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| Oddy, Mr | Ref 469-530 |
He married Hannah [1821-1???].
Children:
They lived at (possibly) Delph Street, Halifax [1861].
See William Cash
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| Oddy, Mr | Ref 469-306 |
He married Mary [1830-1???].
Mary was born in Halifax
Children:
They lived at 36 Prospect Street, Claremount [1881].
Mary was widowed by 1881
| Oddy, Abner | Ref 469-126 |
He emigrated [1894].
During the South African Wars, and he served as a Private with Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry.
He was killed at Rooi Kop, Transvaal [6th September 1900].
He is remembered on the Halifax Parish Church South African War Memorial, and on West View Park War Memorial
| Oddy, Alfred | Ref 469-164 |
He was a carpet weaver [1885].
On 31st October 1885, he married Emma Gledhill [1864-1940] at All Souls' Church, Halifax.
Emma was born in Halifax
Children:
They lived at
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| Oddy, Arthur | Ref 469-226 |
| Oddy, Edgar | Ref 469-129 |
Born in Northowram.
He was a compositor with Ibberson's, printers.
He lived at Edge Top Lane, Northowram.
During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was reported missing and assumed to have died at Bullecourt [3rd May 1917] (aged 31).
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Saint Matthew's Church, Northowram
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| Oddy, Edgar | Ref 469-160 |
Born in Halifax.
He was a wire drawer.
During World War I, he served as a Private with the 27th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.
He died 28th April 1917.
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 2 & 3]
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| Oddy, Edward | Ref 469-157 |
He was a brickworks engine driver & firer [1875].
In 1875, he married Henrietta Kay [1857-1926] in Halifax.
Henrietta was born in Otley
Children:
They lived at
Edward, Henrietta and Sophia died at 17 Lydgate, Northowram
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| Oddy, Ernest | Ref 469-53 |
Born in Halifax.
He was a groom of Water Side, Halifax [1893] / a carter [1901] / a cart driver [1911].
On 8th July 1893, he married Annie Fossey at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The children were born in Halifax.
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1901] were Annie's sisters Elizabeth & Clara
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| Oddy, Ezra | Ref 469-152 |
He was a cabinet maker [1894].
In 1894, he married Hannah Gibson [1868-1933] in Halifax.
Hannah was born in Halifax
Children:
The children were born in Halifax.
The family lived at 1 Blake Hill, Shibden, Halifax [1911]
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| Oddy, Florence | Ref 469-451 |
She married Clifford Sutcliffe.
In 1942, she was Mayoress when her father was Mayor of Halifax
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| Oddy, Harry | Ref 469-78 |
He was a member of Sion Boys' Brigade / a mill worker [1911] / employed by J. Sagar & Company Limited.
During World War I, he joined the Territorials [23rd May 1915] and served as a Private with the 4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He went to France [May/June 1916].
He had an incident in which his pocket-watch broke after being struck by flying shrapnel.
He suffered multiple gun-shot wounds in the right arm and shoulder, and a scalp wound [3rd August 1916].
He died of wounds in hospital in Rouen [8th September 1916] (aged 19).
The Halifax Courier [16th September 1916] reported his death with a photograph.
He was buried at St. Sever Cemetery, France [Grave Ref B 23 29].
He is remembered on the Memorial at United Reformed Church, Carlton Street
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| Oddy, Henry Raphael | Ref 469-170 |
Born in Wyke.
He was a tapestry carpet designer / a landscape painter [1891] / a water colour artist [1901]. He was brother-in-law of Richard E. Nicholson with whom he founded the Halifax Art Society.
He produced landscapes, topographical and architectural pictures in watercolour, pastel and pencil. He took up professional painting in 1890. Some of his drawings can be found in the Yorkshire Coiners by Henry Ling Roth
In 1883, he married Jane Elizabeth, widow of John James Watson.
They lived at
He suffered long periods of paralysis of the limbs. Probate records show that he left effects valued at £2,748 5/-.
See Art Gallery Trust and Northgate End Chapel Bicentenary Memorial
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| Oddy, Henry Richardson | Ref 469-133 |
During World War I, he served as a Private with the 10th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 20th September 1917 (aged 32).
He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref LVIII C 15], and on Brighouse War Memorial
| Oddy, James | Ref 469-305 |
He was a flag facer [1851] / a flag quarrier [1861].
Around 1850, he married Sarah [1827-1???].
Sarah was born in Kidderminster
Children:
They lived at
| Oddy, John | Ref 469-106 |
He was brought up as a Methodist.
He was a sanitary pipe-fitter [1899] / an insurance agent for the Refuge Insurance Company [1907, 1956], where he was known as Honest John for his integrity and straight-dealing / a local Preacher [1893] / a member of St Thomas Street Methodist Church / a Labour Councillor for Akroydon Ward [1924] / an Alderman / Chairman of Halifax Markets and Parks Committee / Mayor of Halifax [1942-1943].
On 23rd December 1899, he married (1) Ada Holdsworth [1877-1928].
Children:
On 23rd September 1944, he married (2) Emily [1882-1965].
Emily was the widow of Herbert Naylor
They lived at
It was his ambition to have a crematorium for Halifax. He laid the foundation stone for Park Wood Crematorium [1956] but he died 2 weeks before the crematorium opened
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| Oddy, Joseph | Ref 469-143 |
Born in Halifax.
He was educated at Hipperholme Grammar School / a clerk at Halifax County Court [from around 1912].
During World War I, he enlisted [June 1917] and served as a Lance Bombardier with the 278th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery.
He was killed in action by shellfire [21st July 1918].
He was buried at Hedauville Communal Cemetery Extension, France [Grave Ref E 12].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Saint Matthew's Church, Northowram, and on the Memorial at Hipperholme Grammar School
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| Oddy, Luke | Ref 469-93 |
He married Ellen [1832-1???].
Ellen was born in Luddenden
Children:
They lived at 9 Stansfield Street, Halifax [1881].
Ellen was widowed by 1901
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| Oddy, Micah | Ref 469-289 |
He was a dyer [1884].
On 26th July 1884, he married Martha Ann Tattersall [1861-1920] at Coley Church.
Martha Ann was born in Shelf
Children:
The children were born in Northowram.
The family lived at High Bentley, Shelf [1911]. It appears that the marriage broke down as Micah and Martha Ann were living apart [1901, 1911]
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| Oddy, William | Ref 469-304 |
Around 1850, he married Mary [1829-1???].
Mary was born in Kidderminster
Children:
They lived at Marsh Delves, Southowram [1851]
| Oddy, Willie | Ref 469-340 |
Born in Northowram [9th February 1897].
He was a mill worker [1911] / a brush maker [1916].
He lived at 18 Wade House Road, Shelf [1916].
During World War I, he enlisted in Halifax [13th July 1916]. He was originally enrolled with the West Riding Regiment but at some stage was transferred and served as a Private with the 1st/9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry.
He was killed in action [28th March 1918].
He was buried at Gommecourt British Cemetery No.2, Heburterne, France [Grave Ref V D 24].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Shelf Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, and on the Memorial at Bethel Independent Methodist Chapel, Shelf
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| Oddy surname | Ref 469-1 |
Unattached BMDs for OddyMarriages 1875, 1879, 1881, 1906, 1923
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