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Fielden, MrRef 49-172
[1???-1???]
Of
Bottomley.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. James
  2. Robert

Fielden, A. NicholasRef 49-164
[18??-19??]
Second son of
Edward B. Fielden.

In 1920, he married Noel Lindsay Swire from Shrewsbury

Fielden, AbrahamRef 49-24
[1???-1681]
Son of
Abraham Fielden.

He was a yeoman / an overseer and tutor.

He was recorded as Abraham of Howroyd.

His will shows that he owned lands at Dean, Howroyd and Swineshead.

On 14th January 1655, he married Grace Wilkinson at Heptonstall Church.

Children:

  1. Joshua
  2. Abraham
  3. Judith who married Ambrose Greenwood
  4. Mary who married Daniel Greenwood
  5. Elizabeth who married Gilbert Lacey
  6. Susan
  7. Martha who married Henry Veepon

He died at Middle Swineshead and was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden

Fielden, AbrahamRef 49-27
[1???-17??]

He married Unknown.

Child: John

Fielden, AbrahamRef 49-73
[1???-1858]
Grocer of Cheapside, Todmorden.

He was found hanged

Fielden, AbrahamRef 49-136
[16??-1644]
Of
Inchfield, Walsden.

Son of Nicholas Fielden.

He married Elizabeth Fielden from Bottomley.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Abraham
  3. Joshua
  4. Mary
  5. Susanna

Fielden, AbrahamRef 49-20
[16??-1715]
Son of
John Fielden.

He was a yeoman.

In 1698, he married Susan Fielden [16??-1708].

Children:

  1. Sarah
  2. Mary
  3. John
  4. Abraham

In 1711, he married Mary Wardle.

Children:

  1. Susan
  2. John

They lived at Knowltop Farm, Walsden.

He died at Knowltop.

He was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden

Fielden, AbrahamRef 49-97
[16??-1723]
Youngest son of
Joshua Fielden.

He died without issue

Fielden, AbrahamRef 49-85
[1704-1779]
Son of
Joshua Fielden.

Born at Bottomley [25th July 1704].

Abraham went to work with his uncle John Fielden at Todmorden Hall. After the deaths of his uncle and his aunt, their business and property – including Todmorden Hall & Edge End Farm, Todmorden – passed to Abraham.

In 1735, he married (1) Mary Merrick [17??-1750].


Mary was the daughter of John Merrick of Elsworth, Cheshire
 

Children:

  1. John [b 1734] who died in infancy
  2. Abraham [b 1742]
  3. John
  4. Sarah [b 1735]
  5. Hannah [b 1738]
  6. Mary [b 1740]
  7. Esther
  8. Grace [b 1747]

Mary died 5th August 1750.

On 29th February 1757, he married (2) Elizabeth Moss [1717-1774] in Langfield.

They had no children.

Elizabeth died May 1774 (aged 57).

Abraham died at Todmorden Hall [14th May 1779] (aged 74).

Members of the family were buried at Shoebroad Quaker Burial Ground

Fielden, AbrahamRef 49-21
[1762-1840]
Of Hollingworth.

He married Mary [1764-1828].

He died at Knowlwood Bottom [2nd December 1840].

The couple were buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden

Fielden, AbrahamRef 49-132
[1805-1862]
Son of
John Fielden.

Born in Walsden.

He was a stone cutter / a stone mason [1841] / a farmer of 30 acres employing 2 lab [1851].

He married Sarah/Sally Howorth? [1812-1???].


Sarah/Sally came from Walsden
 

Children:

  1. (possibly) James [b 1831]
  2. Thomas [b 1832]
  3. Hannah [b 1833]
  4. Ruth [1835-1914] who married James Speak
  5. Fanny [b 1838]
  6. Luke [b 1840]
  7. John [b 1842]
  8. Howorth
  9. Finley [b 1849]
  10. Fielden [1851-1919]
  11. Lord


Question: The families of this man and of Abraham Fielden look very much alike. Can anyone clarify any confusion here?

 

They lived at

  • Scout Meadow Bottom, Todmorden & Walsden, Lancashire [1841]
  • Snow Bank, Todmorden [1851]
  • Wood Bottom, Todmorden & Walsden [1861]
  • 18 Hollins, Todmorden [1871, 1881]

He died at Higher Woodfield Farm, Todmorden where he farmed 30 acres.

He was buried at Christ Church, Todmorden

Fielden, AbrahamRef 49-12
[1806-1856]
Son of
Samuel Fielden.

Born at Winterbutlee, Walsden; baptised on 19th October 1806.

He was a weaver / a beerhouse keeper / a shopkeeper / a grocer / landlord at the Dusty Miller, Walsden [1837, 1856] which he took  over from Samuel Crossley who had married Abraham's  cousin Sally Fielden.

His brother-in-law, Abraham Law, husband of his late sister Susan, ran the Cloggers' Arms beerhouse next door.

On 27th May 1833, he married Betty Crossley [1813-1853] at St Mary's Church, Wardleworth, Rochdale.

Children:

  1. Anthony [1833-1838]
  2. Samuel [1835-1839]
  3. John
  4. Abraham
  5. Thomas [1843-1845]
  6. James [1846-1913] who never married
  7. Crossley [1848-1849]

The family lived at

  • Winterbutlee, Walsden [1807, 1813]
  • Nip Square, Walsden [1833-1856]

Betty died in 1853.

Abraham died in Walsden in 1856.

The couple were buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden: Betty [23rd February 1853]; Abraham [24th May 1856].

After Abraham's death, the Dusty Miller was taken over by his nephew Samuel Fielden

Fielden, AbrahamRef 49-18
[1807-1855]
Son of
Samuel Fielden.

He was a stone mason / a farmer / balloted for the Militia [March 1827].

In 1828, he married Sally Howarth.


Sally was the daughter of Jeremiah Howarth
 

Children:

  1. Thomas
  2. Peter
  3. Hannah
  4. Ruth
  5. Fanny
  6. Luke
  7. John
  8. Alice
  9. Howarth
  10. Fielden
  11. Lord


Question: The families of this man and of Abraham Fielden look very much alike. Can anyone clarify any confusion here?

 

They lived at Scout Top Farm, Walsden.

In 1836, he built 2 cottages at the bottom of Scout Meadow and moved downhill.

By 1851 he had moved to New Barn Farm on Todmorden Edge, farming 30 acres

Fielden, AbrahamRef 49-151
[1816-1886]
Or Abram.

Son of Enoch Fielden.

He was a foreman at Fielden Brothers and worked there all his life. He was a Chartist, an active Radical and a local thinker.

In 1836, he married (1) Alice Jackson [18??-1859].

Children:

  1. John [1837-1837]
  2. Ann [b 1840]
  3. William [b 1842]
  4. Samuel
  5. Enoch Jackson [b 1849]

In 1866, he married (2) Grace Stevenson.

They had no children.

He died at Burnley.

Alice & Abraham were buried at Halifax Parish Church

His son, Sam, wrote an autobiography which contained details of his father's life

Fielden, AbrahamRef 49-202
[1840-1904]
Born in Walsden / Bacup.

He was a cotton weaver [1871, 1881, 1891, 1901].

In [Q2] 1863, he married Sarah Ann Greenwood [1841-1899] in Todmorden.


Sarah Ann was born in Walsden.

She was a grocer's shop keeper [1881]

 

Children:

  1. Betsy Hannah [1865-1916] who was a cotton weaver [1881,  1891] & married William Wood
  2. Joshua [b 1868] who was a warehouse boy [1881], a cotton  weaver [1891]
  3. Josiah [b 1870] who was a warehouse boy [1881], a cotton  taper [1891]
  4. Emily [b 1875] who was a cotton weaver [1891]
  5. Abraham [b 1877] who was a warehouse boy [1891]
  6. James Thomas [b 1880] who was a throstle cotton spinner  [1891]

They lived at

  • 5 Throstle Terrace, Walsden [1871]
  • Throstle Terrace, Walsden [1881, 1891, 1899]
  • 8 Throstle Street, Walsden [1901]

Living with them [in 1901] were daughter Betsy Hannah & her husband.

Sarah Ann died 31st December 1899 (aged 58).

Abraham died 30th July 1904 (aged 64).

The couple were buried at Lumbutts United Methodist Free Church

Fielden, AbrahamRef 49-180
[1841-1913]
Son of
Abraham Fielden.

Born at Nip Square, Walsden; baptised at Christ Church, Todmorden [17th February 1841].

He was a picker maker.

On 26th December 1867, he married Jane Fawcett [1840-1914] at St Peter's Church, Walsden.


Jane, the daughter of Mary & John Fawcett, a gamekeeper of Castle Bolton, North Yorkshire, was baptised at Castle Bolton [20th December 1840].

She was a domestic servant at Clough House, Walsden [1861] / at Inchfield Villa, Walsden [1867]

 

Children:

  1. Frank [1871-1873]
  2. Betsy [1874-1900] who never married
  3. John Thomas
  4. James William [1879-1936] who married Nellie  Crowther
  5. Mary [1884-1961] who married Joseph Edward Pearson
  6. Alice [1886-1964] who married Vernon Oscar Turner

They lived at

  • 7 Square, Walsden [1841, 1851]
  • 7 Inchfield Fold, Walsden [1861-1899]
  • 3 Peel Cottage Street, Walsden [1900-1913]

Abraham died in Walsden [22nd July 1913].

Mary died 21st January 1914.

The couple were buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden

Fielden, AbrahamRef 49-189
[1859-1932]
Son of
John Fielden.

Born in Warland, Walsden [9th January 1859]; baptised at St Peter's Church, Walsden [15th April 1960].

He was a factory operative [1871] / a picker maker [1881, 1885] / a cotton labourer [1891] / a grocer [1896] / a fire beater [1897, 1911, 1918].

On 11th December 1880, he married (1) Rebecca Slater [1858-1896] at Christ Church, Todmorden.


Rebecca was born in Rochdale.

She was a cotton weaver [1881]

 

Children:

  1. Charles Waldo [b 14th June 1884] who married Cora  Clayton; they emigrated to Canada
  2. Sam [b 3rd May 1886] who married Ethel Fletcher;  they lived in Burnley

Rebecca died in 1896

On 12th June 1897, he married (2) Mary Ellen Firth [1860-1935] at St Andrew's Church, Burnley.


Mary Ellen was born in Haslingden
 

They had no children.

The family lived at

  • Warland, Walsden [1859, 1861]
  • Newbridge, Walsden, [1871]
  • 31 Dulesgate Road, Todmorden & Walsden [1881]
  • 1 Gauxholme [1884]
  • 69 Ardwick Street, Burnley [1891]
  • 85 Burnley Road, Briercliffe, Burnley [1896, 1901]
  • 19 Townley Street, Harle Syke, Burnley [1911]
  • 9 Claughton Street, Burnley [1932]

Abraham died in Burnley [5th August 1932] (aged 73) 

Mary Ellen died 19th May 1935; and was buried 23rd May 1935.

The couple were buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden

Fielden, AlbertRef 49-183
[1908-1987]
Son of
John Thomas Fielden.

Born at Knowlwood, Todmorden [9th September 1908].

He was a picker maker / a grocer's assistant.

Around 1940, Albert started a poultry farming business at Nicklety Poultry Farm, Walsden adjacent to Nicklety House.

His older brothers Frank and Jeremy joined him about 1942, and they traded as Fielden Brothers Poultry Farmers.

Albert & Jeremy continued to run the farm until they retired in 1964.

On 20th August 1938, he married Margaret Horgan [1911-1987] at Littleborough, Lancashire.


Margaret was born 6th July 1911, the daughter of Ruth & Michael Horgan of Lancaster
 

Children:

  1. Anne Alice [b 7th February 1941]
  2. Alan [b 23 Sept 1944]

They lived at

  • 170 Knowlwood Rd Todmorden [1908, 1911]
  • 2 Simeon Street, Walsden [1915-1921]
  • 5 Maitland Street, Walsden [1922-1938]
  • 8 Square Road, Walsden [1938-1944]
  • 3 Peel Cottage Street, Walsden [1944-1965]
  • 65 Bolton Road, Rochdale [1965-1987]

Margaret died 15th June 1987.

Albert died in Rochdale [12th December 1987].

The couple were cremated at Rochdale, and their ashes scattered at Lancaster crematorium

Fielden, AllanRef 49-49
[1896-1918]
Son of
Richard Fielden.

He was a cotton weaver [1911] / employed at W. L. Sandbach's at Hope Street Mill.

During World War I, he enlisted [February 1916] and served as a Private with the 16th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.

He was sent to Egypt [August 1916] and to France [February 1917].

He died 28th February 1918 (aged 22).

The Todmorden & District News [15th March 1918] reported his death with a photograph


Private Allen Fielden, Lancashire Fusiliers, died from wounds received in action on the 26th (sic) of February, aged 22.

His brother, Walter, is also serving and went to France this January

 

He was buried at Canada Farm Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref III G 7].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Fielden, AnnRef 49-185
[1806-1878]
Daughter of
Samuel Fielden.

Born at Winterbutlee, Walsden.

She was a cotton weaver / a domestic help / an assistant in coal merchant business.

She never married.

She lived at

  • Winterbutlee, Walsden [1805, 1820, 1823]
  • Hollins Bottom, Walsden [1841, 1851,1853]
  • Oldham [1855, 1857]
  • Linacre, Liverpool [1861]
  • Mytholmroyd [1865-1878]

Ann died at 4 New Road, Mytholmroyd [20th July 1878] & was buried at St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd

Fielden, AnnRef 49-165
[1819-1870]
Daughter of
John Fielden.

Born at Dawson Weir [25th February 1819].

In 1848, she married Henry Brocklehurst.

Both Ann and Henry husband died in 1870 and were buried at Prestbury, Macclesfield.

After their deaths, their 2 youngest children – Ernest and Constance – were fostered by John and his wife, Ruth.

Fielden, AnthonieRef 49-155
[1???-1???]
Or Anthony. Of Mercerfield.

Son of Nicholas Fielden

Fielden, ArthurRef 49-53
[1891-1918]
Son of
Samuel Fielden.

Born in Walsden.

He was a member of Lanebottom Wesleyan Methodist Church, Walsden & Sunday  School / a maker-up at cotton finishing works [1911] / employed by Robert Fielden & Sons.

He lived at Top o' th' Close, Walsden.

During World War I, he enlisted in Todmorden [May 1916] and served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry.

He died of wounds at No.11 Stationary Hospital, Rouen [8th April 1918] (aged 26).


The Army Register of Soldiers' Effects and the Todmorden & District News give the date of his death as the 8th April 1918 whereas the CWGC website gives the 7th April 1918
 

The Todmorden & District News [19th April 1918] reported his death with a photograph


Private Arthur Fielden, Highland Light Infantry, was admitted to the 11th Stationary Hospital in France on the 31st of March with severe head wounds.

He died of his wounds on the morning of April 8th, aged 26

 

He was buried at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France [Grave Ref P IX F 1A].

He is remembered on Todmorden War Memorial

Fielden, BarkerRef 49-47
[1842-1848]
Of Todmorden.

On Tuesday 1st August 1848, the Manchester Times & Gazette reported


FATAL ACCIDENT

On Saturday last, Mr Clark, Deputy Coroner of Rochdale, and a respectable jury, held an inquest on the remains of a boy, BARKER FIELDEN, son of George Fielden of Clough, at the house of Mr James Pearson of Hollins.

It appeared that on Thursday last, Mr James Hardman, a surgeon of Todmorden, was called to visit a patient and while doing so he had engaged a boy to hold his horse. The deceased, a boy of from 6 to 7 years of age, was playing at the time and came behind the horse who gave him a kick on the bottom of his belly. He lingered until Friday morning in great agony, when he then died.

The jury found a verdict of Accidentally killed.

A rather curious affair happened during the time Mr Clark was writing down the depositions; no less than three of the jurors fell asleep; a fault Mr Clark punished by a fine on each slumberer

 

Fielden, BartholomewRef 49-95
[1???-15??]
Of Whalley. Recorded in 1522.

He was an early member of the Fielden family of Todmorden

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Jeffrey
  2. Charles [1???-1580]
  3. James
  4. Jenet

Fielden, BartholomewRef 49-118
[15??-1600]
Son of
Jeffrey Fielden.

He had an illegitimate son, Nicholas

Fielden, BartholomewRef 49-128
[15??-1613]
Of Shore.

Son of Nicholas Fielden.

He married Martha

Fielden, BentleyRef 49-42
[18??-19??]
In 1888, he married Sarah Jane Gibson in Todmorden


Sarah Jane was the daughter of
Stansfield Gibson
 

Fielden, CharlesRef 49-174
[1813-1891]
Born in Heptonstall.

He was a master tailor [1851] / a tailor [1881].

He married (1) Sarah Ann [1813-1851].


Sarah was born in warley
 

Children:

  1. William
  2. James [b 1839] who was a factory operative (woollen)   [1851]
  3. Mary Ann [b 1840] who was a factory operative (woollen)   [1851]
  4. Grace [b 1842] who was a factory operative (woollen)   [1851]

Sarah Ann died 29th October 1851 (aged 38).

He married (2) Mary [1819-1885].


Mary was born in Greetland
 

Children:

  1. George
  2. Charles [b 1862] who was an assistant school master [1881]

Mary died 16th August 1885 (aged 66).

The family lived at

  • 16 Dean Clough, Halifax [1851]
  • 4 Stannary Lane, Halifax [1881]

Charles died 22nd November 1891 (aged 78).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2953]

Fielden, EdgarRef 49-69
[18??-19??]
He served in World War I.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered on the Roll of Honour at Patmos Congregational Chapel, Todmorden

Fielden, EdithRef 49-120
[1860-1942]
Daughter of
Joshua Fielden.

Born at Stansfield Hall [6th October 1859].

On 4th January 1888, she married Sir John Mackintosh MacLeod Bt [1857-1934] at St Michael's Church, Chester Square, London.


Her husband, a chartered accountant, was born in Glasgow, the son of Rev Norman MacLeod DD, Dean of the Thistle, and of the Chapel Royal, minister of the Barony, Glasgow and Editor of the Good Words
 

Children:

  1. John Mackintosh Norman (MacLeod)
  2. Rev George F. (MacLeod) MC

They lived at 16 Park Circus, Kelvin, Lanarkshire [1891].

Edith died in 1942.

The Oban Times & West Highland Times [3rd October 1942] published an obituary

Fielden, EdwardRef 49-110
[1883-1950]
Son of
Lord Fielden.

He and his brother Robert ran the family business, Lord Fielden & Son Limited at Salford Mill, Todmorden

Fielden, Edward BrocklehurstRef 49-121
[1857-1942]
JP.

Second son of Joshua Fielden.

Born at Stansfield Hall [10th June 1857].

He was educated at Wellington College & in France / a civil engineer [1881, 1891] / an associated member of the Institution of Civil Engineers  [1881, 1891] / employed by Thames Conservancy in Oxfordshire / Chairman of Fielden Brothers [1889-1939] / Conservative MP for the Middleton Division / High Sheriff of Shropshire [1911].

By the will of his uncle John Fielden, he acquired much property, including Dobroyd Castle and the Fielden Coffee Tavern, Todmorden.

On 30th September 1884, he married (1) Mary Ellen Knowles [1855-1902] at St Chad's Church, Over, Cheshire.


Mary Ellen, of Darnhall Hall, was born in Ince, Lancashire, the daughter of Thomas Knowles MP for Wigan.

Her sister Martha married Thomas Fielden

 

Children:

  1. Edward Anthony [b 1886] who was a major in the army [1942]
  2. Ellen H. [b 1888]
  3. Arthur Nicholas [b 1890] who was a company director [1942]

Mary Ellen died at 39 Portland Place, London [31st February 1902] (aged 47).

Probate records show that she left effects valued at £34,968 11/11d.

Probate was granted to her husband & John Sutherland Harwood Banner.

In [Q2] 1906, Edward married (2) Ellen Inez Mysie Theed [1870-1942] in Kensington Reg. District (London).


Ellen was born in Hounslow, Middlesex [7th October 1870]
 

They lived at

  • Dobroyd Castle
  • 4 Fleming Square, Crosscanonby, Cumberland [1881]
  • Nutfield, Surrey [1884]
  • Headington House, Headington, Oxfordshire [1891]
  • The Priory, Nutfield, Surrey [with his widowed mother 1901]
  • Condover Hall, Shropshire [1911]
  • Court of Hill, Nash, Ludlow, Shropshire [1939]

Living with them [in 1911] was sister-in-law Dorothy De Vere Theed [b 1879].

Ellen died in Ludlow [10th March 1942] (aged 71).

Probate records show that she left effects valued at £706 7/2d.

Probate was granted to her sister Dorothy.

Edward died in Ludlow (3 weeks later) [31st March 1942] (aged 84).

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £125,018 15/2d.

Probate was granted to sons Edward Anthony & Arthur Nicholas

Fielden, EliRef 49-25
[1780-1848]
He married Hannah [1779-1844].

The couple were buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden

Fielden, ElizabethRef 49-148
[1595-1639]
Of
Bottomley. Daughter of James Fielden.

She married Abraham Fielden

Fielden, ElyRef 49-129
[1???-1???]
Constable at Todmorden & Walsden [1757]

Fielden, EnochRef 49-124
[1777-1849]
Of Pighill.

Son of Samuel Fielden.

In 1799, he married Betty Fielden.


Betty was the daughter of Thomas Fielden
 

Children:

  1. Sally [b 1800] married John Law
  2. Thomas [1804-1880]
  3. Betty [1806-1866]
  4. Sam [1809-1809]
  5. Hannah [1810-1820]
  6. James [b 1813] married Milly Dawson
  7. Abraham
  8. Edmund [1819-1885] who married Mary Sutcliffe
  9. William [b 1821] who married (1) Susanna Law, and  (2) Jane Halstead
  10. Jane [b 1822] married William Butterworth

Fielden, FieldenRef 49-90
[1851-1919]
Son of
John Fielden.

Born in Walsden.

He was a factory hand [1861] / a weaver cotton [1871] / a quarryman [1881, 1887] / a quarryman & publican at the Bird-i-th-Hand, Warland [1891].

In 1881, he married (1) Betsy Hannah [1853-1885] at St Peter's Church, Walsden.


Betsy Hannah (née Dawson) was the widow of James Rogers Dawson
 

Betsy died in 1885 & was buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden

In 1887, he married (2) Mary Jane Pickles at St Peter's Church, Walsden.


Mary Jane, from Burnley, was the daughter of Henry Pickles, mason
 

Children: Florence [b 1889]

Fielden, FrankRef 49-139
[1885-1962]
Third son of
Lord Fielden.

He was educated at the University of Mining (now the Imperial College London).

He became an official in the Patent Office in London.

He married Edith Emma Siddall from Bridlington [1913].

Children:

  1. Percy [1914-1991]
  2. twins Alan [1918-1944]
  3. Dennis [1918-1950]
  4. Mary [b 1921]

They lived at St Albans, Hertfordshire

Fielden, FrankRef 49-184
[1901-1959]
Son of
John Thomas Fielden.

Born at Copperas House, Walsden [5th April 1901].

He was a picker maker/ a poultry farmer.

Around 1942, Frank and his brother Jeremy joined their brother Albert in his poultry farming business at Nicklety Poultry Farm, Walsden.

During World War II, he served as a Leading Aircraftman with the Royal Air Force.

In January 1942, he married Winifred Annie Harris [1904-1959] in Littleborough.


Winifred Annie was born 15th January 1904
 

They had no children.

They lived at

  • 1 Copperas House Terrace, Walsden [1901]
  • 170 Knowlwood Road, Todmorden [1908, 1911]
  • 2 Simeon Street, Walsden [1915-1921]
  • 5 Maitland Street, Walsden [1922-1942]
  • 63 White Lees Road, Littleborough [1942-1959]

Frank retired due to ill health in the early 1950s.

Winifred Annie died 3rd November 1959.

Frank died at Birch Hill Hospital, Littleborough [18th November 1959]

Fielden, FredRef 49-41
[1860-1915]
Born 22nd June 1860.

In [Q3] 1888, he married Annie Haigh in Halifax.


Annie was the daughter of
Rev William Haigh
 

Children:

  1. Phillip Melville [1890-1918]
  2. Laura Evelyn [1898-1957] who married [Q2 1923] Wilbert  Dawson

They lived at Claremont Place, Todmorden [1915].

Fred died 17th June 1915. Anne died 1st August 1920.

Members of the family were buried at Steep Lane Baptist Chapel, Sowerby

Fielden, FredRef 49-125
[1866-1934]
Son of
William Fielden.

He married (1) Alice.


Alice was (possibly) Alice Sheldon who married Fred Fielden in Todmorden [Q3 1890]
 

Alice died in childbirth [1890].

In 1919, he married (2) Alice.


Alice was the daughter of James Bulcock, and widow of Martin Jackson
 

Alice was landlady at the Bird-i-th-Hand, Warland.

Fred took over at the pub [1922].

Child: James

After Fred's death, Alice carried on at the Bird-i-th-Hand until her own death in 1935.

After Alice's death, James took over at the Bird-i-th-Hand

Fielden, FredRef 49-188
[1867-1953]
Son of
John Fielden.

Born in Warland, Walsden [26th July 1867]; baptised at Walsden [7th April 1871].

He was a cotton sizer.

In [Q3] 1888, he married Maria Harrison [1870-1937].


Maria was born in the Whitworth/Bacup area of Lancashire
 

Children:

  1. Alfred [1890-1971] who married Nora Bottomley and  went to live in Rochdale
  2. Jane [1891-1974] who married James W. Taylor and  went to live in Littleborough
  3. Ernest [1893-1973]
  4. Elsie [b 1898]

They lived at

  • Warland, Walsden [1867]
  • Newbridge, Walsden [1871]
  • Chapel Street Walsden [1881]
  • Peel Cottage Street, Walsden [1891,1901]
  • Turf Terrace, Littleborough [1905-1937]
  • Shore Road, Littleborough [1939] (the home of his daughter  Jane
  • 379 Halifax Road, Rochdale [1953] (the home of his son  Alfred, where Fred died) 

Fred died 2nd February 1953

Fielden, FredRef 49-197
[1868-1908]
Born in Stansfield.

He was a worker at Shade Wesleyan Church & School / a superintendent of the Sunday School & secretary to the trustees / a cotton sizer [1891] / a cotton tape sizer [1901] / employed at Waterside Mill / a grocer with a business at Shade [1908] / a Liberal member of Todmorden Council.

On 9th November 1889, he married Mary Ann Ashworth [1871-19??].


Mary Ann was born in Todmorden.

She was a widowed shopkeeper/general grocer (own account) [1911]

 

The Todmorden & District News [15th November 1889] reported the wedding


Mr Fred Fielden of Friths Terrace married Miss Mary Ann Ashworth of Wadsworth Mill at Mankinholes Chapel
 

Children:

  1. Frederick William [b 1891] who was a grocer's assistant  [1911]
  2. Susannah [b 1893] who was a cotton weaver [1911]
  3. Walter

The children were born in Todmorden.

The family lived at

  • 1 Vernon Street, Todmorden [1891]
  • 7 Rock Terrace, Todmorden [1901]
  • 220 Rochdale Road, Shade [1908, 1911]
  • 10 Oak Street, Shade [1916]

Fred died in the Royal Halifax Infirmary [27th February 1908] (aged 40) 

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [Friday 6th March 1908] reported his death


Mr Fred Fielden died at Halifax Infirmary Thursday morning last (27th February), aged 40. He had been taken to the Infirmary for an operation on a brain abscess. He didn't survive the operation.

His funeral took place at Blackshawhead last Tuesday

 

Fielden, FredRef 49-50
[1891-1918]
Son of
James Fielden.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a cotton weaver [1911] / a weaver at Dancroft Mill.

He never married, and lived with his family at 7 Little Holme Street, Shade.

During World War I, he enlisted [September 1914] and served as a Private with the 6th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.

He died 21st March 1918 (aged 27).

The Todmorden & District News [3rd May 1918] reported his death


Private Fred Fielden, Lancashire Fusiliers, was killed in action on the 21st of March, aged 27. He fought in the Dardanelles and Egypt before being sent to France in March 1917
 

The following week's Edition [10th May 1918] published his photograph.

He was buried at Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, France [Grave Ref V O 22].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Fielden, FredRef 49-75
[1904-19??]
JP.

He was a railway worker. He was Mayor of Todmorden [1951-1952]

Fielden, FrederickRef 49-68
[1879-1918]
Aka K. Fielden.

Born in Ovenden.

In [Q1] 1911, he married Catherine Canning [1888-1967] in Halifax.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 10th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died of wounds in the UK [6th September 1918] & was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [K C 660].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Fielden, GeorgeRef 49-176
[1855-1897]
Son of
Charles Fielden.

Born in Halifax.

He was a tailor [1891].

In [Q3] 1881, he married Martha Jane Collingwood [1852-1894] in Halifax.


Martha Jane was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Norman Birkhead [1883-1960]
  2. Florence [b 1884]
  3. Jessie [b 1886]
  4. Harry [1887] who died in infancy
  5. Charles [1887] who died in infancy

The children were buried with their Fielden grandparents at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2953].

The family lived at 1 & 3 Corporation Street, Halifax [1891].

Martha died in Halifax [Q4 1894] (aged 42).

George died in Halifax [Q3 1897] (aged 41) 

Fielden, Gilbert SutcliffeRef 49-65
[1894-1917]
Son of
Herbert Fielden & grandson of William Sutcliffe.

Born in Bradford.

He was employed by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank Limited in Todmorden / a civil servant [1914].

During World War I, he enlisted with the Inns of Court Regiment [June 1915], then he served as a 2nd Lieutenant with the 9th Battalion King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster).

He died in Salonika of blood poisoning after an insect bite on his face [18th July 1917] (aged 23).

He was buried at Sarigol Military Cemetery, Kriston, Greece [Grave Ref D 657].

He is remembered on the family grave at Lumbutts United Methodist Free Church, in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Rhodes Street Wesleyan Chapel

Fielden, HannahRef 49-163
[16??-1???]
Youngest child of
Joshua Fielden.

She married Joseph Whalley

Fielden, HaroldRef 49-56
[1???-194?]
Of Todmorden.

During World War II, he served with the Royal Armoured Corps.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Fielden, HaroldRef 49-46
[1894-1917]
Son of
John Sutcliffe Fielden.

Of Todmorden.

He was living with his Penney grandparents [1901] / a cotton weaver's office boy [1911] / a clerk with Newell Brothers at Canteen Mill.

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

He was sent to France in January 1917.

He died 26th November 1917 (aged 23).

The Todmorden & District News [18th October 1918] reported his death


Private Harold Fielden, Duke of Wellington's Regiment, now officially presumed dead after being posted wounded and missing on the 26th of November 1917 at the Battle of Cambrai
 

He is remembered on the Cambrai Memorial, Nord France [Grave Ref 6 & 7], and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Fielden, HaroldRef 49-51
[1897-1918]
Son of
Tom Fielden.

Born in Walsden.

He was a cotton twister [1901, 1911].

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 13th Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment.

He died 10th November 1918 (aged 21).

He is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 8], and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Fielden, HenryRef 49-40
[1710-1762]
Of
New Hall, Elland.

He married Sarah Gledhill [1730-1798].

Children:

  1. child
  2. child

Henry died June 1762 (aged 52).

After his death, Sarah married James Beard.

Henry was buried at Elland Parish Church [20th June 1762] with Sarah and her Beard family

Fielden, HerbertRef 49-203
[1863-1911]
Of Shade, Todmorden.

Born 16th April 1863.

He was Manager of the Queens Road Branch of the Halifax Joint Stock / Banking Company Limited.

On 21st August 1890, he married Jane Sutcliffe [1862-1911] at Bridge Street (Central) Methodist Church, Todmorden.


Jane was the daughter of William Sutcliffe
 

Child: Gilbert Sutcliffe

They lived at Bank House, Queens Road, Halifax.

Jane died 31st December 1911 (aged 48) 

Herbert died 13th February 1911 (aged 48) 

The couple were buried at Lumbutts United Methodist Free Church with Jane's parents

Fielden, HoworthRef 49-173
[1847-1923]
Son of
Abraham Fielden.

Born in Walsden.

He was a picker maker [1861, 1871, 1881] / a picker manufacturer [1901] / a picker manufacturer at Clough Mill, Walsden [1905] / a picker manufacturer [1911] / a retired buffalo picker maker [1921].

He established Howorth Fielden & Sons.

In [Q4] 1870, he married (1) either Mary Gill or Mary Jackson [1850-1903] in Todmorden.


Mary was born in Walsden
 

Children:

  1. Martha [b 1872]
  2. Charles Edward [b 1877]
  3. Sam [b 1880]
  4. John Ewart Fielden

Mary died 29th September 1903 (aged 53).

In [Q2] 1904, he married (2) Eleanor Elizabeth Mason [1864-1927] in Todmorden.


Eleanor Elizabeth was born March 31st 1864
 

Child: 4. Mary [b 1908]

The family lived at

  • 8 Industry Street [1871]
  • 2 Industry Street, Todmorden & Walsden [1881]
  • 6 Monas Terrace, Todmorden [1901]
  • 14 Henshaw Road, Walsden [1911, 1921]
  • Jubilee Cottages, Walsden [1923]

Howarth died in 1923 (aged 76).

Eleanor Elizabeth died 13th November 1927 (aged 63).

Members of the family were buried at Lumbutts United Methodist Free Church

Fielden, HughRef 49-57
[1928-1946]
Son of Susannah Fielden of Todmorden.

During World War II, he served as a Private with the Royal Army Service Corps.

He died 3rd March 1946 (aged 18).

He is remembered at Rochdale Crematorium [Panel 3], and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Fielden, IsaacRef 49-162
[1???-1859]
He is recorded as having died on 2nd June 1859

with eating Gauxholme flour

produced by the Todmorden Flour Mill Society at Gauxholme Corn Mill

Fielden, JamesRef 49-166
[1???-15??]
Of
Bottomley.

Son of Mr Fielden.

He married Cisley.

Children:

  1. Jeffrie
  2. James [15??-1602]

Recorded in 1561. He was dead by 1594

Fielden, JamesRef 49-96
[1???-1594]
Son of
Jeffrie Fielden.

He married Isabel [15??-1610].

Children:

  1. Mary who married John Clegg
  2. Elizabeth

Fielden, JamesRef 49-137
[1???-19??]
Son of
Fred Fielden.

He married Agnes.

After the death of his mother Alice, James took over at the Bird-i-th-Hand, Warland.

He and Agnes ran the pub until 1957.

Children:

  1. Alice who married William Firth

William took over at Bird-i-th-Hand

Fielden, JamesRef 49-83
[1760-1837]
Aka Old Jim of Birks.

He was a handloom weaver and a farmer.

He married Hannah Law.


Hannah daughter of John Law
 

Children:

  1. Mary who married Martin Holt
  2. Samuel
  3. John
  4. William
  5. Robert
  6. Sally
  7. James
  8. Thomas
  9. Alice

Fielden, JamesRef 49-28
[1768-1828]

He married Unknown.

Child: John

Fielden, JamesRef 49-30
[1779-1836]

He married Unknown.

Child: John

Fielden, JamesRef 49-167
[1788-1852]
Fourth son of
Joshua Fielden.

Born at Lane Side, Todmorden [18th February 1788].

He was a cotton manufacturer in Todmorden / a cotton merchant in Manchester, Liverpool & New York.

On 15th May 1834, he married Grace [1796-1861] in Rochdale.


Grace was born at Todmorden Edge [18th April 1796], the daughter of Abram Ormerod.

She was the widow of Thomas Knowles of Dobroyd, Todmorden

 

They had no children.

He lived at Dobroyd Castle.

James died suddenly [9th May 1852] (aged 64).

He went to bed in good health, but was found dead by his wife shortly afterwards. He had been suffering from heart disease.

Grace died 5th January 1861 (aged 64) 

The couple were buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden.

See Thomas Gaukroger and Todmorden & Walsden Select Vestry [1838]

Fielden, JamesRef 49-140
[1798-1855]
Son of
James Fielden.

He became a picker maker.

He is credited with having made the first hand picker with a bit of flat wood and the ends of hide for runners.

In the 1820s, he and his nephew William Holt were credited with manufacturing a machine-compressed leather picker,

the first picker suitable for using on power looms

In the 1840s, he rented space at Clough Mill, Walsden.

In 1851, he was a picker maker employing 14 men & 2 boys.

James, his brother Robert, and nephew William Holt, produced pickers at Clough Mill and Inchfield Picker Works

James married Sally [1799-19??].

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 1825]
  2. Mary Jane [b 1842]

The family lived at

  • Wood Bottom, Walsden [1841]
  • Clough, Todmorden [1851]

Fielden, JamesRef 49-161
[18??-18??]
He was a grocer / a stationer / a bookseller / a homœopathist at North Street, Todmorden [1861].

He married Susan Sutcliffe.

Children:

  1. Emily Ann [1837-1924] who married Alfred Walter Bayes

Fielden, JamesRef 49-146
[1800-1850]


To be completed
 

He married Hannah [1810-1880].


Hannah was born 16th February 1810
 

Child: Mary [2nd August 1856-16th December 1877] who married Cockcroft Crowther & was buried with her parents.

They lived at Cockden [1850].

James died 27th October 1850 (aged 50).

Hannah died 9th July 1880 (aged 70).

The couple were buried at Eastwood Congregational Church

Fielden, JamesRef 49-74
[18??-19??]
Music teacher at Todmorden.

An advertisement of 1897 announced


Mr James Fielden

Music Teacher
Gives lessons on the pianoforte, organ, singing, and in theory. Candidates prepared for the Local and Metropolitan Examinations
Singing Classes taken in hand
For Sunday Schools, &c
2 Sanworth Street, Halifax Road
Todmorden

Fielden, JamesRef 49-93
[18??-19??]
Or Fielding. Cotton doubler and
gasser at Perseverance Mill, Elland. He lived at Victoria Road, Elland [1905]

Fielden, JamesRef 49-114
[1808-1881]
Born in Inchfield Fold, Lancashire.

He was a stone cutter [1841] / a farm labourer [1851, 1861] / landlord of the Black Bull, Gauxholme [1868, 1871].

He married Mary Hollows [1814-1889] born in Watty, Lancashire. Mary was a cotton weaver [1841].

Children:

  1. Sarah [b 1836] who was a throstle piecer (cotton) [1851]
  2. James [b 1838] who was a picker maker [1851], a power  loom weaver cotton [1861]
  3. William [1845-1874] who was a power loom weaver cotton  [1861]
  4. Emma [b 1852] who was a cotton weaver [1871]
  5. Thomas [1855-1918] who was a cotton weaver [1871]

They lived at Speakedge, Todmorden & Walsden [1841, 1851, 1861].

Living with them [in 1851] was lodger James Lord [aged 27] (farm labourer).

Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Todmorden

Fielden, JamesRef 49-201
[1833-1???]
Born in Todmorden.

He was a picker maker [1881].

He married Ann [1838-1???].


Ann was born in Ireland
 

Children:

  1. Tom [b 1847] who was a cotton weaver [1881]
  2. Mary [b 1858] who married James Haigh
  3. Joshua [b 1862] who was a cotton weaver [1881]
  4. William [b 1864] who was a cotton weaver [1881]
  5. Thomas / Tom [b 1867] who was a cotton weaver  [1881, 1901]
  6. Sarah Ann [b 1869] who was a cotton throstle spinner  [1881]
  7. Elizabeth [b 1871] who was a cotton throstle spinner  [1881]
  8. Bertha [b 1873] who was a cotton weaver [1901]
  9. Nicholas [b 1875] who was a carter [1901]
  10. Lilly [b 1878] who was a cotton weaver [1901]
  11. Annie [b 1889] who was a grand cotton loomer [1901]

They lived at

  • 61 Knowlwood, Walsden [1881]
  • 129 Knowlwood Road, Todmorden [1901]

Living with them [in 1881] was daughter Mary and her husband James.

Living with them [in 1901] was granddaughter Clara Ellen Haigh [b 1882] (card room mill hand) 

Fielden, JamesRef 49-81
[1852-1900]
Son of John Fielden, contractor.

Born in Shade.

He was a weaver in Shade [1883] / a cotton weaver [1891].

In 1883, he married Betsy Cryer [1862-1???] at Christ Church, Todmorden.


Betsy was born in Shade, the daughter of John Cryer, mechanic
 

Children:

  1. Florence Amy [b 1883] who was a cotton weaver [1901, 1911]
  2. Jane [b 1884] who was a cotton weaver [1901]
  3. Elizabeth Alice [b 1886] who was a cotton weaver [1901,  1911]
  4. Fred

The family lived at

  • 5 Little Holme Street, Todmorden [1891]
  • 7 Little Holme Street, Todmorden [1901, 1911]

James died in Todmorden in 1900 (aged 47) 

Fielden, JamesRef 49-199
[1892-19??]
Son of
William Fielden.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a cotton weaver [1911].

He served in World War I,

The Todmorden & District News [29th September 1916] reported the death of his brother William and added that


his brother, James Fielden, has seen active service in France, was badly injured on the 30th of July 1916. and was currently home on leave after many weeks in various hospitals
 

Fielden, James BaronRef 49-45
[1810-1851]
Illegitimate son of
James Baron, he took the maiden name of his mother Hannah Fielden.

Born in Walsden.

He was a farmer [1841] / a farmer & owner of 22 acres [1851].

He inherited property at Higher Allescholes.

He never married.

He had 2 illegitimate children:

  1. son
  2. daughter

He lived at Allescholes, Todmorden & Walsden [1841, 1851].

Living with him [in 1841] were his widowed brother Samuel and his daughter Mary, John Fielden [aged 45] (agricultural labourer), Hannah Baron [aged 70] (independent), and Mary Cryer [aged 15] (female servant) 

Living with him [in 1841] were his widowed brother Samuel and his daughter Mary, and 2 servants.

He died at Higher Allescholes.

He was buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden

Fielden, James HollowsRef 49-194
[1864-1943]
His middle name was recorded as Hollows [1888 to 1891] and as Hollas [1911].

Born in Walsden [3rd August 1864].

He was a blacksmith's labourer [1891] / a mill mechanic [1901] / a mechanic [1911] / a millwright with Fielden Brothers [1921] / a retired millwright & engineer [1939].

On 22nd December 1888, he married Esther Alice Hoyle [1868-1941] at Bridge Street Chapel, Todmorden.


Esther Alice was born in Whitworth, Lancashire [27th April 1868]
 

Children:

  1. Ethel [b 1890] who was a cotton weaver [1911]
  2. Hilda [b 1892] who was a cotton weaver [1911], a cotton  weaver with Salford Manufacturing in Todmorden [1921]
  3. John
  4. Florence [b 1897] who was a sewing machinist [1911], a  professional singer [1921]
  5. Lord [b 1899] who was a part-time cotton reacher-in  [1911], a joiner with E. Lord & Sons [1921]
  6. Mary Ellen [b 11th August 1902] who was a cotton weaver  [1921, 1939] & married [Todmorden 15th November 1949] William  Sutcliffe
  7. Alice [b 1907] who was a cotton weaver with Salford  Manufacturing in Todmorden [1921]

The family lived at

  • 55 Knowlwood Road, Walsden [1891]
  • 46 Knowlwood Road, Walsden [1901]
  • 14 Bank Top, Todmorden [1911, 1921]
  • 48 Joshua Street, Todmorden [1939]

An Esther A. Fielden died in Todmorden [Q4 1941] (aged 73).

A James H. Fielden died in Todmorden [Q1 1943] (aged 78) 

Fielden, JeffreyRef 49-109
[1???-1561]
Son of
Bartholomew Fielden.

He married Alice.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Bartholomew
  3. Jenet

Fielden, JeffrieRef 49-84
[1???-1???]
Son of
James Fielden.

Recorded in 1586.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. James
  2. a daughter who married William Schofield

Fielden, Jeremy HoworthRef 49-182
[1903-1985]
Son of
John Thomas Fielden.

Born at Copperas House, Walsden [15th April 1903].

He was a foreman picker maker / a poultry farmer.

Around 1942, Jeremy and his brother Frank joined their brother Albert, in his poultry farming business at Nicklety Poultry Farm, Walsden. Albert & Jeremy continued to run the farm until they retired in 1964.

On 24th January 1942, he married Margaret Mitchell at Christ Church, Todmorden.


Margaret was the daughter of Thomas William Mitchell
 

Children:

  1. John Howorth [b 4th November 1942]

The family lived at

  • 1 Copperas House Terrace, Walsden (1903) 
  • 170 Knowlwood Road, Todmorden (1908, 1911) 
  • 2 Simeon Street, Walsden, (1915-1921) 
  • 5 Maitland Street, Walsden (1922-1966) 
  • 397 Rochdale Road, Walsden (1966-1983) 
  • Long Lawford, Rugby (1983-1985) 

Jeremy died at Long Lawford, Rugby [7th March 1985] He was cremated at Oakley Wood, Leamington Spa, and his ashes were buried at St Mark's Bilton, Rugby.

Margaret died in Rugby [5th November 1989]

Fielden, JohnRef 49-134
[1???-1646]
Of Shore.

Son of Nicholas Fielden.

He was a yeoman of Hartley Royd.

He married (1) Unknown.

He married (2) a widow with at least 2 daughters: Agnes and Janet.

John's children (mothers unknown):

  1. John
  2. Mary who married John Law
  3. Susannah who married Alexander Clegg
  4. Sarah who had 2 illegitimate children

His mother Christobel, daughter of John Stansfield, originated from Hartley Royd, and John inherited the property.

They lived at Hartley Royd [where he died 1646].

Fielden, JohnRef 49-14
[1???-18??]
Of Henshaw.

Recorded in 1838, when he was considered a proper person to be a Constable for the hamlet of Walsden

See Todmorden & Walsden Select Vestry

Fielden, JohnRef 49-160
[16??-1734]
Youngest son of
Joshua Fielden.

He lived at Todmorden Hall.

He owned the New Inn, Todmorden. and Edge End Farm, Todmorden.

In 1707, he married Tamar Halstead.

They had no children.

He established a flourishing business as a woollen clothier which the couple ran from their home at Todmorden Hall.

His brother, Samuel, went to work with him.

After the deaths of John and Tamar, their property and business passed to nephew, Abraham.

He left his farm at Allescholes to brothers Thomas and Samuel Fielden

Fielden, JohnRef 49-35
[1612-1697]
Son of
John Fielden.

In 1640, he married Margaret Lord.

Children:

  1. Mary
  2. John
  3. Susannah
  4. Joshua
  5. Judith
  6. Nicholas

He lived at Hartley Royd, although his father left it to him for his lifetime only, then it was to pass to his son John. He was a Quaker, and allowed Hartley Royd to be used for Quaker gatherings, marriages etc.

John & Mary were buried at Shoebroad Quaker Burial Ground

Fielden, JohnRef 49-5310
[1625-1715]

He married Unknown.

Child: Abraham

Fielden, JohnRef 49-34
[1643-1711]
Son of
John Fielden.

He was a yeoman of Hartley Royd Farm in Stansfield. He inherited Hartley Royd on the death of his father by virtue of the will of his grandfather John Fielden.

In 1693, he married Mary Crossley.


Mary was the daughter of Anthony Crossley
 

Children:

  1. Susan
  2. Mary
  3. John
  4. Ann

He was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden

Fielden, JohnRef 49-33
[1698-1751]
Son of
John Fielden.

He was a yeoman householder of Hartley Royd Farm in Stansfield which he inherited from his father.

Their names are engraved over the door of Hartley Royd.

John Fielden et Elizabeth Uxor ejus Ann: Dom. 1724

John Fielden and his wife, Elizabeth AD 1724

He married Elizabeth Travis.


Elizabeth was the daughter of John Travis
 

Children:

  1. John
  2. Mary
  3. Margaret
  4. Thomas
  5. Ann
  6. Samuel
  7. William
  8. Betty
  9. Dorothy
  10. Agatha

Fielden, JohnRef 49-187
[17??-18??]

He married Nelly Sutcliffe.

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 1810]
  2. (possibly) Samuel
  3. Alice [1815-1892]
  4. Mary [1817-1822]
  5. William [1820-1821]
  6. Sarah [1822-1824]
  7. Betsy [b 1826]
  8. John [1827-1828]
  9. Jane [1829-1830]
  10. James [b 1829]

They lived at Waterstalls, Walsden [1813]

Fielden, JohnRef 49-17
[1704-1787]
Son of John.

Born in Langfield.

Yeoman of Winterbutlee.

In 1728, he married Elizabeth Emmot.

Children:

  1. Mary
  2. Eli
  3. Dorothy
  4. John

Of Winterbutlee, Walsden.

He died at Winterbutlee.

He was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden

Fielden, JohnRef 49-32
[1712-1757]
Son of
Thomas Fielden.

He was a stuff maker and farmer.

He married Dorothy Travis.


Dorothy was the daughter of John Travis
 

They had no children

Fielden, JohnRef 49-117
[1712-1790]
Of
Todmorden Edge.

Son of Samuel Fielden.

In 1766, he married Elizabeth Rhodes. They had no children

Fielden, JohnRef 49-23
[1730-1807]
Son of
Abraham Fielden

In 1754, he married Mary Crossley.

Children:

  1. Susan [1755-1798] who married John Shackleton
  2. Abraham
  3. Ann
  4. John
  5. Nicholas
  6. Mary

They lived at Warland Farm, Walsden [1799].

John & Mary were buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden

Fielden, JohnRef 49-7
[1737-1807]
Son of
Thomas Fielden

Born in Hollingworth, Walsden [12th January 1737 (or 12th March 1737)].

He was a farmer at Allescholes & North Hollingworth.

On 26th August 1760, he married (1) Mary Crossley [1741-1786] at St Mary's Church, Todmorden.

Children:

  1. Abraham [1761-1840] aka Old Ab at Hollingworth who  married Mary Greenwood
  2. William
  3. Johnny
  4. James [1768-1828] aka Old Jim at Square who  married (1) Sarah Fielden & (2) Sarah Crossley
  5. Samuel
  6. Ann [1773-1855] who married James Walton
  7. Betty [1774-1851] who married John Haigh
  8. Mary [1777-1854] who married James Scholfield
  9. Ely [1780-1848] who moved to Whitworth
  10. Thomas [1783-1836] who was a cartwright and farmed at  Henshaw, Walsden

They lived at

He (possibly) married (2) Ann.


Ann is mentioned in John's Will & Probate details
 

John died at Langfield [14th August 1807] and was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden

Fielden, JohnRef 49-103
[1741-1822]
Aka the Little Quaker of Bottomley, John Fielden of Bottomley.

Son of Samuel Fielden.

Born 14th September 1741.

Butcher, farmer and stuff-maker of Bottomley.

He established a Sunday School in his home.

In 1818, he gave land for the construction of Bottomley Lane Foot Chapel.

He also gave the land for the school, on condition that he could send 1 scholar to the day school free of charge.

In 1764, he married Betty Wood [1741-1819].

Children:

  1. John
  2. Mally
  3. Jane [1768-1847] who married William Walton
  4. Samuel
  5. Betty or Betsy [b 1772] who married Jeremiah Heyworth
  6. Hannah [b 1774] who married Robert Stevenson
  7. Sally [b 1776] who married James Schofield
  8. Joshua
  9. Martha [b 1782] who married Abraham Schofield

Mentioned in Walsden families in Olden Times by John Travis

See Bottomley Lane Foot Chapel

Fielden, JohnRef 49-100
[1758-1802]
He lived at
Clough Farm, Walsden.

He made fustian at his home, putting-out tasks such as spinning, weaving, warping and sizing to local people.

In 1785, he built Clough Mill on the land and went into partnership as Fielden & Travis.

In 17??, he married (1) Martha.

In 17??, he married (2) Sally Wood.

He had 3 sons: Samuel, John and William.

They took over the business at Clough Mill

Fielden, JohnRef 49-26
[1761-1836]
Son of
John Fielden.

He married Hannah Fielden.

Children:

  1. Mary [1817-1880] who married John Haigh
  2. John
  3. Ruth
  4. Samuel
  5. Thomas

There was a large age gap between John and Hannah. He was still fathering children into his 60s.

He was a farmer, shepherd and piece maker at Warland Farm, of which he was initially the tenant.

He let part of his land to Robert Stevenson who opened (Warland Quarry).

John built himself a small spinning mill – Warland Mill – on his land and became a fustian manufacturer He succeeded so well that he was able to purchase the Warland estate.

He was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden with 2 of his children.

Hannah remained at Warland most of her long widowhood, she was an annuitant. She died at Top of All Farm, Walsden, the home of her married daughter Mary and son-in-law John Haigh.

Hannah was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden with members of the Haigh family

Fielden, JohnRef 49-16
[1765-1843]
Son of
John Fielden.

Born at Bottomley.

He was amongst the first group of trustees at Lanebottom Chapel [1818].

He inherited Bottomley from his father [1822].

About 1807, he married (1) Betty [1757-1815] from Saddleworth.

Children:

  1. Martha

About 1816, he married (2) Sally [1796-1823].

Children:

  1. John
  2. Abraham
  3. Sarah
  4. Betty

About 1824, he married (3) Hannah Crabtree.

Children:

  1. Martha
  2. Mary
  3. Thomas
  4. Hannah
  5. Fielden

In 1835, he sold the Bottomley farm estate and lands to John Fielden, and went to live at Wadsworth Mill, Todmorden so that his children might be nearer to where they worked.

He died at Wadsworth Mill.

He was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden

Fielden, JohnRef 49-6
[1770-1853]
Son of
Thomas Fielden.

He was a farmer at Pighill Farm (all his life).

He married Betty.

Children:

  1. Abraham
  2. Sally [1???-1870] who married James Dawson

He married (1) Betty [1771-1820].

Children:

  1. Thomas
  2. Sally
  3. John
  4. Abraham
  5. Hannah
  6. James

He married (2) Jane.


Jane was the daughter of John Haigh, and widow of Luke Hamer
 

He died at Pex House

Fielden, JohnRef 49-126
[1784-1849]
Aka Honest John Fielden, John Fielden of Dawson Weir.

Son of Joshua Fielden.

He began working in the family cotton business at Todmorden, and went on to become a wealthy businessman, social reformer and benefactor.

See Fielden Society, Fielden Monument and Statue of John Fielden

Fielden, JohnRef 49-171
[1786-1840]
Son of
John Fielden.

Born at Clough Mill.

He was a cotton manufacturer with Fielden's at Clough Mill, Walsden.

After he and his brother Samuel died, their brother William carried on the family business.

He married Susan Walton.


Susan was the daughter of William Walton
 

Children:

  1. Samuel

John was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden with his grandfather.

After his death, his widow Susan continued to live at Clough Mill with her young son.

Susan was buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden

Fielden, JohnRef 49-89
[1791-1868]
Of
Woodshade.

He made many improvements to the machinery used in the cotton industry.

He invented several popular patent medicines

Fielden, JohnRef 49-133
[1798-1850]
Son of
James Fielden.

Born in Walsden.

He was a miller at the corn mill of Richard Smith at Walsden.

He married Sarah.


Sarah was the daughter of William Crossley [1774-1861]
 

Children:

  1. William
  2. James
  3. Sarah
  4. James
  5. Susan
  6. Ann
  7. James
  8. Betty
  9. Mary
  10. John
  11. Samuel

He lived much of his life at Square, Walsden, where his father owned 6 cottages. He inherited one of them.

His wife died young, leaving him with several infant children.

On 16th February 1850, he was killed at the mill.

The Leeds Mercury of Saturday, 23th February 1850 reported


MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT

A serious catastrophe took place on Saturday evening last, about half past eight o'clock, at the corn mill of Mr Richard Smith, Walsden. It appears one of the millers named John Fielden, whilst attempting to uncouple the engine from the mill wheels, was, by some means, caught in the machinery, and so severely crushed that he only lived ten minutes after the occurrence. He has left a family of five orphans to lament his loss. An inquest was held on the body on Tuesday last before J. Dearden Esq. at the Hollings Inn, Walsden, when the verdict was Accidental death. The orphans were looked after by their sister Ann who stayed in the cottage at Square

 

Members of the family were buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden

Fielden, JohnRef 49-19
[1799-1878]
Of Winterbutlee.

Son of Samuel Fielden.

He was a farmer / a mason.

In 1822, he married Matty Bottomley.


Matty was the daughter of Jeremiah Bottomley
 

Children:

  1. Thomas
  2. Samuel
  3. Jeremiah
  4. Sally
  5. Mary
  6. Susan [1837-1871]
  7. Abraham
  8. Betty

They lived at

  • Inchfield Fold
  • Winterbutlee
  • Hollins
  • North Hollingworth [1851]

Members of the family were buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden

Fielden, JohnRef 49-66
[18??-1???]
Around 1870s, he had a business as a wholesale & retail confectioner and a dealer in British & foreign wines at Crescent, Todmorden

Fielden, JohnRef 49-101
[1804-1887]
Son of
James Fielden.

Born in Walsden.

He was a quarryman [1861].

In 1826, he married Mary Howarth.


Mary was the daughter of Jeremiah Howarth
 

Children:

  1. James [b 1843]
  2. Betty
  3. Thomas
  4. Martha [b 1846]
  5. William [b 1849]
  6. Fielden

They lived at 10 Top Of Close, Walsden [1861, 1871, 1881].

Living with them [in 1861] was lodger Thomas Howorth [aged 40] (labourer) 

He was buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden

Fielden, JohnRef 49-106
[1812-1860]
Son of
William Fielden

With his father, he took over the family business. He worked as bookkeeper in the family firm at Clough Mill.

In 1838, he married Peggy Bramley.

Children:

  1. Mary Ann
  2. William
  3. John
  4. Susan
  5. Samuel
  6. Nancy Ann
  7. James
  8. Alfred
  9. Martha
  10. Josiah

In the 1870s, their son, John, emigrated to Australia.

They lived at

They were buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden

Fielden, JohnRef 49-143
[1822-1893]
Aka Young John Fielden, King of Todmorden.

Second son of Honest John Fielden. He was a partner in Fielden Brothers, although he was no great businessman.

See Todmorden Conservative & Constitutional Association and Todmorden Vale Agricultural Society

Fielden, JohnRef 49-63
[1824-1875]
He lived at Square, Walsden.

On 13th July 1875, John Fisherwood found Fielden struggling in the Rochdale Canal near his home. Fielden had been drinking for a fortnight, and earlier that day, he had gone to help a relative make hay. He left about 10:00 am, without explanation, and half an hour later he was found in the Canal. Fisherwood went in to try to save him, and got him out, but he died.

Newspaper reports said that there was little doubt that Fielden had gone into the water with the intention of drowning himself

Fielden, JohnRef 49-36
[1825-1853]
Son of
Samuel Fielden [1804-1852]

He was a stone mason and lock keeper at Hollins Lock House, Walsden [1851]. Later in 1851, they took over the White Lion Inn at Wadsworth Mill Todmorden.

In 1846, he married Jane Wrigley.

Children:

  1. Samuel who died in infancy

He died at Wadsworth Mill [1853]. After his death, Jane married William Stevenson [1855]

Fielden, JohnRef 49-179
[1837-1918]
Son of
Abraham Fielden.

Born at Nip Square, Walsden [1837]; baptised at Christ Church, Todmorden [6th Sept 1837].

He was a picker maker.

On 1st May 1858, he married (1) Susannah Dawson [1837-1863] at St Peter's Church, Walsden.


Susannah was the daughter of Martha & Abraham Dawson, stone cutter, of Scout Top, Walsden
 

Susannah died 24th January 1863.

She was buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden [Grave Ref: 220]

In 1863, he married (2) Jane Dawson [1833-1908] at St Peter's Church, Walsden.


Jane was the elder sister of his first wife
 

Children:

  1. Abraham
  2. Sam [1864-15th December 1870] who was buried with his  parents
  3. Alfred [1866-1933] who married Emma Newall  [1865-1922]
  4. Fred
  5. John [1870-1943] who married (1) Ruth Stansfield &  (2) Eliza Taylor of Haslingden
  6. Fielden [1873-1944]
  7. Simeon [1874-24th December 1977] who was buried with his  parents

Jane died 10th September 1908.

She was buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden [Grave Ref: 220] The family lived at

  • Nip Square, Walsden [1837, 1851]
  • Inchfield Fold, Walsden [1858]
  • Warland, Walsden [1858, 1861]
  • Newbridge, Walsden [1871]
  • 6 Chapel Street South, Walsden [1881, 1918]
  • 5 Dampier Street, Walsden (with son Fielden) [1918]

John died 21st June 1918.

He was buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden

Fielden, JohnRef 49-138
[1853-1865]
Son of
Joshua Fielden.

Born at Stansfield Hall, Todmorden [14th May 1853].

He was a pupil at the school run by Rev D. Davis, Queen's Square, Lancaster.


On 25th May 1865, he was one of a group of boys who were throwing balls at a target. John had been teasing a boy called Charles Harold Herford, and was being chased by Herford when he [John] tripped on the root of a tree, and fell banging his head on the tree. He was sensible but unable to stand, and was carried into the house where he died the same night.

The Inquest returned a verdict of accidental death

 

He was buried at Unitarian Chapel, Todmorden

Fielden, JohnRef 49-60
[1863-19??]
Born in Bradford.

He was beer seller at the Waggoners Inn, Ambler Thorn [1901].

In [Q4] 1892, he married Emily Pearson [1871-19??] in Halifax.


Emily was born in Sowerby
 

Fielden, JohnRef 49-55
[1893-1917]
Son of
James Hollows Fielden.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a reed maker [1911] / an overlooker for W. L. Sandbach.

On 22nd August 1914, he married Isabella Fielden in Todmorden.

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [28th August 1914] announced


Mr John Fielden of Bank Top House, Todmorden, married Miss Isabella Fielden of 37 Unsworth Street, Stacksteads, Bacup, at Cloughfoot Congregational Church
 

Children:

  1. Eva [b 1915]
  2. John M. [b Q3 1917]

They lived at 18 Goshen Terrace, Todmorden.

During World War I, he enlisted in Halifax, and he was deemed fit to serve despite having barely recovered from an accident at work at the time of his medical examination, and he served as a Private with the 16th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He was sent to France in September 1916.

The Todmorden & District News [25th May 1917] reported


Private John Fielden, West Yorkshires, missing since the 3rd of May.

A younger brother is in training, and an elder sister, who was for several months on the nursing staff at Centre Vale Hospital, is now a nurse at Chesterfield

 

The following week's Edition [1st June 1917] published his photograph

He was killed at Bullecourt [3rd May 1917].

The Todmorden & District News [15th March 1918] reported


Private John Fielden, reported missing on the 3rd of May 1917, now presumed to have died, aged 24
 

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 4], on Todmorden War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Shade Council School

Fielden, John AshtonRef 49-116
[1859-1942]
Only son of
Samuel Fielden.

Born 11th December 1859.

He was educated at Harrow and Cambridge. He found Todmorden to be

damp, dirty and dull

and went to live as a country squire in the Eastern Counties.

He inherited Centre Vale, Todmorden.

In 1910, he sold it to Todmorden Corporation and the grounds became Centre Vale Park

Fielden, John EwartRef 49-205
[1881-1930]. MM.

Son of Howorth Fielden.

Born in Walsden [21st November 1881].

He was an active member of Inchfield Bottom United Methodist Church & School / a member of Prince George [No 308] Masonic Lodge / a member of Walsden Cricket Club / a picker maker [1901] / a picker maker with his father's business [1911] / a director of Howorth Fielden & Sons / Commissioner of Calder Valley Boy Scouts.

In [Q2] 1908, he married Ruth Marland [1880-1952] in Todmorden.


Ruth was born in Todmorden [31st July 1880], the daughter of Amos Marland
 

Children:

  1. Edna [17th July 1909-3rd August 1943] who was buried with  her parents
  2. Dorothy [b 1920]

They lived at 5 Hollins Villas, Walsden [1921].

John Ewart died on his 49th birthday [21st November 1930] (aged 49).

The Todmorden & District News [28th November 1930] published an obituary.

Ruth died 19th July 1952 (aged 71).

The couple were buried at Lumbutts United Methodist Free Church

Fielden, John HaighRef 49-5
[1845-1877]
Son of
Robert Fielden

He was a cotton spinner and manufacturer.

He married Henrietta Scholes of Dewsbury.

They lived at Southport [where he died]

Fielden, John SutcliffeRef 49-61
[1869-1939]
Born in Todmorden.

He was a cotton weaver [1901, 1911].

In [Q1] 1893, he married Alice Penney [1870-19??] in Todmorden.

The Todmorden & District News [17th March 1893] reported the wedding


Mr John Sutcliffe Fielden of Mellor Street, Lineholme, married Miss Alice Penney of Fernhill, Knotts Road, Lydgate, at Bethel Chapel, Lineholme
 


Alice was born in Mytholmroyd, the daughter of
Alfred Penney.

She was a cotton weaver [1901]

 

Child: Harold

They lived at

  • 40 Kitson Wood Road, Lydgate, Todmorden [1901]
  • 4 Stannally Street, Lineholme [1911]
  • 4 Lilybank Terrace, Lineholme

Fielden, John ThomasRef 49-181
[1876-1937]
Son of
Abraham Fielden.

Born in Inchfield Fold, Walsden [4th January 1876]; baptised at St Peter's Church, Walsden [5th March 1876].

He was a picker maker.

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

On 4th September 1900, he married Alice Clegg [1878-1943] at St Peter's Church, Walsden.


Alice was born 4th October 1878, and baptised at Walsden on 19th April 1879
 

Children:

  1. Frank
  2. Jeremy
  3. Albert

They lived at

  • 7 Inchfield Fold, Walsden [1876, 1881, 1891]
  • 3 Peel Cottage Street, Walsden [1900]
  • 1 Copperas House Terrace, Walsden [1900-1905]
  • 170 Knowlwood Road, Todmorden [1906-1911]
  • 2 Simeon Street, Walsden [1915]
  • 5 Maitland Street, Walsden [1922-1937]

John Thomas died in Walsden [11th January 1937].

Alice died 8th July 1943.

The couple were buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden [Grave Ref: 555] with Alice's parents

Fielden, John WilliamRef 49-190
[1886-19??]
Born in Todmorden.

He was a stationary engineman.

On 1st January 1910, he married Elizabeth Ann Buckley at Cloughfoot Chapel.


Elizabeth Ann was the daughter of William Buckley
 

Children:

  1. Annie [b 1911]

They lived at

  • 9 Longfield Road, Todmorden
  • 12 Salford, Todmorden [1910]

Fielden, John William HaighRef 49-111
[1857-1903]
Son of
Thomas Fielden

Born at Inchfield Fold, Walsden.

He married Betty [1856-1925].

Children:

  1. Margaret Ann who married Joseph Crabtree

They lived at Birks House, Walsden [1900].

He died at 176 Waterloo Drive, Blackpool.

He was buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden in the family vault

Fielden, JohnnyRef 49-193
[1765-1???]
Son of
John Fielden.

He kept the Black Bull, Gauxholme

Fielden, JosephRef 49-2
[1838-1908]
Born in Sowerby Bridge.

He was a tobacconist of Dirk Carr, Claremount.

In 1861, he married Mary Grace Jardine [1841-1927] in Bradford.


Mary was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Helen [1862-1901] who married Edward Normington
  2. Thomas Arthington

Joseph died 1st March 1908 (aged 70).

Mary died 16th February 1927.

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

Fielden, JoshuaRef 49-141
[1???-1665]
Of Warland.

Son of Nicholas Fielden.

In 1613, he married Mary Clegg.


Mary was the daughter of Thomas Clegg
 

Children:

  1. Susannah [1624-1684] who married John Uttley

He owned much land and many farms in Walsden, parts of Warland, Knowl Top and elsewhere. He inherited 2 messuages at Further Shore in Stansfield from his father. He wife Mary inherited the tenement at Calf Lee, Walsden, a messuage and 40 acres, from her father. This passed to their daughter Susannah Uttley

Fielden, JoshuaRef 49-86
[16??-1693]
Son of
Abraham Fielden.

He lived at Bottomley.

In 1689, his home was a registered Quaker meeting place.

On 21st October 1656, he married Martha Greenwood [16??-1708].


Martha came from North Hollingworth
 

Children:

  1. Joshua
  2. Nicholas
  3. Thomas
  4. Samuel
  5. John
  6. Hannah
  7. Abraham

All the sons became involved in the production of stuff and woollen cloth.

Joshua died at Bottomley [18th April 1693].

Martha died 2nd April 1708.

The couple were buried at Shoebroad Quaker Burial Ground

Fielden, JoshuaRef 49-149
[16??-1715]
Eldest son of
Joshua Fielden.

He inherited Bottomley from his parents.

On 6th February 1696, he married Mary Sutcliffe [1666-1745] at Shoebroad Quaker Meeting House.

Children:

  1. John [2nd February 1698-6th March 1715]
  2. Joshua
  3. Abraham
  4. Martha [1707-17??] who married Richard Sutcliffe
  5. Samuel

Joshua died 27th February 1715.

Mary died July 1745.

Members of the family were buried at Shoebroad Quaker Burial Ground

Fielden, JoshuaRef 49-150
[1650-1727]
Son of
Abraham Fielden.

He inherited Swineshead from his father. He was a clothier of Swineshead. Todmorden.

On 3rd October 1693, he married Mary Veepon [16??-1745] from Burnley.

Children:

  1. Judith who married Samuel Barnes (shop keeper of  Todmorden) 
  2. Mary
  3. Grace who married Isaac Robinson

Joshua & Mary were buried at Shoebroad Quaker Burial Ground

Fielden, JoshuaRef 49-169
[1701-1781]
Of
Edge End.

Son of Samuel Fielden

Born at Bottomley [15th March 1701-2].

On 20th March 1743, he married (1) Mary Merrick [17??-1753].

Children:

  1. Ann [30th March 1745-1786] who married Simeon Lord
  2. Eliza born 7th June 1746 & died the next day
  3. Samuel
  4. Joshua
  5. Thomas
  6. Mary [b 9th March 1753] who married [4th May 1774]  John Sutcliffe (jnr), a yeoman of Lower Berks, Stansfield

Mary died ? 1753.

On 13th January 1771, he married (2) Elizabeth Cooper [1748-1780] They had no children.

Elizabeth died 3rd April 1780 (aged 32).

Joshua died at Dobroyd [19th February 1781] (aged 79).

Members of the family were buried at Shoebroad Quaker Burial Ground

Fielden, JoshuaRef 49-107
[1702-1731]
Of
Bottomley.

Son of Joshua Fielden.

In 1723, he married Elizabeth Crossley at St Chad's Parish Church, Rochdale.

He was from a staunch Quaker family, and ended up being disowned by the Society of Friends and his family, at least in public, because he married a non-Quaker. He was shunned by his wealthy family, and had to make his own way in life.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Samuel
  3. Joshua

In 1731, he had a riding accident, following which he suffered a gangrenous leg, and died at the age of 29.

They had 3 small sons, and shortly after Joshua died his wife Elizabeth had them baptised on the same day at St Mary's Church, Todmorden. This sealed her fate with her in-laws, and her sons were cut off from any inheritance they may otherwise have expected

Fielden, JoshuaRef 49-119
[1739-1812]
Son of
Samuel Fielden.

He went to Dean House, Todmorden. He became a farmer and a butcher at Watty Farm.

In 1764, he married Sarah Emmott.


Sarah was the daughter of John Emmott
 

Children:

  1. John [b 1764]
  2. Betty [b 1766]
  3. Mary [b 1768]
  4. Alice [b 1770]
  5. Hannah [b 1772]
  6. Sarah [b 1775]
  7. Samuel [b 1776]
  8. Thomas [b 1780]
  9. Martha [b 1781]
  10. Jinney [b 1783]

The children were all baptised in one group at St Mary's Parish Church, Todmorden [1784]

Fielden, JoshuaRef 49-130
[1748-1811]
Son of
Joshua Fielden.

Born at Edge End Farm, Todmorden [29th December 1748].

He was a staunch Quaker / a cotton spinner / a cotton manufacturer at Edge End & at Waterside / founder of the Fielden family.

He worked at Edge End Farm until he realised that the streams in the bottom of the valley at Todmorden offered water power and moved to Laneside.

In 1782, he bought a number of hand-operated spinning jennies and set up business in 3 cottages at Millbrook House and Laneside House – establishing what was to become the family business at Waterside Mill.

He also carried out carding at Swineshead Mill, Langfield around 1803.

On 4th June 1771, he married Jenny Greenwood [1749-1825] at Shoebroad Quaker Meeting House.


Jenny was baptised at Heptonstall [29th October 1749], the daughter of Sarah & James Greenwood, of Langfield
 

Children:

  1. Samuel
  2. Mary [1774-1812] who married Thomas Boys
  3. Betty [1776-1836] who married Henry Lacy
  4. Joshua
  5. Sally [24th August 1780-18th September 1859] who died at  Waterside & was buried at Shoebroad Quaker Burial Ground
  6. John
  7. James
  8. Thomas
  9. Anne [2nd June 1786-6th August 1786] who was buried at  Shoebroad Quaker Burial Ground

Joshua died 19th April 1811.

Jenny died 4th March 1825 (aged 75).

Members of the family were buried at Shoebroad Quaker Burial Ground.

See Samuel Law and Lumbutts Mill, Todmorden

Fielden, JoshuaRef 49-88
[1766-1855]
Known as Jossy o' th' Platts House Son of
Samuel Fielden.

He was a local preacher with the Wesleyan Association Connexion

He married Betty [1769-1809].

Children:

  1. Alice
  2. Samuel
  3. John
  4. James

He married (2) Sarah.

They lived at Platts House, Todmorden.

He sold Platts House and Carr Barn to Thomas Ramsbotham [1820s], and lived out his life at Mount Pleasant in Todmorden.

He was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden

Fielden, JoshuaRef 49-15
[1778-1843]
Known as Sheriff.

Son of John Fielden.

Born at Bottomley Farm, Walsden.

He was a piece maker of Bottoms

He built a house and weaving shop at Bottoms in Walsden where he was a home manufacturer with his wife and children working in the business.

In 1804, he married Betty Dawson.


Betty was the daughter of Thomas Dawson
 

Children:

  1. John
  2. Betty
  3. Joshua
  4. Martha
  5. Mary
  6. Sally
  7. Abraham
  8. Thomas
  9. Hannah [1821-1890] who married John Law
  10. Jane
  11. James

On 10th November 1843, Joshua went missing from home. A notice was circulated:


Missing – A person of the name of Joshua Fielden of Bottoms in Walsden, aged 60, left his home on Friday evening the 10th November about 6 o'clock, and has not since been heard of. He has frequently shown symptoms of derangement, and some time ago attempted to cut his throat, though not effectually. A short time before he left home that day, and while sitting at tea with his wife, he told her it was the last time he would eat, and that he knew a place where he could hide himself, and where no one would find him. They have searched the canal and the mill dams in the neighbourhood, but no clue has yet been found to this mysterious affair. The missing individual has a large scar or mark on the left side of his head that reaches to the back part of it, caused by the tread of a horse, and left home without hat, having on a brown fustian uncut coat and waistcoat, drab cotton cord trousers, and a pair of clogs on his feet. It would be an act of the greatest kindness and compassion in anyone transmitting to his disconsolate friends any intelligence respecting him
 

On the morning of December 11th, he was found drowned in Light Bank Lock, Walsden.

He was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden

Fielden, JoshuaRef 49-153
[1778-1847]
Of Waterside.

Second son of Joshua Fielden.

Born at Edge End Farm, Todmorden [17th February 1778].

He had 2 illegitimate children by Sally Firth:

  1. Nathan (Firth)
  2. Elizabeth (Firth)

On 31st July 1817, he married (1) Alice (Else) Mallinson [1794-1831] in Rochdale.


Else was baptised [30th March 1794], the daughter of John Mallinson, a farmer of Horton in Ribblesdale
 

Children:

  1. Jane [1817-1897] who married James Ramsbotham
  2. Joshua who died 2nd January 1820 (aged 19 days) 
  3. John [1820-1st September 1852] who married Sarah Ann  Cockcroft & died at Greenbank Caton, Lancaster
  4. child who died in infancy

Else died March 1831 (aged 37)  and was buried [26th March 1831].

On 29th January 1838, he married (2) Maria Holt [1795-1840] at St Mary's Church, Todmorden.


Maria was the daughter of John Holt, of Todmorden
 

They had no children.

Maria died 9th September 1840 (aged 45).

Joshua died at Waterside, Todmorden [24th November 1847].

Members of the family were buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden.

See Holme Mill, Stansfield and Stoneswood Lower Mill, Walsden

Fielden, JoshuaRef 49-91
[1827-1887]
MP, JP.

Third son of Honest John Fielden.

Born at Dawson Weir, Todmorden [8th March 1827].

He was a cotton spinner & manufacturer [1861] / a partner in Fielden Brothers / Member of Parliament for the the Eastern Division of the West Riding  of Yorkshire [1868-1880] / a Magistrate for Lancashire & West Riding of Yorkshire [1871] / a land owner [1871] / a merchant [1871] / a cotton spinner & manufacturer [1871] / a farmer of 135 acres employing 10 men & one boy [1871].

On 14th May 1851, he married Ellen Brocklehurst [1830-1???] at Prestbury Church, Macclesfield.


Ellen was born in Macclesfield [5th August 1830], the daughter of Thomas Brocklehurst of The Fence, Macclesfield
 

Children:

  1. Anne [10th February 1852-5th August 1865] who was buried  with her father
  2. John
  3. Thomas
  4. Ellen Unett [b 29th January 1856]
  5. Edward Brocklehurst
  6. Mabel [b September 1858]
  7. Edith
  8. Kate [b 1862] who married [1891] Dr H. S. Stone  from Reigate
  9. Gertrude [b 7th September 1862]
  10. Sarah [b 31st October 1863]
  11. Susan [b 1864]
  12. Joshua [b 19th April 1865] who was a widower living on  own means [1901]
  13. Beatrice [b 5th October 1866]
  14. Harold [b April 1868] who was a cavalry captain – army  [1901]

They lived at

John Gibson built a similar house for Fielden at Nutfield Priory in Surrey.

In 1897, he was described as being


an eccentric politician who had gone over to the Tory side, while his family in Todmorden were still more or less associated with the Liberal Party
 

In 1879, Fielden withdrew his money from Fielden Brothers and left Todmorden to live at Nutfield Priory, Surrey.

He withdrew from political life in 1880.

He died [1887] whilst sailing his yacht near Cannes.

He was buried at Unitarian Church, Todmorden from where he would be able to see Stansfield Hall.

In 1891, a memorial tablet was placed on the east wall of Unitarian Church, Todmorden.

Living with the widowed Ellen [in 1901] was visitor Francis D. Brocklehurst [b 1847].

See Todmorden Mechanics' Institute

Fielden, JoshuaRef 49-79
[1892-1???]
Born at New Bridge.

He was a cotton manufacturer [1851].

He married (1) Unknown.

Children:

  1. Samuel [b 1819] who was an overlooker [1851]
  2. Betty [b 1823] who married Joseph Greenwood
  3. (possibly) James [b 1824]

On 14th August 1826, he married (2) Susan Crossley [1787-18??].


Susan was born in Langfield
 

Children:

  1. William [b 1828]

They lived at Ewood Mill, Todmorden [1841, 1851].

Living with them [in 1841] was Susan's sister [?] Mary Crossley [1797-1801].

Living with them [in 1851] were daughter Betty, her husband & children

Fielden, JosiahRef 49-152
[1872-1951]
Son of
Thomas Fielden.

He worked in the family business, Robert Fielden & Sons Limited [1921].

He married Alice Fielden, at Colwyn Bay.


Alice was the youngest daughter of draper John Fielden of Gauxholme
 

Newspapers reported

The employees of Messrs Robert Fielden & Sons picker makers, Walsden, with their wives and sweethearts, sat down to a first class tea in Walsden Church School, about 150 being present. During the evening a presentation was made to Mr & Mrs Fielden, consisting of a silver tear urn and silver mounted whip to Mr Josiah Fielden, the couple having only recently been married

Children:

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

Fielden, Lord Ref 49-122
[1852-1907]
Son of
Abraham Fielden.

Born in Halifax.

He was a cotton weaver [1871] / a drapers shop man [1881] / a cloth agent (cotton) [1891] / a cloth manufacturer [1901].

He established Lord Fielden & Son Limited at Salford Mill, Todmorden.

He was President of Todmorden Liberal Club [1899, 1900, 1901].

He was active at York Street Wesleyan Methodist Church, Todmorden and the school there.

In 1871, he married (1) Mary Jane Helliwell in Todmorden.

In 1881, he married (2) Mary Lord [1856-1???] in Todmorden.

Children:

  1. Robert
  2. Edward
  3. Frank
  4. Harold [b 1889] who went to work in a diamond mine in  Rhodesia
  5. Percy

Around 1902, he moved to Halifax.

They lived at

  • Stanley Terrace, Langfield [1891]
  • 124 Heathleigh, Skircoat Road, Halifax [1901, 1907]
  • 15 Rhodesia Avenue, Halifax

In his latter weeks, he suffered from an ailment of the bowels, and Dr Alfred Mantle advised him to go into a private nursing home in Leeds, where he died.

He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery

Fielden, LukeRef 49-112
[1840-1910]
Son of
Abraham Fielden.

He was a stone mason.

In 1862, he married Mary Suthers [1840-1912] in Todmorden.

Children:

  1. Emily [1868] who died aged 7 months
  2. Joseph Arthur [1870-1971] who died aged 17 months
  3. Annie [1872-1873] who died in her 2nd year
  4. Ernest [1874-1903]

They lived at Gauxholme Place, Todmorden.

Members of the family were buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone

Fielden, MallyRef 49-9
[1766-1???]
Daughter of
John Fielden.

She married (1) John Heyworth.

She married (2) Abraham Crossley.

She married (3) Robert Jackson

Fielden, MallyRef 49-178
[1802-1826]
Daughter of
Samuel Fielden.

Born at Winterbutlee, Walsden; baptised on 4th February 1802.

On 1st March 1824, she married John Law in Rochdale Child: Susan

The family lived at

  • Winterbutlee, Walsden [1802 – 1824]
  • Square, Walsden [1826]

Mally died in Walsden in 1826 and was buried at Christ Church, Todmorden [11th July 1826]

Fielden, MallyRef 49-31
[1804-1857]
Daughter of
Samuel Fielden.

Born at Scout Top, Walsden.

In 1818, she had an illegitimate daughter Susan by James Dawson.

In 1822, she married John Law.

They had 7 children.

John died in 1833 at Scout Top after a long and lingering illness.

In 1840, Mally had an illegitimate son Richard (who died aged 1 year) by a widower John Dawson.

In 1843, she had an illegitimate son Sam (who died aged 3 months), father unknown.

She lived at

  • Scout Top
  • Bottomley
  • Blue Pits (Rochdale area) 

Fielden, NicholasRef 49-123
[15??-1626]
Or ffeilden.

Illegitimate son of Bartholomew Fielden.

Yeoman and farmer at Inchfield, Walsden [1612].

He owned land in Hundersfield [1581] and Walsden [1612].

In 15??, he married (1) Christobel Stansfield.


Christobel was the daughter of John Stansfield.

She came from Hartley Royd, and passed the property to Nicholas and their son John

 

Children:

  1. Bartholomew
  2. John
  3. Joshua
  4. Abraham
  5. Anthonie
  6. a daughter who married John Eastwood from Eastwood

They lived at Top of the Fold Farm, Inchfield.

Elizabeth died in 16??.

Nicholas (2) married Elizabeth Greenwood [1???-1638]

Fielden, NicholasRef 49-144
[16??-1714]
A
Quaker.

Second son of Joshua Fielden.

Born at Bottomley.

Around 1715, he owned Gauxholme Corn Mill, Walsden.

In 1701, he married Anne Helliwell [16??-1712].

Children:

  1. Nicholas
  2. John [1703-1710]
  3. Thomas [1705-1715]
  4. Ann [1707-17??] who married [1731] Jonathan Craven  from Horton
  5. William [1709-1710]

Anne died young and in 1713, Nicholas married Margaret.

They lived at Edge End Farm, Todmorden where Nicholas established a clothing business. His brother, Samuel, joined the business.

He died shortly afterwards [on 16th September 1714], leaving 4 children in the care of their new stepmother.

Nicholas's brother, John, took responsibility for the children by continuing to run the corn mill at Gauxholme and putting all the profit into a trust fund for them.

Nicholas was buried at Shoebroad Quaker Burial Ground [19th September 1714]

Fielden, NicholasRef 49-82
[1701-1729]
Son of
Nicholas Fielden.

His father's will passed Gauxholme Mill to Nicholas on his coming of age

Fielden, NicholasRef 49-115
[1766-1836]
Son of
Samuel Fielden.

He was a butcher / a saddler.

In 1789, he married (1) Mary Howarth.

Children:

  1. Alice
  2. Betty
  3. Samuel
  4. John
  5. Joshua

He married (2) Ann.


Ann was the daughter of Reuben Haigh and the widow of Thomas Dawson
 

Children:

  1. Samuel
  2. Ruth
  3. William
  4. Abraham

They lived at Knowlwood, Walsden

Fielden, PercyRef 49-67
[1897-1918]
Son of
Lord Fielden.

He was educated at Halifax Secondary School [1913].

During World War I, he enlisted with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), then served as a Private with C Company 4th Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).

He died 20th May 1918 (aged 21).

He was buried at Le Vertannoy British Cemetery, Hinges, France [Grave Ref B 20].

He is remembered on the Memorial at York Street Wesleyan Methodist Church

Fielden, RichardRef 49-58
[1873-1951]
Son of Samuel Fielden, mechanic.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a weaver of Henshaw Road, Walsden [1894] / a cotton weaver [1901] / a cotton loom overlooker [1911].

In [Q4] 1894, he married Martha Ann Greenwood [1870-1???] at St Peter's Church, Walsden.


Martha, a weaver of Woodbottom, Walsden, was born in Todmorden, the daughter of Robert Greenwood, night watchman.

Martha was a cotton weaver [1901, 1911]

 

Children:

  1. Allan
  2. Walter [b 1899] who was a part-time fire-light maker  [1911] & served in World War I

They lived at

  • 115 Hollins Road, Todmorden [1901]
  • 169 Hollins Road, Todmorden [1911]
  • 169 Henshaw Terrace, Walsden [1918]

A Richard Fielden died in Todmorden [Q1 1951] (aged 77) 

Fielden, RobertRef 49-145
[1793-1874]
Of Inchfield.

Son of James Fielden.

Born at Toad Carr, Todmorden.

He took possession of Inchfield Farm [1827].

In 1854, he started cotton manufacture. He leased Birks Mill and extended it, installing a 20 hp steam engine to supplement the waterwheel.

He also established Robert Fielden & Sons at Inchfield Picker Works, Todmorden.

Robert, his brother James, and nephew William Holt, produced pickers at Clough Mill and Inchfield Picker Works.

He married (1) Alice Mitchell from Dulesgate.

He married (2) Mally Fielden of Pex House.

Children:

  1. James
  2. Susan

He married (3) Susan Haigh from Pex Royd

Children:

  1. Robert
  2. Thomas
  3. Josiah (1831-1860) who was a cotton  manufacturer
  4. Samuel
  5. John Haigh
  6. Sarah Ann
  7. Hannah
  8. William Henry
  9. Mary [1837-1905] who married Thomas Wrigley

See Todmorden & Walsden Select Vestry [1838]

Fielden, RobertRef 49-71
[18??-1864]
A collier at Todmorden.

At 10:30 pm on Saturday, 21st May 1864 he was seen drunk in Todmorden, and at midnight he bought a pie and some peas at a shop in Gauxholme.

The following morning, his cap was found near a house in Dulesgate.

On 25th May 1864, his body was found in a lock on the canal at Gauxholme.

The inquest returned a verdict of accidentally drowned

Fielden, RobertRef 49-158
[1826-1897]
Of Inchfield Fold, Walsden.

Son of Robert Fielden.

He was senior partner in Robert Fielden & Sons.

He never married.

On 18th February 1897, he collapsed and died at Bacup Railway Station whilst hurrying to catch the 5:40 pm train.

He was buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden [22nd February 1897]. Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at £28,190 16/4d

Fielden, RobertRef 49-113
[1840-1900]
Son of
William Fielden.

Born in Walsden.

He was a weaver at Allescholes(?) [1865] / a weaver (cotton) [1871] / a farmer of 20 acres (with his mother) at Allescholes [1880s] / landlord of the Bird-i-th-Hand, Warland [1892].

In 1865, he married Betty Jackson at Walsden Parish Church.

They lived at 4 Higher Allescholes, Todmorden & Walsden [1871].

Living with them [in 1881] were Robert's mother Betty Fielden [aged 63] (farm servant indoor) and niece Leah Uttley [aged 5].

After Robert's death, Betty ran the Bird-i-th-Hand until her death in 1903

Fielden, RobertRef 49-98
[1882-1950]
Son of
Lord Fielden.

He and his brother Edward ran the family business, Lord Fielden & Son Limited at Salford Mill, Todmorden

Fielden, SamRef 49-196
[1843-1910]
Son of John Fielden, medicine manufacturer.

Born in Woodshade, Lancashire.

He was a weaver of Wood Shade, Todmorden [1865] / a cotton weaver [1871, 1881] / a fish hawker [1891] / a hawker [1901].

In 1865, he married (1) Ann Uttley [1845-1???] at Christ Church, Todmorden.


Ann, of Dobroyd, was born in Stansfield, the daughter of John Uttley, labourer.

She was cotton weaver [1871, 1881]

 

Children:

  1. Jane [b 1871] who was a cotton weaver [1881], a boarder  in Shade Street, Todmorden [1891]
  2. John [b 1873] who was a fish hawker [1891]

Ann died in Todmorden in 1878 (aged 32) 

In 1880, he married (2) Hannah Kershaw [1846-1???].


Hannah was the daughter of
Mr Kershaw
 

Children:

  1. Frank [b Watty Hole, Lancashire 1884] who was a picker  maker [1901, 1911]
  2. Walter

The family lived at

  • 44 Shade, Todmorden [1871]
  • Dobwheel, Wardle, Rochdale [1881]
  • 20 Stoneswood Bottom, Todmorden [1891]
  • 37 Lumbutts Road, Todmorden [1901, 1911]

Living with them [in 1871] was Ann's sister Jane Uttley [b 1850].

Living with them [in 1881] were Hannah's siblings John Kershaw [b 1831] (hawker)  & Ellen Kershaw [b 1836] (cotton winder).

Samuel died in Todmorden in 1910 (aged 67) 

Fielden, SamRef 49-52
[1898-1918]
Son of
Thomas Fielden.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a cotton weaver [1911] / a mule piecer.

During World War I, he enlisted at Halifax [6th June 1916] and served as a Private with the 19th Battalion Durham Light Infantry.

He was sent to France [29th December 1916].

He was killed in action in France / Flanders [29th March 1918].


There is some confusion about the date of his death in the Army records, where it is recorded as the 25th or 29th March 1918
 

The Todmorden & District News [19th April 1918] reported


Private Sam Fielden, Durham Light Infantry, had been in France for fifteen months, and was killed in action on the 25th of March
 

The following week's Edition [26th April 1918] published his photograph

He is remembered on the Pozières Memorial, France [Grave Ref 68-72]

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Fielden, SamuelRef 49-87
[1???-1???]
Constable at Todmorden & Walsden [1760]

Fielden, SamuelRef 49-156
[16??-1722]
Son of
Joshua Fielden.

He worked with his brother Nicholas, in the production of cloth at Edge End Farm, Todmorden.

He was also at Flailcroft.

He went to live at Todmorden Hall with his brother, John.

In 1703, he married Elizabeth Veepon [16??-1747] from Briecliff near Burnley.

Children:

  1. Thomas
  2. Joshua
  3. Hannah [1709-1753]
  4. John
  5. Ellen [1715-17??]
  6. Mary [1717-17??] who married [1745] John Brook
  7. Martha [1719-1734]
  8. Samuel

Fielden, SamuelRef 49-94
[1711-1798]
Of
Bottomley.

Son of Joshua Fielden

Fielden, SamuelRef 49-22
[1722-1745]
Son of
Samuel Fielden.

In 1734, John Fielden left his farm at Allescholes to Samuel and his brother Thomas. Samuel sold his share to Thomas

Fielden, SamuelRef 49-11
[1727-1799]
Of
Platts House, Todmorden.

Son of Joshua Fielden.

He was a stuff maker.

He married Sarah.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Susan [1756-1832] who married William Sutcliffe
  3. Sarah
  4. Samuel
  5. James
  6. Joshua
  7. Hannah
  8. Abraham

He was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden

Fielden, SamuelRef 49-104
[1737-1809]
Son of
Samuel Fielden.

His father installed him as tenant of the White Hart and the farm.

In 1765, he married (1) Alice Emmott.


Alice was the daughter of John Emmott
 

Children:

  1. Nicholas
  2. Mary [b 1767] who married [1785] James Fielden of  Platts House
  3. Hannah [1769-1786]
  4. Thomas [b 1771] who emigrated to America

In 1777, he married (2) Betty Holt [1745-1807].

Children:

  1. Enoch
  2. Jane [b 1781] who married [1799] Samuel Barker
  3. Sally [1785] who died in infancy

Fielden, SamuelRef 49-127
[1747-1821]
Of Old Shop, Todmorden.

Son of Joshua Fielden.

Born at Edge End, Todmorden [25th July 1747].

On 26th March 1769, he married Hannah Barnes [1734-1814].


Hannah was born 10th October 1734, the daughter of Mary & Samuel Barnes of Langfield
 

The family lived at

  • Mary [b 1st January 1770]
  • Sarah [b 14th February 1772]
  • Samuel [b 24th March 1773]
  • Hannah [b 26th April 1775]
  • Joshua Barnes [b 24th January 1777]
  • William [b 13th April 1779]

Hannah died at Langfield [5th October 1814] (aged 80).

Samuel died 3rd August 1831 (aged 84).

Members of the family were buried in Todmorden

Fielden, SamuelRef 49-154
[1769-1844]


Question: Is this the same as Samuel Fielden [1771-1847].?

 

Son of John Fielden of Bottomley.

He was a farmer and a stone mason – he and his sons were ridging  hewers, quarrying stone and working it on Walsden common and then  carting it down by Scout Top and taking it to Rochdale and other / places where building was going on / a money lender, accommodating friends and neighbours by lending money  or standing surety / one of the first of trustees at Lanebottom Chapel [1818] / a stone merchant of Scout Top [1824].


He usually attended St Mary's Church, Todmorden, but when the new Christ Church was built, he refused to go. When asked about this, his stinging reply was that the new church was not built for the folk of Todmorden & Walsden, but for the rich and those who live up in Harley Wood. This was a reference to the fact that Harley Wood was not in Lancashire, but over the border in Yorkshire, and was not in the Parish of Todmorden but part of the Parish of Cross Stone, and consequently in a different diocese. This was a feeling held by many Todmorden & Walsden residents
 

In 1790, he married Sally Holden [1766-1858] from Ramsden North Farm, Walsden.

Children:

  1. Hannah
  2. Betty
  3. Sally
  4. John
  5. James
  6. Mally
  7. Jane
  8. Samuel
  9. Joshua
  10. Abraham
  11. Martha
  12. William
  13. Jane
  14. Tommy
  15. Elizabeth

He inherited Higher Scout Farm, Walsden from his grandfather. He inherited Scout Top farm Walsden and the couple lived there all their married lives.

They both died at Scout Top.

Samuel was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden and Sally was buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden

Fielden, SamuelRef 49-29
[1771-1847]
Known locally as Old Steward o' Winterbutlee.


Question: Is this the same as Samuel Fielden [1769-1844]?

 

Son of John Fielden.

There is some unproven information about this John


John Fielden was the third child of Thomas Fielden and according to Travis, John Fielden had 9 children, the third of whom was Samuel Fielden
 

Samuel was born at Winterbutlee, Walsden; baptised at St Mary's Church, Todmorden [19th May 1771].

He was a farmer / a cotton mill worker.

On 28th February 1797, he married Mary Fielden [1776-1855] at Christ Church, Todmorden.


Mary, of Allescholes, may have been Samuel's cousin
 

Children:

  1. Susan [1797-1822] who married Abraham Law
  2. John
  3. Mally
  4. Ann
  5. Abraham
  6. Samuel

Samuel and Mary also brought up two of their grandchildren: Susan Law & John Law.

The family lived at

  • Winterbutlee, Walsden [1771, 1820, 1823]
  • Hollins Bottom, Walsden [1841, 1847]

The couple were buried at Christ Church, Todmorden: Samuel [26th August 1847]; Mary [7th March 1855]

Fielden, SamuelRef 49-147
[1772-1822]
Eldest son of
Joshua Fielden.

Born at Edge End, Todmorden [2nd April 1772].

He was first the manager of the family's Lumbutts Mill, and became the sole owner when he bought it from the family about 1813.

He never married, but he had two sons by a Miss Clegg and Hannah Uttley of Lumbutts.

He collapsed and died whilst demonstrating stone cutting to a friend and was buried at Shoebroad Quaker Burial Ground [24th December 1822]

Fielden, SamuelRef 49-168
[1790-18??]
Eldest son of
John Fielden.

He was a cotton manufacturer with Fielden's at Clough Mill, Walsden.

In 1801, he married Grace Wood.

Children:

  1. Mary
  2. Betty [1803-1872] who married Reuben Haigh
  3. Susan
  4. Hannah
  5. Mary Ann
  6. Samuel
  7. John
  8. Sarah

After he and his brother John died, their brother William carried on the family business

Fielden, SamuelRef 49-37
[1804-1852]

He married Unknown.

Child: John

Fielden, SamuelRef 49-177
[1813-1847]
Son of
Samuel Fielden.

He married Betty Rigg of Pot Ovens / Newbridge, Walsden

Fielden, SamuelRef 49-186
[1813-1847]
(Possibly) son of
John Fielden.

Born in Walsden; baptised in Todmorden [17th April 1813].

He was an engine tenter [1847].

On 28th December 1834, he married Sally Smith at St Chad's Church, Rochdale.


Sally was born in Heptonstall [24th December 1815], the daughter of Robert Smith
 

Children:

  1. Jane [1835-1887]
  2. Mary [b 1839]
  3. Margaret [b 1840]
  4. Smith (Fielden) [1844-1903]
  5. Grace [1846-1896]

Samuel died in Walsden [4th April 1847] (aged 34); the death certificate records


phthisis 11 weeks

Informant George Bentley present at the death, Gauxholme, Walsden

 

He was buried at Christ Church, Todmorden.

Sally died in Todmorden [11th February 1901]

Fielden, SamuelRef 49-70
[1816-1889]
Eldest son of
Honest John Fielden.

Born at Dawson Weir, Todmorden [21st January 1816].

He was senior partner in Fielden Brothers.

He was overbearing and ill-tempered, intolerant of the views of others, and had few friends. He was known as Black Sam.

He was a Freemason. He gave money for the rebuilding of Stoodley Pike. He gave generously to several causes. His name is inscribed on one of the bells at Todmorden Parish Church.

On 17th March 1859, he married Sarah Jane Yates [1819-1910].

at Childwall Church, near Liverpool.


Sarah Jane was the daughter of Joseph Brookes Yates of Liverpool
 

Children:

  1. John Ashton
  2. Martha Lord [b 1863] who married James Wetherell Willans

He lived at Centre Vale.

In 1870, he donated £150 pounds a year to Owens College at Manchester University to support evening classes for teacher-pupils and artisans. The family also donated £3,000 to a general fund to develop the Natural Sciences at the College, and the Fielden Chair of Pure Mathematics was established.

In 1871, he rebuilt Centre Vale and lived there. He rebuilt Centre Vale School at the same time. He was a cricket fan and allowed part of the Centre Vale estate to be used by Todmorden Cricket Club.

Reports of his death quote his wealth as being between £3 million and £4 million.

See Todmorden Mechanics' Institute

Fielden, SamuelRef 49-13
[1824-1896]
Son of
John Fielden.

He was a blacksmith.

After the death of his uncle Abraham Fielden, Samuel took over at the Dusty Miller, Walsden. He was there until after 1871 as beerhouse keeper and blacksmith. He had moved by 1881.

In 1851, he married Hannah Newell [1826-1900].

They had no children.

They were buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden

Fielden, SamuelRef 49-4
[1839-1902]
JP.

Son of Robert Fielden.

He was a cotton spinner, picker maker, & manufacturer / President of Walsden Conservative Club [1888].

He married Alice Lord.

Children:

  1. daughter
  2. Kate who married Robert Barker

The family lived at

He died at his home 19 Derby Road, Blackpool

Fielden, SamuelRef 49-131
[1847-1922]
Son of
Abraham Fielden.

Born in Todmorden.

Around 1869, he emigrated to America.

He went to Chicago where he became involved in labour rights and socialist activities.

In 1886, he was amongst those arrested following an explosion when a bomb was thrown during a meeting at Haymarket, Chicago – the Haymarket Riots. He was sentenced to death but this was commuted to life imprisonment. He was pardoned after serving 6 years of the sentence.

He went to farm in Colorado.

He wrote an autobiography which also contained details of his father's life.

In 1875, he married Sarah Gill [1845-1911].


Sarah came from Walsden
 

Children:

  1. Alice [1884-1975]
  2. Samuel Henry [1886-1972]

Members of the family were buried at LaVeta, Colorado, USA

Fielden, SamuelRef 49-191
[1853-19??]
Born in Bacup.

He was a grocer & shopman [1881] / a cotton weaver [1891, 1901, 1911].

On 13th May 1875, he married Mary Scholfield [1855-19??].


Mary was born in Walsden
 

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [14th May 1875] reported


Mr Samuel Fielden of Throstle Terrace married Miss Mary Scholfield of Glen View, Walsden, at Inchfield Bottom Chapel, Walsden, on the 13th of May.

The ceremony was performed by the Rev Joshua Fielden, brother of the groom

 

Children:

  1. John Henry [b 1877] who was a cotton weaver [1891]
  2. Joseph [b 1878] who was a throstle cotton spinner [1891],  a drysalter [1901]
  3. Betsy [b 1881] who was a throstle cotton spinner [1891]
  4. Alice [b 1886] who was a cotton frame tenter [1901]
  5. Thomas [b 1888] who was a cotton throstle doffer [1901],  a labourer at chemical works [1911]
  6. Harold [b 1890] who was a wrapper-up at picker works  [1911]
  7. Arthur Fielden Arthur [b 1892] who was a  maker-up at cotton finishing works [1911]
  8. Bertram [b 1893] who was a cutter-up at picker works  [1911]
  9. Maud [b 1896] who was a cotton reeler [1911]
  10. James L. [b 1898] who was a cotton doffer [1911]
  11. Annie [b 1901]

The children were born in Walsden.

The family lived at

  • 14 Cawl Meadows, Clough Fold, Rawtenstall [1881]
  • 61 Throstle Terrace, Walsden [1891]
  • 10 Throstle Street, Walsden [1901]
  • 964 Rochdale Road, Walsden [1911]

Fielden, Samuel BaronRef 49-43
[1808-1860]
Illegitimate son of
James Baron, he took the maiden name of his mother Hannah Fielden.

Born in Walsden.

He was a farmer [1854] / a landed proprietor [1851].

He inherited property at Higher Allescholes.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Mary [1831-1???] who married James Crossley

In 1841, 1851, the widowed Samuel and daughter Mary were living at Allescoles, Todmorden & Walsden with his brother James.

He died at Higher Allescholes.

He was buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden

Fielden, SarahRef 49-59
[16??-16??]
In 16??, it is recorded that she committed fornication

in the open of Stansfield on a dark night with whom she knows not for it was so dark she could not see his face

Fielden, StuartRef 49-72
[1979-] Of Old Town, Hebden Bridge. Rugby league player

Fielden, SusanRef 49-8
[1711-1791]
Daughter of
Abraham Fielding.

Born at Knowltop Farm.

She married James Scholfield of Lodge Hall Farm, Walsden.

About 1745, Susan went to listen to a sermon by John Wesley who was visiting Todmorden, and from this came the first spark of Methodism in the area.

She was the first member of the Wesleyan Society in Todmorden and an influential Methodist in the district

Fielden, ThomasRef 49-78
[1???-18??]

He married Betty.

Thomas was dead by.

In 1837, Betty married William Midgley

Fielden, ThomasRef 49-142
[16??-1725]
Son of
Joshua Fielden.

He was A Quaker / a farmer / a stuff-maker. In 1708, he married Alice Lees at Shoebroad Quaker Meeting House.

Children:

  1. John
  2. John
  3. Hannah

They lived at North Hollingworth, the home of Thomas's mother.

He was buried at Shoebroad Quaker Burial Ground.

After his death, his nephew Thomas Fielden moved to North Hollingworth to look after Alice and the business

Fielden, ThomasRef 49-105
[1704-1785]
Of
Carr Barn.

Son of Samuel Fielden.

He was a Quaker / a wool comber / a husbandman of Edge End [1732].

In 1732, he married Elizabeth Barker from Ashenhurst in Stansfield, at Shoebroad Meeting House.

Children:

  1. Sarah
  2. Nicholas
  3. John
  4. Elizabeth
  5. Samuel – see Samuel Fielden
  6. Thomas
  7. Joshua

In 1725, he moved to North Hollingworth when his uncle Thomas Fielden died, to look after the widow Alice and the business.

In 1734, John Fielden left his farm at Allescholes to Thomas and his brother Samuel. Samuel sold his share to Thomas.

Thomas moved to Allescholes [1738].

In 1775, they were living at Carr Barn.

He died at Carr Barn.

He was buried at Shoebroad Quaker Burial Ground

Fielden, ThomasRef 49-157
[1740-1810]
Of Pighill.

He married Betty Woodhead.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Betty [1781-1858] who married Enoch Fielden

Fielden, ThomasRef 49-135
[1751-1787]
Son of
Joshua Fielden.

Born at Edge End, Todmorden [24th April 1751].

He married Jane

Fielden, ThomasRef 49-170
[1790-1869]
Fifth son of
Joshua Fielden.

Born at Lane Side, Todmorden [11th December 1790].

He was a cotton merchant in Manchester, Liverpool & New York.

In 1822, he married (1) Alice Entwhistle [1784-1856] in Liverpool.


Alice was born in Nangreaves near Entwhistle, Lancashire, the daughter of a woollen manufacturer
 

They had no children.

Alice died 29th August 1856 (aged 72).

On 25th September 1858, he married Marianne Hoyle in Burnley.


Marianne was born in Haslingden [10th March 1813], the daughter of John Hoyle, gentleman of Little Harwood
 

On 25th February 1865, Thomas bought the Stones Estate for £12,500

On 14th May 1865, he bought the Friths Estate for £9,550.

Thomas died at Cheetham Hill, Manchester [7th December 1869] (aged 78).

The couple were buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden.

The grave was near the wall at the west end of the church. It was destroyed many years ago

Fielden, ThomasRef 49-99
[18??-1865]
Aka The Todmorden Giant. He was a stone-breaker working on the
turnpike road.

On 1st November 1856, he was exhibited for the first time in Halifax after having joined a travelling show.

He was buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone on 6th March 1865

Fielden, ThomasRef 49-3
[1829-1896]
JP.

Son of Robert Fielden.

He was a cotton spinner and manufacturer / a JP for the Todmorden Union [1896].

He married Margaret Roberts.

Children:

  1. Josiah
  2. John William Haigh

They lived at

Fielden, ThomasRef 49-102
[1854-1897]
JP, DL.

Eldest son of Joshua Fielden.

Born at Stansfield Hall [30th September 1854].

He was a salesman and partner of Robert Fielden & Sons but found the work tiresome.

He was Conservative MP for the Middleton Division.

On 23rd January 1878, he married Martha Knowles [1851-19??] at St George's Church, Hanover Square, London.


Martha was the daughter of Thomas Knowles MP for Wigan.

Her sister Mary Ellen married Edward Brocklehurst Fielden

 

Children:

  1. Ellen Lorna [b 1878]
  2. Alice Pownall [b 1880]
  3. (possibly) John [b 1st December 1880]
  4. Thomas Knowles [b 1882]
  5. Marjory Noel [b 1884] who married [14th April 1909]  Captain Sir Charles Bingham Lowther

They lived at

He moved to Grimston Park, Tadcaster where he lived as a country squire.

On 20th September 1891, he was deer-stalking in Forfarshire, Scotland. He fell and was stopped by a ledge of rock 20 ft below, otherwise he would have fallen over a precipice 1,000 ft in depth. He survived the fall.

On 5th October 1897, he was returning from grouse shooting when he lagged behind and was left stranded on the moors. He was later found lying dead face-downwards on the ground.

He was buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden

Fielden, ThomasRef 49-159
[1864-1897]
Son of Samuel Fielden.

Born in Rochdale.

A stone mason of Law Street, Bottoms, Walsden.

In [Q1] 1886, he married Martha Ann Dawson in Todmorden.

Children:

  1. Betsy Ellen
  2. Sam

On Sunday, 21st February 1897, he died after falling 24 ft down a valve shaft at Warland Reservoir. He and Fred Smith of Bottoms, were walking from Blackstone Edge when a thick fog suddenly descended on them and they missed their way. Smith had a very narrow escape.

He was buried at Christ Church, Todmorden

Fielden, ThomasRef 49-195
[1867-1909]
Son of William Fielden, mason.

He was a weaver of Ferney Lee, Stansfield [1887] / a cotton weaver [1891, 1901].

On 7th May 1887, he married Annie Marshall [1870-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Annie, of Rose Street, Langfield, was the daughter of
William H. Marshall, weaver
 

Children:

  1. Sarah Ellen [1889-1894]
  2. Mary H. [b 1890]
  3. Bertha [b 1892]
  4. Florence [b 1894] who was a cotton spinner [1911]
  5. Lucy [1896-1906]
  6. Sam
  7. Harriet [b 1900]
  8. Betsy [b 1901]
  9. Marshall [1904-1917] see below  
  10. Ethel [b 1908]

Thomas & Annie adopted Annie's sister Ruth Marshall [b 1888], who living with them in 1901.

They lived at

  • 25 George Street, Langfield [1891]
  • 7 Castle Grove, Todmorden [1901, 1909]
  • 7 Castle Grove, Todmorden (with Annie's second husband  Robert Barker, loom tackler, head of the household) [1911]
  • 49 Burnley Road, Patmos, Todmorden [1918]

Living with them [in 1901, 1911] was Annie's brother Fred Marshall [b 1877] (cotton weaver).

Thomas died in Todmorden [28th January 1909] (aged 42).

On 22nd May 1909, Annie married (2) Robert Barker at Halifax Parish Church.

Robert came to live with Annie and the Fielden children.

Robert died in Todmorden [Q1 1918] (aged 63).

Son Sam died in World War I.

The Todmorden & District News [19th April 1918] published an obituary in which his mother is described as

Mrs Barker of the Olympia Fish & Potato Restaurant, 49 Burnley Road, Todmorden.

Son Marshall Fielden died in 1917.

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [Friday 20th July 1917] reported


Death of Marshall Fielden, aged 13, registered in Halifax

Lingering for about six weeks, after being dreadfully injured on the Todmorden market ground, Marshall Fielden (aged 13) succumbed at the Halifax Infirmary last Friday morning (13th July).

Before the accident he had been earning a little pocket money by assisting Mr Mander, the owner of a roundabout on the Todmorden market ground, one or two nights a week. His duty was principally to collect the fares. To do this it was necessary for him to jump on and off the moving cars.

On the 2nd of June, he fell beneath the moving cars then off the track onto the ground below. Although no bones were broken, he was extensively lacerated and bruised in almost every part of his body.

He was tended by Dr Harold Thorp before being sent to the Halifax Infirmary in the Todmorden borough accident ambulance. His mother, Mrs Barker, the wife of Robert Barker, accompanied him.

Two days later pneumonia set in, then blood poisoning, which both contributed to his death

 

Fielden, Thomas ArthingtonRef 49-77
[1877-1899]
Son of
Joseph Fielden.

Born in Halifax.

He was a printer [1899]

On 17th March 1899, he was on board RMS Duke of Cornwall, crossing the Irish Sea from Belfast to Fleetwood, when he died of consumption.

He was taken from the boat to Morecambe Bay, and then to Halifax.

He was buried at All Souls' Church, Halifax and his parents were later buried with him

Fielden, TomRef 49-62
[1872-19??]
Born in Walsden.

He was a labourer on canal [1901] / a cotton twister & farmer [1911].

On 2nd November 1895, he married Sarah Fielden [1867-19??] in Todmorden.

The Todmorden & District News [8th November 1895] reported


Mr Tom Fielden of 985 Rochdale Road, Walsden, married Miss Sarah Fielden of 8 Bottomley Road, Walsden, at York Street Chapel
 


Sarah was born in Todmorden.

She was a cotton winder [1901]

 

Child: Harold

They lived at

  • 20 Top o'th' Close Road, Walsden [1901]
  • 18 Bottomley Road, Walsden [1911]
  • 8 Bottomley Road, Walsden [1918]

Fielden, WalterRef 49-76
[1???-19??]
JP.

He was Mayor of Todmorden [1934-1935]

Fielden, WalterRef 49-44
[18??-19??]
MC.

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

Fielden, WalterRef 49-64
[1885-1917]
Son of
Samuel Fielden.

Born in Dulesgate, Todmorden.

He was a picker maker (cotton and wool worker) [1901, 1911].

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment.

He was killed in action in France / Flanders [28th April 1917].

The Todmorden & District News [8th June 1917] reported


Private Walter Fielden, South Staffordshire Regiment, reported missing after an engagement on the 28th of April
 

The CWGC records him as Walter Fielding:


Private Walter Fielding, 2nd Battalion, S.Staffs, 32459, died on or since the 28th of April 1917. Mother: Hannah.

Private Walter Fielding, 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment, 32459, died on the 28th of April 1917

 

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6], on Todmorden War Memorial, and on Cornholme War Memorial

Fielden, WalterRef 49-54
[1895-1916]
Son of
Fred Fielden.

Born in Shade, Todmorden [27 November 1895]; baptised at Shade Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Todmorden [26th January 1896].

He was connected to Shade Wesleyan Chapel / a cotton weaver [1911] / a weaver at William Barker & Sons Limited, Wadsworth Mill.

On 15th January 1916, he married Isabella Nesbitt [1896-1983] in Todmorden.


Isabella was born 7th January 1896
 

The Todmorden & District News [21st January 1916] reported the wedding


Mr Walter Fielden of 10 Oak Street, Shade, Todmorden, married Miss Isabella Nesbitt of 67 Lennox Road, Portsmouth, Todmorden, at Cloughfoot Congregational Church
 

Child: Gladys [16th May 1916-1995] who married who married Harold Martin [19??-1996] and moved to Blackpool where they both died

During World War I, he joined up three weeks after his marriage, and he served as a Private with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was sent to France in June 1916.

He was reported missing presumed killed on the Somme.

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [22nd June 1917] reported his death with a photograph


Private Walter Fielden, Duke of Wellington's Regiment, was reported missing [3rd September 1916] (aged 20), following the hand-to-hand fight that ensued after advancing over the parapet. He is now officially assumed to have died
 

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6A AND 6B], and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance.

In 1916, Isabella & Gladys were living at 67 Lennox's Road, Portsmouth, Todmorden, with Isabella's parents.

In 1921, they were living at 67 Lennox's Road with Isabella's siblings & her widowed mother Eliza Nesbitt [b 1865]. Isabella was a cotton weaver with Joshua Smith Limited at Frostholme Mill.

In 1939, they were living at 67 Lennox's Road with Isabella's sister Frances Nesbitt [b 1887] & brother John Nesbitt [b 1903]. Isabella was a silk weaver; Gladys was a hairdresser.

Isabella died in Blackpool [September 1983]

Fielden, WilliamRef 49-192
[1762-1803]
Son of
John Fielden.

He kept the Sun Inn, Walsden

Fielden, WilliamRef 49-92
[1788-1860]
Son of
John Fielden.

Born at Clough Mill.

From 1818 to his death, he was a cotton manufacturer at Clough Mill, Walsden in partnership with his brothers Samuel and John.

After the deaths of his brothers, he carried on the family business with his son John.

He was a member of the Todmorden & Walsden Select Vestry [1838].

In 1812, he married (1) Nancy Bottomley.


Nancy was the daughter of Jeremiah Bottomley
 

Children:

  1. John
  2. Sarah
  3. Martha
  4. Susan

In 1844, he married (2) Susan Woolfenden.

They had no children

Fielden, WilliamRef 49-10
[1790-1847]
Son of
James Fielden.

He was a basket maker all his working life.

He built a house at the canal end of High Street, Shade where there was a bobbin shop, which he turned into a beershop.

He had an illegitimate son John Widdup [b 1815].

In 1816, he married Hannah Firth.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Henry
  3. James
  4. Hannah [b 1826] who married Richard Stansfield
  5. William
  6. Joseph Firth
  7. Mary

In 1841, William and Hannah are at Bobbin Shop, Shade, where he is a beer shop keeper. This is believed to be the Whisket.

He died at the Whisket.

He was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden with his father.

An account of the Petty Sessions of 19th September 1863

Disorderly House – The mistress of a beerhouse at Shade, known by the name of the Whisket was summoned for permitting drunkenness and disorderly conduct in her house on the 12th instant. She pleaded guilty, but endeavoured to shew that the fault was not hers. Inspector Heap, in reply to the bench said that the defendant kept a prostitute as servant. Fined 10/- and 10/- expenses

Fielden, WilliamRef 49-108
[18??-1???]
Corn miller at
Scaitcliffe Mill, Todmorden [1877]

Fielden, WilliamRef 49-38
[18??-1???]
He was a labourer.

He married Betty [1818-1???].

Child: Robert

Fielden, WilliamRef 49-80
[18??-1???]
An oatcake baker of Mill Street, Cobden.

On Thursday 22nd November 1874, Police Sergeant Burton and Constables O'Hara, Boardman, Hoole, Bradley and Wiseman raided Fielden's house and arrested Fielden & 10 other men who were charged with betting and gambling.

The final verdict has not yet been found, but, in 1881,

  • William Fielden was a prisoner in Pentonville Prison, London
  • Most of the others were at home living with their families

Fielden, WilliamRef 49-204
[1831-1901]
Born in Todmorden.

He was a shoemaker [1881, 1891].

He married Betty [1825-1864].


 

Children:

  1. John William [1859-2nd June 1891]
  2. Sarah [b 1861] who was a cotton weaver [1891]
  3. Hannah [b 1863] who was a throstle piecer [1881]
  4. Betsy who died 28th August 1864 (aged) 14 weeks

Betty died (possibly of perinatal complications) [20th May 1864] (aged 39).

In [Q4] 1864, he married (2) Zipporah Fielden [1840-1925] in Todmorden.


Zipporah was born in Todmorden.

She was a dealer shopkeeper [1911]

 

Children:

  1. Ada [b 1865] who was a set tenter (cotton) [1881]
  2. Frank [b 1868] who was a warehouse hand (textile) factory  [1881], a joiner [1891]
  3. Alice Ann [b 1870] who was a warehouse girl (textile)   factory [1881], a cotton weaver [1891]
  4. George who died 19th July 1872 (aged 11 months) 
  5. Arthur [b 1874] who was a picker maker [1891], a buffalo  picker maker [1901]
  6. Fred [1876-12th April 1880]

The family lived at

  • Cockden [1864]
  • 7 Cockden, Stansfield [1881, 1891]
  • 659 Cockden, Stansfield (Zipporah & son Arthur)   [1901]
  • 659 Halifax Road, Eastwood (Zipporah & her unmarried  sister Jane Fielden [b 1848]) [1911, 1921]

William died 4th March 1901 (aged 70) 

Zipporah died 30th August 1925 (aged 85).

Members of the family were buried at Eastwood Congregational Church

Fielden, WilliamRef 49-175
[1835-1909]
Son of
Charles Fielden.

Born in Halifax.

He was a tailor [1851, 1881, 1891] / a tailor journeyman [1901].

In [Q2] 1878, he married Louisa Dixon [1851-1924] in Halifax.


Louisa was born in Stroud, Gloucestershire
 

They lived at

  • 26 Bond Street Yard, Halifax [1881]
  • 2 Launceston Street, Halifax [1891]
  • 5 Horne Street, Halifax [1901]

William died 24th March 1909 (aged 74).

Louisa died 9th July 1924 (aged 73).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2953] with William's parents

Fielden, WilliamRef 49-39
[1837-1900]
He married Hannah [0??-1???].

Child: Fred

Fielden, WilliamRef 49-200
[1858-1918]
Born in Walsden.

He was a cotton weaver [1891, 1901, 1911].

In [Q1] 1890, he married Elizabeth Brewer [1862-1918] in Todmorden.


Elizabeth was born in Walsden, the daughter of
Charles Brewer.

She was a cotton winder [1891]

 

The 1911 census shows that they had had 1 child who died in infancy.

They lived at

  • 4 Woodbottom Terrace, Todmorden & Walsden [1891]
  • 23 Hollins Road, Walsden [1901, 1911, 1918]

Living with them [in 1901, 1911] was Elizabeth's unmarried sister Sarah Brewer [b 1879] (cotton weaver).

William died 5th March 1918 (aged 60).

Elizabeth died 15th April 1918 (aged 56).

The couple were buried at Lumbutts United Methodist Free Church

Fielden, WilliamRef 49-198
[1864-19??]
Born in Walsden.

He was a cotton weaver [1891] / a loom overlooker [1901] / a cotton overlooker [1911].

He married Sarah Hannah Woodhead [1868-19??] in Todmorden.


Sarah Hannah was born in Walsden.

She was a cotton winder [1891]

 

Children:

  1. James
  2. William
  3. Kate [b 1898] who was a mill hand [1911]
  4. Samuel [1899-1907]
  5. Arthur [b 1901]
  6. Nellie [b 1906]
  7. Edna [b 1907]
  8. Frank [b 1909]

The family lived at

  • 10 California, Walsden (living with ?brother-in-law Arthur Birch Crowther) [1891]
  • 50 California, Todmorden [1901]
  • 50 Lumbutts Road, Todmorden [1911]

Living with them [in 1901] was Arthur Birch Crowther [1891]

Fielden, WilliamRef 49-48
[1894-1916]
Son of
William Fielden.

Born in Walsden.

He was a cotton weaver [1911] / employed at Waterside Mill, Todmorden.

He lived at 37 Lumbutts Road, Todmorden.

During World War I, he was called up under the Derby scheme [March 1916], enlisted in Todmorden, and he served as a Private with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He went to France in July 1916.

He was killed in action in France / Flanders [3rd September 1916].

The Todmorden & District News [29th September 1916] reported his death with a photograph and added that


his brother, James Fielden, has seen active service in France, was badly injured on the 30th of July 1916. and was currently home on leave after many weeks in various hospitals
 

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6A & 6B], on Todmorden War Memorial, on the Memorial at Shade Council School, and (possibly) on Cornholme War Memorial

Families

The Fielden family of TodmordenRef 49-457
Bartholomew Fielden was and early member of the family.

From around 1770 to 1850, the Fielden family of Todmorden – founded by Joshua Fielden – were successful farmers, cotton weavers and later philanthropists, merchants, bankers and property developers.

In 1846, the family concern – notably Fielden Brothers – was producing about 200,000 lbs of cotton every week.

The Fieldens had a large number of mills, including those at Causeway Mill, Clough Mill, Crescent Mill, Dobroyd Mill, Greenwood Mill, Jumb Mill, Lumbutts Mill, Mytholmroyd Mill, Robinwood Mill, Smithy Holme Mill, Stoneswood Mill, Waterside Mill and Waterstalls Mill

Many of the family were buried in the Shoebroad Quaker Burial Ground, others moved away from the life in Todmorden.

The family also invested in the West Indian sugar trade.

See Cotton famine, Dobroyd Castle and Fielden Joint Hospital, Todmorden

Surname

Fielden surnameRef 49-1
Other forms of the surname include Feilding, Fielding and Fieldsend.

Entries for people with this and similar surnames are shown in a separate Foldout

There are 192 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Fielden, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.


Unattached BMDs for Fielden

Marriages 1858, 1896, 1899, 1912, 1914, 1918, 1921

 



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