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Born in Southowram.
He married Lilly.
They lived at Denmark Farm, Southowram [1911]
Born in Soyland.
He was
a cotton twiner piecer [1911] /
employed by Victoria Mills, Brighouse.
During World War I,
he enlisted [November 1915], and
served as a Rifleman
with A Company
18th Battalion
King's Royal Rifle Corps.
He went to the Front [May 1916].
He was killed in action [15th September 1916] (aged 24).
His photograph appears with a report of his death in the Halifax Courier [28th October 1916].
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France,
on Ripponden War Memorial,
and on the Memorial at Stones Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School, Ripponden
He worked for J. E. Bentley & Company at Dunkirk Mills.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died following a German gas attack at Hill 60 [19th December 1915] (aged 20).
He was buried at Talana Farm Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref III H 6].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
During World War II,
he served as a Sergeant
with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
He was reported missing and assumed to have died 6th June 1944 (aged 24).
He is remembered on the Alamein Memorial, Egypt [Grave Ref 280],
and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He sustained head injuries was injured in the Pye Nest Tram Disaster of 15th October 1907, and was detained at Halifax Infirmary
Of Rastrick.
His parents were both dead by 1918.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
attached to the Signal Section of the
West Riding Regiment.
He – and his close friend Gunner Benjamin Helliwell – were
both awarded the Military Medal for
as reported in the Halifax
Courier [13th July 1918].
It is likely that he survived the War
Question:
Can anyone add any more information about this man?
Baptised at St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe [11th March 1855]
He was a blacksmith & wheelwright [1888].
In 1888, he married (1) Annie Lawler [1865-1903] in Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Southowram.
After 1901, the family moved to Doncaster.
Annie died in Doncaster in 1903.
In 1907, Cain married (2) Maria Walsh [1864-1919] in Halifax.
They had no children
He walked the 3 miles from his home in Oakes to the Church twice
every Sunday.
In winter, he stayed at the Church for his lunch.
After doing this for 25 years, he bought a car.
During World War II,
he served 4 years in the Royal Artillery.
He resumed his rôles at the Church in 1946.
He retired in 1953.
He died the following year [aged 80]
He was a wine & spirit merchant, drysalter & confectioner [1891].
In [Q4] 1881, he married Emily Ann Spivey [1855-1???] in Huddersfield.
Children:
The children were born in Brighouse.
The family lived at 68 Commercial Street, Brighouse [1891]
Born in Brighouse [30th August 1896]
He was a grocer.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 12th Battalion
Durham Light Infantry.
He died of wounds [7th October 1916].
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 14A & 15C]
He supported the fife and drum band – established by the Band of Hope – which became the Wyke Temperance Band
16-year-old Eric worked as a butcher's boy at Geoffrey Thompson's butchers shop in Hanson Lane, Halifax.
On 22nd November 1940, he had left work but forgot his wage packet
and returned to the shop.
He was a civilian casualty, killed by the Hanson Lane bomb
as he waited for his bus home.
He died on the same day
He married Hilda.
They lived at 12 Bonegate Avenue, Brighouse.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 15th/17th Battalion
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).
He died 18th September 1918 (aged 29).
He was buried at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France [Grave Ref III F 96].
He was awarded the Military Medal
He was fostered as a baby by Hannah & Joseph Hardy.
He was a coal face miner [1914].
In [Q4] 1918, he married Elsie
in Barnsley.
In [Q4] 1941, he married Joan M. Leathley in Calder District.
They lived at Queensbury.
During World War II,
he served as a Flight Sergeant
with the 149th Squadron
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
He died 12th March 1943 (aged 29).
He was buried at Bergh (Beek) Roman Catholic Churchyard, Netherlands [Grave Ref 3-8].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Teachers'
He was
a shoemaker /
landlord of the Ring of Bells, Brighouse /
landlord of the Wellington Inn, Brighouse [1881].
In [Q1] 1865, he married Martha Dyson [1844-1908] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at Law's Terrace, Ogden Lane, Rastrick [1894].
Frederic died Q2 1894 (aged 50).
Martha died Q3 1908 (aged 64)
On 21st May 1900, for a stake of 10/- he undertook to walk from the
Cross Keys, Walsden to the Moorcock, Walsden, and back,
in 30 minutes.
He completed the task in 27 minutes
In 1862, he married Sarah Shackleton? from Thornton.
Children:
The family lived at Denmark Farm, Southowram [1881, 1891, 1901].
George was dead by 1881.
Living with the widowed Sarah and family [in 1891] was
lodger Arthur Sykes [aged 26],
and in 1901 was boarder, Maurice H. Booth [aged 31] (wood
turner).
In 1911, daughter Annie was living at 16 Primrose Street,
Claremount, together with a niece Eleanor McHowan?
Born in Heptonstall.
He was
a violinist /
a member of Square P. S. A. /
employed in the telegraph office at Sowerby Bridge railway station /
employed by the Halifax Permanent Building Society.
During World War I,
he enlisted
with the Coldstream Guards
[November 1916], then
served as a 2nd Lieutenant
with the 1st Battalion
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry,
attached to the 7th Battalion.
He was killed in action after being in France for 6 weeks [22nd May 1918] (aged 20).
His photograph appears with a report of his death in the Halifax Courier [1st June 1918].
He was buried at Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France [Grave Ref XV Q 38].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Halifax Building Society
In [Q3] 1910, he married Elinda Elise
(or Elsie) Wallis [1887-1944] in Dewsbury.
Children:
The family lived at St Stephen's Street, Copley [1917].
On
22nd December 1917,
there was an explosion at the munitions factory at
Copley.
The family had to flee their home.
Daughter Annis [aged 4] was killed by falling masonry, and
son Jack sustained a broken arm.
One month later, Mrs Pearson gave birth to
daughter Nellie
Baptised at St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe [6th May 1832]
He was a stone mason [1881].
He married Rebecca [1836-1916].
Children:
The family lived at
Henry died 28th September 1906.
Rebecca died 26th July 1916.
Members of the family were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland
including grandson T. H. Pearson
He was
a cordwainer [1861] /
a boot rivetter [1871] /
a boot maker [1880] /
a shoe maker [1881].
He married Eliza [1837-1909].
She was a worsted twister [1861]
Children:
The family lived at
In 1863, he impounded 20 sheep and lambs belonging to Richard Ratcliffe of Lower Woodfield Farm, Todmorden for allowing them to
graze on common land when Lower Woodfield had no grazing rights.
Ratcliffe then charged Pearson with cruelty to animals,
stating his animals had not been properly fed whilst impounded
He was
innkeeper at Hollins Inn, Walsden [from at least 1832 until his death].
Before he married, he fathered an illegitimate
daughter – called Ellen Pearson Midgley Wilson [b
1832] – with Ellen Wilson.
He married Ann Uttley.
Children:
He was buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden
He was buried at Bramley Lane Chapel
Born in Halifax [1853].
In 1879, he married Mary Lucy Emmott [1858-1938] in Halifax.
They lived at 7 Heath Villas, Halifax.
The couple were buried at Christ Church, Pellon
[3 B 92]
Born in Southowram.
He was
a gardener of Siddal Hall [1895] /
a market gardener (own account) [1901, 1911].
In [Q1] 1895, he married Emily Halstead [1874-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at 13 Holts Terrace, Southowram, Halifax [1901,
1911, 1918]
He was a gardener [1895].
On 10th August 1895, he married Louisa Rhodes [1868-1943] at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
The children were born in Brighouse / Rastrick.
The family lived at
The couple died in Mirfield
In [Q3] 1913, he married Florence Rigg in Todmorden.
They lived at 5 Nutfield Street, Todmorden [1917].
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 7th Battalion
East Yorkshire Regiment.
He was killed in France [14th May 1917] (aged 35).
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 4 & 5],
in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance,
on the Memorial at Todmorden Unitarian Church,
and on the Memorial at Oddfellows' Hall, Todmorden
and on the family grave at Unitarian Church, Todmorden
See
George Dyson
On 3rd December 1721, he married Mrs Elizabeth Flather
On 17th May 1840, he was travelling past Shibden Hall when he was
assaulted and robbed by Joseph Sharp [aged 39] and John
Sharp [29].
The men threw Pearson on his back, knocked his hat off, and
stole an American coin, 1/6d, a halfpenny, a farthing and a basket
He died 21st June 1893
On 26th March 1896, he married Susey Riley
at Wyke.
Children:
He was
a grocer [1855] /
a warehouseman [1871] /
a retired grocer [1881].
In [Q2] 1847, He married Agnes Wild [1821-1???] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
He was a cotton spinner [1891, 1901].
In 1883, he married Mary Ann Holroyd [1858-19??] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
He married Elizabeth.
He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1904
Baptised at St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe [14th July 1833]
Born in Halifax.
Baptised at St James's Church, Halifax [20th February 1855].
He was
a printer/stationer [1871] /
a shopman stationer [1881] /
a printer, bookseller & stationer [1891] /
partner in Pearson Brothers [1895] /
a bookseller & stationer, shopkeeper (employer) [1901] /
a grocer [1905] /
a bookseller, printer, stationer [1911].
In [Q2] 1888, he married (1) Annie Barker [1862-1???], from
Halifax, in Halifax.
Children:
On 24th April 1905, he married (2) Sarah Hitchen [1864-19??]
at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax.
The family lived at
He died in Dorset.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £1,230 10/5d.
Probate was granted to
his widow Sarah, son John, and Alfred Wickham
Parsons (draper)
Born in Halifax.
He was
a surveyor [1881] /
an architect's clerk [1881] /
a bookseller & stationer [1891] /
partner in Pearson Brothers [1895] /
a stationer in Halifax [1897] /
a publican in Retford [1911]
In 25th October 1881, he married Mary Jane Taylor [1859-1905]
at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Mary Jane died in East Retford [Q3 1905].
Living with the widowed Leonard and family [in 1911], was
nephew Henry Ernest Cook [aged 26] (waiter)
He was a local historian.
He was an early member of the Halifax Antiquarian Society,
specialising in Northowram.
In 1898, he published his magnum opus, entitled Northowram, its History and Antiquities.
In 1908, he retired after 25 years because of ill-health
He was a labourer of Elland [1904].
In [Q1] 1904, he married Mary Jane Pearsall
at St Mary the Virgin, Luddendenfoot.
Children:
The family lived at 8 Bar Street, Todmorden.
Members of the family were buried at Unitarian Church, Todmorden
In 1892, he moved to Tyneside
He was managing clerk for Skinner & Gray.
During World War I,
he served as a Corporal
with the Royal Army Service Corps.
He died of malaria in Salonika [18th November 1918].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
Children:
The family lived at Laverock Lane, Brighouse [1877].
Members of the family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery
together with Rachel [1827-1893], the wife of Samuel
Pearson
Question:
Does anyone know who was Rachel's husband?
Could it be a Samuel Pearson Jnr?
He was
a stone delver [1861] /
a delver [1871].
He married Sarah [1825-1897].
Children:
The family lived at
Samuel died 31st July 1875 (aged 53).
Sarah died 23rd October 1897 (aged 72).
Members of the family were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland
He was
a member of St Mark's Sunday School, Siddal /
educated at Siddal Council School /
a playing member of Siddal RUFC /
a salesman for his father's market gardening business.
During World War I,
he enlisted [March 1917], and
served as a Lance Corporal
with the 7th Battalion
Norfolk Regiment.
He was killed in action [29th September 1918] (aged 19).
His photograph appears with reports of his death in the Halifax Courier [26th October & 2nd November 1918].
He is remembered on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France [Grave Ref 4],
in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Halifax Butchers' Association
He was an insurance agent [1910].
In 1910, he married Fanny Louise Hollas in Middlesbrough.
The couple moved to Australia
See
Halifax constables and
Halifax Police Station
In January 1821, he was declared bankrupt
During World War I,
he served as a Corporal
with the 13th Battalion
King's (Liverpool Regiment).
He died 29th July 1916 (aged 18).
He was buried at Agecroft Cemetery, Salford Manchester [15 NC 602].
He is remembered at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland
with his grandfather Henry Pearson
as mentioned in a Sale by Auction [1808].
He married Mary.
Children:
He was a butcher [1790].
On 21st December 1790, he married Eleanor / Ellen Freeman in
Hipperholme.
He was buried at Saint Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe
[8th August 1841]
They lived at Denmark Farm, Southowram [1841, 1851, 1861, 1871]
He was a miner [1893].
In 1893, he married Ann Barritt [1859-1927] in Todmorden.
Children:
The family lived at 7 Rose View, Portsmouth, Todmorden
He was a yarn buyer [1874].
On 29th April 1874, he married Mary Hannah Fidler at Coley
Church.
Children:
The children were born in Bradford.
The couple died in Bradford:
Mary Hannah [4th March 1890];
Thomas [11th November 1921]
He was a fitter/engineer [1892].
On 20th February 1892, he married Emma Thornton at St Matthew's Church, Rastrick.
Children:
By 1901, the family had moved to Blackpool.
They lived at 25 Eaves Street, Blackpool.
Tom died in Blackpool [Q2 1936] (aged 64)
Emma died in Blackpool [Q4 1927] (aged 58)
He was a butcher.
In [Q3] 1903, he married Florrie Blackburn in Halifax.
Children:
In 1911, the family were living with Florrie's widowed
mother Elizabeth at the Town Hall Hotel, Elland.
After Elizabeth's death [1916], Florrie ran the Town
Hall Hotel [1916-1937].
Tom Harry died in the Royal Halifax Infirmary [31st December 1914].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £811 3/10d.
Probate was granted to his widow Florrie
In 1798, he married Martha Holt.
He was
a setting machine tenter [1871] /
a card setting machine tenter [1881, 1891].
He married Martha [1844-1908].
Children:
The family lived at
Martha died 20th June 1908.
William died 31st January 1917 (aged 65)
Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-B31]
He was reported to be
On 26th June 1876, he took his 5 year-old daughter, saying they were
going for a walk.
Around 5:00 pm, they called at an Inn near the Canal tow-path, about
a mile from the town, where William had 2 glasses of ale.
Shortly afterwards, a young boy raised the alarm after he saw
something floating in the Canal not far from the Inn.
PC Barnett and a group of people pulled the young girl from
the water
She was thought to be dead, but she was taken to a nearby house and
Dr Thorp was called.
The child recovered and was taken home.
Later, a hat was seen floating on the water.
The Police were again called, and Pearson's body was found.
It is thought that he intended drowning the child and himself
Born in Southowram [4th February 1894].
He was a cart driver.
William enlisted for service in Doncaster [1913].
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
York & Lancaster Regiment.
He was killed in action [9th August 1915].
He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
The paperwork with the location at which William was buried
could not be traced.
Born in Todmorden.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
East Lancashire Regiment.
He was killed in action [10th February 1915] (aged 20).
He was buried at Guards' Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, France [Grave Ref IX C 33].
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
Born 30th April 1852.
Baptised at St John the Baptist, Coley [24th August 1852]
Born in Sowerby Bridge.
He was
a railway servant of Cockden Hill, Stansfield [1896] /
employed by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company at Halifax Old Station [for 16 years] /
a railway porter [1901] /
a passenger porter Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway [1911].
In 1896, he married Clara Henderson [1875-1910] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Clara died (possibly in childbirth) [Q3 1910]
Pearson, Alfred Ref 188-6340
Pearson, Allen Ref 188-7 
Pearson, Ambrose Ref 188-2
Pearson, Arnold Ref 188-23
Pearson, Arthur Ref 188-53 Pearson, Bill Ref 188-33
good work in delivering message on April 26th 1918
Pearson, Binns Ref 188-26 Pearson, Cain Ref 188-15
Annie was born in Ireland
Maria was born in Halifax
Pearson, Charles Ref 188-8000 
Pearson, David Ref 188-3
Emily Ann was born in Holmfirth
Pearson, Edgar Ref 188-886
Pearson, Edgar Vincent Ref 188-11
Pearson, Ephraim Ref 188-991 Pearson, Eric Sapho Ref 188-184
Pearson, Ernest Ref 188-6
Pearson, Frank Ref 188-21
Elsie née Ashton was the widow of Keay Saunders
Pearson, Fred Alwyn Ref 188-24
Pearson, Frederick Ref 188-9030
Martha was the daughter of George Dyson
Pearson, George Ref 188-1016 Pearson, George Ref 188-7710
Pearson, Harold Ref 188-8
Pearson, Harry Ref 188-260
Pearson, Henry Ref 188-27 Pearson, Henry Ref 188-35
Rebecca was born in Stainland [11th December 1836]
Pearson, Isaac Ref 188-36
Eliza was born in Halifax.
Pearson, Rev J. S. Ref 188-510 Pearson, James Ref 188-838 Pearson, James Ref 188-6001
Pearson, James Ref 188-8800
Ann was the daughter of Abraham Uttley
Pearson, James Ref 188-7100
Pearson, James Ref 188-9
Pearson, James Ref 188-37
Emily, of Causeway, Halifax, was born in Southowram, the
daughter of James Halstead, labourer
Pearson, James Ref 188-12
Louisa was born in Rastrick
Pearson, James Arthur Ref 188-622
Pearson, James Henry Ref 188-291 Pearson, Joah Ref 188-8650 Pearson, Joah Ref 188-P314
J. P. – The Great Provider
Pearson, John Ref 188-539 Pearson, John Ref 188-13 
Pearson, John Ref 188-836
Pearson, John Ref 188-6455 Pearson, John Ref 188-262
Susey was the daughter of George Riley
Pearson, John Ref 188-30 Pearson, John Ref 188-630 Pearson, John Ref 188-4400
Pearson, John Ref 188-16
Mary Ann was born in Oldham
Pearson, Joseph Ref 188-1187
Pearson, Joseph Ref 188-28 Pearson, Joseph Wild Ref 188-612
Sarah, of Blackwall, Halifax, was the daughter of John
Hitchen, engineer
Pearson, Leonard Ref 188-6200
Mary Jane, of Southgate, Halifax, was the daughter of Edward
Taylor, a tin plate worker
Pearson, Rev Mark Ref 188-215 
Pearson, Michael Ref 188-1127
Pearson, Noel Rupert Victor Ref 188-19
Mary Jane was the daughter of James Pearsall
Pearson, Rawson Ref 188-624 Pearson, Samuel Ref 188-954 Pearson, Rev Samuel Ref 188-527 Pearson, Samuel Ref 188-25
Pearson, Samuel Ref 188-533
Pearson, Samuel Ref 188-38
Sarah was born in Stainland
Pearson, Samuel Ref 188-20
Pearson, Samuel Dynes Ref 188-285
Fanny Louise was the daughter of Frank Hollas
Pearson, Stephen J. Ref 188-284 Pearson, Superintendent Ref 188-875 Pearson, T. Ref 188-386 Pearson, T. A. Ref 188-915
Pearson, Dr T. E. Ref 188-345 Pearson, T. H. Ref 188-34
Pearson, Thomas Ref 188-18
lying and being on the South Side of Bramley Lane End in Lightcliffe,
containing together by estimation sixteen days work or thereabouts
There may be some confusion between this man and Thomas Pearson
Pearson, Thomas Ref 188-279
Eleanor / Ellen was the daughter of William Freeman
Pearson, Thomas Ref 188-17
Pearson, Thomas Ref 188-9900
Pearson, Thomas Ref 188-10
Mary Ann was born in Todmorden
Pearson, Thomas Hanson Ref 188-605
Mary Hannah was the daughter of John Henry Fidler
Pearson, Tom Ref 188-347
Emma was the daughter of William Henry Thornton
Pearson, Tom Harry Ref 188-4
Florrie was the daughter of Joseph Blackburn
Pearson, William Ref 188-939
Martha was the daughter of James Holt
Pearson, William Ref 188-31
Martha was born in Aldborough, Yorkshire
Pearson, William Ref 188-5
of dissolute habits
Pearson, William Ref 188-14
Pearson, William Alfred Ref 188-81
Pearson, William Henry Ref 188-29 Pearson, William Henry Ref 188-32
Clara, of Beach, Warley, was the daughter of William
Henderson, green grocer