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Holt, MrRef 132-999
[17??-1???]
He had coal pits at
Boothtown.

He bought the coal pits at Howcans from the widow of Isaac Halliday

Holt, DrRef 132-2989
[18??-1???]
Recorded in June 1867, when he was Medical Officer for Ovenden

Holt, AbrahamRef 132-3542
[18??-18??]
Landlord of the
Anchor, Brighouse [1860].

He was charged by Constable Heaton with having the pub open at illegal hours on Sunday 8th January 1860, after the officer had entered at 11:00 am and found a man with a glass of spirits before him. The defence was that the man was a barber who had the custom of shaving Holt, and that he had been given a glass of something comfortable for shaving him and partly as a Christmas box. The case was dismissed

Holt, AlfredRef 132-31
[1856-1???]
Son of Joseph W. Holt of Brighouse.

He was a clerk [1878].

On 21st August 1878, he married Betsy Wheelhouse [1857-1???].


Betsy, of Lightcliffe, was the daughter of
John Wheelhouse
 

Child: Joseph Alfred Holt

Holt, AnnRef 132-698
[1846-1918]
Daughter of
James Holt.

She never married.

She lived at 22 York Place, Harrogate.

She died 22nd July 1918.

She was buried at St Paul's Church, King Cross [26th July 1918] with her parents'. Probate records show that she left an estate valued at £84,509 17/2d.

The Halifax Courier [16th November 1918] lists bequests in her will, including

  • £5,000 for an open-air children's ward – the Ann Holt Balcony – at the Royal Halifax Infirmary
  • £200 to the Blind Institute in Halifax

The balance of her estate was establish a home for the benefit of women in Halifax who are in need of financial assistance. This may be the Ann Holt Trust which is still active today

Holt, ArthurRef 132-3124
[18??-19??]
Son of
Thomas Holt.

He carried on his father's business, Thomas Holt & Sons, as a coal merchant in Todmorden.

He was an itinerant fiddle-player and played folk music, and he also played for the Wesleyan chapel choir.

In 1895, he married Elizabeth Egerton in Todmorden.

Children:

  1. William
  2. Ernest Egerton [b 1898]
  3. Arthur Leslie [b 1905]
  4. Annie Egerton [b 1906]

They lived at

  • 12 Royd Square, Hebden Bridge [1901]
  • 2 Greave Street, Todmorden [1911]

Around 1900, Arthur established Holt's Botanical Brewers at Stony Lane, Charlestown, Hebden Bridge. They brewed mineral waters, hop-ale, and dandelion and burdock stout. Billy Holt says that this was to keep the family occupied throughout the year: coal in winter, refreshments in summer

Holt, ArthurRef 132-3880
[1840-1900]
Son of
Charles Holt.

Born in Walsden.

He was power loom weaver (cotton), living as a boarder with the Grinwood  family at Waterloo, Todmorden [1861] / a cotton weaver [1871, 1881, 1891] / landlord of the Bay Horse, Cross Stone [1900].

In 1861, he married Mary Ann Brown [1842-1???] at Heptonstall Church.


Mary Ann was the daughter of William Brown, stoker.

She was a card room worker (cotton) [1871]

 

Children:

  1. Hannah Maria [b 1864] who married George Stell
  2. Matilda [b 1866] who was an operative cotton [1891]
  3. Pauline [b 1869] who was a weaver cotton [1891]
  4. James [b 1871] who was an operative cotton [1891]
  5. John A. [b 1873] who was a weaver cotton [1891]
  6. Margaret J. [b 1876] who was a machinist [1891]
  7. Bertha [b 1879]
  8. Fred [b 1882]
  9. Emily [b 1884]

They lived at

  • Carrhousefold, Stansfield [1871]
  • 2 Cannel Yard, Langfield [1881]
  • 11a Longfield Road, Langfield [1891]

He died after a short illness

Holt, ArthurRef 132-60
[1858-19??]
Born in Todmorden.

He was a cotton weaver with J. Stott & Sons [1921].

Around 1883, he married Harriet Jane [1862-19??].


Harriet Jane was born in Walsingham, Norfolk
 

Children:

  1. Frank [b 30th April 1883] who was unable to work [1921],  mentally deficient (living with sister Edith Emily) [1939]
  2. Edith Emily [b 1897] who married Amos Midgley

They lived at 138 Halifax Road, Todmorden [1921].

Living with them [in 1921] were daughter Edith Emily, her husband and children

Holt, C.Ref 132-3747
[18??-18??]
Lamp manufacturer and mineral oil merchant at 34
Northgate, Halifax [1864]. His premises were advertised as The Original Yorkshire Depot. He also advertised
lamp repairs, bottles, brushes, burners, wicks, and chimneys

an assortment of telescopes, microscopes, stereoscopes, magic lanterns, &c, on hand

Holt, CharlesRef 132-3881
[1807-1852]
Born in Heptonstall.

He was a warehouseman [1841, 1851].

He married Maria Fielden [1807-1860] from Oldham.

Children:

  1. Anne [b 1830]
  2. Betty [b 1832]
  3. Arthur
  4. Charles [b 1845]
  5. James [b 1847]

The family lived at

  • Wadsworth Mill, Bridge End, Todmorden & Walsden [1841]
  • Wadsworth Mill, Todmorden [1851]

Living with them [in 1841] & 1851 was father-in-law Samuel Fielden [1781-18??] (storekeeper) from Todmorden.

The couple were buried at Christ Church, Todmorden

Holt, CharlesRef 132-1472
[1824-1880]
Son of
John Holt.

Born 3rd April 1824.

He became a woolcomber.

He attended Heywood's Chapel and was educated at the Sunday School. In 1848, he became Secretary of the Sunday School. He and his wife held classes at their home at Upper Brear, Northowram.

He was instrumental in the establishment of Northowram Mechanics' Institute

He was responsible for the introduction of paraffin oil lamps to Halifax.

He married Unknown.

He died 23rd October 1880

Holt, CharlesRef 132-14
[1895-1917]
Son of
Joseph Holt.

Born in Greetland.

He was a member of Thornfield United Free Methodist Church, Greetland / a member of St Thomas's Church, Greetland & Sunday School / a silk dresser [1911].

During World War I, he enlisted with the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) (his mother came from Scotland) [January 1916], then transferred and served as a Private with the 62nd Company Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).

He died at No.20 Casualty Clearing Station of shrapnel wounds to the head [1st June 1917].

The Halifax Courier [23rd June 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Sunken Road Cemetery, Boisleux-St Marc, France [Grave Ref I E 11].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland, on the Memorial at Saint Thomas's Church, Greetland, and on the Roll of Honour at Thornfield United Free Methodist Church, Greetland

Holt, Charles EdwardRef 132-5780
[1852-1927]
Born in Bradford.

He was a book keeper/clerk with T. F. Firth & Company at Bailiff Bridge [1921].

In 1878, he married Sarah Alice Wheelhouse [1855-1949] in Ormskirk.


Sarah Alice was born Hipperholme [5th May 1855]
 

Children:

  1. Gertrude [1878-1975] who married Percy Taylor Pollard
  2. Lilian [b 1881] who married Ernest Brown

They lived at Birkby Hall, Clifton [1904].

Charles Edward died in Lightcliffe [19th August 1927].

Sarah Alice died in Leeds [23rd July 1949].

The couple were buried at Saint Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe

Holt, Clarance HebblethwaiteRef 132-18
[1882-1917]
Son of
James Holt.

Born in Leeds [22nd March 1882].

He was a member of the choir of St Mary the Virgin, Luddenden / a compositor [1901] / a printer of 12 Appleyard Terrace, Luddenden [1907] / an apprentice at John Walsh Printers in Halifax / a printer compositor in Manchester [1911] / a manager with H. Griffith & Company, printers, 150 London  Road, Manchester.

On 12th February 1907, he married Fanny Smith [1878-1951] at St Mary's Church, Luddenden.


Fanny, of 20 Appleyard Terrace, Luddenden, was born in Copley, daughter of James Smith
 

Children:

  1. Bernard [b 11th February 1908; bapt 22nd March 1908]
  2. Derrick [b 1st July 1909; bapt 18th June 1909]
  3. Winifred [b 27th September 1911]

They lived at 22 Blakey Street, Longsight, Manchester [1911].

During World War I, he served as a Private / stretcher bearer with the 2nd/10th Battalion Manchester Regiment.

He was killed in action, whilst attending to the wounded under heavy fire [9th October 1917].

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

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 120-124 & 162-162A], on Luddenden & Midgley War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Saint Mary the Virgin, Luddenden.

Fanny died in Luddendenfoot [6th December 1951]

Holt, ClarkeRef 132-17
[1888-1918]
Son of
George Holt.

He was a member of Halifax Parish Church / a worsted bobbin setter [1901] / a worsted duler [1911] / employed by Hollingrake & Clegg Limited.

He was engaged to Ivy Hackinson, of Chester Road, Boothtown.

During World War I, he enlisted at the outbreak of War and served as a Private with the 1st/7th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He spent over 3 years in France, and was captured by the Germans [13th April 1918].

He died in German hands after leaving the enemy clearing station [14th April 1918] (aged 30).

The Halifax Courier [3rd August 1918] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 82-85 & 162A], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Holt, CrossleyRef 132-62
[1844-1909]
Son of Anne & James Holt of Haslingden.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a picker maker [1861, 1871].

In [Q3] 1865, he married Betsy Mitchell [1848-1914] in Haslingden.


Betsy was born in Bacup.

She was a cotton weaver [1871]

 

Children:

  1. Crossley [1858-19th June 1860]
  2. Rosannah [1866-20th July 1869]
  3. William James [1868-25th October 1870]
  4. Clara [1873-20th March 1876]
  5. Thomas [b 1874]
  6. Alice Ann [b 1876]
  7. James [1878-16th September 1880]
  8. Frank R. [b 1881]

They lived at

  • 48 Lydgate, Stansfield Upper Third, Todmorden [1871]
  • West View, Market Street, Spotland, Rochdale [1881]
  • 8 Holt Street, Whitworth [1914]

Betsy died 25th March 1914 (aged 66).

and was buried at Cloughfoot Independent Congregational Chapel with the children ().

Crossley died in Todmorden [13th January 1909] (aged 65)  & was buried at Bacup Cemetery

Holt, DanRef 132-9401
[1822-1896]
Son of woolsorter William Holt.

Born in Lightcliffe.

He was a joiner [1842] / a carpenter [1851] / a carpenter and woodworker [1861] / a master carpenter employing 4 boys [1871] / a property agent [1881] / blind [1891]

On 16th May 1842, he married (1) Hannah Ibbotson [1822-1857] at Elland Parish Church.


Hannah, born in Luddenden, was the daughter of weaver John Ibbotson of Brighouse
 

Children:

  1. Susannah [1842-1846] who died aged 3 Years
  2. Alice [1844-1846] who died aged 1 year and 5 months  
  3. William [1845-1846] who died aged 2 months
  4. George [1847] who died aged 5 days
  5. Elizabeth [1849-1850] who died aged 1 year and 7 months  
  6. John [b 1852] who was a carpenter [1871]
  7. James [b 1854] who was a carpenter [1871]
  8. Joseph [b 1856] who was a carpenter [1871]

Hannah died 11th January 1857 [aged 35]

In 1858, he married (2) Hannah Ibbetson.

Children:

  1. Lydia [1859-1864]
  2. Sarah Hannah [1858-1860] who died in the 3rd year of her  age
  3. Annice [1860-1864]
  4. Lydia A. [b 1865] who was a machinist [1881]
  5. Ann [b 1867] who was a machinist [1881] & married  [1890] Hugh W. Pimblett [b 1868]

He was widowed by 1871.

In 1872, he married (3) Elizabeth Naylor [1833-1???] from Idle, in Halifax.

They lived at

  • Brighouse [1842]
  • Mytholm, Hipperholme [1846]
  • Breck Nock (with Hannah's mother Sarah Ibb?tson)   [1851]
  • Birk Neck House [1861]
  • 48 Lower Hope Street, Halifax [1871]
  • Salford, Lancashire [1881, 1891]

His first wife Hannah & some of the children were buried at Bramley Lane Chapel

Dan died in Salford

Holt, EdmundRef 132-238
[17??-18??]
He lived at Lumbutts. He taught botany to
John Nowell. He was known as the father of Todmorden botanists

Holt, EdmundRef 132-764
[17??-18??]
Of Hullett, Shore.

He and his wife Sally [1782-1864] had 11 children – 8 daughters and 3 sons – and 103 grandchildren and 76 great-grandchildren. Mrs Holt out-lived her husband and was survived by only 5 of her children. The family was said to be one of the most prolific in the district

Holt, EdmundRef 132-9480
[1766-1845]
Known as Old Ned of Lumbutts.

Son of Edmund Holt.

Born at Croft Gate, Langfield.

He was a mill manager for Fielden Brothers at Causeway Mill, Langfield.

In 1795, he married Betty Newell of Walsden.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Edmund
  3. Thomas

He died [aged 81] whilst living at Wadsworth Mill in Todmorden with his son John

Edmund & Betty were buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden

Holt, EdmundRef 132-2188
[1798-1871]
Son of
Edmund Holt

He was a mill manager for Fielden Brothers at Lumbutts. He married (1) Sarah [1802-1861].

Children:

  1. James
  2. Betty
  3. Richard
  4. Maria
  5. Alfred
  6. Ellen

In 1862, he married (2) Harriet.

In 1868, he married (3) Jane.

The family lived at Lumbutts.

Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Todmorden (in a vault) 

Holt, EdmundRef 132-15
[1894-1917]
Son of Emily (née Taylor) [1865-1917] & Frederick Holt [1866-1918], of 62 Ovenden Road, Halifax.

Born in Halifax [25th April 1894]; baptised at St George's Church, Lee Mount [10th June 1894].

He was educated at Rishworth School / a civil servant in the Office of Woods & Forests [from 1909].

He lived at 62 Ovenden Road, Halifax.

During World War I, he served as a Lance Corporal with B Company 2nd/9th Battalion London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles).

He was hit in the abdomen by machine-gun fire as he was taking a Lewis gun into action.

He died the next day in hospital [26th September 1917] (aged 23).

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 151], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Saint George's Church, Lee Mount, and on the Memorial at Rishworth School

Holt, EdwardRef 132-48
[1811-1874]
He was a woolsorter [1841, 1851, 1861].

He married Mary [1816-1???].

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 1833]
  2. Ellen [b 1837]
  3. John

Mary died before 1842.

In [Q4] 1842, he married Selina Norris [1820-1865] in Halifax.


Selina was born in Lincoln
 

They lived at

  • New Bank, Halifax [1841]
  • 7 Labour Street, Halifax [1851]
  • 7 Peel Street, Halifax [1861]

Selina died 15th August 1865 (aged 45).

Edward died 22nd June 1874 (aged 63).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3213]

Holt, EdwardRef 132-43
[1855-1???]
Son of
William Holt.

He was a carter/carrier 1882

He married Hannah [1858-1???].

Children:

  1. Livingstone [1881-1882]

They lived at New Road Bottom, Heptonstall [1882]

Holt, Edward GeorgeRef 132-4037
[1895-19??]
Of King Cross Road.

He was a steward with the White Star Line. Originally, he had sought a position on the Titanic but decided that the journeys from his home in Halifax to Southampton would have been too expensive, so he opted to join the crew of the Laurentic, which sailed out of Liverpool

Holt, Edward GeorgeRef 132-16
[1896-1917]
Son of Katherine Daisy & Edward Holt of 9 Poplar Grove, Seaforth, Liverpool.

Born in Halifax.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st Battalion King's (Liverpool Regiment).

He died 15th December 1917 (aged 21).

He was buried at Valenciennes (St. Roch) Communal Cemetery, France [Grave Ref IV E 21]

Holt, F. W.Ref 132-2556
[18??-19??]
Of
Holt Brothers (Halifax) Limited of Hope Street, Halifax.

He lived at 20 Craven Terrace, Halifax [1905]

Holt, FannyRef 132-205
[1799-18??]
Daughter of
John Holt.

Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [25th August 1799].

On 13th January 1822, she married (1) Luke Haigh at Halifax Parish Church.

On 20th January 1839, she married (2) William Shaw at Elland Parish Church

Holt, FieldenRef 132-396
[1852-1927]
Son of
Martin Holt.

He worked for his father – with Young Helliwell – and left to establish Fielden Holt & Sons with his 3 sons.

He married Emma Sutcliffe.

Children:

  1. Mary [1875-1941] who married Wright Halstead
  2. Arthur [1877-1944]
  3. Betsy [1881-1950]
  4. Walter [1882-1948]
  5. Fred
  6. Edith [1884-1948] who married Handel Halstead
  7. Ruth [1885-1945]

They lived at Wellington Road, Todmorden.

Members of the family were buried at Cloughfoot Independent Congregational Chapel

Holt, FredRef 132-19
[18??-19??]
He served in World War I.

He died in the conflict.

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

Holt, FredRef 132-12
[1883-1943]
Son of
Fielden Holt.

He was a partner in Fielden Holt & Sons.

He married Emily Cockcroft.

Children:

  1. Clifford
  2. Edith Annie

Holt, FrederickRef 132-45
[1866-1918]
Born in Todmorden.

On 6th August 1888, he married Emily Taylor [1865-1917] at St George's Church, Lee Mount.



Emily was born in Ovenden
 

Children:

  1. Edmund [b 25th April 1894; d Belgium 26th September 1917]
  2. Harry [b 27th October 1897; bapt Lee Mount 19th June 1898]
  3. Doris [b 1908; bapt Lee Mount 6th August 1908; d 13th  December 1931]

Emily died in Halifax [11th April 1917].

Frederick died in Halifax [18th September 1918]

Holt, G.Ref 132-5
[18??-19??]
Of Halifax.

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

At Ypres, on Saturday 14th August 1915, the Germans had shelled the trenches heavily from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The battalion were in trenches about a mile to the north-west of Ypres when a shell burst amongst a working party of 6 men who were making dugouts, killing 3 men outright and wounding 3 others.

Due to the narrowness of the trench, it was found necessary to carry the wounded over the top of the trench, over open ground and in full view of the enemy. Around 5:00 pm, when it was almost dark, Company Commander Captain Maynard Percy Andrews volunteered to accompany the rescue team – which included Private John Shelley, Lance-Corporal Charles Wood, and Private Holt - who went to do this.

The enemy spotted them and opened fire.

Captain Andrews was hit by a bullet in the throat and died shortly afterwards.

Shelley, Wood and Holt were recommended for an award for distinguished service.

Holt, GeorgeRef 132-3901
[18??-18??]
Of West Vale.

On 10th October 1863, he was charged at West Riding Court House, Halifax with passing base coin. He had been found dealing with 4 counterfeit crown pieces

Holt, GeorgeRef 132-39
[1860-1???]
Son of Robert Holt, engine tenter.

Born in Halifax.

He was a labourer of Stannary Lane, Halifax [1886] / a general labourer [1891] / a brewer's labourer [1901] / an iron worker at gas engineers [1911].

In 1886, he married Annie Clarke [1863-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Annie, of Stannary Lane, Halifax, was born in Hill Wootton, Warwick, the daughter of Charles Clarke, gardener,
 

Children:

  1. Clarke
  2. Herbert [b 1894] who was a gas engineer [1911]
  3. Ernest Sidney [b 1895] who was a worsted overlooker [1911]
  4. Phyllis Eveline [b 1898] who was a worsted spinner [1911]

The family lived at

  • 7 Barley Corn Square, Halifax [1891]
  • 3 Lowe's Court, John Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 24 Stead Street, Halifax [1911]
  • 3 Lawrence Road, Waterside, Halifax
  • 8 Cross Hills, Halifax

Holt, GeorgeRef 132-40
[1894-1957]
MM.

Son of Joseph Holt.

He was a dyer's labourer [1911] / a driver on Halifax Corporation Tramways [1915].

During World War I, he enlisted [15th April 1915] and served as a Private with the 3rd Battalion Gordon Highlanders.

He was awarded the Military Medal

His photograph appears with reports of his award in the Halifax Courier [21st September & 28th September 1918].

He survived the War.

After the War, he resumed his job as a tram driver.

He was a bus driver [1939].

On 17th May 1920, he married Florrie Booth [1893-1960] at All Saints' Church, Dudwell.


Florrie was born in Halifax [2nd May 1893]

She was the daughter of Sarah Jane & Harry Booth

 

Children:

  1. Jean [b 1920]
  2. Joseph Charles [b 1925]

They lived at 17 Octagon Terrace, Pye Nest [1939]

George died in the Royal Halifax Infirmary [26th August 1957].

Florrie died in the Royal Halifax Infirmary [4th June 1960].

Both George & Florrie were cremated

Holt, GladysRef 132-203
[1911-1965]
Local dialect writer from
Sowerby Bridge

Holt, GreenwoodRef 132-11
[1850-19??]
Born in Lineholme, Lancashire.

He was a retired weaver [1911].

Around 1877, he married Sarah [1854-19??].


Sarah was born in Littleborough
 

Children:

  1. child who died young [before 1911]
  2. Mabel Annie [1885-1979] who was a dress maker [1911] and  married Bernard Greenwood
  3. Wilfrid Barker [b 1895] who was a shuttle maker [1911]

They lived at 13 Varley Buildings, Cornholme / 13 Brookfield Terrace, Cornholme [1911].

Living with them [in 1911] was daughter Mabel Annie & her husband

Holt, HaroldRef 132-32
[18??-19??]
Recorded in 1918, when he was a billiard table maker at 11 St James's Street, Halifax. An advertisement in the
Halifax Courier [2nd November 1918] described him as
Champion of Halifax

Holt, HerbertRef 132-7
[1847-1904]
Born in Halifax.

He was a dyer [1895].

He married Eliza Bentley [1850-1910].

Children:

  1. Jane [1876-1959] who married Samuel Ambler

Holt, Hirst JohnRef 132-3182
[1788-1850]
Of Halifax.

He was an organ builder.

He married Mary [1792-1868].

Children:

  1. Hannah [1811-1877] who married Mr Fearnley
  2. John
  3. William
  4. Edwin [1824-1869]

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2748]

Holt, J. W.Ref 132-27
[18??-191?]

During World War I, he served with the 10th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Holt, JackRef 132-47
[18??-1???]
Son of Robert Holt, labourer.

He was a mason of Healey [1860].

On 22nd September 1860, he married Betty Greenwood in Healey, Lancashire.

Holt, JamesRef 132-3263
[1???-1874]
A farmer at Heptonstall.

On 14th January 1874, he was found drowned in the public well at Heptonstall. The jury at the inquest recommended that the well be made more secure against accident and contamination

Holt, JamesRef 132-3095
[1732-1779]
He was a weaver at Booth Bank, Northowram / landlord of the
Punch Bowl, Boothtown.

On 6th January 1757, he married Mary Roydes [1737-1814] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Betty [b 1760]
  3. James
  4. Hannah [b 1766] who married Samuel Holdsworth
  5. Martha [b 1773] who married William Pearson
  6. Mary [1778-1835] who married Matthew Bairstow

He was buried at Halifax Parish Church

Holt, JamesRef 132-22
[1757-1827]
Of Dean Clough, Halifax.

He was a dyer / a partner in Thomas Holmes & Company.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Richard
  2. Thomas
  3. John

He died 6th March 1827 (aged 69).

Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax [Grave Ref: 112].

The gravestone was one of more than a hundred which were rescued and taken to Lister Lane Cemetery [2014] when work began on Square Congregational Church Graveyard in preparation for the new Halifax Central Library.

These stones now form a path at the lower end of the Cemetery

Holt, JamesRef 132-3685
[1762-1???]
From Northowram.

Son of James Holt.

On 4th May 1794, he married Margaret Critchley from Warley, in Halifax.

Child: James Critchley

Holt, JamesRef 132-80
[1789-1856]
Son of
John Holt, & cousin of James Critchley Holt.

Born in Northowram.

Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [28th June 1789].

He was Anne Lister's coal steward, and was involved in the development of her Shibden coal mines in the 1830s.

He was a farmer of 7½ acres and landlord of the Punch Bowl, Boothtown [1841, 1845, 1851].

In 1835, he was one of the subscribers to the Halifax Dispensary, giving 1 guinea

On 23rd August 1836, he married Priscilla Akroyd [1798-18??].


Priscilla came from Halifax
 

He died at Boothbank, Northowram [12th February 1856].

He was buried at Sion Congregational Church, Halifax (Grave 768) [18th February 1856].

After his death, Priscilla took over at the Punch Bowl Inn

Holt, JamesRef 132-56
[18??-18??]

He married Martha.

Children:

  1. Ann [1835-1865] who was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4155]

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Holt, JamesRef 132-3504
[1810-18??]
Born in Northowram.

He was a cabinet maker [1851, 1861].

He married Martha [1809-18??].


Martha was born in Northowram
 

Children:

  1. William [b 1839]
  2. Sarah [b 1833] who was a factory girl [1851], a reeler of  cotton [1861]
  3. Ann [1834-1865] who was a milliner [1861] & was buried at  Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4155]

They lived at

  • Paradise Street, Halifax [1851]
  • Bairstow's Yard, 2 Northgate, Halifax [1861]

Holt, JamesRef 132-24
[1817-1901]
Son of
John Holt.

He was a dyer / a partner in Richard & James Holt.

On 18th April 1844, he married Sarah Lee [1816-1902] at Halifax Parish Church.

Child: Ann

Members of the family were buried at St Paul's Church, King Cross: James [2nd April 1901]; Sarah [3rd August 1902]

Holt, JamesRef 132-44
[1836-1870]
Born in Rochdale.

On 20th December 1862, he married Mary Ellen Judson at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Frederick
  2. Lavinia [b 1868]
  3. James [b 1870]

James died in Todmorden [April 1870]

Holt, JamesRef 132-4
[1844-1883]
Son of
John Holt.

Born in Hipperholme.

He was an overlooker (silk mill) [1864] / a silk overlooker [1871] / manager silk works [1881].

On 21st August 1864, he married Mary Spencer [1844-1922] at Halifax Parish Church.


Mary, of Hipperholme, was born in Stansfield, the daughter of James Spencer, silk dresser
 

Children:

  1. Emma [1867-1877]
  2. Ruth Ann [1868-1975]
  3. Ellen [b 1874] who was a silk rover [1891]
  4. Herbert [b 1877] who was a boarder at Crossley & Porter  Orphan Home & School [1891], a bank clerk [1901]
  5. Edgar [b 1879] who was a saddler & harness maker [1901]
  6. John William

The family lived at

  • Lane Ends Green, Hipperholme [1871]
  • 1 Ringby Terrace, Northowram [1881]
  • Spencer Building, Hipperholme [1891]
  • George Street, Hipperholme [1901]
  • 28 Lane Ends Green, Hipperholme [1911]

James died in Halifax [Q4 1883] (aged 39) 

Holt, JamesRef 132-33
[1852-1898]
Son of Thomas Hebblethwaite Holt, butcher.

Born in Leeds.

He was a printer of Apple Street, Leeds [1873] / a printer compositor [1881] / a tailor [1891].

In 1873, he married Florence Nightingale Walker [1855-1???] at St Stephen's Church, Burmantofts, Leeds.


Florence, of York Road, Leeds, was born in Leeds, the daughter of Robert Walker, hairdresser
 

Children:

  1. Gertrude Alice [b 1881] who was a worsted drawer [1911]
  2. Clarence Hebblethwaite Holt
  3. Blanche Ethel [b 1885] who was a worsted spinner [1901]
  4. Beatrice [b 1886] who was a worsted spinner [1901], a  worsted drawer [1911]
  5. Marian Florence [b 1889] who was a worsted drawer [1911]
  6. Julia [1891] who died in infancy
  7. Jesse Leonard [b 1896] who was a worsted spinner [1911]
  8. James Leonard [b 1896] who was a fettler for nut & bolt  manufacturer [1911]
  9. George Clifford [b 1898] who was a woollen warp tier  [1911]

They lived at

  • 2 County Street, Leeds [1881]
  • 20 Albert Edward Road, West Derby, Liverpool [1891]
  • 22 Providence Place, Midgley [1901]
  • 1 Brook Terrace, Luddenden [1911]
  • Carr Villa, Luddenden [1917]

James died either in West Derby in 1898 (aged 46)  or in Halifax [1900] (aged 48).

In 1901, Florence was widowed and a worsted weaver. Her children Gertrude Alice & George Clifford were patients at the Luddenden, Luddendenfoot & Midgley Joint Hospital, and James Leonard was a patient at the Borough Fever Hospital, Southowram

Holt, JamesRef 132-61
[1861-19??]
Son of Edmund Holt, mill manager.

Born in Stansfield.

He was a cotton spinner of Harley Bank, Stansfield [1883] / a cotton spinner [1891] / a mule minder at cotton mill [1901] / a cotton mule overlooker [1911] / a grocer & confectioner (employer) [1921].

On 8th December 1883, he married Sarah Ann Sutcliff [1859-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Sarah Ann, of Robin Wood, Walsden, was the daughter of Richard Sutcliff, butcher,
 

Children:

  1. Edmund [b 1885] who was a jeweller's apprentice [1901], a  watchmaker & jeweller for the Co-Op [1911], manager of the watch and  jewellery department at Todmorden Co-operative Stores; he joined  the RAMC [October 1914] & went to France [June 1915]
  2. Mary Elizabeth [b 1887] who was a cigar maker [1901], was  a cotton weaver [1911], a baker & confectioner for her father's  grocer & confectionery business [1921]
  3. Hubert [b 1891] who was a machine fitter apprentice [1911]
  4. Hilda [b 1893] who was a tailoress [1911], a baker &  confectioner for her father's grocer & confectionery business [1921]
  5. John Percy

The family lived at

  • 16 Bride Street, Stansfield [1891, 1901]
  • 16 Beaumont Street, Todmorden [1911]
  • 1 Ashenhurst Road, Todmorden [1917, 1921]

Holt, James CritchleyRef 132-2926
[1802-1869]
Son of
James Holt.

Born in Halifax.

He was an innkeeper in Lower [?] Yard, Halifax [1841] / landlord of the Rose & Crown, Halifax [1851].


Question: Does anyone know which [1841] inn this may have been?

 

In September 1851, he was declared bankrupt

On 3rd April 1837, he married Sarah Pearson [1818-1882] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 1838]
  2. John Pearson [1839-1881]
  3. James [b 1841]
  4. Martha [b 1843]
  5. Mary Elizabeth [b 1845]
  6. Sarah Alice [1846-1921] who never married

He died in Halifax [14th December 1869]

Holt, James WilliamRef 132-52
[1847-19??]
He was a mechanical engineer [1911].

He married Annie [1855-19??].

Children:

  1. Frederick [b 1888] who was a mechanical engineer [1911]
  2. Ethel [b 1888] who married Wilfred Ernest Porter Worsnop

They lived at 20 Craven Terrace, Hopwood Lane, Halifax [1911]

Living with them [in 1911] was grandson Wilfred Ernest Porter Worsnop

Holt, JesseRef 132-36
[1832-1893]
Son of
William Hoult.

Born at High Greenwood [24th September 1832].

He was a weaver of Haworth [1852] / a worsted overlooker [1871] / a worsted piece looker [1881] / a wool comber [1891].

On 22nd March 1852, he married Grace Redman [1832-1890].


Grace, a weaver of Haworth, was the daughter of Joseph Redman, clerk
 

Children:

  1. James [b 1853] who was a cotton weaver [1871]
  2. Betty [b 1858] who was a worsted spiiner [1871] & married  Fred Denby [b 1857] (a clogger) and had a daughter  Clara [b 1880]
  3. Mary Ann [b 1862]
  4. Emily [b 1865] who married [Keighley q4 1885] Arthur  Ernest Driver and had a daughter Lily [b 1887]
  5. Redman [b 1867]
  6. John W. [b 1868]
  7. (possibly) Wilkinson

They lived at

  • Spring Head Mills, Keighley [1871]
  • 222 Oakworth Road, Keighley [1881]
  • 86 Oakworth Road, Keighley [1891]

Living with them [in 1881] were daughter Betty Denby & family.

Grace & Jesse died in Keighley: Grace [Q4 1890]; Jesse [February 1893].

Jesse was buried at Utley Cemetery, Keighley [18th February 1893]

Holt, JohnRef 132-3093
[1???-1???]
Constable at Todmorden & Walsden [1768]

Holt, JohnRef 132-5315
[1???-1875]
A member of Halifax Town Council [1848-1853].

He died 29th May 1875

Holt, JohnRef 132-1471
[17??-18??]
Woolcomber at
Upper Brear, Northowram.

He married Unknown.

Child: Charles

Holt, JohnRef 132-3092
[1757-1810]
Of
High Royd, Northowram.

Son of James Holt.

Born in Northowram.

Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [24th April 1757].

In 1781, he married Mary Holdsworth.


Mary was the daughter of John Holdsworth
 

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 1787] who married Jonathan Bairstow
  2. James
  3. Sarah [1791-1848] who married William Hebblethwaite
  4. Mary [bapt 1793] who married James Whiteley
  5. John
  6. Martha [1797-1855] who married Charles Haigh
  7. Fanny
  8. Elizabeth [bapt 1801] married James Ingle
  9. Joseph
  10. Catherine [1805-1870] who married John Shaw
  11. Ann [1808-1859] who married Henry Cuper Churchyard

John died at Northowram [11th September 1810].

He was buried at Halifax Parish Church

Holt, JohnRef 132-21
[1791-1845]
Son of
James Holt.

He and his brother Thomas were dyers at Lee Bridge, Halifax.

On 29th January 1814, he married Ann Turner [1789-1848] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Jane [1814-1884]
  2. James
  3. Elizabeth [1819-29th March 1877]
  4. Richard
  5. Mary [1822-1874]
  6. Ann [1825-29th February 1832]
  7. Martha who died 19th February 1829 (aged 13 months) 
  8. Sarah [1831-5th June 1858]

John died suddenly at Blackpool [27th August 1844] (aged 52 years & 10 months). Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £2,000.

Ann died 14th February 1848 (aged 59).

Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax [Grave Ref: 112].

The gravestone was one of more than a hundred which were rescued and taken to Lister Lane Cemetery [2014] when work began on Square Congregational Church Graveyard in preparation for the new Halifax Central Library.

These stones now form a path at the lower end of the Cemetery

Holt, JohnRef 132-8502
[1796-1857]
Son of
Edmund Holt.

He was the manager of Waterside Mill, Todmorden for Fielden Brothers.

In 1815, he married Jane Firth [1801-1852].

Children:

  1. Betty
  2. Edmund [1821-1848]
  3. Jane
  4. Sally
  5. Emma
  6. Sarah [1837-1865]

The family lived at Dawson Weir.

Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Todmorden

Holt, JohnRef 132-3091
[1796-1872]
Son of
John Holt.

He was landlord of the Woolpack, Halifax [1829, 1861] / a coal owner & dealer [1850].

He was succeeded at the Woolpack by his nephew James Holt Whiteley.

John was buried at Sion Congregational Church, Halifax

Holt, JohnRef 132-53
[1810-1870]

He married Ann [1819-1887].

They lived at

  • Northowram
  • Batley

John died 7th April 1870 (aged 60).

Ann died 3rd September 1887 (aged 68).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1058]

Holt, JohnRef 132-3181
[1812-1855]
Son of
Hirst John Holt.

He and his brother, William, were organ builders. They learned their trade with Samuel Taylor. In the late 1820s, the brothers had their own business.

Examples of their work can be seen at Stainland Chapel [1838] – does anyone know which chapel  this was? Providence?, Harrison Road Chapel [1838], and Heywood's Chapel, Northowram [1869].

He died in Bradford [16th January 1855] (aged 42).

He and other members of his family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2748]

Holt, JohnRef 132-4128
[1812-1865]
Son of
Martin Holt.

In 1835, he married Sally Mills.

At their wedding celebrations at the Hollins Inn, Walsden, John broke his leg. 3 months later his left thumb was cut off.

They had no children.

Initially they lived at Todmorden Edge in poor circumstances – with one room in the house with a bed in one corner, a handloom in another corner, and hens roosting behind the door.

By 1851, they had moved to Sourhall and John was in partnership with his brother Thomas in the picker making business at Sourhall, employing 12 men and 3 girls.

Thomas and John began making their own gas for the mill and some of the adjacent cottages.

Members of the family were buried at Cloughfoot Independent Congregational Chapel

Holt, JohnRef 132-20
[1812-1875]
Born in Halifax [6th March 1812].

He was an insurance agent.

In 1841, he married Elizabeth Oates in Halifax.

They lived at Ashfield, Halifax.

John died 29th May 1875.

Elizabeth died 23rd April 1876.

The couple were buried at Christ Church, Pellon

Holt, JohnRef 132-2
[1813-1873]
Born in Hipperholme.

He was a master shoe maker [1836].

On 4th April 1836, he married Ruth Mallinson in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Emma [1836-1915] who married John Highley
  2. William
  3. Joshua
  4. James 1844-1883
  5. Elizabeth [b 1848]
  6. Mary [b 1851]

The couple died in Hipperholme

Holt, JohnRef 132-6
[1816-1867]
Of Sowerby Bridge.

Son of Joseph Holt.

He died 22nd December 1867 (aged 51)  and was buried at St Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden with his brother Robert

Holt, JohnRef 132-49
[1839-1892]
Son of
Edward Holt.

Born in Halifax.

He was a woolsorter [1861, 1871, 1881, 1891].

In [Q2] 1869, he married Maria Taylor [1844-1???] in Halifax.


Maria was born in Wakefield
 

Children:

  1. Edward [b 1870]
  2. William [b 1871] who was a painter [1891]
  3. Hannah [b 1873] who was a milliner [1891]
  4. Walter [b 1876]
  5. Levina [b 1877] who was a book sewer [1891]
  6. Taylor [1879-12th August 1899] who was buried with his  father
  7. John Albert who died in infancy & is remembered on his  father's grave
  8. John Edgar [b 1881] who died in infancy & is remembered  on his father's grave
  9. Clara who died in infancy & is remembered on her father's  grave

They lived at

  • 4 Upper Brunswick Street, Halifax [1871]
  • 14 Peel Street, Halifax [1881]
  • 8 Hope Street, Halifax [1891]

John died 19th July 1892, and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3213] with his parents

Holt, JohnRef 132-38
[1862-1924]
He was a wireworks labourer [1911].

In [Q2] 1907, he married Annie in Halifax.


John is recorded as John Dean Holt [1911]
 

They lived at 11 Marsh Delves, Southowram [1911].

Living with them [in 1911] were Annie's 2 daughters, her son-in-law Fred Bates [b 1889], his wife Florrie Bates [b 1886] and their son Wilfred [b 1910].

John died 7th January 1924 (aged 62).

Annie died 4th July 1938 (aged 74).

The couple were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-D28]

Holt, JohnRef 132-63
[1865-1930]
Born in Todmorden [7th April 1865].

He was a buffalo hide picker maker [1891, 1901, 1911] / a picker manufacturer (employer) at Eastwood Picker Works [1921].

In [Q2] 1894, he married Betsy Alice Fielden [1864-1955] in Todmorden.


Betsy was born in Todmorden [15th August 1864]
 

Child: Gladys Ada [3rd April 1899-19th September 1904] who was buried with her parents

They lived at

  • 54 Cockden Hill, Stansfield [1891]
  • Cockden Hill, Todmorden [1901]
  • 4 Halifax Road, Todmorden [1911]
  • Eastwood [1904]

John died 30th July 1930 (aged 65).

Betsy died 17th January 1955 (aged 90).

The couple were buried at Cloughfoot Independent Congregational Chapel

Holt, John PercyRef 132-8
[1895-1917]
Son of
James Holt.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a member of Lineholme Baptist Church choir & the Cornholme Mixed  Voice Choir / a shuttle maker's apprentice [1911] / employed at Ridgefoot Shuttle Works.

During World War I, and he served as a Private with the 3rd/6th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.

He died in Ripon [16th April 1917] (aged 21).

The Todmorden & District News [20th April 1917]


Bandsman John Percy Holt, 3/6th Lancashire Fusiliers, died from pneumonia at Ripon Military Hospital on Monday morning, aged 21.

He had been in hospital for about six weeks.

He had only been passed fit for home service, having had pneumonia before he enlisted.

He joined the 3/6th Lancashire Fusiliers in June 1915 and joined the band about a month later, playing the flute and piccolo.

He will be buried in Ripon Cemetery today.

His brother Edmund joined the RAMC in October 1914 and went to France in June 1915

 

The Todmorden & District News [27th April 1917] reported his funeral


The funeral of the late bandsman John Percy Holt, 3/6th Lancashire Fusiliers, took place in Ripon Public Cemetery last Friday with full military honours.

The coffin was conveyed on a gun carriage and was enveloped in the Union Flag and covered with beautiful wreaths.

About 30 members of the battalion attended the funeral, in addition to a firing party of 12.

As the cortè wended its way along the main street, the band played the Dead March and two of the deceased's favourite hymns, Eventide and Abide with Me. After the sounding of the last post at the grave, they played Chopin's Funeral March.

Dr John Mather, president of the band, writing from South Camp, Ripon, wrote,

He had not great physique, but he had a great heart, and all he had he gave.
 

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Holt, John WilliamRef 132-10
[1881-1917]
Son of
James Holt.

Born in Halifax.

He was a member of Hipperholme Wesleyan Methodist Chapel & Sunday School / a member of Lindley Wesleyan Methodist Chapel & Sunday School / a bank clerk living with (his aunt?) Martha A Spencer [b 1856]  at Vine Cottage, Lane Ends Green, Hipperholme [1901] / a bank clerk [1911] / a cashier at West Yorkshire Bank, Huddersfield [1914].

In 1907, he married Annie Briggs [1878-19??] in Halifax.


Annie was born in Brighouse
 

They lived at 40 Lea Street, Lindley, Huddersfield [1911]

During World War I, he enlisted [November 1914], and served with the 8th Battalion (formerly the 4th Battalion)  Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He went to France [April 1915]. He was promoted to Second Lieutenant [June 1915] & Captain [June 1917].

He was killed in action [27th August 1917] (aged 37).

He was buried at Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref XXXV B 17].

The Halifax Courier [6th October 1917] reported his death with a photograph

Holt, John WilliamRef 132-9
[1903-1944]
Son of Jane & John Henry Holt of Todmorden.

In [Q3] 1930, he married Audrey Villiers Shelton in Todmorden.

They lived in Todmorden.

During World War II, and he served as a Gunner with the Royal Artillery.

He died 13th November 1944 (aged 41).

He was buried at Cloughfoot Independent Congregational Chapel [180].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Holt, JosephRef 132-25
[17??-18??]
He was a cotton spinner.

He married Sarah.

Children:

  1. Robert
  2. John

Holt, JosephRef 132-3686
[1803-1880]
Son of
John Holt.

He was a coal merchant [1865].

On 17th December 1831, he married (1) Harriet Morton.


Harriet was the daughter of William Morton
 

Children:

  1. a stillborn child [1832]
  2. Mary
  3. Sarah [b 1836] who married John Thomas
  4. Catharine [b 1838] who married William Wilson
  5. Ann [1842-1844]
  6. John [1845-1850]

Several members of the family were born, lived and/or died at Siddal Hall / Near Siddal Hall.

Harriet died at Siddal Hall [23rd September 1851].

Harriet was buried at Sion Congregational Church, Halifax [29th September 1851] (Plot 769) with her stillborn child [1832], and children Ann and John.

Joseph married (2) Mary [1817-1892] from Leeds.

Joseph died 2nd January 1880.

Mary died 9th April 1892.

The couple were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell.

See Holt's Terrace, Siddal and Old Siddal Hall

Holt, JosephRef 132-41
[1806-1882]
Born in Halifax.

He was a woollen pattern dyer [1861].

He married (1) Unknown.

Children:

  1. Samuel Harrison (Holt) [b 1827] who was an assistant  pattern dyer [1861]
  2. Mary Ann [b 1842] who was a woollen burler [1861]
  3. Richard [b 1846]

He married (2) Mary.

They lived at 168 Brookroyd, Stainland-with Old Lindley [1861].

Joseph died 20th August 1882 (aged 76).

Mary died 27th October 1893 (aged 84).

The couple were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland [Grave Ref: S3/23] with Mary's son John Soothill & his wife

Holt, JosephRef 132-54
[1825-1906]

He married Mary Ann [1824-1886].

Children:

  1. James [1852-1876] who died in Australia

Mary Ann died 13th July 1886 (aged 62).

Joseph died 23rd April 1906 (aged 81).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1799]

Holt, JosephRef 132-29
[1857-1908]
Son of Thomas Holt, finisher.

Born in Manchester.

He was a clerk of 27 Upper Duke Street [1878] / a commercial clerk (dyers) [1881] / a dyer's manager [1891, 1901] / a traveller for the Greetland Dye Works [for 30 years].

In 1878, he married Catherine Gleadell [1860-19??] at Holy Trinity, Hulme, Manchester.


Catherine, a teacher of 27 Upper Duke Street, was born in Paisley, Scotland, the daughter of George Gleadell, blacksmith
 

Children:

  1. Joseph Gleadell (Holt) [b 1880]
  2. Harry [1891-1893]
  3. George
  4. Charles
  5. Josephine [b 1904]

They lived at

  • Bailey's Terrace, Saddleworth Road, West Vale [1881]
  • Briscoe Lane, Greetland [1891]
  • Upper Ellistones, Greetland [1901]
  • 66A Spring Lane, Greetland [1911, 1917]
  • Sunnybank Road, Greetland [1918]

Joseph died in 1908 (aged 48) 

Holt, Joseph AlfredRef 132-30
[1888-1915]
Or Joe.

Son of Alfred Holt.

In [Q2] 1912, he married Mary Ann Cryer in Bradford.

They lived at Bradford.

During World War I, and he served as a Lance Corporal with the 6th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He died in Flanders [31st October 1915] (aged 27).

He was buried at Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref VII F 3].

He is remembered on the family grave at Lightcliffe Old Church Graveyard

Holt, Joseph ArthurRef 132-58
[1917-19??]
DSC.

Son of Janey (née Partington) & Joseph Holt of Windsor Road, Oldham.

He lived in Halifax.

In [Q3] 1941, he married Hilda Hornby in Halifax.

During World War II, and he served as a Lieutenant with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.

He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross [1944]

The Yorkshire Post & Leeds Intelligencer [Thursday 20th April 1944] reported


Lieut J. Arthur Holt, R.N.V.R. of Halifax who has for two years been engaged in convoy escort work in a famous corvette, and last October was mentioned in despatches for gallantry and devotion to duty, has been awarded the DSC
 

Holt, JoshuaRef 132-7000
[1842-1874]
Of Lightcliffe.

Son of John Holt.

Born in Lightcliffe.

He was a weaver [1866].

In 1866, he married Hannah Brook [1844-1915] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Ada [b 1866]
  2. Sarah Ann [1868-1869]
  3. Clara [b 1872] who was adopted [1974] by her aunt  Emma and uncle John Highley

Members of the family were buried at Mount Zion Chapel, Lightcliffe

Holt, LukeRef 132-648
[1848-1924]
In 1887, he ran a tobacconist's shop at the corner of
Union Street and Horton Street, Halifax.

A few years later, he became an Emigration and Tourist Agent – a travel agent.

In 1905, he was tourist and steamship agent for Thomas Cook & Son.

The business later reverted to a tobacconist's and had a succession of owners: Fred Thomas in the 1930s, H. A. and E. Smith in the 1950s, and Harrison's until the 1980s. The shop has since had a variety of uses

Holt, LutyRef 132-35
[1829-1889]
Son of
William Hoult.

Born in Blake Dean [15th January 1829].

He was a power loom weaver [1851] / an overlooker [1871].

In 1850, he married Mary Ann Todd [1828-1???].


Mary Ann was (possibly) born in Haworth
 

They lived

  • in Keighley [with Mary Ann's siblings & her mother  Nancy Todd 1851]
  • in Keighley [1871]

Luty died in Keighley [Q2 1889] (aged 61) 

Holt, MartinRef 132-8100
[1782-1865]
Son of
Thomas Holt.

He was sent to live with his grandparents at Allescholes in Walsden where he was taught the art of hand weaving.

He stayed there until he was about 14 then returned to Todmorden.

He lived at Sourhall Todmorden

He started a picker making business at Sourhall in the old cottages, known popularly as Sourhall Mill, some of which were retained as dwellings and some used for the business.

His sons joined him in the business and continued after his death.

He married Mary Fielden.


Mary was the daughter of James Fielden
 

Children:

  1. James
  2. Thomas
  3. Hannah
  4. William
  5. John
  6. Fielden
  7. Elizabeth
  8. Sarah
  9. Peter
  10. Martin
  11. Samuel

Holt, MartinRef 132-6220
[1828-1903]
Son of
Martin Holt.

He was a picker maker at Friths Old Mill, Walsden [1866-1880].

His sons Fielden and Young Helliwell worked in their father's business. Fielden left and set up his own business with his 3 sons. Helliwell stayed with Martin.

In 1851, he married Elizabeth Feber [1831-1890] in Rochdale.


Elizabeth was the daughter of James Feber
 

Children:

  1. Fielden
  2. Betty [1853-18th February 1860]
  3. Mary
  4. John
  5. Arthur who died 30th May 1869 (aged 6 weeks) 
  6. Ada
  7. Emily

The family lived at

  • Calder Street, Todmorden [1890]

Elizabeth died 20th April 1890 (aged 59).

Martin died 24th October 1903 (aged 76).

The couple & the children () were buried at Cloughfoot Independent Congregational Chapel

Holt, MaryRef 132-211
[1835-1???]
Daughter of
Joseph Holt.

She married (1) her cousin William Haigh.

She married (2) George Hemingway

Holt, MichaelRef 132-34
[1830-1???]
Son of
William Hoult.

Born at High Greenwood [9th November 1830].

He was a power loom weaver [1851] / an engine tenter [1861] / an engine tenter [1871] / a fireman in worsted factory [1881] / a wood turner [1891] / a cotton weaver [1901].

In 1851, he and his brother John were lodgers with William Bowcock at Ginnel, Keighley [1851].

In 1861, he married Ann Ogden [1837-1???].

Children:

  1. Sarah Ann [b 1862] who married [Keighley Q1 1881]  Sunderland Dunwell and had a son Charles Ernest Dunwell  [b Keighley 1882]
  2. Tom Ogden [b 1866]
  3. Hannah [b 1867]
  4. Fred [b 1870]
  5. Richard Horatio
  6. Jesse [b 1877]

The family lived at

  • 20 Charles Street, Todmorden [1871]
  • 9 Martin Street, Keighley [1881]
  • Castle Hill, Langfield [1891]
  • Swineshead Clough, Walsden [1901]

Holt, NathanielRef 132-3683
[17??-17??]
In his will of 19th September 1798, he gave
William Mitchell of High Greenwood, Heptonstall and cousin Thomas Holt of White Birch, Ovenden, an annuity to pay for the support and education of Mary Holt Cheetham

Holt, NathanielRef 132-3053
[17??-18??]
Listed as a Halifax Gent [1791]

Holt, Parker SwinglehurstRef 132-363
[1830-1890]
or Swinglehirst.

Of Wigan.

He was an attorney in Ripponden where he succeeded John Ridehalgh  at Howarth & Ridehalgh [1861] / partner in Ridehalgh & Holt / clerk to the trustees of Blackstone Edge turnpike trust [1861].

He lived at Ryburne Cottage, Soyland.

See Strickson Landin and Ridehalgh & Holt

Holt, RalphRef 132-1812
[17??-18??]
Of Heywood, Lancashire. He and
John Hoyle were partners in cotton spinning at Ripponden Mill [1793]. The partnership was dissolved in January 1801

Holt, RichardRef 132-55
[1???-18??]
He was a
chartist in Halifax.

Recorded in 1843, when he was appointed to the General Council for the National Charter Association

Holt, RichardRef 132-26
[1789-1839]
Son of
James Holt.

He was a partner in Thomas Holmes & Company.

He died 18th March 1839 (aged 50).

Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax [Grave Ref: 112].

The gravestone was one of more than a hundred which were rescued and taken to Lister Lane Cemetery [2014] when work began on Square Congregational Church Graveyard in preparation for the new Halifax Central Library.

These stones now form a path at the lower end of the Cemetery

Holt, RichardRef 132-59
[1820-1886]
Son of
John Holt.

He was a dyer / a partner in Richard & James Holt

Holt, RichardRef 132-50
[1822-1907]
Born in Barnsley.

He was a table cover maker [1861] / a worsted weaver [1871] / a warehouseman [1891].

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Ruth [1845-1927] who married William Blackburn

Richard lived at

  • Back Clough, Northowram, a boarder living (with widow Matty  Greenwood [b 1813]) [1861]
  • Gladstone Street, Halifax (with daughter Ruth & her  husband) [1871]
  • Fern Bank, Savile Road, Halifax (with daughter Ruth & her  husband) [1891]

Richard died 8th April 1907 (aged 85), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1240]

Holt, Richard HoratioRef 132-37
[1875-1934]
Son of
Michael Holt.

Born in Winters.

He was a stationary engine tenter [1901] / a fireman/foreman in cotton mill [1911].

In 1899, he married either Emily Crabtree or Emily Hartley.

Children:

  1. Alice [b Shade, Todmorden 1900]
  2. William [b Ramsden Wood Road, Todmorden 1904]
  3. Annie [b Ramsden Wood Road, Todmorden 1908]
  4. Sarah Ann [b Meadow Cottage, Lancashire 1910]

The family lived at

  • Ivy Street, Todmorden [1901]
  • Whitworth & Wardle, Lancashire [1911]

Richard died in 1934 (aged 59) 

Holt, RobertRef 132-2000
[17??-18??]
Hatter in Halifax [1785]

Holt, RobertRef 132-13
[18??-1879]
Of Todmorden.

In November 1879, he was seen in the company of Elizabeth Stephens

who bears a bad character

in a dark lane at night, and Thomas Greenwood was seen to follow them. A struggle ensued.

Next morning, Holt's body was found in a stream close to where the struggle took place.

On 21st November 1879, Greenwood and Stephens were committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter

Holt, RobertRef 132-984
[1807-1876]
MP.

Son of Joseph Holt.

He was a partner in Chapel Field Mill / a cotton spinner master employing 36 men [1851] / a master cotton spinner employing 165 hands [1861] / a cotton spinner [1871].

In 1870, he gave a new bell to Ripponden Parish Church.

On 31st October 1844, he married (1) Mary Pawson Gilderdale [1809-1869] at Elland Parish Church.


Mary, from Stanley, Wakefield, was the daughter of Simon Gilderdale
 

Children:

  1. Ann [1844-1896]
  2. Emma Gilderdale [1850-1926]

Mary died 21st June 1869 (aged 60).

On 26th January 1875, he married (2) Ruth Schofield at St Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden.

The family lived at

Living with them [in 1861] was his widowed sister Hannah Shaw [b 1794] (housekeeper).

He died 27th March 1876 (aged 68).

Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £6,000, (resworn under £5,000). The will was proved by his executors Charles Webster Shaw and William Edwin Carter.

Members of the family were buried at St Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden

Holt, SandraRef 132-663
[1947-19??]
Of Willow Houses, Sowerby Bridge.

On 5th August 1970, over 100 Halifax Corporation bus-drivers stopped work when she started work as the first woman bus-driver since the war.

In September 1970, she was called for interview about 4 accidents in which she had been involved. In December, she was cleared of charges of careless driving at Halifax Borough Magistrates Court

Holt, ThomasRef 132-3127
[1???-1???]
Of Oldroyd Farm, Todmorden.

He established Thomas Holt & Sons.

He married Unknown.

Child: Arthur

When his son, Arthur, established Holt's Botanical Brewers, Thomas helped in the bottling

Holt, ThomasRef 132-1520
[16??-16??]
Of Halifax. In 1671, he,
John Brigg, Abraham Wadsworth and Thomas Wawne were amongst a number of local people who had supported the RoyaJohn Brigg, Abraham Wadsworth and Thomas Wawne cause in the Civil War and who received a pension of 6/5d per year under a county-based pension scheme set up in 1662 for


the reliefe of poore and maimed Officers and Souldiers who have faithfully served His Majesty and His Royal Father in the late [Civil] Wars
 

Holt, ThomasRef 132-2883
[17??-18??]
Halifax merchant.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Elizabeth [1758-1814] who married John Scholefield Firth

Holt, ThomasRef 132-3684
[17??-18??]
Of
White Birch, Ovenden.

Recorded on 19th September 1798, when the will of the late Nathaniel Holt gave him and William Mitchell an annuity to pay for the support and education of Mary Holt Cheetham

Holt, ThomasRef 132-3210
[1744-1???]
In 1769, he married Ann Butterworth.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Thomas
  3. Edmund
  4. Martin

The family lived at Rawson Field, Todmorden

Holt, ThomasRef 132-2922
[1777-1854]
Known as Tum.

Son of Thomas Holt

A weaver at Shade.

He married Betty.

Children:

  1. John [b 1814]
  2. Thomas
  3. William [b 1819]

He was widowed and lived

in a deplorable state of dirt and discomfort

in a small cottage at Shade with his 2 unmarried sons John and Thomas, made worse by drunkenness

they often quarrelled and kicked each other with their clogs

They were all weavers.

The body of the older Thomas was found in the Rochdale Canal.

At the inquest, an open verdict was returned, although the sons' brutality caused

quite a sensation of horror

Popular opinion was that he was killed by one or other of his sons

Holt, ThomasRef 132-23
[1790-1852]
Son of
James Holt.

He and his brother John were dyers at Lee Bridge, Halifax.

He never married.

Thomas left an estate valued at £7,000

He died 18th August 1852 (aged 62).

He was buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax [Grave Ref: 112].

The gravestone was one of more than a hundred which were rescued and taken to Lister Lane Cemetery [2014] when work began on Square Congregational Church Graveyard in preparation for the new Halifax Central Library.

These stones now form a path at the lower end of the Cemetery

Holt, ThomasRef 132-57
[1795-1853]
Of Ovenden.

He died 31st December 1853 (aged 58), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3174]

Holt, ThomasRef 132-51
[1803-1873]
Born in Cork, Ireland.

He was a woolsorter [1851, 1871].

He married Mary [1805-1865].


Mary was born in Halifax
 

They lived at

  • 2 North Darley Street, Halifax [1851]
  • 3 Darley Street, Halifax [1871]

Mary died 18th February 1865 (aged 59).

Thomas died 3rd January 1873 (aged 69).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3419]

Holt, ThomasRef 132-3266
[1806-1867]
Of Sourhall, Todmorden.

Son of Martin Holt.

He began working with his father in the picker making business at Sourhall Mill, later with his brother John. He then acquired some adjacent cottages and converted 3 or 4 cottages into 2 weaving rooms.

For several years both cotton and pickers were manufactured there. He also farmed 17 acres at Sourhall.

He was a manufacturer and picker maker at Mount Pleasant, Todmorden.

Around 1830, he and brother John built and operated a picker making factory at Peel Mill, Todmorden. By 1851, he was in partnership with his brother John in the picker making business at Sourhall, employing 12 men and 3 girls.

Thomas and John began making their own gas for the mill and some of the adjacent cottages.

In 1834, he married Rachel Firth [1812-1866].

Children:

  1. Hannah
  2. Mary
  3. Ellen [1840-1857]
  4. Sarah
  5. Jane
  6. Rachel [1849-1900] who married Thomas Barker
  7. Nathan [1856-1866]

On the 1st November 1867, he left his home at Mount Pleasant, Todmorden in order to travel to Warrington on business. He was in good health as he left and caught the train to Manchester where he met up with Robert Scholfield, also from Todmorden. They travelled on together and, as they reached Middleton Junction Railway Station, Thomas started to feel unwell and was taken to the station waiting room where he died shortly afterwards.

Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Todmorden

Holt, ThomasRef 132-46
[1825-1???]
Son of James Holt, weaver.

He was a warper of Heptonstall [1850] / a cotton warper [1861, 1871] / a former cotton warper [1881] / a newsagent [1891].

On 25th November 1850, he married Grace Greenwood.

They lived at

  • Windy Harbour (with Grace's parents) [1851]
  • Lumb Bank, Heptonstall [1861]
  • Windy Bank, Heptonstall [1871, 1881, 1891]

Holt, TimothyRef 132-1502
[16??-1???]
He was
Constable of Northowram [1691]

Holt, TimothyRef 132-847
[16??-1710]
He lived at
Upper Shibden Hall

Holt, WilliamRef 132-1783
[1???-18??]
A Heptonstall carrier. He travelled widely. As he was returning late back from a journey in September 1850, he was the last person to see
James Smith alive. It is said that he visited the Great Exhibition in London in 1851

Holt, WilliamRef 132-3140
[18??-18??]
A farmer at Hebden Bridge.

In 1858, he and his 2 sons went to Preston Fair to buy a horse.

In the stables of the Castle Inn at Preston, they saw a black carthorse owned by Robert Banks, a farmer at Preston. They disagreed over the price – Banks demanding £32 and Holt offering £27 – and parted without the sale being made.

After the fair, and the horse still not being sold, Holt and Banks met and Banks reduced the asking price to £30. They went for a drink and they finally agreed a price of £28. After taking the money, Banks

went up the yard and disappeared through a stable door and never returned

When the Holts looked at the horse, they saw that it had

a jink in his back

Banks later protested that he had sold the horse

out and out

and would have no more to do with it. The horse was unfit for work and the Holts sold it for £13 10/-

At the trial at Liverpool Civil Court on 24th March 1859, the jury found for Holt and awarded 17 2/6d damages, being the difference between the price paid and what it sold for, plus expenses

Holt, WilliamRef 132-5960
[1809-1893]
Son of
Martin Holt.

He was a picker maker.

In the 1820s, William and his uncle James Fielden were credited with manufacturing a machine-compressed leather picker,

the first picker suitable for using on power looms

William invented the iron press, which squeezed the parts into shape for a power loom picker. He made the patterns and fitted the castings together and was very successful in his work.

In 1832, he married (1) Martha Newell.

Children:

  1. Mary [1833-1904] who married James Greenwood  [1834-1888]
  2. Peter

In 1841, he married (2) Mary Law. Mary died before 1851.

The family lived at

  • Sourhall
  • Dulesgate [1893]
He was a renowned singer, singing in the choir at St Mary's Church, Todmorden, and occasionally he dug a few graves and rang the bell.

Always singing, he acquired the nickname Merry One

On 12th December 1889, his 80th birthday, there was a supper at the Navigation Inn, Gauxholme, to celebrate. There were 20 guests. John Travis was chosen as the chairman and gave the toast to his health. Samuel Fielden of Woodbottom gave a recitation and then William sang

My five and twenty, and never an offer

It is recorded that

the party got lively

William died 23rd January 1893 (aged 83).

Members of the family were buried at Cloughfoot Independent Congregational Chapel with his daughter Mary and her family

Holt, WilliamRef 132-42
[1812-18??]
Son of Edmund Holt, carder.

Born in Heptonstall.

He was a stone cutter of Heptonstall [1852] / a stone cutter (quarry) [1861].

On 24th July 1852, he married Barbara Sunderland [1813-1???] in Halifax.

Child: Edward

They lived at New Road Bottom, Hebden Bridge Lanes [1861, 1871].

Living with them [in 1861] were nieces Priscilla Greenwood [b  1836] & Susannah Greenwood [b 1853].

William died between 1861 & 1871.

On 21st April 1874, Barbara married (2) Thomas Greenwood

Holt, WilliamRef 132-1437
[1821-1???]
Son of
Hirst John Holt.

He and his brother, John, were organ builders. They learned their trade with Samuel Taylor. In the late 1820s, the brothers had their own business.

Examples of their work can be seen at Stainland Chapel [1838] – does anyone know which chapel  this was? Providence?, Harrison Road Chapel [1838], and Heywood's Chapel, Northowram [1869].

He moved to Preston Place, Bradford [1855], and to Leeds [1856]. He was in business as Holt & Son [1861] He opened a branch in Edinburgh

Holt, WilliamRef 132-3
[1840-1904]
Son of
John Holt

Born in Southowram.

He was a carpet weaver [1865].

On 20th August 1865, he married Ellen Wood [1839-1922] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Edward [b 1869]
  2. Emily Ann [b 1872]
  3. Sarah Ellen [b 1874]
  4. Mary [b 1878]
  5. Annice [b 1880]

Holt, WilliamRef 132-28
[1872-1899]
He was educated at
Crossley & Porter School / a regular soldier in Gibraltar, Malta & South Africa [1891-1898].

He lived at Savile Parade, Northgate, Halifax.

During the South African Wars, he was called-up [1899] and served as a Private with the 3rd Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps.

He died of enteric fever aboard SS Servia [16th November 1899] (aged 27)  and was buried at sea.

He is remembered on the Halifax Parish Church South African War Memorial, and on West View Park War Memorial

Holt, WilliamRef 132-H204
[1897-1977]
Aka Billy.

A well-known local adventurer, artist, broadcaster, character, coalman, Communist Party member of Todmorden Town Council, deck-hand, editor, farmer, film stunt man, holiday camp owner, infantryman, linguist, logger, mill-worker, war correspondent, weaver, and writer

Surname

Holt surnameRef 132-1
Another form of the surname is Hoult

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

There are 120 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Holt, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.


Unattached BMDs for Holt

Marriages 1807, 1855, 1876, 1889, 1910; Deaths 1805, 1899, 1900

Unattached burials at Lister Lane Cemetery: Plot 4718

 



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