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On 17th October 1767, brothers Thomas Boys [aged 27]
and Richard Boys [aged 24] of Colne, were executed at the
Tyburn for
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
He was
a shoemaker [1841, 1851].
Around 1832, he married Ann [1811-1???].
Children:
They lived at
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.
Children:
The family lived at
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)
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
He was a railway goods porter [1871].
He married Mary Ann, widow of Albert Veal.
Children:
The family lived at Back Prospect Street, Claremount [1871].
Mary Ann's children were living with them
In June 1849, newspapers reported that
The Bradford Weekly Telegraph [Saturday 5th March 1887] reported
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:
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)
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.
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
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
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]
He was a porter of 19 Rose Terrace, Halifax [1908].
In 1908, he married Ellen Wormald.
Children:
They lived at 31 Handel Street, Hopwood Lane, Halifax.
Living with them [in 1911], was Ellen's father Jonas
Wormald
In 1907, he married Sarah Ellen Eglin in Halifax.
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
He married Elizabeth [1800-1843].
Children:
Elizabeth died 17th December 1843 (aged 43).
Henry died 7th August 1844 (aged 50).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2742]
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].
She was a carpet setter (at carpet works) [1861, 1881]
They lived at
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]
He was
an agricultural labourer [1841] /
an agricultural labourer working for Joshua Waddington
[1861] /
an agricultural labourer [1871].
He married Ann [1794-1866].
Children:
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]
In July 1893, he was declared bankrupt
He was innkeeper at the Bay Horse, Todmorden [1866, 1871].
In 1865, he married Hannah Clegg [1838-1???] from Bacup, in
Todmorden
He was
a mechanic's fitter & turner [1881].
He married Unknown.
Children:
In [Q3] 1876, he married Louisa in Halifax.
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
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.
Children:
The 1911 census shows that they had had 4 children of whom 3 were still alive at that time.
They lived at
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
He was a shuttle maker (possibly at Wilson's Bobbin Works) [1891].
In 1890, he married Martha Ormerod [1869-1???].
The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [22nd August 1890] reported the wedding
Children:
The family lived at
James died in 1900 (aged 30).
The Todmorden & District News [9th March 1900]
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
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
The Yorkshire Evening Post [9th October 1893]
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.
Children:
They lived at
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)
He married Elizabeth.
He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1905.
Elizabeth took over at the Shoulder of Mutton [1905]
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.
Children:
They lived at
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
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
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
He was
a carter [1861] /
a farm labourer [1871] /
a gamekeeper.
He married Elizabeth [1814-1???].
Children:
The family lived at Old Royd Langfield [1861, 1871].
A Rhodes Earnshaw died in Todmorden [Q2 1875] (aged 68)
Born in Sowerby.
In 1892, he married Sarah Emma Wilson in Northampton.
Children:
He died in Middlesbrough [27th December 1898]
He married Frances Rosemond Blagbrough [1852-1924].
Children:
Frances died 13th November 1924.
Sam died 18th December 1926.
Members of the family were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell
The business is recorded at
7 Ferguson Street, Halifax [1905, 1915, 1936].
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.
She had an illegitimate son Arthur Rhodes Hirst [b 1879]
(father unknown)
Children:
They lived at
Emma died in Todmorden in 1904 (aged 48)
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.
She had an illegitimate son: Arthur Rhodes Hirst [b 1879]
(father unknown), who lived with his mother and the Earnshaw
family
Children:
The family lived at
Emma died in Todmorden in 1904 (aged 48)
Son of Rev Richard Foulds Earnshaw
Born in Leicester.
He died in St Pancras
On 15th July 1830, he married Selina Tilney [1802-1861] at St
Peter's Leeds
Children:
They lived at Rishworth
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
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
He was a book binder [1861, 1871, 1881, 1891].
In [Q3] 1857, he married Sarah Ann Lightowler [1835-1911] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at
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]
He was a gamekeeper [1881].
He married Ruth [1839-1???].
Children:
They lived at Chatham, Cliviger [1881]
He was
a shopkeeper [1871] /
a grocer [1881] /
a quarryman [1891].
In [Q3] 1866, he married Nancy Tempest [1825-1908] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at
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
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.
Earnshaw, Abraham Ref 203-336 Earnshaw, Abraham Ref 203-19
the highway robbery of Earnshaw, holding a knife to his throat and
putting him in fear of his life
Earnshaw, Abraham Ref 203-7
Ann was born in Southowram
Earnshaw, Abraham Ref 203-23
Elizabeth was born in Halifax, the daughter of John Balme
Earnshaw, Rev Alan Mark Ref 203-113
Earnshaw, Crossley Ref 203-698
Earnshaw, Rev Cyril Ref 203-320
Earnshaw, Daniel Ref 203-4
Earnshaw, Elkanah Ref 203-625
[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, Elkanah Ref 203-7760
A Hint to Cattle Dealer
Earnshaw, Fred Ref 203-149
Sarah Hannah was born in Todmorden
Private Fred Earnshaw, A.S.C., died in the 18th General
Hospital, France. on the 24th of November 1918.
Earnshaw, George Ref 203-4570
Earnshaw, Harry Ref 203-6
Ellen was the daughter of Jonas Wormald
Earnshaw, Harry Ref 203-12
Sarah Ellen was born in Halifax [4th February 1884], the daughter of
William Paterson Eglin
Earnshaw, Henry Ref 203-9
Earnshaw, Henry Ref 203-2
Ann was born in Southowram.
Earnshaw, Isaac Ref 203-15
Earnshaw, J. Ref 203-288 Earnshaw, James Ref 203-340 Earnshaw, James Ref 203-745
Earnshaw, James Ref 203-8
Louisa was the widow of Henry Farrar
Earnshaw, James Ref 203-14
Earnshaw, James Ref 203-21
Elizabeth Ann was born in Todmorden
Earnshaw, James Ref 203-18
Martha was born in Stansfield
Mr James Earnshaw, of Pitts Cottages, Shore, married Miss
Martha Ormerod of Dyke at Shore Chapel
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).
Earnshaw, Joe Stead Ref 203-22
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 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.
Anastasia was born in Ireland
Earnshaw, John Ref 203-315 Earnshaw, John Ref 203-733
Earnshaw, Rev John William Ref 203-556
Sarah Jane was born in Ovenden, the daughter of Thomas Turney
Earnshaw, John William Ref 203-143
John William Earnshaw, Lancashire Fusiliers, reported missing
since the 25th of March, aged 25.
Earnshaw, Michael Ref 203-677 Earnshaw, Misses Ref 203-511 Earnshaw, Rhodes Ref 203-17
Elizabeth was born in Heptonstall
Earnshaw, Rev Richard Foulds Ref 203-290
Earnshaw, Sam Ref 203-661 Earnshaw, Sam Ref 203-13
Frances was born in 16th May 1852
Earnshaw, Samuel Ref 203-634
Earnshaw, Samuel Ref 203-16
Emma, of Albion Place, Langfield, was the daughter of Arthur Hirst.
Earnshaw, Samuel Ref 203-213
Emma of Albion Place, Langfield, was the daughter of Arthur
Hirst, overlooker.
Earnshaw, Silvester William Penn Ref 203-277
Earnshaw, Stephen Ref 203-689
Selina was born in Leeds
Earnshaw, Thomas Ref 203-5
Earnshaw, William Ref 203-8500
Earnshaw, William Ref 203-746
Earnshaw, William Ref 203-11
Sarah Ann was born in Northowram
Earnshaw, William Ref 203-20
Ruth was born in Stansfield
Earnshaw, William Ref 203-10
Nancy was born in Clifton [14th December 1825]
Earnshaw, William Henry Ref 203-3
| Surname |
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.
Marriages
1874,
1896,
1906;
Death
1900
Unattached burials at Lister Lane Cemetery: Plot 3380
See
Shaw
Earnshaw surname Ref 203-1
Unattached BMDs for Earnshaw
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