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He married Annie M.
She lived at Kilcullen, County Kildare, Ireland [1918].
During World War I,
he served as a Corporal
with the 13th Battalion
York & Lancaster Regiment.
He died 30th September 1918.
He was buried at Strand Military Cemetery, Hainaut [Grave Ref VIII D 10]
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He married Unknown at Elland Parish Church.
They lived at 32 Eldon Place, Hopwood Lane, Halifax.
During World War I,
he enlisted with the Household Battalion, then
he served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Irish Guards.
He was killed in action [23rd April 1918] (aged 28).
He was buried at Aval Wood Military Cemetery, Vieux-Berquin, France [Grave Ref I BB 48].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
On 20th January 1833, he married Margaret Charnock [1812-1842] in Halifax.
Children:
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Born in Birmingham.
He was adopted and the family moved to Halifax.
He attended Whitehill Primary School and Crossley & Porter school.
He trained to be a solicitor.
He played Rugby Union for England.
When he retired, he became a sports commentator for the BBC
He was
a factory worker [1861] /
a brewer's labourer [1871] /
a brewer of Ovenden [1874] /
a brewer's labourer [1881] /
a grocer [1891, 1901] /
a grocer in Mixenden [1903].
In 1874, he married Hannah Evans [1849-1???].
Children:
They lived at
Calvert was murdered by William Aspinall [1903]
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Primitive Methodist Minister at Sowerby Bridge [1873].
In 1882, he married Elizabeth Cherry [1845-1???] in Halifax
He was
a pipe drainer labourer [1901] /
a road foreman [1911].
In 1892, he married Bertha Muldoon [1874-1955] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at
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In 1910, he married Louisa Beaumont in Halifax.
Children:
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Born in Queensbury.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 16th March 1918.
He was buried at Aeroplane Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref VII C 5]
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Born in Sowerby Bridge.
He was
a member of St Patrick's Church, Sowerby Bridge /
a worsted doffer [1911] /
employed by Maypole Dairy Company.
During World War I,
he enlisted [May 1915]
and served as a Private
with C Company
1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He went to France [January 1916].
He was killed in action [11th October 1918].
The Halifax Courier He was buried at Wellington Cemetery, Rieux-en-Cambresis, France
[Sp. Mem. B 3]
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Daughter of George Moore, a weaver at Shaw Hill.
On Sunday, 24th September 1871, she was found in an exhausted state
after having cut her throat with a razor.
There was suspicion that she had recently given birth, but no child
could be found.
The following day, the partly-burnt remains of a full-grown child
were found in a tub in the cellar
In the 1920s, he took advantage of the boom in making radio sets, by
selling parts in his shop on Market Street.
He established Fred Moore Limited
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In [Q2] 1917, he married Lenora Manger in Halifax.
They lived at 8 Boston Street, Gibbet Street [1940].
He was a civilian casualty of the Hanson Lane bomb which
fell on
22nd November 1940.
He died at the West Hill Hotel, Halifax on the following day.
He was
landlord of the Claremount Inn, Halifax [1932-1969].
In 1924, he married Margaret Ford [1902-1966] in Halifax.
He died in Halifax in 1977
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Born in Leeds.
On 26th September 1862, The Leeds Mercury announced
He was Organist at Halifax Parish Church [1862-1868].
He was asked to resign the post.
He was Professor of music at
Lister Lane, Halifax [1863],
94 Lister Lane, Halifax [1871],
92 Lister Lane, Halifax [1874],
39 Rhodes Street, Halifax [1881],
Holdsworth House, Ovenden [1891, 1901],
and
22 Clare Road, Halifax [1905]
In 1863, he married Sarah Ann [1832-1910] at Christ Church, Barkisland.
She was a vocalist [1871]
Children:
They lived at Holdsworth House, Ovenden [1891, 1901].
Living with them [in 1871] sister-in-law Hanna Shaw [aged]
(housekeeper).
Daughter Letitia was staying with her grandfather Edwin
Moore, in Leeds.
Living with them [in 1891] & 1901 was sister Charlotte Moore
[aged 46] (living on own means)
Sarah Anne was buried at Christ Church, Barkisland
In 1911, the widowed Henry Edwin Moore (retired professor of
music) was living with daughter Annie Bowness Welch, in
Wandsworth, London
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He was a watch repairer [1910].
In 1910, he married Emily Bentley in Halifax.
They had no children.
The couple died in Fleetwood:
Herbert Edward [25th January 1934];
Emily [18th December 1955]
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During World War I,
he served as a Lance Corporal
with the Machine Gun Corps.
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered on the Memorial at Illingworth Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
He was
Lieutenant Colonel in the West Yorkshire Volunteers /
a merchant and manufacturer [1809].
In 1825, he was declared bankrupt.
He married Susannah, daughter of Elkanah Holroyd.
Children:
In 1873, Jane Ann Hodgson published a volume of poetry which she
dedicated to him
He was a coachman [1871, 1878].
In [Q2] 1869, he married Sarah Ann Wade [1845-1871] in Halifax.
Child:
John William [1871-9th March 1878] who was buried with his mother
Sarah Ann died (possibly of perinatal complications) [27th May 1871] (aged 26)
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1868]
They lived at 34 Brunswick Street, Halifax [1871]
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He died in the conflict.
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Teachers'
Born at Shibden Head [3rd January 1846].
He was
educated locally and at hemsworth Grammar School /
articled to Thomas A. Watson JP of Bradford /
head of J. W. Wharton & Son, Market Street, Bradford.
He was interested in music and physical science.
On 21st March 1871, he married Frances Elizabeth Green.
They lived at Ashfield, Bradford [1902].
He died in Leeds [Q2 1906]
Bailiff of Halifax.
He married Unknown.
Children: 3
He was murdered at Kirby Malzeard by George Harger to
whom Moore had to deliver a bastardy order
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In 1797, he surveyed and published maps of the township of Halifax
in his Terrier or Field Book
This was published by Edward Jacob [1797]
He was
writing master at Hipperholme Grammar School /
a land surveyor.
He married Grace.
John Moore died 6th June 1862 (aged 67)
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4033]
In 1821, he married Mary Calvert [1802-1???]
of Midgley
Children
They lived at
Living with them [in 1871] were grandchildren
Sarah A. Priestley [b 1848],
Reuben A. Priestley [b 1855],
and
Mary A. Priestley [b 1857]
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In 1855, he was declared bankrupt
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the Highland Light Infantry.
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered on the Memorial at Illingworth Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
In [Q3] 1850, he married Sarah Illingworth in Halifax.
John died 7th February 1871 (aged 48),
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2747]
with Sarah's parents
He was a labourer [1857].
On 24th May 1857, he married Mary Wilson [1831-1907] in Halifax.
She had a child (father not known) before the marriage:
Emma [1855-1939] ‡
Children:
John died in Hays Lane, Mixenden [14th July 1889]
Mary died 12th July 1907.
The couple & other members of the family (‡) were buried at Illingworth Church
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He was
educated at St Joseph's Catholic School, Claremount /
employed by Martin Sons & Company Limited.
During World War II,
he served as a Marine
with the Royal Marines
aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious.
He was lost when his ship sank with the loss of 1,207 of her crew of 1,247, as it was returning from Narvik [8th June 1940] (aged 23)
He is remembered on the Plymouth Naval Memorial [Grave Ref 43 2],
in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
on the Memorial at Christ Church, Pellon,
and on the Memorial at Saint Bernard's Catholic Church
Born at Northowram Hall [15th May 1853].
In 1881, he was a Magistrate of Leicestershire.
He died at Cheltenham
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 16th Battalion
West Yorkshire Regiment.
He was killed in action [1st July 1916].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He was innkeeper at the Old Pond, Hove Edge.
He married Harriet Chadwick [1879-19??].
Children:
Living with them [in 1911] was widowed mother-in-law Martha
Chadwick [b 1842].
Joseph died in 1912.
After his death, Harriet took over at the Old Pond
[1912, 1917]
She died at Sidmouth.
The notice of her death in The Times names her Mary
Harriette Dyson-Moore
Born in Mytholmroyd.
He was
a picker maker [1911] /
a weaver at Luke Barker & Sons at Friths Mill /
a teacher at Walsden Wesleyan Sunday School.
During World War I,
he enlisted [August 1915] and
served as a Private
with the 6th Battalion
Cameron Highlanders.
He was sent to France after only 11 weeks of training.
He died 28th January 1916 (aged 19).
The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [11th February 1916] published his photograph.
The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [3rd March 1916] reported his death
He was formerly reported missing after the Germans exploded a mine
just in front of the trench he was in
He is remembered on the Loos Memorial, France [Grave Ref 119-124],
and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
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He was a card maker [1851].
Around 1844, he married Jane [1825-18??].
Children:
The family lived at Godley, Halifax [1851].
Living with them [in 1851] was widowed relative Sarah Birt [b
1782]
He married Sarah Jane [1854-1929].
Richard died 8th August 1917 (aged 68)
Sarah Jane died 11th June 1929 (aged 75)
The couple were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-A37]
In [Q2] 1883, he married Annie Goodall [1859-1950]
in Wharfedale.
Children:
Robinson died 5th October 1912.
Annie died 10th January 1950.
Members of the family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery
In [Q2] 1859, he married Jane Bedford [1840-1860] in Halifax.
Children:
Jane died (possibly of perinatal complications) [16th May 1860] (aged 20).
Spencer died 15th August 1879 (aged 45).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3885]
with Emma Moore [1834-1860]
On the evening Sunday 1st June 1873, he was one of a group of 5
youths who attacked 50 year-old Jeremiah Swift after their
insolence had caused him to remonstrate with them.
Swift died as a consequence of the attack.
At the Inquest, a verdict of manslaughter was returned.
At the Assizes, the gang was acquitted, there being no evidence to
show that they contemplated a violent attack, to prove who delivered
the blow or blows which caused his death.
See the Foldout
Born in Halifax.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 15th April 1918.
He is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 6]
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In 1835, he was one of the subscribers to the Halifax Dispensary, giving 1 guinea.
He married Mary [1790-1868].
Children:
Mary took over at the Waterhouse Arms [1850].
She died 6th December 1868 (aged 78)
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2426]
with son William & his wife.
He was one of the subscribers to John Horner's book Buildings in the Town & Parish of Halifax [1835].
In 1835, he was on the List of Electors
for the Northowram Township of the Halifax Polling District
in the election for the MP for the West Riding.
He died after a long illness
Son of James Moore.
On 1st November 1810, he married Harriet Dyson at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
They lived at
Around 1840, he bought Northowram Hall from Nanny and
Maria Dyson, his sisters-in-law.
He was a keen huntsman and kept a pack of hounds at Landemere Syke
for hunting hares.
On
26th June 1815,
a fire caused considerable damage at his warehouse at Brockwell.
Members of the family were buried at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax
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He married Mary Ann [1813-1880].
Children:
William died 10th December 1877 (aged 65).
Mary Ann died 16th December 1880 (aged 67).
The couple & the children ‡ were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2136]
He was
a cotton weaver [1891, 1901, 1911] /
a cotton weaver with William Barker & Sons Limited at Knowlwood
Mill, Todmorden [1921].
In [Q2] 1887, he married Jane Annie Leith [1866-1???] in Haslingden.
Children:
The children were born in Rawtenstall.
The family lived at
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Question:
Does anyone know which inn this may have been?
He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [Grave Ref: K 174 D]
He was
a part-timer / bobbin setter [1911] /
employed at Crossley's G Mill.
During World War I,
he enlisted [8th January 1916]
and served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Hampshire Regiment.
He went to France [June 1917].
He was wounded [25th April 1918].
He was killed in action [11th August 1918] (aged 19).
His photograph appears with reports of his death in the Halifax Courier [31st August & 7th September 1918].
He is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 6],
in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Crossley's Carpets
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Only son of William Moore.
On 5th September 1844, he married (1) Jane Dyson,
widow of his cousin, John Edwards Dyson, in London.
Children:
In 26th November 1851, he married (2) Mary Elizabeth Harbottle
[1828-18??] from Manchester.
Children:
On 22nd October 1862, he married Sarah Elizabeth Badger at
Leamington Priors.
The family moved to Milverton, Warwickshire.
On 6th January 1876,
he married (4) Cecilia [b 1837] at Hove
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He married Sarah [1831-1875].
Sarah died 19th August 1875 (aged 44).
William John died 10th May 1902 (aged 76).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2426]
with William's mother
He was a welded boiler maker [1901, 1911].
In [Q4] 1897, he married Ilvira Whitaker [1875-19??] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at
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He established Zaccheus Moore & Company.
In 1856, he married (1) Hannah Fawcett [1837-1896] in Bradford.
There are no records of any children.
Hannah died 5th June 1896.
On 20th July 1897, he married (2) Harriet Ann Brooksbank [1853-1913]
in Harden, Keighley.
Harriet Ann died 5th April 1913.
They lived at Shaw Mill House, Mixenden, next to the company's Shaw Mill [1905].
Zaccheus died 27th September 1913.
Zaccheus, Hannah & Harriet Ann died at Shaw Mill
House.
They were buried at Illingworth Church
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn HelliwellMoore, Andrew Richardson Ref 246-6
Born in Halifax.
Moore, Arthur Ref 246-1439
Moore, Bethel Ref 246-579
Grocer of Plowroyds, Northowram.
Moore, Brian Ref 246-1446 
Moore, Calvert Ref 246-246
Son of John Moore.
Hannah was born in Barnsley, the daughter of George
Evans, engine tenter
Moore, Rev Daniel Ref 246-933
Born in Lincolnshire.
Moore, David Ref 246-16
Born in Diss, Norfolk.
Bertha was born in Queens County, Ireland
Moore, Edgar Ref 246-1290
Born in Halifax.
Louisa was the daughter of Richard Stead Beaumont
Moore, Edgar Ref 246-7
Son of Eliza Ann (née Jowett) & Harry Moore,
of 22 Little Moor, Queensbury.
Moore, Edward Ref 246-1371
Of Baildon.
Vicar of Coley [1671]
Moore, Edward Ref 246-5
Son of David Moore.
Moore, Eliza Ref 246-1313
A factory hand.Moore, Fred Ref 246-1814
He was
a photographic dealer /
a picture-framer at 36 Market Street, Halifax [1910s, 1920s] /
an electrical goods retailer.
Moore, Harry Ref 246-1774
Moore, Harry Walsh Ref 246-15
Born in Halifax [2nd April 1905]
Margaret was born in Halifax
Moore, Henry Edwin Ref 246-1086
Son of Edwin Moore, Registrar of Leeds Parish Church.
Mr. Henry E Moore, organist of the grammar schools, and deputy
organist of the parish church, Leeds, has been appointed organist of
the parish church of Halifax
Sarah Ann, of King's Mount, Barkisland, was the daughter of
farmer James Shaw.
Moore, Herbert Edward Ref 246-162
Born in Halifax.
Emily was the daughter of Robinson Bentley
Moore, Horace Ref 246-10
Moore, James Ref 246-633
Of Brockwell.
Moore, Rev James Ref 246-1142
Vicar at St Mary's Church, Halifax [1874, 1881].Moore, James Ref 246-24
Born in Sowerby Bridge.
Sarah Ann was born in Halifax, the daughter of William Wade
Moore, James Joseph Ref 246-9
He served in World War I.
Moore, James Wharton Ref 246-401
Son of James Moore, of Ashfield, Bradford.
Frances Elizabeth was the daughter of William Green of
Hebden Bridge
Moore, John Ref 246-50
His name is spelled Moor in some newspaper reports of the time.
Moore, John Ref 246-1083
He was Constable of Northowram [1772]
Moore, John Ref 246-1141
He was Clerk at Sion Congregational Church, Halifax [1821]
Moore, John Ref 246-287
Of Hipperholme.
A Terrier or Field Book, the number and measurement of every close in
the Halifax Township, with names of the owners, &c, so that the
labourer with plough, scythe or sickle, will find the measurement of
every close
Moore, John Ref 246-946
Cotton spinner at Bogden Mill, Rishworth [1800]
Moore, John Ref 246-1608
From Leeds.
Moore, John Ref 246-22
He was a carpet weaver in Halifax.
This entry was compiled from the burial record in the Lister Lane
Archives.
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Moore, John Ref 246-1610
He was
a weaver of Ovenden [1821] /
a farmer's man [1851] /
a farm servant [1861].
Moore, Rev John Ref 246-1797
Resident Minister at Park Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Brighouse
[1891]
Moore, John Ref 246-1304
A common brewer at Halifax.
Moore, John Ref 246-11
Moore, John Ref 246-20
Sarah was the daughter of Thomas Illingworth
Moore, John Ref 246-18
Born in Ovenden.
Mary was born in Warley.
Moore, John Binner Ref 246-12
Son of Ada & Tom Moore of 32 Mount Tabor, Halifax.
Moore, John Dyson Ref 246-652
Son of William James Moore.
Moore, John W. Ref 246-13
Moore, Joseph Ref 246-2
Born in Baildon.
Harriet was born in Rastrick
Moore, Mary Harriette Dyson Ref 246-57
Daughter of William James Moore.
She was born at Northowram Hall.
Moore, N. A. Ref 246-669
Deacon at Christ Church, Pellon [1935]
Moore, Norman Kerr Ref 246-574
Son of William Moore.
Private Norman Kerr Moore, 6th Cameron Highlanders, officially
confirmed to have been killed by a mine explosion in Flanders on the
28th January, aged 19.
Moore, Richard Ref 246-14
Born in Halifax.
Moore, Richard Ref 246-3
(Possibly) son of Richard Moore.
Moore, Robinson Ref 246-1192
Born 28th September 1860.
Moore, Sam Ref 246-929
He worked as a traveller for the Nutclough Fustian Manufacturing Society.
He was well-known in the labour and co-operative movements.
He stood unsuccessfully as Labour MP after World War II
Moore, Spencer Ref 246-21
Moore, Thomas Ref 246-1189
A labourer of Isle of Man Yard, Halifax.
Moore, Walter Ref 246-4
Son of Sarah (née Culpan) & George Moore,
of 12 Fielden Street, Halifax [1911].
Moore, William Ref 246-6190
Innkeeper at the Waterhouse Arms, Halifax [1822, 1845].
Mary was born in Poole, Yorkshire
Details are not yet known of the death / burial place of her husband yWilliam
Moore, William Ref 246-811
He lived at
Staups House, Shibden.
Moore, William Ref 246-634
Or Moor.
Moore, William Ref 246-23
Registrar of births and deaths for Northowram [1850]
Moore, William Ref 246-19
Moore, William Ref 246-850
Born in Queensbury, Great Horton, Bradford.
Jane Annie was born in Rawtenstall, Lancashire
Moore, William Charles Ref 246-8
He was described as an innkeeper at 5 Stead Street, Halifax
when he died [18th October 1864] (aged 37).
Moore, William Harold Ref 246-1460
Son of William Robert Moore.
Moore, William James Ref 246-636
Of Northowram Hall.
Cecilia was the daughter of J. M. Vernon of Merton,
Surrey and widow of A. Brown
William was described as of Knightcott House, Leamington, late
of Northowram Hall
Moore, William John Ref 246-17
Son of William Moore.
Moore, William Robert Ref 246-1465
Born in Norwich, Norfolk.
Ilvira was born in Halifax, the daughter of William
Whitaker
Moore, Zaccheus Ref 246-1120
Born in Queensbury [23rd Nov 1834].
Hannah was born in Northowram
Harriet Ann was born in Bingley
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The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District Surnames by George Redmonds.
There are
60
entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname Moore,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Marriages
1836,
1857,
1863,
1881,
1887,
1893,
1907,
1934;
Death
1907
Unattached burials at Lister Lane Cemetery: Plot 1868
Moore surname Ref 246-1
Unattached BMDs for Moore
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