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Hitchen, MrRef 240-23
[17??-18??]

He married Judith [1778-1862].


Judith was born in Halifax.

She was listed as worsted manufacturer widow [1851]

 

Children:

  1. Ellen [1806-1897] who was buried with her mother

The family lived at 3 Colbeck Street, Halifax [1851].

Judith died 6th December 1862 (aged 84), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 347] with Elizabeth Ashton [1786-1850] & Hannah Pollard [1782-1850]


Question: Does anyone know the link between the Hitchen, Ashton & Pollard families?

 

Hitchen, MrRef 240-29
[18??-1???]

He married Emma [1839-19??].


Emma was born in Todmorden
 

Child: Emily [b Stacksteads, Bacup 1869] who married (1) Walter Wallbank and (2) Fred Laycock

They lived at 2 Holt's Buildings, Stacksteads, Bacup [1901].

Emma was a widow by 1901.

Living with her [in 1901] was widowed daughter Emily Wallbank & granddaughter Emma Wallbank [b Bacup 1894]

Hitchen, A.Ref 240-1265
[1???-191?]
He served in World War I.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered on Coley War Memorial

Hitchen, AlbertRef 240-124
[1895-1918]
Son of
Harry Hitchen.

He was a boot repairer's assistant [1911] / a bootmaker [1915].

During World War I, he enlisted [November 1915]. He embarked from Folkestone [5th May 1916].

He was admitted to hospital at Étaples [30th December 1916].

He was shipped home with Debility & Bronchitis aboard Hospital Ship Brighton [5th February 1917].

He recovered in the UK and was posted back to France via Dover [30th April 1917] and served as a Gunner with the 253rd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery.

He was killed in action [22nd August 1918].

The Halifax Courier [28th September 1918] reported his death.

He was buried at Wailly Orchard Cemetery, France [Grave Ref IV D 5].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Halifax Parish Church Members (WWI) Memorial, on the Blue Coat School Memorial, and on the Memorial at Saint George's Church, Sowerby

Hitchen, AmosRef 240-9
[1835-1???]
Born in Halifax.

He was a stuff piece stover [1881].

He married Mary J. [1837-1???].


Mary was born in Stockton on Tees, Durham
 

Children:

  1. Wilson
  2. Fred [b 1869] who was an office boy [1881]
  3. Edgar [b 1876]

They lived at 2 Melrose Street, Ovenden [1881]

Hitchen, AmosRef 240-2
[1846-19??]
Born in Halifax.

He was a gardener [1891, 1901].

In [Q4] 1868, he married Emma Siddal [1849-19??].


Emma was born in Sowerby
 

Children:

  1. Elizabeth [b 1872] who was a silk gasser [1891] who  married Mr Foster
  2. Emily [b 1874] who was a silk gasser [1891]
  3. Edna [1876-1948] who was a worsted spinner [1891] and  married George Henry Law
  4. Annie [b 1880] who was a worsted spinner [1891]
  5. Lily [b 1882] who was a worsted drawer [1901]
  6. John William [b 1886] who was a silk dresser [1901]
  7. Selwyn [b 1889] who was a worsted doffer [1901]
  8. Florence [b 1893]

They lived at Stile, Triangle, Sowerby [1891, 1901].

Living with them [in 1891] was granddaughter Nania Foster [b  1890].

Living with them [in 1901] were grandchildren Irwin Hitchen & Sam Hitchen [b 1901]

Hitchen, Austin ArthurRef 240-140
[1890-1916]
Son of Dinah and Edmund Hitchen of 9 Ashfield Terrace, Wilson Road, Wyke.

He was a carpet finisher at Firth's Carpets in Bailiff Bridge.

He joined the Territorial Force 4th Battalion the West Riding Regiment for 4 years' UK service [7th March 1913].

During World War I, he served as a Sergeant with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He embarked from Folkstone for France aboard the SS Invicta [14th April 1915].

He was killed in action [3rd September 1916] (aged 26).

He was buried at Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval, France. [Grave Ref I F 7].

He is remembered on Norwood Green War Memorial, on Firth's War Memorial, and on Bailiff Bridge War Memorial

Hitchen, BarkerRef 240-28
[1851-1937]
Son of
Elias Hitchen.

Born in Calder Side, Hebden Bridge.

He was a cotton cord cutter [1871] / a fustian cutter [1873, 1881] / a fustian merchant (employer) [1891, 1901, 1911, 1921] / a partner in Hitchen, Peel & Company.

In 1873, he married Sarah Bentley [1851-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Sarah, of Langfield, was born in Stansfield, the daughter of Thomas Bentley, book keeper
 

Children:

  1. Elias
  2. Herbert
  3. Annie [1880-31st January 1961]
  4. Edgar [b 1883] who was a pupil teacher [1901], a teacher  in Birmingham [1916]
  5. Walter [b 1886] who was a pupil teacher [1901]
  6. Emma [b 1889] who was staying with her grandmother Ann Hitchen [1891], staying with her aunt Ada  Ashworth in Hebden Bridge [1901], a book keeper in fustian  warehouse [1911]
  7. Alice [b 1891] who was a patient in the Fielden Hospital, Langfield [1901], a domestic servant [1911]

They lived at

  • Eastwood, Stansfield [1881]
  • 4 Cockden, Eastwood [1891]
  • Sandbed, Blackshaw, Hebden Bridge [1901]
  • Sandbed Villas, Charlestown, Hebden Bridge [1911, 1916]
  • 30 Madoc Street, Llandudno, Wales [1921]

Sarah died 25th March 1933 (aged 86).

Barker died 23rd December 1937 (aged 87).

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £13,479.

The couple & other members of the family () were buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone [Grave Ref: 41]

Hitchen, CharlesRef 240-921
[1890-1916]
Born in Ripponden.

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

He was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme [1st July 1916].

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6A & 6B], on Ripponden War Memorial, and on the Roll of Honour at Zion Congregational Church, Ripponden

Hitchen, Charles WhiteleyRef 240-6
[1841-1???]
Born in Halifax.

He was a designer [1891].

In [Q2] 1872, he married Elizabeth Ann Farnell [1847-1???] in Halifax.


Elizabeth Ann was born in Bradshaw
 

Children:

  1. Sarah E. [b 1875]
  2. Clement F. [b 1878]

They lived at 124 Gibbet Street, Halifax [1891]

Hitchen, Clares MiltonRef 240-5
[1888-1917]
Son of William Hitchen of 12 Silver Street, Brearley, Luddendenfoot.

Born in Brearley.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 8th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment.

He died 3rd May 1917 (aged 28).

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 5], and on Luddendenfoot War Memorial

Hitchen, Clares MiltonRef 240-819
[1888-1917]
Known as Milton.

Son of William Hitchen.

Born in Brearley.

He was a woollen piecer [1901] / a duler (blanket makers) [1911].

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 8th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment.

He died 3rd May 1917 (aged 28).

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 5], on a memorial in Brearley Particular Baptist Church, and in the book Royd Regeneration.

His brother James Selwyn also died in the War

Hitchen, DanielRef 240-1975
[17??-18??]
His entry in the Parish Register Index may be a mistranscription for
Daniel Kitchen / Daniel Mitchel.

Hatter in Halifax [1784-1791]

Hitchen, DanielRef 240-349
[17??-18??]
Hat manufacturer of Halifax.

He married Unknown.

Child: Ward Dyson

Hitchen, DavidRef 240-10
[1835-1886]

He died 23rd November 1886 (aged 51), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 714]

Hitchen, David JacksonRef 240-108
[1858-1929]
Born in the USA.

He was a wood turner [1880].

On 17th October 1880, he married Ann Hollas in Halifax.


Ann was the daughter of
John Hollas
 

Children:

  1. Jane Ann [b 1880]

Ann died in Boothtown [20th October 1889].

The couple were buried at St Thomas the Apostle, Claremount: Ann [23rd October 1889]; David [6th March 1929]

Hitchen, EliRef 240-3946
[18??-19??]
Of
New Longley, Norland.

In the 1860s, he gave land for the construction of Mount Zion Primitive Methodist Chapel, Norland

Hitchen, EliasRef 240-27
[1823-1871]
Son of Eli Hitchen, cotton beamer.

Born in Hebden Bridge.

He was a weaver of Stansfield [1850] / a power loom weaver [1851] / a fustian manufacturer [1861] / a master cotton dyer & finisher of cords [1871].

On 11th February 1850, he married Ann Barker [1821-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Ann was born in Stansfield, the daughter of John Barker, cordwainer.

She was widowed, a draper (employer) [1891]

 

Children:

  1. Barker
  2. Emma [b 1854] who was an ender of cotton cord [1871], a  milliner & dressmaker (employer) [1891]
  3. Mary Grace [b 1859]

They lived at

  • Rattonstall Wood, Stansfield [1851]
  • Calder Side, Stansfield [1861]
  • Eastwood, Stansfield [1871]
  • 7 Crescent, Todmorden [1891]

Elias died 8th December 1871 (aged 48).

The Todmorden & District News [Friday 15th December 1871] published an obituary


Mr Elias Hitchen was born into a humble family at Horsehold in Erringden in 1823.

He had little or no schooling. He became a weaver of fustians at Calder Side, Hebden Bridge.

He later started a small business on his own, then a larger one in conjunction with others. Seven years ago, he became a partner in the firm of Messrs Dan Crabtree & Company at Cockden Mill, Eastwood.

He was one of the small group of men who started the Co-operative Society at Hebden Bridge. For a long time, he was the chief buyer and was on the committee for seventeen years.

He was one of the founder members of the Hebden Bridge & Heptonstall Temperance Society. He was connected with the Todmorden Band of Hope Union from shortly after its founding. He was the vice president of the Eastwood Band of Hope Society. During the year 1870, he addressed no fewer the seventy public gatherings.

He was connected with the Mytholm church then, after he moved to Eastwood, he connected himself with the church at Cross Stone

 

He was buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone [12th December 1871]. Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £2,000. Administration was granted to his widow Ann

Living with the widowed Ann [in 1891] were daughter Emma & granddaughter Emma

Hitchen, EliasRef 240-25
[1874-1949]
Son of
Barker Hitchen.

Born in Todmorden.

He was an assistant book keeper [1891] / a fustian merchant (employer) [1911] / a commercial traveller [1901].

On 3rd August 1901, he married Betsy Halstead [1875-1???] at Eastwood Congregational Chapel.

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [Friday 9th August 1901] reported the wedding


Miss Betty (sic) Halstead, third daughter of Mr Stephen Halstead, joiner and builder, married Mr Elias Hitchen, elder son of Mr Barker Hitchen, fustian manufacturer
 


Betsy was the daughter of Stephen Halstead
 

Children:

  1. Edwy [b 1903]
  2. Cedric [b 1906]
  3. Oswald [b 1907]
  4. Bernice [b 1908]

The family lived at Sandbed, Hebden Bridge [1911]

Hitchen, George EdwardRef 240-12
[1915-1977]
Born in Halifax.

He took over from his father-in-law Levi Taylor as inn keeper at the Grand View, Lee Mount [1950-1960]

In 1937, he married Dora Taylor in Halifax.


Dora was the daughter of Levi Taylor
 

George Edward died in Halifax in 1977

Hitchen, Harold WilsonRef 240-1329
[1888-1918]
Son of
Wilson Hitchen.

He was a member of St George's Sunday School, Lee Mount & Choir / a football player at Lee Mount School & Boothtown / a worsted doffer [1901] / a winding overlooker [1911] / employed in the design department at Crossley's / a tram driver.

In [Q2] 1912, he married Lily Sutcliffe in Halifax.

Child: Selwyn [b 1917]

They lived at 27 Livingston Street, Halifax.

During World War I, he enlisted [November 1916] and served as a Gunner with the 275th Brigade Royal Field Artillery.

He died in the Casualty Clearing Station [28th May 1918] (aged 30).

His photograph appears with reports of his death in the Halifax Courier [8th June & 15th June 1918].

He was buried at Pernes British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref II D 34].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Saint George's Church, Lee Mount

Hitchen, HarryRef 240-168
[1859-1900]
He was a blacksmith [1882].

On 19th August 1882, he married Love Sugden [1859-1946] at Elland Parish Church.


Love was born in Ripponden
 

Children:

  1. Colin [1886-1944]
  2. Tom [1892-1963]
  3. Albert
  4. Fred [1899-1968]

They lived at 11 Vale Street [1911]

Hitchen, HerbertRef 240-731
[1877-1916]
Son of
Barker Hitchen.

Of Todmorden.

He was a railway booking clerk [1891] / a commercial book keeper [1901] / a workman in fustian warehouse [1911].

During World War I, and he served as a Private with the 2nd/7th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died in Fargo Military Hospital [17th April 1916] (aged 39).

The Todmorden & District News [21st April 1916]


Private Herbert Hitchen, Duke of Wellington's Regiment died of pneumonia, at Larkhill Camp, Salisbury Plain, aged 39.

He only enlisted a month ago and was sent to Larkhill Camp for training.

His father was Barker Hitchen of Sandbed Villa, Eastwood, who is head of the old-established firm of Messrs. Hitchen, Peel & Company, Woodmill.

His father and his brother Edgar, a teacher in Birmingham, travelled down to see him and got there shortly before he died.

He previously worked for his father's firm

 

He was buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone [Grave Ref: 9 41].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Hitchen, IrwinRef 240-1189
[1897-1917]
Recorded as Irvine / Irving / Irwin & Hitchen / Hitchin

Son of Edna Hitchen [1876-1948]; father unknown.

Born in Stile, Triangle.

Baptised at St Peter's Church, Sowerby [6th April 1898].

In [Q2] 1908, His mother married George Henry Law in Halifax.

Irwin was a machine tenter at dyeworks [1911] / employed by Siddall & Hilton Limited in Sowerby Bridge.

He lived at 115 Haugh Shaw Road, Halifax.

During World War I, he enlisted [August 1914] and served as a Driver with D Battery 38th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery & Royal Field Artillery.

He went to the Front in January 1915.

He was killed in action at Ypres as ammunition was being unloaded [10th September 1917] (aged 20). He had volunteered to go, rather than let another man ride his horses. All the horses were killed.

The Halifax Courier [22nd September 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No.3, Belgium [Grave Ref I G 13].

He is remembered at St Peter's Church, Sowerby, in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on Triangle War Memorial, on the Triangle Roll of Honour, and on the Memorial at Triangle Wesleyan Methodist Church

Hitchen, IsaacRef 240-4108
[17??-18??]
He married Mary Gill Manley, daughter of
Martin Manley.

Children:

  1. Elizabeth Manley [1810-1852] who married Dr Thomas Eastwood
  2. Margaret Ann [1821-1892] who married William Eastwood

Hitchen, IsaacRef 240-13
[1839-1909]
He was a joiner [1871].

In [Q3] 1858, he married (1) Martha Ann Rushworth [1834-1865] in Halifax Children:

  1. John Herbert [b 26th June 1859; bapt Dudwell 14th August  1859]
  2. Emily [bapt Dudwell 31st May 1862; d 14th July 1865]
  3. Arthur [b 4th November 1860; bapt Dudwell 23rd December  1860; d 19th May 1865]

Martha Ann died 19th May 1865 (aged 31).

In [Q4] 1865, he married (2) Priscilla Ann Lockwood [1836-1868] in Halifax

Child: 4. Annie Louisa who died 2nd April 1870 (aged 4 years) 

Priscilla Ann died 19th July 1868 (aged 32).

In [Q4] 1870, he married (3) Hannah Bories [1840-1876] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Alice Isaac [bapt Dudwell 15th September 1872; d 17th  April 1917]
  2. George who died 17th September 1874 (aged 2½ years) 

Hannah died 15th February 1876 (aged 36).

They lived at 9 High Street, Halifax [1871].

Isaac died 10th March 1909 (aged 70).

Members of the family were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell with Elizabeth Ellen [1851-30th May 1947]

Hitchen, IsaacRef 240-7500
[1840-1895]
Son of
Nathaniel Hitchen.

Born in Sowerby.

He was a woollen piecer [1851] / a wood sawyer [1861] / an omnibus driver [1871] / a cab driver [1875] / a bus driver [1881] / a hostler's foreman [1891] / Manager of John Marsh's livery stables [1896] / a horsekeeper [1896].

In 1875, he married Sarah Hamer Wood [1841-1???] in Halifax.

Child: Sarah Ann [b 1876] who was a worsted spinner [1891], a worsted reeler [1901].

They lived at

  • Allan Park, Norland [1881]
  • 6 Victoria Road, Norland [1891]
  • Victoria Road, Sowerby Bridge [1896]
  • 6 Victoria Road, Sowerby Bridge [1901]

Living with them [in 1881] were Isaac's father Nathaniel Hitchen [aged 73] and nephew James Hitchen [aged 23] (horse keeper).

Living with the widowed Sarah [in 1901] was niece Martha A Naylor [aged 33] (worsted warper).

Isaac died at Altcarr, Southport, when on holiday at Formby [19th February 1896]. Probate records show that he left effects valued at £152.

Probate was granted to his widow Sarah

Hitchen, J.Ref 240-131
[18??-19??]
Of Lower Breck, Sowerby.

He was injured – contused head – in the Pye Nest Tram Disaster of 15th October 1907, but was treated at home

Hitchen, JamesRef 240-21
[1833-1854]
Son of
William Hitchen.

He was a journeyman cloth miller [1851] and worked at Marshall Hall Mills, Elland.

He and his brother John were killed in a boiler explosion at the Mill on 16th November 1854

Hitchen, JamesRef 240-17
[1837-1902]
Born in Halifax [1st April 1837].

He was a smallware dealer [1871] / a general dealer fancy goods [1881] / a general fancy dealer [1891, 1901].

In [Q2] 1865, he married (1) Emma Robertshaw [1839-1873] in Halifax.


Emma was born in Halifax [26th September 1839]
 

Emma died 4th July 1873 (aged 34).

There are no records of any children

In [Q3] 1874, he married (2) Priscilla Wilkinson [1847-1924] in Halifax.


Priscilla was born in Warley [21st March 1847]
 

Children:

  1. James Arthur [b 1878] who was a general dealer's  assistant [1901]
  2. Florence Hannah [b 1879]
  3. Sidney Welbourn [b 1881] who was a general dealer's  assistant [1901]
  4. Herbert Wilkinson [b 1882] who was an apprentice hosier  [1901]
  5. Lewis [b 1884] who was an apprentice grocer [1901]

They lived at

  • 16 Northgate, Halifax [1871]
  • 6 Northgate, Halifax [1881]
  • Elm Bank, Swires Road, Halifax [1891]
  • 5 King Cross Street, Halifax [1901]

James died 5th December 1902 (aged 65).

Priscilla died 8th February 1924 (aged 76).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1070]

Hitchen, JamesRef 240-15
[1842-1???]
Son of Uriah Hitchen, overlooker.

Born in Halifax.

He was a millwright of Skircoat [1862] / a mechanic iron turner [1871, 1881] / an engineer turner [1891].

In 1862, he married Susannah Crossley [1843-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Susannah, of Halifax, was the daughter of James Crossley, grocer
 

Children:

  1. Fred [b 1865] who was a mechanic apprentice [1881]
  2. Uriah [b 1866] who was a woollen piecer [1881]
  3. Edward [b 1868] who was a butcher [1891]
  4. Harriet [b 1870] who was a worsted weaver [1891]
  5. John [b 1873] who was a machine card maker [1891]
  6. Emma [b 1876] who was a woollen spinner [1891]
  7. William
  8. Bertha [b 1881]
  9. Harry [b 1883]

They lived at

  • Sycamore Lodge, Sowerby Bridge [1871]
  • 50 Rochdale Road, Skircoat [1881]
  • 44 College Terrace, Skircoat, Halifax [1891]

Hitchen, James SelwynRef 240-828
[1893-1917]
Son of
William Hitchen.

Born in Luddendenfoot.

He was a hairdresser's assistant [1911].

On 27th December 1915, he married Lena Helliwell [1898-19??] at Luddendenfoot United Methodist Church.

They lived at New Road, Mytholmroyd.

During World War I, he enlisted in Hebden Bridge, and served as a Gunner with the 266th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery.

He was killed in action [20th April 1917].

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 1], on a memorial in St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd, and in the book Royd Regeneration.

His brother Clares Milton also died in the War.

In [Q1] 1923, Lena married William Priestley in Halifax.

Hitchen, JohnRef 240-24
[1823-1???]
Born in Halifax.

He was publican at the Ring O' Bells, Halifax [1861].

He married Elizabeth [1829-1???].


Elizabeth was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Emily [b 1851]

Hitchen, JohnRef 240-19
[1823-1854]
Son of
William Hitchen.

He was a journeyman cloth miller [1851] and worked at Marshall Hall Mills, Elland.

He and his brother James were killed in a boiler explosion at the Mill on 16th November 1854

Hitchen, JohnRef 240-16
[1832-1901]
Son of
Joseph Hitchen.

Born 3rd August 1832.

He was an engineer.

He married Clarissa [1831-1904].


Clarissa was born 20th December 1831
 

They lived at Hall Street, Halifax.

John died 7th February 1901 (aged 69), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3412] with his parents.

He is also remembered his wife's grave at Lister Lane Cemetery.

Clarissa died 4th January 1904 (aged 73).

She was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1110]

Hitchen, JohnRef 240-4106
[1839-1???]
Son of washer Samuel Hitchin.

Born in Norland.

He was a plasterer of Stainland [1862, 1871, 1881, 1891] / a slater & plasterer [1901].

In 1862, he married Martha Townsend [1840-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Joe [b 1865] who was a plasterer [1881]
  2. Eli [b 1868] who was a plasterer [1881], a corn miller  labourer [1891]
  3. William Henry [b 1870] who was a glazier [1891]
  4. Thomas
  5. Mary Hannah [b 1875] who was a worsted spinner [1891]
  6. Elizabeth [b 1878] who was a worsted spinner at Copley Mills [1891]
  7. Sarah Ann [b 1880] who was a bedstead varnisher [1901]
  8. John [b 1883] who was a wire drawer [1901]

They lived at

  • 726 Sowood, Stainland [1871]
  • 5 Norland Town [1881]
  • 6 Lane Ends, Norland [1891]
  • Lane Ends, Norland [1901]

Living with them [in 1891] was nephew Ernest Townsend [aged 20] (dyer's labourer) 

On 13th May 1898, daughter Elizabeth was found drowned in the canal near Sterne Mills, Copley. The Jury returned a verdict that she had committed suicide by drowning

Hitchen, John GregsonRef 240-667
[1919-1940]
Son of Lily & Irvine Hitchen of 132 Green Park Road, Skircoat Green, Halifax.

He was a member of Holy Trinity Church & Boys Scouts / educated at Holy Trinity School & Heath Grammar School / a rugby player with Halifax Collegians & Halifax Tech / employed by Churchill-Redman Limited.

During World War II, he served as a Sergeant with the 101st Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

He was killed in action in a bombing raid over Germany [30th October 1940] (aged 21).

He was buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell [5 103A].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on Heath Grammar School Memorial Gates

Hitchen, JosephRef 240-11
[18??-1???]

He married Zilpah [1819-1875].

Children:

  1. Mary [1839-30th November 1854]
  2. Squire [1845-30th January 1865]
  3. Elizabeth who died 16th August 1855 (aged 17 months) 

Zilpah died 19th August 1875 (aged 56).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3159].


Details of Joseph's death / burial place are not yet known
 

Hitchen, JosephRef 240-1694
[18??-19??]
Cotton waste spinner at
Lineholme Mill, Todmorden [1905]

Hitchen, JosephRef 240-22
[1808-1851]
Of Halifax.

He was a whitesmith.

He married Hannah [1811-1867].

Children:

  1. John
  2. William [1835-1876]
  3. Riley who died 12th November 1851 (aged 4 years & 3  months) 

Joseph died 27th April 1851 (aged 43).

Hannah died 24th September 1867 (aged 56).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3412]

Hitchen, LeonardRef 240-1308
[1891-1917]

In [Q3] 1915, he married Priscilla Gray in Rochdale.

They lived at 45 Commercial Street, Todmorden.

During World War I, he served as a Gunner with the 16th Trench Mortar Battery Royal Field Artillery.

He died 14th November 1917 (aged 26).

He was buried at Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France [Grave Ref VI F 29]

Hitchen, Miss MonaRef 240-2914
[1???-19??]
Recorded in 1936, when she had an arts and crafts studio at 32
Broad Street, Halifax

Hitchen, NathanielRef 240-4131
[1808-1???]
Born in Norland.

He was a wool comber of Sowerby [1833] / a sawyer [1841, 1851] / a wood sawyer [1861] / a sawyer [1871].

He married (1) Unknown.

In 1833, he married (2) 1806-1850? at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Anne [b 1836] who was a woollen piecer [1851], a woollen  powerloom weaver [1861] & married Henry Naylor
  2. James [1838-1847]
  3. Isaac
  4. Betty [b 1843] who was a woollen powerloom weaver [1861],  a woollen weaver [1871]

They lived at

  • Sowerby Street, Sowerby [1841]
  • 36 Back West Street, Sowerby, Sowerby Bridge [1851]
  • 53 Club Houses, West End, Sowerby [1861]
  • Terrace Street, Sowerby, Sowerby Bridge [1871]

Living with them [in 1841] were Joshua Naylor [aged 35] (wool comber), Mary Naylor [aged 40] (bobbin winder), John Helliwell [aged 15] (wool comber) and Nicolas Helliwell [aged 13] (worsted tenter).

Living with them [in 1851] sister-in-law Mary Naylor [aged 51] (servant) and lodger David Pratt [aged 28] (sawyer).

Living with them [in 1861] were daughter Anne, her husband Henry Naylor, and grandson James [aged 3].

Living with Nathaniel [in 1871] were son Isaac, daughter Betty and grandson James Hitchen [aged 13] (woollen piecer).

Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge

Hitchen, OswaldRef 240-775
[1907-1941]
Son of Elias Hitchen, of 1 Sandbed Villas, Hebden Bridge.

During World War II, he was a Civilian, and served with the Civil Defence.

He died at Royal Victoria Yard at Deptford Dockyard [19th March 1941] (aged 34).

He was buried in the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford, London.

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Hitchen, PhinehasRef 240-589
[1830-1899]
Born in Sowerby.

He was a dyer's labourer [1863].

On 31st October 1863, he married Sarah Ann Hollas in Halifax.


Sarah Ann was the daughter of
Sampson Hollas
 

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 1865]
  2. Caroline [b 1867]
  3. James [b 1870]
  4. Sarah [b 1872]
  5. William [b 1876]

The children were all born Sowerby

Hitchen, SamuelRef 240-3914
[1810-1871]
Born in Colne.

He was an overlooker at worsted mill [1851] / a manufacturer. He (possibly) established Samuel Hitchen & Son.

He married Ann Clay [1812-1873].


Ann was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Mary [b 1834] who was a loomer at worsted mill [1851]
  2. David [b 1836] who was an apprentice pattern designer  [1851]
  3. Sarah [b 1839] who was an assistant loomer at worsted  mill [1851]
  4. Rachel [b 1841]
  5. Ann [b 1845]
  6. Elizabeth [b 1847]

They lived at

  • 16 Mount Street, Halifax [1851]
  • 1 Brinton Terrace, Halifax [1871]

Living with them [in 1851] was mother-in-law Mary Clay [b  1784] (pauper).

On 26th January 1871, Samuel was travelling by train into Bradford Exchange Station when 2 carriages collided with a salt van on a goods train, knocking in the end of Hitchen's carriage. He sustained a fractured leg, bruising and shock.

He died 5 days later from

shock to the system caused by his injuries

Living with the widowed Ann [in 1871] was her brother William Clay [1814-11th June 1878] (without occupation).

Ann died 24th August 1873 (aged 61).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 626] with Ann's brother William Clay (woolcomber) 

Hitchen, TheodoreRef 240-4
[1891-1918]
Born in Sowerby Bridge.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 12th Battalion Manchester Regiment.

He died in France/Flanders [21st July 1918].

He was buried at Harponville Communal Cemetery Extension, France [Grave Ref E 23].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge

Hitchen, ThomasRef 240-14
[1780-1838]

He married (1) Mary [1781-1809].

Children:

  1. William who died 16th September 1802 (aged 16 days).

Mary died 23rd April 1809 (aged 28).

He married (2) Sarah.

Children:

  1. Isaac Smith (Hitchen) [1818-3rd July 1836]

Thomas died 5th November 1838 (aged 58).

Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax

Hitchen, ThomasRef 240-26
[1873-1936]
Son of
John Hitchen.

Born in Stainland.

He was a dyer's labourer (woollen) [1891] / an iron moulder's labourer [1901] / a dyer's labourer [1911] / a dyer's labourer with the Halifax Dyeing Company [1921].

Around 1897, he married Lavinia Ellis [1874-1948].


Lavinia was born in Sowerby Bridge [7th September 1874], the daughter of William Ellis
 

Children:

  1. Alice [1897-1901]
  2. Willie [b 1900] who was an woollen spinner (unemployed)   with Wright Hamer & Sons at Greetland [1921]
  3. Laura [b 1903] who was a cotton winder with W. & R. K. Lee Limited [1921]
  4. Albert [b 19th March 1912] who was a cotton waste weaver  [1939]
  5. Wilfred [b 16th July 1915] who was a painter & decorator  [1939]

They lived at

  • Green Head, Norland [1901]
  • Brickfield, Norland [1911]
  • 59 Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge [1921, 1939]

Thomas died 3rd June 1936 (aged 63).

Lavinia died 13th November 1948 (aged 74).

The couple were buried at Mount Pleasant Wesleyan Chapel, Norland

Hitchen, Thomas HenryRef 240-821
[1888-1918]
Born in Cragg Vale.

He lived at Burnley Road, Mytholmroyd.

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

He was in the Agricultural Company of the Labour Battalion, and had been working on a farm at Malton when he was stricken with influenza.

He died after 12 days, from septic poisoning [November 1918] (aged 30).

He is remembered on a memorial in Mount Zion Methodist Church, Mytholmroyd and Scout Road Wesleyan Chapel, Mytholmroyd, and in the book Royd Regeneration

Hitchen, TimothyRef 240-162
[1840-1907]
Son of
William Hitchen.

Born in Sowerby.

He was a factory boy [1851] / a cloth finisher [1861] / a woollen cloth finisher & draper [1871] / a farmer of 14 acres [1881] / a farmer [1891] / a retired farmer [1901] / a member of the Local Board / a member of the Halifax Board of Guardians.

In 1866, he married Ann Law [1846-1???] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Martha [b 1868] who was a dress maker [1891]
  2. James [b 1872] who was a dyer's labourer [1891]
  3. Emily Ann [b 1873] who was a tailoress [1891], a  housemaid [1901]
  4. Ellen [b 1874] who was a fustian machinist [1901], a  dairymaid [1911]
  5. Fred [b 1878]
  6. Alice [b 1879] who was a fustian machinist [1901]

The family lived at

  • Hoyle's Buildings, New Road, Sowerby [1871]
  • Ing Head, Sowerby [1881]
  • Ing Head Farm, Branton, Sowerby [1891, 1901]
  • Cribb Farm, Sowerby [1907]
  • Old Crib, Sowerby, Luddenden Foot [1911]

Timothy died at Cribb Farm, Sowerby, after a lingering illness [8th November 1907].

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £1,155. Probate was granted to his widow Ann, son Fred Hitchen (farmer), and Arthur Fielding Longbottom (worsted coating manufacturer) 


Ann was a dairy farmer [1911]
 

Hitchen, UriahRef 240-7
[1822-1909]
He was a cloth dresser.

In [Q2] 1841, he married Harriet Bedford in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Elizabeth [b 6th August 1845 – bapt 27th August 1845 – d 5th September 1920] who married (1) George Shoesmith & (2) Herbert Kitley

Hitchen, Ward DysonRef 240-346
[1798-1853]
Son of
Daniel Hitchen.

He was Halifax attorney / attorney at law [1823].

In 1823, he married Ann, daughter of James Royston at Halifax Parish Church.

He worked for Anne Lister.

They lived at 3 Clare Hall Road, Halifax [1851]

Hitchen, WilliamRef 240-20
[1794-18??]
Born in Soyland.

He was a cloth miller [1841] / a journeyman cloth miller [1851] / a woollen cloth fuller [1861].

Around 1825, he married Mary [1795-18??].


Mary was born in Soyland
 

Children:

  1. Joseph [b 1826]
  2. John
  3. Susannah [b 1828]
  4. Mary [b 1831] who was a dress maker [1851], a woollen  power loom weaver (factory) [1861] & married Mr Townsend
  5. James
  6. Thomas [b 1836] who was an assistant spinner (woollen  mill) [1851], a woollen cloth fuller [1861]

They lived at

  • Hirst Mill, Longwood, Huddersfield [1841]
  • Elland Lane, Elland [1851]
  • Bottom of Lower Edge, Elland-cum-Greetland [1861]

Living with them [in 1861] was daughter Mary & her son John [b 1857].

Sons John & James were killed in a boiler explosion at the mill on 16th November 1854

Hitchen, WilliamRef 240-18
[18??-1???]

He married Priscilla Metcalfe.


Priscilla was the daughter of
Thomas Metcalfe
 

Priscilla died 16th May 1883 (aged 51), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2410] with her parents

Hitchen, WilliamRef 240-164
[1816-1???]
Born in Sowerby.

He was a comber of Sowerby [1835] / a wool comber [1841] / a farmer of 9 acres [1851, 1861].

In 1835, he married Sally Howarth [1818-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Sally came from Sowerby
 

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 1836] who was a factory girl [1851]
  2. Elizabeth [b 1838] who was a worsted powerloom weaver  [1861]
  3. Timothy
  4. Grace [b 1845] who was a worsted reeler [1861]
  5. Mary Ann [b 1847] who was a worsted spinner [1861]
  6. Martha [b 1850]
  7. David [b 1851]
  8. William [b 1854]
  9. Sarah J. [b 1858]
  10. Fred [b 1861]

They lived at

  • Field Hall, Sowerby [1841]
  • Vicarage, Sowerby [1851]
  • 1 Shield Hall, Steep Lane, Sowerby [1861]

Hitchen, WilliamRef 240-3
[1860-1930]
Son of Job Hitchen, labourer.

Born in Sowerby Bridge.

He was a cotton twiner of Cotton Stones, Sowerby [1886] / a cotton twiner / a cloth furrier [1891] / an iron foundry worker [1901] / a mechanic labourer (engineers) [1911].

In [Q1] 1886, he married Mary Greenwood [1860-1928] at Halifax Parish Church.


Mary, of Bond Street, Halifax, was born in Sowerby, the daughter of James Greenwood, woollen carder.

She was a woollen weaver [1901]

 

Children:

  1. Clares Milton
  2. Charles Henry [b 1890] who was a woollen spinner (blanket  makers) [1911]
  3. Clara Eveline [b 1891] who was a blanket weaver [1911]
  4. James Selwyn

The children were born in Brearley.

The family lived at

  • 10 Silver Street, Brearley [1891]
  • 2 Bethel Terrace, Brearley [1901, 1911]
  • 12 Silver Street, Brearley

Sons Clares Milton & James Selwyn died in World War I

Hitchen, WilliamRef 240-1153
[1879-1936]
Son of
James Hitchen.

Born in Halifax.

He was an iron moulder [1901, 1911] / secretary of the Halifax Rugby Junior League / president of the Halifax Charity Cup Committee / an unemployed iron moulder [1936].

In [Q1] 1901, he married Maria Coombes [1883-19??] at Christ Church, Pellon.


Maria, of 18 Ashley Street, was born in Halifax, the daughter of George Coombes, dyer's labourer.

She was a coating weaver [1901]

 

Children:

  1. Arthur [b 1902]
  2. Stanley [b 1905]
  3. Wilfred [b 1906]
  4. Ernest [b 1909]

They lived at

  • 6 Swaines Terrace, Halifax [1901]
  • 85 Stanley Road, Halifax [1911]

William was found drowned in the Marine Lake at Southport [20th June 1936]. His body was discovered after his clothing had become entangle in the propeller of a small speed boat in which there were 3 holidaymakers.

The Inquest found that there was nothing to suggest suicide or foul play

Hitchen, WilsonRef 240-8
[1860-19??]
Son of
Amos Hitchen.

Born in Halifax.

He was a warehouseman [1881, 1891] / a factory warehouseman [1901] / a timekeeper [1911].

In 1880, he married either Mary Hannah Buckley or Mary Farrar [1860-19??] in Halifax.


Mary was born in Halifax.

She was a mantle knitter [1881]

 

Children:

  1. Eveline [b 1885] who was a worsted coating mender [1901],  a coating mender [1911]
  2. Maggie [b 1887] who was a worsted curler [1901], a  coating mender [1911]
  3. Harold Wilson
  4. Janet [b 1896] who was a setter [1911]

They lived at

  • 2 Melrose Street, Ovenden [with Wilson's family 1881]
  • 2 Buxton Street, Ovenden [1891, 1901, 1911]

Surname

Hitchen surnameRef 240-1
Other forms of the surname include Hitchens, Hitchin, Hitchings, Hitchins and Hitchon

Entries for people with this and similar surnames are shown in a separate Foldout

The name originates in the town of Hitchen in Hertfordshire.

The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District Surnames by George Redmonds.

Entries for people with the surname Hitchen are discussed in this SideTrack. Other forms of the surname are not included here.


Unattached BMDs for Hitchen

Marriages 1860, 1874, 1885, 1892, 1895, 1906, 1907, 1911, 1915, 1936; Deaths 1899, 1900

Unattached burials at Lister Lane Cemetery: Plot 3412

 



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