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Law, AbrahamRef 80-29
[1???-1868] Of Knowl, Todmorden.

On 3rd November 1868, his body was found in the canal at Dobroyd Pool, Todmorden. A bundle believed to have belonged to him, was found on the canal bank.

His body was believed to have been in the water for a week

Law, AbrahamRef 80-1673
[15??-16??] Son of John Law.

He was a clothier.

After the seizure which his father sustained following his meeting with Alizon Device, Abraham took the matter up with the law and reported the incident to the local magistrate.

This set into motion the events which ended with the Pendle Witchcraft Trials and the hanging of the 10 accused on 20th August 1612

Law, AbrahamRef 80-7
[1776-1839] Son of Robert Law.

When he married, he was a serving soldier in the First Regiment of Life Guards. His eldest 3 children were born at Hyde Park Barracks, Middlesex.

His regiment was on alert for months on the lookout for the French whom they feared would invade at any moment. As a consequence of lying in wait on watch, half clad, his health began to fail and he was invalided out and back home to Todmorden.

In 1799, he married Mary Newell [1778-1839].

Children:

  1. John
  2. Robert
  3. Abraham
  4. Betty
  5. Samuel
  6. David
  7. Sarah

The family lived at

  • Turn Brink
  • Portsmouth, Todmorden

Abraham and Mary died within 2 weeks of each other at Bearnshaw Tower, Todmorden

Law, AbrahamRef 80-176
[1796-1850] Son of Samuel Law.

A Walsden clogger.

In 1814, he married (1) Susan Fielden.


Susan was the daughter of Samuel Fielden
 

Children:

  1. Sally
  2. Samuel
  3. John
  4. Mally

One of the children died in infancy.

In 182?, he married (2) Nancy Crabtree.

Children:

  1. Susan
  2. Sarah [1827-1853] who married Thomas Law
  3. Peter
  4. Alice
  5. Mary Ann
  6. Susannah [1837-1901] who married Jonas Clegg
  7. Sarah Ann
  8. Tom
  9. Emma

Around 1830, he opened a beerhouse, the Cloggers' Arms, Walsden. His brother-in-law, Abraham Fielden, brother of his first wife Susan, ran the Dusty Miller beerhouse next door.

He later built a new pub, also called the Cloggers' Arms on the main road

In 1848, the pub was renamed the Cross Keys.

Law, AchsahRef 80-55
[1838-1869] Son of William Law.

He was shown as a relative of James Cockroft [1851].

He was a twister at Town Bottom, Sowerby [1851] / a servant with James & Ellen Cockroft at Main Street,  Sowerby [1861].

Achsah died in 1869 (aged 31) 

Law, Alice A.Ref 80-1000
[1875-19??] Born in Ireland.

She was one of the children who came to the district and worked as a worsted drawer at Calvert's Mill at Wainstalls.

She lived with Amos Bentley [1891]

Law, AnnieRef 80-59
[1897-1977] Daughter of Sam Law

Born at Sowerby Bridge [14th November 1897].

In 1911, she lived at Industrial Road with her widowed grandmother Betsy Law.

She was employed as a grocer's assistant.

In 1921, she married Charles Cyril Bradley at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge

She died in Knowle, Bristol [3rd October 1977]

Law, ArnoldRef 80-34
[1886-19??] Son of Fred Law.

During World War I, he and his 2 brothers – William Henry & Herbert - joined the Army.

Arnold served with the Royal Field Artillery.

A skilled mechanic, he was brought home to assist in munitions work

Law, Arthur WilliamRef 80-1629
[1856-1921] Son of James Law.

Born in Greetland.

He was a member of Elland School Board [1891] / a woollen manufacturer (employer) [1891, 1901] / a woollen cloth manufacturer (employer) [1911] / Worshipful Master of the Savile [No 1231] Masonic Lodge.

In 1881, he married Katherine Stott in Halifax.


Katherine from Greetland, was the daughter of Eli Smith Stott
 

Children:

  1. Mildred Alice [b 1883]
  2. Bertram [b 1886] who was a woollen mill manager [1911]
  3. Elsie Ellen [b 1887]

The family lived at

Members of the family were buried at St Thomas's Church, Greetland

Law, BarrieRef 80-39
[1944-] Born in Halifax [22nd July 1944].

As a boy, he was a chorister at Elland Parish Church, All Saints' Church, Elland, St Stephen's Church, Copley, and St Paul's Church, King Cross.

He went on to sing tenor parts & act on TV & on the stage. He appeared in the UK & in the USA.

He also played several acting rôle on UK television

Law, BenRef 80-27
[1863-1???] Son of Mark Law, weaver.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a weaver of Old Royd, Langfield [1886] / a cotton weaver [1891, 1901, 1911] / a cotton weaver for W. L. Sandbach at Ridgefoot Mill, Todmorden  [1921].

On 30th October 1886, he married Ada Greenwood [1864-19??] at Heptonstall Church.


Ada, of Mill Wood, Stansfield, was born in Eastwood, the daughter of Joseph Greenwood, weaver
 

Children:

  1. Joseph William [b 1887] who was a cotton weaver [1901]
  2. Mark
  3. Bertha [b 1901] who was a cotton weaver for T. West & Sons at Vale Mill, Todmorden

The family lived at

  • 14 Oldroyd, Langfield [1891]
  • 16 Oldroyd, Todmorden [1901, 1911]
  • 16 Der Street, Todmorden [1916, 1921]

Law, BenjaminRef 80-37
[1822-1875]

He married Maria [1826-1908]

Children:

  1. George Samuel [1866-1882]

The family lived at 12 Portland Road, Range Bank, Halifax.

Members of the family were buried at St Thomas the Apostle, Claremount

Law, BettyRef 80-7560
[1780-18??] Daughter of Samuel Law.

Born at Gauxholme Stones Farm [about 1780].

In 1797, she had an illegitimate son John Law by Benjamin of Burnley.

In 1798, had an illegitimate daughter Sally Law by James Fielden.

In 1800, she married James Fielden.

Children:

  1. Mary
  2. William
  3. Samuel
  4. John
  5. James
  6. Tommy
  7. Abraham
  8. Joseph
  9. George

They lived at Inchfield Fold, Walsden

Law, CharlesRef 80-63
[1???-18??] Of Southowram.

In 1825, he and David Taylor broke into the house of George Haigh and stole money and other valuables

Law, CharlesRef 80-49
[1786-1855] Born in Greetland.

He was a clothier [1827] / a woollen manufacturer [1841] / a woollen manufacturer employing 4 females [1851].

He married (1) Elizabeth Whiteley [1799-1831].

Children:

  1. Mary Ann [b 1826]
  2. twins Sarah [b 19th September 1827] who was a woollen  cloth weaver [1851], a domestic servant to the Horsfall family of  Golcar [1861, 1871] & married [1874] William Illingworth
  3. Hannah / Anne [b 19th September 1827] who was a  woollen cloth weaver [1851], a worsted spinner [1871] & married  [1859] William Illingworth
  4. Nancy [1829-1887] who was a woollen cloth weaver [1851],  & married Thomas Walker

Elizabeth died 6th January 1831 (aged 32).

He married (2) Rachel [1781-1856].


Rachel was born in Greetland, (possibly) the widow of Mr Whiteley, and had 2 children:

  1. Henry Whiteley [b 1826] who was a woollen weaver [1841]
  2. Jonathan Whiteley [b 1827] who was a woollen manufacturer  [1841]

 

They lived at

  • Beestonley, Stainland-with Old Lindley [1841]
  • Dobroyd, Beestonley Lane, Stainland [1851]

Charles died 27th February 1855 (aged 69).

Rachel died 11th June 1856 (aged 75).

Members of the family were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland with Sarah Elizabeth [1863-19th October 1870], the daughter of Nancy & Thomas Walker

Law, CharlesRef 80-72
[1824-1???] Born in Stansfield.

He was a maltster's smelter [1861] / a journeyman maltster [1871].

Around 1853, he married Sarah [1824-1???].


Sarah was born in Todmorden.

She had a daughter: Elizabeth Greenbank [b 1846] who was a cotton power loom weaver [1861] a cotton weaver [1871] & lived with her mother & stepfather

 

Children:

  1. John [b 1853]
  2. Eliza [b 1854] who was a nurse [1861]
  3. Grace [b 1857] who was a heald knitter [1871 & married  Othello Holden
  4. Greenbank [b 1859]
  5. Hannah [b 1861]

They lived at Lineholme, Todmorden [1861]

Law, Charles EdwardRef 80-43
[1855-1925] Son of Samuel Law.

Born in Halifax.

He was a draper [1871] / a grocer's traveller [1881] / a director of Law & Crossley Limited [1899] / a wholesale grocer (employer) [1911].

In 1879, he married Hannah Taylor in Halifax.


Hannah was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Florence E. [b 1881]
  2. Frank
  3. Robert E. [b 1884] who was a electrician engineer [1901]
  4. Clara [b 1886] who married Donald Joseph Sagar

They lived at

  • 17 Milton Street, Halifax [1881]
  • The children were living at 54 Prescott Street, Halifax, with  Frank as head of the household [1901]
  • 54 Prescott Street, Halifax [1911]
  • Savile House, Carleton, Poulton le Fylde

Charles died at Belmont Nursing Home, Blackpool [21st March 1925] (aged 70).

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £27,839.

Probate was granted to his widow Hannah, John Thomas Feather (spinner), and Frank Smalley Mitchell (accountant) 

Law, Mrs CharlotteRef 80-1155
[18??-19??] In 1861, she ran a school at Sowerby Bridge

Law, ClaraRef 80-246
[1866-1891] Daughter of William Law.

Clara worked as Manageress at the Dale Street branch of the Todmorden Co-operative Society.

She was walking out with John William Halstead, a butcher at the same shop. She wanted to get married, but Halstead didn't, and she claimed that she was pregnant. They arranged to meet at the shop after closing time on Saturday, 1st August 1891.

About midnight on 3rd August 1891, she was found dead with her throat cut on the floor of the confectionery department of the Stores.

When the police went to his home in Castle Hill to talk to Halstead, he escaped through the back door, jumped over the wall on to the railway track and jumped in front of a train coming out of Horsfall Tunnel. His body was completely cut in two.

Clara was buried on 7th August 1891 at Cross Stone Church.

An inquest returned a verdict of wilful murder

Law, DanielRef 80-23
[1869-1???] Son of Paul Law.

Born 19th May 1869.

He was a stripper & grinder of Luddendenfoot [1890] / a bus conductor [1891].

On 10th June 1890, he married Sarah Jane Rowntree [1870-1???].


Sarah Jane, of Luddendenfoot, was born in Richmond, the daughter of John Rowntree, farmer
 

Children:

  1. Alice Mabel [b 2nd February 1892]
  2. Cyril [b 17th March 1894]
  3. William [b 3rd November 1895]

The family lived at Osborne Terrace, Sowerby [1891]

Law, ElijahRef 80-9
[18??-18??] He married Betty.

Child: William

Law, EllisRef 80-52
[1813-1879] Born in Stansfield.

He was a cotton spinner [1861] / a mule spinner [1879].

On 8th September 1839, he married Sarah Spencer [1814-1894] at St Chad's Church, Rochdale.


Sarah was born in Stansfield
 

Children:

  1. Mary Ann [1840-1905] who was a cotton weaver [1861],  (possibly) married Mr Hoult, & died in Todmorden Workhouse
  2. Sarah [1841-1869] who was a cotton weaver [1861]
  3. James [1844-1904] who was an apprentice mechanic [1861]
  4. John
  5. Thomas [1851-1919] who was a throstle doffer (cotton), a  plumber (of White Hart Fold, Todmorden) [1912]
  6. Eliza [1856-1926] who married [Halifax Q3 1877] James  Dawson

They lived at

Ellis died at home [26th May 1879].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £82 1/1d.

The will was proved by son James

Law, EllisRef 80-65
[1818-1885] Son of William Law, stonecutter.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a jobber of Warley [1839] / an overlooker in cotton mill [1841, 1851] / a plasterer's labourer [1861] / a cotton overlooker [1867, 1871] / a cotton weaver [1881] / a member of the committee of Todmorden Brass band [1868] /

a member of the Orange Order.

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [21st January 1876] announced


A Tea Party by the No.88 Lodge of Loyal Orangemen to be held on January 22nd.

Tickets available from Ellis Law of Millwood

 

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [10th November 1882] announced


A Tea Party by the No.88 Lodge of Loyal Orangemen to be held on January 22nd. Tickets available from Ellis Law of Millwood. Brother Ellis Law, the oldest Orangeman in the district, then gave a favourite song at the meeting of the Loyal Orangemen of the Todmorden District to celebrate the birthday of William, Prince of Orange
 

In 1839, he married Sally Helliwell at Halifax Parish Church.


Sally, a weaver of Warley, was the daughter of Samuel Helliwell.

She was a cotton weaver [1841] / a cotton power weaver [1851]

 

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 1840] who was a cotton power weaver [1851]
  2. William
  3. Helliwell [b 1848] who was a cotton weaver [1861]

They lived at

  • Castle Clough, Stansfield (with Sally's parents) [1841,  1851, 1861]
  • Millwood, Stansfield [1871]
  • 1 Broad Stone, Stansfield (the widowed Ellis living with   grandson Frederick Law (foreman gardener) and his wife  Betty Law [b 1854] (cotton weaver) [1881]

Living with them [in 1861, 1871] was grandson Frederick Law [b  1859] (a gardener's boy [1871]) 

Sally died in 1871 (aged 55).

She was buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone [13th November 1871]

Ellis died in 1885 (aged 67).

He was buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone [8th December 1885]

Law, ElyRef 80-1644
[18??-18??] Manufacturer at West Vale.

On 23rd September 1865, he was summoned by the Factory Inspector for working children longer than the hours allowed by law. He had run the mill a little too long at night. He was fined £3 15/6d, including costs, in 7 cases

Law, EnochRef 80-2
[1765-1804] Son of John Law.

He inherited much property from his father.

In 1785, he married Nancy Bottomley.


Nancy was the daughter of Benjamin Bottomley
 

Children:

  1. Betty
  2. John
  3. Hannah
  4. John
  5. Nancy
  6. Samuel
  7. Nancy

They lived at Square in Walsden.

Members of the family were buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden

Law, FrankRef 80-69
[1873-1953] Born in Walsden [4th June 1873].

He was a tailor [1911] / a manufacturer of cotton overalls with Holgate, Law & Company Limited [1921] / a clothier outfitter (own account) [1939].

He established Frank Law & Company.

In [Q3] 1897, he married Esther Ann Gill [1875-1946] in Todmorden.


Esther Ann was born in Walsden [22nd December 1875], the daughter of Benjamin Gill
 

Children:

  1. Herbert
  2. Allen [b 1902] who was a clothier & outfitter (manager)   with Frank Law & Company [1921]
  3. Clarence [b 1906] who was a clothier & outfitter  (salesman) with Frank Law & Company [1921]
  4. Harold [b 20th November 1908] who was an overall  manufacturer (manager) [1939]

The 1911 census shows that they had had 6 children of whom 3 were still alive at that time.

They lived at

  • (possibly) 962 Rochdale Road, Walsden
  • 73 King Street, Huddersfield [1911]
  • 21 Heaton Road, Gledholt, Huddersfield [1921]
  • 29 Thorp Lane, Almondbury, Huddersfield [1939, 1946]

Living with them [in 1921] was Esther's widowed mother Ellen Gill [b Hebden Bridge 1843].

Esther Ann died 7th February 1946 (aged 73).

Frank Law died 6th November 1953 (aged 80) 

The couple were buried at Lumbutts United Methodist Free Church

Law, Frank TaylorRef 80-38
[1882-1918] Son of Charles Edward Law.

Born in Halifax.

He was educated at Melbourne House, York & Halifax New School, South Parade under Henry Richard Starke-Jones / a grocer's clerk [1901] / employed in the family business Law & Crossley Limited / a grocer [1911] / employed by Latham's, corn millers in Leeds & York.

In [Q2] 1910, he married Bertha Feather in Halifax.


Bertha was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. child [b 1911]
  2. Charles E. [b 1913]
  3. David R. [b 1917]

They lived at

  • 13 Heathfield Place, Halifax [1911]
  • 21 Blake Grove, Potternewton, Leeds [1918]

During World War I, he joined the Leeds Rifles [June 1916], and was an instructor at Clipstone. In late 1917, he was transferred and served as a Private, then Lance Corporal, with the 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He died of wounds at No.47 Casualty Clearing Station [25th March 1918] (aged 36).

The Halifax Courier [27th April 1918] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Rosières British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref 57].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Law, FredRef 80-33
[1860-1892] Son of Thomas Law, silk dresser.

Born in Eastwood.

He was a silk dresser of St James's Parish, Halifax [1881] / a silk dresser [1891]

In [Q3] 1881, he married Clementine Haigh at St James's Church, Halifax.


Clementine, of Halifax, was the daughter of
George Haigh
 

Children:

  1. William Henry
  2. Herbert [b 1884] who served in the Royal Garrison  Artillery [WW1]
  3. Arnold

The family lived at 13 Wesley Terrace, Ovenden [1891].

Clementine died in 1889 (aged 32).

Fred died in 1892 (aged 32).

At the outbreak of World War I, the 3 sons joined the Army

Law, G. W.Ref 80-1063
[18??-19??] Cabinet maker at Mytholmroyd.

In November 1899, he was declared bankrupt

Law, George HenryRef 80-26
[1881-19??] Born in Greetland.

He was an engine tenter of Haugh Shaw Road, Halifax [1908] / a stationary stoker at dyeworks [1911].

In [Q2] 1908, he married Edna Hitchen at Halifax Parish Church.


Edna was the daughter of
Amos Hitchen.

She had 2 illegitimate sons: Irwin Hitchen & Sam Hitchen [b 1901]

 

Children:

  1. Dora Lilian [b 1909]
  2. Cyril [b 1913]

The family lived at 13 Grove Terrace, Southowram [1911].

Living with them [in 1911] were Edna's 2 sons: Irwin & Sam

Law, George TaylorRef 80-21
[1923-1942] Son of Sarah Ann & Harry Law of Cornholme.

During World War II, he served as a Second Radio Officer with the Merchant Navy aboard the cargo ship SS Glenlea (Newcastle upon Tyne).

He died 7th November 1942 (aged 19)  when his ship was torpedoed by German Submarine U-566, and sank north of the Azores with the loss of 44 of her crew of 49.

He is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial, London [Grave Ref 52], and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Law, Harry JamesRef 80-44
[1853-19??] Son of Samuel Law.

Born in Halifax.

He was a grocer [1871, 1891] / a wholesale grocer [1896] / a director of Law & Crossley Limited [1899] / a wholesale grocer [1901].

He married Elizabeth Ann Drake [1854-19??].


Elizabeth Ann was born in Halifax, the daughter of Herbert Drake
 

Children:

  1. Herbert Drake [b 1881] who was a chemistry student [1901]
  2. Albert [b 1883]

They lived at

  • Bailey Hall Bank, Southowram (with Elizabeth Ann's  parents) [1891]
  • 15 Rhodes Street, Halifax [1901]

Living with them [in 1901] was niece Gertrude Drake [b 1884]

Law, HerbertRef 80-35
[1899-1918] Son of Frank Law.

During World War I, and he served as a Private with the 8th Battalion Staffordshire Regiment.

He died of wounds [31st May 1918] (aged 19).

He was buried at Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France [Grave Ref VII A C 17].

He is remembered on the family grave at Lumbutts United Methodist Free Church

Law, JabezRef 80-67
[1851-1924] Born in Sowerby / Mytholmroyd.

He was a cloth miller [1881, 1891] / a woollen cloth miller [1901] / a cloth miller [1911] / a cloth miller with William Edleston Limited [1921].

He married Eliza [1854-1931].


Eliza was born in Hebden Bridge
 

Children:

  1. Ernest [b 1877] who was a cotton spinning piecer [1891],  a mechanic engineer fitter [1901]
  2. Emma [b 1879] who was a worsted spinner [1891], a fustian  tailoress [1901]
  3. Annie [b 1892] who was a coating weaver [1911] and  married Mr Wood and was a woollen weaver with William  Edleston Limited [1921]

The 1911 census shows that they had had 5 children of whom 3 were still alive at that time.

The family lived at

  • Providence Place, Sowerby [1881, 1891]
  • 19 Gladstone Buildings, Sowerby Bridge [1901, 1911, 1921]

Living with them [in 1921] were grandson Arnold Wood [b 1919].

Jabez died Q1 1924 (aged 72).

Eliza died Q4 1931 (aged 77) 


Their burial places are not yet known
 

Law, JamesRef 80-975
[17??-18??] Cotton carder at Mayroyd Mill, Hebden Bridge [1794]

Around 1804, he was declared bankrupt

Law, JamesRef 80-776
[1782-1850] Aka Smoker.

Of Gauxholme.

He had an illegitimate son – John – by Sally Bottomley

Law, JamesRef 80-6920
[1791-1866] Known as Jim o' old Sam's.

Son of Samuel Law.

He was a clogger.

He married Mally Shackleton [1790-1876].


Mally was the daughter of John Shackleton
 

Children:

  1. Sarah Jane [b 1813]
  2. John [b 1816]
  3. Samuel [b 1819]
  4. James
  5. Robert
  6. Thomas
  7. William
  8. Abraham
  9. Edwin

He settled first at Law Hey Farm, Walsden where his parents lived then moved to Square in Walsden.

He made plans to start a new life in Canada but was unable to get the correct paper-work as he was a skilled man – who were banned from emigrating at the time. A labourer friend, by the name of James Leonard, applied for the papers in his name, and James left Walsden early in 1819 and entered America as James Leonard, labourer.

Mally had 2 small children and was pregnant with her third child when he left.

James sent for her in 1820 and she went, travelling alone with the children to join her husband in Niagara.

Their 6 youngest children were born in Canada.

He died at Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

The family are buried in St Margaret's-in-the-Pines, Scarborough, Ontario


In Loving memory of James Law
Who died January 3rd. 1866 aged 74 years and 9 months.

Also of Mary, wife of James Law, Who died March 24th 1876 aged 86 years and 3 months.
Natives of Lancashire, England.
Emigrated to Canada 1819.

Law, JamesRef 80-374
[18??-18??] Boot and shoe maker at Halifax.

In December 1857, he was declared bankrupt

Law, JamesRef 80-394
[18??-18??] Journeyman dyer at Halifax.

In January 1859, he was declared insolvent

Law, JamesRef 80-1681
[18??-19??] In [Q4] 1891, he married Ada Judson in Todmorden.


Ada was the daughter of
John Judson
 

Children:

  1. Elsie Joanna [1892-1956] who married Benny Pickles

Law, JamesRef 80-60
[1811-1863] Born in Clifton.

He was a cardmaker [1833].

On 30th September 1833, he married Mary Ann Netherwood in Birstall.


Mary was born in Wakefield, the daughter of
David Netherwood
 

Children:

  1. David Netherwood [b 1834]
  2. Hannah [b 1837]
  3. Mary [b 1838]
  4. John James [1841-1844] who was buried with his parents
  5. Joe Netherwood [1844-1865]
  6. James [1845-1875]
  7. Sarah Jane [b 1847]
  8. Eliza [b 1850]
  9. Fanny [b 1853]
  10. Martha [b 1854]
  11. Thomas [b 1856]
  12. Ellen [b 1858]

James died in Brighouse [10th October 1863].

Mary died in Rastrick [12th April 1892].

The couple were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse [Grave Ref: Y60].

The children () were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse in another grave

Law, JamesRef 80-1634
[1821-1901] Son of John Law.

Born in Greetland [14th November 1821].

He was a woollen manufacturer [1861, 1881] / a woollen manufacturer (employer) [1901].

On 5th November 1848, he married Jane Firth [1822-1895] at Halifax Parish Church.


Jane came from Greetland
 

Children:

  1. Sarah Ann [1851-1897] who married Henry Speak
  2. Arthur William
  3. Rachel [1858-1912]

They lived at

Living with them [in 1881] was grandson Herbert Speak.

Living with them [in 1901] were granddaughters Florence Gertrude & Margaret Speak, and great grandson James Newton [b 1898]; Charlotte Jagger was working for the family as a general help.

Jane died 20th March 1895 (aged 73).

James died 24th August 1901 (aged 79).

Members of the family were buried at St Thomas's Church, Greetland

Law, JamesRef 80-1338
[1822-1850] Son of Samuel Law.

A shoemaker at Walsden.

In 1840, he married Elizabeth Butterworth [1822-1849] in Todmorden.

Children:

  1. Emma [1850] who died in infancy
  2. Alice
  3. Christopher

In 1850, he was walking back from the Whitworth Wakes. As he was crossing the moors between there and Todmorden, he fell down a 12 ft precipice. He was seriously injured and died a few days later.

On 18th September 1850, an inquest before J. F. Dearden at the Waggon & Horses, Walsden returned a verdict that he

died from injuries received by the fall, being at the time in liquor

Law, JamesRef 80-1391
[1848-19??] Son of Grace (née Bottomley) & John Law. Grace was the daughter of Susan (née Scholfield) & Jeremiah Bottomley, and granddaughter of Jeremiah Bottomley.

Born in Walsden.

Landlord of the British Queen, Todmorden [1891, 1897]. He left in 1898.

In 1871, he married Mary Earnshaw.

On 25th October 1897, he married Mrs Mary Elizabeth Feather of the Royal Oak Hotel, Bacup

Law, JamesRef 80-68
[1854-1918] Born in Todmorden.

He was a cotton weaver [1881, 1891].

He married Elizabeth [1854-1899].


Elizabeth was born in Hebden Bridge.

She was a cotton weaver [1881]

 

Children:

  1. Eva [b 1875] who was a cotton weaver [1891]
  2. Albert [1875-2nd March 1885] who was buried with his  parents
  3. Edward [b 1889]

They lived at

  • Longfield, Langfield [1881, 1885]
  • 109 Longfield Road, Langfield [1891]

Elizabeth died 22nd March 1899 (aged 45).

James died 21st May 1918 (aged 64).

The couple were buried at Lumbutts United Methodist Free Church

Law, James HerbertRef 80-22
[1885-1918] Son of Samson Law.

Born in Mytholmroyd [11th January 1885]; baptised at Mytholmroyd Wesleyan Chapel [18th August 1889].

He was a presser (cotton) [1901] / a carter (coal) [1911] / a member of the fire brigade.

During World War I, he enlisted [21st May 1915] and served as a Private with the Royal Army Medical Corps.

He was medically discharged with phthisis [Para 392 III C. C. King's Regulation] from the RAMC [3rd November 1915] with a pension of 27/6d per week for 12 months.

He received the Silver War Badge (1914-1920) [17th March 1917].

He died 5th February 1918 (aged 33).

He is remembered on a memorial in Mount Zion Methodist Church, Mytholmroyd and Scout Road Wesleyan Chapel, Mytholmroyd, and in the book Royd Regeneration

Law, JeremiahRef 80-48
[1740-1???] Son of Isabella & Samuel Law.

Born in Todmorden.

He married Unknown.

Child: Sarah [b Brown House 1778] who married Wilson Nicholson

Law, JoeRef 80-13
[1872-1908] Son of Paul Law, labourer.

Born in Sowerby.

He was a corn miller of Luddenden Foot [1894] / a teamer / a stone waggoner [1901].

In 1894, he married Hannah Lande Boffy [1874-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Hannah, of Francis Street, Halifax, was born in Featherstone, the daughter of William Boffy, coal miner
 

Children:

  1. Paul
  2. Beatrice [b 1898] who was a worsted spinner [1911]
  3. William [b 1900]

The family lived at

  • Hoyle Bank, Luddenden Foot [1901]
  • 19 Carlton Street, Sowerby Bridge [1911]

Law, JohnRef 80-599
[1545-1626] A Halifax pedlar.

On 18th March 1612, as he was travelling near Colne, he refused to give pins to a Lancashire woman, Alizon Device. He had a stroke immediately afterwards.

His son, Abraham, took the matter up with the law and Alizon and others were charged with witchcraft.

This was the start of the Pendle Witchcraft Trials which ended with the hanging of the 10 accused on 20th August 1612

Law, JohnRef 80-470
[17??-1???] Coiner of Erringden

Law, JohnRef 80-880
[17??-17??] Minister at Wainsgate Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge [1779-1783]

Law, JohnRef 80-973
[17??-18??] Cotton spinner at Law Mill / Frieldhurst Mill, Cornholme [1837]

Law, JohnRef 80-5640
[1723-1802] Son of William Law.

Born Hazelgreave Farm, Todmorden.

In 1747, he married (1) Rosamund Eastwood [1718-1775].

About 1757, John left his family and Todmorden after being apprehended for a crime at Scaitcliffe, Todmorden. He returned to Todmorden about 14 years later, seeing his son Robert for the first time. Rosamund (Rosey) claimed poor relief, receiving 13/- per week.

Children:

  1. Mary
  2. Susan
  3. John
  4. Robert

In 1783, he married (2) Susan Barrett.

After marrying his second wife they moved to Edge End between Oldham and Preston in a cottage worth about £4 a year.

After the death of his second wife he began to hawk coffee etc.

He died in Liverpool [about 1802]

Law, Rev JohnRef 80-627
[1727-1769] Curate at Cross Stone [1750-1769]

Law, JohnRef 80-207
[1730-1781] Son of Robert Law.

Engineer who worked on many bridges in Lancashire.

He married (1) Betty.

Children:

  1. Betty
  2. Mary
  3. Hannah who married James Fielden
  4. Enoch

He married (2) Betty Marshall.

Children:

  1. Job
  2. Thomas
  3. Samuel
  4. Enoch
  5. Robert

He married (3) Ann Walker.

Child: 9. Susan

He was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden

Law, JohnRef 80-5500
[1782-18??] Son of Samuel Law.

Born at Gauxholme Stones Farm [about 1782].

In 1810, he was sentenced to 1 month in jail for larceny

Law, JohnRef 80-1627
[1788-1874] Born in Warley [14th November 1788].

He was a woollen manufacturer [1841] / a woollen manufacturer employing 37 males, 17 females [1851] / a promoter of the Halifax, Huddersfield & Keighley Railway [1863] / a woollen cloth manufacturer employing 60 men, 47 women, & 9 boys  [1871].

He established John Law & Sons at Brigg Royd Mill, West Vale.

On 23rd May 1811, he married Rachel Holroyd [1787-1856] at Halifax Parish Church.


Rachel came from Greetland
 

Children:

  1. Sarah [b 1815]
  2. John
  3. Ann [1817-1902]
  4. Joseph
  5. James
  6. Thomas [b 1826]
  7. William
  8. Samuel [1829-1893]
  9. Ellen [1832-1900]

They lived at

  • Clay House Mill, West Vale [1841]
  • 29 Brow Bridge, West Vale [1851]
  • Clay House Mill, West Vale [1871]
  • West Vale [1874]

Rachel died 19th November 1856 (aged 69).

John died 24th August 1874.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £5,000.

[Resworn under £7,000]. The will was proved by sons Joseph & James, William Law of Dovecote Villas, Wood Green, Middlesex (cloth  manufacturer), and Samuel Law of Greetland (cloth manufacturer).

Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: D6]

See Thomas Law

Law, JohnRef 80-3
[1794-1873] Son of Enoch Law.

Born in Walsden.

He was a labourer / a carter / a cotton weaver [1841] / a handloom weaver (cotton) [1851] / a retired cotton hand loom weaver [1861] / an annuitant [1871].

In 1816, he married Betty Jackson [1801-1880].


Betty was born in Walsden
 

Children:

  1. Samuel [b 1821] who was a cotton weaver [1841]
  2. John
  3. James
  4. William [b 1826] who was a railway labourer [1841]
  5. Nancy [b 1825] who was a cotton weaver [1841], a steam  loom weaver (cotton) [1851]
  6. Enoch [b 1828] who was a cotton piecer [1841], a mule  spinner (cotton) [1851]
  7. Sarah [b 1831] who was a factory winder [1851]
  8. Betty [b 1833] who was a throstle piecer [1851], a cotton  winder [1861] & married Peter Crossley
  9. Hannah [b 1836] who was a cotton winder [1861]
  10. Robert

They lived at North Hollingworth [1841, 1851]

Members of the family were buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden

Law, JohnRef 80-4
[1798-1833] Son of Betty Law by Benjamin of Burnley.

In 1822, he married Mally Fielden.

Mally had an illegitimate daughter Susan by James Dawson.

Children:

  1. Samuel
  2. Thomas
  3. Sally
  4. Elizabeth
  5. John
  6. Peter
  7. William

He died in 1833 at Scout Top after a long and lingering illness

Law, JohnRef 80-8500
[1799-1853] Son of Samuel Law.

He was a whitesmith and blacksmith by trade.

He married 3 times, and had 8 children of whom only 2 survived.

He married (1) Mally Fielden [1802-1826].


Mally was the daughter of Mary & Samuel Fielden
 

Children:

  1. Susan

After the death of her mother, Susan was brought up by her maternal grandparents.

In 1826, 4 months after his wife Susan died, John married (2) Sally Haigh [1800-1830].


Sally was the daughter of Mary & Reuben Haigh
 

Children:

  1. Peter who died aged 5
  2. Christopher who died aged 8

Sally died in childbirth with son Christopher.

In 1830, 2 months after his wife Sally died, John married (3) Sally Fielden [1800-1839].


Sally was the daughter of Enoch Fielden
 

Children:

  1. Robert who died aged 2
  2. Samuel
  3. Mary who died a baby
  4. Hannah who died aged 11
  5. Mally who died aged 2

He inherited 4 cottages on Square in Walsden built by his great grandfather William Ingham. He lived in number 36, which at the time was the end cottage with gardens and stables to the side..

He died at Square.

He left 2 cottages at Square to each of his two surviving children, Samuel and Susan

Law, JohnRef 80-1642
[18??-18??] Woollen manufacturer at Elland.

On 4th April 1844, he married Elizabeth Keighley at Halifax Parish Church

Law, JohnRef 80-818
[18??-18??] Of Greetland.

In 1866, he laid the foundation stone of the United Methodist Free Church, Skircoat

Law, JohnRef 80-432
[1802-18??] Son of Robert Law.

Born in Walsden.

He was a mechanic by trade, and worked for his father's company Robert Law & Company at Ramsden Wood Mill before taking over the running of the business in 1843 after the death of his father, in partnership with Eli Hudson as Law & Hudson.

In August 1845, he was declared bankrupt.

In 1848, he was recorded as an innkeeper, and then moved to Stockport where he was a confectioner.

He married Grace Stansfield.

Children:

  1. Samuel
  2. Betty
  3. Stansfield
  4. Robert
  5. Wiliam
  6. Thomas
  7. John
  8. Mary
  9. Crossley
  10. Grace

Law, JohnRef 80-57
[1804-1877]

He married Hannah [1806-1877].

They lived at Nab, Stainland [1877].

John died 22nd April 1877 (aged 73).

Hannah died 5th December 1877 (aged 71).

The couple were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland [Grave Ref: S3/147]

Law, JohnRef 80-16
[1805-1???] Born in Sowerby.

He was a stone mason [1851].

He married Hannah [1806-1???].


Hannah was born in Sowerby
 

Children:

  1. Mary [b 1829] who was a reeler [1851]
  2. William [b 1831] who was a woolcomber [1851]
  3. Fanny [b 1835] who was a worsted spinner [1851]
  4. Betty [b 1836]
  5. Hannah [b 1840]
  6. Ellen [b 1842]
  7. Margaret [b 1845]
  8. Martha [b 1845]
  9. John [b 1846]

They lived at 5 Boulderclough [1851]

Law, JohnRef 80-41
[1815-1851] Of Greetland.

Son of John Law.

John died 15th June 1851 (aged 36).

Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: D6]

Law, JohnRef 80-1116
[1819-1865] Son of Abraham Law.

After the death of his mother in 1822, John and his cousin Susan Law were brought up in Walsden by Mary & Samuel Fielden, his maternal grandparents.

He was a sawyer by trade.

He never married.

The Leeds Mercury of Thursday 3rd August 1865 reported


FATAL ACCIDENT AT TODMORDEN YESTERDAY

Yesterday, an inquest before T. F. Dearden was held at the Black Swan Inn, Todmorden, touching the death of JOHN LAW of Dalton Street, Todmorden.

LAW was employed by Mr Bairstow, corn miller, Hebden Bridge. While he was at his work the previous week, he had occasion to place a ladder against a building to reach a hay loft. The ladder, which was about 7 yards long, was too short for the purpose, and was placed on a stone. The steam tenter assisted in placing the ladder, and then went away to his work, and did not know how far LAW has ascended the ladder when he fell. Shortly after, the steam tenter found the deceased laying on the ground face downwards. His thigh was broken, his breast much crushed, and he also sustained other injuries, which caused his death on Sunday morning last. Verdict – Accidental Death

 

He actually died at Square in Walsden – probably in the care of one of his many relatives who lived there

Law, JohnRef 80-9280
[1820-1895] Son of John Law.

He was a cotton weaver [1841].

He was a convert to Methodism, and was baptised as an adult at Bridge Street Methodist Chapel, Todmorden on the same day his son James was baptised in 1844.

In 1841, he married Hannah Fielden.


Hannah was the daughter of Joshua Fielden
 

Children:

  1. John
  2. James
  3. Elizabeth
  4. Josiah Fielden
  5. Alfred
  6. Mary Hannah

He was a confectioner [around 1851]. He and his family lived in Everton, Liverpool, for a while around 1851. There were several other Walsden people – all confectioners – sharing the accommodation.


Question: Does anyone know whether they had anything to do with Everton Toffee?

 

By 1871, he had given up being a confectioner and was a cotton operative, then a chemist's assistant.

They lived at Lanebottom in Walsden.

Members of the family were buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden

Law, JohnRef 80-1706
[1840-1897] Born in Sowerby.

He was employed by Wood Brothers / a time & store keeper iron works [1881] / an engineer's timekeeper [1891] / a member of the committee of the Sowerby Bridge Industrial Society / a trustee and treasurer at Tuel Lane Chapel.

In 1871, he married Sarah Murgatroyd Howarth [1845-1???] born in Luddenden, in Halifax.

They lived at

  • 6 Chapel Street, Sowerby Bridge, Warley [1881]
  • 9 Grove Street, Sowerby Bridge [1891, 1897, 1901]

Living with them [in 1891] & 1901 was widowed mother-in-law Mary Howarth [aged 68] (retired laundress).

John died from

a painful internal disorder

on 14th November 1897.

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £310

Law, Rev JohnRef 80-602
[1842-1908] Son of John Law.

Born at Bottoms in Walsden.

In 1851, he was living in Everton (Liverpool) with his parents and working with his father as a confectioner.

In 1861, he was a cotton weaver living with his parents in Lanebottom, Walsden.

John and his siblings had been brought up as Methodists.

John was ordained as a Methodist Minister at Richmond Methodist College.

He became a missionary and chose to go to New Zealand for his first appointment.

In 1868, he sailed to Auckland, New Zealand on the Siam

His future wife Hannah Heyworth [1841-1931] was living at home with her parents in Walsden.

In 1872, she sailed to Auckland on the City of Auckland.

They married one week after she arrived.

Children:

  1. child
  2. child
  3. child
  4. child
  5. child

He died at Mount Albert, New Zealand

Law, JohnRef 80-11
[1846-1912] Son of Ellis Law.

Born in Stansfield.

He was a cotton weaver [1861] / a railway guard on the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway / a railway guard in York [1901].

He lived at

  • White Hart Fold, Todmorden
  • Bent Street, Cheetham, Manchester [1879]

He had a housekeeper Mrs Emily Frances Barling, and they lived at 12 Grove View, York [1901].

Emily Frances died 26th April 1912.

After her death, John moved back to Todmorden.

He died in Todmorden [25th November 1912].

An obituary recorded


It is stated that he married a Yorkshire lady of good social position, but the identity of that lady is unknown to Law's relations, the name being kept a profound secret. The lady died some years ago.

Evidence suggests that the lady was Emily Frances Barling, who later became his housekeeper. No evidence has been found to confirm their marriage.

Law was a guard on the express from York to Liverpool for many years, and after his marriage he remained in the service of the railway company for about twelve months.

He retired from the service of the company about four years ago, much to the regret of his fellow-workers, amongst whom he was extremely popular.

Following his retirement, he toured the country in a caravan, on one occasion travelling by that means to Lincoln, where he owned considerable property.

Six months ago he fixed up his residence with a sister at Lydgate, Todmorden.

Shortly after his arrival there he seems to have tired of his caravan, for he disposed of it, the sale taking place two days prior to his sudden death.

It was his intention also to part with his two seated motor car and purchase an up to-date car, such a vehicle having attracted his attention and aroused his desire to be the possessor

 

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £8,114 7/10d. Probate was granted to his brother Thomas Law (plumber) of White Hart Fold, Todmorden, and his nephew Fred Law (mechanic) of 18 Newall Street, Littleborough.

He left

  • £250 each to his siblings: James Law, Thomas Law, and Mrs Eliza Dawson
  • An annuity of £27 to his sister Mary Ann Hoult
  • To his housekeeper Emily Frances Barling, he left the use of his residence and household effects, whilst she shall reside there, at a rental to be determined by his trustees, but not exceeding £15 per annum
  • £10 each to his nephew Fred Law and his nieces Hannah & Lydia Dawson
  • The residue to his siblings: James, Thomas, Eliza & Mary

Law, JohnRef 80-234
[1865-1941] Born in Stainland.

He was an electrical engineer [1901, 1911] / an insurance agent. He was active in local affairs, being a Labour Councillor, an Alderman for Ovenden [1922], and Mayor of Halifax [1928-1929]

He married Annie [1871-19??] from Oldham.

Children:

  1. Samuel Newby [b 1896]
  2. Agnes [b 1899]
  3. Kathleen Maud [b 1904]

They lived at

Law, JohnRef 80-20
[1918-1943] Son of Martha & Samuel Law of Todmorden.

In [Q2] 1940, he married Susan Robinson in Todmorden.

They lived in Todmorden.

During World War II, he served as a Gunner with the 85th Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery.

He died 21st July 1943 (aged 25).

He was buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand [Grave Ref 8 D 30].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Law, JonathanRef 80-15
[1822-1896] Born in Warley.

He married (1) Unknown.

On 19th August 1882, he married (2) Ann Lumb in Halifax.


Ann was the widow of
Levi Lumb
 

Law, JosephRef 80-1550
[18??-19??] In 1886, he was in partnership with Job Morton, making paper at Booth Wood Mill, Rishworth. They had acquired the business of Clarke & Luke.

In November 1890, they conveyed the business to David Scott.

In 1851, he married Sarah Ismay

Law, JosephRef 80-1633
[1819-1899] Son of John Law.

Born in Greetland.

He was a manufacturer [1851] / a woollen manufacturer [1861, 1871] / a woollen manufacturer (employing 100 hands) [1881] / a woollen manufacturer [1891].

In 1856, he married Hannah Smithies [1822-1898] in Halifax.


Hannah was born in Stainland
 

They lived at

  • West Vale [1861]
  • Bradley Mill, Stainland [1871]
  • Bradley House, Stainland-with Old Lindley [1881]
  • Willow Royd, Elland-cum-Greetland [1891]

Hannah died at Willow Royd, West Vale [9th August 1898]

Law, LeviRef 80-36
[1779-1858]

In 1802, he married Betty Holt.

Children:

  1. Martha [b 1805]
  2. Esther [b 1807]
  3. John [b 1816]
  4. Hannah [b 1818]
  5. Grace [b 1819]
  6. Abigail [b 1825]

They lived at Duke Street, Stansfield [1841, 1851].

Living with them [in 1851] was lodger Betty Pickles [b 1839].

A Levi Law died in Todmorden in 1858

Law, MarkRef 80-471
[17??-1???] Coiner of Turvin

Law, MarkRef 80-62
[1819-1879] Born in Wadsworth [24th June 1819].

He was an engine tenter [1871].

On 9th June 1844, he married Sarah Sutcliffe [1824-1905] at St Thomas à Becket, Heptonstall.


Sarah was born in Wadsworth [13th August 1824].

She had a son before she married: Alfred Sutcliffe [b 1841]; baptised 1846 as Alfred Law Sutcliffe

 

Children:

  1. Mary Ann [1845-1849] who was buried at St Thomas à  Becket, Heptonstall
  2. Emanuel [1847-1914]
  3. Alice [1849-1927]
  4. Sam [1851-1879]
  5. Ben [1852-1883]
  6. Hannah [1853-1907] who married Nathan Ashworth
  7. Henry [1855-1908]
  8. Sarah Ann [1859-1932]
  9. Willie [1860-1927]

They lived at Dapper House, Ovenden [1871, 1879].

Mark died at home [8th May 1879].

Sarah died in Halifax [18th January 1905].

The couple & other members of the family () were buried at Illingworth Church

Law, MarkRef 80-19
[1891-1916] Son of Ben Law.

He was a well-known member of the Millwood Association Football Club / a member of Oldroyd Sunday School.

During World War I, he enlisted at Todmorden [February 1916] and served as a Private with the 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment.

He was killed in action [25th September 1916] (aged 25).

The Todmorden & District News [3rd November 1916] reported his death with a photograph


Private Mark Law, East Yorkshires, killed on the 25th of September, aged 25.

He was wounded in the fighting at Delville Wood in July, and returned to the trenches in August

 

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 2C], and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Law, MaryRef 80-342
[16??-1722] Of Elland. She was great-granddaughter of John Hanson.

She was buried at Elland Parish Church.

In her will of 1701, she created the Mary Law Charity and Mary Law Charity School

Law, NathanRef 80-51
[1835-1886] Son of Susan [1799-18??] & William Law [1801-18??].

Born in Stansfield.

He was a cotton mill warehouse clerk [1861] / a book keeper (cotton mill) [1871] / a warehouseman in cotton mill [1881].

In [Q2] 1858, he married Hannah Holt [1835-1919] in Todmorden.


Hannah was born in Walsden / Rochdale.

She was a dress maker [1861], a milliner [1881]

 

Children:

  1. Thomas W. [b 1859]
  2. Sarah [b 1858] who was a milliner [1881] & married Luke Greenwood

They lived at

  • 10 Mount Pleasant, Todmorden [1861]
  • 12 Clough, Walsden [1871]
  • 4 Patmos, Todmorden & Walsden [1881]

Nathan died in Todmorden [Q4 1886] (aged 51).

In 1901, 1911, Hannah was living with daughter Sarah & her husband.

Hannah died in Halifax [Q4 1919] (aged 84) 

Law, PaulRef 80-54
[1838-1???] Son of William Law.

He was a woolcomber [1851] / a labourer of Sowerby [1863] / a labourer [1871].

He married 26th December 1863 Mary Naylor [1840-1???].


Mary, of Sowerby, was the daughter of Ann & Joseph Naylor, delver
 

Children:

  1. Mary Ann [b 1864]
  2. Eliza [b 18th July 1865]
  3. Emma [b November 1866]
  4. Daniel [b 19th May 1869]
  5. Joe [b 13th August 1871] who was a cab man [1891]
  6. Fanny [b 14th November 1873]
  7. Paul [b 25th April 1877]
  8. William [b 16th May 1879]
  9. Sarah [b 19th March 1883]

They lived at

  • Hollins Hill, Sowerby [1871]
  • Osborne Terrace, Sowerby [1881]
  • Belle View Terrace, Sowerby [1891]

Living with them [in 1871] was mother-in-law Ann Naylor [b  1808]

Law, PaulRef 80-12
[1895-1915] Son of Joe Law.

Born at Lower Oldfield, Luddendenfoot [1st September 1895]; baptised at St Mary's Church, Luddenden. [5th November 1895].

He was educated at Luddendenfoot National School / a machine oiler [1911]. When World War I broke out, he volunteered for Imperial Service, he enlisted [March 1941] and served as a Private. with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed by a sniper [10th May 1915] (aged 19).

He was buried at Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, France [Grave Ref C 31].

He is remembered on Luddendenfoot War Memorial, on a memorial in St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd, and in the book Royd Regeneration

Law, RichardRef 80-259
[15??-1???] Of Halifax and Woodhouse, Rastrick.

He married Agnes Hanson


Agnes was the daughter of John Hanson
 

Law, RichardRef 80-502
[15??-16??] Aka Lawe.

He married Esther Whitley.


Esther was the daughter of
Michael Whitley
 

He and his wife inherited the upper end of Shelf Hall.

In 1635, he and John Hirde were fined for obstructing the footpath and for polluting the spring at Shelf Hall

Law, RobertRef 80-4500
[1706-1770] Known as Rough Robin.

He married Elizabeth Ormerod.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Samuel
  3. Robert

The family lived at Moorside Farm, Todmorden

Law, RobertRef 80-2830
[1741-1790] Son of Robert Law.

He was a stone mason.

In 1783, Robert and his brother Samuel – together with Thomas Hughes and his brother-in-law Abraham Crossley – leased the Mill from John Crossley with an agreement to convert the mill over to cotton spinning.

In 1784, Robert and Thomas Hughes sold their shares in the partnership to Samuel Fielden and manufacturer John Tattersall of Lumbutts Mill.

In 1764, he married Mary Crabtree.

Children:

  1. Mally
  2. Betty
  3. John
  4. Sarah
  5. Thomas
  6. Abraham
  7. Lydia
  8. William
  9. Robert

He lived at Moorside Farm, Todmorden, as a tenant of John Crossley of Scaitcliffe like his father before him.

After his death in 1790, the tenancy passed to his widow who retained it until 1801.

After that it passed to his son John.

Members of the family were buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden

Law, RobertRef 80-174
[1774-1842] Son of Samuel Law.

He started off his cotton manufacturing at Smithyholme Mill, then, with his brothers Samuel and Thomas built Ramsden Wood Mill. He established Robert Law & Company with his brothers, and they occupied Ramsden Wood Mill, Walsden, and Smithy Holme Mill, Walsden.

He married Betty Crossley [1776-1849].

Children:

  1. Sarah
  2. Mally who married John Marland
  3. John
  4. Samuel [1804-1813] who died aged 9
  5. Betty who married Eli Hudson
  6. Robert
  7. Susan
  8. Thomas [1815-1835]
  9. Martha

He and his family lived at Smithyholme Mill whilst his brothers worked from there. His wife Betty

a big lass

ran a shop from the mill selling groceries.

They later went to live in a company house at Ramsden Wood.

Robert died two days after signing his will. Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at under £4,000. The Chancery Law suit which arose due to the contents of his will lasted from 1842 to at least 1856.

Members of the family were buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden

Law, RobertRef 80-9700
[1797-1869] Known as Old Bob i' th' Horsepasture.

Son of Thomas Law.

He was a tall and heavy man / Surveyor of the Highways for the Scaitcliffe side of the hamlet of  Todmorden [1838] – see Todmorden & Walsden Select Vestry / farmer at Height Top Farm, Todmorden / farmer of 50 acres at Horsepasture Farm, Walsden [from 1844].

About 1830, he married Mary Greenwood.

Children:

  1. Ann
  2. Thomas
  3. Betty
  4. Reuben
  5. Robert
  6. Mary
  7. Peter
  8. Esther
  9. William
  10. Abraham

He died in tragic circumstances from

Injuries received in and upon his spine and other parts of his body from accidentally falling from a certain footpath in Ramsden Wood, from walking against a broken branch of a tree overhanging such footpath, lived one day.

Dr Samuel Scholfield attended him.

He was buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden

Law, RobertRef 80-14
[18??-1???]

Recorded in 1888, when he was at Whittaker Pits Farm, Clifton.

See Ernest Fielding

Law, RobertRef 80-1402
[1809-1842] Son of Robert Law.

Born at Smithyholme Mill.

He worked for his father's company Robert Law & Company at Ramsden Wood Mill

In 1831, he married Mary Bottomley.


Mary was the daughter of Thomas Bottomley
 

This marriage brought together the Law and Bottomley families of Ramsden Wood Mills.

However, it disintegrated rather quickly.

Children:

  1. Ann Bottomley (Law)
  2. Thomas

A notice in The Northern Star and Leeds General Advertiser of Saturday, October 5, 1839 announced

PUBLIC NOTICE

Whereas my wife MARY LAW of Winterbottom in the township of Walsden has left her home without any just cause, I hereby caution the public against trusting her, since I will not be accountable for any debt that she may contract after this public notice. Witness my hand this 2nd October 1839, ROBERT LAW jnr.

In 1841, Mary and Robert are living apart: he is at Ramsden Wood with his parents and his 2 children; Mary is also at Ramsden Wood with her parents.

Robert died at Ramsden Wood, Walsden.

He was buried alone at St Mary's Church, Todmorden.

After his death, Mary married Robert Walmsley

Law, RobertRef 80-5200
[1840-1902] Son of Robert Law.

He was a carter on a 107 acre farm [1861] / a gamekeeper at Toppit in Denby, High Hoyland [1871] / a shepherd [1881] / a farm labourer [1891] / a farmer [1898].

In 1862, Robert was betrothed to Jane Ingham, a servant at the Bay Horse, Dulesgate. They appear in the register of Banns at St Mary's Church, Todmorden, but there seems to be no evidence of a marriage.

In 1869, he married he married Sarah Ann Hall [1844-1909].


Sarah Ann, born in Wakefield, was the daughter of David Hall
 

Children:

  1. Mary Hannah
  2. Thomas
  3. Harriet Sarah
  4. Annis Ann

The family moved about a lot: from Walsden to Yorkshire to Wales to Walsden

The family lived at

  • Cliviger [1861]
  • Horsepasture in Walsden [1869]
  • Wakefield [1870]
  • Denby, High Hoyland [1871]
  • Wales [1876, 1878]
  • Horsepasture, Walsden [1881]
  • Carr Terrace, Walsden [1891]
  • Moverley Cottage, Walsden [1898]
  • Horsepasture (South Ramsden) [where he died 1902]

His wife and children were living in Barnoldswick [1881].

His wife was living with their married daughter Harriet at Pexwood [1901].

Members of the family were buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden

Law, RobertRef 80-211
[1840-1907] Geologist.

Son of John Law.

Born at Hollingworth, Walsden.

See Broadley Hall, Ovenden

Law, SallyRef 80-3800
[1815-1833] Daughter of Abraham Law.

She married her first cousin William Law.

She died in childbirth with her first child, also called Sally. The child survived and was brought up by her father

Law, SamRef 80-28
[1862-1933] Son of Robert Law, manager.

Born in Walsden.

He was a labourer of Steanor Bottom [1890] / a foreman at chemical works [1890] / a labourer (chemicals) [1911] / a labourer for Josiah Fielden at Inchfield Picker Works,  Walsden [1921].

On 22nd November 1890, he married Alice Roberts [1860-1928] at St Peter's Church, Walsden.


Alice, of Summit, Littleborough, was the daughter of William Roberts, labourer
 

Children:

  1. William Henry
  2. Robert [b 1895] who was a plater in a dye works [1911], a  soldier serving in France [1917]

The children were born in Walsden.

The family lived at

  • 9 Warland Gate End, Walsden [1890]
  • 4 Newall Street, Walsden [1917, 1921]
  • Steanor Bottom, Walsden

The couple were buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden

Law, SamRef 80-71
[1872-19??] Born in Todmorden.

He was a cotton beamer [1901, 1911] / a cotton beamer with Joshua Smith Limited at Frostholme Mill,  Cornholme [1921].

On 30th September 1893, he married Sarah Alice Greenwood [1876-19??] at Cross Lanes Chapel, Hebden Bridge.


Sarah Alice was born in Todmorden.

She was a cotton winder [1911]

 


Mr Sam Law, of Garfield Street, Cornholme, married Miss Sarah Alice Greenwood of Spring Villas, Cornholme
 

  1. Frances Amy [b 1894] who was a cotton winder [1911], a  cotton winder for Thornber & Heywood at Springwood Mill, Cornholme  [1921]
  2. Walter Leslie

The family lived at

  • 12 Pear Place, Cornholme [1901]
  • 10 School Street, Cornholme [1911]
  • Jubilee Terrace, Portsmouth, Todmorden [1918]
  • 878 Burnley Road, Cornholme [1921]

Law, SamRef 80-58
[1876-19??] Son of Tom Law.

Born in Walsden.

He was a clerk in worsted mill [1891] / a railway blacksmith striker [1901] / a general labourer on railway [1911].

He married Hannah Barnes [1877-19??].


Hannah was born in Sowerby Bridge
 

Children:

  1. Annie
  2. Kathleen [b 1901]
  3. Alfred [b 1904]
  4. Jessie [b 1907]
  5. Jack [b 1911]

They lived at

  • 16 Albert Road, Sowerby Bridge [1901]
  • 8 Claremount Street, Sowerby Bridge [1911]

Law, SamsonRef 80-30
[1845-1934] Born in Mytholmroyd.

He was a carter (coal) [1910, 1911].

On 25th October 1873, he married Rebecca Fawthrop [1849-1912] at Halifax Parish Church.


Rebecca was born in Mytholmroyd
 

Children:

  1. child who died before 1911
  2. child who died before 1911
  3. Mary A. [b 1874] who was a cotton weaver [1901]
  4. Mark [b 1876] who was a cotton weaver [1901]
  5. Frank [b 1879] who was a cotton weaver [1901, 1911], a  weaver [1934]
  6. James Herbert
  7. child

They lived at

  • 6 Bridge End, Mytholmroyd [1901]
  • 10 Bridge End, Mytholmroyd [1911, 1934]

Samson died at Stansfield View, Todmorden [6th July 1934] Probate records show that he left effects valued at £574 15/10d.

Probate was granted to sons Mark & Frank

Law, SamuelRef 80-7530
[1720-1803] Known as Hom Samil.

Son of William Law.

Born at Hazelgreave Farm, Todmorden.

He was a carpenter.

In 1743, he married Betty Haigh [1723-1803].


Betty was known as Old Betty i' th' Stones
 

Children:

  1. Mary
  2. Ellen
  3. Samuel
  4. Elizabeth
  5. Susan
  6. Hannah
  7. Thomas
  8. Grace

They set up home at Doghouse, Todmorden, where he built a small house and had a small piece of rough land.

He then moved to Gauxholme Stones Farm, Walsden, a small farm where he had 2 cows.

His first lease at Gauxholme Stones was for 18 years at £3, the next was for 21 years at £5, and the third at 21 years for £11.

He sold the lease to Abraham Crossley in preference to allowing his own son Samuel to take over because he was unsure as to whether his son would pay the rent on a regular basis.

He was tenant of Gauxholme Stones for almost 60 years from 1746 to 1803 or later.

In 1750, Betty received 20 shillings in the will of her grandfather Reuben Haigh

John Travis records

Betty was a reputed witch and was often seen to be doing strange things. On one occasion when she was a very old lady, she was seen rolling over and over down the hill in the meadow below the barn, and was thought to be putting a spell on some poor creatures.

This can be more easily explained by the fact that she was known to partake too freely in her own home-brewed ale. So freely did she drink it that her husband became agitated enough to remove the barrel. He took it to the cellar and turned it on its side so there would be no room for a pot to go under the tap. This posed no problem for Betty, and when Samuel went to pour himself some ale, he saw the barrel was almost empty again. He investigated further, and found she was sliding a frying pan under the narrow gap

Law, SamuelRef 80-205
[1730-1783] Weaver and poet of Barewise, Todmorden.

He wrote a collection of poems entitled A domestic winter-piece [1772], which was subtitled

a poem exhibiting a full view of the Author's Dwelling Place in the Winter Season

More details can be found in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Law, SamuelRef 80-2900
[1744-1824] Son of Robert Law.

Born at Dyke Green Farm, Sourhall.

He served an apprenticeship as a clogger at Toadcarr in Todmorden under Eli Crossley.

He married Sarah Crossley, the boss's daughter, and continued working there for a few years.

He farmed at Henshaw Barn, Walsden for a time, then before 1804, moved to live at Square in Walsden.

In 1783, Samuel and his brother Robert – together with Thomas Hughes and his brother-in-law Abraham Crossley – leased Lumbutts Mill from John Crossley of Scaitcliffe, with an agreement to convert this corn mill over to cotton spinning. They each paid in £100 to this partnership apart from Thomas Hughes who paid £50.

In 1784, Robert Law and Thomas Hughes sold their shares in the partnership to Samuel Fielden of Platts House, Todmorden, stuff maker, and John Tattersall of Lumbutts Mill, manufacturer. The business went from strength to strength, and in 1794, the partnership sold out to Joshua Fielden of Waterside.

Samuel continued his trade as a clogger throughout.

On 4th January 1770, he married Sarah Crossley [1718-1769] at Christ Church, Todmorden.


Sarah was the daughter of Eli Crossley
 

Children:

  1. Betty
  2. John
  3. Robert
  4. Thomas
  5. Samuel
  6. Sally [1779-1850] who married James Crossley
  7. John
  8. William
  9. Mally
  10. James
  11. Grace
  12. Hannah
  13. Abraham
  14. John

He died at Square in Walsden [aged 79]

Law, SamuelRef 80-7940
[1749-1824] Son of Samuel Law.

Born at Gauxholme Stones.

In 1772, he married Susan Hoyle.

Children:

  1. Susan

In 1778, he married Sarah Carter.

Children:

  1. Betty
  2. John
  3. William
  4. Nancy
  5. Thomas
  6. James
  7. Mary

None of his children was baptised.

The family lived with his father at Gauxholme Stones Farm in the bottom part of the house. He paid rent to his father for the accommodation: one cow and a small area of land.

Father and son had various differences of opinion, resulting in his father selling the lease of Gauxholme Stones Farm to Abraham Crossley rather than to Samuel whom he believed would neglect to pay the rent.

Samuel and family then moved to Hollinsbottom, Walsden, and they were tenants there from about 1798 to about 1815

In 1820, they were living at Lanebottom Walsden.

He died after 1824

Law, SamuelRef 80-50
[1775-1830]

He married Margaret [1776-1853].

Children:

  1. Alice who died 3rd April 1816, in the 4th year of her age
  2. Ely [1815-1st February 1868]

Samuel died 8th June 1830 (aged 55).

Margaret died 20th June 1853 (aged 77).

Members of the family were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland

Law, SamuelRef 80-96
[1778-1845] Son of Samuel Law.

He and his brothers Robert and Thomas occupied Ramsden Wood Mill, Walsden, and Smithy Holme Mill, Walsden. They were partners in Robert Law & Company

He married (1) Nancy Ingham..


Nancy was the illegitimate daughter of Sally Ingham and James Ashworth, granddaughter of William Ingham
 

Children:

  1. John
  2. Betty
  3. Sarah
  4. Samuel
  5. Mary
  6. Nancy
  7. Robert
  8. Enoch
  9. William
  10. Thomas
  11. Alice
  12. James

Nancy died of asthma at Ramsden Wood [aged 57].

Samuel married (2) Betty Newell.

Children:

  1. Susan

They lived at

About 1826, they moved to one of the cottages opposite their Ramsden Wood mill.

Nancy inherited 4 cottages at Square from her grandfather William Ingham, and various of their children occupied these cottages.

Samuel died of bronchitis at Ramsden Wood [aged 67].

Nancy & Samuel were buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden.

Samuel was the last of the partners in Robert Law & Company to survive, he saw the mess which the company was in after the deaths of his brothers, and how the children and cousins were fighting each other, so he tried to sell his share of the company to Law & Hudson before he died in order to protect his own children.

His will is in 2 parts – firstly, if the sale went ahead, and secondly, if it didn't. The sale fell through.

John Travis records that

The several cousins certainly had the money and the ability to continue the work of their fathers but there were too many misunderstandings and efforts to out-do one another, and the cousins began to lose the position their fathers had fought for and won. The young Laws resorted to the law and the matter was followed with such virulence that the whole concern was swallowed up.

After Samuel's death, Betty married James Scholfield

Law, SamuelRef 80-45
[1824-1896] Son of William Law.

Born in Halifax.

He was a book keeper [1841, 1851] / a wholesale grocer employing 2 boys [1871] / a master grocer (wholesale) [1881].

Around 1853, he married Ann [1826-1886].


Ann was born in Leeds
 

Children:

  1. William F. [b 1850]
  2. Harry James
  3. Charles Edward
  4. Maria B. [b 1858]
  5. Annie Alberta [1861-1945] who married Willie Horsfall
  6. Mary Ellen [b 1864]

They lived at

  • 10 Melville Place, Halifax [1851]
  • 27 North Parade, Halifax [1871, 1881]
  • Spring Field, Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse [1891]

Ann died in Halifax [5th May 1886] (aged 61).

Samuel died in Halifax [29th February 1896] (aged 72).

The couple were buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [I/A/16]. Probate records show that Samuel left effects valued at £3,188 17/6d.

Probate was granted to son Harry James & Benjamin Mellor

Law, SamuelRef 80-56
[1829-1880]

He married Hannah [1838-1870].

Children:

  1. Thomas who died 17th September 1872 (in his 4th year), & was buried with his parents

They lived at Nab, Stainland [1870].

Hannah died 5th December 1870 (aged 32).

Samuel died 9th November 1880 (aged 51).

The couple were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland [Grave Ref: S3/65]

Law, SamuelRef 80-40
[1829-1893] Son of John Law.

He was a woollen manufacturer.

He lived at The Brow, Greetland.

He died 18th March 1893.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £9,669 16/8d.

Probate was granted to his brothers Joseph, James, and William [b 1826].

He was buried at St Thomas's Church, Greetland

Law, SamuelRef 80-2000
[1833-1867] Son of John Law.

He was a cordwainer by trade / landlord of the Rose & Crown, Stansfield.

In 1854, he married Grace Helliwell.

They had no children.

Their father left 2 cottages at Square, Walsden to him and his sister Susan. He died at the Rose & Crown, Stansfield

Law, SarahRef 80-9220
[1798-1848] Daughter of Robert Law.

In 1818, she married William Priestley.

She drowned after falling into the canal just above Smithyholme Lock as she and Abel Marland were walking home from the Lord Nelson Inn, Todmorden.

She was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden (in a single grave) 


Sarah wife of William Priestley died November 2 1848 aged 50

Law, SusanRef 80-1326
[1825-1906] Daughter of John Law.

Born at Winterbutlee, Walsden; baptised at Christ Church, Todmorden [16th January 1825].

After the death of her mother [1826], Susan and her cousin John Law were brought up by Mary & Samuel Fielden, her maternal grandparents.

Their father left 2 cottages at Square, Walsden to her and her brother Samuel.

She married George Beanland.

Children:

  1. child
  2. child
  3. child
  4. child

George died 9th August 1867.

After his death, Susan continued the business of a coal & lime merchant at New Road, Mytholmroyd.

Susan died at George Street, Mytholmroyd [6th November 1906].

The couple were buried at St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd

Law, ThomasRef 80-5501
[1774-1855] Son of Robert Law.

He was a labourer and farmer of 11 acres.

In 1797, he married Betty Sutcliffe.


Betty was the daughter of William Sutcliffe
 

Children:

  1. Robert
  2. William

They lived at Height Top Farm, Todmorden.

Thomas was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden.

Betty was buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden

Law, ThomasRef 80-92
[1776-1842] Popularly known as Tummy O'Deanroyd.

Son of Samuel Law.

He and his brothers Robert and Samuel occupied Ramsden Wood Mill, Walsden, and Smithy Holme Mill, Walsden. He was the trading partner and cashier of Robert Law & Company. He was well known in the district for the way in which he carried the firm's pay-money to the works on pay-day – on the top of his flat topped hat.

He was a member of the Todmorden & Walsden Select Vestry [1838].

He married Alice Jackson [1777-1853].

Children:

  1. Ann
  2. Samuel
  3. Betty
  4. Thomas
  5. Matthias
  6. Zachariah
  7. Martha
  8. Sally

He built a house at Woodbottom, Walsden where he lived after marriage.

Lived at Deanroyd Farm from about 1816 until his death.

He encouraged passing lorries to use his facilities as overnight stops as the barn could take fully-laden wagons. He built stables to accommodate horses, and it was much used by wagons travelling to and from Manchester.

John Travis records that

Like the rest of the brothers, he was well endowed with this world's goods, though much of the money of the family was afterwards squandered in various lawsuits between different members of the family

Law, ThomasRef 80-3080
[1790-18??] Son of Samuel Law.

Born at Gauxholme Stones Farm [about 1790].

In 1811, he married Mary Sutcliffe.

Children:

  1. Sally
  2. Hannah
  3. Betty
  4. Abraham

In January 1817, he was convicted of felony and sent to Lancaster Jail for 2 years.

On release from prison he returned to his family at Square in Walsden to find his wife heavily pregnant with her son Abraham, clearly not his child.

In 1820, he applied for poor relief, his wife having received this for the previous 4 years at 7/- a week

Law, ThomasRef 80-2790
[1795-1873] For over 20 years, he lived with Susan Howarth as his common-law wife.

They had 6 children, all of whom took the name Howarth:

  1. Betty
  2. Susannah
  3. John
  4. Samuel
  5. Mary
  6. Nancy

In 1843, Thomas and Susan married.

In 1841, Susan was a beer seller at the Cherry Tree Beer House in an old house at Moverley during the construction of the railway. Thomas is with her, he is a calico weaver

After 1843, she moved to the Sun Inn, Walsden.

They left in 1850 to go to the Viaduct Tavern at Gauxholme.

Susan died at the Viaduct [1853]

Thomas continued at the Viaduct until his death in 1873.

Law, ThomasRef 80-1628
[18??-19??] (Possibly) a relative of John Law.


Question: Does anyone know anything about this man? Did he really exist? There are so many possibilities here. He does not appear on any of the published census returns

 

He lived at Willow Royd, West Vale

Law, ThomasRef 80-7000
[1814-1???] He was a weaver in Sowerby [1831] / a weaver [1841, 1851] / a hand loom woollen weaver [1861] / a hand loom woollen card weaver [1871].

He married Hannah Lumb [1823-1???] of Sowerby, at Halifax Parish Church [1831].

Children:

  1. Sarah [b 1832] who was a mill girl [1851]
  2. John [b 1836] who was a cloth dresser [1851], a woollen  dyer [1861, 1871]
  3. Mary [b 1838] who was a mill girl [1851], a silk rover  [1861]
  4. Elizabeth [b 1840]
  5. Samuel [b 1843] who was a cotton winder [1861]
  6. George [b 1845]
  7. Helen [b 1847]
  8. Hannah [b 1852]
  9. Thomas

The family lived at

  • Hubberton Green, Sowerby [1841]
  • 22 Hubberton Green, Sowerby [1851]
  • 1 Lower Red Brinks, Sowerby [1861]
  • Lower Red Brink, Sowerby [1871]

Law, ThomasRef 80-5
[1828-1883] Son of Thomas Law.

Born at Frith's Mill, Dulesgate.

He was a Professor of Music / teacher / seller of music [his son Abraham helped him in the music shop]  / organist at All Saints' Church, Harley Wood [for 18 years up to his  death] / conductor of the Todmorden Musical Society [for 27 years].

In 1853, he married (1) Sarah Law.


Sarah was the daughter of Abraham Law
 

Children:

  1. Abraham

Sarah died in childbirth 3 months into their marriage; son Abraham survived.

In 1862, he married (2) Susan Suthers.


Susan was the daughter of James Suthers
 

Children:

  1. Arthur who died in infancy

They lived at

  • London Road, Todmorden
  • 25 North Street Todmorden

The Annals of Todmorden record

20th April 1883: Death of Mr Thos. Law of Todmorden, Professor of Music, in his 58th year. Mr Law's health had been declining for some months, and a few days prior to his death he had gone to Blackpool for the benefit of his health. His remains were interred in St Peters Churchyard on April 25th

He & his wives were buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden

Law, ThomasRef 80-31
[1837-1868] Son of Robert Law, a worsted spinner in Cleckheaton.

He was a plasterer living in Pellon.

On 25th September 1868, James Foster was brought up at Halifax Borough Court on a charge of having caused the death of Law.

Around 11:00 pm on 29th August 1868, Law was drinking at the Fleece Inn, Halifax, when a quarrel broke out between Foster and Law over whether Law had paid 1½d for a glass of beer.

Twice Law said he had paid for the beer, but Foster insisted he pay again, and tried to eject Law. A struggle took place in the passage of the house, and they both fell into the street. Law fell backward on to the pavement, fracturing his skull. Foster left him lying on the ground and went back inside, and passers-by late found Law bleeding from the ears.

He died at Halifax Infirmary [1st September 1868].

At the West Riding Spring Assizes [March 1869], Foster was found guilty and sentenced to one month's imprisonment

Law, Rev ThomasRef 80-1435
[1854-1910] Son of Thomas Law.

Born in Sowerby.

He was a woollen spinner [1871].

In 1881 he was a Methodist Minister at Moffatt Road Chapel, and a boarder at Flora Cottage, Farnham Road, Croydon, Surrey.

He was a Free Methodist minister [1891]

He served at Birmingham, Glasgow, London, Appleby, Gateshead and Bradford.

He travelled widely and spent some time in the USA and Canada.

He was Secretary of the National Free Church Council [from 1895].

In 1882, he married Elizabeth Ann Downing [1850-1???] in Goole.

Children:

  1. Mabel Winifred [b 1885] who was a foreign correspondent  at seed merchants [1911]
  2. Maud Evelyn [b 1886]

The family lived at

  • 485 Rooley Lane, Bowling, Bradford [1891]
  • 33 Clifton Road, Hornsey, London [1901]
  • 185 Ferme Park Road, Crouch End, London [1911]

Living with them [in 1901] was widowed mother-in-law Emma Downing [aged 63].

He was suffering from neurasthenia. On 3rd April 1910, his body was found in the sea off Brighton.

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £2,632.

Probate was granted to Elizabeth Ann Law, widow

Law, ThomasRef 80-1408
[1870-1908] Son of Robert Law.

Born at Toppit in Denby, High Hoyland where his father was a game keeper.

He was a farm labourer [1891] living with his parents in Walsden / a carter with Ormerod Taylor & Son Limited.

In June 1908, he died after being kicked by a horse

Law, Thomas SutcliffeRef 80-70
[1804-1879] Born in Langfield.

He was a clerk in a cotton manufactory [1851] / a bookkeeper [1861] / a bookkeeper in a cotton manufactory [1871].

He married Hannah [1806-1884].


Hannah was born in Stansfield
 

Children:

  1. Ellen [b 1834] who was a dressmaker's apprentice [1851]
  2. Zachariah
  3. Deborah [b 1838]
  4. Hannah [b 1839]
  5. Mary Agnes [b 1848]

They lived at

  • Dobroyd, Todmorden & Walsden [1851]
  • Dawson Weir, Todmorden [1861, 1871, 1879]

Thomas died 28th July 1879 (aged 75).

Hannah Todmorden died 3rd June 1884 (aged 78).

The couple were buried at Lumbutts United Methodist Free Church

Law, TobiasRef 80-47
[1???-16??] Of Leventhorpe. Land-owner in Halifax, Southowram and Northowram. He had to pay a £350 decimation for taking the Royalist side in the Civil War. He also lent money to the Parliamentary side

Law, TomRef 80-1612
[1841-1901] Son of Abraham Law.

Born at the Cross Keys, Walsden.

He was employed for 40 years by the L & Y Railway Company / a railway inspector [1891].

He was knocked down by an express train at Walsden Station whilst supervising some building work on the platform and injured his foot. Another man, George Fox, was killed.

Thomas married Betty Astin [1843-19??].


Betty was born in Royton, Lancashire, the daughter of John Astin
 

Children:

  1. Annie [b 1874] who was an apprentice milliner [1891]
  2. Sam
  3. Alfred [b 1879]
  4. Mary [1881-1955] who married Wilson Walker
  5. Sarah [b 1884]

The family lived at

  • Sowerby Street, Sowerby Bridge [1891]
  • 8 Waterloo Street, Sowerby Bridge (in later life) 
  • Industrial Road, Sowerby Bridge [1911]

Tom died in 1901.

Living with the widowed Betsy [in 1911] was granddaughter Annie Law.

The couple were buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby: Tom [30th January 1901]

Law, TomRef 80-5400
[1854-1927] Son of William Law.

Born at Ramsden Wood.

He was a book keeper and rose to become a secretary of an (as yet  unidentified) limited company / a Gentleman [1910].

He married Emily Jane Fletcher [18??-1915].

Children:

  1. Edith who died of acute bronchitis [aged 1]
  2. William Fletcher who died of typhoid fever at the Fielden  Hospital, Todmorden [aged 15]

They lived at

  • Bottoms in Walsden
  • 105 Longfield Road, Todmorden
  • Leeming Hall [which he bought for £430 in 1910]

When his wife died [1915], he was cared for by a housekeeper, Annie Jackson, and his niece Betty Crossley.

He died at Leeming Hall.

He left a fortune of £20,834.

He was buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden

Law, WalterRef 80-25
[1891-1917] Or Willie.

Son of Joseph & Louisa Law of 33 Park Road, Manchester Road, Bradford.

He worked for Firth's Carpets in Bailiff Bridge.

In [Q4] 1912, he married Nellie Taylor in Bradford.

They lived at 33 Elizabeth Street, Manchester Road, Bradford.

During World War I, and he served as a Private with the 2nd/6th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He died 3rd May 1917 (aged 26).

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6], on Firth's War Memorial, and on Bailiff Bridge War Memorial

Law, Walter LeslieRef 80-18
[1896-1918] Son of Sam Law.

He was a shuttle peg driller [1911] / an apprentice shuttle maker at Wilson Brothers, bobbin works.

During World War I, he enlisted [January 1915] and he served as a Private with D Company 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment.

He died of wounds [27th March 1918] (aged 22).

The Todmorden & District News [19th April 1918] reported his death with a photograph.

Law, WilliamRef 80-9300
[1692-1768] Born at Hazelgreave Farm, Todmorden.

He served an apprenticeship with shoe maker George Stansfield of Holebottom, Todmorden, and then set up business at Hanging Shaw, Todmorden.

From there he went back to live at Hazelgreave Farm and commenced the business of carpenter.

He married Susan.

Children:

  1. Sarah
  2. William
  3. Martha
  4. Samuel
  5. Thomas
  6. John
  7. Thomas
  8. Alice
  9. Hannah

In 1718, he claimed poor relief as he was a pauper Susan also claimed poor relief from the time she was widowed until her death

Law, WilliamRef 80-472
[17??-1???] Coiner of Turvin

Law, WilliamRef 80-7380
[1784-18??] Son of Samuel Law.

Born at Gauxholme Stones Farm, Walsden.

He was married with numerous unidentified children, none of whom was baptised.

In 1809, he was sent to prison for 12 months for larceny. His family claimed poor relief

On 22nd July 1817, he was convicted at Salford of a felony and sentenced to 7 years transportation, along with 7 other men.

On 1st November 1817, they were all transferred to the Prison Hulk Bellerophon moored at Woolwich.

On 11th January 1822, he was discharged from the hulk, but not transported; the other 7 men were sent to New South Wales.


Question: Does anyone know what happened to William after 1822?

 

By 1820, his family had been claiming poor relief for 11 years continuously

Law, WilliamRef 80-6
[1789-1851] Son of Robert Law.

Born at Dyke Farm, Todmorden.

He was a labourer and carter at North Scaitcliffe Farm, Todmorden.

In 1814, he married Mary Greenwood.

Children:

  1. Robert
  2. Mary [1816-1874] who married Edward Lord
  3. Abraham
  4. Sarah
  5. Samuel
  6. Hannah [1834-1869]
  7. Betty

He died at North Scaitcliffe, Todmorden

He was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden

Law, WilliamRef 80-46
[1796-18??] He was a wool stapler [1841].

Around 1820, he married Ellen [1795-18??].

Children:

  1. John [b 1820] who was a wool sorter [1841]
  2. Hannah [b 1822]
  3. Samuel
  4. Harriet [b 1826]
  5. James [b 1829]

The family lived at 6 Hanover Street, Halifax [1841]

Law, WilliamRef 80-3000
[1799-1866] Born in Langfield.

He was master of the Endowed School, Sowerby for 35 years / (possibly) involved in teaching at Wilde's School, Sowerby Bridge.

On 5th November 1826, he married Charlotte Kay [1808-1873] at Wardleworth, Lancashire.

Charlotte became a schoolmistress at the Endowed School, Sowerby.

Children:

  1. William Edwin [1828-1883] who was a teacher of music  [1851]
  2. Thomas Henry [b 1832]
  3. James Kay [b 1834] who was a tailor [1851]
  4. George Walter [1835-1871] who was a cotton twister [1851]
  5. John Clement [b 1838] who was a cotton looser [1851]
  6. Jabez Alfred [1839-1867] who was a cotton pattern  taker-off [1851]

In 1847, Thomas Henry, George Walter, James Kay and John Clement were baptised at St George's Church, Sowerby.

They lived at

  • Syke Lane, Sowerby [1841]
  • Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge [1851]
  • 2 Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge [1861]
  • 1 Greenup's Terrace, Sowerby Bridge [1871]

Living with them [in 1841] & 1851 was mother-in-law Betty Kay [b 1781].

Living with them [in 1861] nephew George Kay [aged 6] (born in Bristol) 

He died at Greenup's Terrace, Sowerby Bridge [16th January 1866].

Members of the family were buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby: William [21st January 1866]; George Walter [28th June 1871]; Charlotte [2nd December 1873]; William Edwin [5th November 1883]

Law, WilliamRef 80-866
[18??-1???] He was a school usher at Todmorden. He went to live in Sowerby Bridge.

In 1832, he published a small volume of poems entitled The Wanderings of a Wanderer which refers to Stoodley Pike and other features of the Todmorden district

Law, WilliamRef 80-53
[1809-18??] He was a weaver of Sowerby [1833] / a delver.

On 27th March 1833, he married Sally Greenwood.


Sally came from Sowerby, the daughter of
William Greenwood
 

Children:

  1. Fanny [b 15th April 1834]
  2. James [b 1837] who was a woolcomber [1851]
  3. Paul
  4. Achsah
  5. Ellen [b 1840]

They lived at New Spring [1841]

In 1851, Fanny, James & Paul Law were living with grandparents Achsah & William Greenwood

In 1861, James & Paul (shown as Greenwood) were with grandmother Achsah Greenwood at Crib

Law, WilliamRef 80-61
[1813-1896]

He married Charlotte [1813-1868].

Charlotte died 23rd July 1868 (aged 55).

William died 21st December 1896 (aged 83).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 930] with grandchildren Aspinall & Violet Craven

Law, WilliamRef 80-8400
[1815-1891] Son of Samuel Law.

He married (1) Sally Law, his first cousin. Their fathers were brothers.

Children:

  1. Sally [b 1833]
  2. Emma [1855-1916] who married Henry Crossley

His wife died in childbirth in 1833 with her first child, also called Sally. The child survived and was brought up by her father

He married (2) Betty Stansfield.

Child: 3. Stansfield

The child Stansfield died [aged 2] of hydrocephalus, 7 months after his mother died.

He married (3) Hannah Woodhead.

Children:

  1. Mark who died of bronchitis [aged 2]
  2. Tom
  3. Emma

The eldest child of his daughter Emma also died of a hydrocephalus coma and spina bifida.

The family lived in one of the mill cottages at Ramsden Wood belonging to his father's business, Robert Law & Company

They were living at the Woodcock Inn, Walsden with second wife Betty, late 1841 to 1846, and then moved back to Ramsden Wood.

He worked as a spinner and later a warehouseman.

In 1868 and 1874, he bought property at Carr Terrace, Bottoms in Walsden.

By 1871, he had moved to live at Bottoms, Walsden.

He died at 33 Elm Street Bottoms of senile decay [aged 76]

Law, WilliamRef 80-42
[1826-1???] Son of John Law.

He was a woollen manufacturer [1893]

Law, WilliamRef 80-66
[1826-1864] He was a hatter.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Charles Henry [1858] who died in infancy
  2. Albert Edward [1863] who died in infancy

William died 9th May 1864 (aged 38).

He & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3590]

Law, WilliamRef 80-8
[1842-1898] Son of Elijah Law.

He was a mechanic.

He occupied the Dale Street Works [1867-1891], where he made machinery for the cotton industry (employing 5 men and 3 boys).

In 1862, he married Elizabeth Ann Hiley.


Elizabeth Ann was the daughter of Joseph Hiley
 

Children:

  1. Mary
  2. Clara

They lived at

  • 23 Dale Street, Todmorden
  • at 12 Garden Street, Todmorden

Members of the family were buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone

Law, WilliamRef 80-64
[1843-1881] Son of Ellis Law, overlooker.

Born in Stansfield.

He was a cotton weaver [1861] / a weaver of Stansfield [1867] / a cotton weaver [1871] / caretaker at the Dale Street Co-operative Society [1881].

In 1867, he married Sarah Nash [1842-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Sarah, was born in Langfield, the daughter of Betty & George Nash, platelayer.

She was a cotton weaver [1871] / a domestic servant [1881] / a cotton weaver [1891]

 

Children:

  1. Amanda [b 1870] who was a factory hand [1881], a cotton  weaver [1891] & married Fred Greenwood
  2. Betsy [b 1874]
  3. William [b 1881]

They lived at

  • 1 Goshen Terrace, Langfield [1871]
  • Ivy Square, Todmorden [1881]
  • 1 Well Street, Langfield [1881]
  • 1 Well Street, Langfield (with Sarah's widowed mother  Betty Nash [b 1820] & brother George Nash [b 1849] (a  cotton weaver) [1891]

Law, WilliamRef 80-24
[1896-1916] Born in Sowerby.

During World War II, he served as a Lance Corporal West Kent Regiment.

He was killed in action [1st October 1916].

He is remembered in the book Royd Regeneration.

Law, William HenryRef 80-32
[1882-1916] MM.

Son of Fred Law.

Born in Halifax.

He was a member of Salem Methodist School, Halifax / a telephone worker [1901] / a telephone wireman [1904] / a telephone inspector for the Borough Council Electricity Works  [1911].

In 1901, both parents having died, he was living with his uncle Alfred Howarth.

In 1904, he married Eleanor Hemsworth [1881-19??] at St George's Church, Lee Mount.


Eleanor, a domestic servant of 40 Corporation Street, Halifax, was born in Hatfield, Yorkshire, the daughter of John Burton, greengrocer
 

Children:

  1. Eva [b 1906]
  2. Frederick [b 1908]

The family lived at 37 Manor Street, Halifax [1911].

During World War I, he served as a Lance Corporal with the Royal Engineers.

(Telephone Section).

He was awarded the Military Medal [1916].

Law, William HenryRef 80-17
[1893-1917] Son of Sam Law.

Born in Walsden.

He was a pegger in a cotton dyeworks [1911].

During World War I, he joined up [March 1915] and served as a Lance Corporal with the 68th Battalion Machine Gun Corps.

He died 3rd July 1917 (aged 24).

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [13th July 1917] reported his death


Lance Corporal W. H. Law, Machine Gun Section, died of a wound to the thigh at about 6.30 pm on the 3rd of July, aged 24.

He wrote home from the Canadian General Hospital on the 29th of June to say that he was recovering well but he suffered a major haemorrhage on the 2nd of July.

His brother, Private Robert Law, is serving in France with the Northumberland Fusiliers

 

The following week's Edition [20th July 1917] published his photograph

He was buried at Étaples Military Cemetery, France [Grave Ref XXV K 17].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Law, ZachariahRef 80-10
[1835-1???] Son of Thomas Sutcliffe Law.

He was an office boy in a cotton manufactory [1851] / a book keeper of Bankfield Buildings, Langfield [1858].

On 18th May 1858, he married Jane Stansfield.


Jane was the daughter of John Stansfield
 

Surname

Law surnameRef 80-1
The local instances of the surname may have originated in Langfield.

George Redmonds writes that Hugh de la Lawe is recorded at Sowerby in 1298 and Robert Lawe is recorded at Langield in 1379.

The surname is still common in and around Todmorden

There are 139 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Law, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.


Unattached BMDs for Law

Marriages 1804, 1861, 1875, 1876, 1899, 1913; Deaths 1807, 1899, 1900

Unattached burials at Lister Lane Cemetery: Plot 2437

 



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