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He was
a potter of Woodman House, Elland [1890] /
a potter [1891] /
a farmer [1901] /
a dairy farmer [1911].
On 9th April 1890, he married Mary Peel [1866-1???].
The family lived at
Allan died in 1929 (aged 64).
He was buried 2nd April 1929.
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Born in Elland [13th June 1889].
He was
a member of Elland Primitive Methodist Sunday School /
a labourer at brick works [1911] /
employed by Hawkyard's /
employed by Hoyle & Company, Longwood.
On 9th October 1910, he married Mary Alice Hayes [1888-1977] at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
The children were born in Elland.
The family lived at
During World War I,
he enlisted
with the Northumberland Fusiliers
[April 1916], then
he served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
He died of wounds in hospital in France [3rd April 1917].
The Halifax Courier He was buried at Savy British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref I G 8].
He is remembered on Elland War Memorial.
In 1920, Mary married Arthur Warrington
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He was
assisting his father in pipe works [1881] /
a tile maker of Cumberworth [1885] /
a pipe manufacturer [1885] /
a brick manufacturer of Denby [1899] /
a sanitary tube manufacturer [1890] /
a brick manufacturer dale [1891] /
a coal merchant / a coal agent [1901].
On 17th June 1885, he married (1) Annie Dent Johnson [1859-1???] at St Peter's Church, Huddersfield.
She was a coal agent [1911]
Children:
On 21st August 1899, he married (2) Mary Louisa Haigh [1866-1???]
at Wortley.
Her father had married Sarah Hannah Noble [b 1842]
Child: 5.
Charles Eric [b 13th December 1901]
They lived at
Charles Hedley died 7th April 1902.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £110.
Administration was granted to his widow Mary Louisa
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He was
a potter [1881] /
an earthenware glazier (worker) [1901] /
a jobbing gardener [1911].
On 24th January 1879, he married Hannah Mary Clegg
at St Paul's Church, Buttershaw.
Children:
The family lived at
Craven died in North Bierley in 1926 (aged 72).
On 5th September 1931, Martha married George Walter Farrar.
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Born 7th December 1804.
He was
On 17th November 1825, he married (1) Mary Hanson [1806-1848] at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
A Mary Kitson died in Huddersfield [Q2 1848].
In 1849, he married (2) Nancy Boocock [1814-1879] in Huddersfield.
Child: 11.
Fanny
The family lived at
Edward died 17th July 1869 (aged 64).
Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £5,000.
Administration was granted to
his widow Nancy,
and sons Joe (of Elland), Edward (of Elland)
& John (of East View, Hillhouse, Huddersfield),
and John Kirk of Huddersfield (architect).
Living with the widowed Nancy [in 1871] were her
daughter Fanny (annuitant)
and sister Mary Boocock [b 1810]
Nancy died at Birkby [12th March 1879].
Probate records show that she left effects valued at under £200.
Her will was proved by her daughter Fanny
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He was
a brick & tile maker [1869] /
a pipe & brick manufacturer of Fixby [1870] /
a brick & pipe manufacturer employing 2 men, 3 boys & 2 women [1871] /
a brick & tile maker [1881] /
a foreman in brickworks [1891].
On 28th July 1870, he married Jane Elizabeth Carter [1840-1???]
at St Augustine's Church, Scissett.
There are no records of any children.
They lived at
Living with them [in 1881] was brother-in-law John Edwards
Carter [b 1829] (farmer)
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On 4th October 1876, Fanny married William Bertram [1851-1???].
They lived at Elland and Gowan Craig Millar Park in the county of
Midlothian, Scotland [1879].
Fanny died 17th September 1912
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In December 1801, he was listed in bankruptcy hearings
He married Unknown.
Children:
He died in 1805, sometime after his youngest daughter
He died in 1843 (aged 60)
and was buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse
[31st December 1853] (T50)
Born in Siddal Hall, New Lane, Siddal.
On 15th November 1854, he married (1) Margaret Wood [1831-1856] at Halifax Parish Church.
They had no children.
On 4th November 1857, he married (2) Mary Hall [1828-1866] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
On 13th May 1867, he married (3) Elizabeth Brooks Townend [1842-1929] at Halifax Register Office
Children:
George died at Lower Green Farm, Siddal [26th July 1905]
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He played for Halifax Rugby League Football Club
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Baptised 12th November 1890.
In 1911, he was a
clerk at sanitary pipe works,
living at Denby, Denby Dale, Huddersfield [1911]
with
his mother & siblings
and Sarah Hannah Noble (shopkeeper).
During World War I,
he enlisted [1st March 1916]
and served as a Private
with the 3rd Battalion
Seaforth Highlanders.
He served overseas and was discharged on account of wounds [1st
November 1918], and is listed on the Roll of individuals entitled to
the Seaforth Highlanders' War Badge.
In [Q2] 1921, he married Constance Wood in Huddersfield.
He died in 1924 (aged 34)
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Born 27th August 1869.
He was
a mill hand, textiles [1881] /
a mechanic, tool maker [1891] /
an engine machine maker [1901] /
a stationary engineer [1911] /
a retired iron turner [1939].
On 1st October 1893, he married Ada Bottomley at St Augustine's Church, Pellon.
Children:
They lived at
Harry died around 22nd March 1949
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Born in Brighouse.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 3rd Battalion
Bedfordshire Regiment.
He died in France [25th March 1918].
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 5]
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Born in Batley.
He was
a spinner of Thornhill Lees [1871] /
a card cleaner at woollen mill [1881] /
a dye ware labourer [1891] /
a gas stoker [1901].
In [Q2] 1871, he married Harriet Armitage [1854-1918] in Dewsbury
at Holy Innocents, Thornhill Lees.
Children:
They lived at
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He was
head gardener at the Royal Halifax Infirmary /
gardener for Joseph Crossley at Copley Wood House /
a farmer at Snydal Farm, Southowram [1903, 1905].
On 3rd June 1902, he married Harriet Fox.
Child:
Marjorie [1903-1991]
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He was
a calico printer [1911] /
a pipe layer [1930] /
a dairyman [1939].
During World War I,
he served
with the West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).
On 19th April 1930, he married Sarah Elizabeth Machin [1895-19??].
She was a dairyman's assistant [1939]
They lived at
James Arthur died in Bradford [12th June 1962] (aged 69).
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £1,077 7/5d.
Probate was granted to his widow Sarah Elizabeth
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He married Hannah.
Children:
After John's death, Hannah and the family carried on
the pottery business
In June 1849, he and John Swallow, were convicted of
manslaughter after throwing Robert Holdsworth out of a
window in an argument.
At York Assizes, on 11th July 1849, the 2 men were sentenced to be
transported for 18 years.
They left England for Western Australia on the Mermaid
[30th December 1850]
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He married Eliza Somerscales [1820-1856].
Child: William
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Established Blackley Pottery around 1810.
In 1826, he moved to a larger pottery at Ainley Top, Kitson's Woodman Works.
He married Betty Sheard [17??-18??].
Children:
In the explosion at the family's Woodman Works on
20th June 1868,
Joseph and John Hanson, one of the workers, were
covered with debris.
Joseph managed to extricate himself without injury but John
Hanson was killed instantly
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He was
a farmer at Far Siddal Hall [1841] /
a farmer of 18 acres at Siddal Hall [1851] /
a farmer at Kitson Lane, Norland [18??].
On 16th March 1826, he married Elizabeth Wilson [1805-1891].
Children:
Living with them [in 1851] was Robert Phillips
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He was
a journeyman brickmaker [1851] /
a brick maker of Elland [1854] /
a brick & tile maker [1869] /
a firebrick manufacturer employing 18 men and 12 boys [1871] /
a brick & sanitary pipe manufacturer with 12 men [1881] /
a brick & tile manufacturer [1891].
On 6th July 1854, he married Mary Dyson Wadsworth [1833-1???].
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1871, 1881, 1891] was Mary's
sister Sarah Wadsworth [b 1836].
Living with the widowed Mary [in 1911] were
sons Henry Augustus
& George Edgar,
and grandson Joe Kitson [b 1903]
Mary died September 1919 (aged 86).
She was buried at St Nicholas's Church, Cumberworth [16th September
1919]
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He was
a brick & tile manufacturer of Denby Dale [1897] /
a foreman in brickworks [1901].
On 17th April 1897, he married Charlotte Ella Matthews [1867-1959].
at Cumberworth
Children:
They lived at Briarfields, Denby Dale [1956].
Joe Frederick died 27th February 1956 (aged 85).
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £25,363 3/8d.
Probate was granted to
his widow Charlotte Ella
and Alfred James Girling (incorporated accountant).
Charlotte Ella died in 1959 (aged 92)
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The Northowram Register records
that he
In October 1915, he was charged with permitting drunkenness on his
premises, after Leonard Carter was found asleep in the kitchen.
Kitson was fined £1 3/6d, and Carter was fined
7/6d or 7 days for being drunk on the premises
He was a shop keeper at Police Street, Brighouse [1873].
On 12th May 1850, he married Agnes Carmichael [1828-1892]
in Kirkheaton.
Children:
Luke died 14th October 1873 (aged 47).
Agnes died 18th February 1892 (aged 64).
The couple were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse [Grave Ref: U22]
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He was
a fitter of South Lane, Elland [1890] /
a partner in Kitson & Whitworth.
On 3rd February 1890, he married Julia Hannah Pilling [1853-1???].
His father is not recorded on the marriage documents
Child:
Edith [b 1890]
1891 census. Oliver Kitson (42) a mechanic; wife Julia H. (38) and
daughter Edith were at 30, Grove Place, Elland. 1901 census. Oliver
Kitson (50) Earthenware Manufacturer; wife Julia H. (48) and daughter
Edith (10) were at Woodmans House, Elland.
They lived at Woodman House, Elland [1905]
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Born in Southowram;
baptised at Southowram [27th April 1777].
He was
a liquor merchant in Copper Street, Halifax [1816] /
a porter, wine & spirit dealer in Copper Street, Halifax [1822] /
wine & spirit merchant at Waterhouse Street, Halifax [1834] /
wine & spirit merchant at 2 Waterhouse Street, Halifax [1837]
On 11th November 1806, he married (1) Elizabeth Rawlinson in Halifax.
Children:
Elizabeth died in Halifax [6th August 1812] (aged 42).
He married (2) Ann [1788-1841].
Children:
Riley died in Halifax [23rd July 1840] (aged 63).
Ann died 25th June 1841 (aged 53).
Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax
in 2 separate graves
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He married Mary [16??-1700].
Child:
Joseph [16??-1690]
The epitaph on the family memorial
in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in
the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions
The Northowram Register records
A very big fat man
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He was
The Morton family took this over in 1858.
He bought the Pottery and started making black-ware pottery
[1868].
His sons Titus Kitson & Oliver Kitson
and Herbert Whitworth carried on the business until 1920.
On 19th November 1838, he married Ann Craven [1817-18??].
Children:
They lived at
Titus died in Halifax [Q4 1908] (aged 89)
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Born 12th January 1858.
He was
partner in Kitson & Whitworth /
a manager of Woodman House, Elland [1892] /
an earthenware manufacturer [1901] /
a draper [1911].
On 9th June 1892, he married (1) Emily Underwood [1857-1894].
Emily died in Halifax [Q1 1893] (aged 36).
On 31st March 1895, he married (2) Hester Ann Dennison [1855-1???].
Child:
Edward Dennison Underwood (Kitson) [b Adwalton 1896] who lived at Linden House, Drighlington [1927] & married [Drighlington 7th May 1927] Emily Carter
They lived at
Living with Titus [in 1901] was his father Titus
(retired potter).
Titus died in Spen Valley [Q1 1945] (aged 86).
He was buried at [13th January 1945]
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At their trial, they were all sentenced to death, but this was later
commuted to transportation
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Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [25th June 1843].
He was
an engine tenter [1871, 1881] /
a stationary engine tenter [1891, 1907].
In 1863, he married Sarah Ann Blaymires [1844-1918] in Bradford.
Children:
They lived at
William died in 1907 (aged 65).
Members of the family were buried at Mount Tabor Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
with grandson Fred Kitson
Mount Tabor burials details (Grave A/11):
Members of the family were buried at Mount Tabor Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
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He was a joiner (dye works) [1888].
In 1888, he married Eliza Jane Sutcliffe [1859-1912] in Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Brighouse.
The family lived at
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Born 3rd April 1885.
Farmer at Highfield Farm, Southowram [1930].
On
9th June 1930,
Mrs Margaret Buick pleaded guilty to stealing 3 cauliflowers
from him
On 17th February 1906, he married Edith Mary Bradbury at
Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
He died on 31st December 1951 and was cremated at Scholemoor Crematorium, Bradford
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Kitson, Allan Ref 328-9
Son of Titus Kitson.
Mary, of Strawberry Cottage, Elland, was the daughter
of Samuel Peel, gardener
His burial place is not yet known
Kitson, Arthur Ref 328-481
Son of Henry Kitson.
Mary Alice, of 30 Turnpike Street, Elland, was born in Elland,
the daughter of Samuel Hayes
Kitson, Charles Hedley Ref 328-13
Son of Joe Kitson.
Annice / Annie, of Huddersfield, was the daughter
of John Johnson, innkeeper.
Mary Louisa, of Denby, was the daughter of George
Haigh, innkeeper.
Kitson, Craven Ref 328-7
Son of Titus Kitson.
Kitson, Edward Ref 328-169
(Possibly) son of Joseph Kitson.
Nancy was born in Denby Grange
Kitson, Edward Ref 328-16
(Possibly) son of Edward Kitson.
Jane Elizabeth, of Scissett, was the daughter of William
Carter, corn dealer
Kitson, Fanny Boocock Ref 328-10
Daughter of Fanny (née Boocock) & Edward Kitson.
William, a widower, was an engineer from Ellengowan, Scotland,
son of George Bertram, engineer
Kitson, George Ref 328-141
Innkeeper of the Old Cock, Halifax [1801].
Kitson, George Ref 328-496
Of Brookfoot, Brighouse.
Kitson, George Ref 328-489
Son of Joseph Kitson.
Elizabeth came from Doncaster
Kitson, George Henry Wray Ref 328-501
Son of George Kitson.
Kitson, George Leonard Ref 328-15
Son of Charles Hedley Kitson.
Kitson, Harry Ref 328-2
Son of William Kitson.
Ada was the daughter of Henry Bottomley
Kitson, Harry Ref 328-527
Son of William Kitson.
Kitson, Henry Ref 328-487
Son of Henry Kitson, clothier.
Harriet a mill operative of Thornhill Lees, was born in Batley
Carr, Dewsbury, the daughter of James Armitage, butcher
Kitson, Isaac Ref 328-315
Son of George Kitson.
Kitson, James Arthur Charles Titus Ref 328-8
Son of Craven Kitson.
Sarah Elizabeth, of 22 High Street, Idle, was the daughter
of Sarah & William Machin, labourer.
Kitson, John Ref 328-166
In 1883, he bought Soil Hill Pottery.
Kitson, John Ref 328-14
A dyer of Halifax.
Kitson, John Ref 328-4
Kitson, Joseph Ref 328-168
Of Salendine Nook.
Kitson, Joseph Ref 328-488
Born in Norland.
Kitson, Joseph Ref 328-11
Son of Edward Kitson.
Mary, of Elland, was the daughter of Nathan Wadsworth,
innkeeper
Details of Joseph's death / burial place are not yet known.
Kitson, Joseph Frederick Ref 328-12
Son of Joe Kitson.
Charlotte Ella, of Denby Dale, was the daughter of Joseph
Matthews, butcher
Kitson, Joshua Ref 328-502
He was Constable of Northowram [1696]
Kitson, Joshua Ref 328-156
Of High Sunderland.
was well at dinner, went out with his man about some work, complain'd
of a pain in his side, went into an alehouse which was near, died
immediately 16th June 1720
Kitson, Leonard Ref 328-89
Landlord of the Black Horse, Stainland [1915].
Kitson, Luke Ref 328-3080
Born in Huddersfield.
Agnes was born in Belfast
Kitson, Oliver Ref 328-284
Son of Titus Kitson.
Julia Hannah came from Victoria Road, Elland.
Kitson, Riley Ref 328-449
Son of Riley Kitson
Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas Rawlinson
Kitson, Robert Ref 328-503
He was Constable of Northowram [1710-11]
Kitson, Thomas Ref 328-504
He was Constable of Northowram [1686]
Kitson, Thomas Ref 328-470
Of Upper Brear, Northowram.
Thomas Kitson of Over Briar, Northowram buried 1st December 1709
Kitson, Titus Ref 328-165
Son of Joseph Kitson.
Ann, of Lindley, was the daughter of John Craven,
clothier
Kitson, Titus Ref 328-6
Son of Titus Kitson.
Emily came from Lindley
Hester Ann, of Drighlington, was born in Adwalton, the
daughter of Joseph Dennison, draper
Kitson, William Ref 328-175
Police Constable in King Cross [1857]
Kitson, William Ref 328-5
In October 1829, he was robbed by a gang comprising
Daniel Maude,
James Wilkinson,
Edward Holden
& John Clarke.
Kitson, William Ref 328-3
Son of John Kitson.
Sarah Ann was the
daughter of Betty (née Lambert) [1817-1884] & Samuel Blaymires [1819-1890]
Kitson, William Ref 328-528
Born in Southowram.
Eliza Jane was born in Southowram
Kitson, William Henry Ref 328-469
Son of George Kitson.
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Baptism
1842;
Marriages
1810,
1859,
1914;
Death
1907
Unattached burials at Lister Lane Cemetery: Plot 2645
Kitson surname Ref 328-1
Unattached BMDs for Kitson
Page Ref: MMK50
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