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Judson, AlfredRef 368-18
[1846-1925] Son of William Judson.

Born in Sowerby.

He was a cotton piecer [1861] / a retired inn keeper – (possibly) of the White Horse, Triangle  [1881] / a retired railway engine driver [1891] / a retired inn keeper [1901].

On 27th February 1875, he married (1) Sarah Walsh [1841-1877] at Halifax Parish Church.


Sarah [née Walsh] was the widow of William Barrett
 

Sarah died in 1877.

In January 1880, he married (2) Fanny Stones [1848-1937] in Halifax.


Fanny was born in Wakefield
 

Children:

  1. Susan [1880-1881]
  2. Constance Edith [1882-1960] who never married
  3. Milton Fairfax [1884-1934] who was a dyer's labourer  [1901]
  4. Alfred
  5. Florence [1891-1974]
  6. Doris [1894-1962]
  7. Fanny [1898-1986]

They lived at

  • Brick Houses, Sowerby [1881]
  • Rowbottom, Sowerby [1891, 1901]
  • 5 Rowbottom Terrace, Sowerby [1925]

Alfred died 24th May 1925 Probate records show that he left effects valued at £356 9/8d.

Probate was granted to daughter Constance Edith, Arthur Culpan (fish frier), and his wife Elizabeth Culpan

Judson, AlfredRef 368-361
[1889-1970] Son of Alfred Judson.

Born in Sowerby [11th February 1889]; baptised at St Peter's Church, Sowerby [17th March 1889].

He was a cotton piecer [1901].

On 21st December 1916, he married (1) Amy Broadbent [1893-1933] at St Peter's Church, Sowerby.


Amy was the daughter of Charles Broadbent
 

Children:

  1. Edgar [b 16th April 1921; bapt 19th May 1921; d 1991]
  2. Donald
  3. Gordon [b December 1933] who died aged 9 hours, & was  buried with his mother

Amy died in childbirth [Q4 1933] (aged 40).

She was buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby with son Gordon [22nd December 1933].

In 1937, Alfred married (2) Emily Broadbent in Halifax.


Emily was the sister of Alfred's first wife, and the daughter of Charles Broadbent
 

Judson, AmbroseRef 368-124
[1835-1912] Son of Thomas Judson.

He was a weaver of Stansfield [1866] / a cotton power loom weaver [1871] / a cotton weaver [1881, 1891, 1901].

On 15th October 1866, he married Mary Hargreaves [1835-1???].


Mary, of Stansfield, was the daughter of William Hargreaves, farmer
 

Children:

  1. Ann [b 1868]
  2. Sarah [b 1869]
  3. John [b 1875]
  4. Amos [b 1876]
  5. Mary Ellen [b 1878]
  6. (possibly) Alice

The family lived at

  • Rodmer Clough, Stansfield [1871]
  • Broadstone, Heptonstall [1881]
  • Hudson Mill, Heptonstall [1891, 1901, 1911]

Mary died between 1901 & 1911.

Ambrose died in 1912 (aged 78) 

Judson, CharlesRef 368-173
[1846-19??] Son of Joseph Judson.

Born in Heptonstall.

He was a master weighing machine maker with 2 men & 1 lad [1871] / a weighing machine fitter [1881] / a scale maker [1891] / a machine maker [1893] / a weighing machine fitter [1901].

In 1868, he married Rachel Dean [1843-19??].

Children:

  1. Alice Ellen [b 1870] who married Frederick Stanley Turner
  2. Charles William [b Broughton 1876] who was an apprentice  scale maker [1891], a weighing machine fitter [1901]
  3. Edith [b 1882]

The family lived at

  • Yard off Gibbet Street, Halifax [1871]
  • Hare Street, Halifax [1881]
  • 38 Williamson Street, Halifax [1891]
  • 1 Kirkstall Street, Ardwick, Manchester [1901]

Judson, DavidRef 368-6
[1842-1923] Son of Thomas Judson.

He was a spinner of Clough, Stansfield [1861] / a weaver [1901].

On 23rd September 1861, he married Betty Stansfield [1842-1???].


Betty came from Jack Bridge, Stansfield.

Her mother was Susy Stansfield [b 1823], a weaver. No father for Betty is shown on the marriage records.

She was weaver [1901]

 

Children:

  1. Thomas [b 1863] who was a tobacconist [1923]

They lived at

  • Hudson Mill, Hebden Bridge [1871]
  • Hudson Mill, Stansfield [1889, 1891]
  • 35 Unity Street, Hebden Bridge [1901]
  • Hudson Mill, Hebden Bridge [1911]
  • 10 Brunswick Street, Hebden Bridge [1923]

Living with them [in 1871, 1881] was mother-in-law Susy Stansfield.

David died 31st August 1923.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £586 0/1d.

Administration was granted to son Thomas.

A Betty Judson died in Fylde [Q3 1929] (aged 86) 

Judson, DonaldRef 368-362
[1923-1944] Son of Alfred Judson.

Born in Sowerby [14th March 1923]; baptised at St Peter's Church, Sowerby [29th April 1923].

During World War II, he served as a Sergeant / Flight Engineer with the 100th Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

He died 29th July 1944 (aged 21).


His Avro Lancaster Mk III took off from RAF Grimsby [at 21:31]. It was hit by flak and crashed [at 01:55] near the town of Durmersheim which is on the railway line between Karlsruhe and Rastatt. There were seven occupants and six fatalities. Those who died were buried in Durnbach War Cemetery
 

He was buried at Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany [Grave Ref 11 H 8-11]

Judson, EdgarRef 368-108
[1881-1918] Son of Richard Judson.

He was a shuttle maker [1901] / a shuttle maker with Wilson Brothers at Cornholme Mills [1911].

On 10th October 1909, he married Louisa Jane Middleton [1887-1963] at St Michael & All Angels, Cornholme.


Louisa Jane was born in Cliviger, the daughter of
 

Child: Harry [b 1910]

They lived at

  • 6 Wood Head Street, Cornholme [1911]
  • 144 Athol Street, Burnley [1917]
  • 63 Burnley Road, Cliviger (Louisa Jane & Harry  living with her mother Ellen Middleton [b 1854] & brother  Willie Middleton [b 1892] (railway goods clerk for Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company) [1921]

During World War I, he enlisted [February 1917] and served as a Private 7th Battalion Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).

He died 8th June 1918 (aged 37).

The Todmorden & District News [14th June 1918] reported his death


Private Edgar Judson, West Kent Regiment, was wounded on the 5th of June and died from wounds on the 8th of June, aged 37
 

The following week's Edition [21st June 1918] published his photograph.

He was buried at Bois-Guillaume Communal Cemetery Extension, France [Grave Ref D 10A].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Judson, EllisRef 368-5
[1852-1883] Son of Joseph Judson.

He was a cotton weaver [1881].

In 1878, he married Sarah Greenwood [1850-1???].


She was a widowed cotton weaver [1901]
 

Children:

  1. Mary [b 1879]

They lived at

  • Edge Hey Green, Heptonstall [1881]
  • Highgate, Heptonstall [1901]

Ellis died in 1883 (aged 30) 

Judson, ErnestRef 368-8
[1871-1915] Son of Robert Judson.

Born in Todmorden [18th July 1871].

He was a grocer's assistant [1891] / a grocer shopman [1901] / a grocer manager with the Co-operative Society [1911].

In [Q4] 1898, he married Frances Holt [1870-1958] in Halifax.


Frances was born in Todmorden [26th April 1870].

She was a dressmaker [1901]

 

Child: Nellie [b 5th July 1902] who was a grocer's shop assistant with Harry King [1921], a retired shop assistant [1939] & never married.

They lived at

  • 35 Knowlwood Road, Todmorden [1901]
  • 9 Nutfield Street, Todmorden [1911]
  • 202 Central Drive, Blackpool [1915]
  • 9 Cambridge Street, Todmorden (Frances & Nellie  living with uncle William Suthers) [1921]
  • 24 Blenheim, Avenue, Blackpool [1939]

Living with the widowed Frances [in 1939] was Alexander Elliot [b 14th August 1874] (wine & spirit merchant & bottler's manager & traveller).

Ernest died 11th September 1915.

Frances died 29th October 1958 (aged 88).

The couple were buried at Lumbutts United Methodist Free Church

Judson, ErnestRef 368-94
[1880-19??] Son of Thomas Judson.

He was a weaver [1911].

He (possibly) married Martha Ann Sutcliffe [1879-19??] They lived in Heptonstall [1911].

Living with them [in 1911] were his siblings Milton, Beatrice & Lois Alice Victoria

Judson, ErnestRef 368-276
[1894-1917] Son of Susy Ellen & James Judson of 3 Hill Place, Knowlwood Road, Todmorden.

Born in Heptonstall.

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

He was killed in action [26th November 1917].

He was buried at Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref III B 30].

He is remembered on the War Memorial at Heptonstall Octagonal Methodist Chapel

Judson, HollinrakeRef 368-10
[1873-19??] Born in Todmorden [8th December 1873].

He was a restaurant proprietor [1911] / a cotton warehouseman [1939].

In 1897, he married Mary Ann Johnson in Todmorden.


Mary Ann was the daughter of
Cornwallis Johnson
 

Children:

  1. Annie [b 30th March 1898] who was a wholesale clothing  machinist [1939]
  2. Kathleen [b 1st July 1919] who was a wholesale clothing  machinist [1939]

The family lived at

  • Roomfield Chapel House, Todmorden (living with Mary Ann's  parents) [1911]
  • 163 Knowlwood Road, Todmorden [1939]

Living with them [in 1939] was Mary Ann's widowed father Cornwallis Johnson

Judson, JamesRef 368-134
[1???-18??] He was a weaver of Heptonstall [1822].

He married 5th September 1822 Olive Uttley [1806-1880].


Olive, of Heptonstall, was the daughter of William Uttley.

She was a worsted weaver [1841] / a weaver [1851]

 

Children:

  1. Thomas [b Colden, Heptonstall 13th November 1822]
  2. Sally [b Edge Hey Green 16th April 1824]
  3. John
  4. Joseph [b Spinks, Heptonstall 12th December 1832] who  married Grace [1836-1???]

The family lived at

  • Colding Spink, Heptonstall [1841]
  • Spink House, Heptonstall [1851]

James was dead by 1861, and Olive was living with son John

Judson, JamesRef 368-157
[1???-18??] He was a spinner.

He married Elizabeth Law [1805-1870].


Elizabeth (Betty) was the daughter of Samuel Law, weaver
 

Child: John

James died in Todmorden [Q4 1843 or Q3 1847].

In 1849, Betty married (2) Joseph Teasdale

Judson, JohnRef 368-146
[1???-1851] A Todmorden beer seller. On 12th July 1851, he died after falling from the steps at Lydgate Mill, Todmorden

Judson, JohnRef 368-125
[1799-1851] Born in Stansfield.

He was a cotton spinner of Hundersfield, Rochdale [1823] / a beer seller [1841] / a cotton spinner & a retailer of beer [1851].

On 1st January 1823, he married Hannah Crabtree [1800-18??].


Hannah came from Stansfield.

She was a beer seller [1851] / a licensed beer seller [1861] / a housekeeper [1871].

 

Children:

  1. Thomas [b 1825] who was a railway porter [1851]
  2. Mary [b 1827]
  3. Ann [b 1829] who married Whiteley Hodgson
  4. Betty [b 1830]
  5. Sarah [b 1833] who was a power loom weaver [1851]
  6. Jane [b 1835] who was a power loom weaver [1851]
  7. William

They lived at

  • Lower Naze Bottom, Stansfield [1841]
  • Lydgate, Stansfield [1851, 1861]
  • 58 Lydgate, Stansfield [1871]

Living with them [in 1841] were Betty Judson [b  1825], Hannah Crabtree [b 1818] & Ruth Crabtree [b  1841].

John died 12th July 1851 (aged 52).

Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £450.

Probate was granted to his children Ann Hodgson & William Judson

Members of the family were buried at Lineholme Baptist Church, Stansfield: Mary [4th March 1849]; John [16th July 1851]

Judson, JohnRef 368-359
[18??-1???] He married Johanna, daughter of Abraham Crabtree

Children:

  1. Ada who married James Law

Judson, JohnRef 368-178
[1801-18??] He was a weaver [1841] / a cotton power loom weaver [1851] / a cotton weaver [1861, 1871].

He married Hannah [1804-18??].

Children:

  1. Barbara [b 1828] who married John Marsden
  2. James [b 1830]
  3. Thomas [b 1832]
  4. Jonathan [b 1834]
  5. Sarah [b 1836]
  6. John [b 1839]
  7. Nimrod
  8. Joseph [b 1849] who married Maria [b 1849] & lived  at 10 Fallbarn Terrace, Rawtonstall, Newchurch, Lancashire [1871]

The family lived at

  • New Lay, Stansfield [1841]
  • Carr, Cowpe, Lancashire [1851]
  • Hall Carr, Haslingden, Lancs [1861]
  • 10 Fallbarn Terrace, Rawtonstall, Newchurch, Lancashire [1871]

Living with them [in 1841] were Sally Judson [b 1814], and 3 children Hannah Judson [b 1833], James Judson [b 1838] & Sarah Judson (aged 5 month).

Living with them [in 1851] was grandson Emmanuel Judson [b  1848].

Living with them [in 1861] was granddaughter Sarah Jane Marsden [b 1854]

Judson, JohnRef 368-45
[1827-19??] Son of Thomas Judson.

Born in Heptonstall.

He was a farmer of 20 acres [1881] / a farmer [1891] / a dairy farmer [1911].

He never married.

He lived at

  • Lower Fold, Heptonstall [1891]
  • Lands Farm, Blackshaw [1911]

Living with him [in 1891, 1901, 1911] were his sister Susannah Rawsthorn & family

Judson, JohnRef 368-149
[1828-1874] Son of James Judson.

Born in Stansfield.

He was a tailor of Stansfield [1854] / a grocer [1870] / inn keeper of the Friendly Inn, Todmorden [1871] / a tailor [1874].

On 30th October 1854, he married Betty Crossley [1831-1???].


Betty, of Stansfield, was born in Todmorden, the daughter of Robert Crossley, spinner
 

Children:

  1. Lambert
  2. James Crossley (Judson) [b 1855]
  3. Sutcliffe
  4. Mary Hannah [b 1860]
  5. Peter [1866-1899] who was buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone
  6. Ernest [b 1870]

They lived at

  • 8 Barker Street, Harley Bank, Todmorden [1874, 1881]
  • 10 Barker Street, Harley Bank, Todmorden [1911]

John died 1st December 1874.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £800.

Administration was granted to his widow Betty

Judson, JohnRef 368-136
[1829-1???] Son of James Judson.

Born at Spinks Hill, Heptonstall [14th November 1829].

He was a cotton power loom weaver [1861].

He married Betty [1831-1???].

Children:

  1. Sarah [b 1850] who married [7th November 1874] Thomas  Greenwood
  2. James [b 1852]

The family lived at Halstead Green, Heptonstall [1861].

Living with them [in 1861] was John's widowed mother Olive [b 1800]

Judson, JosephRef 368-158
[1806-1888] He was a weaver of Heptonstall [1825] / a worsted weaver [1841] / a weaver [1851] / a cotton weaver [1861] / a labourer [1871] / a farm labourer [1881].

On 29th December 1825, he married Sally Gill.


Sally came from Stansfield.

She was a bread baker [1851, 1861]

 

Children:

  1. Thomas
  2. Mary [b 1829]
  3. Joseph
  4. John [b 1840]
  5. Elizabeth [b 1844]

They lived at Broadstone, Heptonstall [1841-1881].

Living with them [in 1841] were Joseph's mother Betty Judson [b 1774] (pauper).

Living with them [in 1851] were mother Betty Judson [b 1774] and grandsons Charles Judson [b 1846] & William Judson [b 1850].

Betty died February 1852 (aged 78).

She was buried [12th February 1852].

Living with the widowed Joseph [in 1861] were grandsons Charles Judson [b 1846] & William Judson [b  1850].

Living with them [in 1871] were widowed son Joseph [b 1833] and his daughters Betty [b 1856] & Sally [b 1863], and grandson William Judson [b 1851].

Joseph died in 1888 (aged 82) 

Judson, JosephRef 368-4
[1829-1909] Son of Thomas Judson.

He was a weaver of Great House, Colden [1852] / a cotton power loom weaver [1861].

On 12th April 1852, he married Mary Helliwell [1831-1901].


Mary, a winder of Higher Edge, Hey Green, Heptonstall, was the daughter of William Helliwell, farmer
 

Children:

  1. Ellis
  2. Betty/Mary [b 1857]
  3. Thomas [b 1870]

The family lived at

  • Colden, Heptonstall [1861]
  • Highgate, Heptonstall [1871, 1881, 1891, 1901]

Mary died in 1901 (aged 70).

Joseph died in 1909 (aged 80) 

Judson, JosephRef 368-163
[1834-1892] Son of Joseph Judson.

Born in Heptonstall.

He was a weaver of Broadstone, Heptonstall [1854].

On 9th December 1854, he married Elizabeth Thomas [1835-1???].


Elizabeth, a weaver of Cally Hall, Stansfield, was born in Heptonstall, the daughter of Richard Thomas, weaver.

She was a weaver [1861]

 

Children:

  1. Charles
  2. William [b 1850]
  3. Betty [b 1856]
  4. Sally [b 1863]

The Judson family lived at Broadstone, Heptonstall [1841-1881]

Judson, LambertRef 368-151
[1855-1919] Son of John Judson.

He was a cotton weaver [1901, 1911].

He married Frances T. [1857-19??].


Frances was born in Bideford
 

Children:

  1. Abraham [b 1887] who was a cotton weaver [1901]

They lived at

  • 8 Austin Street, Habergham Eaves, Lancashire [1891]
  • 53 Every Street, Burnley [1901]

In 1911, Lambert was living with his mother at 10 Barker Street, Todmorden.

Lambert of 13 Florence Street, Burnley died 14th February 1919. Probate records show that he left effects valued at £512 13/11d.

Probate was granted to Frank Crossley (manufacturer) 

Judson, MiltonRef 368-98
[1893-19??] Son of Thomas Judson.

Born in Nelson, Lancashire.

In 1910, he married either Mary Ellen Brown or Lillie Hartley

Judson, NimrodRef 368-179
[1841-1910] Son of John Judson.

Born in Stansfield.

He was a weaver [1871, 1891] / a cotton weaver [1901].

In 1864, he married Susannah Lister [1843-1???] at Haslingden, Lancashire.

Children:

  1. John William [b 1862] who married and was widowed by 1911
  2. Betsy A. [b 1865]
  3. James [b 1867]
  4. Thomas [b 1871]
  5. Mary Elizabeth / Lizzie [b 1880]
  6. Edith Alice [b 1882]

The family lived at

  • Alma Cottages, Coupe, Lench, Lancashire [1871]
  • 29 Fallbarn, Newchurch, Rawtonstall [1891]
  • Bacup Road, Rawtonstall, Lancashire [1901]
  • 121 Fallbarn Terrace, Rawtonstall [1911]

Living with them [in 1901] was grandson (son of John WilliamWilliam Judson [b 1889].

Nimrod died in 1910 (aged 68).

Living with the widowed Susannah [in 1911] were unmarried daughter Lizzie, and widowed son John William & his son William Judson [b 1889]

Judson, RichardRef 368-167
[1854-1930] Born in Cornholme.

He was a cotton weaver [1901].

In 1881, he married Susannah Mitchell [1856-1937] in Todmorden.


Susannah was born in Cornholme
 

Children:

  1. Edgar
  2. Mary [b 1886] who was a cotton weaver [1901]
  3. Allen [b 1890]

They lived at 866 Burnley Road, Todmorden [1901]

Judson, RobertRef 368-9
[1846-1???] Born in Todmorden.

He was a cotton weaver [1881, 1891].

Around 1872, he married Martha [1847-1???].


Martha was born in Stansfield.

She was a cotton weaver [1881]

 

Children:

  1. Ernest
  2. Emily [b 1880]
  3. Amy [b 1884]

They lived at 2 Albion Place, Langfield [1881, 1891]

Judson, SquireRef 368-9000
[1850-1905] Son of William Judson.

Born in Sowerby.

He was a dyer [1871] / a corn miller [1881, 1891] / an insurance agent [1901].

He helped form the Sowerby Division Labour Representatives Association and the Sowerby Division Independent Labour Party.

In 1874, he married Mary Grace Hitchen [1852-1919] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Adelaide [b 1875] who was a woollen weaver [1891], a  woollen blanket weaver [1901], a carpet ringer/fringer [1911]
  2. Arnold [b 1879] who was a woollen spinner [1891], a  shoemaker [1901]
  3. Herbert [b 1881] who was a woollen spinner [1891], a  labourer (mattress works) [1901], a cloth miller [1911]
  4. Philip Edward [b 1888] who was a woollen spinner [1901],  a pianoforte maker [1911]
  5. Annie [b 1892] who was a carpet ringer/fringer [1911]

The family lived at

  • Hubberton House, Sowerby [1881]
  • 12 Industrial Road, Sowerby Bridge, Warley [1891]
  • 22 Lord Street, Sowerby Bridge [1901]
  • 2 Annie Street, Sowerby Bridge [1911]

On 6th February 1905, he was collecting insurance premiums in Greetland when he fell and broke a rib which pierced his lungs. He died later that week.

He was buried at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery [14th February 1905]

Judson, SutcliffeRef 368-148
[1858-1929] Son of John Judson.

He was a cotton weaver [1901, 1911].

In 1898, he married Emma Fielden [1865-1937].

Children:

  1. John [b 1900]
  2. Grace [b 1901]

The family lived at

  • 24 Boardman Street, Harley Wood, Todmorden [1901]
  • 14 Barker Street, Todmorden [1911]
  • 8 Barker Street, Todmorden [1929]

Living with them [in 1901] was boarder Sarah A. Judson [b  1877].

Sutcliffe died at Stansfield View Infirmary, Todmorden [28th January 1929] (aged 70).

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £471 5/10d.

Probate was granted to his widow Emma & Frank Crossley (manufacturer).

Emma died in Todmorden [Q4 1937] (aged 73) 

Judson, ThomasRef 368-42
[17??-18??]

He married Betty [17??-18??].

Children:

  1. Mally [b Feb 1798]
  2. James [b Mar 1800]
  3. Thomas
  4. Betty [b Jun 1809]

The children were born in Colden

Judson, ThomasRef 368-43
[1802-1875] Son of Thomas Judson.

Born in Colden [November 1802].

He was a weaver [1841, 1851, 1852] / a farmer of 20 acres [1861, 1871].

On 8th May 1823, he married Susan Sunderland [1805-1869].

Children:

  1. John
  2. Joseph
  3. Ambrose
  4. Sally [b 1838]
  5. David
  6. Susannah [b 1848] who was a dairy maid [1881] & married  Richard Rawsthorn

They lived at

  • Colden [1841]
  • Colden, Heptonstall [1851]
  • Rodmer Clough, Stansfield [1861, 1871, 1875, 1881]

Susannah died in 1869 (aged 64).

Thomas died in 1875 (aged 72), and was buried 4th May 1875.

The children stayed on a Rodmer Clough.

Living with children John & Susannah [in 1881] was niece Ada Judson [b 1877]

Judson, ThomasRef 368-3
[1826-1892] Son of Joseph Judson.

He was labourer of Broadstone [1853] / a game keeper [1861, 1871].

On 23rd October 1853, he married Hannah Greenwood [1829-1???].


Hannah of Higher Edge Hey Green, Heptonstall, was the daughter of William Greenwood, butter merchant
 

Children:

  1. Joseph [b 1849] – born out-of-wedlock [?]
  2. Sarah [b 1854]
  3. Elizabeth [b 1856]

They lived at Raistrick Greave, Heptonstall [1861, 1871].

A Thomas Judson died in Todmorden [Q3 1892] (aged 65) 

Judson, ThomasRef 368-93
[1860-1903] He was a weaver [1891] / a farmer/cotton weaver [1901].

He married Elizabeth [1857-1???].

Children:

  1. Ernest
  2. Milton
  3. Beatrice [b Nelson, Lancashire 1896]
  4. Lois Alice Victoria [b Heptonstall 1897]
  5. who married [1920] James Greenwood

They lived at

  • High Street, Stansfield [1881]
  • 88 Southfield Street, Great Marsden, Lancashire [1891]
  • Hudson Fold, Heptonstall [1901]

Thomas died in 1903 (aged 43) 

Judson, ThomasRef 368-2
[1882-1918] Son of Susannah & Richard Rawsthorn.

He lived at Winters Farm, Blackshaw Head.

During World War I, and he served as a Private with the 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.

He died in France [23rd March 1918] (aged 36).

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 2 & 3]. Probate records show that he left effects valued at £574 17/-.

Administration was granted to Ann, wife of James Greenwood

Judson, WilfredRef 368-65
[1902-1980] Born in Todmorden. He attended Todmorden Grammar School. He gained BA and MA at Manchester University. In 1923 he emigrated to Canada.

He taught Latin in Toronto. Later, he attended Osgoode Hall Law School. In 1932, he was called to the bar and practised law in Toronto for 19 years. In 1951, he was appointed to the High Court of Justice of Ontario in 1951. In 1958, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada. He retired in 1977

Judson, WilliamRef 368-7
[1802-1857] Born in Stansfield,

He was a journeyman silk twister [1857].

On 26th November 1820, he married Mary Butterworth [1803-18??] at Heptonstall Church.


Mary was born in Oldham
 

Children:

  1. William
  2. Jane [b Todmorden 1828; d Sowerby December 1889] who had  an illegitimate daughter Emma [b 1849] & married Bates Broadbent
  3. Susannah & David Broadbent
  4. Greenwood [b Todmorden 1835; d 14th January 1893]
  5. Mary Ellen [b Sowerby 1840] who married James Holt
  6. Thomas [b Sowerby 1844]

They lived at Style in Sowerby.

William died in Sowerby [8th January 1857].

He was buried at St Mary's Church, Cottonstones [13th January 1857]. Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £50

Judson, WilliamRef 368-7690
[1823-18??] Son of William Judson.

Born in Stansfield.

He was a railway stoker [1851].

On 2nd February 1846, he married Susan Kershaw [1827-1903] in Bradford.


Susan was born in Sowerby, the daughter of Squire Kershaw.

She was a dressmaker [1871]

 

Children:

  1. Alfred
  2. Thomas [1848-1877]
  3. Squire
  4. William [b 1853] who was a worsted singer [1871]
  5. Edward [b 1855] who was a wool washer [1871]
  6. Mary Ann [b 1856]
  7. Elizabeth or Susan [1859-1927]

They lived at

  • 29 Stile, Sowerby [1851]
  • Stile, Sowerby [1861, 1871]

The Pontefract Sessions [8th April 1861] record that


William deserted his family
 

Living with the widowed Susan [in 1861] was daughter Susan [born 1860 in Liverpool]. In 1871, the child was listed as Elizabeth [born 1860 in Liverpool] and was a worsted spinner

Judson, WilliamRef 368-130
[1838-1905] Son of John Judson.

He was a blacksmith [1851] / an engine tenter (living at Saville Street, Newton Heath, Manchester)   [1861] / a blacksmith [1871, 1873, 1881, 1891] / a retired blacksmith [1901].

On 21st July 1873, he married Ellen Smith [1841-1???].


Ellen, of Sowerby, was the daughter of Charles Smith, weaver.

She probably had an illegitimate son: Fred Smith [b 1870] who was a shuttle maker [1891, 1905]

 

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 1875] who was an apprentice dressmaker [1891],  a dressmaker [1898] & married Walter Clegg
  2. John [b 1878] who was an iron moulder [1901, 1905]

They lived at

  • 62 Lydgate, Stansfield [1881]
  • 2 Knotts Road, Fern Hill, Todmorden [1891]
  • 4 Knotts Road, Fern Hill, Todmorden [1901, 1905]

Living with them [in 1881, 1891] was boarder John Robert Holt [b 1858] (warehouseman).

William died 29th September 1905.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £1,749 1/-.

Probate was granted to Fred Smith, John Judson, and Walter Clegg

Judson, WilliamRef 368-147
[1858-1912] Born in Heptonstall.

He was a cotton weaver [1881].

In [Q4] 1880, he married Sarah Thomas [1859-1921] in Halifax.


Sarah was born in Blackshaw, Stansfield, the daughter of
Gill Thomas.

She was a cotton operative [1881, 1891].

In 1911, she was listed as crippled.

In 1915, an obituary for son William Thomas records that Sarah had been bedridden for 17 years

 

Children:

  1. Bertha [1882-1951] who was a let? tenter (cotton mill)   [1901] & married Jonathan Eastwood Horsfall
  2. William Thomas

The family lived at

  • 5 Lee Street, Stansfield [1881]
  • 53 Blind Lane, Stansfield (Sarah & Bertha living  alone; son William was living with his Thomas  grandparents) [1891]
  • 4 Albert Street, Todmorden (Sarah & the children) [1901]
  • 64 Albert Terrace, Todmorden (Sarah was living alone)   [1904]
  • 64 Albert Terrace, Todmorden (Sarah living with daughter  Bertha & family) [1911]

An advertisement in the Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [12th September 1890] suggests that William may have left the family in 1890:


I, William Judson, of Harley House Yard, will not be responsible for any debt or debts my wife, Sarah Judson, may contract after this date [September 13th, 1890]
 

Judson, William ThomasRef 368-102
[1888-1915] Son of William Judson.

Born in Todmorden [Q2 1888].

He was living at 1 Greenhirst Hey, Stansfield (with his Thomas  grandparents) [1891] / a cotton operative [1904] / a shunter on railway for L&Y [1911] / a spinner at Woodhouse Mill [1912].

He made several attempts to join the services:

  1. He enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery in Manchester [11th June 1904]; he was 16 years old but claimed to be 18. He was discharged on the 6th July 1904 on payment of £10.

  2. He enlisted in the Royal Navy [January 1906]. Again, he lied about his age and £24 was paid to buy him out of the Navy [December 1907].

  3. He left his job at Woodhouse Mill to join the Rochdale Police [1912]

In [Q1] 1911, he married Louisa Procter [1889-1954] in Burnley.


Louisa was born in Todmorden.

She was a winder in cotton mill [1911] / a bobbin winder for Mons Mill Company at Burnley Road, Todmorden [1921]

 

Child: Wilfred [b 1914]

The family lived at

  • 63 Cromwell Street, Burnley (boarding with the Russell  family)) [1911]
  • 64 Burnley Road, Todmorden (Louisa & Wilfred  living with her brother-in-law Jonathan Eastwood Horsfall  [1921]

During World War I, William enlisted [September 1914] and served as a Guardsman with the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards.

He went to France [July 1915].

He died 28th September 1915.

The Todmorden & District News [29th October 1915] reported his death with a photograph


Lance Corporal William Thomas Judson, 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards, was killed in action in France on the 28th September, aged 27.

He left a widow and one child (aged 1 year & 4 months).

His invalid mother has been bedfast (bedridden) for 17 years

 

He was buried at Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos, France [Grave Ref IV A 19].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Surname

Judson surnameRef 368-1
Entries for people with the surname Judson are discussed in this SideTrack. Other forms of the surname are not included here.



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