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Born in Rastrick.
He was head of a sugar-refining company, Fryer, Benson &
Forster, in Manchester and Antigua.
In 1865, he invented the Concretor to solidify cane sugar for
shipping.
He invented the Refuse Destructor to convert refuse into
cement and paving blocks.
He wrote several books, including
He married Unknown.
Children:
He went to live in Wilmslow, Cheshire, where he died
Born in London.
She and her sister, Phoebe, ran Fryer's School, Brighouse.
Living with Amelia (retired governess) at Prospect House, Brighouse in 1881 were sister Phoebe (governess),
nephew Joseph W. Fryer [aged 28] (hosier) and Jessie
M. Thompson [aged 32] (governess) from Glasgow.
Living with Amelia (retired governess) at Halifax Road, Brighouse in 1891 were sister Phoebe (schoolmistress),
niece Eliza B. Fryer [aged 31] (governess) and Jessie
M. Thompson [aged 41] (governess)
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
In 1839, he married Sarah Woodhead.
Children:
In 1845, he and Joseph Jowett Fryer were listed as fancy
manufacturers at Rastrick.
They lived at
In 1937, she married Edward Carew-Shaw.
Children:
Born in London.
She married the artist Lumb Stocks.
She died at Calmington Rectory, Shropshire
They lived at
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 9th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 1st February 1917 (aged 19).
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6A & 6B],
on Clifton War Memorial,
on the Memorial at Saint John's Church, Clifton,
and in the book Clifton War Memorial
She married William Clay.
The marriage brought the Clay family to Rastrick
In 1865, his sister, Mary Ann, went to live with him at
Elmwood Terrace, Huddersfield.
In 1872, he married Lucy [d 1879], widow of Simeon Dyson Fryer
He was commonly known as John, the Elder.
In 1813, he was a member of a Committee supporting those affected by the Luddites.
In 179?, he married Lucy, daughter of Simeon Dyson.
Children:
He owned much property in Rastrick, including
Rastrick Hall
He left his estate to his wife and his nephew, Joseph Jowitt
He was a plumber [1871, 1881, 1891].
In [Q4] 1858, he married Eliza Gledhill [1835-1???] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1891] was John's widowed sister Hannah
Moxon [b 1821]
His family moved to Sowerby Bridge.
He was a teacher.
He became a Primitive Methodist preacher, and preached his first
sermon at Greetland [7th October 1883]
He was a trustee of the Quakers [1770].
In 1754, he married Hannah Simpson [1724-1792].
Children:
They lived at The Poplars, Rastrick
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Shaw
He was
a Quaker /
a yeoman /
a stuff maker /
a woollen manufacturer /
a partner in Joseph Fryer & Company /
an apothecary and surgeon.
at Rastrick.
On 30th March 1780, he married Amelia, daughter of Simeon Dyson, at Brighouse.
Children:
They lived at Poplars, Rastrick.
He was about marry Mary Bleckley when he died [1816]
On 23rd September 1805, he married Ann Jowett at the Friends'
Meeting House in Leeds.
Children:
In 1805, he bought the Toothill Grove, Rastrick estate from his
wife's uncle, Joseph Firth.
Partner in Joseph Fryer & Company
In 1896, he married Annie Matilda Bigland at Darlington.
Children:
He died in the Tyrol
Son of Thomas Fryer
He was a grocer.
In [Q1] 1849, he married Sarah Beatson [1826-1886] in Dewsbury.
Children:
Joseph died 28th December 1883 (aged 57).
Sarah died 26th July 1886 (aged 60).
The couple were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell
Son of Joseph Fryer.
In 1836, he married Rachel Coates [1806-1846] from
Stockton-on-Tees.
Children:
In 1845, he and Charles Fryer were listed as fancy
manufacturers at Rastrick.
They lived at Holly Bank, Rastrick
In 1842, she married Thomas Pease.
Children:
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Shaw
She never married.
She lived at Toothill Grove until her mother died.
In 1865, she went to live with her brother, Henry, at
Elmwood Terrace, Huddersfield.
Around 1872, she visited her niece Katharine – daughter of
sister Lucy – as the Hanbury Botanical Gardens were being built in Italy.
Mary Ann was buried at the Quaker Burial Ground, Rastrick
See
Recollections of a Beloved Sister
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Shaw
Born in London.
She and her sister, Amelia, ran Fryer's School, Brighouse.
In 1881, she was a governess, living with sister Amelia
(retired governess) at Prospect House, Brighouse, and
nephew Joseph W. Fryer [aged 28] (hosier) and Jessie
M. Thompson [aged 32] (governess) from Scotland.
In 1891, she was a schoolmistress, living with sister Amelia
(retired governess) at Halifax Road, Brighouse, and niece Eliza
B. Fryer [aged 31] (governess) and Jessie M. Thompson
[aged 41] (governess).
In 1901, by which time her sister Amelia had died, she
was living on own means at 6 Halifax Road, Brighouse, with
boarder Jessie M. Thompson [aged 52] (living on own
means), and 2 other boarders (both headmistresses)
In 1911, she was a retired schoolmistress living at 6 Halifax Road, Brighouse, with friend Jessie M. Thompson [aged 62]
(living on own means)
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
On 21st February 1878, she married Edward Backhouse Mounsey
[1840-1911] at the Society of Friends Meeting House in Darlington.
Her husband was the son of John Mounsey of Sunderland, and
involved with the banking firm of Backhouse & Company, of
Darlington.
Children:
He was
a woolstapler /
Overseer of the Poor for Rastrick [1798]
In 1819, he married Mary, daughter of William Barber.
Children: No details
The family lived in [a part of] Castle Hill House, Rastrick
He owned several properties in Rastrick, including
In 17??, he married Nancy, daughter of Simeon Dyson.
They had no children.
He died in 1802, and gave £10 10/- towards the rebuilding of
Mary Law's Charity School.
Nancy died 28th February 1839 (aged 76)
Born in Rastrick [23rd September 1870].
He was
a silk dresser [1891, 1901] /
a silk waste dresser [1911] /
a brick setter with Brighouse Brick, Tile & Stone Company Limited
[1921].
a retired brick setter [1939]
In [Q3] 1897, he married Clara Mitchell [1873-19??] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
In 1845, she married William Harvey [1812-1884] a druggist of
Leeds.
Children:
Mrs Harvey wrote a volume of reminiscences
entitled Recollections of a Beloved Sister which described the
Toothill district in the time of Queen Victoria
Son of Dr Joseph Fryer.
He succeeded to his father's practice.
He married Ann Cooper.
Children:
They lived at The Poplars, Rastrick.
See
James Diggles
In 1841, he was an apprentice living with John Hunter, tea
dealer, of St Ann's Square, Manchester.
He became a tea dealer [1851].
On 21st March 1849, he married Lucy Hall [1826-1???]
at St Bartholomew's, Manchester.
Children:
The Leeds Intelligencer [15th December 1855] reported his death
In 1861, his widow and the children were living with her father at
Hattex, Bolton-le-Sands, Lancaster
After his death, his widow married Henry Fryer
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
In 1791, he married Elizabeth Dickinson.
Children:
He was a partner in Joseph Fryer & Company
In 1845, he was listed as fancy manufacturer at Rastrick.
On 9th August 1813, he married Elizabeth Binns [1795-1879].
Children:
They lived at
In 1851, the widowed Elizabeth is listed as proprietor of
houses
Living with them [in 1851] were grandson Thomas Fryer [aged 4]
and visitor Mrs Charlotte Broadley [aged 36]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
Partner in Fryer's Joseph Fryer & Company.
He carried on business in London.
On 16th July 1812, he married Maria Carter at Halifax Parish
Church.
Children:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
In 1873, he married Anna Maria Whiting [1851-1934].
Children:
He lived in Bradford.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/6th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was killed in action [1st November 1918].
He was buried at Valenciennes (St. Roch) Communal Cemetery, France [Grave Ref III C 6].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
Fryer, Alfred Ref 211-234
Son of Dr Simeon Fryer.
Fryer, Amelia Ref 211-256
Daughter of William Fryer.
Fryer, Charles Ref 211-830
Son of Joseph Fryer.
Fryer, Doris Lucy Ref 211-978
Daughter of Joseph Fryer.
Fryer, Ellen Ref 211-340
Daughter of William Fryer of Rastrick.
Fryer, Frederick Ref 211-972
Son of Joseph Fryer.
Fryer, George Mitchell Ref 211-498
Son of Samuel Fryer.
Fryer, Hannah Ref 211-238
Daughter of Joseph ffryear.
Fryer, Henry Ref 211-970
Son of Joseph Fryer.
Fryer, John Ref 211-251
Son of Joseph Fryer.
Fryer, John Ref 211-4
Born in Rastrick.
Eliza was born in Rastrick
Fryer, Rev John William Ref 211-562
Born in Pateley Bridge.
Fryer, Joseph Ref 211-233
Son of Joseph ffryear.
Quaker yeoman and stuff-maker.
Hannah was the
daughter of Jane & William Simpson
of Sheepridge
Fryer, Dr Joseph Ref 211-252
Eldest son of Joseph Fryer.
Fryer, Joseph Ref 211-253
Eldest son of Dr Joseph Fryer.
A Quaker.
Fryer, Joseph Ref 211-976
Son of Joseph Jowett Fryer.
Fryer, Joseph Bigland Ref 211-977
Son of Joseph Fryer.
Fryer, Joseph Binns Ref 211-5450
Of Brighouse.
Fryer, Joseph Jowett Ref 211-312
Of Holly Bank, Rastrick.
Fryer, Lucy Ref 211-971
Daughter of Joseph Fryer.
Thomas was from Leeds and Bristol
Fryer, Mary Ann Ref 211-983
Daughter of Joseph Fryer.
Fryer, Phoebe Ref 211-259
Daughter of William Fryer.
Fryer, Rachel Ann Ref 211-975
Daughter of Joseph Jowett Fryer.
Fryer, Robert Ref 211-243
Youngest son of Joseph Fryer.
Fryer, Robert Ref 211-263
Son of Dr Joseph Fryer.
Fryer, Samuel Ref 211-248
Son of Joseph Fryer.
Fryer, Samuel Ref 211-1
Son of John Fryer.
Clara was born in Brighouse [23rd December 1873]
Fryer, Sarah Grace Ref 211-660
Of Toothill, Rastrick.
Daughter of Joseph Fryer.
Fryer, Dr Simeon Ref 211-262
Surgeon.
Fryer, Simeon Dyson Ref 211-969
Son of Dr Simeon Fryer.
Lucy was the youngest daughter of manufacturer James
Hall [1789-18??] of Manchester
On the 10th December 1855, in his 31st year, at Sydenham, where he
was residing on account of his health, Mr Simeon Dyson Fryer,
son of the late Simeon Fryer, surgeon, Rastrick, and partner
in the firm of F. & S. D. Fryer, tea dealers of this town
Fryer, Thomas Ref 211-264
Son of Joseph Fryer.
Fryer, Thomas Ref 211-260
Son of Dr Joseph Fryer.
Elizabeth was born in Pannel, Yorkshire
Fryer, William Ref 211-254
Second son of Dr Joseph Fryer.
Maria was the daughter of John Carter
Fryer, William Ref 211-979
Son of Sarah Grace and William Harvey.
Fryer, Willie Ref 211-3
Born in Halifax.
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Joseph ffryear of Quarmby was an early member of the family
See:
Castle Hill House, Rastrick /
History On Your Doorstep /
Holly Bank House, Rastrick /
Quakers in Brighouse /
Rastrick House
The Fryer family of Rastrick Ref 211-981 
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