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Earnshaw, MrRef 203-24
[17??-18??]

He married Jane [1794-18??].


Jane was born in Walsden.

She was a beer seller [1841] / a farmer of 17 acres of land [1851

 

Children:

  1. Henry [b 1821] who was a stone getter [1841]
  2. Jane [b 1823] who was a cotton worker [1841]
  3. James [b 1826] who was a coal miner [1841] [1851]
  4. Hannah [b 1828] who was a cotton worker [1841], a house  servant [1851]
  5. Peggy [b 1830] who was a power loom weaver [1851]
  6. William

They lived at Holden Gate, Todmorden [1841, 1851]

Earnshaw, LordRef 203-31
[1824-1896] Born in Todmorden.

He was a blacksmith [1861, 1871].

In [Q3] 1845, he married Margaret Holt [1827-1890] in Rochdale.


Margaret was born in Todmorden
 

Children:

  1. Sarah Ann [b 1847] who was a cotton spinner [1861], a  frame tenter [1871]
  2. John [b 1852] who was a blacksmith [1861, 1871]
  3. Thomas
  4. Betty [b 1855] who was a frame tenter [1871]
  5. Rachel [b 1857] who was a frame tenter [1871]
  6. Jane [b 1859]
  7. William [b 1863]
  8. James [b 1865]

They lived at Pasture Bottom Todmorden & Walsden [1871].

Living with them [in 1871] was Lord's mother Mally Earnshaw [b 1789].

Margaret died Q4 1890 (aged 64).

Lord died Q2 1896 (aged 72).

They both died in Todmorden

Earnshaw, AbrahamRef 203-336
[1???-1???] Constable at Todmorden & Walsden [1748]

Earnshaw, AbrahamRef 203-19
[17??-17??] Of Ovenden.

On 17th October 1767, brothers Thomas Boys [aged 27] and Richard Boys [aged 24] of Colne, were executed at the Tyburn for

the highway robbery of Earnshaw, holding a knife to his throat and putting him in fear of his life

They had stolen 8 guineas and 2 shillings in silver from him.

These 2 brothers had married 2 sisters, who, with their father, attended the execution and then conveyed the bodies to Halifax for burial

Earnshaw, AbrahamRef 203-7
[1811-1???] Born in Ovenden.

He was a shoemaker [1841, 1851].

Around 1832, he married Ann [1811-1???].


Ann was born in Southowram
 

Children:

  1. William [b 1832] who was a book binder [1851]
  2. John [b 1835] who was a shoe maker [1851]
  3. Henry
  4. Martha [b 1840] who was a part-timer in mill [1851]
  5. Mary [b 1840]
  6. Hannah [b 1842]
  7. Thomas [b 1847]
  8. Joseph [b 1850]

They lived at

  • Lower Bank Top, Southowram [1841]
  • Bank Top, Southowram [1851]

Earnshaw, AbrahamRef 203-23
[1830-1900] Born in Ovenden.

He was a mechanic machine maker [1861] / a machine tool maker [1871] / a machine maker employing 140 men [1881] / a machine tool maker (employer) [1891] / established Abraham Earnshaw & Sons / a member of Halifax Town Council.

On 8th April 1855, he married Elizabeth Balme [1836-1902] at Halifax Parish Church.


Elizabeth was born in Halifax, the daughter of John Balme
 

Children:

  1. Martha Ann [b 1857] who was a dressmaker [1881]
  2. James [b 1859]
  3. Arthur [b 1861]
  4. Emily [b 1864] who was a milliner [1881] & married  [Halifax Q1 1883] John William Rushworth
  5. Harriet [b 1866]
  6. Joe [b 1869]
  7. Mary Elizabeth [b 1870]
  8. Lewis John [b 1872] who was a mechanic's apprentice [1891]
  9. William Rothera [b 1876]
  10. Leonard Balme [b 1881]

The family lived at

  • Broad Tree, Ovenden [1861]
  • 4 Salisbury Place, Northowram [1871]
  • Forest Villa, Ovenden [1881, 1891]
  • 103 Beechwood Road, Halifax (Elizabeth and grandson  Clarence Rushworth [b 1892]) [1901]

Living with them [in 1871] were Elizabeth's widowed mother Martha Balme [b 1807] and unmarried sister Martha Ann Balme [b 1850] (worsted weaver).

Abraham died in Halifax [Q3 1900] (aged 70).

An Elizabeth Earnshaw died in Halifax [Q3 1902] (aged 66) 

Earnshaw, Rev Alan MarkRef 203-113
[19??-] He was Vicar of St George's Church, Ovenden [1966] / Vicar of Coley [1990].

He was said to be a very autocratic character. At one point he demanded that the font be replaced. When parishioners suggested that the old font be sited in the churchyard where it might be used to display flowers, he insisted that it be broken up and buried in the churchyard, lest black magic powers be invoked

Earnshaw, CrossleyRef 203-698
[1840-1???] Born in Holmfirth.

He was a railway goods porter [1871].

He married Mary Ann, widow of Albert Veal.

Children:

  1. Willie [b 1870]

The family lived at Back Prospect Street, Claremount [1871]. Mary Ann's children were living with them

Earnshaw, Rev CyrilRef 203-320
[1???-19??] Priest at St Joseph's Catholic Church, Brighouse [1935]

Earnshaw, DanielRef 203-4
[1792-18??] He served with the 2nd Battalion 84th Foot York & Lancaster Regiment in the Peninsular War

Earnshaw, Edgar JesseRef 203-27
[1885-1948] Son of John Earnshaw.

Born in Todmorden.

He was an apprentice mechanic fitter.

In [Q4] 1910, he married Sarah E. Bamford in Todmorden.

They lived at

  • Bacup Road, Todmorden [1901]
  • 258 Bacup Road, Cloughfoot Todmorden [1948]

Edgar Jesse died 2nd September 1948 (aged 63)  and was buried at Cloughfoot Independent Congregational Chapel with his parents

Earnshaw, ElkanahRef 203-625
[1???-18??] A farmer at Ovenden.

In June 1849, newspapers reported that

[Earnshaw] has a duck which laid an egg measuring 8½ inches in diameter and weighing 8 ounces. Another egg was found in the inside

Earnshaw, ElkanahRef 203-7760
[1816-1891] A farmer of Cock Hill Gate, Ovenden.

The Bradford Weekly Telegraph [Saturday 5th March 1887] reported


A Hint to Cattle Dealer

Elkanah Earnshaw and James Horsfield, Cock Hill, were charged at Halifax with cruelty to a cow by allowing it to be overstocked with milk.

Mr Yates, Inspector for Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said he saw the defendants in charge of three heifers at the market. One of them was very restless and suffering from an overstocked udder.

Earnshaw said he had attended the market for over fifty years. The cow had been milked that morning, an hour and a half before the inspector saw it. The Chairman remarked that the defendant would be aware it was a custom to take cows to the market with the bag full. Earnshaw was fined £1 with £1 5s costs, or one month in default, with the other case dismissed

 

He married Hannah [1814-1895].

Children:

  1. Dan [1856-1891]

Elkanah died 7th March 1891 (aged 76).

Hannah died 17th August 1895 (aged 81).

Members of the family were buried at Mount Zion Methodist Chapel, Ogden (Grave Ref: Gs23

Earnshaw, FredRef 203-149
[1885-1918] Son of Samuel Earnshaw.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a cotton weaver [1901] / a loom tackler for cotton manufacturer [1911] / employed by S. & J. W. Sutcliffe, Sandholme.

On 3rd February 1912, he married Sarah Hannah Dawson [1886-1915] at Mankinholes Wesleyan Methodist Chapel.


Sarah Hannah was born in Todmorden
 

They lived at 78 Industrial Street, Todmorden.

During World War I, he enlisted in the Yorkshire Regiment [January 1916] but, after being severely wounded twice, he was transferred and he served as a Private with Y Siege Park Royal Army Service Corps.

He volunteered to go back to France.

He died (possibly) of Spanish Flu [24th November 1918] (aged 33).

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [6th December 1918] reported his death


Private Fred Earnshaw, A.S.C., died in the 18th General Hospital, France. on the 24th of November 1918.

He had been admitted on the 19th of November, suffering from influenza, which developed into bronchial pneumonia.

Having been severely wounded twice before, he was put into the A.S.C., and volunteered for further service abroad. His work was taking up the ammunition for the huge Canadian guns.

 

The Todmorden & District News [13th December 1918] published his photograph

He was buried at Étaples Military Cemetery, France [Grave Ref LI A 20].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £250 5/5d.

Administration was granted to his father Samuel

Earnshaw, GeorgeRef 203-4570
[1827-19??] Son of Samuel Earnshaw.

He was a commission agent (stuff goods) [1858].

He married (1) Unknown.

On 11th February 1858, he married (2) Ann Bateman [1828-1910] at Zion Chapel, Halifax.

They had no children

They lived at Southgate, Halifax [1858]

Earnshaw, HarryRef 203-6
[1879-19??] Son of (possibly) Elizabeth Sunderland & George Edward Earnshaw, overlooker.

He was a porter of 19 Rose Terrace, Halifax [1908].

In 1908, he married Ellen Wormald.


Ellen was the daughter of
Jonas Wormald
 

Children:

  1. Unknown

They lived at 31 Handel Street, Hopwood Lane, Halifax.

Living with them [in 1911], was Ellen's father Jonas Wormald

Earnshaw, HarryRef 203-12
[1879-1946] Son of Sam Earnshaw.

In 1907, he married Sarah Ellen Eglin in Halifax.


Sarah Ellen was born in Halifax [4th February 1884], the daughter of William Paterson Eglin
 

Harry died 11th April 1946 (aged 67).

Sarah died 11th February 1955.

The couple were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell with Harry's parents

Earnshaw, HenryRef 203-9
[1794-1844]

He married Elizabeth [1800-1843].

Children:

  1. Mary [1823-1873] who married William Hodgson, & was buried with her parents

Elizabeth died 17th December 1843 (aged 43).

Henry died 7th August 1844 (aged 50).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2742]

Earnshaw, HenryRef 203-2
[1837-1899] (Possibly) son of Abraham Earnshaw

Born in Southowram.

He was a part-timer in mill [1851] / a stone dresser [1861] / a farmer of 13 acres (no hands) & stone delver [1871] / a stone delver [1881].

He married Ann [1835-1911].


Ann was born in Southowram.

She was a carpet setter (at carpet works) [1861, 1881]

 

They lived at

  • 20 Bank Top, Southowram [1861]
  • Field House, Southowram [1871]

Henry died 31st March 1899 (aged 62).

Ann died 13th May 1911 (aged 76).

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-D6]

Earnshaw, IsaacRef 203-15
[1791-1871] Born in Elland / Norland.

He was an agricultural labourer [1841] / an agricultural labourer working for Joshua Waddington  [1861] / an agricultural labourer [1871].

He married Ann [1794-1866].

Children:

  1. Martha [b 1821]
  2. Harriet [b 1823]
  3. Lydia [1825-1876] who married James Cragg and  was buried with her parents
  4. Joseph [b 1827]
  5. Miles [b 1830]
  6. James

The family lived at

Ann died 19th November 1866 (aged 72).

Isaac died 29th August 1871 (aged 80).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3168] with John Lowther [1843-1863]

Earnshaw, J.Ref 203-288
[18??-19??] Cycle dealer at Halifax.

In July 1893, he was declared bankrupt

Earnshaw, JamesRef 203-340
[1???-1???] Constable at Todmorden & Walsden [1776]

Earnshaw, JamesRef 203-745
[1827-1???] Born in Todmorden.

He was innkeeper at the Bay Horse, Todmorden [1866, 1871].

In 1865, he married Hannah Clegg [1838-1???] from Bacup, in Todmorden

Earnshaw, JamesRef 203-8
[1827-1???] Born in Halifax.

He was a mechanic's fitter & turner [1881].

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Walter S. [b 1862] who was a pattern maker [1881]

In [Q3] 1876, he married Louisa in Halifax.


Louisa was the widow of
Henry Farrar
 

Earnshaw, JamesRef 203-14
[1837-1877] Son of Isaac Earnshaw.

He was a railway plate layer / night watchman at Beacon Hill Tunnel.

On the evening of Saturday 1st September 1877, he and watchman William Randall were on duty in the Tunnel, sitting by their respective fires, about 70 yards apart.

Around 2:00 am, Randall, noticing that Earnshaw's fire was getting low, called out, but received no reply from Earnshaw. Walking over, Randall found Earnshaw's body lying on the four-foot (line), having been run over by a passing train. He had sustained a severe cut behind the right ear.

At the Inquest [Station Hotel 4th September 1877], the Jury returned a verdict of Accidentally killed by a passing train.

He was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3168] with his parents

Earnshaw, JamesRef 203-21
[1855-1919] Born in Cliviger.

He was a shuttle maker [1881] / a shuttle manufacturer [1891] / a foreman (shuttle works) [1901] / a mill manager (shuttle manufacturer) [1911].

In [Q3] 1879, he married Elizabeth Ann Suthers [1847-1???] in Haslingden.


Elizabeth Ann was born in Todmorden
 

Children:

  1. Ethel Mary [b 1880] who was a cotton winder [1901] &  married Thomas Cunliffe
  2. Henry / Harry [b 1882] who was a wage clerk bobbin  works [1901]
  3. Jessie Elizabeth [b 1885]

The 1911 census shows that they had had 4 children of whom 3 were still alive at that time.

They lived at

  • Whitehaven Villas, Cliviger [1881]
  • 8 Cornholme Terrace, Stansfield [1891]
  • 796 Burnley Road, Cornholme [1901]
  • 3 Cornholme Villas, Stansfield [1911]

Living with them [in 1881] was stepmother Sarah Suthers [b  Bacup 1810] (retired grocer).

James died 27th February 1919 (aged 64)  & was buried at Lumbutts United Methodist Free Church with Jeremiah Crossley

Earnshaw, JamesRef 203-18
[1870-1900] Born in Stansfield.

He was a shuttle maker (possibly at Wilson's Bobbin Works) [1891].

In 1890, he married Martha Ormerod [1869-1???].


Martha was born in Stansfield
 

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [22nd August 1890] reported the wedding


Mr James Earnshaw, of Pitts Cottages, Shore, married Miss Martha Ormerod of Dyke at Shore Chapel
 

Children:

  1. Ruth Annie [b 1891] who was a cotton weaver [1911]
  2. Bertha [b 1892] who was a cotton weaver [1911]
  3. John William
  4. Kate [b 1895] who was a cotton weaver [1911]
  5. Adelina [b 1898] who was a cotton weaver [1911]

The family lived at

  • 2 Station Road, Stansfield [1891]
  • 658 Burnley Road, Cornholme [1900, 1901, 1911]

James died in 1900 (aged 30).

The Todmorden & District News [9th March 1900]


James Earnshaw of Frieldhurst Terrace, Cornholme, collapsed in the street and died a few hours later on the 6th of March from apoplexy (a cerebral haemorrhage or a stroke).

He was the under-manager in the shuttle department at the bobbin mill.

Left a widow and five children, the oldest of whom was nine

 

Earnshaw, Joe SteadRef 203-22
[1853-1926] Born in Halifax.

He was a cycle agent [1891] / a cycle dealer & repairer at Horton Street, Halifax [1893] / a commercial traveller (furniture) [1901] / a collector [1926].

The Bradford Daily Telegraph [23rd July 1893] reported


a meeting of the creditors of Joe Stead Earnshaw (liabilities: £583 10/11d; net assets: £307 3s). The debtor stated that his failure was entirely caused by change in fashion
 

The Yorkshire Evening Post [9th October 1893]


The debtor stated that his failure was entirely caused by the tremendous depreciation in the value of his stock, due to the change in fashion, the pneumatic tyre having superseded the solid tyre machine. He had been obliged to sell machines as 75 per cent. below what they really cost.

The paper also described a similar plight by Charlie Longbottom, the well-known Halifax cyclist and cycle dealer

 

In [Q1] 1890, he married Anastasia Shortall [1859-1931] in Leeds.


Anastasia was born in Ireland
 

Children:

  1. Annie [1890-1907] who was buried with her parents
  2. Mary E. [b 1891]
  3. Ellen F. [b 1895]

They lived at

  • 1 Water Lane, Halifax [1891]
  • 1 Stanley Road, Halifax [1901]

Joe Stead died 17th February 1926 (aged 73).

Anastasia died 5th October 1931 (aged 72).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3380] with George Earnshaw [1823-1882] (pattern dyer)  & Christiana Nixon [1810-1855] (grocer)  (neither yet identified) 

Earnshaw, JohnRef 203-315
[16??-17??] Curate at Luddenden [1720]

Earnshaw, JohnRef 203-733
[18??-1905] He was landlord of the Shoulder of Mutton, Mixenden [1903, 1905].

He married Elizabeth.

He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1905.

Elizabeth took over at the Shoulder of Mutton [1905]

Earnshaw, JohnRef 203-25
[1840-1909] Son of Luke Earnshaw.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a coal drawer [1851] / a road labourer [1891] / a foreman road man [1901].

He married Sarah Ann [1851-1924].

Children:

  1. Herbert [b 1874] who was a picker maker [1891]
  2. Wright [b 1879] who was a picker maker [1891] [1901]
  3. Edith [b 1881] who was a cotton weaver [1901]
  4. John Lewis [b 1883] who was a coal miner (under) [1901]
  5. Edgar Jesse
  6. Angelina [b 1888] who was a cotton spinner [1901]

They lived at

  • Hazel Greave, Todmorden [1891]
  • Bacup Road, Cloughfoot [1901]
  • 326 Bacup Road, Cloughfoot [1909]

John died 19th November 1909 (aged 69).

Sarah Ann died 3rd March 1924 (aged 73).

The couple were buried at Cloughfoot Independent Congregational Chapel

Earnshaw, JohnRef 203-28
[1853-1924] Born in Dulesgate, Todmorden.

He was a coal waggoner [1881] / a waggoner [1891] / a coal miner [1901].

He married Mary Elizabeth [1861-1913].


Mary Elizabeth was born in Bacup
 

Children:

  1. Rachel [b 1880] who was a cotton throstle piecer [1891],  a cotton spinner [1901]
  2. Luke
  3. James Henry [b 1883] who was a cloth overlooker in cotton  mill [1901]
  4. Sarah [b 1885] who was a cotton spinner [1901]
  5. John [1890-4th November 1906] who was buried with his  parents

They lived at

  • Holden Gate, Dulesgate, Todmorden [1881]
  • 52 Cloughfoot, Todmorden & Walsden [1891]
  • 438 Bacup Road, Todmorden [1901]
  • Meadow Bottom, Cloughfoot [1906]
  • Woodfield Top Farm, Todmorden [1924]

Mary Elizabeth died 17th February 1913 (aged 52).

John died 12th March 1924 (aged 71).

The couple were buried at Cloughfoot Independent Congregational Chapel

Earnshaw, Rev John WilliamRef 203-556
[1834-1884] BA.

Son of Stephen Earnshaw.

He was born in Potternewton, Leeds.

Baptised at St Bartholomew's, Ripponden [14th November 1834]

He was educated at Heath Grammar School (where he was a prizeman), and St Catherine's Cambridge [1853] before becoming Usher at Heath Grammar School [1857-8], ordained at Ripon [1859], curate at Birstall [1860, 1861], and perpetual curate at Birkenshaw with Hunsworth [1863-1884]

On 28th June 1859, he married Sarah Jane Turney [1829-1905] at Halifax Parish Church.


Sarah Jane was born in Ovenden, the daughter of Thomas Turney
 

Children:

  1. William Tilney (Turney) [1860-1861]
  2. John Watkinson [1861-1924]
  3. Thomas Turney Tilney [1862-1884]
  4. Charles Edward [1868-1868]
  5. Ethelreda [1869-1937]

They lived at

  • Birstall [1861]
  • Birkenshaw [1863-1884]

He died at Birkenshaw [22nd March 1884].

Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at £3,708 1/-.

The will was proved by his widow Sarah Jane

Sarah Jane died in 1905.

The couple were buried together

Earnshaw, John WilliamRef 203-143
[1892-1918] Son of James Earnshaw.

During World War I, and he served as a Private with the 1st/7th Battalion with the Lancashire Fusiliers.

He died 25th March 1918 (aged 25).

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


John William Earnshaw, Lancashire Fusiliers, reported missing since the 25th of March, aged 25.

Single.

Shuttle maker at Wilson's Bobbin Works, Cornholme.

Lived at 658 Frieldhurst Terrace.

Enlisted in October 1915

Went to Egypt, then to France in February 1917

 

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 5], in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance, and on Shore War Memorial

Earnshaw, LukeRef 203-30
[1797-18??] Born in Todmorden.

He was a miner [1851].

He married Mary [1811-18??].


Mary was born in Stansfield
 

Children:

  1. Jane [b 1836] who was a piecer [1851]
  2. Abraham [b 1837] who was a miner [1851]
  3. George [b 1839] who was a coal drawer [1851]
  4. John
  5. Peggy [b 1842]
  6. Mary [b 1847]
  7. Susannah [b 1851]

The children were born in Todmorden.

The family lived at Ousle Brink Todmorden [1851]

Earnshaw, LukeRef 203-29
[1881-1966] Son of John Earnshaw

Born in Todmorden [29th March 1881].

He was a cotton throstle piecer [1891] / a coal miner [1901, 1911] / a collier with Cliviger Coal Company [1921] / licensee at the Glen View, Todmorden.

In [Q2] 1901, he married Sarah Ellen Halshaw [1881-1956] in Todmorden.


Sarah Ellen was born in Todmorden 2nd September 1881
 

Children:

  1. Ethel [b 1901] who was a cotton weaver [1800] & married  Harry Brayshaw
  2. May [b 1912]
  3. Annie [b 1915]

The family lived at 944 Burnley Road, Portsmouth, Todmorden [1911].

Sarah Ellen died 3rd September 1956 (aged 75).

Luke died 6th July 1966 (aged 85).

The couple were buried at Cloughfoot Independent Congregational Chapel with son-in-law Harry Brayshaw

Earnshaw, MichaelRef 203-677
[1???-16??] He was Constable of Sowerby [1652-3]

Earnshaw, MissesRef 203-511
In 1845, they ran a school in Brighouse

Earnshaw, RhodesRef 203-17
[1808-1875] Born in Heptonstall.

He was a carter [1861] / a farm labourer [1871] / a gamekeeper.

He married Elizabeth [1814-1???].


Elizabeth was born in Heptonstall
 

Children:

  1. Ann [b 1839] who was a frame tenter cotton [1861], a  winder [1871]
  2. John / James [b 1841] who was a cotton weaver  [1861], a weaver [1871]
  3. Emma [b 1843] who was a throstle tenter cotton [1861]
  4. Stephen [b 1847] who was a throstle doffer cotton [1861],  a weaver [1871]
  5. Sarah [b 1850] who was a throstle doffer cotton [1861]
  6. Eliza / Selina [b 1852] who was a throstle doffer  cotton [1861], a weaver [1871]
  7. Samuel

The family lived at Old Royd Langfield [1861, 1871].

A Rhodes Earnshaw died in Todmorden [Q2 1875] (aged 68) 

Earnshaw, Rev Richard FouldsRef 203-290
[1845-1898] Son of Mary & John Earnshaw, a book keeper.

Born in Sowerby.

In 1892, he married Sarah Emma Wilson in Northampton.

Children:

  1. John Lewis William [1884-1961] who died in Australia
  2. Silvester William Penn

He died in Middlesbrough [27th December 1898]

Earnshaw, SamRef 203-661
[1???-1???] Partner in Standeven & Earnshaw and Earnshaw & Fletcher

Earnshaw, SamRef 203-13
[1893-1926] Born 11th April 1893.

He married Frances Rosemond Blagbrough [1852-1924].


Frances was born in 16th May 1852
 

Child: Harry

Frances died 13th November 1924.

Sam died 18th December 1926.

Members of the family were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell

Earnshaw, SamuelRef 203-634
[18??-19??] Joiner, builder and undertaker.

The business is recorded at 7 Ferguson Street, Halifax [1905, 1915, 1924, 1936]

Earnshaw, SamuelRef 203-16
[1854-19??] Born in Todmorden.

He was a weaver of Old Royd, Langfield [1881] / a cotton weaver [1891] / a calico weaver for cotton manufacturer [1911].

In [Q2] 1881, he married Emma Hirst [1856-1904] at Halifax Parish Church.


Emma, of Albion Place, Langfield, was the daughter of
Arthur Hirst.

She had an illegitimate son Arthur Rhodes Hirst [b 1879] (father unknown) 

 

Children:

  1. Arthur (Emma's son) 
  2. John [b 1882]
  3. Fred [b 1885] who was a loom tackler for cotton  manufacturer [1911]
  4. William [b 1888] who was a labourer (iron industry) [1911]
  5. Ellen Alice [b 1890] who was a housekeeper [1911]
  6. Edgar [b 1894] who was an iron turner [1911]

They lived at

  • 17 Baltimore, Langfield [1891]
  • 78 Industrial Street, Todmorden [1911]

Emma died in Todmorden in 1904 (aged 48) 

Earnshaw, SamuelRef 203-213
[1856-19??] Son of Rhodes Earnshaw.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a weaver [1871] / a weaver of Old Royd, Langfield [1881] / a cotton weaver [1891, 1901, 1918] / a calico weaver for cotton manufacturer [1911].

In [Q2] 1881, he married Emma Hirst [1855-1904] at Halifax Parish Church.


Emma of Albion Place, Langfield, was the daughter of Arthur Hirst, overlooker.

She had an illegitimate son: Arthur Rhodes Hirst [b 1879] (father unknown), who lived with his mother and the Earnshaw family

 

Children:

  1. Arthur [b 1879] who was a cotton weaver [1901]
  2. John [b 1882] who was an iron turner [1901]
  3. Fred
  4. William [b 1888] who was a cotton doffer [1901], a  labourer (iron industry) [1911]
  5. Ellen Alice [b 1890] who was a housekeeper [1911]
  6. Edgar [b 1894] who was an iron turner [1911]

The family lived at

  • 17 Baltimore, Langfield [1891]
  • 78 Industrial Street, Todmorden [1901, 1911]

Emma died in Todmorden in 1904 (aged 48) 

Earnshaw, Silvester William PennRef 203-277
[1887-1934] FZS.

Son of Rev Richard Foulds Earnshaw

Born in Leicester.

He died in St Pancras

Earnshaw, StephenRef 203-689
[1799-1879] He was a teacher of mathematics [1851] / a master at Rishworth School [1834-1860].

On 15th July 1830, he married Selina Tilney [1802-1861] at St Peter's Leeds


Selina was born in Leeds
 

Child: John William

They lived at Rishworth

Earnshaw, ThomasRef 203-5
[1790-18??] He served with the 2nd Battalion 84th Foot York & Lancaster Regiment in the Peninsular War

Earnshaw, ThomasRef 203-26
[1853-1903] Son of Lord Earnshaw.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a horse driver [1871] / a coal miner [1881] / a horse driver in a colliery [1891] / a coal miner (hewer under) [1901].

He married Mary [1855-1906].


Mary was born in Todmorden.

She was a cotton weaver [1881]

 

Children:

  1. Lord Thomas [1877-8th April 1924] a warehouse boy in  cotton mill [1891], a carter for sizer [1901]
  2. Child who died in infancy

They lived at

  • Centre Rock, Dulesgate [1881]
  • 23 Stones, Todmorden [1891]
  • 152 Bacup Road, Todmorden [1901]

Thomas died 10th December 1903 (aged 50).

Mary died 23rd August 1906 (aged 51).

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

Earnshaw, WilliamRef 203-8500
[1770-1836] Of Brighouse.

In 1805, he and John Clay bought Brookfoot Corn Mill.

William died 27th March 1836 & was buried at the Quaker Burial Ground, Rastrick.

See Clay & Earnshaw

Earnshaw, WilliamRef 203-746
[1799-1848] He was innkeeper at the Bay Horse, Todmorden [1841].

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

Living with them at the Bay Horse [in 1841] were Mary Earnshaw [aged 15] (female servant), William Earnshaw [aged 25] (labourer), John Earnshaw [aged 15] (labourer), Robert Barker [aged 14] (labourer), William Barker [aged 11], and James Barker [aged 7].

He was buried at Christ Church, Todmorden

Earnshaw, WilliamRef 203-11
[1832-1899] Born in Southowram.

He was a book binder [1861, 1871, 1881, 1891].

In [Q3] 1857, he married Sarah Ann Lightowler [1835-1911] in Halifax.


Sarah Ann was born in Northowram
 

Children:

  1. Emma [1865-1869]
  2. Louisa [1865-1928] who was a book binder [1881], a book  sewer [1891] & never married
  3. Annie who died 13th September 1869 (aged 9 weeks)   

They lived at

  • 5 High Field, Southowram [1861]
  • 26 Allerton Place, Halifax [1871]
  • 32 St Mary's Street, Halifax [1881]

William died 19th December 1899 (aged 67).

Sarah Ann died 26th January 1911 (aged 76).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2298]

Earnshaw, WilliamRef 203-20
[1833-1910] Son of Mr Earnshaw.

Born in Holden Gate, Todmorden.

He was a coal miner [1851] / a coal miner & a farmer of 8 acres [1861] / a quarry man [1871] / a gamekeeper [1881] / a farm labourer [1891] / a retired farmer [1901].

In [Q3] 1858, he married Ruth Farrow [1841-1913] in Todmorden.


Ruth was born in Stansfield, the daughter of James Farrow
 

Children:

  1. Adam [b 1859] who was a mill hand [1871]
  2. Eva [1861-10th January 1864]
  3. Jane [b 1864] who was a cotton weaver [1881, 1891]
  4. Job [b 1865] who was a cotton weaver [1891]
  5. Sarah [b 1867] who married William Greenwood
  6. Samuel [26th March 1868-18th January 1940] who was a  cotton weaver [1891], a carter on farm [1901], a cotton dyer [1911]  
  7. James [b 1870]
  8. Albison [b 1873] who was a butcher [1891]
  9. Mary [b 1874] who was a cotton weaver [1891, 1911]
  10. Alice [b 1876] who was a cotton weaver [1891, 1901, 1911]
  11. Henry [b 1878] who was a cotton weaver [1891, 1901]
  12. John [b 1878] who was a cotton weaver [1891, 1901, 1911]
  13. Farrow [b 1882] who was a cotton weaver [1901]

The family lived at

  • Howroyd Farm, Black Hill, Todmorden & Walsden [1861, 1864]
  • Holden Gate, Todmorden [1871]
  • Chatham, Cliviger [1881]
  • Pitts Cottage, Cornholme [1891, 1901, 1910, 1911]

William died 1st November 1910 (aged 77).

Ruth died 7th June 1913 (aged 72).

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

Earnshaw, WilliamRef 203-10
[1834-1892] Born in Haworth [19th January 1834].

He was a shopkeeper [1871] / a grocer [1881] / a quarryman [1891].

In [Q3] 1866, he married Nancy Tempest [1825-1908] in Halifax.


Nancy was born in Clifton [14th December 1825]
 

Children:

  1. (adopted daughter) Martha A. Watson [b 1856]

They lived at

  • Slack End, Northowram [1871, 1881]
  • Ashleigh, Shay Lane, Ovenden [1891]

Living with them [in 1881] was widowed mother-in-law Jane Dawson.

Living with them [in 1891] was Nancy's widowed sister, Ann Lister.

William died 30th June 1892 (aged 58).

Nancy died 14th May 1908 (aged 83).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1649] with Samuel Lister

Earnshaw, William HenryRef 203-3
[1880-1915] Son of Ann & Jonathan Earnshaw of Bradfield.

In [Q1] 1909, he married Elizabeth Emma Hague in Wortley, Yorkshire.

During World War I, and he served as a Private with the 3rd Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died in Halifax [5th March 1915] (aged 35)  & is remembered with a CWGC headstone at Stoney Royd Cemetery.

In [Q2] 1918, Elizabeth Emma married John W. Poppleton in Wortley.

They lived at Sykehouse Lane, Dungworth, Sheffield.

Surname

Earnshaw surnameRef 203-1

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

There are 44 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Earnshaw, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.


Unattached BMDs for Earnshaw

Marriages 1874, 1896, 1906; Death 1900

Unattached burials at Lister Lane Cemetery: Plot 3380

 

See Shaw



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