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He was
a tobacconist [1871] /
a wholesale & retail tobacconist and tea dealer at 10 Swine Market, Halifax [1862, 1881] /
a tobacconist [1881] /
a tobacconist & agent (employer) [1891] /
a tobacconist, parcel & shipping agent (employer) [1901] /
a local agent for the Royal Mail Service to Australia, New Zealand &
Tasmania [1902].
The Leeds Mercury [27th December 1862] reported
Early on Christmas Day, the shop of Mr Alfred Knowles,
tobacconist and tea dealer, Swine Market, Halifax, was plundered of a
large quantity of tobacco and tea, amounting altogether to upwards of
£5 in value.
The entrance was effected by forcing open the shop door
In [Q1] 1867, he married Hannah Wood [1843-1???] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at
Alfred died 23rd March 1905 (aged 63)
Hannah died 24th January 1927 (aged 64).
The couple & the children ‡ were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1710]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
He was
staying with his brother in Barnsley [1891] /
a physician and surgeon at Halifax [1905] /
a surgeon (general practitioner) (own account) [1911].
He lived at
Living with him [in 1911] was boarder Thomas Whitehead [b
Leeds 1881] (surgeon / general practitioner own account)
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
Son of James Knowles.
He was
one of the most successful barristers on the Northern Circuit /
Treasurer of the Middle Temple.
His cases were prominently reported in the Halifax Courier
This & associated entries use material contributed by Paul Hitchings
Born in Cornholme.
He was a bobbin finisher (varnishing bobbins) [1911].
During World War I,
the Todmorden & District News [17th November 1916] reported
Appeal refused
He joined up in Todmorden [13th January 1917],
and served as a Private
with the 9th Battalion
Cheshire Regiment.
He was sent to France on the 2nd May 1917.
He was killed [21st October 1917] (aged 21).
The Todmorden & District News [9th November 1917] reported his death with a photograph
He attended the Cornholme United Methodist Sunday School and is on
the Roll of Honour there.
His parents lived at 775 Burnley Road, Cornholme
He was buried at Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref XXI G 12].
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley & Derrick Habergham
In [Q3] 1894, she married (1) Thomas Smith in Halifax
In [Q4] 1915, she married (2) Benjamin Faulkes in Halifax.
Thomas & Benjamin were half-brothers
This & associated entries use material contributed by Kim Andres
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/5th Battalion
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).
He died 9th October 1917 (aged 24).
He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref XXXI D 17]
Born in Greetland.
He was
a cotton spinner [1881] /
a cotton doubler [1891].
In [Q3] 1882, he married Lovina Whiteley [1852-1907] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at 9 Peel Street, Warley [1881].
George died 27th September 1906 (aged 46).
Lorina died 17th April 1907 (aged 55).
The couple & the children (‡) were buried at Mount Pleasant Wesleyan Chapel, Norland
He married Jessie Ainley.
The couple were buried at Elland Cemetery
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham
In 1804, he was declared bankrupt
He was
a woolsorter [1851] /
a wool buyer at home [1861] /
a wool buyer & manufacturer [1861].
Around 1838, he married (1) Ann [1809-18??].
Child:
Hannah [b 1838]
Around 1843, he married (2) Elizabeth [1824-1???].
Children:
They lived at
Henry died 12th October 1863 (aged 53),
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2111]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham
Born in Gomersal.
Poet
This & associated entries use material contributed by Paul Hitchings
Son of Lionel Knowles.
He married Elizabeth Phillips.
Children:
The children were orphaned at an early age:
James died in 1805
This & associated entries use material contributed by Paul Hitchings
He was a labourer (bobbin manufacturer) [1911].
In [Q3] 1880, he married Jane Harvey [1853-1935]
in Settle.
Children:
They lived at
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham
He was
a cotton weaver [1901, 1911] /
a cotton weaver for John Dawson & Sons at Albion Mills, Todmorden
[1921].
On 16th April 1898, he married Mary Holden [1877-19??] in Todmorden.
The Todmorden & District News [22nd April 1898] reported the wedding
Children:
The family lived at
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He was
a farm labourer [1861] /
a dyer [1871] /
a farmer of 10 acres [1881].
He married Elizabeth [1838-1???].
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1861] was James's brother Joshua
Knowles [b 1844] (cotton mill hand)
He was a rugby player and played for Halifax 234 times between 1890
and 1899.
He was a member of the Halifax team that won the Yorkshire Cup
[1894] and played one game for Yorkshire against Durham [1894].
He was
a carter [1891] /
a coal dealer [1911] /
a dairy farmer (employer) [to 1948].
In 1889, he married Sarah Heaton [1868-1937].
Children:
The 1911 census shows that they had had 6 children of whom 5 were still alive at that time.
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1901] was Sarah's brother Leonard Heaton
[b 1879] (corporation carter).
Living with them [in 1921] was boarder Reuben Knowles [b 1884]
(teamer)
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles
He married Mary Wilkinson [1775-1848].
Children:
He was a cotton spinner.
He operated and extended Bents Mill after his father-in-law's
death.
He took his eldest son – John Wilkinson Knowles – into
partnership and they made calicoes for the Manchester market.
The firm was
They were declared bankrupt in 1825.
Hallas Mill was destroyed by fire [1895].
Bents Mill was still in use as a warehouse [1960s].
They lived at
This & associated entries use material contributed by Paul Hitchings
He was
an iron turner /
a general mechanic [1891].
In [Q1] 1870, he (possibly) married Ann Scott [1846-18??] in Halifax.
Child: William Henry
They lived at
Ann died between 1891 & 1901
Son of Lionel Knowles
Born in Gomersal.
He was
a graduate of Peterhouse, Cambridge /
Curate at Halifax [1852-1858] /
vicar in Glossop [for 23 years] /
author of Pastoral Comforts, Gold & Pearls & other
works.
On 17th May 1859, he married Mary Louisa Orange at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
They lived at Glossop [1871, 1881].
He died in Glossop
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham & Paul Hitchings
Son of Rev John Dickenson Knowles.
Born in Rawdon.
He was
a graduate of Peterhouse, Cambridge /
Rural Dean of Glossop [1906-1920]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Paul Hitchings
He was a corn dealer at New Bank, Halifax.
On 8th February 1853, he married Elizabeth Cowap.
On 30th April 1853, The Leeds Mercury reported
He had emigrated to America by 1861 and died there
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Of Halifax.
His father operated and extended Bents Mill, Hallas Bridge
after the death of his father-in-law William Wilkinson of Pye
Bank.
He took John Wilkinson into partnership and they made calicoes
for the Manchester market.
They were declared bankrupt in 1825.
He resumed cotton spinning at Bents Mill [1827-1840].
He was a partner in the Thornaby Cotton Spinning Company,
Stockton-on-Tees [1840-1850].
On 19th December 1822, he married Mary Pollard.
Children:
They lived at
John Wilkinson died 25th October 1865.
Mary died 10th December 1865.
There are memorial windows to the couple in Halifax Parish Church
This & associated entries use material contributed by Paul Hitchings
Born in Todmorden.
He was
a news boy [1911] /
a weaver at W. L. Sandbach & Company.
During World War I,
he joined up [February 1917], and served as a Private
with the 2nd/6th Battalion
South Staffordshire Regiment.
He died 16th February 1918 (aged 19).
The Todmorden & District News [22nd February 1918] reported his death
He died at 8pm on February the 16th, aged 19, without regaining
consciousness.
He was the eldest son of James Knowles of Back Rochdale Road, and was
connected with Victoria Road Primitive Methodist Chapel
The following week's Edition [1st March 1918] published his photograph.
He was buried at Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, France [Grave Ref II E 17].
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Oddfellows' Hall, Todmorden
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley & Glynn Helliwell
Born at Undercliffe, Bradford.
As a youth, he lived in Queenshead where his
stepfather William Hargreaves – previously of the Bowling
Green Inn, Bridge Street, Bradford – kept the Queen's Head Inn.
He was
owner of the Black Horse public house in Thornton [1819] /
a farmer and innkeeper at Denholme Gate /
proprietor of the Denholme Gate Brewery / He commenced brewing
there and built new premises for this purpose in 1837 /
one of the founders of St Paul's Church, Denholme /
chairman of the Church building committee [1843-1846].
He established Knowles & Sons, in partnership with his
sons Jonathan and George.
In 1815, he married (1) Martha Briggs
Children:
Martha died in 1840.
The Leeds Intelligencer of 19th December 1840 reported
On 9th October 1845, he married 21 at Halifax Parish Church.
This & associated entries use material contributed by Paul Hitchings
This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st Battalion
Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
He was killed in action [25th August 1918] (aged 33).
He was buried at L'Homme Mort British Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mein, France [Grave Ref II C 10]
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance.
His brother Thomas also died in the War
Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [March 1695/6]
He and his son were well-established as white cloth dressers in
Gomersal [1760s].
In 1726, Lionel, of Halifax Parish, married Jane Laverack.
Child:
Lionel [1735-1802]
The family moved and settled in Gomersal [around 1740].
He was an early member of the Knowles Family of Gomersal.
Lionel died in Gomersal in 1779 (aged 83)
This & associated entries use material contributed by Paul Hitchings
He married Mary Rangsley.
Children:
A member of the Knowles Family of Gomersal
He married Ann Hartley.
Child: Lionel
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Son of Lionel Knowles.
He was a member of the Knowles Family of Gomersal, and third in
descent from Lionel Knowles.
He married Lucy Dickenson.
Child: John Dickenson
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He was
a wire drawer [1851] /
a grocer & provision dealer [1861].
He married (1) Ann [1805-1846].
Children:
Ann died 22nd November 1846 (aged 41).
She & other members of the family (‡) were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax [Grave Ref: 162].
In [Q4] 1852, he married (2) Sarah [1812-1???] in Halifax.
She was (possibly) the widow of James Edward Muirhead [d Q1
1946]
Child: 11. Charles [b 1853]
They lived at
Living with them [in 1861] was Sarah's son (from her first
marriage) James Muirhead [b 1840] (brushmaker).
He was adopted by Rev Philip P. Carpenter BA PhD of Warrington.
Rev Carpenter was known as a conchologist.
In 1857, he went to live in Manchester.
He became a printer and publisher.
He settled in Sale.
He wrote a quantity of prose and poems including
Every Band of Hope Boy's Reciter [in 7 volumes]
and
Laughable Dialogues
In [Q2] 1926, he married Dorothy Mellor [1899-1988] in Huddersfield.
Stanley Walter died 17th November 1976 (aged 73).
Dorothy died 1st February 1988 (aged 89).
The couple were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: NR-A4]
with his parents
During World War I,
he served as a Lance Corporal
with the 2nd Battalion
Manchester Regiment.
He died 21st March 1921
and was buried at Brighouse Cemetery
[E C 145]
He married Mary [18??-19??].
Children:
The family lived at 11 Grove Row, Heath Hill Road, Mount Tabor,
Halifax.
Sons Thomas E. & Joseph died in World War I
He was
a dyer [1834] /
landlord of the Britannia Inn, Halifax [1837, ... 1850].
On 7th December 1834, he married Elizabeth Crossley [1806-1851] in Halifax.
Children:
Thomas died Q1 1851.
Elizabeth took over at the Britannia Inn [1851].
Living with Elizabeth [in 1851] was widowed aunt Mary
Bottomley [aged 90].
Elizabeth died at the Britannia Inn [Q3 1851]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley, Glynn Helliwell & Jeffrey Knowles
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 5th May 1915 (aged 33).
He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 20],
and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance.
His brother Joseph also died in the War
Born in Halifax [31st May 1837].
He was
a cashier /
a member of the Derby Lodge of the Freemason, Cheetham, Lancashire
[1863] /
landlord of the Shakespeare, Halifax [1871].
By 1881, he had retired and was living in Keighley,
On 10th February 1883, he married Barbara Waddington [1827-1887] in Keighley.
She had been Thomas's housekeeper [1871]
Thomas died in Keighley [7th January 1885].
Barbara died in Keighley [19th September 1887].
They are buried in the Utley Cemetery, Keighley
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell
Born in Southowram [16th October 1890].
He was
a carter assisting in the family farming business [1911] /
assisting his father in general farm work [1921] /
a dairy farmer [1939].
In [Q2] 1923, he married Annie P. Beever
in Penistone.
The family lived at Snydal Farm, Southowram [1939].
On the 21st June 1949, Wainwright was seriously injured when
he was gored by a bull at the family's Snydal Farm, Southowram.
He was paralysed and confined to bed until his death in 1953
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles
He established W. T. Knowles & Sons [1906]
In 1928, he was presented with a clock for his work with the
Southowram Subscription Band
In [Q3] 1898, he married Leah Louisa Rawkins [1876-1955]
in Preston, Lancashire.
Children:
They lived at
Walter Thomas died 8th May 1954 (aged 79).
Leah Louisa died 23rd January 1955 (aged 79)
Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: NR-A4]
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See
Knowles's Dairy
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Born in Liversedge.
He was
a general labourer [1901] /
a mechanic iron turner [1911].
He married Q41899 [1873-1936] in Halifax.
Child:
Wilfred Loy [b 1905]
They lived at
Living with them [in 1901] was William Henry's widowed father
[b 1844].
Lucy died 4th May 1936 (aged 63).
William Henry died 10th February 1952 (aged 78).
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1551]
Son of John Knowles, farmer.
Born in Todmorden.
He was
a weaver [1882] /
a carter [1891, 1901] /
a carrier (self employed) [1921].
On 4th March 1882, he married Mary Ann Binns [1863-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1891] were William's siblings
Elivine Knowles [b 1869]
& Thomas Knowles [b 1872] (warehouseman).
Living with them [in 1901] was William's brother
Thomas Knowles [b 1872] (carter)
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
Born in Walsden.
He was
a member of Lanebottom Wesleyan Sunday School /
a general cotton operative [1911] /
employed by Lord Brothers.
During World War I,
he enlisted [December 1916] and
served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was sent to France [March 1917].
He died 3rd May 1917 (aged 19).
The Todmorden & District News [15th June 1917] reported his death
He spent his spare time helping his parents at Deanroyd Farm, Walsden
The following week's Edition [22nd June 1917] published his photograph.
He was buried at Brown's Copse Cemetery, France [Grave Ref I F 17].
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley & Glynn HelliwellKnowles, Alfred Ref 308-403
Born in Halifax.
Shop Robbery at Halifax
Hannah was born in Halifax
Knowles, Dr Arthur Ref 308-314
Born in Guiseley.
Knowles, Charles James Ref 308-4
QC.
Knowles, Edgar Ref 308-263
Son of James Knowles.
Messrs Wilson Brothers, Cornholme Bobbin Works, appealed
for Edgar Knowles, aged 20, of 786 Bank Terrace, Cornholme, to
be excused conscription.
He was a toolmaker and electrician in charge of nine motors and had
to attend to the upkeep of the telephones, wiring arrangements &c.
Private Edgar Knowles, Cheshire Regiment, killed
instantaneously by a shell on the morning of October 22nd while at
his post on the front line as part of a Lewis gun team, aged 21.
Knowles, Edith Ref 308-15
Knowles, Edwin Ref 308-230
Son of Mary & Richard Tennant Knowles of High Moor
Lane, Clifton.
Knowles, Ernest Ref 308-207
Cotton manufacturer of Todmorden
Knowles, George Ref 308-16
Son of James Knowles.
Lovina was born in Sowerby Bridge
Knowles, George E. W. Ref 308-129
BSc.
Jessie was the daughter of Henry Ainley
Knowles, Henry Ref 308-294
Cotton spinner at Temple Mill, Rishworth [1804].
Knowles, Henry Ref 308-510
Born in Leeds.
Ann was born in Leeds
Details of her death / burial place are not yet known
Elizabeth was born in Oldham
Details of Elizabeth's death / burial place are not yet known
Knowles, Herbert Ref 308-6
Son of James Knowles.
Knowles, Rev J. G. Ref 308-413
Curate at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone [1892]
Knowles, James Ref 308-5
Of Green Head, Huddersfield & Wood Street, Cheapside, London.
Knowles, James Ref 308-228
Born in Settle.
Jane was born in Redruth, Cornwall
Knowles, James Ref 308-18
Born in Stubbins, Ramsbottom, Lancashire.
Mary was born in Todmorden, the daughter of John Holden
Mr James Knowles of Queen's Terrace, Todmorden,
married Miss Mary Holden of Knowlwood Road, Walsden, at
Knowlwood Chapel, Todmorden
Knowles, James E. Ref 308-17
Born in Manchester.
Elizabeth was born in Greetland
Knowles, James Ellis Ref 308-350
Born in Barkisland [16th July 1868].
Sarah was born in Southowram, the daughter of Andrew Heaton
Knowles, John Ref 308-291
Owned Guteroyd Mill, Todmorden [17??] until his death
Knowles, John Ref 308-592
Son of Abraham Knowles [1738-1808], yeoman of Cottingley
Bridge.
Mary was the daughter of William Wilkinson [1735-1820]
of Pye Bank, who built Bents Mill at Hallas Bridge [1810]
their waggons went to and fro over Blackstone Edge constantly
perhaps the largest maker of cotton goods in this part of the
country, putting out handweaving at twenty different stations
extending from Skipton to Cleckheaton
Knowles, John Ref 308-14
Born in Bristol.
Ann was born in Halifax
Knowles, John Ref 308-422
He owned large estates in Todmorden.
He died at Grange-over-Sands
Knowles, Rev John Dickenson Ref 308-87
MA.
Mary Louisa was born in Eckington, Derbyshire, the daughter of
Colonel John Edward Orange
Knowles, Rev John Lionel Ref 308-8
MA.
Knowles, John Pollard Ref 308-383
Son of John Wilkinson Knowles.
At the Town Hall on Tuesday last, Mary Crawshaw, aged 33,
produced 2 female illegitimate children, stating that John Pollard
Knowles, late a corn dealer in New Bank, was the father of them.
She stated that she was servant to Thomas Barraclough, who is
a [nephew] of Knowles's, and that Knowles was in the habit of coming
to the house, where an illicit intercourse took place between them.
Her sister Martha confirmed the evidence as to familiarities
which she had seen.
The Magistrate decided that the plaintiff should have paid, for the
lying-in of one of the children, £2 14/6d, and for the other
£2 10/6d, and that she should have 2/- per week for each child
till they attained the age of 13 years
Knowles, John Wilkinson Ref 308-343
Son of John Knowles.
Mary came from Northowram, and was the youngest daughter
of William Pollard of Spring House, near Halifax
Knowles, John William Ref 308-338
Son of James Knowles.
Private J. W. Knowles, South Staffordshire Regiment, was
admitted to the 45th Casualty Clearing Station, France, dangerously
ill from gas poisoning.
Knowles, Jonas Ref 308-282
Brush manufacturer.
Proprietor of Park Wood Pleasure Grounds [1905]
Knowles, Jonathan Ref 308-594
Of Northowram.
Martha was the daughter of Abram Briggs
She fell a victim to typhus fever which she caught while attending
with maternal solicitude the last illness of one of her sons whose
death took place on the 1st instant
Mary was the daughter of Rev Thomas Crowther
Knowles, Joseph Ref 308-223
Liberal member of Hipperholme District Council.
Director of T. A. Firth & Company, Bradford wool merchants.
He lived at
Home House, Lightcliffe [1904]
Knowles, Joseph Ref 308-238
Son of Thomas Knowles.
Knowles, Lionel Ref 308-3
Son of John Knowles of Northowram.
Jane came from Birstall
Knowles, Lionel Ref 308-9
Mary came from Heckmondwike
Knowles, Lionel Ref 308-10
Of West House, Gomersal.
Ann came from Grassington
Knowles, Lionel Ref 308-7
Of West House, Gomersal.
Knowles, Samuel Ref 308-12
Born in Halifax.
Sarah was born in Halifax.
Details of Samuel's death / burial place are not yet known
Knowles, Smith Ref 308-256
Born at Shroggs, Halifax.
Knowles, Stanley Walter Ref 308-2
Son of Walter Thomas Knowles.
Knowles, T. Ref 308-71
Knowles, Thomas Ref 308-290
He went into partnership with John Haworth at Oldroyd Mill, Langfield and at Lob Mill.
The partnership evolved into Ingham, Hollinrake & Company
Knowles, Thomas Ref 308-589
Knowles, Thomas Ref 308-459
Born in Ovenden.
Elizabeth was born in Halifax
Knowles, Thomas E. Ref 308-248
Son of Thomas Knowles.
Knowles, Thomas Greenwood Ref 308-11
Son of Thomas Knowles.
Barbara was born in Keighley.
Knowles, Wainwright Ref 308-352
Eldest son of James Ellis Knowles.
Annie was born 5th September 1889
Knowles, Walter Thomas Ref 308-337
Born in Darwen, Lancashire.
Leah Louisa came from Preston
Knowles, William Ref 308-542
Of Well Head Farm.
Knowles, William Henry Ref 308-13
Son of John Knowles.
Lucy was born in Queensbury
Knowles, William Walker Ref 308-19
He rarely used his middle name Walker.
Mary Ann was born in Cragg Vale, the daughter of John
Binns, farmer
William Walker Knowles, aged 22, weaver of Lee Bottom,
Langfield, married Mary Ann Binns, aged 19, of Studley Edge
Knowles, Willie Ref 308-320
Son of William Knowles.
Private Willie Knowles killed in France on the 3rd of May,
aged 19.
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