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The court was popularly known as Jackson's Court for him
Children:
He married Emma.
Children:
In Spring 1873, the couple separated by mutual agreement.
Emma was to receive 25/- per week and was allowed to see the
children at specified times.
In September 1874, he
Hannah Dodgson (his domestic servant),
and her sisters Mary Jane Taylor,
and
Alice Dodgson, of Warley
were charged with having (on 22nd August 1874) severely
assaulted Emma.
On 20th August 1873, when the children came to visit Emma,
they were in a very dirty state, and she took them home and the
couple parted amicably.
When she took the children home the following week, Emma
entered by the back door and her husband used violent language and
pulled her hair and struck her on the face.
Hannah Dodgson swore at her and ordered Emma out of
doors.
The other 2 women set up Emma and tore her jewellery and her
clothing, and forced her head through a window, trying to break her
back.
Jackson was sent to prison for 6 months' with hard
labour, Hannah Dodgson was sent to prison for 2 months' with
hard labour, and the other 2 women were each fined £5 plus 12/6d
During World War I,
he served as a Gunner
with the 3rd Siege Battery
Royal Garrison Artillery.
He died 19th February 1919 (aged 32).
He was buried at Christ Church, Todmorden
[East Part].
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
He was Secretary of Bottoms Primitive Methodist Sunday School, Walsden.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 14th Battalion
Highland Light Infantry.
He died 20th January 1917 (aged 26).
He was buried at Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, France [Grave Ref II L 41].
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
Born in Northowram.
He was
a weaver of 10 Stoney Royd Terrace [1887] /
a tobacconist & cloth weaver [1891] /
a wholesale & retail tobacconist (own account) [1901] /
a tobacconist (own account) [1911].
In 1887, he married Jane Wood [1866-19??] at All Saints' Church, Dudwell.
Children:
The family lived at
Born in Wadsworth.
He was
a member of Birchcliffe Baptist Sunday School, Hebden Bridge /
a fustian cutter [1911] /
employed by Edward Greenwood & Sons.
During World War I,
he enlisted in Hebden Bridge [5th May 1915], and
served as a Private
with the 10th Battalion
Royal Fusiliers.
He was wounded in the neck by shrapnel [1st July 1916].
He was killed in action [29th September 1917].
He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref LII H 1],
and on the Memorial at Birchcliffe Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge.
His photograph appears with a report of his death in the Halifax Courier [13th October 1917]
Born in Littleborough.
Her mother was the daughter of Zachariah Jackson.
In 1870, Alice married Michael Uttley,
landlord of the Rose & Crown, Castle Street, Todmorden.
Annetta also used the surname Uttley
Michael Uttley died 6th April 1922.
After his death Annetta ran the Rose & Crown until 1932.
Annetta died 21st October 1933.
Probate records show that she left effects valued at £439 1/11d.
Probate was granted to
Leah Cockcroft (wife of James William Cockcroft), and
half-brother Herbert Uttley.
Alice, Michael & Annetta were all buried at St
James's Church, Calderbrook:
Annetta [24th October 1933]
During World War I,
served as a Pioneer
with the 68th Signal Company
Royal Engineers.
He died 1st November 1918.
He was buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland
[258].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland
He married Eliza [1869-19??] from Newark
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 9th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was killed in action [25th April 1917].
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France
and on the family grave at Lumbutts United Methodist Free Chapel.
During World War I,
he served as a Gunner
with A Battery
69th Brigade
Royal Field Artillery.
He died of pneumonia in Egypt on the journey from India [27th November 1919] (aged 23).
He was buried at Port Said War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt [Grave Ref P 2].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Halifax Building Society
He was a confectioner [1891, 1901, 1911].
In [Q2] 1901, he married Susan Bancroft in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at 10 Milton Street, Halifax [1911]
During World War I,
he served as a Staff Sergeant
with the Royal Army Service Corps.
He died 24th February 1919.
He married Annie Elizabeth.
They lived at 27 Shann Street, Bolton Woods, Bradford.
He was buried at Church of the Holy Trinity, Queensbury
[I 2 South-west part]
Born in Mirfield [16th December 1830].
Baptised at Mirfield Church [16th January 1831].
He was
an architect /
articled to Charles Child [1845] /
partner in Jackson & Fox /
an ecclesiastical surveyor for the diocese of Wakefield /
a member of the Probity [No 61] Masonic Lodge /
churchwarden at Halifax Parish Church [1867-1883] /
a private in the Halifax Volunteers [1859] /
a Major in the Halifax Volunteers [1883]
He designed and/or worked on
the Alexandra Hall, Halifax,
extensions to the Halifax Infirmary,
Halifax Municipal Technical College,
the Percival Whitley College of Further Education,
and
St George's Church, Ovenden.
In [Q2] 1857, he married (1) Mary Alice Arrowsmith [1832-1887]
in Leigh, Lancashire.
Mary Alice died in 1887.
In [Q2] 1889, he married (2) Rose Alexina Suter in Leeds.
The family lived at
He died at Halifax [26th November 1912]
She was
a cotton weaver [1861] /
landlady at the Bird-i-th-Hand, Warland [1900].
In 1865, after a 30-year courtship, she married Robert Fielden, landlord of the Bird-i-th-Hand, Warland.
After Robert's death, Betty too over at
the Bird-i-th-Hand until her death in 1903.
Living with Betty at the Bird-i-th-Hand were her
brother Martin and his family.
Betty was buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden
After Betty's death, Martin took over at the
Bird-i-th-Hand
He was a dye house labourer [1888].
On 4th July 1863, he married (1) Mary Ann Whiteley [1844-1888] in Halifax.
Children:
Mary Ann died in 1888.
On 22nd September 1888, he married (2) Sarah Ann Clayton [1850-1924] at St Anne's Church, Southowram.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with the widowed Sarah Ann [in 1911] were Willie Clayton and family
Headmaster of Heath Grammar School [1730-1731].
He resigned in 1731
Son of Rev Robert Jackson, Rector of Adel.
He was Lord of Shipley [?].
In 1753, he was nominated a Governor of Heath Grammar School, but
declined the offer.
In 1762, he was a Trustee for implementing the Halifax Waterworks Act.
The family lived at
In January 1744, he married Judith Prescott.
Children:
He was a subscriber to the publication of Watson's History
Or Cyrill.
Son of Dr Cyril Jackson.
He (possibly) attended Heath Grammar School.
and Manchester Grammar School.
He was tutor to the Prince of Wales and the Duke of
York.
He was Dean of Christ Church, Oxford [1783-1809].
He went to live in Sussex.
He died unmarried
He lived at Prospect Villas, Illingworth [1905]
Born in Middleton, Lancashire.
He was
a draper [1873, 1881] /
a wholesale line merchant [1901] /
a manufacturer [1919].
On 10th June 1873, he married Charlotte Kershaw at St Martin's Church, Brighouse.
Children:
The family lived at Church Lane, Brighouse [1919].
Son Bernard was buried at Brighouse Cemetery
Born in Luddenden.
He was
educated at Sowerby Bridge & Halifax Tech /
a member of United Methodist Chapel, Midgley, Choir & Young Men's Class /
an under clerk for a tanner & curer [1911] /
a clerk for Godfrey Rhodes & Evans.
He lived with his parents at 23 Thorney Lane, Midgley.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 9th Battalion
(Glasgow Highland)
Highland Light Infantry.
He was wounded in September 1917, and hospitalised in a Newport
hospital, and again in June 1918.
He sustained severe shell wounds from which he died
[30th September 1918].
His photograph appears with a report of his death in the Halifax Courier [12th October 1918].
He was buried at Thilloy Road Cemetery, Beaulencourt, France [Grave Ref D 6].
He is remembered on Luddenden & Midgley War Memorial.
She married Nathan Whitley.
After her husband's death, she carried on the business at Whitley & Booth
He was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Location unknown]
Son of Harry Percy Jackson.
Born 18th June 1891.
During World War I,
he served with 64th Remount Squadron
Royal Army Service Corps.
He died at Catterick Military Camp, North Yorkshire [25th February 1919] (aged 28).
He was buried at Coley Church
in the family grave [1 Y 29].
He is remembered on Coley War Memorial.
His brother John Theodore also died in the War
He lived at
During World War I,
he enlisted in Edinburgh, and
served as a Private
/ signaller
with the 9th Battalion
Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment).
He was killed in action [23rd April 1917].
His photograph appears with a report of his death in the Halifax Courier [2nd June 1917].
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 1 & 2]
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Northumberland Fusiliers.
He died 11th April 1918.
He is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 2],
in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Oddfellows' Hall, Todmorden
In [Q3] 1865, he married Hannah Oldfield [1841-1903] in
Halifax.
George died before 1903.
Hannah was buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse
He was a stock keeper in a fustian warehouse [1889].
On 20th April 1889, he married Mary Hannah Greenwood [1865-1912] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at 35 High Street, Hebden Bridge, [1911]
Born in Halifax.
He was
a boiler maker of Boothtown [1893] /
a welded boiler maker [1901].
He married Sarah Shackleton [1872-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Much of his work – and that of his son, Harry Percy – can be found in local churches.
See
Albert Baldwin and
Jackson of Coley
He followed his father into the family wood-carving business at Coley.
He was a keen photographer.
In 1922, he emigrated to America, returning 3 years later when his
father became ill.
In America, he travelled widely and had various jobs, including work
as a film extra on Sea Hawk and The life of Abraham
Lincoln.
In 1926, he travelled to Canada, returning in 1928 when his father
was again ill.
He then carried on working in the family wood-carving business.
He and his father did much work in the district and in other parts of
the country.
In 1929, he married Florence Lillian Stevenson.
See
Jackson of Coley
On 6th June 1820, he married Grace Charnock.
He was buried at Heptonstall [12th June 1841].
On 21st November 1848, Grace married (2) William Roper
of Halifax
Baptised at St John the Baptist, Coley [30th January 1858]
In [Q3] 1899, he married Eliza Jane Broadbent [1874-19??].
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 10th Battalion
Royal Fusiliers.
He died 4th October 1917 (aged 19).
He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 28-30, 162-162A & 163A],
and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
He was a cotton weaver of Stovey Lane, Charlestown, Hebden Bridge
[1909].
On 20th July 1909, he married Edith Alice Egerton [1881-19??]
at York Street Wesleyan Methodist Church, Todmorden
He married Catherine.
They lived at 9 Lane Court, Bonegate, Brighouse.
During World War I,
he served as a Stoker 1st Class
with the Royal Navy
aboard the destroyer HMS Contest.
He was lost [18th September 1917] (aged 26)
when his ship was torpedoed by German Submarine U-106 and sank.
He is remembered on the Plymouth Naval Memorial [Grave Ref 22]
He was a painter.
In [Q3] 1907, he married Mary Anna Davis
in Salford, Lancashire.
They lived at 68 Haugh Shaw Road, King Cross, Halifax.
During World War I,
he served as a Gunner
with the 289th Siege Battery
Royal Garrison Artillery.
He was killed in action [29th September 1917] (aged 32).
He was buried at Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref III E 17].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He lived in Scarborough and Newcastle before coming to Brighouse.
He was a stuff presser [1901], dyer's cloth presser [1935].
In 1893, he married Mary Swinhoe from Newcastle.
Children:
The family lived at
Recorded in 1936, when
she was proprietor of Bancroft's Confectioners
He was a woollen finisher [1894].
On 18th April 1894, he married Elizabeth Keys [1871-19??] at Christ Church, Todmorden.
Children:
The family lived at
He was a carter (corn handler) [1911].
On 7th June 1905, he married Catherine (Kate) Corcoran [1881-1918] at Halifax Register Office.
Children:
They lived at 1 Chapel Fold, Woolshops, Halifax [1911].
During World War I,
he enlisted [17th July 1916] in Halifax, and
he served as a Private
with the 1st/6th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment),
and later transferred to the Labour Corps.
Catherine died of TB in the Union Workhouse Halifax [Q2 1918] (aged 35).
James was discharged from the Army [26th July 1919] as
and committed to Storthes Hall Asylum with General Paralysis.
He died at Storthes Hall [17th October 1920].
He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [Grave Ref: C C 133].
James Parker of Firth House Farm, Barkisland was awarded
34/- a week as guardian of the 3 boys
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 143rd Company
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).
He died 26th August 1917 (aged 37).
He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 154-159 & 163A],
and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
He was
Mayor of Todmorden [1933-1934]
He established Jeremiah Jackson & Sons.
He married Unknown.
Children:
Son of Jeremiah Jackson, mechanic.
He was a mechanic [1845].
On 8th February 1845, he married Grace Halstead [1817-1880] at
Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
He was employed by Abraham Robertshaw & Sons.
During World War I,
he served as a Rifleman
with the 16th Battalion
King's Royal Rifle Corps.
He was killed in action [28th January 1916] (aged 21).
He is remembered on the Loos Memorial, France [Grave Ref 101 & 102],
on Luddendenfoot War Memorial,
on a memorial in St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd,
and in the book Royd Regeneration.
Third son of William Jackson.
Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [January 1690].
He was schoolmaster at Northowram.
Around 1721, he married Unknown.
Children:
The couple were buried at Heywood's Chapel:
His wife [26th May 1729];
John [16th April 1730]
Pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge [1821-1833]
He married Sarah [1788-1837].
Children:
John died 13th June 1833.
Sarah died 30th April 1837.
The family grave lies in the yard of the Bridge End Sunday School, Rastrick
On 11th March 1848, he married Elizabeth Hallawell at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Members of the family were buried at St George's Church, Sowerby
He was
a cotton spinner employing 61 hands [1861] /
a bookkeeper [1871].
On 3rd February 1855, he married Lydia Carter [1815-1875] at
Halifax Parish Church.
They had no children.
John was living with his grandmother Lydia
and Samuel Haigh, at New Mill, Erringden [1841], and with
George Hinchliffe and family [1851]
The family lived at
The couple were buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby:
John [31st October 1872];
Lydia [30th January 1875]
He was a weaver of Wadsworth [1856].
In 1856, he married Sarah Ann Sutcliffe at Halifax Parish Church.
During World War II,
he served as a Flying Officer
with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
He died 2nd April 1945 (aged 21).
He is remembered on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey [Grave Ref 267]
On 29th October 1840, he married Ann Freeman by licence at St
Anne's Church, Southowram.
Witnesses to the marriage were Ann's siblings Hanson
and Margaret Matilda Freeman
They had no children.
They lived at
John died in 1850.
In 1862, Ann married George Anderton JP of Cleckheaton.
Living with the widowed Ann – proprietor of land and
houses – in 1861, was her sister Charlotte.
Ann died at Liversedge in 1864
John Hughlings Jackson, the neurologist, was born in Harrogate
and was educated at several places in Yorkshire, including Longfield Academy, Halifax, and in Gloucestershire, before going to York
Medical & Surgical School and St Bartholomew's Hospital,
London
Born in Brighouse.
During World War I,
he was called up [6th October 1916], and
served as a Private
with the 3rd/6th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He committed suicide at Clipstone Camp, Nottinghamshire by cutting
his throat [13th October 1916] (aged 23).
He was buried at Coley Church
in the family grave [1 Y 29].
He is remembered on Coley War Memorial.
His brother Eugene Alexander Watkin also died in the War
On 9th July 1804, he married (1) Mary Hoyle [1786-1822] in Halifax.
Children:
Mary died 7th July 1822 (aged 36).
On 3rd August 1823, he married (2) Grace Maud [1782-1830] in Halifax.
Grace died 29th April 1830 (aged 48).
Jonas died 11th February 1833 (aged 53).
Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: J13]
In October 1828, he was declared bankrupt
He was
a cloth miller /
a fulling miller [1881].
He married Sally [1829-1???].
Children:
The family lived at Barkisland Village [1881].
Living with them [in 1881], was granddaughter Alberta Jackson
[b 1878]
He married Elizabeth [1719-1787].
Children:
Members of the family were buried at Halifax Parish Church
The epitaph on the memorial
in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in
the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions
Baptised at St John the Baptist, Coley [9th February 1817]
Born at East Summit, Walsden.
He was
landlord of the Dog & Partridge, Lumbutts [early 1890s] /
lock keeper at Longlees Lock, Todmorden [1883] /
publican at the Dog & Partridge, Lumbutts [1891].
After sister Betty's death in 1903, Martin he
took over as
landlord of the Bird-i-th-Hand, Warland [1903, 1917].
He lived at East Summit Lock House, Blatchinworth with Calderbrook
[1881].
Living with him [in 1881] were sister Susannah Jackson [aged
23] (cotton weaver), widowed sister Mally Hollinrake [aged 27]
(housekeeper) and nephew Herbert Uttley [aged 2].
In 1883, he married Alice, daughter James Bulcock, at
Christ Church, Todmorden.
Children:
After Martin's death in 1917, Alice took over at the
Bird-i-th-Hand.
In 1919, Alice married Fred Fielden at Todmorden.
Fred took over at the Bird-i-th-Hand [1922].
After Fred's death, Alice carried on at the
Bird-i-th-Hand until her own death in 1935.
The Jackson family continued at the Bird-i-th-Hand
until 1965.
Living with the family at Lumbutts [in 1891] was
sister-in-law Alice Jackson [aged 31].
Martin & Alice were buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden.
After Alice's death, her son James took over
at the Bird-i-th-Hand
He was
weaver of Santher? House in Wadsworth [1841] /
a hand loom weaver (worsted) [1851].
In 1841, he married Grace Nutter at Heptonstall Church.
In 1841, they were living with Grace's parents
The family lived at 3 Seed Hill, Wadsworth [1851]
Born in Halifax [Q1 1895].
He was
a member of St Augustine's Church, Pellon & Choir /
a moulder (iron foundry) [1911] /
employed by Wade Manufacturing Company Limited.
During World War I,
he enlisted
with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
[1915], then
served as a Private
with the 43rd Company
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).
He died in No.3 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station of severe shrapnel
wounds to the legs [25th August 1917] (aged 22).
He was buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref XVIII D 19].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Saint Augustine's Church, Pellon.
His brother Walter Jesse also died in the War
He was buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby
[11th February 1729].
See
Elkanah Horton
He was a farmer [1857].
He married (1) Unknown.
Children:
He married (2) Unknown.
Children:
Jane, of Copley Hall, was born in Congleton, Cheshire, the
daughter of Philip Wood, gardener
Susan was the daughter of James Bancroft
Mary Alice was the daughter of Robert Arrowsmith of
Astley, Lancashire
Rose Alexina was the daughter of Alexander Suter
Mary Ann was born in Elland
Sarah Ann was born in Southowram
Charlotte was the daughter of Lister Kershaw
On Saturday last Elizabeth Jackson, a nymph of the pave, was
committed for one month as a vagrant, for being drunk and disorderly
in a public street
Mary Hannah was born in Hebden Bridge
Sarah, of Boothtown Road, was the daughter of John Shackleton
Grace was the daughter of Rev Joseph Charnock
Eliza Jane came from Norland
Edith Alice, of 28 Garden Street, Todmorden, was the daughter
of Joseph Egerton, tailor
Elizabeth was born in Stainland
physically unfit for War Service
Grace, of Langfield, was the daughter of William
Halstead, butcher
Elizabeth was the daughter of Edmund Hallawell
Sarah Ann was the daughter of William Sutcliffe
Ann was the daughter of Samuel Freeman.
Sarah came from Wales, and her father John Hughlings
was Collector of Excise for Halifax, and lived at Northowram.
Sarah's brother Henry (Harry) Hughlings lived all his
life in Halifax, and was a colonial land agent for various parts of
the British Empire, especially New New Zealand to where several of
the Jackson family emigrated
Sally was born in Shaw, Lancashire
He lived in 3 centuries and five reigns