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Ogden, AgnesRef 185-75
[1903-1991]
This frail old lady was murdered at her home in
Edingdon Road, Mytholmroyd on December 18th/19th 1991. It seems that her home had been broken into whilst she slept. Although nothing had been stolen, she had been beaten about the face and asphyxiated.

No-one was ever charged with the murder.

Calderdale Police revived the case in December 2001

Ogden, AlbertRef 185-8
[1893-1915]
Son of
George Ogden.

Born in Greetland [1st November 1893].

He was a cotton rope maker.

During World War I, he served as a Rifleman with the 9th Battalion Rifle Brigade.

He was killed in action [24th June 1915].

He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 46-48 & 50]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Ogden, AlbertRef 185-15
[1893-1917]
Son of
Joseph Ogden.

Born in Warley [7th October 1893].

He was a member of St Mary's Church, Luddenden / a woollen spinner [1911] / employed at Riley's Mill.

During World War I, he enlisted with the Scottish Horse.

[1916], then transferred and served as a Private with the 15th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment.

He was killed in action [26th October 1917].

The Halifax Courier [17th November 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 23-28 & 163A], on Luddenden & Midgley War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Saint Mary the Virgin, Luddenden.

His brother Jesse also died in the War

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Ogden, ArthurRef 185-6
[1887-1916]
Son of George Ogden.

He was a member of Halifax Parish Church / a member of St Michael & All Angels' Church, Southowram Bank / an upholsterer with Almond's.

In [Q3] 1912, he married Laura Dunning in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Nellie [b 1913]
  2. Ronald [b 1915]

They lived at 4 Dean Street, Pellon Lane, Halifax.

During World War I, he enlisted [June 1916] and served as a Private with the 1st/5th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.

He died 14th November 1916 (aged 29).

He was buried at Warlencourt British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref IV E 10].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Halifax Parish Church Members (WWI) Memorial, and on the Memorial at Saint Michael & All Angels' Church, Southowram Bank

Ogden, BentleyRef 185-519
[1879-1961]
Son of
Thomas Ogden.

Born in Booth.

He was a worsted spinner [1891] / a photographer [1901].

He was proprietor of Palace Studios at 66 Southgate, Halifax [1936].

In [Q4] 1910, he married Marion [1886-19??] in Halifax.


Marion was born in Halifax
 

They lived at

  • 100 Browfoot Gate, Halifax [1911]
  • 200 Browfoot Gate, Halifax [1936]

He died in Middleton, Lancashire [Q3 1961] (aged 82) 

Ogden, CharlesRef 185-37
[1788-18??]
Born in Halifax.

He was a wool buyer [1851].

He married Elizabeth [1797-18??].


Elizabeth was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. John [b 1835] who was a woolsorter's apprentice [1851]
  2. Elizabeth [b 1838]
  3. Charles
  4. Rachel [1831-1895] who was a pattern setter for carpets  [1851] & married David Wilson

The family lived at 9 Grove Street, Halifax [1851].

Living with them [in 1851] were son Charles & family and daughter Rachel & family

Ogden, CharlesRef 185-520
[18??-18??]
Picture frame manufacturer at Haley Hill, Halifax [1865]

Ogden, CharlesRef 185-36
[1833-1899]
Son of
Charles Ogden.

Born in Halifax.

He was a wool sorter [1851, 1861] / a bread baker [1871] / an oat bread baker [1881, 1881].

He married Emma [1833-1893].


Emma was born in Dewsbury, the daughter of George Pitt
 

Children:

  1. Sarah [b 1851] who was a worsted factory worker [1861], a  printer [1871] &  married [Halifax Q2 1870] John Ibbertson
  2. John [b 1853] who was a worsted factory worker [1861], a  worsted print washer [1871]
  3. George [b 1856] who was a bread baker [1871]
  4. Thomas William [b 1858] who was a worsted spinner [1871],  an oat bread baker [1881]
  5. Charles [b 1860] who was an errand boy [1871]
  6. Louis [b 1866] who was an oat bread baker's assistant  [1881]
  7. Arthur [b 1877] who was an assistant oat bread baker  [1891]

The family lived at

  • 9 Grove Street, Halifax (with Charles's parents) [1851]
  • Midgley Building, Portland Street, Northowram [1861]
  • 18 Portland Street, Northowram [1871, 1881]

Living with them [in 1871] was granddaughter Clara Ibbertson [b 1871].

Living with them [in 1881] were Emma's widowed father.

Emma died 17th May 1893 (aged 60).

Charles died 15th August 1899 (aged 66).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1180]

Ogden, ChristopherRef 185-164
[1893-1918]
Son of
Frederick Ogden.

Baptised at All Saints's Church, Dudwell [19th November 1893].

He was a parcel carrier (Corporation) [1911].

He emigrated to the USA [24th June 1913].

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 24th Battalion Canadian Infantry.

He died 27th August 1918 (aged 25).

He was buried at Québec Cemetery, Cherisy, France [Grave Ref C 30].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at All Saints' Church, Dudwell, and on the Halifax Parish Church Members (WWI) Memorial.

The Halifax Courier [21st September 1918] reported his death.

His brother Fred also died in the War

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Ogden, ClementRef 185-102
[1893-1915]
Son of
William Ogden.

Born in Halifax.

He was a reeler in dyehouse [1911] / employed by Blackburn Brothers, Asquith Bottom Dye Works.

He served 4 years in the Territorials.

During World War I, he served with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was drafted to France on 14th April 1915.

He was promoted to Lance Corporal in September 1915.

On 21st October 1915, he was hit in the legs by shrapnel from a German shell.

He died of wounds in hospital in Belgium [24th October 1915] (aged 23).

The Halifax Courier [30th October 1915] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref I B 30A].

He is remembered at All Souls' Burial Ground, Halifax, in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at United Reformed Church, Carlton Street

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Ogden, EdwardRef 185-33
[1789-185?]
Born in Northowram.

He was an overlooker [1851].

He married Grace [1788-1876].


Grace was born in Northowram
 

Child: James [b 1821] who was a joiner [1851], a joiner & cabinet maker [1861], a joiner [1871].

They lived at

Edward died between 1855 & 1858.


Details of his death / burial place are not yet known.
 

Grace died 16th November 1876 (aged 88)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3955]

Ogden, EdwinRef 185-564
[18??-18??]
Partner in one or more of

Could he be connected to Booth & Ogden and Joseph Ogden & Son ?

Ogden, ElyRef 185-117
[17??-17??]
Stuffmaker and chapman.

He and his brother, Isaac Ogden bought Small Lees, Soyland in 1769.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Betty [1765-18??]
  2. Mary [b 1700] who married Elkanah Hoyle
  3. Isaac

He devised Small Lees to his son, Isaac

Ogden, FredRef 185-223
[1854-1880]
In [Q3] 1874, he married Rebecca Pickles in Halifax.


Rebecca was the daughter of
James Pickles
 

Children:

  1. Bertha [b 1875]
  2. Albert [b 1880]

Fred died Q4 1880 (aged 26).

In 1881, Rebecca and the children were living with her parents

Ogden, FredRef 185-169
[1880-1916]
Son of
Frederick Ogden.

Born in Copley.

He was a gardener of 27 Lower Skircoat Green [1900] / a gardener (domestic) [1901] / a tram conductor Halifax Corporation (working on the Brighouse  section) [1911].

In 1900, he married Ellen Ann Dunnington at All Saints' Church, Dudwell.


Ellen Ann, of 24 Clifton Road, was born in York, the daughter of John Dunnington, farmer
 

Children:

  1. Muriel [b 1903]
  2. Fred [b 1907]

They lived at

  • 12 Huddersfield Road, Halifax [1901]
  • 177 Shay Lane, Ovenden [1911]
  • 14 Matlock Street, Lee Mount [1916]

During World War I, he enlisted in January 1915 and served as a Private with the 9th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was reported missing and assumed to have died on the Somme [7th July 1916] (aged 36).

The Halifax Courier [5th August 1916] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6A & 6B], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at All Saints' Church, Dudwell

His brother Christopher also died in the War

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Ogden, FrederickRef 185-288
[1854-1929]
His father is not recorded on the marriage documents.

Born in Copley.

He was a gas stoker [1881, 1891] / a labourer [1900].

On 17th February 1872, he married Ellen Holdsworth [1852-1917] at Halifax Parish Church.


Ellen, of Skircoat, was born in Marston Shetton, Bedfordshire, the daughter of Samuel Holdsworth, labourer
 

Children:

  1. Elizabeth A. [b 1873] who was a worsted drawer [1891]
  2. Caroline [b 1874] who was a worsted twister [1891]
  3. Rosina [b 1878]
  4. Fred
  5. Sarah E. [b 1882]
  6. Herbert [b 1885] who was a driver [1911]
  7. William [b 1887] who was a labourer [1911]
  8. Albert [b 1889]
  9. Christopher
  10. Frank [b 1896] who was a creeler [1911]
  11. child who died young [before 1911]

They lived at

  • Woodhall Terrace, Wakefield Road, Skircoat [1881]
  • 27 Lower Skircoat Green, Halifax
  • 26 North Castle Street, Halifax [1911]

Sons Fred & Christopher died in World War I.

Members of the family were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell: Ellen [13th September 1917]; Frederick [2nd December 1929]

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Ogden, GeorgeRef 185-9
[1857-1932]
Born in Huddersfield.

He was a pipe fitter [1880].

On 14th March 1880, he married Charlotte Bottomley [1862-1921] in Halifax.


Charlotte was born in Brighouse
 

Children:

  1. Frederick [b 1890]
  2. Albert
  3. Henry [b 1895]
  4. Samuel [b 1900]
  5. Ethel [b 1906]

They lived at

  • Greetland [1895]
  • Stockport [1900]

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Ogden, GeorgeRef 185-30
[1866-19??]
Son of John Ogden, core maker.

Born in Southowram.

He was an iron moulder of Siddal, Southowram [1888] / an iron moulder [1891, 1901, 1911].

In 1888, he married Ada Gelder [1868-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Ada, of Siddal, was born in Northowram.

Her father was not recorded on the marriage documents

 

Children:

  1. Eliza J. [b 1889]
  2. James [b 1892] who was a coal pit hurrier [1911], served  in World War I, & had his right arm amputated after being severely  wounded [25th November 1917]
  3. Harry
  4. Annie [b 1901]
  5. Doris [b 1906]
  6. George [b 1908]

They lived at

  • 5 Longbottom Buildings, Southowram [1891]
  • 26 Town Gate, Northowram [1901]
  • 26 Town Gate, Northowram [1901]
  • Shoulder of Mutton Fold, Northowram [1918]

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Ogden, HaroldRef 185-132
[1897-1917]
Son of
James Ogden.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a weaver.

During World War I, he served as a Lance Corporal with the 12th/13th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.

He was killed in action [4th October 1917].

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium, and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

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Ogden, HarryRef 185-21
[1899-1918]
Son of
George Ogden.

He was a member of Wesleyan Sunday School, Northowram / a part-time worsted spinner [1911] / employed by Stanley Iron Works, New Bank, Halifax.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 3rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers, posted to the London Regiment.

He died at No.4 Casualty Clearing Station, France, of wounds to the shoulder and right leg, received in action [8th August 1918].

The Halifax Courier [24th August 1918] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-Les-Pernois, France [Grave Ref III E 22].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Saint Matthew's Church, Northowram

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Ogden, IsaacRef 185-120
[17??-1???]
Son of
Ely Ogden.

He inherited Small Lees, Soyland from his father

Ogden, IsaacRef 185-116
[17??-17??]
Of Midgley.

He lived at Upper Longbottom.

He was one of the original trustees of Warley Grammar School

Ogden, J. W.Ref 185-482
[18??-19??]
Recorded on 2nd March 1914, when he accepted an invitation to contest the next General Election for Labour in the
Sowerby Division

Ogden, JamesRef 185-359
[16??-1???]
Of Soyland.

He married Unknown.

Child: John

Ogden, JamesRef 185-361
[16??-1???]
Of Sowerby.

He married Unknown.

Child: Samuel

Ogden, JamesRef 185-127
[16??-1715]
Clockmaker son of Samuel Ogden

Ogden, Rev JamesRef 185-221
[17??-18??]
Curate at
Hartshead [1797-1804]. He became Curate at Ossett

Ogden, JamesRef 185-487
[1814-1???]
Born in Wadsworth.

He was a wool warehouseman [1851] / a waste dealer [1861].

He married Ann [1810-1???] from Gloucestershire.

Children:

  1. James Henry
  2. Edward [b 1849]

They lived at

  • 8 Parkinson Lane, Halifax [1851]
  • 7 Parkinson Lane, Halifax [1861]

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Ogden, JamesRef 185-7
[1871-1929]
Born in Hawksclough.

He was a cloth cooker [1896].

In 1896, he married Betsy Pickles [1873-1968] in Todmorden.

Children:

  1. Harold
  2. Florrie [1899-1979] who married [1925 Todmorden] John  Finch [1899-1974]
  3. Frank [1902-1971]
  4. Wilfred [1909-2002]

The children were born in Todmorden.

The family lived at 8 River Street, Halifax Road, Todmorden [1911].

James died in Todmorden in 1929.

Betsy died in Blackpool in 1968

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Ogden, James ArthurRef 185-17
[1881-1933]
Son of Samuel Ogden, cork cutter.

Born in Halifax.

He was a blacksmith of Matlock Street, Ovenden [1903].

In 1903, he married Mary Hannah Highley at Halifax Parish Church.


Mary Hannah, of Hampden Place, Halifax, was the daughter of
Edward Highley
 

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Ogden, James HenryRef 185-23
[18??-1917]

During World War I, and he served as a Private with the 8th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died 10th October 1917.

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 82-85 & 162A], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Halifax Parish Church Members (WWI) Memorial

Ogden, James HenryRef 185-90
[1845-1906]
Son of
James Ogden.

Born in Halifax.

He was a reporter and shorthand writer in Halifax [1881] / a printer compositor [1871].

He worked as chief reporter and sub-editor for the Halifax Guardian for 36 years, and wrote a long series of articles for a local history column under the pen-name Graptolite. Some of his work can be seen at the links below. He was Editor of the Halifax Guardian for a short time.

He was the editor of the Transactions of the Halifax Antiquarian Society and contributed to their publications.

In 1867, he married Annie Moxon Wadsworth [1845-1???] from Barnsley, in Huddersfield.

Children:

  1. Elizabeth Ann [b 1868] who became a schoolmistress [1891,  1901]
  2. Arthur Edward [b 1873] who became a reporter [1891]
  3. Emily [b 1876]
  4. Annie [b 1882]

They lived at

  • 38 Upper Bentley Street, Halifax [1871]
  • 19 Rose Street, Halifax [1881]
  • 18 Pear Street, Halifax [1901, 1911]
  • 18 Kingston Terrace, Halifax [1905]

He was drowned when he accidentally fell into the canal at Hebden Bridge on a foggy night. He was electioneering at the time. His body was found by a boatman in the mill goit at Callis Mill, Charlestown the following morning.

After his death, his column in the Halifax Courier was taken over by John Lister writing under the name Tom Halifax

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Ogden, James HerbertRef 185-41
[1860-1912]
Born in Lumbutts.

He was a cotton weaver [1881, 1891] / a cotton loom overlooker [1901] / a cotton weaver [1911].

In [Q3] 1883, he married Betsy Greenwood [1855-1924] in Todmorden.


Betsy was born in Lumbutts
 

Children:

  1. Sarah [b 1885] who was a cotton weaver [1901, 1911]
  2. Whittaker
  3. Frank [b 1889] who was a cotton cloth looker [1911], a  cotton drawer-in [1901]

They lived at

  • 4 Jack Lee Gate, Langfield (James Herbert living with his  widowed mother Sarah Halstead) [1881]
  • 4 Jack Lee Gate, Langfield [1891]
  • 14 Kilnhurst Road, Todmorden [1901]
  • Summerfield Road West, Todmorden [1911]

James died 3rd February 1912 (aged 52).

Betsy died 19th March 1924 (aged 69).

The couple were buried at Lumbutts United Methodist Free Church

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Ogden, JesseRef 185-10
[1896-1919]
Son of
Joseph Ogden.

Born 10th May 1896.

He was a woollen piecer [1911].

During World War I, he served as a Trooper with the Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons.

He died in Germany [3rd March 1919].

He was buried at Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany [Grave Ref III B 6].

He is remembered on Luddenden & Midgley War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Saint Mary the Virgin, Luddenden.

His brother Albert also died in the War

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Ogden, JohnRef 185-134
[1???-1???]
Clockmaker and youngest son of Samuel Ogden

Ogden, JohnRef 185-358
[1665-1???]
Son of
James Ogden.

Baptised at Elland church [1665].

He was a Quaker / a clockmaker.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Thomas
  2. Isaac

He moved to Askrigg. His sons stayed in Ripponden

Ogden, JohnRef 185-131
[1699-1???]
Clockmaker son of Sam Ogden. He was in business at Ripponden. He moved to Alnwick and Newcastle

Ogden, JohnRef 185-555
[17??-1813]
Of Cowcliffe.

A Luddite. He was executed for his involvement at Rawfolds Mill.

Shillitoe visited his widow

Ogden, JohnRef 185-11
[1792-18??]
He served with the 2nd Battalion 84th Foot York & Lancaster Regiment in the
Peninsular War

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Ogden, JohnRef 185-203
[18??-1???]
He was an engineer.

He married Mary Ann [18??-1???].

Child: John William

John was dead by 1900

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Ogden, JohnRef 185-18
[18??-18??]
A Greetland navvy, also known as Won John. He was one of the last victims of the
stocks at Elland prison. In January 1862, he was fined 13/6d for being drunk and disorderly, but he failed to pay. On 29th October 1863, the constables dragged him out of his bed, and took him to the stocks where he had to remain for 6 hours. After the 6 hours were up, he was taken to Wakefield Jail and locked up for a month, his sentence for another offence, an assault in March 1862

Ogden, JohnRef 185-35
[1835-1896]
Son of
Thomas Ogden.

Born in Warley.

He was a stone dealer [1861] / a stone mason [1871, 1881] / a stone dresser [1891].

He married Jane [1833-1900].


Jane was born in Warley
 

There are no records of any children.

The family lived at

  • Boston Hill Lane, Warley [1871]
  • 3 Lower Warley Edge [1881]
  • Ruston Hill, Warley [1891]
  • Lower Pond, Warley [1896]

John died 10th February 1896 (aged 61).

Jane died 5th September 1900 (aged 67).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2553] with Ann Ogden [1828-1869] & James Ogden [1812-1879]

Ogden, JohnRef 185-O139
[1927-] Halifax Geography teacher, writer and member of Halifax Authors' Circle

Ogden, John ThomasRef 185-285
[18??-19??]
Corn miller at
Watty Corn Mill, Todmorden [1905].

He lived at Watty House, Todmorden

Ogden, John WilliamRef 185-25
[18??-1916]

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. child
  2. child

They lived at 2 Clare Road, Halifax.

During World War I, he enlisted in Consett, County Durham with the Durham Light Infantry, then he served as a Private with the 9th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

He was reported missing and assumed to have died 16th September 1916.

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 11C 7 12 A], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Ogden, John WilliamRef 185-143
[1878-1917]
Son of
John Ogden.

Born in Walsden.

He was a butcher [1900] / a butcher at Sowerby Bridge Co-Op [1911].

On 8th December 1900, he married Betsy Stansfield [1876-1960] at St Peter's Church, Walsden.


Betsy was born in Walsden, the daughter of Greenwood Stansfield (deceased), weaver
 

Children:

  1. child who died young [before 1911]
  2. Vera [b 1908]
  3. Edna [b 1908]

They lived at

  • 9 Regent Street, Brierfield [1911]
  • 6 Crawford Street, Walsden [1917]

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 8th Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment.

He died 15th July 1917 (aged 39).

He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 35-56], and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

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Ogden, John WilliamRef 185-5
[1893-1918]
Son of
William Ogden.

Born in Hebden Bridge.

He worked for R. Sutcliffe & Company in Hebden Bridge.

He was engaged to Miss F. Collinge.

During World War I, he enlisted [November 1914] and served as a Lance Corporal with the 1st/7th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was gassed twice and suffered from trench foot. He was wounded in the head and hospitalised in Chester, and then in Llandudno.

He died 26th May 1918.

His parents arrived at the hospital on the following day.

He was buried at Heptonstall Church [Grave Ref: B 31] (30th May 1918).

He is remembered on Luddendenfoot War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Hebden Bridge Methodist Church

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Ogden, John WilliamRef 185-24
[1895-1917]
Son of
William Ogden.

He was a brick carrier [1911] / employed by Morton's at Siddal.

He lived at Browning Avenue, Siddal.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 19th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps.

He was killed in France whilst carrying a wounded soldier to safety [26th September 1917] (aged 22).

The Halifax Courier [13th October 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Bedford House Cemetery, Belgium. [Grave Ref 2 I A 26].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Ogden, Rev JosephRef 185-202
[1761-1827]
MA.

He was educated at Trinity College Cambridge.

Perpetual Curate at of Sowerby for 30 years [1797].

He was involved with the establishment of Sowerby National School.

He lived at Lane Ends [1827].

He died 25th February 1827.

He was buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby [2nd March 1827]

Ogden, JosephRef 185-12
[1793-18??]
He served with the 2nd Battalion 84th Foot York & Lancaster Regiment in the
Peninsular War

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Ogden, JosephRef 185-383
[18??-18??]


Question: Is this the same as Joseph Ogden [1837-18??]?

 

Partner in Joseph Ogden & Son.

He lived at 9 Union Street South [1874]

Ogden, JosephRef 185-34
[1809-1889]
Son of John Ogden, butcher.

Born in Haworth.

He was a butcher in Halifax [1851, 1853, 1861, 1871] / a retired butcher [1881] / a gentleman [1889].

In 1851, he was living at 17 Brunswick Street, Halifax with his unmarried aunt Nancy Hey [b Keighley 1785] (servant).

In 1853, he married Elizabeth Walsh [1817-1901] at Halifax Parish Church.


Elizabeth of Ovenden, was the daughter of William Walsh, cordwainer
 

They lived at

  • 38 Lower Brunswick Street, Halifax [1861]
  • 3 Brunswick Street, Halifax [1871, 1881, 1889]

Joseph died 3rd January 1889 (aged 80).

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £5,210.

His will was proved by his widow Elizabeth and Richard Howarth of Sowerby Bridge (clogger).

Elizabeth died 4th February 1901 (aged 84).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 976] with Mary [1812-1883], wife of George Akroyd

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Ogden, JosephRef 185-38
[1821-1???]
Born in Halifax.

He was a woolstapler [1861, 1871].

In [Q4] 1840, he married (1) Ann Hoyle [1820-1868] in Halifax.

Ann died in Halifax [Q3 1868] (aged 48).

In [Q1] 1871, he married (2) Sarah Turner [1824-1???] in Halifax.


Sarah was born in Dewsbury.

She was (possibly) the widow of A. P. Turner and had 3 children

  • Arthur Turner [b 1854] who was a stationer [1900]
  • Alice Turner [b 1859]
  • Maria Turner [b 1861]
 

Children:

  1. Emma [b 1844]
  2. Edwin [b 1852] who was a contractor [1871]

The family lived at

  • 3 Park Terrace, Halifax [1861]
  • Stock Lane, Warley [1871]

Sarah died 30th March 1880 (aged 55)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 802]; the Lister Lane Archives record Sarah's mother as Ann Oldfield

Ogden, JosephRef 185-436
[1837-18??]


Question: Is this the same as Joseph Ogden [18??-18??]?

 

Born in Haworth.

Partner in Booth & Ogden

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Ogden, JosephRef 185-28
[1847-1898]

He married Mary Eliza Blackley [1850-1896].


Mary Eliza was born in Greetland, and was the niece of
Hugh Haigh
 

Mary Eliza died 24th August 1896.

Joseph died 31st December 1898.

The couple were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: M14] with Hugh Haigh

Ogden, JosephRef 185-3
[1868-1942]
Son of Reuben Ogden, woolsorter.

Born in Mount Tabor.

He was a pointsman of Luddenden [1892] / a railway signalman [1901, 1911].

In [Q3] 1892, he married Mary Ellen Murgatroyd at St Mary's Church, Luddenden.


Mary Ellen, of Luddenden, was the daughter of
Thomas Murgatroyd
 

Children:

  1. Albert
  2. Jesse
  3. Allen [b 1899]
  4. Rhoda [b 1904]

They lived at

Sons Albert & Jesse died in World War I

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley, Derrick Habergham, Glynn Helliwell & Jeffrey Knowles

Ogden, Joseph HenryRef 185-22
[1833-1868]
He was a wine merchant.

On 28th January 1862, he married Frances Tonge at St Paul's Church, King Cross


Frances was the daughter of James Fletcher Tonge
 

Joseph Henry died in 1868.

Frances married John Graham Wheelwright

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham

Ogden, MarthaRef 185-1000
[1874-19??]
Born in Liverpool.

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]

Ogden, Mary AnnRef 185-225
[1827-1856]
She was the niece of
Thomas White, Master of Heywood's School. She died in a fire at the School House when her uncle was there. She was buried at Cleckheaton

Ogden, N.Ref 185-355
[18??-19??]
School caretaker and share broker at Todmorden.

In March 1884, he was declared bankrupt

Ogden, PercyRef 185-19
[1897-1917]
Son of
Ralph Ogden.

He was a worsted spinner bobbin setter [1911].

During World War I, he volunteered (aged 17), but was rejected until he was old enough; he subsequently he served as a Rifleman with the 2nd/7th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He died 12th April 1917 (aged 20).

The Halifax Courier [21st April 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, France [Grave Ref I B 17].

He is remembered on Elland War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Saint Mary the Virgin, Elland.

His brother-in-law Leonard Akroyd also died in the War

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Ogden, PicklesRef 185-525
[1837-1871]
He was a supernumerary officer of the
Halifax Police force [1860].

In 1860, he was a charged with gross neglect after his sergeant – Sgt Pearson – missed him for an hour or 2 whilst Ogden was on the Stannary beat. He was found asleep and drunk in a stable.

The Bench at Halifax Borough Court imposed a penalty of 20/- plus 9/- cost, or a month's imprisonment

Ogden, RalphRef 185-20
[1868-1940]
Son of Samuel Ogden, mechanic.

Born in Bradford.

He was a wool comber of 8 Lorne Street, Shipley / a drapery warehouseman [1891] / a stone mason [1901] / a worsted warehouseman [1911] / a labourer [1913].

In 1888, he married Rosa Hannah Bosher [1866-1933] at St Paul's Church, Shipley.


Rosa Hannah, of 8 Lorne Street, Shipley, was born in Hendred, Berkshire, the daughter of Daniel Bosher
 

Children:

  1. Sarah Ann [b 1889] who was a worsted spinner frame tenter  [1911] & married Leonard Akroyd
  2. Annie [b 1891]
  3. Gertrude Ethel [b 1892]
  4. Ralph William [b 1894] who was a worsted spinner bobbin  setter [1911] and fought in the Dardanelles [World War I]
  5. Percy
  6. Herbert [b 1904]
  7. Fred [b 1906]
  8. Rene [b 1911]

The family lived at

They lived at

  • 46 Portland Road, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland  [1891]
  • 2 Graham Street, Rastrick [1901]
  • 14 Smithies Buildings, Saddleworth Road, Elland [1911]
  • 36 Park Road, Elland

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Ogden, Raymond RobinsonRef 185-31
[1888-1972]
In 1915, he acquired the
Hawk, Barkisland from the Briscoe family's estate.

He was landlord of the Hawk [1915-1917]

In [Q3] 1907, he married (1) Sarah Ann Davy [1887-1928] in Halifax.

Sarah Ann took over at the Hawk [1917-1928].

Sarah Ann died in 1928.

In [Q2] 1929, he married (2) Dorothy Butt in Bury.

Raymond died in 1972

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Ogden, RobertRef 185-552
[1???-1???]
Constable at Todmorden & Walsden [1740]

Ogden, RobertRef 185-278
[17??-17??]
Vicar of
Elland [1761]. He resigned in 1761

Ogden, SamRef 185-133
[1???-1???]
Clockmaker son of Samuel Ogden

Ogden, SamuelRef 185-125
[1629-1???]
Clockmaker.

He married Mary.

Children:

  1. James
  2. Isaac
  3. Sam
  4. John
  5. daughter

Ogden, SamuelRef 185-126
[1668-17??]
Aka Sam.

Son of James Ogden.

Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [January 1670].

Clockmaker of Ripponden who worked on the clocks at Halifax Parish Church and Elland Parish Church [1693-1701]. He was famous for his long-case clocks.

He married Sara [16??-1712].

Children:

  1. Samuel
  2. Thomas
  3. John
  4. Isaac
  5. daughter
  6. daughter
  7. daughter
  8. child

Ogden, SamuelRef 185-128
[1689-17??]
Clockmaker son of Sam Ogden.

Born in Ripponden.

He was in business at Ripponden with his brother Thomas.

He married Sara [16??-1812].

Child: Samuel who moved back to Halifax to take over the business of his uncle Thomas.

He lived at Alnwick, Northumberland [1712-1728], and Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne.

He died at Benwell [1765 or 1773]

Ogden, Rev SamuelRef 185-16
[1716-1778]
MA, DD.

Son of dyer Thomas Ogden [1690-1766].

Born in Manchester.

He was educated at Manchester Grammar School, Kings College Cambridge [1733] and St John's College Cambridge [1736].

He was a preacher, geologist, scholar and orientalist / Vicar of Coley [1740-1747] / Curate of Elland [1747-1762] / Headmaster of Halifax Free School [1744-1753].

In 1753, he resigned and left to become a tutor at Cambridge University. He was also vicar of Damerham, Wiltshire. He later exchanged the living to become rector of Stansfield, Suffolk, then rector of Lawford, Essex, and then of St Sepulchre's Church, Cambridge.

In 1764, he was appointed Woodwardian Professor of Geology at Cambridge.

2 volumes of his sermons – with a biography – were published [1780].

He is remembered for remarking that

the goose is a silly bird: too much for one, and not enough for two

He had a stroke and died at Cambridge and was buried in St Sepulchre's Church there

Ogden, SamuelRef 185-29
[1872-19??]
Born in Midgley.

He was a domestic coachman [1901, 1911].

In 1881, he married Elizabeth.


Elizabeth was born in Broomhill, Yorkshire
 

Child: Helena [b 1905]

They lived at

  • 16 Montague Street, Sowerby New Road [1901]
  • 8 Stoney Springs, Brearley, Mytholmroyd [1911]

Living with him [in 1901] were his sisters Sarah Ogden [b  1860] (worsted reeler)  & Ellen Wadsworth [b 1863], widow of John William Wadsworth and her son Thomas Wadsworth [b 1891]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Ogden, ThomasRef 185-129
[1693-1769]
The more famous
clockmaker son of Sam Ogden.

He was in business at Ripponden with his brother Samuel.

He made the clock for Northgate End Chapel in 1720, and also worked on that at Halifax Parish Church.

There is a lantern clock by Thomas in The Dining Room, Shibden Hall

Ogden, ThomasRef 185-32
[1791-1828]
Of Halifax.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. child who died in infancy
  2. child who died in infancy
  3. child who died in infancy

Thomas died 20th March 1828 (aged 37)  with 3 infants

He was buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax

Ogden, ThomasRef 185-246
[18??-18??]
Senior partner in
Ogden Brothers & Company.

He lived at 10 Trinity Place, Halifax.

In 1879, he was charged with offences under the Debtor's Act when he bought wool from Wayman & Company knowing that Ogden Brothers & Company were in financial difficulties. He was found guilty, but the jury recommended him to mercy

Ogden, ThomasRef 185-39
[1813-18??]
Born in Halifax.

He was a worsted & cotton weaver [1861].

He married Ellen [1812-18??].


Ellen was born in Warley
 

Child: John

The family lived at Boston Hill Lane, Warley [1861, 1871]

Ogden, ThomasRef 185-2
[1847-19??]
Born in Halifax.

He was a spindle & fly manufacturer [1881] / a spindle manufacturer [1891].

He married Grace Rawnsley [1844-19??].


Grace was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Willie [b 1872] who was a spindle manufacturer [1891,  1901]
  2. James H. [b 1875] who was a spindle manufacturer [1891]
  3. Frank [b 1876] who was a worsted spinner [1891], a  spindle maker [1901]
  4. Ellen [b 1878] who was a worsted spinner [1891]
  5. Bentley
  6. Emily [b 1882] who was a milliner [1901]

They lived at

  • Carr House, Midgley [1881]
  • Lower Holme House, Lower Benns, Warley [1891]
  • 2 Holme House, Halifax [1901]

Living with them [in 1891] was widowed mother-in-law Grace Rawnsley [b 1813]

Ogden, Thomas HenryRef 185-4230
[1868-19??]
Born in Halifax.

He was a beer bottler [1911].

Around 1907, he married Sarah Elizabeth [1876-19??] from Oxenhope.

Children:

  1. Esther Winifred [b 1896]

The family lived at 40 Bradford Road, Brighouse [1911].

Living with them [in 1911] was Thomas Henry's mother Elizabeth Ogden [aged 78]

Ogden, WhittakerRef 185-40
[1885-1949]
Son of
James Herbert Ogden.

Born in Hebden Bridge [5th December 1885].

He was a cotton weaver [1901] / a cotton weaver with Taylor & Clark in Burnley [1911] / incapacitated [1939].

In [Q2] 1912, he married Emily Crossley [1886-1942] in Todmorden.


Emily was born in Todmorden [1st August 1886].

She was a cotton weaver with Taylor & Clark in Burnley [1921]

 

They lived at

  • Devonshire Hospital, Buxton, Derbyshire (where Whittaker  was a patient [1921]
  • 851 Rochdale Road, Walsden [1939, 1942]

Emily died 22nd October 1942 (aged 56).

Whittaker died 19th March 1949 (aged 63).

The couple were buried at Lumbutts United Methodist Free Church with Whittaker's his parents

Ogden, WilliamRef 185-553
[1???-1???]
Constable at Todmorden & Walsden [1778]

Ogden, WilliamRef 185-13
[1794-18??]
He served with the 2nd Battalion 84th Foot York & Lancaster Regiment in the
Peninsular War

This & associated entries use material contributed by Jim Clitheroe

Ogden, WilliamRef 185-26
[1859-1???]
Son of John Ogden, core maker.

Born in Halifax.

He was a blacksmith of Clipstone Hall, Southowram [1892] / an engine stoker at brickyard [1901] / a labourer of Siddal [1910] / a boiler tenter at brickyard [1911].

In 1892, he married (1) Hannah Clegg [1858-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Hannah, of Hardacre Street, Southowram, was the daughter of James Clegg, mechanic
 

Children:

  1. John William
  2. Arthur [b 1899]

Hannah died in Halifax in 1907 (aged 49).

In 1910, he married (2) Mary Hannah at Coley Church.


Mary Hannah [née Varley], of Northowram, was the widow of Walter Reynolds.

She had 3 children by her first marriage:

  1. William Varley (Reynolds) [b 1899] who was a brick  carrier [1911]
  2. Elethea / Alethea [b 1900]
  3. Alice [b 1901]
 

They lived at 13 Lower Clipston Hall, Southowram [1901, 1911].

Living with them [in 1901] was William's brother Tom Ogden [b 1875] (labourer at mechanic's) 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Ogden, WilliamRef 185-27
[1864-1920]
Born in Manchester.

He was warehouseman / millhand of 1 Old Lane, Pecket Well.

He married Hannah Jane.


Hannah Jane was born in Manchester.

A William Ogden married a Hannah Jane Eyre in Todmorden [Q2/1886]

 

Children:

  1. Edith [b 1886]
  2. Fleta [b 1888]
  3. James [b 1892]
  4. William

William (senior) was one of 5 people who were killed in a charabanc accident at Cockhill 30th October 1920.

He, his wife & daughter-in-law were buried at Wainsgate Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge [Grave Ref: E902]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Chris Barnett

Ogden, WilliamRef 185-14
[1866-19??]
Born in Hebden Bridge.

He was a council gas stoker.

In 1891, he married Mary Ellen Helliwell [1860-19??] in Halifax.


Mary Ellen, a widow, was born in Hebden Bridge
 

Children:

  1. Gibson [b 1891]
  2. John William

They lived at

  • 2 Wood Street, Hebden Bridge [1901]
  • 1 Lee Royd, Hebden Bridge [1911]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Ogden, WilliamRef 185-57
[1868-1915]
Son of James Ogden (who was dead by 1889).

Born in Ovenden.

He was a clogger of 6 Clay Street [1889] / a clogger [1891] / a dyer's cart driver [1901] / a cobbler [1911].

In [Q4] 1889, he married Hannah Gornald [1869-1???] at Christ Church, Pellon.


Hannah, of Southowram, was born in Dewsbury, the daughter of Richard Gornald (who was dead by 1889) 
 

Children:

  1. Clement
  2. Doris [b 1896] who was a spinner in worsted mill [1911]
  3. Cyril [1901-1902]
  4. Ivy [b 1904]
  5. Willie [b 1906]
  6. Leslie George [b 1911]

They lived at

  • 22 Burnley Road, Skircoat, Halifax [1891]
  • 26 Park Street, Halifax, Northgate [1901]
  • 14 Park Street, Halifax, Northgate [1911]
  • 20 North Bridge Street [1915]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Ogden, William EdwardRef 185-286
[1???-1948]
Proprietor of
James Ogden & Sons. He was killed when oxyacetylene equipment exploded at their Northgate works

Ogden, WillieRef 185-4
[1898-1917]
Son of Hannah & Herbert Ogden of 9 Hamer Street, Cornholme.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the No. 4 Company 1st Battalion East Surrey Regiment.

He died 2nd November 1917 (aged 19).

He was buried at Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref IX E 17].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Vale Baptist Church, Todmorden, and on the Memorial at Oddfellows' Hall, Todmorden

Surname

Ogden surnameRef 185-1

George Redmonds writes that the surname probably originates in Ogden in Rochdale, rather than Ogden in Ovenden. Hancok de Okedene is recorded at Sowerby in 1309 and John Okedene of Bradford is recorded at Fixby in 1472.

There are 84 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Ogden, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.


Unattached BMDs for Ogden

Marriages 1798, 1803, 1859, 1868, 1889, 1892, 1895; Death 1900

Unattached burials at Lister Lane Cemetery: Plot 3955

 



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