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| Holroyd, Mr | Ref 94-118 |
He married Sarah [1779-1855].
Children:
Sarah died 22nd November 1855 (aged 76).
She & the children ‡ were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4446]
| Holroyd, Mr | Ref 94-14 |
He married Unknown.
Children:
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| Holroyd, Aaron | Ref 94-76 |
He was a labourer [1841].
On 9th September 1827, he married Eliza Lister [1806-18??] at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
Aaron died 22nd November 1858 (aged 52).
Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: K26]
| Holroyd, Arthur | Ref 94-21 |
He was connected with Ripponden Church school / a butcher farmer assistant [1911] / a salesman & bookkeeper for Albert Booth, plumber of Sowerby Bridge [1915].
During World War I, he enlisted in February 1916 and served as a Private with the 3rd/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
After being in camp a very short time, he was seized with acute spinal meningitis, and was taken to Bagthorpe Isolation Hospital, Nottingham.
He died in hospital [1st August 1916] (aged 21).
The Halifax Courier [5th August 1916] reported his death with a photograph. He was buried at Nottingham General Cemetery with a military funeral.
He is remembered on Ripponden War Memorial, on the Memorial at Saint Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden, and on Barkisland War Memorial
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| Holroyd, Aspinall | Ref 94-68 |
Born in Stainland.
He was a weaver of Upper Lane, Northowram [1887] / a silk & wool tapestry (carpet) weaver [1881] / a tapestry weaver [1891, 1901].
In 1887, he married Eliza Hannah Hanson [1868-1931] at Halifax Parish Church.
Eliza Hannah, of Upper Lane, Northowram, was born in Northowram, the daughter of James Hanson, carter.She was a yarn winder (spinning mill) [1901]
Children:
They lived at
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| Holroyd, Ben | Ref 94-775 |
Or Holroyde. Son of John William Holroyd.
He was a twiner piecer [1911].
On 17th February 1912, he married Nellie Lyons [1894-1957] at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge.
Child: George
During World War I, he enlisted [10th August 1914] and served as a Private with the West Riding Regiment.
He was awarded the Military Medal [1918] for
great courage and bravery in continually carrying messages through intense artillery and machine gun fire, quite regardless of personal danger, and acting as guide of his company in a most difficult country
His photograph appears with a report of his award in the Halifax Courier [21st September 1918].
He survived the War
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| Holroyd, Benjamin | Ref 94-31 |
| Holroyd, Benjamin | Ref 94-200 |
| Holroyd, Benjamin | Ref 94-4048 |
He was apprenticed to Elkanah Hoyle of Swift Place, Soyland to learn production of shalloons & other stuff goods.
He married Mary Wood.
Mary, of Baitings, Soyland was the daughter of Jeremiah Wood
Children:
They lived at Wood Lane Hall, Sowerby [from about 1720]
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| Holroyd, Benjamin | Ref 94-4023 |
He was a stuffmaker of Warley [1779].
On 16th December 1779, he married Sarah.
Sarah, (née Sutcliffe), was the widow of Richard Kershaw
Child: Kershaw
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| Holroyd, Benjamin | Ref 94-4076 |
Children:
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| Holroyd, Benjamin | Ref 94-6040 |
He married Unknown.
He was dead by 6th February 1805, when his widow married Mr Brooke of Southowram.
In 1822, a Sarah Brooke was landlady at the Boar's Head
Question: Does anyone know whether Sarah was the former Mrs Holroyd?
| Holroyd, Benjamin | Ref 94-4077 |
On 19th May 1814, he married Monimia Worsnipe.
Monimia was born in Soyland
Children:
They lived at Barkisland [1841, 1851]
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| Holroyd, Benjamin | Ref 94-2897 |
Baptised at Elland Church [29th June 1764].
Benjamin died 29th May 1828 (aged 64).
He was buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland [Grave Ref: S1/91] with the children of James Walker and their grandmother Betty Walker
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| Holroyd, Benjamin | Ref 94-77 |
He married Hannah [1772-1837].
Children:
The family lived at Clough Head, Greetland.
Hannah died 13th March 1837 (aged 65).
Benjamin died 30th January 1851 (aged 78).
Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: H5] with grandson Benjamin Holroyd [1836-9th June 1901] of Morris, Illinois, America, who died at West Vale. & Joseph Holroyd [1837-21st June 1906]
| Holroyd, Benjamin | Ref 94-38 |
He married Unknown.
Children:
They lived at Royd, Stainland [1851].
Living with the widowed Benjamin and his daughters [in 1851], was son-in-law Joseph
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| Holroyd, Benjamin | Ref 94-80 |
He married Sarah [1790-1849].
Sarah died 17th August 1849 (aged 59).
Benjamin died 12th January 1858 (aged 77).
Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: D7]
| Holroyd, Benjamin | Ref 94-1518 |
He was appointed Surveyor of the Highways for Stainland [1835] / a farmer [1841] / a member of the committee of the Huddersfield & Liverpool Direct Railway Company [1845] / a farmer of 7 acres [1851] / foreman of the Highways [1851].
In 1811, he married Susey Holroyd [1786-18??] at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
They lived at
Benjamin was a widower by 1851; deaths of a Susannah Holroyd are recorded in Halifax District in Q3/1848 and Q1/1850.
Living with them [in 1851] was granddaughter Ann Holroyd [b 1846]
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| Holroyd, Benjamin | Ref 94-50 |
He was an annuitant [1851] / a landed proprietor [1861]
He married Hannah [1798-18??]
Hannah was born in Elland, and was a proprietor of houses [1861]
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1861] was unmarried niece Martha Holroyd [aged 34] (fund holder)
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| Holroyd, Benjamin | Ref 94-1505 |
He was a farmer at Higher Wormald, Rishworth.
On 27th June 1935, he married Sarah Hill [1817-1887] at St Chad's Church, Rochdale.
Children:
He died at Higher Wormald [20th October 1888].
Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at £1,020.
His will was proved by his sons Edward (of Higher Wormald Farm) and James (of New Barn Farm)
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| Holroyd, Benjamin | Ref 94-3206 |
Born in Barkisland.
Baptised at Ripponden Church [7th April 1822]
He served with the Green Howards and later with the Coldstream Guards.
He retired from the army, and was a Chelsea Pensioner/Outpatient [1869, 1871] He received a pension of 1/- per day. He went to live at Barkisland
He was living at Bank Bottom, the home of his widowed sister Hannah Tattersall [1871]. He was a farm labourer living at Bank Bottom [1881]
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| Holroyd, Benjamin | Ref 94-20 |
Born in Ripponden.
He was a butcher of Ripponden [1892] / a butcher [1901] / a butcher & farmer [1911].
In 1892, he married Pamelia Ainley [1866-1950] at St Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden.
Pamelia was born in Ripponden, the daughter of George Ainley, mason
Children:
The children were born in Barkisland
The family lived at
Benjamin died 15th December 1945.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £4,186 5/3d.
Probate was granted to his widow Pamelia and sons George William & Walter Cyril.
Pamelia died 9th January 1950.
Probate records show that she left effects valued at £1,999 10/-.
Probate was granted to children Lilian Victoria and John Maurice.
Benjamin, Pamelia & Lilian Victoria were buried at Christ Church, Barkisland
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| Holroyd, Benjamin William | Ref 94-93 |
Baptised at Pellon Lane Particular Baptist Church [22nd June 1815].
He was a woolstapler [1841].
In [Q4] 1843, he married (1) Emily Ackroyd [1815-1848] in Halifax.
Emily was the daughter of William Ackroyd
Child: Charles Hoyle who died in infancy [22nd November 1844]
Emily died 14th August 1848 (aged 32).
On 19th February 1852, he married (2) Mary Ann in Halifax.
Mary Ann was the daughter of Joseph Bentley (carpet manufacturer), and widow of Mr Simpson
Child: 2. Fanny [1852-1???] who married Frederick Smith
Benjamin died 15th September 1854 (aged 39)
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 238]
In 1861 & 1871, Fanny was living with her uncle Thomas Holroyd in Birmingham
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| Holroyd, Charles | Ref 94-131 |
He was a worsted weaver [1871].
He married Nancy [1815-1???].
Nancy was born in Barkisland.She was a worsted weaver [1871]
The family lived at 9 Coach Fold, Haley Hill, Halifax [1871].
Living with them [in 1871] were son Samuel & family
| Holroyd, Charles Edward | Ref 94-3821 |
Born at Ashgrove, Southowram.
He was a warehouseman (general) [1871].
In 1866, he married Ann Gill in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1871] was sister-in-law Selina Gill and her daughter Annie E. Gill.
Living with them [in 1881] was niece Annie E. Gill [aged 10] (worsted mill hand).
Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Pellon
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| Holroyd, Clement | Ref 94-63 |
He was a school teacher [1911].
He was private secretary to the Rt. Hon. J. H. Whitley MP.
His brother Clifford succeeded Clement in the post.
Clement died 9th July 1914 (aged 26).
He was buried at Ambler Thorn United Methodist Chapel
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| Holroyd, Clement | Ref 94-65 |
Born in Northowram.
He was a beamer of 39 Hough, Northowram [1910] / a warp beamer at carpet manufacturer [1911] / employed by Crossley's.
In 1910, he married Isabella Wood [1890-19??] at St Thomas's Church, Claremount.
Isabella, of 7 Lister Road, Claremount, Halifax, was born in South Shields, Durham, the daughter of John Thomas Wood, joiner.She was a twiner piecer for cotton spinner [1911]
Children:
They lived at
During World War I, he enlisted [June 1916] and served as a Private with the 8th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment.
He was killed in action at Bullecourt [3rd May 1917] (aged 29).
The Halifax Courier [16th June 1917] reported his death with a photograph. His brother Walter was wounded on the same day.
Clement is remembered on the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Saint Matthew's Church, Northowram, and on the Memorial at Crossley's Carpets
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| Holroyd, Clement | Ref 94-47 |
Born in Halifax [15th March 1892].
He was a career serviceman.
In 1911, he was stationed at No 9 Dock, HM Dockyard, Devonport, working as a telegraphist.
During World War I, he served as a Leading Seaman with the Anson Bn RN Div. Royal Navy.
He was killed in action at Gallipoli [3rd May 1915].
He is remembered on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli [Grave Ref 1 & 2]
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| Holroyd, Clifford | Ref 94-61 |
Born in Halifax.
He was a member of Park Congregational Church, Halifax & Sunday School / educated at Halifax Secondary School & Heath Grammar School / a member of the R. E. S. Gymnasium / a student in the teaching profession at Borough Road Training College, Isleworth, Brentford, Middlesex [1911] / a student at London University.
After gaining his degree at London University, he took a postgraduate course at the University of Paris, and became Modern Language Master at Wellington High School. He returned to Halifax and succeeded his brother Clement, to become Private Secretary to the Rt. Hon. J. H. Whitley MP.
During World War I, he served as a 2nd Lieutenant with the 2nd/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was reported missing and assumed to have died somewhere in France [3rd May 1917] (aged 25).
The Halifax Courier [2nd March 1918] reported his death with a photograph.
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Halifax Secondary School, on the Memorial at Heath Grammar School, and on the Memorial at Park Congregational Church
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| Holroyd, Crossley Montrose | Ref 94-134 |
Born in Southowram.
During World War I, he served as a Corporal.
He was awarded the DSC [16th July 1918].
He was killed in action while serving in the USA [3rd October 1918] (aged 27).
He is remembered on the family grave at Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram
| Holroyd, Cyril | Ref 94-3169 |
In 1916, he married Emily Greenwood
During World War I, he served as a Gunner with the 146th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery.
He was killed in action on the Somme [6th August 1918].
He was buried at Bresle Wood Cemetery there. After the end of the war, he was reburied at Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme [Grave Ref: II G 3].
He is remembered at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3320]
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| Holroyd, Daniel | Ref 94-3896 |
giving him a blow in a public house, whilst in liquor
| Holroyd, David | Ref 94-3617 |
Born in Greetland.
He was a handloom weaver [1851] / a woollen weaver [1861] / innkeeper of the Spring Rock, Greetland and a farmer of 10 acres [1871] / Friendly Inn, Fixby [1880].
On 3rd January 1860, he married Mary [1829-1???], born in Greetland, daughter of Mary & James Ellis, at Elland Parish Church.
They had no children
They lived at Crowtrees Place, Greetland [1861].
He died at the Friendly Inn, Fixby [30th May 1880]. Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at £100. Probate was granted to his wife Mary.
After his death, Mary took over as innkeeper at the Friendly Inn, Fixby [1881]
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| Holroyd, David Mitchell | Ref 94-3956 |
Born in Greetland.
He was a mason [1841, 1846] / a stonemason [1851, 1861].
On 22nd February, he married (1) Mary Brearley [1818-18??] at Halifax Parish Church
Mary, of Warley, was the daughter of joiner Benjamin Brearley
Children:
On 26th February 1854, he married (2) Sarah Ann Hall.
Sarah Ann was the daughter of labourer John Hall of Warley
Children:
They lived at
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| Holroyd, Edward | Ref 94-6860 |
He was toll bar keeper at the Bar House, between Watty Place and Gauxholme [1861].
Question: Does anyone know which toll house this would have been?
He married Ann Sutcliffe? [1825-1???].
Ann was born in Midgelden, Lancashire
Child: John [b 1855]
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| Holroyd, Edward | Ref 94-32 |
He was a cotton twiner [1901] / a postman / a teamer for grocer [1911] / a drayman for Thomas Briggs, grocer at Post Office, Stainland.
During World War I, he served as a Gunner with the 124th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery.
He was sent to France.
He sustained a wound in the shoulder and chest which penetrated his lung [8th September 1916]; he died [18th September 1916] (aged 32).
He was buried at La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie, France [Grave Ref II F 5]
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| Holroyd, Edward Kershaw | Ref 94-4024 |
Baptised at Pellon Lane Particular Baptist Church, Halifax [15th February 1820].
He was a woollen merchant in Nottingham [1851, 1861] / a woollen draper in Nottingham [1856] / Overseer for St Peter district of Nottingham [1856] / a woollen merchant [1861].
In 1850, he married Mrs Mary Ann Deverill [1821-1???] in Nottingham. Mary Ann had 3 daughter by her previous marriage.
They lived at 14 South Parade, Nottingham [1861].
He died at South Parade, Nottingham [14th November 1861] and was buried at Holy Trinity Church, Nottingham
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| Holroyd, Edwin | Ref 94-2802 |
Son of Susannah & James Holdroyd.
The family were born and lived in Halifax. They had moved to Spotland, Rochdale by 1861
He played for Lancashire and Rochdale.
In 1889, he married Jane Parkinson in Rochdale.
Children:
He died in Rochdale
| Holroyd, Edwin Jowett | Ref 94-62 |
Born in Queensbury.
He was a brass finisher [1891] / a brass tap finisher [1901] / a brass finisher [1911].
In 1883, he married Martha Greenwood [1864-1915].
Martha was born in Thornton
Children:
They lived at
Edwin died of Meningitis [31st March 1914] (aged 56).
Martha died 5th May 1915 (aged 50).
The couple were buried at Ambler Thorn United Methodist Chapel
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| Holroyd, Eli | Ref 94-111 |
Born in Stainland.
He was a cotton spinner [1891] / a mill stoker (stationary engine) [1901] / an engine tenter (cotton mill) [1911].
In [Q4] 1902, he married Emma Kippax [1864-1913] in Halifax.
Emma was born in Longwood
Children:
Emma died 13th January 1913 (aged 49).
He married Mary [1875-1961].
They lived at Well Street, Holywell Green [1911].
Eli died 23rd August 1953 (aged 78).
Mary died 30th May 1961 (aged 86).
Members of the family were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland [Grave Ref: S3/371]
| Holroyd, Elijah | Ref 94-27 |
| Holroyd, Elkanah | Ref 94-49 |
The Pudsey supplementary militia records [1809] show that he was paid a bounty of £5 10/- as a substitute for one William Threapleton
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| Holroyd, Elkanah | Ref 94-4062 |
Son of Benjamin Holroyd.
He and brother Jeremiah added an e to their surname as someone was encroaching on their manufacturing market.
He married Martha Tattersall.
Martha was the daughter of Richard Tattersall
Children:
They lived at Brockholes [1803].
Members of the family were buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby: Elkanah [28th May 1803]
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| Holroyd, Ernest | Ref 94-22 |
Born in Barkisland.
He was a farmer [1911].
On 29th April 1896, he married Annie Priestley [1875-1948] at Halifax Parish Church.
Annie was born in Todmorden
Children:
The children were born in Barkisland.
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1911] was Annie's sister Florence Priestley [b 1878] (cotton warper).
Ernest died 9th October 1947.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £4,092 5/6d.
Administration was granted to son Albert Edward, and Barton Ernest Holroyd (farmer).
Annie died 8th April 1948.
Probate records show that she left effects valued at £1,586 17/5d.
Administration was granted to son Albert Edward, and Barton Ernest Holroyd (farmer).
Ernest & Annie were buried at Christ Church, Barkisland [Grave Ref: 855].
Son Robert Henry was reported missing in World War I, and son Fred died of wounds received in World War II
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| Holroyd, Ernest | Ref 94-10 |
He lived at Greystones, Farm Luddendenfoot [1924].
In 1929, he married Ivy Butterworth [1907-1997] at the National Spiritualist Progressive Church, Sowerby Bridge.
Ivy and Ernest were second cousins through Juliana Jackson
Ernest was a draughtsman and later moved to Bristol where he worked on the design of Concorde
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| Holroyd, Exley | Ref 94-41 |
During World War II, he served as a Gunner with the 7th Field Regiment Royal Artillery.
He died 26th June 1944 (aged 21).
He was buried at Ranville War Cemetery, France [Grave Ref I F 19]
| Holroyd, Fred | Ref 94-120 |
He was a pork butcher shopkeeper [1881, 1891, 1901].
He lived at 28 New Bank, Halifax [1891, 1901].
Living with him [in 1901] was his sister Lilly and her husband James Bairstow.
Fred died 27th April 1905 (aged 44).
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1050]
| Holroyd, Fred | Ref 94-107 |
He was (possibly) a farmer's man [1901] / a teamer (Co-operative Society) [1911].
In [Q4] 1895, he married Sophia Normanton [1876-1954] in Halifax.
Sophia was born in Stainland
Children:
They lived at
Fred died 10th January 1940 (aged 65).
Sophia died 13th June 1954 (aged 78).
The couple were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland [Grave Ref: S3/497]
| Holroyd, Fred | Ref 94-25 |
Born in Barkisland.
During World War II, he served as a Stoker with the Royal Naval Patrol Service aboard HM Trawler Tourmaline.
He died of wounds [16th February 1941] (aged 24).
He is remembered on the family grave at Christ Church, Barkisland [Grave Ref: 855]
He is remembered on Barkisland War Memorial.
His brother Robert Henry died in World War I
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| Holroyd, Frederick | Ref 94-1208 |
He was founder of R. & J. Holroyd Limited / Chairman of Elland Urban District Council
In 1927, he received the Grand Cordon of the Nile from King Fuad of Egypt for his work in the cotton trade
In 1899, he married Alice SWIRES [1873-19??], daughter of Sarah & Samuel Swires, maltster of Cleckheaton.
Children:
They lived at
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| Holroyd, Friend Henry | Ref 94-43 |
Born in Elland.
He was a labourer in a stone quarry [1901].
In 1901, he married Amelia Horsfield in Halifax.
Amelia was born in Brearley
Child: Miriam [b 1902]
After the death of his mother [1911], Friend & Amelia moved to his mother's home at 2 Princess Street, Elland.
During World War I, he served as a Private with the Royal Defence Corps.
He died 19th May 1918 (aged 39).
He was buried at Blackley Baptist Graveyard [B 328].
He is remembered on Elland War Memorial
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| Holroyd, George | Ref 94-425 |
| Holroyd, George | Ref 94-69 |
He was a banksman at colliery [1861] / a farmer [1871] / an innkeeper [1871] / innkeeper at the Shoulder of Mutton, Northowram [1874, 1887].
On 1st June 2856, he married Abigail Aspinall [1832-1???] at Elland Parish Church.
Abigail was born in Longwood
Children:
They lived at Stainland [1861].
Living with them [in 1861] was boarder James Holroyd [b 1842].
George died in 1876.
In [Q4] 1877, Abigail married (2) William Smith in Halifax
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| Holroyd, George | Ref 94-55 |
He was a cotton operative [1871] / a cotton spinner [1881].
He married Susey [1827-1???].
Susey was born in Barkisland
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1881] was granddaughter Hannah Holroyd [b 1877]
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| Holroyd, George | Ref 94-71 |
He was a stone mason [1881].
He married Mary [1840-1???].
Mary was born in Barkisland
Children:
They lived at Thomas Street, Stainland [1881]
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| Holroyd, George | Ref 94-34 |
He was a paper machinist [1911] / employed by Ryburndale Paper Mills / a member of Rishworth Particular Baptist Sunday School.
During World War I, he enlisted [October 1914] and served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He went to the Dardanelles, but came away with fever 10 days before the evacuation. He was hospitalised and sent to France [November 1916].
He died 11th April 1917.
The Halifax Courier [16th June 1917] reported his death with a photograph.
He was buried at Level Crossing Cemetery, Fampoux, France [Grave Ref I A 73].
He is remembered on Ripponden War Memorial
He is remembered on the Roll of Honour at Rishworth Particular Baptist Sunday School
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| Holroyd, George | Ref 94-48 |
Born at Dearnley's Yard, Sowerby Bridge [11th July 1912].
He was educated at Greetland Council School [until 1926] / a gas fitter with the Elland cum Greetland Gas Corporation.
On 23rd July 1932, he married Mary Agnes Merrick.
Mary Agnes was the daughter of Patrick Merrick
Children:
The family lived in Greetland.
During World War II, he enlisted into the Royal Air Force [Halifax 7th May 1940] and served as a Corporal / Fitter with the 267th Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
From 1941 he served overseas, initially in Heliopolis & Egypt, and [from 1943] he served with the Balkan Air Force in Bari, Italy, flying Douglas Dakotas.
He was killed in action [16th July 1944] (aged 32), when the aircraft in which he was travelling crash-landed in the mountains of Croatia.
He was buried at Belgrade War Cemetery, (Serbia). Yugoslavia [Grave Ref 10 B 2-9].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland
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| Holroyd, George Selwyn | Ref 94-59 |
Born in Sowerby Bridge.
During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment.
He was killed in action in France / Flanders [22nd March 1918] (aged 27).
He is remembered on the Pozières Memorial, France [Grave Ref 27 & 28]
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| Holroyd, Gilbert | Ref 94-29 |
| Holroyd, Grace | Ref 94-4063 |
In his Milne Memoirs, John Cartwright records that
when Grace was about 24, she was very badly disfigured when her clothes caught fire.He goes on to say she married not very long after – and that the bride persuaded [Cartwright] to be the bridegroom's man at the wedding – a man he had never even seen before!
Around 1782, she married William Rushworth.
She was buried at Coley Church [7th July 1790]
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| Holroyd, Hall Hepworth | Ref 94-58 |
In 1896, Ellen married John Edward Holroyd, who was possibly Hall's father.Hall is recorded as John Edward's son on all censuses after the marriage of Ellen and John Edward in 1896
He was a player with Elland Wanderers Football Club / a moulder working for Dempster's [1911].
During World War I, he enlisted [September 1914] and served as a Private with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
On 6th June 1915, he was at the Front in Fleurbaix sector, and just about to fire, when he was shot by a German sniper, the bullet piercing his head. He died immediately.
He was buried at Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, France [Grave Ref D 43].
He is remembered on Elland War Memorial, on the Memorial at All Saints' Church, Elland, and on the Memorial at Saint Mary the Virgin, Elland
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| Holroyd, Hard | Ref 94-110 |
Born in Birchencliffe, Huddersfield, and registered with name Hard Holroyd [1860].
He took his father's surname and was known as Ard Craven throughout his life.
On 31st July 1880, he married Ann Eastwood [1861-1???] at Elland Parish Church.
Ann was born in Brighouse
Children:
They lived at
Ard died in Holbeck in 1893
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| Holroyd, Harold | Ref 94-44 |
He lived at 26 Pear Street, Halifax.
During World War I, he enlisted [May 1916] and served as a Gunner with 130 Howitzer Battery with the 40th Brigade Royal Field Artillery.
He was accidentally killed [15th March 1917] (aged 24).
He was buried at Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France.
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on Bradshaw War Memorial
| Holroyd, Harry | Ref 94-126 |
Around 1826, he married Grace [1792-1874].
Grace was born in Penistone
Children:
They lived at
Grace was a widow by 1861.
Grace died 13th March 1874 (aged 82).
She & the children ‡ were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4399]
| Holroyd, Harry | Ref 94-56 |
Born in Barkisland.
He was a twiner piecer [1911] / employed by Hoyle & Company at Victoria Mills, Brighouse.
During World War I, he enlisted in Halifax as soon as he was old enough [November 1915], and served as a Rifleman with the 18th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps.
He was reported missing and assumed to have died 15th September 1916.
The Halifax Courier [25th November 1916] reported his death with a photograph.
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 13A & 13B], and on Ripponden War Memorial
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| Holroyd, Henry | Ref 94-84 |
He was a woollen hand loom weaver [1851, 1861] / a woollen weaver [1871].
He married Mary Clegg.
They lived at
Henry died 28th October 1881 (aged 85).
Mary died 8th April 1885 (aged 82),
Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: Q3]
| Holroyd, Henry | Ref 94-96 |
He was a butcher [1846] / landlord of the Lord Nelson, Ripponden [1861-1876].
On 24th July 1846, he married Hannah Sykes [1820-1889] at St Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden.
Hannah was born in Slaithwaite
Children:
Henry died at the Lord Nelson [24th April 1876].
He was buried at St Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden. Hannah took over at the Lord Nelson [1876-1881].
She died in Soyland [30th November 1889]
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| Holroyd, Henry | Ref 94-23 |
Baptised at St Matthew's Church, Rastrick [6th January 1828].
He was landlord of the Sun Inn, Rastrick [1861].
On 17th January 1853, he married Martha Eastwood [1826-1???] in Bolton.
Martha's mother was Martha Eastwood
Children:
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| Holroyd, Henry | Ref 94-73 |
Born in Barkisland [4th May 1836].
On 18th July 1868, he married Mary Ann Lumb [1844-1910] in Halifax.
Mary Ann was born in Barkisland, the daughter of Sarah & Levi Lumb
Children:
The couple died at Bank Hall Farm: Mary Ann [7th August 1910]; Henry [26th June 1921].
The couple were buried at Christ Church, Barkisland [Grave Ref: 393]
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| Holroyd, Herbert | Ref 94-128 |
Born in Halifax.
He was a pork butcher [1891, 1901].
He married Martha.
Martha was born in Mirfield
Children:
The family lived at 13 Pleasant Street, Halifax [1901]
| Holroyd, Howarth | Ref 94-4081 |
Children:
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| Holroyd, Isaac | Ref 94-17 |
| Holroyd, Isaac | Ref 94-4 |
He married Unknown.
Children:
| Holroyd, Isaac | Ref 94-82 |
He married 1784-1860. Children:
The family lived at Sunnybank, Greetland.
Isaac died 19th March 1850 (aged 68).
Elizabeth died 21st August 1860 (aged 76).
Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: D8]
| Holroyd, Isaac | Ref 94-3947 |
Baptised 24th October 1819.
He was stonemason [1851, 1861, 1871].
Methodist services were held at his home in Norland before the construction of Mount Zion Primitive Methodist Chapel, Norland in 1863.
In 1840, he married Elizabeth Carlton [1822-1???].
Children:
They lived at
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| Holroyd, Isaac Henry | Ref 94-35 |
Born in Stainland.
During World War I, he served as a Corporal with the 2nd/7th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).
He died 11th February 1918 (aged 29).
He was buried at Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France [Grave Ref III C 20]
| Holroyd, Jabez | Ref 94-86 |
Born in Greetland [2nd May 1831].
He was a hand loom weaver (woollen) [1851] / a power loom tuner [1881] / a woollen power loom tuner [1891].
He married Hannah [1834-1899].
Hannah was born in Paddock, Huddersfield
Children:
They lived at
Jabez died 8th October 1893.
Hannah died 28th February 1899 (aged 65).
Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: A18]
| Holroyd, Jackson | Ref 94-9 |
Born in Hopton, Mirfield [9th September 1877].
He was a machine oiler [1891] / a machine tool draughtsman, [1901] / MD of James Whiteley Limited at Eagle Works, Well Lane, Halifax [1901] / technical officer at the War Office / a member of the Probity [No 61] Masonic Lodge.
On 25th May 1901, Juliana Jackson in Halifax.
Juliana's parents died when she was young. In 1891, she was living with an aunt Margaret Ann Butterworth, her legal guardian
Children:
They lived at
Jackson died 10th December 1952.
He was buried at Warley Town Cemetery [13th December 1952].
Juliana died at her son's home in Bristol [7th June 1954].
She was buried at Warley Town Cemetery
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| Holroyd, James | Ref 94-369 |
Woollen and cotton manufacturer of Wood Lane Hall, Sowerby.
He moved to 1 Aked's Road, Halifax.
In 1797, he married Jane Ferguson [1773-1835].
Children:
Members of the family were buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby
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| Holroyd, James | Ref 94-4073 |
On 27th December 1806, he married Hannah Rainforth [1787-1861] at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
They lived at Barkisland Village [1841, 1851, 1861].
Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Barkisland. The grave is alongside that of Richard Henry Holroyd
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| Holroyd, James | Ref 94-1738 |
| Holroyd, James | Ref 94-3456 |
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| Holroyd, Dr James | Ref 94-371 |
Or Holroyde.
Born in Sowerby.
He was a certifying surgeon under the Factory Act / surgeon to the Second West York Yeomanry Cavalry [1845] / a surgeon at the Halifax Infirmary [around 1850]
He lived at
Living with him [in 1851] was his brother John (solicitor)
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| Holroyd, James | Ref 94-133 |
He was a cotton spinner [1851].
He married Ann [1811-1???].
Ann was born in Soyland
Children:
They lived at 19 Royd Lane, Soyland [1851]
| Holroyd, James | Ref 94-116 |
He married Susannah [1827-1895].
Children:
James died 12th November 1883 (aged 56).
Susannah died 29th March 1895 (aged 68), and was interred at Rochdale Cemetery.
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 545]
| Holroyd, James | Ref 94-3942 |
Of Brow Bridge, West Vale.
He was a cotton spinner [1868] / a cotton piecer [1871] / partner in Holroyd & Fielding.
He married Unknown.
After his death, his widow allowed his share to stay in the partnership
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| Holroyd, James | Ref 94-15 |
Born in Todmorden [21st April 1886].
He was a grocer's assistant [1901] / a career marine / Lance Corporal at the Royal Marine Barracks, Forton, Alverstoke, Hampshire [1911].
Between January 1908 and July 1914 he served on three ships: Isis, Indefatigable and Good Hope.
The Todmorden & District News [28th August 1908] published
A letter from Corporal James Holroyd, HMS Indefatigable, Kingston, Jamaica. Dated 8th August.The town of Port-au-Prince, Haiti has been nearly ruined by fire. At least one third of the city has been burned down due to political troubles.We were sent to the rescue, and we landed flour, sugar, tins of milk, corned beef, biscuits, tea &c
In 1911, he was based at the Royal Marine Barracks, Forton, Alverstoke, Hampshire.
In 1914, he married Prudence Annie Helliwell [1887-1950] in Alverstoke
Prudence Annie was born in Cornholme, the daughter of James Helliwell
The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [23rd October 1914] reported the wedding
Lance Sergeant James Holroyd, Royal Marines, married at St John's Church, Gosport, near Portsmouth, last Saturday [17th October 1914].His bride is Miss Prudence Annie Helliwell, formerly of Brown Birks Farm, Cornholme, and is at present a nurse in a London hospital.
They were married in their respective uniforms.
They arrived in Todmorden on Saturday night then visited the bride's parents who now live at Nelson
They had no children.
During World War I, he enlisted in Manchester [5th April 1904] and served as a Sergeant with the Royal Marine Light Infantry.
He was promoted to Corporal [October 1911] then to Acting Sergeant [November 1914].
He was killed in action at Gallipoli [6th May 1915] (aged 28).
The Todmorden & District News [4th June 1915] reported his death with a photograph
Sergeant James Holroyd, Royal Marines, died aged 28.He had been in the Royal Marines for eleven years. He saw active service in the West Indies during the time of the Hayti [Haiti] troubles and took part in quelling the disturbances at Venezuela and at Honduras. For four years, he was an instructor in motor driving at Gosport.
On 27th of August 1914, he was with the Royal Marines when 3,500 of them landed at Ostend. He said they got a magnificent reception from the people there. They set about fortifying the city and the Germans who had been heading there decided against attacking them
He is remembered on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli [Grave Ref 2-7], and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance.
In 1919, Prudence married (2) James Arthur Holloway in Fulham
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| Holroyd, Rev James Briggs | Ref 94-2689 |
He was a supernumerary Methodist minister in Halifax [1855] / (possibly) minister at Shelf Wesleyan Chapel [1861].
On 2nd January 1804, he married Rhoda [1777-1847].
Rhoda was the widow of Mr Bancroft
Rhoda died Q4 1847.
James was living at Brow Lane, Shelf [1861]
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| Holroyd, James Edward | Ref 94-113 |
He was a cotton spinner [1901] / a dairy farmer [1911].
In [Q4] 1884, he married Isabel Town [1863-19??] in Halifax.
Isabel was born in Newcastle-on Tyne
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1901] was Isabella's brother Jonathan Town [b 1867] (woollen spinner)
| Holroyd, Jeremiah | Ref 94-1666 |
He was a shalloon maker of Kebroyd.
He and brother Elkanah added an e to their surname as someone was encroaching on their manufacturing market.
After the death of Samuel Hill in 1759, Holroyd bought Kebroyd House, Ripponden for £2,000. He lived there until late in life, when he resigned it to his son Robert.
He married Grace Wells [1724-1???].
Grace, of Sowerby Dean, was the daughter of Joseph Wells
Children:
He died 2nd February 1801
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| Holroyd, Joah | Ref 94-42 |
He was a farmer [1891] / landlord of the White Lion, Rastrick [1891, 1897] / landlord of the George & Dragon, Apperley Bridge [1901].
On 10th February 1870, he married Sarah Walton at Kirkheaton.
Children:
He died 29th September 1905.
He was buried at Lepton
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| Holroyd, Joe | Ref 94-105 |
He married Mary [1874-1938].
Joe died 16th August 1937 (aged 60).
Mary died 23rd January 1938 (aged 64).
The couple were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland [Grave Ref: S3/402] with grandson Richard Holroyd
| Holroyd, John | Ref 94-1815 |
In 1799, he and John Broadhead built Severhills Mill, Ripponden
| Holroyd, John | Ref 94-3712 |
In 1680, he took over the old corn mill at Kebroyd and converted it to a fulling mill
| Holroyd, John | Ref 94-1804 |
Children:
In 1792, he and his son built Bogden Mill, Rishworth. They sold it to Robert Brear of Middleton for £1,050
| Holroyd, John | Ref 94-401 |
| Holroyd, John | Ref 94-1811 |
A member of The Holroyd family, he owned much property – including mills – in and around Ripponden.
In 1792, he bought Ryburn House Mill from John Learoyd. He was at Kebroyd Mills [18??] and Small Lees Mill, Ripponden [1805-1837].
The Holroyd Arms, Ripponden was named for the family
| Holroyd, John | Ref 94-2890 |
Baptised at Elland Church [14th December 1757].
He married Mary [1764-1819].
John died 2nd June 1819 (aged 61).
Mary died 11th July 1819 (aged 55).
The couple were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland.
See Jeremiah Newton
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| Holroyd, John | Ref 94-88 |
He married Charlotte [1766-1807].
John died 27th April 1806 (aged 41).
Charlotte died 10th February 1807 (aged 41).
The couple were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: F3]
| Holroyd, John | Ref 94-3 |
He married Hannah [1788-1862].
The couple were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse
| Holroyd, John | Ref 94-89 |
He married Mary Stock [1789-1866].
Children:
The couple were buried at Rastrick Church [V34]: John [6th January 1861]; Mary [14th March 1866]
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| Holroyd, John | Ref 94-4079 |
Child: Cyril
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| Holroyd, John | Ref 94-2533 |
In August 1845, he was declared bankrupt
| Holroyd, John | Ref 94-85 |
Born in Elland.
He was a woollen weaver [1841] / a wool worker [1861].
He married (1) Hannah [1798-1856].
Children:
Hannah died 24th August 1856 (aged 58).
He married (2) Sarah [1809-1884].
Sarah was born in Elland
They lived at
Living with them [in 1841] were Dean Hollas [b 1766] & Hannah Hollas [b 1771].
John died 3rd September 1861 (aged 61).
Sarah died 15th August 1884 (aged 75).
Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: P5]
| Holroyd, John | Ref 94-117 |
Born in Soyland.
He was a wool warehouseman [1871].
He married Rhoda [1800-1877].
Rhoda was born in Warley
Children:
They lived at King Cross, Halifax [1871].
John died 8th July 1873 (aged 64).
Rhoda died 22nd August 1877 (aged 77).
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4446]
| Holroyd, John | Ref 94-4078 |
He was a bookkeeper (merchant dyers) [1851].
He married Betsy Ann [1809-1851].
Betsy Ann was born in Mirfield
Children:
They lived at
Betsy died 26th August 1851 (aged 42).
She & other members of the family (‡) were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax
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| Holroyd, John | Ref 94-2934 |
In 1840, he was charged with
having placed a certain quantity of earth and stones upon the line of the Manchester & Leeds Railway, so as to obstruct the engines and carriages running upon the said railway, and thereby endangering the lives of the persons travelling on the same
His defence was that
at the place where the offence was alleged to have been committed, the Manchester & Leeds Railway Company had no authority, under their acts of Parliament, to construct a railway, there being at that point a deviation from the line set out in those acts of Parliament
He lived at Chapel Street, Rastrick [1841]
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| Holroyd, John | Ref 94-127 |
Born in Ripponden.
He was a pork butcher [1881, 1891].
He married Elizabeth [1829-1899].
Elizabeth was born in Crewe, Cheshire
Children:
The family lived at 28 New Bank, Halifax [1881, 1891].
John died 17th March 1892 (aged 71).
Elizabeth died 5th September 1899 (aged 70).
The couple & the children ‡ were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3390] with John's father
| Holroyd, John | Ref 94-119 |
He was a pork butcher [1871, 1881, 1891].
Around 1851, he married Elizabeth [1830-1???].
Elizabeth was born in Cheshire
Children:
They lived at New Bank, Halifax [1871, 1881, 1891]
| Holroyd, John | Ref 94-90 |
He was a woollen spinner [1861, 1871].
In [Q3] 1858, he married Zilpah Taylor [1826-1???].
Zilpah was born in Barkisland
Children:
They lived at
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| Holroyd, John | Ref 94-101 |
He married Mary [1825-1908].
Mary was born 30th August 1825
Children:
They lived at Dob Royd, Stainland [1908].
Mary died 2nd February 1908 (aged 83).
John died 3rd November 1911 (aged 69).
Members of the family were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland [Grave Ref: S3/408]
| Holroyd, John | Ref 94-81 |
Born in Fixby
He was a cloth dresser of Fixby [1869, 1871] / a cloth finisher [1881].
In 1869, he married Mary Ann Cawthorn [1850-1926] at Halifax Parish Church.
Mary Ann, of Fixby, was born in Knottingley, the daughter of John Cawthorn, labourer
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1871, 1881] was brother Arthur Holroyd [b 1855] (general labourer).
John died in Halifax: either in 1886 (aged 39), or in 1889 (aged 41).
Mary Ann died in Halifax in 1926 (aged 76)
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| Holroyd, John | Ref 94-91 |
Born in Birchencliffe, Huddersfield.
He was a stone quarryman [1881] / a quarry labourer [1891] / a stone quarry labourer [1901].
In [Q2] 1871, he married Rachel Rangeley in Halifax.
Rachel was the daughter of James Rangeley.She had a son William Rangeley; father unknown
Children:
They lived at
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| Holroyd, John | Ref 94-125 |
He was a clay miner in Fixby [1877] / a clay miner [1881].
On 12th July 1877, he married Martha Clara.
Children:
They lived at Ainley Top (next door to Martha's parents) [1881]
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| Holroyd, John | Ref 94-74 |
Born in Barkisland [15th Jan 1860].
He was He was an iron moulder [1881] / landlord of the Springfield, Halifax [1901, 1936].
On 16th July 1881, he married Elizabeth Evans [1861-1937] at Elland Parish Church.
Elizabeth born in Pendleton
Children:
Elizabeth died at the Springfield Inn [25th January 1937].
John died at the Springfield Inn [3rd July 1937].
Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Barkisland [Grave Ref: 573] with Elizabeth's parents
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| Holroyd, John Albert | Ref 94-1537 |
Born in Halifax.
He was an engine tenter of Brighouse [1872] / a mechanical fitter [1901].
On 7th September 1872, he married Ruth Jowett [1850-1???] at St Peter's Church, Sowerby.
Ruth was born in Norland, the illegitimate daughter of Sarah Jowett, and granddaughter of Thomas Jowett.She was a wool picker [1861] / a worsted weaver [1871]
Around 1888, she was a fancy draper and established a children's millinery, wool and fancy repository at Town Hall Buildings, Elland
Children:
The children were born in Sowerby Bridge. One of the boys died before 1911.
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1891] was Ruth's widowed mother Sarah Stokes [b 1830].
John Albert died 27th July 1923.
Ruth died in Bradford [Q2 1931] (aged 81)
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| Holroyd, John Edward | Ref 94-11 |
Born in Elland.
He was a stone dresser of Elland Upper Edge [1896, 1901] / a fried fish and chip potato [1911].
On 10th September 1896, he married Ellen Hepworth [1873-1941] in Elland.
Ellen was born in Lightcliffe, and had an illegitimate son Hall Hepworth; John Edward Holroyd was possibly the father.Hall is recorded as John Edward's son on all censuses after the marriage
Children:
They lived at
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| Holroyd, John Edward | Ref 94-39 |
He was a cotton piecener [1901] / a cotton mule spinner [1911].
He married Sarah Ann [1886-1954].
Child: Irene Amelia.
John Edward died 26th December 1942 (aged 57).
Sarah Ann died 30th January 1954 (aged 68).
The couple were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland [Grave Ref: S3/583]
| Holroyd, John Mason | Ref 94-3533 |
| Holroyd, John Reginald | Ref 94-36 |
During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
He died 1st October 1918 (aged 22).
He was buried at Bellicourt British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref II O 10]
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| Holroyd, John William | Ref 94-54 |
Born in Rishworth.
He was a cotton operative [1871] / a cotton spinner (unemployed) [1881] / a cotton spinner [1891] / a machine minder (cotton mill) [1901] / landlord of the White Swan, Ripponden [1904-1915] / landlord of the Black Horse, Stainland [1916-1924].
On 29th January 1876, he married Betty Barrett [1856-1929] at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
They lived at
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| Holroyd, John William | Ref 94-51 |
He was a joiner & builder.
In 1886, he married Annie Edwards in Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Stainland.
The family lived at
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| Holroyd, Joseph | Ref 94-4082 |
He was a cotton spinner [1871, 1881]
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| Holroyd, Joseph | Ref 94-1458 |
| Holroyd, Joseph | Ref 94-848 |
The Northowram Register records that
[he] was riding from Halifax on 25th March about one o'clock on Lord's Day morning, fell off his horse below King Cross and was taken up dead
| Holroyd, Joseph | Ref 94-4061 |
His family came from Cockroft in Rishworth.
He married Unknown.
Children:
The children were baptised at All Souls Church
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| Holroyd, Joseph | Ref 94-13 |
Baptised at Elland Parish Church.
He was a cloth factor.
A lease of property in Cornmarket, Halifax is recorded by Joseph Holroyd, merchant of Sawhill, Sowerby [1707].
He sold local cloth to agents in London and on the continent. He travelled in the Low Countries and went to live in Holland. During his absence, his assistant Thomas Martin carried on the business in Halifax.
Heaton estimates that around 1705, he had an annual turnover of £30,000
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| Holroyd, Joseph | Ref 94-75 |
Question: Is he the same person as Joseph HOLROYD [1747-1810]?
He married Ann Hirst.
Ann was the daughter of John Hirst
| Holroyd, Joseph | Ref 94-66 |
A Luddite.
In 1813, he, Joseph Crowther, James Hey and Nathan Hoyle, were convicted of robbing a dwelling house, and putting the persons therein in great fear.
Holroyd later turned King's Evidence against the other 3 men, who were then executed [16th January 1813].
| Holroyd, Joseph | Ref 94-807 |
A lease of 2 messuages, 5 cottages & closed at Priestley Green, is recorded by Ellen Langley to Joseph Holroyd of Wynteredge [1st March 1777].
He was a cloth factor and occupied Room 29 on the Colonnade of the Piece Hall [1787].
He lived at Holroyd House, Priestley Green.
He died at Brigg, Lincolnshire [March 1805].
He was buried at Saint Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe [10th March 1805]
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| Holroyd, Joseph | Ref 94-79 |
Question: Is he the same person as Joseph HOLROYD [17??-1???]?
He married Unknown.
Children:
Joseph died 18th April 1810 (aged 63).
Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: D7]
| Holroyd, Joseph | Ref 94-3955 |
He married Mary Brook [1783-1856] at Halifax Parish Church.
Mary came from Greetland
Children:
All the children were baptised at Greetland Wesleyan Chapel.
They lived at
Joseph died 19th June 1855 (aged 79).
Mary died 23rd August 1856 (aged 72).
Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: C10]
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| Holroyd, Joseph | Ref 94-72 |
He died 1st December 1870 (aged 75), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 323] with John Wilson Paskins
| Holroyd, Joseph | Ref 94-16 |
During the campaigns of 1854 and 1855, in the Crimea War, he served with the Royal Marines.
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered on the Crimea Memorial in Sowerby Church
| Holroyd, Joseph | Ref 94-6490 |
He married Mary Pogson [1813-1???].
Children:
They lived at 9 & 10 Royd Lane, Soyland [1871].
Joseph was dead by 1861.
After his death, Mary married James Blackburn
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| Holroyd, Joseph | Ref 94-3954 |
Born in Greetland.
He was a cloth dresser [1841, 1849] / a butcher [1861] / landlord of the Black Horse, Stainland [1851, 1861, 1871].
On 13th April 1849, he married Mary Ann Crossland [1823-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
Living with them [in 1851] & 1861, was brother Samuel.
He died at Coldwells Hill [29th December 1880].
Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at under £200.
His will was proved by his sons Joseph and James
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| Holroyd, Joseph | Ref 94-4074 |
He was a farmer [1851] / innkeeper of the Griffin, Barkisland [1851, 1853].
In 1864, he married Ann.
Ann was the widow of his older brother Richard
They lived at Nolsons Farm, Barkisland [1887].
He died at Nolsons Farm, Barkisland [26th April 1887]
Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at £75 3/10d.
His will was proved by his nephew John Holroyd and James Howard Stott.
He was buried at Christ Church, Barkisland. The grave is alongside that of Richard Henry Holroyd
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| Holroyd, Joseph | Ref 94-3833 |
He was a blacksmith [1876] / innkeeper at the Sportsman, Sowerby Bridge [1881].
On 14th May 1876, he married Martha, widow of Solomon Lumb, at Halifax Parish Church
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| Holroyd, Joseph | Ref 94-8 |
Louisa was born [25th January 1851] in Thornhill Briggs, Brighouse, she was illegitimate
Children:
They lived at
Joseph died at Fairfield House, Keighley Road, Ovenden [28th May 1916] (aged 66) and was buried at Warley Town Cemetery.
Louisa died in Crewe [7th November 1928].
She was buried at Warley Town Cemetery [10th November 1928]
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| Holroyd, Joseph | Ref 94-97 |
| Holroyd, Joseph Harger | Ref 94-83 |
Born in Greetland.
He was a foreman at a paper mill [1861] / a farmer of 12 acres employing 1 man [1861].
He never married.
He lived at Sunnybank, Greetland [1861].
Living with them [in 1861] was his sister Ann [b 1817].
Joseph died 16th May 1862 (aged 46).
He was buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: D8]
| Holroyd, Joshua | Ref 94-2903 |
| Holroyd, Kershaw | Ref 94-4021 |
Baptised at Luddenden Church [7th June 1785].
He was a saddler [1813] / a saddler at Southgate [1822] / a saddler at 3 Southgate [1829] / a saddler [1841] / a gentleman [1851, 1860] / a saddler [1861].
On 7th February 1813, he married Hannah Hepworth [1791-18??] at Halifax Parish Church.
Hannah was born in Halifax
Children:
The children were baptised at Pellon Lane Particular Baptist Church, Halifax
They lived at
Living with them [in 1851] was grandson Harry Herbert Holroyd [aged 4] born in Halifax.
Kershaw died 14th February 1867.
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 238]
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| Holroyd, Levi | Ref 94-19 |
He lived at 24 Albion Street, Brighouse.
He was killed by a boiler explosion at the Works [6th November 1918]
| Holroyd, Lewis | Ref 94-122 |
Born in Halifax.
He was a gas works labourer [1901, 1911].
In [Q4] 1893, he married Susannah Ramsden [1862-1941] in Halifax.
Susannah was born in Halifax [22nd December 1862]
They had no children.
They lived at
Lewis died 27th January 1925 (aged 62).
In [Q3] 1927, Susannah married Haigh Emmett in Halifax.
Susannah died in 1941 (aged 78).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1560] with James Lilley
Question: Does anyone know whether/how James Lilley is connected to the Holroyd family?
| Holroyd, Lewis | Ref 94-121 |
Born in Halifax.
He was a boiler maker's labourer / a leather dresser.
In [Q4] 1904, he married Elizabeth Ann Hall [1873-1940] in Halifax.
Elizabeth Ann was born in Halifax [8th October 1873]
Children:
The family lived at 4 Wadsworth Yard, New Bond Street, Halifax [1911].
Living with them [in 1911] were Harry Aspinall & family.
Lewis died 8th June 1926 (aged 56).
In 1939, Elizabeth was living at 133 Lister Lane, Halifax with Harry Aspinall.
Elizabeth Ann died 9th June 1940 (aged 66).
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2207]
| Holroyd, Lewis | Ref 94-53 |
Born in Stainland.
He was a cotton twiner [1901] / a cotton twiner piecer [1911].
In [Q4] 1910, he married Minnie Smith.
Minnie was born in Elland, the daughter of Albert Hanson Smith.She was a box tenter cotton card room [1911]
They lived at Holywell Green [with Minnie's father 1911].
During World War I, he served as a Gunner with the 355th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery.
He died 23rd October 1918.
He was buried at Vis-En-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt, France [Grave Ref 3], on Elland War Memorial, on the Memorial at Blackley Particular Baptist Church, and on the Memorial at Jagger Green Baptist Sunday School, Holywell Green
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| Holroyd, Major | Ref 94-100 |
He married 1875 Nancy Robinson [1853-1907].
Nancy was born in Norland
Children:
Major died in Norland in 1892.
Nancy died in Norland in 1907.
They were buried at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge
| Holroyd, Rev Mark | Ref 94-1053 |
| Holroyd, Mary Ann | Ref 94-67 |
She had several illegitimate children:
They lived at
Later, Mary Ann married 3 times:
In [Q2] 1862, she married (1) Enos Craven [1807-1879] in Huddersfield.
It is notable that Mary Ann only married after the death of her father in 1861, suggesting that he may have been against her marrying
In [Q1] 1882, she married (2) Charles Exley in Huddersfield.
In [Q3] 1894, she married (3) John Exley in Huddersfield.
She died in Kirkburton [5th February 1899]
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| Holroyd, Mary Sutcliffe | Ref 94-2849 |
Baptised at Sion Congregational Church, Halifax.
She married (1) Mr Sutcliffe.
She married (2) Matthew Smith
| Holroyd, Michael | Ref 94-4049 |
In 1746, he married Mary Ramsden of Barkisland.
Children:
They lived at Magson House, Luddendenfoot
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| Holroyd, Michael John | Ref 94-5 |
In [Q1] 1860, he married Mary Louisa Harbridge in Alcester.
Children:
| Holroyd, Nat | Ref 94-98 |
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| Holroyd, Norman | Ref 94-37 |
Born in Halifax.
He was a half-timer (cotton mill) [1901].
In [Q4] 1915, he married Elizabeth Marston in Halifax.
They lived at
During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st/5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).
He was a POW at Soltau, Hanover, Germany.
He died 10th August 1918 (aged 30).
He was buried at Hamburg Cemetery, Germany. [Grave Ref IV A 11].
He is remembered on the family grave at Elland Cemetery, and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
| Holroyd, Norman | Ref 94-615 |
Son of Miss Ward & Mr Holroyd.
He took part in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, lifting in the Featherweight Class
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| Holroyd, Peter | Ref 94-123 |
He was a general labourer [1861, 1891]
He married Unknown.
Children:
Peter was a widower by 1891
| Holroyd, Phoenias | Ref 94-114 |
Around 1834, he married Elizabeth [1809-18??].
Children:
The family lived at Toothill Bank, Rastrick [1841]
| Holroyd, Richard | Ref 94-3193 |
| Holroyd, Richard | Ref 94-26 |
He was a farmer [1818].
On 18th October 1818, he married Ann Hitchin [1800-1868] at Elland Parish Church.
Ann was born in Sowerby Bridge
Children:
The couple died at Bank Hall Farm, Barkisland: Richard [28th October 1878]; Ann [11th July 1868].
The couple were buried at Christ Church, Barkisland [Grave Ref: 573] with grandson John Holroyd & family
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| Holroyd, Richard | Ref 94-4072 |
Baptised at Ripponden [10th January 1813]
He was agricultural labourer [1841] / a farmer [1848].
He was licensee of the Griffin, Barkisland [some time before 1850], but the licence was removed on account of his bad conduct.
On 31st March 1834, he married Ann Wadsworth [1812-1891] at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
Pamela was baptised at West Scammonden. All the other children were baptised at Ripponden Church.
Richard was killed at Wakefield Railway Station [20th February 1850]. He had gone to Wakefield cattle market to buy some pigs for his employer, Constable Baxter of Halifax. As he was loading the animals into a railway truck, he crossed the line and was crushed between the buffers of a reversing train. He died later the same day.
He was buried at St Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden [26th February 1850].
On 20th August 1850, Ann applied to have the licence granted back, and promised to keep the Inn in a proper and lawful manner. The Magistrates consented to her request.
In 1864, Ann married Joseph Holroyd, Richard's younger brother
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| Holroyd, Richard | Ref 94-95 |
He was a coal miner [1851, 1861, 1871] / a farmer of 11 acres [1871].
Around 1848, he married Mary [1821-1???].
Mary was born in Stainland
Children:
They lived at Jagger Green [1851, 1861, 1871]
| Holroyd, Richard | Ref 94-4080 |
Born in Elland.
He was cotton spinner employing 649 hands [1871] / cotton spinner employing 154 hands [1881].
In 1868, he married Elizabeth [1831-1???], daughter of Elizabeth Harriet & Daniel Smith.
Children:
They lived at
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| Holroyd, Richard | Ref 94-12 |
He was an engine tenter in a silk mill [1862].
On 4th January 1862, he married Sarah Ellen Nicholl at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
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| Holroyd, Richard | Ref 94-7002 |
He was a tailor [1871] / a master tailor [1881] / a tailor [1891, 1901].
He moved to Todmorden.
In 1877, he married Jane Graham [1849-1917] in Todmorden.
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1881] & 1891 were niece Ada Graham [b 1865] (cotton throstle spinner), and nephews Jeffrey Graham [b 1868] (cotton bobbin doffer) and Thomas Graham [b 1871] (cotton bobbin doffer).
In 1901, they were living with son-in-law Henry Sutcliffe and his wife Mary Ann
The couple were buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone: Richard [7th December 1922]; Jane [12th July 1917]
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| Holroyd, Richard Henry | Ref 94-3962 |
Born in Barkisland [18th April 1848]; baptised in the chapelry of Ripponden [27th August 1848].
In 1871, he was living with his widowed mother Ann at the Griffin, Barkisland.
He was an errand boy [1861] / landlord of the Black Horse, Stainland [1874, 1881].
On 5th July 1871, he married Elizabeth Brickles [1851-1888] at Halifax Parish Church.
Elizabeth was born in Helpingham, Lincolnshirei [5th January 1851]. She had a child Emma Whitworth Brickles [father unknown]
Children:
They lived at Lane Side, Holywell Green [1888].
He died at the Black Horse [14th November 1881].
Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at £119 16/6d. Probate was granted to his widow Elizabeth.
After his death, Elizabeth took over as landlady of the Black Horse [1887].
Elizabeth died at Lane Side [25th January 1888].
Probate records show that she left a personal estate valued at £100.
Her will was proved by her executor Thomas Hirst of Spring Terrace, Dog Lane, Stainland (retired farmer)
Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Barkisland. The grave is alongside that of James Holroyd and Joseph Holroyd.
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| Holroyd, Robert | Ref 94-1806 |
A merchant at Kebroyd. In 1803, he bought Bogden Mill, Rishworth for £2,000. In 1809, he sold it to William Thomas.
He married Mary Rushworth.
Mary was the daughter of Mr Rushworth
Children: several.
His father gave him Kebroyd House, Ripponden
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| Holroyd, Robert | Ref 94-129 |
He married Betty [1795-1857].
Betty died 1st October 1857 (aged 62).
Robert died 6th July 1869 (aged 74).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3390]
| Holroyd, Robert Henry | Ref 94-24 |
Born in Barkisland.
He was a cotton doubler [1911].
During World War I, he served as a Private with the 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment.
He was killed in action [24th March 1918].
He is remembered on the family grave at Christ Church, Barkisland [Grave Ref: 855], on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 4 & 5], and on Barkisland War Memorial.
His brother Fred died in World War II
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| Holroyd, Rowland | Ref 94-2 |
On 23rd August 1882, he married Elizabeth Tudor [1860-1941] at Halifax Parish Church.
Elizabeth was born in Montgomeryshire, Wales.The widowed Elizabeth was a charwoman [1891]
Children:
They lived at Jagger Green, Stainland [1891].
Rowland was killed in a roof fall at Calder Fire Clay Works [24th October 1889].
In 1892, Elizabeth married (2) John Benjamin Smith in Halifax
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| Holroyd, Sam | Ref 94-92 |
He was a stone delver (quarry) [1901].
In [Q4] 1869, he married Sarah Ann Ashworth [1850-1913] in Halifax.
Sarah Ann was born in Halifax
Children:
They lived at Town Gate, Southowram [1901]
Sarah Ann died 13th January 1913 (aged 63).
Sam died 25th November 1922 (aged 74).
The couple were buried at Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram
| Holroyd, Sam | Ref 94-99 |
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| Holroyd, Samuel | Ref 94-130 |
Born in Northowram.
He was a welded boiler maker [1871].
He married Ann [1844-1???].
Ann was born in Warley.She was a worsted weaver [1871]
Child: Lewis
The family lived at 9 Coach Fold, Haley Hill, Halifax (living with Samuel's parents) [1871]
| Holroyd, Samuel | Ref 94-109 |
Born in Birchencliffe, Huddersfield.
He was an agricultural labourer [1881].
On 20th July 1872, he married Harriet Brearley [1843-1918] at Halifax Parish Church.
Harriet was born in Elland
Children:
They lived at Upper Edge, Elland [1861, 1871, 1881].
Samuel died 20th May 1889.
Harriet died in Elland in 1918
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| Holroyd, Samuel Taylor | Ref 94-94 |
In [Q3] 1906, he married Edith Ann Whiteley [1872-1959] in Halifax.
Edith Ann died 15th November 1959 (aged 87).
Samuel Taylor died 28th December 1960 (aged 91).
Members of the family were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland [Grave Ref: S3/170/1/2]
| Holroyd, Stanley | Ref 94-57 |
Born in Rastrick.
During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry.
He died in France [19th September 1918].
He was buried at Savy British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref II A 7]
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| Holroyd, Sykes | Ref 94-70 |
Born in Soyland.
He was a paper maker of Soyland [1886] / a paper mill labourer [1891] / a paper mill furnace stoker [1901] / a stationary engine tenter at paper mill [1911].
In 1886, he married Charlotte Annie Lamb [1859-19??] at Elland Parish Church.
Charlotte Annie, of Soyland, was born in Barkisland / Dean Head, the daughter of George Lamb, coal merchant
Children:
They lived at
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| Holroyd, Thomas | Ref 94-312 |
| Holroyd, Thomas | Ref 94-3844 |
On 10th November 1817, he married Nancy Wardle.
Nancy [bapt Elland 14th August 1786] of Barkisland, was the daughter of Joshua Wardle
Children:
The 2 daughters – Nancy and Sarah – married 2 Halstead brothers.
They lived at Higher Top, Barkisland [1841].
Living next door in 1841 was daughter Sarah, her husband Samuel Halstead and Samuel's parents and family
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| Holroyd, Thomas | Ref 94-4020 |
Born in Halifax; baptised at Pellon Lane Particular Baptist Church, Halifax [6th January 1817]
He was a woollen draper employing 4 men & 2 boys [1861] / a woollen merchant in Birmingham.
On 2nd July 1846, he married Anne Nelson at Halifax Parish Church.
Anne was the daughter of Alexander Nelson of Skircoat.Thomas's sister, Eliza Hannah married John Barker of Birmingham, at the same time and place
Child: Edward Barker [b 1856]
They lived at 62 Pershore Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1861].
Living with the family were his father Kershaw Holroyd [1861], and his niece Fanny [1861, 1871]
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| Holroyd, Thomas | Ref 94-6 |
Born in Rastrick.
He was educated at Clifton / trained for commercial pursuits / determined to pursue an artistic career / a designer / a student at Leigh's Academy in Newman Street, London / a student at Couture's Academy in Paris.
He spent several years in Rome, and travelled in Greece, Russia, the Holy Land, Egypt, America and Canada. In Canada, he painted 11 portraits of Indians in the Mohawk settlement
| Holroyd, Thomas | Ref 94-2189 |
He was a joiner & builder employing 2 men & 2 boys [1871] / a joiner employing 1 man & 2 boys [1881].
In [Q1] 1863, he married Alice Taylor in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at
Thomas died in Elland [29th August 1888].
Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at £468 10/-. Probate was granted to his widow Alice
Alice died 5th February 1914 (aged 81).
Members of the family were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland [Grave Ref: S3/50] with niece Elizabeth Ann [1862-22nd May 1938], the daughter of William Taylor
Also ELIZABETH ANN TAYLOR, died May 22nd 1938, aged 75 years. Niece of the above & daughter of the late WILLIAM TAYLOR, Woodside, Barkisland. Thomas Holroyd
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| Holroyd, Thomas | Ref 94-124 |
Born in Ripponden.
He was a cotton spinner [1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911].
In [Q2] 1864, he married Ellen Sykes [1845-1921] in Halifax.
Ellen was born in Halifax
Children:
The family lived at
Thomas died 2nd September 1917 (aged 75).
Ellen died 19th June 1921 (aged 76).
The couple & the children ‡ were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2330]
| Holroyd, Thomas | Ref 94-132 |
In April 1873, he married Jane Bourn at Heptonstall Church.
Jane was born in Heptonstall [8th February 1850], the daughter of John Bourn.She was 8 years old when her mother died and went to live with her maternal aunt Betty and her husband George Bower in Marsden
Children:
The family lived at
Thomas died 14th May 1892.
Jane died in Marsden [25th September 1919].
The couple were buried at St Bartholomew's Church, Marsden
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| Holroyd, Thomas | Ref 94-33 |
Born in Stainland.
He was a carter of Stainland [1880] / a groom & gardener [1881] / a greengrocer [1891] / a greengrocer (journeyman) [1901] / a retired farmer [1911].
In 1880, he married Martha Ann Dickinson [1856-19??] at St Andrew's Church, Stainland.
Martha was born in Flockton.She was a servant at Stainland [1880]
Children:
They lived at
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| Holroyd, Thomas William | Ref 94-102 |
He married Florence [1907-1972].
Children:
Florence died 20th January 1972 (aged 65).
Thomas William died 16th May 1974 (aged 70).
Members of the family were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland [Grave Ref: S3/626]
| Holroyd, Dr Todd | Ref 94-28 |
| Holroyd, Tom | Ref 94-52 |
He was a butcher.
On 2nd September 1891, he married Fanny Hoyle [1869-1906] in Halifax.
Fanny was born in Halifax
Children:
Around 1893, the couple moved to Blackpool, where they both died
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| Holroyd, Tomazia | Ref 94-2758 |
| Holroyd, Uriah | Ref 94-4086 |
He was a woolcomber [1851] / an excavator [1861] / a farm servant [1871] / a nuisance inspector [1881] / a farmer [1891] / a retired farmer [1901].
On 27th August 1848, he married Nanny Holroyd at Elland Parish Church.
Nanny was the daughter of Thomas Holroyd
Children:
They lived at
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| Holroyd, Walker | Ref 94-135 |
Born in Norland; baptised in Sowerby Bridge [18th August 1844].
In 1881, he was a labourer lodging with John Binns at Kitty Moor, Norland.
In 1888, he was an engine tenter of Kitty Moor, Norland [1888].
Walker died 27th December 1888 (aged 44) and was buried at Mount Zion Primitive Methodist Chapel, Norland with his mother & brother William Henry [1847-24th June 1868] of Moorside Farm, Norland
| Holroyd, Walter | Ref 94-46 |
Born in Stainland.
He was a coal miner [1861] / a clogger [1871, ... 1911].
In [Q4] 1872, he married (1) Harriet Sutcliffe [1849-1886] in Halifax.
Harriet was born in Stainland
Children:
Harriet died 16th November 1886 (aged 37).
In [Q2] 1888, he married (2) Ruth Normanton [1851-1925] in Halifax.
Ruth was (possibly) the daughter of William Normanton
They lived at
Ruth died 7th January 1925 (aged 74).
Walter died 7th September 1928 (aged 80).
Members of the family were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland [Grave Ref: S3/267]
| Holroyd, Walter | Ref 94-1734 |
Born in Elland.
He was a cotton waste dealer [1881] / a woolsorter [1891] / a cotton waste dealer [1901] / a cotton waste dealer at Beaumont's Yard, Elland [1905].
In 1880, he married Eliza Roberts [1852-1926].
Children:
They lived at
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| Holroyd, Walter | Ref 94-45 |
Born in Todmorden.
He was a warehouseman in Cobden, Todmorden [1886] / a cotton warehouseman [1891] / a cotton cloth warehouseman [1901] / a warehouseman at cotton mill [1911] / a cotton cloth looker for Luke Barker & Sons at Crow Carr Ings Mill, Todmorden.
On 6th February 1886, he married Mary Helliwell [1860-1933] at Heptonstall Church.
Mary came from Langfield; her father was not recorded on the marriage documents
Children:
The children were born in Todmorden.
The family lived at 3 Myrtle Street, Langfield [1891, 1901, 1911, 1921].
Walter & Mary both died in 1933 and were buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone
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| Holroyd, Walter | Ref 94-103 |
He was a stationary engine tenter [1901, 1911].
In [Q2] 1895, he married Polly Maude [1871-1937] in Halifax.
Polly was born in Embsay, Skipton
Children:
The 1911 census shows that they had had 5 children of whom 4 were still alive at that time.
The children were born in Stainland.
They lived at
Polly died 12th January 1937 (aged 66).
Walter died 17th September 1949 (aged 85).
The couple were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland [Grave Ref: S3/559]
| Holroyd, Wilfred | Ref 94-30 |
He was a member of Pye Nest Primitive Methodist Chapel / a member of the RAOB / employed by Mitchell's cotton mill.
On 22nd July 1916, he married Nellie Greenwood [1894-1918] at St Augustine's Church, Pellon.
They lived at 49 Hollins Mill Lane, Sowerby Bridge.
Child: Nellie [Q4 1918] who died shortly after birth
During World War I, he served as a Private with the Labour Corps 360th Reserve Employment Company.
He died of pneumonia in Beverley Hospital [12th November 1918] (aged 26).
He was buried at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery [Grave Ref: D C 296].
His wife died after childbirth 6 days later
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| Holroyd, William | Ref 94-115 |
He married Mary [1796-1863].
Mary died 11th January 1863 (aged 67).
William died 18th July 1868 (aged 78).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 544]
| Holroyd, William | Ref 94-104 |
He married Martha [1800-1826].
Children:
William died 21st May 1826 (aged 26).
Martha died (possibly of perinatal complications) [6th October 1826] (aged 26).
Members of the family were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland [Grave Ref: S1/89]
| Holroyd, William | Ref 94-106 |
In [Q4] 1899, he married Emily Agnes Lloyd in Halifax.
Children:
| Holroyd, William | Ref 94-87 |
Around 1826, he married Betty [1799-1???].
Betty was born in Barkisland
Children:
They lived at
William died between 1841 & 1851
| Holroyd, William | Ref 94-956 |
Born at Kirkheaton.
He was a tailor at Brighouse [1851, 1861].
He built Holroyd's Buildings in Brighouse
On 14th February 1842, he married (1) Mary Houlding [1821-1864] at Kirkheaton.
Mary was the daughter of Hannah & George Houlding, carpenter
Children:
Mary died April 1864 (aged 43).
In 1869, he married (2) Phoebe Radcliffe They lived at
William died December 1883 (aged 64).
Mary & William were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse: Mary [16th April 1864]; William [27th December 1883]
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| Holroyd, William | Ref 94-112 |
Born 17th August 1835.
He was a slubber woollen [1861-1901].
On 17th October 1858, he married Louisa Sykes [1841-1899] at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
They lived at
William died in Huddersfield in 1910
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| Holroyd, William | Ref 94-3941 |
Born in Soyland.
He was a cotton spinner (employing 610 hands) [1881] / senior partner in Holroyd & Fielding with his brother-in-law David Fielding.
In 1872, he married Martha Janetta Rhodes [1842-1???].
Martha Janetta was born in Keighley, the daughter of Maria and Thomas Rhodes
They lived at Little Bradley, Elland-cum-Greetland [1881].
After his death in October 1887, David Fielding took over the business
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| Holroyd, William | Ref 94-462 |
He was a coachman for Alfred Bottomley of Bottomley & Company.
On 29th September 1867, he married Fanny Tiffany [1842-1916].
Children:
They lived at
He was killed when the cornice from India Buildings fell down as he was waiting outside the building [16th October 1895].
After William's death, a charitable fund was set up for the family
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| Holroyd, William | Ref 94-7 |
Born in Stainland.
He was a clerk / railway station master [1901].
In 1893, he married Florence Eva Hallowell at Christ Church, Barkisland
Child: Bernard H. [b 1895]
They lived at North Lea, Stainland with Old Lindley [1901].
Living with them [in 1901] were sister-in-law Alma and nephew Whiteley G Hallowell [aged 15] (railway clerk)
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| Holroyd, William | Ref 94-60 |
He was a woollen doffer [1901] / a woollen weaver [1911] / employed by Smith's, Plover Mills, Lindley.
He lived with his widowed mother at 14 Ainley Top, Birchencliffe.
During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was reported missing and assumed to have died 3rd May 1917 (aged 32).
The Halifax Courier [23rd March 1918] reported his death with a photograph.
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France, on Elland War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Blackley Particular Baptist Church
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| Holroyd, William | Ref 94-18 |
Born in Huddersfield.
He was with the GPO [for a total of 16 years], as a messenger boy [1901], then a postman [1911].
He lived at 11 Elephant Terrace, Salterhebble.
During World War I, he enlisted [June 1916] and served as a Private with the 1st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).
He died in No.16 General Hospital, France, of severe brain wounds received in action [3rd January 1918] (aged 31).
The Halifax Courier [12th January 1918] reported his death with a photograph.
He was buried at Mont Huon Military Cemetery, France [Grave Ref V C 18]. Probate records show that he left effects valued at £150 15/5d.
Administration was granted to his father.
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at All Saints' Church, Dudwell, and on the Memorial at Halifax Post Office
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley & Lee Holroyd
| Holroyd, William Benjamin | Ref 94-78 |
Born in Barkisland.
He was a cotton twiner [1901].
In [Q2] 1885, he married (1) Alice Berry [1860-1907].
Alice was born in Halifax
Children:
Alice died 8th March 1907 (aged 47).
In 1907, William Benjamin married (2) Lily Watson.
They lived at 36 Jubilee Road, Siddal [1901].
William Benjamin died 25th August 1936 (aged 76).
Members of the family were buried at Elland Cemetery.
Son Norman is remembered on the headstone
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| Holroyd, William Ferguson | Ref 94-350 |
Son of James Holroyd of Wood Lane Hall, Sowerby.
Baptised at Sowerby [25th October 1798].
Halifax attorney.
He was at 27 Southgate, Halifax [1829] / 12 Ward's End, Halifax [1829] / 22 Cheapside, Halifax [1845, 1850].
He was a Commissioner for taking the acknowledgement of deeds by married women, and bail in Insolvent Debtor's Court, and Commissioner for taking Affidavits in the County Palatine of Lancaster.
On 9th May 1826, he married Mary Ann Bailey.
Children:
They lived at
He died 8th January 1858.
Members of the family were buried at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax
This & associated entries use material contributed by Peter Hingston & Jeffrey Knowles
| Holroyd, William Henry | Ref 94-108 |
Born in Birchencliffe, Huddersfield.
He was a policeman with Bradford City Police [1881, 1891] / a pedlar [1911].
On 28th October 1871, he married Hannah Maria Dyson [1852-1895] at Halifax Parish Church.
Hannah Maria was born in Fixby
Children:
They lived at
A William Henry Holroyd died in Bradford [Q2 1887] (aged 41).
Hannah Maria died in Bradford in 1895
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| Holroyd, William Henry | Ref 94-40 |
During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 29th November 1917 (aged 21).
He was buried at Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, France [Grave Ref IV A 8].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Saint John the Evangelist, Warley
| Holroyd, William Herbert | Ref 94-64 |
Born in Huddersfield.
He was a tailor [1891, 1901] / a tailor (maker) [1911].
In 1886, he married (1) Clara Armitage [1865-1901] in Huddersfield.
Clara was born in Huddersfield
Children:
The children were born in Huddersfield.
The family lived at
Clara died in Halifax [Q3 1901] (aged 37).
In [Q1] 1902, William Herbert married (2) Mary Graham [1865-19??] in Halifax.
Mary was born in Slaidburn, Yorkshire.In the 1911 census, she was shown as having professional apartments
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley, Derrick Habergham & Lee Holroyd
| Families |
| The Holroyd family of Rishworth & Ripponden | Ref 94-2107 |
See Brig Royd Estate, Ripponden / Chapel Farm, Ripponden / Holroyd Arms, Ripponden / John Holroyd
| Surname |
| Holroyd surname | Ref 94-1 |
Entries for people with this and similar surnames are shown in a separate Foldout
William de Howlroyde is recorded at Barkisland in 1272, and William del Holrode is recorded at Sowerby in 1331.
The name probably originated in Barkisland – see Howroyd Hall, Barkisland.
Derived from hole and royd and means clearing by a hollow.
There are 210 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Holroyd, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Unattached BMDs for HolroydBaptisms 1842, 1856; Marriages 1897, 1900, 1906, 1907, 1912, 1932; Deaths 1899, 1907
Unattached burials at Lister Lane Cemetery: Plot 2438
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