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Halliday, DrRef 113-1312
[1???-18??]
Recorded in 1829, when he was a medical referee for the


Asylum Foreign & Domestic Life Office

For Foreign Climates, Pregnancy, Disease, and advanced age

 

Halliday, AbrahamRef 113-5301
[1763-1???]
Aka Abraham Hainsworth. (Probably illegitimate) son of
Richard Halliday.

He managed Howcans Fine Clay Works with his brother George while his brother Isaac ran the Howcans mine and original Bateain Pottery.

He married Unknown.

Child: (possibly) John

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Halliday, AbrahamRef 113-1004
[1812-1876]
Son of
John Halliday of the Halliday family of potters.

He and his brother George controlled Howcans Pottery.

In 1835, he was on the List of Electors for the Northowram Township of the Halifax Polling District in the election for the MP for the West Riding.

The pottery passed to his descendants.

He was a potter [1841] / a journeyman potmaker [1851] / a potter [1871] / a brick maker.

He married Elizabeth Scott [1820-1890] from Ovenden, at Halifax Parish Church [1836].

Children:

  1. Sarah Ann [b 1838]
  2. Martha [b 1840]
  3. James [b 1841]
  4. Nanny [b 1847]
  5. Joseph [b 1851] who was a cabinet maker [1871]
  6. Rebecca [b 1852]
  7. William [b 1854]
  8. John
  9. Louis [b 1860]
  10. Richard [b 1866]

They lived at

  • 1 Crow Point, Northowram [1841]
  • Blackley [1851]
  • 170 New Bank, Halifax [1871, 1881]

There were visitors, lodgers and boarders with the family: Joseph Robertshaw [b 1835] (a journeyman potmaker) [1851] / Richard Halliday [b 1865] (grandson) [1881]

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Halliday, Abraham SmithsonRef 113-3016
[1827-1880]
Son of
George Halliday.

Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [18th March 1828].

He was a brewer at Ann Street, Halifax [1874, 1880].

On 28th December 1847, he married Mary Ann Morris [1829-1880] at St Peter's Church, Gildersome.


Mary Ann came from Bradford
 

Children:

  1. George William who died 6th January 1852 (aged 10 months)   
  2. John Henry [1855-1924]
  3. Mary Eliza [1857-1915]
  4. Walter [1860-8th May 1894]

Abraham died 2nd March 1880 (aged 52).

Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at under £1,500.

The will was proved by John Henry Wood of Savile Row, Halifax (woolstapler).

Mary Ann died 23 days later [25th March 1880] (aged 51) 

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 344] or 431, with William Fell, and William Morris & family

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Halliday, AnthonyRef 113-9
[1890-1917]
Son of
Edwin Halliday.

Born in Halifax.

He was a labourer at Halifax Station Goods Yard [1911] / a labourer at a Halifax dyehouse.

In [Q2] 1913, he married Ellen Butterworth in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Doris [1913-1914]
  2. Alice [b Q2 1914]
  3. Harold [b 1916]

They lived at 4 / 14 Bracken Hill, Pellon.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.

He died of pneumonia in a General Hospital in France [4th March 1917] (aged 27).

The Halifax Courier [10th March 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Calais Southern Cemetery, France [Grave Ref F 4 13].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

His brother Arthur also died in the War

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Halliday, ArthurRef 113-5
[1871-19??]
Son of
John Halliday.

He married Emma.

Children:

  1. Dudley
  2. Ruby

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Halliday, ArthurRef 113-8
[1881-1917]
Son of
Edwin Halliday.

Born in Halifax.

He was a printer (carpet works) [1901].

He married Nancy.

They lived at 19 Lee Bridge, Halifax

During World War I, he served as a Corporal with the 9th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was reported missing and assumed to have died at the Battle of Arras [25th April 1917] (aged 36).

He was buried at Vis-En-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt, France [Grave Ref II E 4].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

His brother Anthony also died in the War

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Halliday, ArthurRef 113-6
[1910-19??]
Son of
Samuel Arthur Aiken Halliday.

Born 8th December 1910.

He married Anne Mattinson [1909-19??].

Child: Arthur Anthony

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Halliday, Charles WilliamRef 113-1701
[1857-1934]
Son of
George Halliday.

He was a physical sciences teacher [1881] / he and his brother John Stott Halliday were worsted  manufacturer's clerks [1891] / a brick manufacturer and an employer [1901] / manager firebrick works [1911] / Borough Treasurer's Clerk [1934].

On 30th March 1892, he married Louise Jane Sykes at St Thomas's Church, Claremount.


Louisa Jane was the daughter of John Sykes
 

Children:

  1. child who died in infancy
  2. child
  3. George Frederick
  4. Kathleen [b 1895]
  5. Charles Donald [b 1900]

They lived at

  • 87 Shay Lane, Illingworth [1901]
  • Howcans [1911]

Charles William died at Howcans of cerebral thrombosis / arteriosclerosis [20th June 1934].

Louisa Jane died at Howcans [9th August 1953]

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Halliday, ClementRef 113-16
[1884-1963]
Son of
Walter Halliday.

Born in Halifax.

He was a draper shop assistant [1901] / a draper [1911] / director of W. Halliday & Sons Limited [1960].

He died Q3 1963 (aged 79) 

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Halliday, DavidRef 113-3566
[1774-1???]
(Possibly) son of
John Halliday.

Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [3rd July 1774].

He became a pot maker at Northowram.

He married Mary Priestley at Halifax Parish Church [13th April 1795].

Children:

  1. John [b 1796]
  2. Isaac [b 1798]
  3. Samuel [b 1801]
  4. James [b 1811]
  5. Mary Ann [b 1814]

The children were baptised at South Parade Wesleyan Chapel

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Halliday, DavidRef 113-3561
[1835-1911]
Son of
Samuel Halliday.

Baptised on 29th November 1835 at Illingworth.

He was a bobbin turner [1851] / a shoe maker [1861] / a master boot and shoe manufacturer employing 12 men, 3 boys and 8  girls / a woollen manufacturer employing 57 persons [1881] / a Councillor [1881] / a partner in Halliday & Midgley / a gardener [1901].

He married Ellen Hanson in Halifax [1857].


Ellen was the daughter of William Hanson
 

Child: Mary Hannah [1863-1944] who married Ernest Christie

They lived at

  • Gledhill Row, Northowram [1861]
  • Cavendish Terrace, Halifax [1871]
  • 24 Chester Road, Northowram [1881]
  • Ripon [1891]
  • Salterlee, Halifax [1901]

Living with them [in 1871] was lodger William Sykes [b 1855] (nephew) 

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Halliday, EdwinRef 113-12
[1855-1910]
Born in Ovenden.

He was a wood yard labourer [1881, 1891] / a cart driver [1901].

In [Q4] 1880, he married Eunice Haslam [1860-1908] in Halifax.


Eunice was born in Halifax.

She was a wire worker [1881]

 

Children:

  1. Arthur
  2. Emma [b 1883] who was a cotton reeler [1901] & married  [1905] Thomas Bowers [b 1882] (stone paviour born in Bradford)   and had son Edwin [b 1906]
  3. Albert [b 1884] who was a carpet printer [1901]
  4. Edgar [b 1886] who was a cotton piecer [1901]
  5. Edith Ellen [b 1888]
  6. Anthony
  7. Herbert [b 1892]
  8. Harry [b 1894] who was a mill hand cotton piecer [1911]
  9. Harold [b 1896] who was a box boy carpet printing shed  [1911]
  10. Frank [b 1898] who was a mill hand cotton creeler [1911]
  11. Victor Edward [b 1901]

The children were born in Halifax.

The family lived at

  • 3 Hob Houses, Halifax [1881]
  • 19 Fife Street, Ovenden [1891]
  • 49 Stannary Lane, Halifax [with Edgar as head of the  household 1911]
  • Stannary Lane, Halifax [1916]
  • 19 Lee Bridge, Halifax [1917]

Eunice died in 1908 (aged 48).

Edwin died in 1910 (aged 54).

Living with the family [in 1911] were Emma, her husband Thomas & son Edwin.

Sons Arthur & Anthony died in World War I

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Halliday, FredRef 113-7
[1865-1919]
Born in Halifax.

He was a shoe maker [1901] / a bootmaker's shop assistant (co-operative society) [1911].

In [Q3] 1892, he married Hannah Garnett [1867-1927] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. child who died young [before 1911]
  2. Gladys Mary [b 1894] who was a pupil-teacher [1911]
  3. Fred Robertshaw
  4. Phyllis Audrey [b 1902]
  5. Sam Cyril [b 1904]

They lived at

  • 25 Claremount Road, Halifax [1901]
  • 28 South Lane, Elland [1911]
  • 60 Huddersfield Road, Elland
  • 15 Langdale Street, Elland [1918]

Fred died 13th May 1919 (aged 54).

Hannah died 7th March 1927 (aged 60).

Members of the family were buried at Elland Cemetery

Son Fred is remembered on the headstone

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Halliday, FredRef 113-13
[1894-1915]
Son of Elizabeth & William Halliday of Park Square, Northowram.

He lived at 11 Cross Street, Winding Road, Halifax.

He married Ada.

During World War I, he served as a Gunner with the 2nd/5th Battery 2nd West Riding Brigade Royal Field Artillery.

He died 23rd May 1915 (aged 21).

He was buried at Bawtry Cemetery [L 23].

Ada married Mr Wynne.

They lived in Liverpool

Halliday, Fred RobertshawRef 113-11
[1897-1918]
Son of
Fred Halliday.

Born in Halifax.

Baptised at Elland Parish Church [12th January 1904].

He was an errand boy (soap manufacturer) [1911] / employed by Joseph Hawkyard, joiners.

He lived at with his parents 60 Huddersfield Road, Elland.

During World War I, he enlisted [May 1916] and served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.

He served in Salonika and then in France.

He and a comrade were accompanying their officer on patrol duty when they were shot down by machine gun fire at Le Cateau, France [15th October 1918] (aged 20).

His photograph appears with reports of his death in the Halifax Courier [2nd November & 9th November 1918].

He was buried at Highland Cemetery, Le Cateau, France [Grave Ref III F 22].

He is remembered on the family grave at Elland Cemetery, in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on Elland War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Bethesda Methodist Sunday School, Elland

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Halliday, GeorgeRef 113-954
[1756-1808]
Son of
Richard Halliday.

Baptised at Illingworth Church [25th December 1756].

He was a potter in Northowram [1778, 1808].

He married Mary Bark [17??-1823] at Halifax Parish Church [27th December 1778].

Children:

  1. Ann [bapt 1779-1784]
  2. Mary [bapt 1780] who married [1803] John Ramsden  (a potter from Northowram) 
  3. Elis [bapt 1783-1785] who was buried at St Mary's  Illingworth
  4. Han / Hannah [bapt 1785] who married [1804]  John Watson
  5. Richard [bapt 1786]
  6. Sarah / Sally [bapt 1789-dead before 1823] who  married her cousin John Halliday
  7. Alice [b 1790] who was the second wife of her cousin  John Halliday
  8. Priscilla [bapt 1792-1796]
  9. Margaret [bapt 1794]
  10. (possibly) Rebecca [bapt 1800]

They lived at

  • Northowram [1778-1784]
  • Thornton [1784-1785]
  • Northowram [1786-1823]

Mary was listed as an earthenware manufacturer at Northowram [1822].

Her will and admon – dated 10th July 1823

Mary Halliday of Holkans in Northowram, widow (now deceased, died 4th May 1823) 

record her children

  • Alice
  • Margaret
  • Richard
  • Mary who married John Ramsden
  • Hannah who married John Watson
  • Sally (deceased) who married John Halliday  (senior) of Northowram, joiner & cabinet maker

Also mentioned are George Moss – of the township of Ovenden, Cotton  Manufacturer – possibly George Moss, (executor), Thomas Sutcliffe – of Wheatley (?), Fustian Cutter, (executor), Abraham Halliday (witness to the will), Thomas Edwards (witness to the will), and James Franks (surrogate) 

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Halliday, GeorgeRef 113-1003
[18??-18??]
Son of
John Halliday of the Halliday family of potters.

He and his brother Abraham controlled Howcans Pottery.

Partner in George & William Halliday Limited

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Halliday, GeorgeRef 113-10
[1801-1845]
Born in Halifax.

He was a brewer at Ann Street, Halifax [1828, 1830, 1841].

On 12th November 1826, he married Elizabeth Smithson [1797-1845] at Halifax Parish Church.


Elizabeth was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Abraham Smithson
  2. Elizabeth [1830-1893]

The children were baptised at Halifax Parish Church: Abraham Smithson [18th March 1828]; Elizabeth [5th September 1830]

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Halliday, GeorgeRef 113-3558
[1826-1889]
Son of
John Halliday.

Born in Northowram.

He was a pupil at Barkisland School [1841].

In 1851, George, his widowed mother Alice, and his brother William, were listed as fire brick and earthenware manufacturers at Howcans.

He was fire brick and earthenware manufacturer [1851] / earthenware and fire brick manufacturer and farmer [1861] / fire brick manufacturer [1871] / partner in George & William Halliday Limited [1874] / manufacturer of common brick (earthenware) and fire brick [1881].

In 1853, he (possibly) married Mary Eliza Stott [1829-1904] from Fartown, in Huddersfield.

Children:

  1. John Stott [b 1854] who was a worsted manufacturer's  clerk [1871, 1881]
  2. Sarah Alice [b 1855]
  3. Charles William
  4. Mary Emily [b 1859]

They lived at

There were visitors, lodgers and boarders with the family: his brother William [1861]; Joseph Parkinson [b 1851] an architect from Cockerham,  Lancashire; Richard B. Holdsworth [b 1851] a woolstapler from Clifton  [1871]; George Powell [b 1835] a commercial traveller in woollen  cloths [1881]

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Halliday, GeorgeRef 113-3766
[1858-1???]
Son of
John Halliday.

Born April 1858.

He married Mary Anne.

Children:

  1. Sarah Ellen [b 1881] who married Edgar Culpan
  2. Harold S. [b 1883] who married Edith
  3. Samuel Arthur Aiken
  4. Alice Ann [b 1888] who married Frank Turner

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Halliday, GeorgeRef 113-19
[1860-1933]
Born in Southowram [7th May 1860].

He was a wool sorter [1891].

In [Q4] 1882, he married Ellen Haigh in Halifax.


Ellen was born 31st May 1859, the daughter of
Joseph Haigh
 

Children:

  1. Albert A. [b 1885]
  2. Gertrude A. [b 1887]

The family lived at Blaithroyd Lane, Southowram [with Ellen's widowed mother 1891].

Ellen died 23rd November 1889.

George died 12th December 1933.

The couple were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-A15]

Halliday, George FrederickRef 113-3004
[1893-1975]
Son of
Charles William Halliday.

He was an engineer and motor cycle designer and designed the Douglas Dragonfly motor bike.

He married Lily Kitchenman at Illingworth Church [29th January 1916].


Lily's address was 98 Watkinson Road, Illingworth
 

Children:

  1. Charles Edwin [1924-2001]
  2. George Douglas [b 1926]
  3. Alan Arthur [b 1931]

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Halliday, George HenryRef 113-969
[1856-1917]
Son of
Joseph Halliday.

Born in Elland.

He was a cotton warper (living with his parent in Stainland Road,  Elland-cum-Greetland) [1871], a fruit merchant (lodging with the Davies family in Toxteth Park,  Lancashire) [1881], an assistant cotton spinner [1891], a cotton spinner employing 200 people [1898], and an insurance agent [1901]

He ran Atlas Mill, Brighouse at the time of the disastrous fire of 21st December 1898.

He married Annie Appleyard [1860-1???] from Driffield, in Selby [1881].

Both George Henry and Annie were lodging with the Davies family in Toxteth Park, Lancashire [1881].

Children:

  1. Joe W. [b 1883]
  2. Percy [b 1885]
  3. James [b 1888]

They lived at

  • Gooder Lane, Rastrick (with George's parents) [1891]
  • 13 Gooder Lane, Rastrick [1901]
  • 25 Stanley Street, Brighouse [1911]

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Halliday, IsaacRef 113-3571
[1755-1786]
Son of
Richard Halliday.

Baptised at Illingworth Church [6th April 1755].

A member of the Halliday family of potters.

Isaac ran the Howcans mine and the families original second Pottery at Bateain while his brothers George and Abraham were in charge of the newer pottery at Howcans.

In 1775, he married Sarah Horner.

Children:

  1. David
  2. Jonathan
  3. John
  4. Abraham
  5. Martha

Isaac died before his eldest son Jonathan was old enough to inherit the mine, and his wife Sarah sold the pits to a Mr Holt who owned pits at Boothtown

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Halliday, IsaacRef 113-2641
[18??-18??]
Pot and fire brick manufacturer at Cinder Hills, Siddal [1845]

Halliday, IsaacRef 113-997
[1806-1870]
Son of
John Halliday of the Halliday family of potters.

He was a potter [1826, 1841, 1851] / a farmer of 13 acres [1861].

When his father died [1855], he inherited the family's coal mines at Howcans and the pottery at Bateain.

He married Sarah Maude [1811-1???] from Northowram, in Halifax Parish Church [26th June 1826].

Children:

  1. John Adam
  2. Elizabeth [b 1831]
  3. Rebecca [b 1834]
  4. Isaac [b 1837]
  5. Nancy [b 1840]
  6. Thomas [b 1842] who gave up the lease of Bateain Farm  [1872]
  7. Mary Ann [b 1846]
  8. Sarah Hannah [b 1850]

They lived at

When Isaac died, Sarah remarried.

She sold the coal mines to Mr Holt

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Halliday, IsaacRef 113-21
[1822-1???]
Born in Northowram.

He was a cord wainer [1871].

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. James [b 1848] who was a woollen spinner [1871]
  2. Mary Elizabeth [1850-1885] who married David Morton
  3. Sarah [b 1856] who was a dress maker [1871]

Halliday, Dr JamesRef 113-1777
[18??-19??]
MRCS, LRCP.

He was Second House Surgeon at the Royal Halifax Infirmary [1905]

Halliday, JohnRef 113-3782
[1687-1719]
Son of
Joseph Halliday.

Baptised 26th January 1687.

On 18th October 1713, he married Elizabeth Clark.


Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas Clark
 

They had no children.

They lived at Scout Hall, Shibden.

He died at Baxter House

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Halliday, JohnRef 113-3779
[17??-1???]
He was a pot maker at Northowram.

In October 1768, he married Susan Horner.

Children:

  1. Martha [bapt 1771]
  2. David
  3. John [bapt 1776]
  4. Luke [bapt 1779]

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Halliday, JohnRef 113-3761
[1704-17??]
Son of
Richard Halliday.

He married Unknown.

Child: Richard

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Halliday, JohnRef 113-3760
[1748-1774]
Son of
Richard Halliday.

Baptised at Illingworth Church [22nd January 1748].

On 16th November 1765, he married Sarah Whitham.

Children:

  1. Mary [1766-1772]
  2. John [bapt 1768]
  3. Martha [bapt 1769]

After John's death, Sarah married Isaac Cockcroft.


Question: On 30th January 1778, John Halliday, son of Richard Halliday, signed an oath of obligation to carry out the terms of his father's will. Does anyone know whether I have confused 2 people called John son of Richard Halliday?

 

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Halliday, JohnRef 113-2552
[1776-1855]
Son of
Isaac Halliday.

He was an early member of the Halliday family of potters at Howcans Pottery / apprentice in pot making to his uncle George; [1789]  / a potter [1841] / a potmaker and farmer [1851].

In 1835, he was on the List of Electors for the Northowram Township of the Halifax Polling District in the election for the MP for the West Riding.

He was deaf [1851].

In 1797, he married Nancy / Ann.


Ann was his cousin, and the daughter of his uncle Richard Halliday
 

Children:

  1. Priscilla [b 1799]
  2. Jenny / Jinny [b 1801]
  3. Leah [bapt 1806]
  4. Isaac
  5. Nanny [b 1808]
  6. Richard
  7. Abraham
  8. Samuel
  9. George
  10. Martha [b 1813]
  11. John [b 1815]
  12. Rebecca [b 1821]
  13. Edward [b 1821] who was a mason [1841]
  14. Hannah [b 1825]

They lived at Bateain, Northowram [1841].

He appears to have been a poor employer and there are records of several disputes with his employees.

Around 1833, one dispute led to the dismissal of a thrower. Halliday set off to search for a replacement in Lancashire saying that he

would find a good thrower before he returned or he would ride his horse until his tail came off

He engaged Robert Taylor. Taylor's 3 sons also worked at Howcans.

In 1853, there was another dispute, said to be a consequence of

deep plotting by [Halliday's] adversaries

in which Taylor refused to dismiss the mischief-makers. Halliday discharged Taylor and his 3 sons

In 1851, the widowed John was living at Bateain with his son, Isaac and family.

Abraham and George controlled Howcans Pottery, and Isaac controlled the coal mines at Howcans and the Bateain pottery

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Halliday, JohnRef 113-1005
[1790-1850]
Of Northowram.

(Possibly) son of Abraham Halliday.

He was a cabinet maker [1808] / a potter at Howcans [1823] having taken over from his uncle George Halliday at Howcans in 1808 / a pot manufacturer [1841].

He married (1) Sarah / Sally Halliday, at Halifax Parish Church [26th December 1808].


Sarah was John's cousin, the daughter of his uncle George Halliday
 

Children:

  1. Mary Ellen [b 1816]
  2. John West

He married (2) Sarah's sister Alice [4th August 1823].

Children:

  1. Sarah [b 1824]
  2. George
  3. Alice Ann [b 1828]
  4. William

They lived at

John died in 1850.

In 1851, Alice and sons George and William, were listed as fire brick and earthenware manufacturers at Howcans.

Living with them [in 1851] was Sarah Tidswell [aged 11], who was possibly the child of Alice's daughter Sarah

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Halliday, JohnRef 113-3768
[18??-1???]
A butcher in Halifax

In June 1893, he was declared bankrupt

Halliday, JohnRef 113-14
[1828-1880]
Son of
Joseph Halliday.

Born in Elland [28th September 1828].

He was a tenter of carding machines [1851] / a card maker [1851, 1861] / a woollen manufacturer employing 22 hands [1871].

He married DApril 1853 [1831-1???] in Halifax.


Susannah was born in Huddersfield
 

Children:

  1. Mary Ann [b 1855] who was a warper [1871]
  2. child who died in infancy
  3. child who died in infancy
  4. child who died in infancy
  5. child who died in infancy

They lived at

  • West Vale, Elland-cum-Greetland [1861]
  • Green Lane, Elland-cum-Greetland [1871]

John died 30th August 1880.

He was buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: K23] with 4 children who died in infancy

Halliday, JohnRef 113-3764
[1831-1878]
Son of
William Halliday.

In 1854, he married Sarah Ainsworth [1829-1884].

Children:

  1. Elizabeth A. [b 1855]
  2. William Henry [1856-1930] who died in the USA
  3. Samuel
  4. George
  5. James / Jack [b 1865]
  6. Harriet [b 1867]
  7. John E. [b 1869]
  8. Arthur

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Halliday, JohnRef 113-2
[1840-1914]
Landlord of the
Railway Hotel, Ovenden [1894-1910].

He died 17th November 1914 (aged 74) 

Halliday, JohnRef 113-3563
[1840-1923]
Son of
Samuel Halliday.

He was a pupil at Missionary College, Islington [1861] / a schoolmaster at Raggles, Queensbury / a schoolmaster at Nottinghamshire / a schoolmaster at St Augustine's, Halifax.

He married (1) Susannah Hanson in Bradford [1860].


Susannah was the daughter of Amos Hanson
 

Children:

  1. Samuel [b 1857]
  2. Charles William [b 1867]

In 1885, John married (2) Elizabeth Walker [1858-1???] from Leeds, in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Alice Ann [1887-1893]
  2. Edith [b 1890]

They lived at

  • Hanson Lane, Halifax [1891]
  • St Augustine School House, Halifax [1901]
  • 42 Clifby, New Pellon, Halifax [1911]

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Halliday, JohnRef 113-3
[1843-1924]
Son of
Robert Kaye Halliday.

Born in Halifax.

He was a damask weaver [1861] / a foreman in a worsted warehouse [1881] / a warehouse foreman in worsted factory [1891] / a foreman in a worsted mill [1901].

In 1871, he married Hannah Squire [1846-1915].


Hannah was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Squire Jonas
  2. Arthur Llewellyn [b 1879] who was an assistant foreman  dyer [1901]

They lived at

In 1901, 1911, Eliza Rhodes was a servant with the family

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Halliday, JohnRef 113-3849
[1857-1???]
Son of
Abraham Halliday.

Born in Northowram.

He was a worsted doffer [1871] / an inn keeper living at 4 York Street, Northowram [1881] / a cellar man [1883] / landlord of the Albion Hotel, Claremount [1887, 1891] / a hawker of washing creme [1901] / a general carrier [1911].


Question: Does anyone know which [1881] inn this may have been?

 

He married (1) Lucy Sharp at Halifax Parish Church [Q4 1883].


Lucy was the daughter of Wilson Sharp
 

Lucy died in 1890.

He married (2) Laura Sharp in Halifax [Q4 1891].


Laura was the sister of his first wife, and the daughter of Wilson Sharp
 

They lived at

  • 4 York Street, Northowram [1881]
  • Wood Hall Lodge, Lower Skircoat Green, Halifax [1901]
  • Wood Hall Lodge Cottage, Woodhouse Lane Top, Halifax [1911]

Living with him [in 1881] were his sister Sarah Ann and 2 boarders.

Living with him [in 1891] were his sisters-in-law Laura Sharp and Louisa Sharp who both worked as barmaids at the Albion

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Halliday, John AdamRef 113-1000
[1828-1899]
Son of
Isaac Halliday.

He was a field fence waller [1851] / a stone mason [1861] / a mason [1871] / a stone waller [1881].

He married Mrs Grace Jackson [1821-1???] from Wadsworth, in Halifax [1860].


Grace had 2 children by her previous marriage: Sarah [b  1837] and Richard [b 1843]
 

They had no children.

The family lived at

  • 19 Brick Field, Ovenden [1861]
  • Brick Field, Ovenden [1871]
  • 24 Tailors Buildings, Ovenden [1881]
  • 24 Gordon Street, Ovenden [1891]

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Halliday, John WestRef 113-288
[1820-1858]
Eldest son of
John Halliday of Howcans in Northowram.

Around 1841, he ran an academy in Halifax.

On 3rd December 1845, he married Lucy Gledhill [1811-1856] in Halifax.


Lucy was born in Halifax
 

In 1850, he ran a boarding school at their home, 10 Blackwall, Halifax.

Living with them [in 1851] were sister-in-law Harriet Gledhill [1801] (annuitant) and her children Thomas Gledhill [b 1838] (grocer's porter)  & William Gledhill [b 1841] (scholar)  and staff & pupils at the School.

Lucy died 16th June 1856.

The Yorkshire Gazette [21st June 1856] published an obituary.

John died in Mytholmroyd [March 1858] at the house of his brother-in-law, P. Greenwood. The Leeds Mercury [13th March 1858] published an obituary

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Halliday, JonathanRef 113-3196
[16??-1???]
A
Quaker of Northowram.

He married Mary [16??-1694].

Mary was buried at the Quaker Burial Ground, Halifax [Grave Ref: 2]

Halliday, JonathanRef 113-1313
[1611-1699]
Of Halifax.

He was buried at Halifax Parish Church [7th February 1699]

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Halliday, JonathanRef 113-3565
[1775-18??]
Son of
Isaac Halliday.

He married (1) Margret Kaye.

Children:

  1. John [b 1787]
  2. George
  3. Margret
  4. Martha

He married (2) Rachel Balmford in Halifax [3rd February 1799].

Children:

  1. Margret
  2. Betty
  3. Nanny [bapt 1801]
  4. William
  5. Nancy / Ann [bapt 1808]
  6. Samuel

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Halliday, JosephRef 113-3781
[1665-1697]
He married Elizabeth Baxter at Coley Church [6th April 1687].


Elizabeth was the daughter of
Jeremiah Baxter
 

Children:

  1. John
  2. Elizabeth [bapt 17th March 1689]
  3. Timothy [16??-1708] who died at Morley

They lived at Northowram.

Joseph was buried at Halifax Parish Church [13th September 1697].

Heywood records that


Elizabeth, widow Haliday, died at London of a few days' sickness [19th May 1728]
 

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Halliday, JosephRef 113-15
[1797-18??]


Question: Is he the same person as Joseph Halliday [18??-186?]?

 

Born in Sowerby Bridge.

He was a card maker [1841] / a card maker & farmer of 6 acres [1851].

Around 1824, he married Mary [1799-18??].


Mary was born in Huddersfield
 

Children:

  1. Ann [b 1826]
  2. James [b 1825] who was a tailor employing 1 hand [1851]
  3. John
  4. Sarah [b 1831] who was a power loom weaver (woollen)   [1851]
  5. Elizabeth [b 1835]
  6. George [b 1837] who was an errand boy [1851]
  7. Mary H. [b 1839]

They lived at

  • Stainland-with Old Lindley [1841]
  • 144 Stainland, Stainland-with Old Lindley [1851]

Halliday, JosephRef 113-182
[18??-186?]


Question: Is he the same person as Joseph Halliday [1797-18??]?

 

He was a card maker at Brow Bridge, West Vale.

He was one of 26 founding members of Bethesda Methodist New Connexion Chapel in Elland [1824].

In May 1866, his executors advertised his machinery and equipment for sale at auction

Halliday, JosephRef 113-968
[1826-1896]
Born in Elland.

He was a journeyman blacksmith [1851] / a blacksmith employing 1 man and 2 boys [1861] / superintendent of fire brigade [1861] / cotton spinner employing 103 hands [1871] / a partner in several businesses: Horsfall & Halliday and James Nutton & Company.

He established a cotton-spinning business at Atlas Mill, Brighouse.

In 1889, he was summoned for 10 cases in breach of the Factory Act. At 6:22 am on the 10th January 1889, the Inspector, Mr J. D. Prior, visited the mill and found a number of women already at work, ahead of the rules that they do not begin until 6:30 am. It emerged that Halliday had been working his hands 10 hours and 5 minutes per day, contrary to the Act. In Halliday's defence, it was stated that the hands had agreed to start work 5 minutes earlier each morning and then stop work half-an-hour earlier on the Saturday. The Bench held that the Act had been infringed, and fined Halliday 19/- in each case plus costs, a total of £9 10/-

In 1847, he married Sarah Battye [1828-1913] in Huddersfield.


Sarah came from Holmfirth
 

Children:

  1. Sarah Ann [1853-1879]
  2. George Henry
  3. James William [1858-1873]

They lived at

  • Little Bradley, Elland [1851]
  • West Vale [1861]
  • Stainland Road, Elland-cum-Greetland [1871]
  • Albert Terrace, Elland-cum-Greetland [1881]
  • Gooder Lane, Rastrick [1891]
  • 37 John Street, Rastrick [1901]

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Halliday, LewisRef 113-25
[1854-1936]
Son of
Robert Halliday.

Born in Halifax.

He was a machine fitter [1891] / a mill mechanic [1901] / a mechanic / machine fitter at Paton & Baldwin's mills [for 63  years].

In [Q1] 1878, he married Azubah Shackleton in Halifax.


Azubah was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Hilda Beatrice [b 1881] who was a wool pattern card maker  [1901]
  2. Vernon [1887-1955] who was a draper's errand boy [1901],  a teacher of piano [1900], a partner in Halliday's Gift Shop, Halifax [1927]
  3. Agnes [b 1889] who was a clerk (worsted warehouse) [1911]  & married [Halifax Q4 1015] Edward Binns
  4. Elsie [b 1891] who was a college student [1911]
  5. Morris Frederick

The family lived at

  • Baldwin's Terrace, Halifax [1891]
  • 4 Baldwin's Terrace, Halifax [1901]
  • 9 Clapton Avenue, Halifax [1911]

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Halliday, Morris FrederickRef 113-26
[1892-1983]
Son of
Lewis Halliday.

He was a french polisher (cabinet works) [1911] / a member of the regimental band of the Middlesex Regiment  [WW1] / a partner in Halliday's Gift Shop, Halifax [1927].

In 1919, he married Frances Dean.


Frances was the daughter of Herbert Dean
 

Child: Robert Dean (Halliday)

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Halliday, RichardRef 113-3762
[1675-17??]
Son of Richard Halliday.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Richard
  2. John
  3. Anne [b 1706]
  4. Thomas [b 1707]

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Halliday, RichardRef 113-996
[17??-18??]
He was a potmaker in Northowram [1779].

He married Ann Rushworth from Northowram, at Halifax Parish Church [27th December 1779].

Children:

  1. Nancy / Ann [bapt 1778] who married her cousin  John Halliday
  2. Sally [bapt 1781]
  3. Elizabeth [bapt 1782]
  4. Betty [bapt 1783]
  5. Sarah
  6. Susannah
  7. Nancy [bapt 1788]

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Halliday, RichardRef 113-3572
[1726-1778]
Son of
John Halliday.

He was a potter.

He had coal mines at Bateain, Swales Moor Pit, and Boyes Bank Pit

He married (1) Martha Ainsworth or Acksworth [14th April 1746].

Children:

  1. Betty [b 18th October 1747]
  2. John
  3. Mary [b 1750] who married Joseph Hedley
  4. Martha [b 1752]
  5. Richard
  6. Isaac
  7. George

In 1768 [?], he married (2) Judith Hainsworth [17??-1814].

Children:

  1. Abraham
  2. Martha [b 1766]
  3. Joseph [1768-1838]

The 2 younger children were (probably) illegitimate. They were mentioned as Abraham Hainsworth Martha Hainsworth and Joseph Hainsworth in Richard's will, where he asked that son John

behave as a father to the 3

They lived at North Holkans, Northowram.

Richard died 29th January 1778.

Judith was named as Judith Hainsworth in Richard's will [1778], where he left her £30 to be paid at the rate of 2/- per week. She was buried as Judith Halliday [1814]


Question: A Judith Hainworth, daughter of John Hainworth, was baptised at Illingworth Church [25th February 1727].

A Judith Halliday of Ovenden (aged 89), was buried at Illingworth Church [23rd January 1814].

Can anyone confirm that either / both of these were Richard's wife?

 

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Halliday, RichardRef 113-3573
[1753-1801]
Son of
Richard Halliday.

Baptised at Illingworth Church [22th June 1753].

In 1778, he married Susan Baines.

Child: Nancy (Ann) [1781-1846] who married her cousin John Halliday

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Halliday, RichardRef 113-22
[1798-1871]

He married Sarah [1798-1864].

Child: William [1829-1863]

Sarah died 27th January 1864 (aged 66).

Richard died 11th June 1871 (aged 73).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2269]

Halliday, RichardRef 113-1002
[18??-18??]
Son of
John Halliday of the Halliday family of potters

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Halliday, RichardRef 113-27
[1808-1869]
He was a shoe maker.

He married Unknown.

On 16th August 1869, Richard's body was found in Spindle Mill Dam, Ovenden.

The Halifax Courier [21st August 1869] reported the inquest at the Ovenden Cross Inn


On Wednesday the coroner, Mr Dyson, over the body of Richard Halliday, who on Monday was found drowned in Spindle Mill Dam, Ovenden.

Mrs Halliday said that her husband (deceased) had drank freely of late, and had been in a melancholy state. Witness, who was sleeping at her house, she being ill, returned to her own home at seven o'clock on Monday morning, and found the door locked, and the key outside. On entering, her husband was not there.

He was subject to fits, but had been very cheerful on the preceding day, Sunday.

Joseph Kitchingman deposed that, as he was returning home at a quarter to six on Monday evening, he saw deceased's body in the dam of Spindle Mill, Old-lane. With assistance he got out the body, and afterwards fetched the police.

There were no marks of violence on the body.

Verdict: Found drowned

 

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Halliday, RichardRef 113-23
[1844-1872]
Son of Elizabeth & Abraham Halliday.

Baptised at St Augustine's Church, Pellon [3rd March 1844]

He was a Corporation labourer [1872].

On 6th August 1872, he was killed in an accident at the Inland Bonding Warehouse

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Halliday, Robert KayeRef 113-18
[1822-1891]
Born in Halifax.

He was a timekeeper at factory [1861].

In 1841, he married Caroline Crowther [1822-1888] at Hanover Methodist Chapel, Halifax.


Caroline was born in Sowerby
 

Children:

  1. John
  2. Walton / Walter
  3. Thomas [1847-1850]
  4. Elizabeth Ann [1849-1919] who was a worsted spinner [1861]
  5. Albert [1851-1939] who was a worsted doffer [1861]
  6. Lewis
  7. Fred [1857-1942]
  8. George [1860-1933]
  9. Lily [1863-1892] who married Joseph Bairstow, &  was buried with her parents

They lived at 24 Foundry Street, Halifax [1861].

Caroline died 12th October 1888 (aged 67).

Robert died 2nd April 1891 (aged 69).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1573] with Caroline's mother Elizabeth Crowther [1799-1874] & sister Ellen Crowther [1839-1872]

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Halliday, SamuelRef 113-3559
[1811-1846]
Son of
John Halliday.

Born 22nd March 1811.

Baptised at South Parade Methodist Chapel [10th June 1811].

A member of the Halliday family of Howcans Pottery, Ovenden.

Around 1837, he left the family business and set up on his own at Cinderhills Fire Clay Works, Siddal.

He married Hannah Greenwood [1810-1892] from Northowram, at Halifax Parish Church [19th April 1835].

Children:

  1. David
  2. Martha Ann [b 1837]
  3. John

Members of the family were baptised and buried at Methodist churches.

They lived at

  • Bricks, Northowram (next to Bateain) [1841]
  • Queens Head, Northowram [1851]

He was buried at Nursery Lane Wesleyan Methodist Church, Ovenden

His wife and sons John and David broke away from the firm of George & William Halliday Limited to set up their own business – Cinderhills Fine Clayworks – at Siddal.

After Samuel's death, his wife and children moved back to Howcans and sold Cinderhill to John Morton, a former Halliday employee at Howcans

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Halliday, SamuelRef 113-4
[1862-1???]
Son of
John Halliday.

He married Ray.

Child: Ronald Arthur

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Halliday, Samuel Arthur AikenRef 113-3767
[1885-1948]
Son of
George Halliday.

In 1909, he married Gertrude Butterworth in Halifax.

Child: Arthur

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Halliday, Squire JonasRef 113-20
[1872-1919]
Son of
John Halliday.

He was an apprentice worsted colour dyeing [1891] / a foreman worsted dyer [1901] / working in the silk industry.

In [Q1] 1896, he married (1) Edith Marsden in Halifax.


Edith was the daughter of John Marsden
 

Edith died in Halifax in 1899 (aged 26).

In 1903, Squire married (2) Grace Hebblethwaite

Child: Hettie [1904-1994].

Squire died in Halifax [Q4 1919] (aged 47) 

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Halliday, Rev ThomasRef 113-2864
[17??-18??]
Methodist preacher.

In 1821, he and Rev Jeremiah Gilbert came from Barnsley, bringing Primitive Methodism to the Halifax district.

Halliday, WalterRef 113-24
[1860-1894]
Born in Halifax.

He was a master brewer [1881].

In 1881, William Fell was working with, and living with, Walter.

He lived at 1 & 3 Ann Street, Halifax [1881]

Walter died 8th May 1894 (aged 34)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 431]

Halliday, WaltonRef 113-17
[1845-1937]
Known as Walter.

Son of Robert Halliday.

Born in Halifax.

He was a cotton piecer [1861] / a linen draper [1871] / a linen draper (employer) [1891] / a draper/shopkeeper (at home) [1901] / a general draper (employer) [1911].

He established W. Halliday & Sons Limited.

Walter was (head of the household) living with his brother Albert [b 1852] (wool sorter) at 19 Bull Green, Halifax [1871].

Around 1880, he married Adah [1847-1930].


Adah was born in Oldham
 

Children:

  1. Ernest Atkinson [1880-1902] who was an assistant draper  [1901]
  2. Robert Kaye [1883-1956] who was a bookbinder [1901]
  3. Clement

They lived at

  • 28 Bull Green, Halifax [1891, 1901]
  • 53 Mayfield Avenue, Halifax [1911]

Ada died Q4 1930 (aged 83).

Walter died in Halifax [Q1 1937] (aged 91) 

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Halliday, WilliamRef 113-1334
[17??-1741]
Heywood records


1741 Mr Wm Haliday minr at Bullous [Bullace] died in Halifax Dec 11 of a few hours illness
 

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Halliday, WilliamRef 113-3763
[1805-18??]
Son of
Jonathan Halliday

Born 18th January 1805.

He married Hannah [1811-18??].

Child: John

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Halliday, WilliamRef 113-1006
[1830-1916]
Son of
John Halliday.

Born in Howcans [10th December 1830].

In 1851, George, his widowed mother Alice, and his brother George, were listed as fire brick and earthenware manufacturers.

He was fire brick and earthenware manufacturer [1851] / member of the Northowram Board of Guardians [1869] / tile manufacturer [1871] / partner in George & William Halliday Limited [1874] / fire brick and earthenware manufacturer and farmer of 50 acres [1881]  / fire brick and earthenware manufacturer and farmer [1891] / retired brick maker and farmer [1901].

He was the last owner of the fire-brick and retort factory which evolved from Howcans Pottery, Ovenden.

He was a member of the Northowram Local Board / a member of the Halifax Board of Guardians / a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Connexion / an active officer of the Nursery Lane Wesleyan Methodist Church, Ovenden

He married Sarah Batty [1828-1???] from Holmfirth, in Huddersfield [1847].

Children:

  1. Martha Elizabeth [b 1865]
  2. Margaret [b 1868]
  3. Sarah [b 1870] who was a dressmaker's assistant [1901]
  4. Edith Alice [b 1873]

They lived at

  • 1 Howcans Lane, Northowram (William was living with his  brother George) [1861]
  • Huddersfield (visiting Harriet's father) [1871]
  • Howcans, Northowram [1881]
  • 2 Howcans, Northowram [1891]
  • The Howcans, Northowram [1901]
  • 30 Park Place, Halifax [1911]
  • 24 Essex Street, Halifax [1916]

He died 3rd August 1916.

He was buried at Nursery Lane Wesleyan Methodist Church, Ovenden

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Families

The Halliday familyRef 113-2115
The family – possibly a family of cattle drovers – originally came from in and around Dundee, Scotland.

Around 1640, John, Richard, Abraham and George Halliday arrived in the district and started Pule Hill Pottery.

Around 1655, they moved to Bateain, Northowram.

In 1775, they established Howcans Pottery.

The family had the tradition of serving their employees a stew for breakfast on Christmas morning.

Significant members of the family included John Halliday and Isaac Halliday.

See G. & W. Halliday Limited, Titus Kitson and The Churn

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Surname

Halliday surnameRef 113-1
The surname originated in Scotland.

It was probably given to someone who was born on Christmas Day, Easter Day or some other holy day or feast day

There are 73 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Halliday, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.


Unattached BMDs for Halliday

Marriage 1912

Unattached burials at Lister Lane Cemetery: Plot 431

 



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