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He emigrated to Canada.
His sister, Mrs G. Wilde, lived at Beulah Place, Luddendenfoot.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the Canadian Contingent.
He was wounded and gassed, and was treated at Whalley Hospital.
He returned to Canada [May 1918].
He died of wounds about a fortnight after arriving in Canada [3rd June 1918].
The Halifax Courier
He married Katharine.
Between 1568 and 1582, 8 of his children were baptised at Sowerby.
He was buried at Halifax Parish Church
[24th September 1591]
In 1876, he married (1) Mary Ann Beck [1856-1898] from
Hunslet, in Holbeck.
Mary Ann died in Halifax Infirmary [4th January, 1898].
Child:
Unknown
In 1898, he married (2) Sarah Ann Child at St Thomas's Church, Charlestown.
The witnesses were Ann and Frederick Washington.
Child:
Unknown
They lived at 22 Ninn Street, Halifax [1898]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Anne Leitch
After their father's death, he and his brother, T. H. Morris
carried on the family business – William Morris & Sons Limited.
He died in Sussex.
Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £114,419
During World War II,
he served as a Private
with the 1st Battalion
Royal Berkshire Regiment.
He died 23rd April 1944 (aged 27).
He is remembered on the Rangoon Memorial, Burma [Grave Ref 15]
He was
an active member of Walsden Wesleyan Sunday School and Church /
assistant organist at the Church /
a picker maker's apprentice [1911] /
employed at Stonewood Picker Works.
On 8th January 1916, he married Martha Agnes Williams [1895-19??].
The Todmorden & District News [14th January 1916] reported the wedding
They lived at
During World War I,
he joined up [September 1914] and
served as a Private
with the 2nd/6th Battalion
Lancashire Fusiliers.
He died 20th March 1916 (aged 23).
The Todmorden & District News [24th March 1916] reported his death
He had been ill for about eight weeks and in hospital for about a
month with double pneumonia.
He will be buried at Mankinholes tomorrow
He was buried at Mankinholes Wesleyan Methodist Chapel [Grave Ref: 194].
The following week's Edition [31st March 1916] published his photograph.
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance.
Martha Agnes married James William Halstead
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
He was
Mayor of Todmorden [1944-1945]
He was
a picker maker [1891] /
fireman at picker works [1901] /
a picker maker's foreman [1911] /
a picker maker's foreman for Thomas & John Walton at Stoneswood
Mill, Bacup Road, Todmorden [1921].
On 15th September 1888, he married Betsy Hannah Hiley [1863-19??].
The Todmorden & District News [21st September 1888] reported the wedding
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1921] was Betsy's unmarried
sister Grace Hiley [b Walsden 1845]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
He was
a sidesman at St Mary's Church, Halifax /
secretary of the Sunday School /
employed by Brayshaw & Dickinson.
During World War I,
he enlisted [September 1914]
and served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died following a German gas attack at Hill 60 [5th May 1915] (aged 26).
He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 20],
in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Saint Mary's Church, Halifax
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered on the Memorial at Holy Trinity Boys' School, Halifax
Alfred Morris became a school teacher in science, eventually
in Ipswich at a Municipal Secondary School where he became Headmaster
Herbert was born in Ipswich [5th August 1911].
He and his older brother Henry Bagshaw Morris [b 1908]
attended the prestigious Ipswich Grammar School (probably as
day pupils rather than boarders).
Herbert read Physics at Clare College, Cambridge University
[1930-1934].
He never married.
During World War II,
he served as a Captain
with the Royal Corps of Signals
[1941-1945].
He was physics teacher at Heath Grammar School [1947-1973].
He was known by the pupils as Nuffer, which nickname, I (as a
pupil in 1950s), always understood came from motor
manufacturer William Morris who became Lord Nuffield.
He was a keen photographer and recorded many Calderdale sights which
have since disappeared, and he was a long serving officer of the
Halifax Civic Trust.
He lived at Trinity Place, Halifax [1949, 1996].
He died in Halifax [April 1999]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Peter Brier
He married (1) Sarah [1780-1823].
Children:
Sarah died 1st April 1823 (aged 43).
He married (2) Elizabeth [1786-1859].
Children:
Elizabeth died 24th August 1859 (aged 73).
Joseph died 10th January 1861 (aged 79).
Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax [Grave Ref: 59]
The marriage of a Jane Ochard (sic) to an Israel Wild
in Todmorden is recorded Q4 1900.
In 1901, Leonard was living with his mother & stepfather, and
his place of birth, and that of his mother, is shown as Lower
Winchendon, Buckinghamshire.
Israel died [20th September 1903] (aged 59).
In [Q4] 1910, Jane married John Shotliff in Todmorden
Leonard James continued to live with his mother & stepfathers
Leonard James was
working in a bleach house for dyers & bleachers [1911] /
formerly a baker, employed at Ogden's, Portsmouth.
He lived at 18 Mount Pleasant, Portsmouth, Todmorden (with his mother
& stepfather) [1911].
During World War I,
he enlisted in Rochdale [December 1914].
and served as a Private
with the 1st/3rd Welsh Field Ambulance
Royal Army Medical Corps.
He died 3rd April 1918 (aged 24).
The Todmorden & District News [19th April 1918] reported his death with a photograph
He was buried at Jerusalem War Cemetery, Gaza) (including Palestine & Israel [Grave Ref V 74].
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley, Derrick Habergham & Glynn Helliwell
In 3rd April 1875, she was in court for selling spirits without a
licence
No particular cause, we understand, can be assigned for this rash
act; but her manner of late, has been such as to induce some doubts
as to her sanity.
She is about thirty years of age, and lately lived in Hopwood Lane in
Halifax, where she carried on business as a milliner and dress maker
Son of William Morris.
Born in Halifax [3rd February 1848].
After their father's death, he and his brother, Alfred William Johnson Morris, carried on the family business – William Morris & Sons Limited.
He was
educated at Rugby School /
Justice of the Peace for the West Riding /
Deputy Lieutenant for the West Riding /
Chairman of the Halifax Commercial Banking Company Limited /
Chairman of William Morris & Sons Limited /
President of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce [1888-1890] /
President of the Royal Halifax Infirmary [1892-1895].
He was Captain (Queen's Own) Yorkshire Dragoons Imperial Yeomanry,
Major 2nd West Yorkshire (Prince of Wales Own) Yeoman Cavalry [joined 1876]
He was posted to the C Troop with his relatives, Captain
Armitage and Mr J. H. Wheatley.
In 1885, he took charge of the B Troop.
He rose to the rank of Colonel.
He married Unknown.
Child: Alice Barbara [b 1854] who married [31st October
1877] Arthur Caltrow Armitage of Meltham Villa (merchant), at
Sowerby Church.
They lived at The Lodge, Triangle.
He retired in 1905.
On 30th July 1927, he gave the cricket and recreation ground to
Triangle
This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom
In [Q1] 1903, he married Isabella Mary [1880-1906] in Halifax.
Children:
Isabel Mary died (possibly of perinatal complications) [26th January 1906] (aged 26).
She & the children ‡ were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2527]
with her parents.
A Vincent L. Morris died in Chichester [Q1 1963] (aged 81)
He was a brewer (ale & porter) [1851].
He married Mary [1797-1873].
Children:
The children were born in Clayton.
They lived at 9 North Knight Street, Halifax [1851].
William died 25th March 1867 (aged 69).
Mary died 27th December 1873 (aged 76).
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 344]
with Abraham Smithson Halliday & family
In 1839, he established William Morris & Sons Limited.
He was
Partner in the Halifax Commercial Banking Company [1853] /
Chairman of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce [1882] /
Chairman of the Halifax Commercial Banking Company [1882].
He married Unknown.
Children:
He died suddenly at home.
After his death, his sons carried on the business.
There are windows in his memory in Sowerby Church – erected by
voluntary subscription [1883] – to mark the esteem of his workers.
See
West Yorkshire Railway Company
He was
a solicitor /
a member of Halifax Golf Club.
He came to the local district around 1933 to become a partner in
Chambers & Morris with Edward Percy Chambers.
He married Unknown.
Children:
They lived at
William died 4th October 1941
after collapsing on the last green at Ogden Golf Club
Morris, Mr A. Ref 420-1220
He stood unsuccessfully as the Conservative candidate in the Election for MP for Halifax [1885 and 1886]
Morris, A. Ref 420-780
Of Luddendenfoot.
Morris, Adam Ref 420-138
Curate at Sowerby [1572-1583].
In 1583, he left Sowerby and became chaplain to a regiment in Ireland.
Morris, Alfred Ref 420-1735
From Hunslet, Leeds.
Morris, Alfred William Johnson Ref 420-695
Son of William Morris.
Morris, Charles Stanley Ref 420-1315
Son of Mary Ann & George Morris of Brighouse.
Morris, Edgar Ref 420-519
Son of Frank Morris.
Martha Agnes was born in Todmorden, the daughter of John James Williams
Private Edgar Morris, 2/6th Lancashire Fusiliers, of 130 Bacup
Road, married Miss Martha Agnes Williams of 3 Bridge End
Building, Todmorden, at York Street Wesleyan Church
Private Edgar Morris, 2nd 6th Lancashire Fusiliers, died on
Monday [20th March], aged 23.
Morris, F. J. Ref 420-233
of Lightcliffe.
President of the Calder Valley Poets
Morris, Frank Ref 420-479
JP.
Morris, Frank Ref 420-5
Born in Todmorden.
Mr Frank Morris, picker maker of Hollins Place,
married Miss Hannah Hiley of Alma Street, Walsden, at the
Wesleyan Chapel, Todmorden
Betsy was born in Walsden
Morris, H. Ref 420-523
Curate at Brighouse [1894-1901]
Morris, Harold Ref 420-1283
Son of Ada & George William Morris of 14 Horne Street,
Hanson Lane, Halifax.
Morris, Hedley Ref 420-733
He served in World War I.
Morris, Herbert Chorlton Ref 420-358
Son of Lilian Jane (née Bagshaw) & Alfred Morris.
Both parents were born in Bolton, Lancashire and were students at
Owen's College, Manchester [1901].
Morris, James Ref 420-2 Morris, Joseph Ref 420-223
Of Halifax.
Morris, Leonard James Ref 420-580
Born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
His surname is recorded as Morris and his mother's maiden name
is recorded as Orchard on the birth record, but no
possible Orchard/Morris marriage has been found.
Private Leonard James Morris, R.A.M.C., attached to the Welsh
Field Ambulance, died of wounds received in action in Palestine
Morris, Priscilla Ref 420-4930
Of the Diving Bell, Halifax.
Morris, Sarah Ref 420-147
In September 1835, the Leeds Mercury reported
[On 2nd September 1835], a young woman named Sarah Morris, now
residing at Wheatley, attempted to drown herself in Friar Dam,
Ovenden, near Halifax, but was fortunately observed, and prevented
from executing her design.
Morris, Thomas Henry Ref 420-800
DL, JP.
Morris, Vincent Lawrence Ref 420-3
Born in Headington, Oxfordshire.
Isabella Mary was the daughter of Thomas Foley
Precise details of his death / burial place are not yet known
Morris, Rev W. D. Ref 420-670
Minister at Pellon Baptist Church [1945-1950]
Morris, William Ref 420-492
Born in Gildersome.
Mary was born in Clayton
Morris, William Ref 420-9650
Stationmaster at Brighouse Railway Station [1867, 1871]
Morris, William Ref 420-799
JP, DL.
Morris, William Ref 420-1688 Morris, William Ref 420-4
Born in Shrewsbury.
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