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| Howorth, Mr | Ref 430-1610 |
He married Unknown.
Children:
| Howorth, Mr | Ref 430-1611 |
He married Unknown.
Children:
The 2 daughters were dressmakers in Bethel Street, Brighouse
| Howorth, Abraham | Ref 430-1508 |
On 2nd January 1809, he married Catherine Hartley [1767-1847] at Elland Parish Church.
Child: Hartley
After Abraham's death, son Hartley took over at the Wheat Sheaf.
Members of the family were buried at Elland Parish Church
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham
| Howorth, Albert | Ref 430-817 |
Born in Walsden.
He was a member of Knowlwood Primitive Methodist Sunday School / a cotton weaver [1911] / a weaver for Charles Crabtree Limited at Ferney Mill.
During World War I, he enlisted [4th January 1915] and served as a Private with the 9th Battalion Devonshire Regiment.
He was sent to France [July 1915].
He died of wounds in No.11 General Hospital, Boulogne [14th October 1915] (aged 22).
The Todmorden & District News [22nd October 1915] reported his death with a photograph
Private Albert Howorth, 9th Devons, died at 12:40 am on Thursday October 14th in No. 11 General Hospital, Boulogne, from wounds to the head received during the terrible fighting on the 25th of September
He was buried at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France [Grave Ref VIII C 48].
He is remembered on a memorial in St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd, in the book Royd Regeneration, and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham
| Howorth, Charles | Ref 430-1502 |
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered on the Roll of Honour at Patmos Congregational Chapel, Todmorden
| Howorth, Crossley | Ref 430-829 |
He was
The business failed in 1899, as recorded in the London Gazette [3rd October 1899]:
Deed of Assignment for the benefit of creditors executed on the 27th of July 1899 executed by Willie Jackson, Crossley Howorth and John Arthur Midgley, cotton manufacturers of Low Moor Shed, Shade, Todmorden, trading as George Dawson & Company.All creditors have till the 16th of October to send in their claims and assent to the Deed of Assignment
On 30th December 1882, he married Grace Jackson [1858-1???] at Knowlwood Chapel, Walsden.
The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [5th January 1883] reported the wedding
Mr Crossley Howorth of Butcher Hill married Miss Grace Jackson of Shade
Children:
The family lived at
Grace died in 1938 (aged 80).
Crossley died in 1943 (aged 85).
They both died in Todmorden
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
| Howorth, George | Ref 430-6330 |
He married Elizabeth [1806-1882].
Children:
Members of the family were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse
| Howorth, Hannah | Ref 430-860 |
| Howorth, Harry | Ref 430-759 |
Born in Todmorden.
He was a member of Bethel Sunday School, Lineholme / a cotton weaver [1911] / a weaver with Nuttall Brothers Limited at Canteen Mill, Todmorden.
During World War I, he enlisted [March 1916] and served as a Private with the 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment.
He was sent to France in November 1916.
He died of wounds in the 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital, in France [27th March 1918].
The Todmorden & District News [12th April 1918] reported his death with a photograph
Signaller Harry Howorth, East Yorkshire Regiment, killed in action on the 27th of March, aged 23
He was buried at Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, France [Grave Ref V A 55].
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley & Derrick Habergham
| Howorth, Hartley | Ref 430-1509 |
He took over from his father as landlord of the Wheat Sheaf, Elland [1834-1850].
On 30th October 1834, he married Ann Hudson [1810-1876] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
Hartley died in 1850.
Members of the family were buried at Elland Parish Church.
After his death, Ann took over at the Wheat Sheaf [1850-1854].
Ann married Eli Etherington.
Eli took over at the Wheat Sheaf [1854-1877]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham
| Howorth, Henry | Ref 430-1064 |
Around 1816, he married Margaret [1796-18??].
Children:
The family lived at Upper Royd Hirst, Warley [1841]
| Howorth, Herbert | Ref 430-1505 |
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered on the Roll of Honour at Patmos Congregational Chapel, Todmorden
| Howorth, James | Ref 430-2 |
Born in Todmorden [1st July 1841]. family lived at 9 Industrial St for very much longer, his youngest son James Albert living there until 1957. I knew the house very well as a child.
He was a carrier / a farmer / a stonemason.
On 7th July 1861, he married Sarah Greenwood [1841-1906] at Heptonstall Church.
Children:
The family are recorded at
James died in Jun 1905.
Sarah died in 1906.
The couple were buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone: James [1st July 1905]; Sarah [26th December 1906]
This & associated entries use material contributed by John Fielden
| Howorth, James | Ref 430-5 |
Born in Halifax.
He was a cotton weaver [1881, 1891, 1901, 1911].
On 28th December 1872, he married Mary Ann Greenwood [1851-19??] at Heptonstall Church.
James Howorth, weaver of Vale, Stansfield, married Mary Ann Greenwood, winder of Lydgate, Stansfield, daughter of John Greenwood (deceased), factory operative
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1881, 1891] was Mary Ann's widowed mother Nancy Greenwood [b 1821]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
| Howorth, John | Ref 430-669 |
During World War I, and he served as a Sergeant with the Northumberland Fusiliers
| Howorth, John William | Ref 430-3 |
He was a warehouseman [1881] / a cotton goods warehouseman [1881].
On 1st April 1877, he married Mary Hannah Sutcliffe at Todmorden Register Office.
Mary Hannah was born in Todmorden 1860-1907
Mary Hannah was born in Todmorden, the daughter of Thomas Sutcliffe.She was a cotton weaver [1881]
Children:
They lived at
John William died Q3 1886 (aged 27).
On 25th October 1890, Mary Hannah married (2) William Cryer [1851-1907]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
| Howorth, Joseph | Ref 430-3358 |
Born in Elland.
He was a weaver [1800].
On 23rd February 1800, he married Ann Earnshaw [1778-1857] in Hartshead.
Ann was born in Clifton
Children:
Joseph died in Brighouse [17th August 1841].
Ann died in Brighouse [5th December 1857].
The couple & other members of the family (‡) were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell
| Howorth, Kenneth Robert | Ref 430-863 |
Born in Littleborough [28th September 1932].
He was with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in Austria, Japan, Libya, & Hong Kong / an explosives officer with the Metropolitan Police in London [from 1973].
He married Annie Brook [1936-2003] in Todmorden.
Annie was born 10th June 1936
Children:
Kenneth Robert was killed instantly whilst attempting to defuse a bomb which the Provisional IRA had placed in a Wimpy Bar in Oxford Street, London [26th October 1981].
He was posthumously awarded the George Medal [1983].
Annie died 24th November 2003.
The couple were buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham
| Howorth, Mary | Ref 430-1119 |
She and her sister, Betty, worked at Halliwell's mill at Dulesgate, Todmorden, but the mill had been closed and by September 1862, they had been unemployed for 15 weeks without any subsistence. She had applied to the relieving officer several times, but he said that he was unable to do anything for her until Wednesday 17th September 1862. Mary died of starvation on the Wednesday. On a nearby bed, lay her aged and emaciated father who had laid there for a month.
Based on post mortem evidence given by Dr Charles Sutcliffe, the jury at the inquest decided that
the deceased died from congestion of the lungs and not of starvation
The death reflected on the local Relieving Officer and became a cause célèbre in the local and national press
| Howorth, Samuel | Ref 430-6 |
He was a newspaper reporter [1901] / a letterpress printer [1911] / a partner in Mason & Howorth / newsagent & tobacconist (own account) [1921] / a retired journalist [1939].
In [Q1] 1896, he married Maria Woodhead [1871-1950] in Todmorden.
Maria was born in Whitby [8th June 1871]
Children:
They lived at
Maria died in Aled, Denbighshire [Q4 1950] (aged 79).
Samuel died in Heywood, Lancashire [Q4 1957] (aged 89)
| Howorth, Rev Thomas | Ref 430-581 |
| Howorth, Thomas | Ref 430-4 |
He married Mary [1781-1857].
Children:
Thomas died 3rd April 1851 (aged 63).
Mary died 8th June 1857 (aged 76).
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2946] with grandson William [1842-1859] & Joseph Henry White
Question: Does anyone know whether / how the Howorth & White families are related?
| Howorth, Thomas William | Ref 430-766 |
He was educated at Roomfield Council School, Todmorden.
He lived at 10 Hall Street, Todmorden.
During World War II, he enlisted [1942] and served as a Gunner with the 64th Anti-Tank Regiment (The Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry) Royal Artillery.
He was killed in action [23rd October 1943] (aged 20).
He was buried at Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy [Grave Ref XV C 11].
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham
| Howorth, Wilfred | Ref 430-770 |
He married Annie.
They lived at 3 Lewis Place, Todmorden.
During World War II, he served as a Gunner with the Royal Artillery.
He was a POW in the Japanese Malai Camp.
He died 26th September 1943 (aged 30).
He was buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand.
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
| Howorth, Rev William | Ref 430-583 |
Son of Mr Howorth. He became a clergyman in Ipswich
| Howorth, William | Ref 430-H591 |
Brighouse-born poet.
He lived with his sisters in Bethel Street, Brighouse.
He wrote 2 volumes of poetry: The Cry of the Poor [1837], and The Redeemer [1840].
He died 14th July 1843 [aged 40].
There is a memorial to him in St Martin's Church, Brighouse
Some sources call him William Hogarth
| Howorth, William Henry | Ref 430-484 |
Architect who did much work in Cleckheaton.
He designed Hartshead Wesleyan Chapel 1890s.
He was a member of the Loyal Georgeans [1870-1893].
A William H. Howorth died in North Bierley [Q2 1929] (aged 83)
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Cant
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| Howorth surname | Ref 430-1 |
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