a stone mason (own account) [1911].

In [Q3] 1903, he married Edith Ann Chadwick in Halifax.


Edith Ann was the daughter of
Hiram Chadwick
 

They lived at The Stone, Fixby, Huddersfield [1911].

Living with them [in 1911] was brother-in-law James Henry Chadwick

Crowther, JohnRef 61-125
[1888-1946]
Son of
Fred Crowther.

Born in Todmorden [7th December 1888].

He was a senior manager at Ormerod Taylor & Son Limited / a respected organist / a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists / choirmaster and conductor of the Todmorden Glee & Madrigal Society.

His nephew – Nobel prize winner Geoffrey Wilkinson – credited his uncle John with introducing him to chemistry and chemical manufacture by allowing him to play around in the small laboratory at the Sun Vale Works and taking him on visits to various chemical companies.

In [Q3] 1922, John married Constance Grace Morgan Helliwell [1886-1966] in Todmorden.


Constance Grace was born in Walsden [26th October 1886], the daughter of Thompson Helliwell
 

They had no children.

They lived at

  • Whiteplatts, Todmorden [1888]
  • Pickles Court, Todmorden [1891, 1901]
  • 12 Oak Mount, Todmorden [1904]
  • 1 Dalton Street, Todmorden [1911, 1914]
  • 4 Wellington Road, Todmorden [1922]
  • Holly Bank, Walsden [1926-1946]

John died at Claremont Nursing Home, Todmorden [15th October 1946]

He was buried at Christ Church, Todmorden

Constance Grace died in Harrogate [16th May 1966]

Crowther, JohnRef 61-32
[1891-1917]
Illegitimate son of Hannah Crowther [1859-1937].


Hannah was the daughter of
William Crowther.

She never married.

She lived at 5 Vipond Place, Colne [1916]

 

John was born in Todmorden.

He was a cotton weaver [1911] / a weaver with West's at Vale Mill, Todmorden.

In [Q2] 1911, he married Winifred Josephine Gavaghan in Todmorden.

There are no records of any children.

They lived at Bowed Row, Lydgate, Todmorden.

During World War I, and he served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment.

He died of wounds [4th March 1917] (aged 25).

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [6th April 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Monacu, France [Grave Ref II F 3].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Crowther, John BedfordRef 61-1011
[1838-1884]
He was a woollen spinner [1861] / a woollen slubber [1871] / woolcomber & inn keeper at the
Rising Sun, Elland [1881].

On 17th July 1859, he married Julia Gilfile [1840-1920] at Halifax Parish Church.


Julia was born in Rotherham and was the niece of Cecilia & Abraham Crossley
 

Children:

  1. Sarah Alice [b 1859] who married Henry Dyson
  2. Cecilia [1860-1862]
  3. Benjamin Amos [1862-1883]
  4. Thomas [b 1865] who was a woolsorter [1891]
  5. Abraham [b 1868] who was a woolsorter [1891]
  6. Fred [b 1870] who was a woolsorter [1891]
  7. Phoebe Annie [1871-1947] who was a worsted box tenter  [1891]
  8. Mary Emma [b 1874] who married George Henry Turner
  9. John Edward [b 1876]
  10. Sam [b 1878]

They lived at

  • Quebec Street, Elland [1861]
  • Beaumont's Yard, Elland [1871]

John died at the Rising Sun [3rd March 1884].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £58 9/6d. Probate was granted to his wife Julia.

After his death, Julia took over at the Rising Sun [1884-1920] and was there during the move to the new building [1914].

Julia died at the Rising Sun [9th April 1920].

Probate records show that she left effects valued at £272 3/7d. Probate was granted to daughter Mary Emma and her husband George Henry Turner

Crowther, Rev John BrownRef 61-91
[1827-1881]
Son of
Rev Thomas Crowther.

He was educated at Queens' College Cambridge [1849] / ordained [1858] / assisted his father at Cragg Vale [1858-1859] / Vicar of Longnor, Derbyshire [1863-1871].

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. John Whitworth [1867-1904] Vicar of Biggin, Derbyshire

Crowther, John EdwinRef 61-30
[1880-1951]
Born in Halifax.

He was an optician [1907].

On 9th August 1907, he married Edith Gertrude Laycock in Halifax.


Edith Gertrude was the daughter of
John William Laycock
 

Children:

  1. child

The couple died in Harrogate: John Edwin [28th November 1951]; Edith Gertrude [10th December 1954]

Crowther, John ElmsleyRef 61-61
[1902-1939]
Son of
Arthur Crowther.

Born in Elland.

He was a butcher [1933].

John took over from his mother as licensee at the Church Stile, Sowerby [1936, 1939].

On 9th August 1924, he married Laura Rawnsley [1904-1979] at the United Methodist Church, Temperance Street, Elland.

He died in the Royal Halifax Infirmary [14th June 1939].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £208 10/10d.

Administration was granted to his widow Laura.

Laura took over at the Church Stile [1939, 1940]

Crowther, John HenryRef 61-1993
[1843-1868]
Of Whinney Hall, Shelf.

He was employed at Pickle Bridge dye works.

On 25th August 1868, he was found bleeding and unconscious at the bottom of Common Wood Quarry, Hipperholme. His coat was found some distance away, and his clothes were torn as if there had been a struggle. He only had a hymn book and a tobacco box on him. He was not expected to recover

Crowther, John NewtonRef 61-391
[1847-1878]
Born at Cornholme.

He attended the Cornholme British School. A friend of Samuel Banks, he trained as a teacher and went to teach in Wales. He wrote in Welsh and English and held the bardic chair at the Eisteddfod. His bardic name was Glanceri

Crowther, John PhilipRef 61-8400
[1822-1890]
Son of
Philip Crowther.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a shoemaker.

He married Ruth Fielden of Walsden, and they had 2 children.

In 1848, when Ruth was pregnant with their 3rd child, he left for America

She never saw him again.

He changed his name from Crowther to Crother, made a new life for himself in America, & married Maria Hannah Hodkin bigamously. They had 6 children.

Ruth made a living for herself and children, living at Dobroyd, Todmorden, where she took in lodgers and sold sweets and confectionery.

John Philip died in Nebraska, USA

Crowther, John WilliamRef 61-148
[1844-1912]
Son of
Charles Crowther.

Born in Lockwood.

In [Q4] 1865, he married Eliza Jane Beaver in Halifax.


Eliza Jane was born in Halifax 1843-1911
 

Children:

  1. Sarah Ann [1867-3rd January 1905] who (possibly) married  Mr Firth & was buried with her Crowther grandparents at  Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3689]
  2. Joe Owen [1869-1932] who was buried with his parents
  3. William Beaver [b 1874] who emigrated to the USA
  4. Ernest [b 1876]
  5. Charles

Eliza died 1st September 1911.

John William died 27th May 1912.

They both died at 124 Claremount Road, Halifax and were buried at All Souls' Church, Halifax

Crowther, John WilliamRef 61-46
[1855-1928]
Son of John Crowther, winder-on.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a carter of Lydgate, Stansfield [1878] / a carter [1881] / a fustian dyer [1891] / a labourer at brickworks [1901] / a farm labourer [1911].

On 6th July 1878, he married Rachel Greenwood [1854-1908] at the Church of Saint Thomas the Apostle, Heptonstall.


Rachel, of Ing Bottom, Stansfield, was born in Stansfield, the daughter of
Jonas Greenwood, spinner
 

Children:

  1. Grace Hannah [b 1879] who was a half-timer cotton weaver  [1891], a cotton weaver [1901, 1911]
  2. John [b 1881] who was a half-timer cotton weaver [1891],  a cotton weaver [1901]
  3. Mary [b 1882] who was a cotton weaver [1901]
  4. Martha Ann [b 1886] who was a cotton weaver [1901, 1911]
  5. Jonas Willie
  6. Greenwood [b 1888] who was a cotton weaver [1901, 1911]
  7. Ruth [b 1890] who was a cotton warp reacher [1901], a  cotton weaver [1911]
  8. Frank [b 1892] who was a cotton weaver [1911]
  9. Charles [b 1894] who was a cotton weaver [1911]

The family lived at

  • New Ley, Stansfield (living with Rachel's widowed father)   [1881]
  • New Ley, Stansfield [1891]
  • 15 Glen View, Todmorden [1901, 1908]
  • 15 Glen View Street, Cornholme [1911]

Rachel died in Todmorden [2nd May 1908] (aged 55)  & was buried at Shore General Baptist Church, Todmorden [5th May 1908]

Crowther, John WilliamRef 61-99
[1861-1898]
Son of George Crowther, dyer.

He was a dyer of Park Street, Halifax [1891].

In [Q4] 1891, he married Lily Ann Kershaw [1864-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Lily Ann, of New Bank, Northowram, was the daughter of Joseph Kershaw, millwright
 

Children:

  1. Dyson William
  2. Louisa [b 1896] who was a worsted spinner [1911] &  married [Halifax 1919] John W. Merrick

John William died in Halifax [Q3 1898].

In 1901, Lily Ann (worsted rover) & the children were inmates at Halifax Poor Law Union Workhouse.

In 1911, they were living at 26 Smith Street North, Halifax

Crowther, John WilliamRef 61-105
[1879-1952]
Son of
William Crowther

He was Company Secretary to the family firm [1911].

In 1909, he married Emily Job at St Martin's Church, Brighouse.


Emily was the daughter of Francis Job
 

They had no children.

They lived at Highfield, High Street, Brighouse [1911]

Crowther, JohnnyRef 61-65
[1896-1918]
Son of
Reuben Crowther.

Born in Elland.

He was educated at Grace Ramsden's School / employed by the West Yorkshire Bank Limited.

During World War I, he initially joined the West Riding Regiment as a Private [2nd November 1916], then he served as a Sub-Lieutenant with the Anson Battalion Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.

He died 25th May 1918 (aged 20).

His photograph appears with reports of his death in the Halifax Courier [1st June & 8th June 1918].

He was buried at Martinsart British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref I H 8].

He is remembered on Elland War Memorial

Crowther, JonasRef 61-2411
[1???-1???]
Son of
John Crowther.

He married Betsy Turner.

Children:

  1. Emily who married Percy Barnes

Crowther, JonasRef 61-135
[1767-1821]
Son of
Joseph Crowther.

He married Hannah Pickles [1769-1800].


Hannah was the daughter of Peter Pickles
 

Child: Joseph

Crowther, JonasRef 61-34
[1836-1912]

In [Q2] 1858, he married (1) Elizabeth Wade in Halifax.


Elizabeth was the daughter of
William Wade
 

Children:

  1. Frederick William [1858-9th December 1884] who was buried with his parents

Elizabeth died 3rd May 1878 (aged 45).

In [Q4] 1883, he married (2) Mary Wade in Halifax.


Mary was the daughter of William Wade, and sister of his first wife
 

Mary died 3rd December 1885 (aged 50).

He married (3) Sarah Wilkinson [1845-1925].

Jonas died 9th October 1912 (aged 76).

Sarah died 28th January 1925 (aged 80).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1431]

Crowther, Jonas WillieRef 61-39
[1886-1918]
Son of
John William Crowther.

He was a cotton weaver [1901, 1911].

In [Q2] 1910, he married Sarah Earnshaw in Todmorden.

They lived at 8 Lower Swineshead Road, Todmorden [1911]. During World War I, he enlisted in Todmorden and served as a Private with the 1st/4th Battalion (Territorials)  Northumberland Fusiliers.

He died of wounds [25th June 1918] (aged 31).

He was buried at Cloughfoot Independent Congregational Chapel.

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Vale Baptist Church, Todmorden

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [5th July 1918] reported his death with a photograph


DIED IN HOSPITAL Private J. W. Crowther, N.F.

We regret to record the death, under particularly distressing circumstances, of Private J. W. Crowther, N.F., of 256 Bacup Road.

Pte. Crowther weas seriously wounded in the left leg on the 29th May, and was sent to England. Unfortunately, his injury was aggravated by a mishap to the boat as it was being berthed at Southampton, which resulted in the rupture of an artery, which necessitated one or two operations, as a result of one of which he died in the hospital in Southampton on Tuesday week.

The body was brought to Todmorden on Friday last, and interred in the graveyard a Clough Foot on Saturday, the Rev J. A. Smith officiating.

Deceased was 31 years of age, and married, but had no family.

He joined in September 1916, and had been wounded once previously.

He had only been back about ten weeks when he was wounded the second time, from the result of which he died under circumstances stated above.

Deceased was a regular attender at Vale Baptist Chapel previous to joining up.

He has another brother who has been discharged, and another suffering from wounds but not yet discharged

 

Crowther, JonathanRef 61-547
[1???-1???]
Methodist minister.

Son of Timothy Crowther. His son – also Jonathan – went to sea as captain of a Madras trading ship

Crowther, JonathanRef 61-2540
[17??-1???]
He was
Constable of Northowram [1758]

Crowther, JonathanRef 61-51
[1759-1824]
Methodist minister born at Northowram. In 1810, he wrote The Methodist Manual and a biography of Thomas Coke [1815]. He was elected President of Conference in 1819.

Two of his brothers – Timothy and Robert – served as Wesleyan ministers.

His daughter, Hannah, married the Methodist minister Samuel Crompton.

His son – also Jonathan – was apprenticed to a printer at the Methodist Bookroom in London and subsequently became a Times correspondent in Birmingham, and also served as a Wesleyan minister.

He died after being paralysed for 2 years

Crowther, JosephRef 61-2541
[16??-1???]
He was
Constable of Northowram [1669, 1757]

Crowther, JosephRef 61-564
[16??-17??]
Of
Plowroyd, Northowram.

He died (possibly) 17th November 1732

Crowther, JosephRef 61-726
[16??-1711]
Nephew of
Nathan Crowther.

He acquired Whithill which he demolished and rebuilt in 1691.

Heywood records that


he built his sumptuous house by Norwood Green, 1671, and the out-housing, 1692
 

He married Susanna Appleyard.

Child: Timothy

In 1711, he left a farm such that the income be used for a schoolmaster to teach 12 poor children of Northowram. It closed in 1880 when Northowram School Board was formed

He & Susanna were buried at Halifax Parish Church

Crowther, JosephRef 61-158
[17??-18??]
Of Hipperholme.

He married Elizabeth [1754-1819].

Children:

  1. Hannah [1787-1854] who married John Hutton

Elizabeth died 5th September 1819 (aged 65)  & was buried at Salem Methodist New Connexion Chapel, North Parade with daughter Hannah & son-in-law John Hutton

Crowther, JosephRef 61-9820
[17??-18??]
In 1808, he was in partnership with
William Wooler at Mearclough Bottom Mill.

The partnership was dissolved [1808].

In 1809, he was declared bankrupt

Crowther, JosephRef 61-92
[1734-1772]
Son of
Timothy Crowther.

He succeeded his father as Parish Clerk, and Master of the Clerk's School in Skipton.

He was dismissed [July 1771] on account of his neglect of duties in the latter capacity, and by reason of his being


several times drunk during divine service in the parish church
 

In 1758, he married Agnes Sharp.


Agnes came from Skipton
 

Child: Sarah who married [1786] William Woodhead of Leeds, great-grandfather of George Woodhead

Crowther, JosephRef 61-136
[1745-1???]

He married Frances [1745-1???].

Child: Jonas

Crowther, JosephRef 61-114
[1773-1832]

He married (1) Martha [1776-1809].

Martha died 5th October 1809 (aged 33).

He married (2) Leah [1776-1853].


Leah was born in Hipperholme cum Lightcliffe
 

Children:

  1. Joseph [July 1794-15th October 1797] who was buried with  his parents
  2. Sarah [b 1799] who was a dress maker [1851]

They lived at

  • Fleet Street, Halifax (Leah was living alone) [1841]
  • Fleet Street, Halifax (Leah was living with daughter  Sarah) [1851]

Joseph died 9th March 1832 (aged 59).

Leah died 3rd December 1853 (aged 77).

Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax

Crowther, JosephRef 61-1708
[1779-18??]
Of Ripponden.

He was one of the people interviewed during Crabtree's Tour of Calder Dale of 1832.

Around 1791, he went to work for Greenup's of Sowerby Bridge. At the mill, he witnessed cruelty towards the child workers. In one case

he once saw the master beat one poor boy, while he could not beat him any longer, and then he told another man to throw him into the dam!

Around 1800, he went to work for Ratcliff's of Sowerby Bridge – possibly John Ratcliffe & Sons

Crowther, JosephRef 61-145
[1780-18??]
Born in Lindley.

He was a pauper [1851] / a bobbin winder [1861].

He married Hannah.

Children:

  1. Israel
  2. Sarah [b 1825] who was a cotton creeler [1861]

Hannah was dead by 1861.

The family lived at

  • Netheroyd, Halifax [1851]
  • Glen Haven Cottage, Soyland (with son Israel and family)   [1861]

Crowther, JosephRef 61-2608
[1782-18??]
Luddite.

He was a cotton spinner from Sowerby.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. child
  2. child
  3. child
  4. child born posthumously

In 1813, he, James Hey, Joseph Holroyd alias Carter and Nathan Hoyle, were convicted of robbing a dwelling house, and putting the persons therein in great fear.

Holroyd later turned King's Evidence against the other 3 men, who were then executed [16th January 1813].

A total of 14 men were executed in two batches of 7 men. Crowther was in the 1st batch.

The Quakers Joseph Wood & Rev Thomas Shillitoe visited his widow [3rd March 1813]


They went to Sowerby Bridge where they saw the widow of Joseph Crowther who since his decease is moved hither and lives with her mother. He suffered for robbery and left 3 children and she is likely to have another very soon. She came from Luddendenfoot to this place
 

Crowther, JosephRef 61-110
[1785-1863]
He was a carter.

On 31st October 1863, he was killed in an incident involving a horse.

The Halifax Guardian of 7th November 1863 reported the inquest


Inquest – Fatal Road Accident – Todmorden.

On Monday, the inquest was held at the Rose & Crown Inn, Castle Street, before J. R. Ingram, Esq., deputy coroner, on the body of Joseph Crowther, carter.

On Saturday, a party of gentlemen had been out hunting, and were returning home at seven o'clock, and rode up the road from Eastwood at a quick pace. The deceased heard the tramp of horses, and went, as he supposed, out of the way, taking shelter behind a cart which had been drawn up at one side of the road, near Castle Lodge. The horse of Mr. O. Barker, manufacturer, came up against him with such force that he was fatally injured, and died at three o'clock next morning.

The inquest lasted from half past four p.m. until 11 o'clock.

The verdict was accidental death and, in the opinion of the jury, Barker was not entirely free from blame

 


Question: Does anyone know whether Mr O. Barker is Ormerod Barker?

 

Crowther, JosephRef 61-137
[1788-1849]
He was a farmer of
Ashgrove, Southowram.

He married Lucy [1788-1857].


Born in Easington.

She was a monthly nurse [1851]

 

Children:

  1. Priscilla [1825-1864] who was a carpet setter [1851], a  dressmaker [1861] & was buried with her parents
  2. Hannah [1828-1877] who was a carpet setter [1851] &  married Thomas Garnett
  3. Elizabeth [1832-1880] who was a carpet setter [1851] &  married James Thackrah
  4. Lena [b 1834] who was a carpet setter [1851], a setter in  a carpet factory [1861]

The children were born in Easington, Yorkshire.

The family lived at

  • Range Bank Halifax [1851]
  • 8 Hanover Court, Hanover Street, Halifax (Priscilla, head  of the household, & sister Lena) [1861]

Living with them [in 1851] was granddaughter Martha Crowther [b 1844].

Living with them [in 1861] was boarder Fanny Salthouse [b  1851].

Joseph died 8th October 1849 (aged 61).

Lucy died 8th September 1857 (aged 69).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2850]

Crowther, JosephRef 61-133
[1788-1867]
Born in Elland.

He was a book seller [1851] / a spinning room overlooker (worsted mill) [1861] / an overlooker.

He married (1) Elizabeth [1789-1850].

Children:

  1. John [b Stainland 1821]
  2. Benjamin [b Kidderminster 1824; d Dorking, Surrey 1903]  who was a congregational minister
  3. Abraham Dyson [b Kidderminster 1830-1846]
  4. Emma [b Halifax 1833]

Living with them [in 1851] was Joseph Crowther [b 1836]

The family lived at

  • Upper Crib Street, Halifax [1851]
  • Joseph was resident at School Street, Bradford, an "Agent In A  Spinning Room Worsted" with children John and Emma [1861]

Elizabeth died 20th July 1850 (aged 61).

He married (2) Hannah [1795-1862].


Hannah was born in Marsden
 

The family lived at Ellen Royd, Northowram [1861].

Hannah died 5th December 1862 (aged 67).

Joseph died 19th December 1867 (aged 79).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2726] with Hannah Haigh [1799-1886]

Crowther, JosephRef 61-78
[1789-18??]
He served with the 2nd Battalion 84th Foot York & Lancaster Regiment in the
Peninsular War

Crowther, JosephRef 61-134
[1797-1853]
Son of
Jonas Crowther.

Born in Sowerby.

He was a fustian cutter [1841] / a warehouseman [1851].

He married Frances Nichol [1799-1872].


Frances (Fanny) was born in Sowerby, the daughter of Isaac Nichol
 

Children:

  1. Isaac [b 1821] who was a stone mason [1841]
  2. Mary [b 1822] who was a frame tenter [1841], a cotton  reeler [1851]
  3. Elizabeth [b 1825] who was a frame tenter [1841], a  tenter of doubler [1851]
  4. Grace [b 1826] who was a winder [1841]
  5. Job
  6. Sally [b 1832]
  7. Hannah [b 1834] who was a mule piecer (cotton) [1851]
  8. Frances / Fanny [b 1836] who was a doubler piecer  (cotton) [1851]
  9. John [b 1840] who was a mule piecer (cotton) [1851]

The family lived at

  • Paper Mill, Erringden [1841]
  • Robin Hood, Sowerby [1851]

Crowther, JosephRef 61-100
[1798-1853]

He married Mary [1803-1865].

The family lived at Marsh Delves, Southowram [1853].

Joseph died 20th March 1853 (aged 55).

Mary died 2nd May 1865 (aged 62).

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: F-K11] with granddaughter Ann Thompson Crowther [1844-23rd January 1863]

Crowther, JosephRef 61-1339
[18??-19??]
Rate collector and general dealer at West Vale.

In August 1887, he was declared bankrupt

Crowther, JosephRef 61-1352
[18??-19??]
Cotton manufacturer at
Foster Mill, Hebden Bridge.

He lived at Foster Lane, Hebden Bridge [1905]

Crowther, JosephRef 61-1864
[18??-19??]
Wholesale stationer at Todmorden.

In April 1881, he went into liquidation

Crowther, JosephRef 61-97
[1832-1???]
Son of John Crowther, weaver.

He was a dyer of Erringden [1854].

On 16th April 1854, he married (2) Peggy.


Peggy, née Stansfield, was the widow of
Abraham Heyhirst
 

Crowther, JosephRef 61-1890
[1835-1895]
Born in Clifton.

He was licensee of the Sun Inn, Rastrick [1867, 1874] / owner of the Sun Inn, Rastrick [1870s].

He was a china dealer in Commercial Street, Brighouse [1881] / a cab proprietor & a china dealer in Commercial Street, Brighouse  [1891].

They had a stables in the yard & operated a cab business.

It is said that – whilst in a state of intoxication – he was persuaded to sign the Sun away to the brewery.

In [Q2] 1858, he married Mary Morrison [1836-18??] in Halifax.


Mary was born in Clifton.

She had a son: William C. M. [b 1857] who was a pupil-teacher [1871] / a carrier [1881]

 

Children:

  1. Albert [b 1859] who was an iron turner [1881]
  2. Lydia [b 1862]
  3. Alice [b 1865]
  4. James
  5. Lucy

Mary died between 1881 & 1891.

Joseph died in 1895.

After his death, his son James took over the cab business

Crowther, Joseph OddyRef 61-2261
[1844-1???]
In 1881, he was a farmer of 8 acres, and a stone merchant employing 25 men.

He lived at Southowram Workhouse [1881]

Crowther, Joseph WilliamRef 61-81
[1894-1917]
Known as Joe.

Son of John Crowther.

Born in Elland.

He was a member of Elland Primitive Methodist Church & Sunday School / an apprentice worsted spinning overlooker [1911] / a colour mixer Beacon Dye Works, Brighouse.

During World War I, he enlisted [28th June 1916] and served as a Private with the 2nd/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died of wounds [6th May 1917].

The Halifax Courier [9th June 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, France [Grave Ref I F 2].

He is remembered on Elland War Memorial.

His brother Norman also died in the War

Crowther, JoshuaRef 61-415
[1???-16??]
He married Esther Bentley.


Esther was the daughter of
John Bentley
 

Child: John

Crowther, JoshuaRef 61-8390
[17??-1???]
Landlord of the
Old Cock Inn, Halifax [18??].

He married Unknown.

His widow died at Cooper House, Warley [20th March 1808].


Question: Does anyone know whether there is any link with this man and Joshua Crowther?

 

Crowther, JoshuaRef 61-1376
[17??-18??]
Cotton spinner at
Cooper House Mills, Luddendenfoot [from 1794]. He was also a woollen manufacturer

Crowther, JoshuaRef 61-16
[17??-18??]
Son of Joshua Crowther.

In September 1806, he married Mary Rothwell of Halifax

Crowther, JoshuaRef 61-2359
[1782-18??]
He was a farm labourer
parish relief [1851].

On 27th April 1807, he married Phoebe Shepherd at Halifax Parish Church.


Phoebe was the daughter of Mr Shepherd
 

Children:

  1. William
  2. a daughter who married Mr Barrett

They lived at Lower High Lees, Midgley [1851].

Living with them [in 1851] was Phoebe's widowed sister, Alice Titterington, and their granddaughter Elizabeth Barrett [aged 3]

Crowther, JosiahRef 61-2547
[1850-1???]
Born in Mytholmroyd.

He was a woollen manufacturer [1881].

In 1872, he married Emily Farrar [1851-1???] from Hawksclough, in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Ernest [b 1873]
  2. Lily [b 1874]
  3. Sarah Alice [b 1875]
  4. Clara [b 1878]
  5. Edith [b 1880]

The family lived at Clough House, Sowerby Bridge [1881]

Crowther, L.Ref 61-1107
[19??-19??]
He was a director of the
Halifax Building Society [1953]

Crowther, LeviRef 61-24
[1839-1903]
Born in Halifax.

He was a stone warehouseman [1868].

In 1868, he married Ann Hollas in Halifax.


Ann was the daughter of
Jabez Hollas
 

They had no children.

Ann died in Halifax [1st March 1914].

The couple were buried at All Souls' Church, Halifax

Crowther, LewisRef 61-269
[1856-19??]
Halifax labourer.

On 27th July 1904, he was sentenced at the Leeds Assizes to 3 years in prison for the attempted murder of his wife, Mary Emma Crowther of Green Lane, Halifax, whom he had shot with a revolver

Crowther, LewisRef 61-68
[1899-1918]
Son of Mary A. & Isaac Crowther of 12 Woodside View, West Vale.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.

He died 29th March 1918 (aged 19).

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 2 & 3], and on Elland War Memorial

Crowther, LouisaRef 61-23
[1882-1946]
Daughter of
Daniel Crowther.

She was a cotton winder [1901] / licensee at the Royal Hotel, Rishworth [1922-1946]. The Royal Hotel was sold to her & her sister Mary Crowther [19th June 1920].

Louisa died at the Royal Hotel [26th June 1946].

Probate records show that she left effects valued at £2,511 2/- to her sister Mary Crowther

Crowther, LucyRef 61-117
[1874-1???]
Daughter of
Joseph Crowther.

Born in Rastrick.

In 1891, she was housekeeper for her widowed father – a cab proprietor & a china dealer in Commercial Street, Brighouse – & her brother, James.

In 1911, she was listed as a sick nurse, living in Carshalton, Surrey.

At the outbreak of World War I, she was Matron of the War hospital at Swinton Grange, Malton the home of Lady Behrens, the daughter of Lord Rothschild. Swinton Grange was near Castle Howard.

During the War, she was mentioned in dispatches.

After the war, Lucy was matron at Swinton Grange, a Sanatorium for Jewish ladies from Leeds & Bradford.

Lucy married Walter Briggs..

Walter was a sportsman & Yorkshire member

Crowther, MaryRef 61-122
[1791-1861]

She died in Halifax [17th December 1861] (aged 70)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3895] with the wives of John Crowther.


Question: Does anyone know anything about Mary or her connection with John Crowther?

 

Crowther, MaryRef 61-149
[1807-1895]
Mr Crowther has not yet been identified.

Children:

  1. Sarah who was buried with her mother

and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3308]

Crowther, MaryRef 61-720
[1857-1922]
Of Back Crib Lane, Halifax.

On 17th January 1922, she and her daughter, Amy [1888-1922] died from coal gas poisoning after they were found unconscious in their bedroom. Mrs Crowther's other daughter, Mrs Mary Eliza Denton, of Seedlings Mount, raised the alarm. Halifax Corporation gas department later found that gas was leaking from the mains outside the house

Crowther, MaryRef 61-22
[1884-1959]
Daughter of
Daniel Crowther.

She was a dress maker [1901] / licensee at the Royal Hotel, Rishworth [1922-1946]. The Royal Hotel was sold to her & her sister Louisa Crowther [19th June 1920].

In 1922, after the deaths of their parents, Mary and her sister Florence took over as licensees at the Royal Hotel, Rishworth [1950s].

Neither sister married.

In his Memories of Pubs in Rishworth, Geoffrey Siddall recalls that

the sisters did not keep draught beer or spirits and were loath to attract trade. Consequently, they were open all licensing hours with very few customers and existed on funeral teas

Mary died at the Royal Hotel [13th October 1959].

Probate records show that she left effects valued at £3,162 18/8d to her sisters Florence & Sarah Hannah.

In 1960, after Mary's death, Florence sold the Royal Hotel at auction.

The sisters were buried at St John The Divine, Rishworth

Crowther, MilfredRef 61-57
[1885-1917]
Or Milford.

In [Q3] 1914, he married Zillah Booth in Halifax.

They lived at 8 South Lane, Shelf.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 8th Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment.

He died 31st August 1917 (aged 32).

He was buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref F 2A.]

He is remembered on the Memorial at Shelf Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

Crowther, NathanRef 61-904
[16??-17??]
He bought
Mountain House from Daniel Hemingway.

He (possibly) owned Whithill, Northowram.

He left all his estate to his nephew Joseph Crowther

Crowther, NimrodRef 61-98
[1856-1915]
Born in Northowram.

He was an invalid / a stone hewer [1911] / a quarryman [1914].

In [Q2] 1884, he married Janet Brown [1864-19??] in Halifax.


Janet had a son William Crowther [bapt 31st October 1883] who was a stone hewer [1914]
 

Children:

  1. Walter [bapt 28th June 1885]
  2. Edith [bapt 10th June 1888]
  3. Annice [bapt 1st December 1889]
  4. Archie [bapt 24th May 1896]
  5. Bertha [bapt 16th January 1898]
  6. Vernon [1906-1914]

The children were baptised at Coley, and had the surname Brown in some records.

They lived at 4 Upper Lane, Northowram [1914].

On 21st August 1914, Annice killed her brother Vernon, cutting him in the throat with a large carving knife, severing the main blood vessels and the wind-pipe. At the Inquest, the Jury returned a verdict of wilful murder.

Nimrod died Q3 1915 (aged 59) 

Crowther, NormanRef 61-43
[1898-1915]
Son of
John Crowther.

Born in Elland.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died 24th November 1915 (aged 17).

The Halifax Courier [22nd January 1916] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Talana Farm Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref IV D 2].


He was recorded as Elland's youngest recruit to die in World War I
 

He is remembered on Elland War Memorial.

His brother Joe William also died in the War

Crowther, PercyRef 61-89
[1876-1916]

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. child
  2. child

They lived at Shibden and Hampshire.

During World War I, he enlisted [September 1914] and served as a Captain with the Army Service Corps.

He died at home on sick leave [20th September 1916] (aged 40).

He was buried at Compton, near Winchester.

He is remembered on the Memorial at Heath Grammar School

Crowther, PhilipRef 61-3
[1722-1796]
Son of
George Crowther.

In 1750, he married Susan Fielden.

Children:

  1. George
  2. Philip
  3. James
  4. John
  5. Mary
  6. Susan
  7. Samuel
  8. Eli
  9. Hannah
  10. Joshua
  11. Betty

The family lived at

Crowther, PhilipRef 61-5
[1753-1825]
Son of
Philip Crowther.

He married Betty Barker.

Child: Philip

Crowther, PhilipRef 61-201
[1784-1840]
Son of
Philip Crowther.

Born at Howroyd Farm, Dulesgate.

A shoemaker at Howroyd, Todmorden.

He fought in Spain during the Peninsular War, and in Ireland.

About 1816, he met & married Catherine O'Neal, an Irish Catholic girl, which aroused much local hostility back in Todmorden.

Children:

  1. Philip
  2. Edward
  3. John Philip
  4. William
  5. Eli
  6. Elizabeth
  7. Edwin

One day around 1840, Philip walked from Walsden to Rochdale to draw his army pension, but he never returned home.

Many years later, a dying man confessed that he and another worker on the Summit Tunnel had lured Crowther into their huts, robbed him and left his body on a cart which was used to dump soil excavated from the tunnel in the Holme Tip

Crowther, PhilipRef 61-6
[1843-1925]
Son of
John Philip Crowther.

Born at Dobroyd, Todmorden.

When he was aged 9, he travelled from Liverpool to New York on the Benjamin Adams with his uncles William and Edwin Crowther. Records show that Philip carried 2 boxes of luggage.

They arrived on 16th September 1852.

He lived with them in New York.

He tried to enlist in the American army but was rejected on medical grounds. He returned to England and enlisted in the British Army.

He was stationed on the Isle of Wight during one of Queen Victoria's visits, acting as guard at Osbourne House. He was assigned to the East Indian Army, serving 3 years in India rising to rank of Lance Sergeant. He then went AWOL whilst stationed near Patna and made his way to Calcutta where he boarded an American ship and worked his passage to Boston, and then made his way to Nebraska where his errant father was living. He held many local offices; was elected County Superintendent of Schools in 1877; served four years, and appointed Postmaster January 11, 1882

He married Unknown in Nebraska.

Children:

  1. child
  2. child
  3. child
  4. child
  5. child
  6. child

He died in Santa Barbara, California

Crowther, PhilipRef 61-152
[1855-19??]
Born in Todmorden.

He was a cotton carder [1881, 1891] / caretaker at Working Men's Club [1901] / a blacksmith's striker [1911].

In 1875, he married Agnes Kilburn [1849-19??] at Todmorden Register Office.


Agnes of Fiddler's Well, was born in Richmond, Yorkshire.

She had a son William Kilburn who lived with Agnes, Philip and family [1881, 1891]

 

Children:

  1. Jane [b 1876] who was a cotton winder [1891], a roving  frame tenter at cotton mill [1901]
  2. Emily [b 1881] who was a half-timer doffer [1891], an  intermediate frame tenter at cotton mill [1901]
  3. Harriet [b 1884] who was a ring frame tenter at cotton  mill [1901]
  4. Violetta [b 1886] who was a ring frame tenter at cotton  mill [1901], a cotton ring spinner [1911]
  5. Harold
  6. Nellie [b 1896] who was a cotton weaver [1911]

The family lived at

  • 79 Fielden Terrace, Stansfield [1881]
  • 12 Canteen Street, Lydgate [1891, 1901]
  • 722 Burnley Road, Cornholme [1911]
  • 11 Joblin Street, Cornholme [1915]

Crowther, Phyllis MargaretRef 61-49
[1905-1985]
Of Halifax.

In 1930, she married Charles Alfred Ramsden in Newport, Shropshire/Staffordshire.

In the 1960s, she came across the journals of Anne Lister and prepared the publish these. She collaborated with Vivien Ingham.

A condition of releasing the documents and the code was that Halifax Corporation had to have control over what she could publish, and they refused.

Her unpublished Ramsden Papers are held by the West Yorkshire Archive Service

Crowther, RamsdenRef 61-19
[1856-1923]
Son of
James Crowther.

He was a butcher [1881, 1891, 1901] / a meat purveyor (shopkeeper) [1911].

In [Q1] 1878, he married Lucy Jane Shaw in Halifax.


Lucy Jane was the daughter of Joah Shaw
 

Children:

  1. James [b 1879] who was a law clerk [1911], a solicitor's  clerk [1901]
  2. John [b 1880] who was a butcher's assistant [1901]
  3. Elsie [b 1884] who was a pupil-teacher [1901]
  4. Frank [b 1886] who was a grocer's apprentice [1901]
  5. Sarah Elizabeth [b 1888]
  6. Selina [b 1890] who was a dressmaker's assistant [1911]
  7. George
  8. Reginald Shaw
  9. Harold Ramsden [1897-1902]

They lived at

  • 14 Briggate, Hipperholme with Brighouse [1881, 1891]
  • 7 Haigh Street, Brighouse [1901]
  • 22 Bonegate Road, Brighouse [1911]
  • 7 Clifton Road, Brighouse [1919]

Living with them [in 1881] was Johnney Marsden [aged 17] (butcher apprentice).

Living with them [in 1891] was sister-in-law Sarah Shaw [aged 53].

Sons George & Reginald Shaw died in World War I

Crowther, ReginaldRef 61-76
[1920-1941]
Son of Edith & Savile Crowther.

In [Q4] 1940, he married Joan Croft in Halifax.

They lived in Halifax.

During World War II, he served as an Able Seaman with the Royal Navy aboard HMS President III

He was killed in Elland [19th August 1941] (aged 21)  whilst serving on the troopship SS Aguila which was torpedoed by German Submarine U-201 and sank in the Atlantic with the loss of 152 of the 168 people aboard.

He is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, England [Grave Ref 47 3], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Crowther, Reginald ShawRef 61-80
[1894-1918]
Son of
Ramsden Crowther.

Born in Brighouse.

He was an ironmonger's assistant [1911].

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.

He died 28th July 1918.

He was buried at Montcornet Military Cemetery, France [Grave Ref F 2].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Brighouse Parish Church

His brother George also died in the War

Crowther, ReubenRef 61-104
[1853-1???]
Son of Joseph Crowther, waste dealer.

Born in Greetland.

He was a tinplate worker of Elland [1875] / an iron & tinplate worker [1881] / a mill furnisher (employer) [1891] / a iron & tin plate worker (employer) [1901] / a mill furnisher (employer) [1911].

In 1875, he married Sarah Priestley [1855-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Sarah, of Elland, was born in Greetland, the daughter of Benjamin Priestley, waste dealer
 

Children:

  1. Ann E. [b 1876] who was a worsted box tenter [1891]
  2. Joseph Benjamin [b 1877] who was an iron & tin plate  worker [1891]
  3. William Alfred [b 1880] who was an iron & tinplate worker  [1901]
  4. Ethel [b 1883] who was a house maid domestic [1901] &  married [1908] Wilfred Bastin Shaw [1884-19??] (sheet metal  worker) 
  5. Priestley [b 1885] who was a telegraph messenger [1901]
  6. Calvert [b 1888] who was a tinplate worker apprentice  [1901], a sheet metal worker [1911]
  7. Ruth Etta [b 1890] who was a shop assistant [1911]
  8. Johnny

The children were born in Elland.

They lived at

  • Pitchforth Buildings, Saddleworth Road, Elland [1881]
  • Spa Well, Elland [1891, 1901]
  • The Glen, Dewsbury Road, Elland [1911]
  • 20 Seabank Road, Southport, Lancashire [Sarah &  Reuben 1911]

Crowther, RichardRef 61-1317
[18??-19??]
Established
Richard Crowther & Sons.

He lived at 2 Brook Street, Elland [1905]

Crowther, RichardRef 61-5480
[1848-1???]
Born in Norland.

Beer seller at the Crown, Sowerby Bridge [1877, 1881]

Crowther, RichardRef 61-71
[1885-1918]
Born in Halifax.

During World War I, he served as a Private with C Company 12th (Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry) Battalion Manchester Regiment.

He died 25th August 1918 (aged 33).

He was buried at Fienvillers British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref B 8]

Crowther, RichardRef 61-70
[1891-1918]
Son of
Hanson Crowther.

He was a machine tenter for card clothing manufacturer [1911] / employed by Cain, Son & Greenwood.

He was engaged to Gladys Haigh, of 23 Mile Cross Place, Halifax.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Royal Scots.

He served in Ireland for a year before going to France [February 1918].

He was killed in action [4th May 1918] (aged 27).

The Halifax Courier [1st June 1918] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Loos Memorial, France [Grave Ref 10-13], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Crowther, Richard JosephRef 61-69
[1886-1920]
Son of James & Frances Whitehead Crowther of 50 Oldham Road, Royton, Lancashire.

Born in Todmorden.

During World War I, he served as a Private with A Company 1st Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died 19th June 1920 (aged 34).

He was buried at Ramleh War Cemetery, Palestine & Israel [Grave Ref EE 41]

Crowther, RobertRef 61-1215
[17??-1833]
Local Methodist Minister of the early 19th century

Crowther, S.Ref 61-1882
[18??-19??]
Violinist at Cornholme.

Recorded in December 1893, when he placed an advertisement in The Era journal seeking engagements

Crowther, SamuelRef 61-2542
[16??-1???]
He was
Constable of Northowram [1688, 1702, 1730, 1765]

Crowther, SamuelRef 61-576
[16??-17??]
Son of
Samuel Crowther.

He lived at Lands Head, Northowram.

In December 1710, he married (1) Sarah Walker, his housekeeper.

In December 1720, he married (2) Martha Waon

Crowther, SamuelRef 61-557
[1654-1704]
Of
Dam Head, Northowram.

He married Grace.

Child: Samuel

He

was seized in the chapel on 10th February [1704]

and died on 25th February.

His wife, Grace,

was seized 26th February ... and died that day sevenight after

Crowther, SamuelRef 61-150
[1854-1???]
Born in Norland.

He was a stoker in foundry [1881] / a beerhouse keeper [1881, 1891, 1894] / a carrier [1891].

In [Q1] 1873, he married Grace Ann Riley [1857-1???] in Halifax.


Grace Ann was born in Sowerby, the daughter of William Riley
 

Children:

  1. David William [b 1873] who was a cabinet maker [1891]
  2. Sarah Frances [b 1875] who was a cotton spinner [1891]
  3. Riley [b 1877] who was a cotton spinner [1891]
  4. Annie [b 1890]

They lived at 33 Salterhebble Hill, Halifax [1881, 1891] (which later became the Prince of Wales, Salterhebble).

Living with them [in 1881] was Samuel's brother John Crowther [b Sowerby Bridge 1862] (carder in cotton mill).

Living with them [in 1891] was Grace's brother Major Riley

Crowther, SamuelRef 61-1949
[1867-19??]
Of Brighouse.

He was a joiner's clerk / landlord of the Ship Tavern, Brighouse [1901] / landlord of the Ship Tavern, Brighouse when the license was renewed  and he receivd planning permission of extended the property [1906].

He left in December 1912.

He married Fanny Elliott [1866-19??].


Fanny came from Huddersfield
 

Children:

  1. Cecil [b 1890]
  2. William Edward [b 1892]
  3. Job [b 1894]
  4. Jimmy [b 1898]
  5. Frank A. [b 1900]

Crowther, SavilleRef 61-1142
[1???-18??]
He was appointed
Surveyor of the Highways for Fixby [1835]

He married Harriet [1801-1873].

Recorded in 1873, when Harriet was buried at Blackley Baptist Church.

The epitaph records

Harriet, relict of Saville Crowther, formerly of the Warren House Inn, Fixby, who died August 2nd 1873, aged 72 years

Harriet was buried at Blackley Baptist Graveyard

Crowther, SavilleRef 61-1866
[1816-1879]
Son of William Crowther.

Born in Southowram.

He was a stone merchant of Southowram [1842] / a stone merchant [1851] / a stone merchant employing 30 men [1861] / a stone merchant employing 90 men [1871] / farming 40 acres [1871].

On 23rd June 1842, he married Harriet Carill [1821-1???] at St Michael, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire.


Harriet, of Ashton-under-Lyne, was the daughter of Thomas Carill
 

Children:

  1. Frederick [b 1844] who was an assistant stone merchant  [1861], a stone merchant of Green Lane, Northowram [1879]
  2. Maria [b 1846] who was a pupil teacher [1861]
  3. Saville [b 1848] who was a stone merchant of Westercroft,  Northowram [1879]
  4. Frank [b 1857] who was a stone merchant of Westercroft,  Northowram [1879], a traveller for stone merchant [1891] & married  Nancy Crowther [b 1862]
  5. Walter [b 1857] who was a stone merchant of Westercroft,  Northowram [1879]

They lived at

  • Park House, Southowram [1851]
  • Westercroft, Northowram [1861, 1871, 1881]
  • 22 Salisbury Place, Northowram [1891]

Living with them [in 1851] was nephew Enoch Crowther [b 1839].

Saville died in Northowram [28th January 1879] (aged 63).

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £12,000.

Probate was granted to his sons Frederick, Saville, Frank, and Walter.

Living with the widowed Harriet [in 1891] were son Frank & his wife.

Harriet died in Halifax in 1895 (aged 75) 

Crowther, Smith FortuneRef 61-72
[1861-1907]
Son of William Crowther, sizer.

He was a stoker of Derdale Terrace, Todmorden [1884] / a gas stoker [1901].

In 1884, he married Sarah Hardman [1863-1???] at Heptonstall Church.


Sarah, of Lobb Mill, Stansfield, was the daughter of
Thomas Hardman
 

Children:

  1. Martha [b 1885] who was a cotton weaver [1901], married  Joseph Edgar Wilson
  2. Thomas William
  3. Mary [b 1892] who was a cotton weaver [1911]
  4. Harry
  5. Emma [b 1896] who was a cotton weaver [1911]

The family lived at

  • 80 Industrial Street, Langfield (living with Sarah's  widowed mother) [1891]
  • 23 Wilson Street, Todmorden [1901, 1911]
  • 17 Every Street, Todmorden

Smith died in Todmorden in 1907 (aged 46).

Sons Thomas William & Harry died in World War I, as did son-in-law Joseph Edgar Wilson

Crowther, StanhopeRef 61-95
[1872-1952]
Born in Stocksmoor, Huddersfield [2nd May 1872].

He was a farmer [1896] / innkeeper at the Horse & Jockey, Elland [1911].

On 27th April 1896, he married Helen Jebson [1870-1944] in St Peter's Church, Woolley, Barnsley.


Helen was born in Gawber, Yorkshire [16th November 1870]
 

Children:

  1. Harry [b 1897] who was an apprentice to plater [1911]
  2. Cyril [b 1902]
  3. Albany [b 1903] who married [1938] Edith Read

Helen died in Darton [29th July 1944].

Stanhope died in Darton, Barnsley [24th February 1952].

The couple were buried at All Saints' Church, Darton

Crowther, StanleyRef 61-59
[1897-1916]
Son of Mrs Crowther of 1 Thornhill Road, Rastrick.

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

He died 12th October 1916 (aged 19).

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6A & 6B]

Crowther, Dr T.Ref 61-1256
[18??-18??]
MD.

He was Medical Officer for Ovenden [1865].

Crowther, ThomasRef 61-112
[1788-1873]
Born in Halifax.

He was a card maker [1861].

He married Martha [1802-1869].


Martha was born in Culmstock, Devonshire
 

Child: Rebecca [1820-6th May 1888] who married William Uttley

They lived at 2 Pearson Street, Northowram [1861].

Martha died 4th September 1869 (aged 67).

Thomas died 28th October 1873 (aged 85).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2194]

Crowther, ThomasRef 61-132
[1793-1868]

Thomas died 3rd August 1868 (aged 75).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2696] with William Crowther and grandson Harry Rothery Dewhirst [1858-1877]

Crowther, Rev ThomasRef 61-889
[1794-1859]
Son of James Crowther, weaver of Earby, near Skipton.

Born in Thornton; baptised at St Mary's, Thornton-in-Craven [14th September 1794].

He was Vicar of Cragg Vale for 38 years [1821-1859].

He was strongly against child labour in the Cragg Vale mills of Hinchliffe Hinchliffe, and was an informant for Crabtree's Tour of Calder Dale of 1832. He was in favour of the Ten Hours Bill and when asked about the Cragg Mills, he said

If there is one place in England which needs legislative interference it is this place for they work 15 or 16 hours a day frequently, and sometimes all the night. Oh, it is a murderous system and the mill-owners are the pest and disgrace of society. Laws, human and divine, are insufficient to restrain them

He said that, after speaking against the child labour cases in church

some of the mill-owners never spoke to [him] again

On 6th February 1815, he married Phebe Wilkinson [1796-1875] at Thornton in Craven, Yorkshire.

Children:

  1. Mary [1816-1911] who married Jonathan Knowles
  2. George Dobson
  3. William
  4. Phoebe [1824-1909] who married Edward Whitworth of  The Grange, Facit, near Rochdale
  5. Thomas
  6. John Brown
  7. Sarah [1828-1909] who married Rev William Baldwin
  8. Elizabeth [1829-1903] who never married
  9. Jane Caroline [1831-1910] who never married
  10. James Edward
  11. Ellen [b 1835] who married William Henry Hinchliffe

The daughters – Mary, Phoebe, Sarah, and Jane Caroline – were educated at the Clergy Daughters' School.

They lived at Erringden [1841, 1851].

He & his wife Phebe were buried at St John's Church, Cragg Vale.

See Sutcliffe Willcock

Crowther, ThomasRef 61-129
[1812-1867]
Born in Leeds.

He was a traveller in books [1851] / a tobacconist [1841] / a newsagent.

He married Charlotte [1804-1879].


Charlotte was born in York
 

They lived at

  • Ann Street, Halifax [1841]
  • 7 Ramsden's Court, Gibbet Street, Halifax [1851]

Thomas died 5th January 1867 (aged 55).

Charlotte died 2nd September 1879 (aged 75).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2323] with Thomas's brother John Crowther

Crowther, Dr ThomasRef 61-1845
[1824-1909]
LSA, MRCS, MD.

Son of Rev Thomas Crowther.

Born 21st July 1824.

He and his brother, James Edward, were living in Luddenden [1851].

He was a Licentiate of Apothecaries, London [1851] / a General Practitioner, Kings College, Aberdeen & the Royal Society  of Apothecaries, London [1861, 1871] / Medical Officer for part of Sowerby, Midgley and Upper Warley [1865] / a surgeon at Luddenden [1874] / Medical Officer of Health for Midgley and Warley [1895] / with the Local Government Medical Service [1895].

On 26th May 1857, he married Emma Foster.


Emma was the daughter of William Foster
 

Children:

  1. George Dobson
  2. Maria Foster [b 1858]
  3. Benjamin Foster [b 1859] who died young
  4. Effie Kate [b 1861] who married her cousin John Foster
  5. Astley Brodie
  6. Laura Beatrice [b 1865] who married (1) [5th October  1890] Arthur Alexander Brook, (2) [30th December 1902]  Henry Miers of Leeds
  7. Emma Gertrude [b 1866] who was unmarried [1909]
  8. Phoebe Wilkinson [b 1867]
  9. Lily Jane [b 1869] who married [4th December 1890]  Joseph Robinson
  10. Ernest Edward
  11. Mary Ellen [b 1874] who was unmarried [1909]
  12. Thomas
  13. John Brown [b 1882]

They lived at

  • Luddenden [1861, 1871]
  • Laurel Bank, Warley [1881, 1891, 1914]
  • Clayton
  • Hipperholme

He retired from practice [1899] and his son Ernest succeeded him at Luddenden.

Thomas died 2nd July 1909.

See Job Aspinall

Crowther, ThomasRef 61-147
[1825-1???]
Born in Shelf.

He was a dyer's labourer [1881].

He married Martha Ann [1827-1???].

Children:

  1. Walter [b 1864] who was a paviour's labourer [1881]
  2. Sarah Jane [b 1866] who was a factory operative [1881]
  3. Elizabeth [1854-1882] who married William Sutcliffe

The family lived at 6 Raglan Street, Halifax [1881].

Living with them [in 1881] were daughter Elizabeth, her husband and family

Crowther, ThomasRef 61-58
[1880-1914]
Son of
Dr Thomas Crowther.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Leinster Regiment.

He died 19th October 1914 (aged 34).

He is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 10]

Crowther, Thomas EdwardRef 61-138
[1842-1???]
Son of Samuel Crowther, grocer.

He was a Professor of Music [1871].

He married 13th January 1868 Son of Samuel Crowther (Grocer).


Lucy was the daughter of
Oscar Henry Balmforth
 

Children: (no details) 

The family lived at Bradford Road, Hipperholme [1871].

Living with them [in 1871] was Lucy's brother Thomas Balmforth

Crowther, Thomas WilliamRef 61-35
[1890-1917]
Son of
Smith Fortune Crowther.

He was a cotton weaver [1911] / a weaver at Crabtree's Ferney Lee Mill, Todmorden.

During World War I, he enlisted [May 1915] and served as a Private with the 1st Battalion (Lewis machine gun section)  Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.

He was sent to France [September 1915].

In November 1916, he suffered from shell shock & deafness for some time after a shell exploded, burying him.

He was killed in action [23rd April 1917] (aged 27).

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [18th May 1917] reported his death.

The Todmorden & District News [7th September 1917] published his photograph.

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6], in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Oddfellows' Hall, Todmorden.

His brother Harry, also died in the War, as did brother-in-law Joseph Edgar Wilson

Crowther, TimothyRef 61-907
[1694-1761]
Son of
Joseph Crowther of Northowram.

Born at 11:00 am on 20th December 1694 and baptised the same day.

He became a Parish Clerk in Skipton.

He was described as

an Astrologer and Magician

and became very popular as an astrologer in the Craven district. People travelled far to consult him to seek advice and guidance, and to learn the whereabouts of stolen property.

Skipton residents invented the phrase

As cunning as Crowther

He compiled a book of charms [1714] which included a remedy for a horse or cow that hath harm done by a witch:

Take hair of each quarter, some of the hoof and horn, sew it up in a cloth, and in ye form of a ball; prick it full of pins and put in three needles. Boil it in ye afflicted water till ye pan be like to burn, then throw it into ye fire and say (three times) - Witch, Witch, Witch, thus shalt thou burn in hell. Take care that nobody come in ye house all ye time you are in doing of it; it must be done three times at ye change, full, and quarter

Wesley records how the body of a murder victim was discovered after the family had sought help from Crowther.

On 20th September 1721, he married Anne Walker [1694-1768] at Skipton.


Anne came from Guiseley
 

Children:

  1. Samuel [b 1722]
  2. Timothy [1723-1749]
  3. John [1732-1764] who was a saddler
  4. Joseph
  5. daughter
  6. daughter
  7. daughter
  8. daughter

The Skipton parish register shows


son Joseph was the second Crowther to become Clerk, and that son Samuel, was baptised 18th June 1722, and buried 21st August 1722
 

Mark Pearson says


son Samuel [1722-1788] was also an astrologer and magician and succeeded Timothy as Parish Clerk
 

Timothy may have become estranged from his Northowram family, as he is not mentioned in his parents' wills.

He was buried at Skipton [24th February 1761]

See King's evil

Crowther, TimothyRef 61-546
[17??-18??]
Older brother of
Jonathan Crowther. He became a Methodist minister. His son Jonathan also became a Methodist minister

Crowther, TitusRef 61-50
[1853-1???]
Born in Brighouse.

He was a cotton spinner [1891] / a boiler maker's labourer [1901] / out of work [1911].

In [Q1] 1881, he married Ann Elizabeth Raby in Halifax.


Ann Elizabeth was born in Brighouse
 

Children:

  1. George H. [b 1882] who was a cotton spinner [1901]
  2. Albert
  3. Henry [b 1884] who was a cotton spinner [1901], a dyer's  labourer [1911]
  4. Mary Elizabeth [b 1887] who was a cotton spinner [1901],  a cotton winder [1911]
  5. Herbert [b 1894] who was a tailor apprentice [1911]
  6. Harold [b 1900]

They lived at

  • 3 Chaffer's Court, Halifax [1891]
  • 4 Stansfield Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 50 Hartley Street, Halifax [1911]
  • Moongate Street, King Cross [1916]

Crowther, TomRef 61-1055
[18??-18??]
On 27th July 1864, the coroner's inquest at Brighouse returned a verdict of manslaughter on him for killing fellow workman
John Taylor in the course of a quarrel

Crowther, TomRef 61-53
[1819-18??]
In August 1864, he was sentenced to 6 months' imprisonment with
hard labour for the manslaughter of John Taylor at Brighouse

Crowther, TomRef 61-151
[1853-1900]
Born in Todmorden.

He was a railway porter [1891].

On 19th July 1882, he married Mary Elizabeth Greenwood [1854-19??].

at Knowlwood Chapel, Walsden.


Mary Elizabeth came from Shade, Todmorden.

She was a shopkeeper [1901] / a shopkeeper confectioner [1911]

 

Children:

  1. George Albert
  2. Fred [b 1886] who was a cotton weaver [1901]
  3. Sam [b 1888] who was an errand boy [1901], a sheet metal  worker [1911]

The family lived at

  • 14 Cheapside, Todmorden [1891]
  • 76 Rochdale Road, Todmorden [1900, 1901, 1911]

Thomas died in Todmorden [12th June 1900] (aged 47) 

Crowther, VernonRef 61-951
[1906-1914]
The 8-year-old boy was found at Northowram with his throat cut. He died on 17th August 1914. The injuries had been inflicted by his 24-year-old sister

Crowther, WalterRef 61-38
[1892-1918]
Twin son of Mary &
James Crowther.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a member of Cornholme United Methodist Free Church / a bobbin turner [1911] / employed at Wilson Bros.

During World War I, he enlisted [25th May 1916], and he served as a Driver with B Battery 312th Brigade Royal Field Artillery.

He went to France [19th January 1918].

He died of interstitial nephritis [24th June 1918] (aged 25).

He was buried at Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, France [Grave Ref III E 20].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

The Todmorden & District News [5th July 1918] reported his death and his photograph appeared in the following week's edition

Crowther, Walter EdwardRef 61-73
[1883-1917]
Son of Mary & Joseph Crowther of Siddal Place, Siddal.

He was employed by Joseph Morton Limited.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 8th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died of severe wounds and fracture to the thigh Casualty Clearing Station [29th September 1917] (aged 34).

He was buried at Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref VIII E 8].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Crowther, WilliamRef 61-2064
[17??-18??]
Watch and clockmaker at 15
Bull Green, Halifax [1829, 1834]

Crowther, WilliamRef 61-2568
[17??-18??]
Hatter in Southowram [1789]

Crowther, WilliamRef 61-4
[1787-1856]
Known as Old Will o' t' Watering Trough.

Son of Eli Crowther.

He was weaver and farmer at Watering Trough, Walsden [from before 1820 to  his death] / a member of the Todmorden & Walsden Select Vestry [1838].

In 1809, he married Susan [1786-1852], daughter of Sally (née Marshall) & Samuel Law.

Children:

  1. Martha
  2. James
  3. Sally

He was buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden

Crowther, WilliamRef 61-10
[18??-1???]
Son of
Philip Crowther.

In 1852, he, his brother Edwin and nephew Philip Crowther sailed from Liverpool to New York on the Benjamin Adams.

They arrived on 16th September 1852.

They lived in New York

Crowther, WilliamRef 61-85
[18??-1???]
Born in Halifax.

He was landlord of the Northgate Hotel, Halifax [1861-1864]

Crowther, WilliamRef 61-1012
[18??-19??]
Cotton doubler with
H. Crowther & Company at Lower Willow Hall Mills, Sowerby Bridge [1904]. He set up in business in 1888.

In May 1904, he was charged with being in possession of unjust weights after eighteen 1 cwt weights were found to be deficient by a total of 4 lbs 10½ oz. He was fined 20/- plus 13/6d costs

Crowther, WilliamRef 61-1244
[18??-19??]
Of Brighouse.

He was Managing Director of George Farrar Quarries Limited [1895]

Crowther, WilliamRef 61-144
[1801-18??]
Born in Stansfield.

He married Sally Barker [1801-1855].


Sally was born in Stansfield
 

Children:

  1. Betty [1826-1902] who married James Sutcliffe

Crowther, WilliamRef 61-102
[1813-1???]
Born in Normanton.

He was a working maltster [1861].

Around 1860, he married Harriet [1834-1???].


Harriet was born in Birstall
 

Children:

  1. George
  2. Mary Ann [b 1852]
  3. William [b 1854]
  4. Elizabeth [b 1858]
  5. Sarah Jane [b 1861]

They lived at Park Top, Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse [1861]

Crowther, WilliamRef 61-128
[1813-1870]

He married Hannah Thomas [1809-1857].


Hannah was the daughter of
William Thomas
 

Hannah died 2nd December 1857 (aged 48).

William died 17th March 1870 (aged 57).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2275] with Hannah's mother and their nephew John Longbottom Penney

Crowther, WilliamRef 61-156
[1816-18??]
Born in Walsden.

He was a labourer [1871].

He married Martha [1818-18??].


Martha was born in Walsden
 

Children:

  1. James
  2. Grace [b 1850] who was a cotton weaver [1871]
  3. Thomas [b 1853] who was a collier [1871]
  4. Samuel [b 1859] who was a collier [1871]
  5. Martha Ann [b 1863] who was a cotton weaver [1881]

The family lived at Thornsgrease, Walsden [1871].

Living with them [in 1871] were son James & family.

In 1881, Martha was widowed; she & unmarried daughter Martha Ann were living with son James at River Cottages, Cliviger

Crowther, WilliamRef 61-2360
[1817-18??]
Son of
Joshua Crowther.

He was a warehouseman and farmer of 14 acres [1861].

He married Mary.

Children:

  1. William Henry [b 1850]
  2. Joshua [b 1852]
  3. Isabella [b 1854]
  4. Ely / Eli [b 1857]
  5. John William [b 1859]

The family lived at Lydgate, Midgley [1851, 1861]

Living with them [in 1851] was his widowed aunt, Alice Titterington

Crowther, WilliamRef 61-131
[1818-1870]

He married Lydia [1820-1868].

Lydia died 6th September 1868 (aged 48).

William died 31st December 1870 (aged 52).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2696] with Thomas Crowther

Crowther, WilliamRef 61-143
[1820-1???]
Born in Cliviger.

He was a mill engine dresser [1871].

Around 1850, he married Ann [1822-1???].


Ann was born in Cliviger
 

Children:

  1. Martha [b 1850] who was a cotton weaver [1871]
  2. Barton
  3. Martha [b 1850]
  4. Alice [b 1863]i who was a cotton weaver [1881]
  5. Willie [b 1865] who was a cotton weaver [1881]

They lived at

  • Co-Op Building or Stubley Holme, Todmorden & Walsden [1871]
  • 11 industrial buildings, Todmorden & Walsden (the children  living alone; parents not recorded) [1881]

Crowther, Rev WilliamRef 61-2631
[1822-1915]
MA.

Son of Rev Thomas Crowther.

Born in Halifax.

He was educated at St Catharine's College Cambridge [1840] / offered the headmastership of Haworth Grammar School [in  1846], but declined it / ordained deacon [1853] / ordained priest [1854] / perpetual curate of Claines, Worcestershire [1855-1870] / rector of Norton, Kent [1870-1901].

In 1855, he married Susannah Bendyshe at St George's Church, Hanover Square, London.


Susannah was the daughter of John Bendyshe of Barrington Hall, Cambridge, and great-niece of Admiral Lord Nelson
 

Children:

  1. Thomas William Bendyshe [b 1856] who was a tea planter in Ceylon
  2. Francis Nelson
  3. Charles [b 1858] who was in the Burma Civil Service
  4. Robert Theodore [b 1860] who was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Indian Army
  5. Edward [b 1861] who was an Artillery Master at Woolwich
  6. Henry Stewart [1863-1965] BA, who settled in Australia
  7. Catherine who married Rev J. Brown
  8. Margaret [1866-1969] who never married.

    On 3rd August 1966, the Admiralty Board sent her a telegram:


    In memory of Lord Nelson the Board sends you, his oldest surviving relative, their congratulations and best wishes on your hundredth birthday
     

  9. John Ernest [b 1868] who was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Marines

He lived without cure in Bournemouth.

He died in Bournemouth [1st December 1915]

Crowther, WilliamRef 61-154
[1832-1877]
Born in Halifax.

He was a cotton spinner [1861] / a manager in cotton mill [1871].

He married Susan [1829-1???].


Susan was born in Langfield
 

Children:

  1. Harriet [b 1851] who was a cotton winder [1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911]
  2. John [b 1855] who was a cotton scutcher [1871], a labourer [1881], a local cricketer
  3. Hannah [1859-1937] who was a cotton doffer [1871], a cotton winder [1881, 1891, 1901, 1911]


    Hannah had a son:
    John Crowther [b 1891]; father unknown
     

  4. James W. [b 1864] who was an under overlooker cotton throstle room [1881]

They lived at

  • 13 Queen Street, Todmorden [1861]
  • 14 Queen Street, Todmorden [1871, 1881]
  • 10 Bedford Street, Stansfield (when Harriet was head of  the household and living with Hannah) [1891, 1901]
  • 401 Burnley Road, Lydgate, Todmorden [1911]

Living with Harriet & Hannah [in 1901, 1911] was Hannah's son John.

William died in Todmorden [Q1 1877] (aged 45) 

Crowther, WilliamRef 61-1247
[1843-1921]
Son of
John Crowther and partner in John Crowther & Company.

Born in Stainland.

After his father's death [1894], he carried on the family business as sole proprietor.

In 1875, he married Ann Sutcliffe [1843-1929] at St Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden.


Ann was born in Soyland
 

Children:

  1. Arthur
  2. John William
  3. Mary Ann [1883-1956] who married [Brighouse 1913]  George Henry Brown

They lived at Woodroyd, Huddersfield Road, Brighouse [1911]

Crowther, WilliamRef 61-898
[1857-19??]
Born in Clifton.

He was a cab proprietor & undertaker at 7 Wakefield Road, Brighouse [1891,... 1921].

In 1882, he married Emily [1863-19??].


Emily was born in Elland
 

Children:

  1. Arthur
  2. Fred [b 1884] who was a shoemaker's apprentice [1901]
  3. Clement [b 1886]

The 1911 census shows that they had had 4 children of whom 1 was still alive at that time.

They lived at

  • 6 Commercial Street, Brighouse [1891]
  • 8 Clifton Road, Brighouse [1901, 1911, 1921]

Living with them [in 1911] were 3 boarders: widow Elizabeth Sunderland [b 1822] and Clara Ashworth [b 1867] (laundress) & her son Arthur Ashworth [b 1905]

Crowther, WilliamRef 61-124
[1904-1966]
Son of
Fred Crowther.

Born in Todmorden [16th August 1904].

He was works manager at Ormerod Taylor & Son Limited.

In [Q3] 1941, he married Sarah Hannah Lacy Sandbach in Manchester.


Sarah Hannah was born in Todmorden [30th June 1900], the daughter of William Lacy Sandbach-Marshall
 

They had no children.

They lived at

  • 12 Oak Mount, Todmorden [1904]
  • 1 Dalton Street, Todmorden [1911, 1914]
  • 30 Garden Street, Todmorden [1926, 1941]
  • The Hollies, Walsden [1941, 1966]

William died on board The Empress of Canada [21st August 1966] & was buried at Christ Church, Todmorden.

Sarah Hannah died in Halifax [6th August 1977]

Crowther, WillieRef 61-47
[1887-1918]
Son of
James Crowther.

Born in Hove Edge.

He was a bricklayer [1911].

On 9th July 1915, he married Ethel Ingham in Halifax.

They lived at Rochdale, Lancashire.

During World War I, he enlisted in Brighouse and served as a Gunner with the Royal Garrison Artillery.

He died 4th November 1918 (aged 31).

He was buried at Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, France [Grave Ref DIV 62 II L 6]

Surname

Crowther surnameRef 61-1
A crowd is an old dialect word for a fiddle or a violin, hence the surname means someone who plays the violin.

The early Crowthers were presumably musicians.

Horsfall records a saying

There's nobody born fiddlers, but t' Crowthers

which he says can be heard in Brighouse

There are 259 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Crowther, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.


Unattached BMDs for Crowther

Baptism 1856; Marriages 1805, 1835, 1852, 1855, 1861, 1880, 1882, 1883, 1885, 1892, 1899, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1935; Deaths 1835, 1855, 1866, 1899, 1900, 1907

Unattached burials at Lister Lane Cemetery: Plot 3308

 



© Malcolm Bull 2024
Revised 17:10 / 29th February 2024 / 258676

Page Ref: MMC37

search tips advanced search
site search by freefind