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He was related to John Swallow.
When interviewed for Crabtree's Tour of Calder Dale of 1832, Mr
Naylor, the bookkeeper for
Mr Sutcliffe of Sowerby Bridge
refused to sign the petition supporting the Ten Hours Bill, but
added that
When asked whether their master was in favour of the Bill, one of
Sutcliffe's workers said
whilst another said
and another added
Children:
Question:
Does anyone know which beerhouse this may have been?
Recorded in September 1868, when
he applied for – but was refused – a billiard licence
He married Unknown.
Children:
He died at the Queens Road Hotel, Halifax [3rd September 1869] (aged 30)
He was buried at Christ Church, Pellon
[7th September 1869]
Question:
Does anyone know if he was landlord of the Hotel?
He lived at Lower Brig Royd, Ripponden [1750s].
Born in Mytholmroyd [9th September 1887].
On 23rd December 1911, he married Dora Stocks [1892-19??]
at Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Cragg Vale.
They had no children.
During World War I,
he served as a Private.
with the 8th Battalion
Seaforth Highlanders.
He died of wounds [24th April 1917].
He was buried at Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, France [Grave Ref II K 20].
He is remembered on a memorial in St John in the Wilderness, Cragg Vale,
and in the book Royd Regeneration
After Albert's death, Dora remarried and went to live
in Canada
During World War I,
he was rejected several times before he enlisted [September 1916], and
served as a Private
with the 12th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 29th September 1917 (aged 29).
He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 42-47 & 162],
on Todmorden War Memorial,
on Cornholme War Memorial,
on the Memorial at Saint Michael & All Angels' Church, Cornholme,
and on the Memorial at Saint Paul's Church, Cross Stone
Son of Herbert Ambler Sutcliffe.
He was
in the King's Royal Rifle Corps and the Royal Flying Corps during World War I /
Secretary of Bolton Brow Working Men's Club [1929] /
a member of Sowerby Bridge Church Institute /
a Councillor in Sowerby Bridge [1930-1951] /
Chairman of the Council [1943-1944] /
a governor of Sowerby Bridge Grammar School /
auditor for the Yorkshire Cotton Operatives' Union /
honorary vice-president of the Halifax & District Referees' Association /
a cotton worker /
canteen manager at Frederick Smith & Company.
In 1918, he married Phyllis Ackroyd.
Children:
On
14th March 1935,
his daughter Marjorie died after she was run over at Bolton
Brow.
She was buried at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery.
in the same grave as her grandparents, Ann and Herbert Ambler Sutcliffe.
The family lived at 18 Nelson Street, Sowerby Bridge [1935]
Son of John Sutcliffe.
Born in Luddendenfoot.
He was
a worsted frame doffer [1911] /
employed by J. Clay & Son, Sowerby Bridge.
During World War I,
he enlisted [1916], and
served as a Private
with the West Riding Regiment.
He was awarded the Military Medal
for
His photograph appears with reports of his award in the Halifax Courier [8th June & 15th June 1918]
Born in Sowerby.
He was
a joiner and builder [1901] /
a builder and timber merchant [1911] /
a director of Joseph Sutcliffe & Son Limited.
He married Ethel [1869-19??] from Wakefield.
He was a widower by 1911.
Children:
The family lived at 18 Sowerby Street, Sowerby Bridge [1901, 1911].
Living with them [in 1911] was Albert Edward's widowed
mother Jane.
Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £10,075
He lived at 29 Wellington Road, Todmorden [1905]
In 1857, he went to America with his brothers
Thomas and Henry.
On 6th May 1857, they sailed on the Nonpareil for Philadelphia.
The voyage lasted 6 weeks.
They stayed for a time in the Philadelphia area, before the 3
brothers, and Thomas's family, moved to southwest Missouri
[1860].
A family story, tells how the brothers bought
property – timberland – there, but were swindled out of it by
unscrupulous speculators.
Disillusioned, Alfred and Thomas returned to
Pennsylvania, settling in Derry Township, but Henry remained
in Missouri.
He was a quarry owner and brownstone dealer [1870].
In 1864, he married Margaret Castle [1840-1???].
Margaret was born in New Jersey, the
daughter of Maria [1807-18??] & Samuel C. Castle [1803-18??].
Her parents were from England.
Children:
Alfred helped look after brother Thomas's
family when he became an invalid
He was a cotton spinner [1889].
In 1889, he married Harriet Hollas in Halifax
Children:
The children were all born in Soyland.
Alfred died in Soyland in 1902.
Harriet died in Sowerby [23rd March 1921]
Born in Ripponden [28th March 1931].
He was landlord of
the Redan, Soyland [1867] /
(possibly) the Star, Ripponden [1914]
He married Grace, daughter of John Ulam Cocker
Grace died in childbirth in 1845
In 1851, she and her brother, William were living
with their brother John at The King's Head, Sowerby.
She and William were licensees of The King's Head
[1861, 1871].
Ann was alone at The King's Head [1874] and
(possibly) known as Mrs A. Sutcliffe [1887].
She never married.
She died at The King's Head.
She was buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby
[23rd April 1889]
She was
a bobbin stripper [1851] /
a mill winder cotton [1861] /
a mill winder cotton [1871] /
a cotton winder [1881] /
a cotton operative [1891] /
a cotton winder [1901] /
head of the household at Top Croft, Wadsworth after her parents' deaths [1901, 1911].
She (possibly) had an illegitimate son: Fred Sutcliffe
Living with her at Top Croft, Wadsworth [in 1911] was nephew Edgar Sutcliffe.
Ann died at Chiserley Terrace, Wadsworth [20th July 1916] (aged 78)
She never married.
In 1911, she was living at Lower Laithe, Stansfield with her
unmarried brother William, and nieces Edith May
Petrie [b 1883] & Ethel Winifred Petrie [b 1887].
She died at Lower Laithe [18th December 1931].
She was buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone
[21st December 1931].
Probate records show that she left effects valued at £32,399 3/11d
[Resworn £32,534 14/11d].
Probate was granted to
Irene Sarah Sutcliffe (spinster),
Winifred Milligan (wife of Derrick Warden Milligan),
Edith May Thorp (widow),
and
James Arnold Petrie (esquire)
On 15th March 1615/6, he bequeathed £6 each to the poor of the
townships of Langfield, Stansfield and Heptonstall, and 40/- for
Born at Edge Holme, Warley.
He went to Manitoba with his brother, Herbert.
In November 1914, he enlisted.
He fought in France and Belgium until February 1916, when he lost his
right leg.
In April 1917, he retired to Canada.
In 1932, he married Florida Mae Arnold in Canada.
They had no children.
He died in Canada
Born in Mytholmroyd.
He was a tailor's apprentice [1911].
He was a boarder with the family of John Henry Greenwood
[1911].
During World War I,
he served as a Bandsman
with the 1st/5th Battalion
East Lancashire Fusiliers.
He died 23rd October 1915 (aged 24).
He was buried at Portianos Military Cemetery, Greece: [Grave Ref IV B 219].
He is remembered on a memorial in St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd,
and in the book Royd Regeneration
He was
educated at Crimsworth Council School & Hebden Bridge Secondary School /
a member of Crimsworth Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School, Sunday School & choir /
employed in the grocery department of Hebden Bridge Co-operative Society.
During World War I,
he enlisted
with the Northumberland Fusiliers
[October 1916], then
served as a Private
with the 2nd/4th Battalion
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
He went abroad [June 1917], and was hospitalised in Glasgow [for 3
months until December 1917].
He underwent special training in Ripon [until April 1918].
He was killed in action near Cambrai [29th September 1918] (aged 22).
He was buried at Masnières British Cemetery, Marcoing, France [Grave Ref I D 1].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Hebden Bridge United District Secondary School,
on the Memorial at Crimsworth Wesleyan Methodist Chapel,
and on Wadsworth War Memorial
He was
a member of St Matthew's Sunday School, Northowram /
employed by Wayman, Sons & Company.
During World War I,
he enlisted [March 1917], and
served as a Private
/ Lewis gunner
with the 2nd Battalion
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).
He was killed in action at Rosières, south of the Somme [27th March 1918] (aged 19).
He is remembered on the Pozières Memorial, France [Grave Ref 26 7 27],
in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Saint Matthew's Church, Northowram
He was a draughtsman [1913].
In 1913, he married Ritchie Norah Bentley in Halifax.
Children:
The couple died in Fleetwood
Youngest son of John Sutcliffe.
He was a Lieutenant.
On 7th December 1914, he married Gladys Murray from
Newcastle-on-Tyne
He was a picture dealer & framer [1911].
Around 1886, he married Hannah Priestley from Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at 10 Commercial Street, Halifax [1911].
Living with them [in 1911] was Hannah's widowed
father William, and niece Maud Louisa Bairstow [aged 21]
Son of William Sutcliffe.
He was a corn miller.
On 12th April 1893, he married Sarah Frances Greenwood [1870-1964]
at St Mary's, Todmorden.
Children:
The family lived at The Royd, Todmorden.
He died at Colwyn Bay after a long illness.
After his death, his wife went to live at Scaitcliffe Hall, Todmorden.
Members of the family were buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone:
Kathleen Mary [26th August 1910];
Arthur [28th January 1912];
Sarah Frances [10th December 1964]
He married Lily.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/7th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 29th November 1918 (aged 29).
He was buried at Nottingham Church Cemetery, St Anne's Valley [10020]
In [Q1] 1923, Lily married George E. Haigh in Halifax.
They lived at 11 Spring Hall Place, Newstead, Halifax
During World War II,
he served as a Lance Corporal
with the 2nd Battalion
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).
He died 27th March 1945 (aged 32).
He was buried at Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma [Grave Ref 23A F 20].
Members of the family are remembered on the family grave at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: NR-B21]
Son of William Arthur Sutcliffe.
He was
a director of John Atkinson & Sons Limited [1917] /
a manufacturer [1927] /
Chairman of No.1171 (Sowerby Bridge) Squadron, Air Training Corps [1947].
During World War I,
he joined the Artists' Rifles [1915], and
served as a 2nd Lieutenant
with the South Staffordshire Regiment
attached to
Royal Flying Corps.
He was reported missing [26th September 1917], when he failed to
return after flying over enemy lines.
His photograph appears with a report of his story in the Halifax Courier [6th October 1917].
He survived the War.
In [Q4] 1921, he married Mary Wilkinson in Halifax.
He was awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire
[1st January 1947]
He was
a cotton manufacturer [1861] /
a cotton manufacturer employing 107 hands [1871] /
a retired cotton manufacturer [1881]
On 23rd April 1832, he married Betty Law [1810-1891] at St
Thomas's Church, Heptonstall.
Children:
The family lived at
He died at Calder Bank [10th September 1890].
Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at £25,745 12/4d.
The will was proved by
John Pearson of Underbank Hall, Hebden Bridge (cotton
manufacturer), son-in-law Abraham Marshall, and nephew John James Tatham.
Abraham Marshall and John James Tatham inherited
his business and established Marshall & Tatham
Children:
One of the coiners also known as Benjamin Nunco.
The official notice of 1769 for his arrest described him as
Born in Sowerby.
He was
a wool sorter [1851, 1856, 1861] /
a labourer [1871] /
a wool sorter (unemployed) [1881] /
a caretaker board school [1891] /
a retired caretaker of schools [1901] /
no occupation [1911].
On 4th January 1856, he married Mary Whitehead [1834-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
In [Q4] 1859, he married Sarah Jane Cockroft [1839-1915] in Halifax.
Children:
Members of the family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery
He was
a cotton spinner [1896] /
partner in Ben & Thomas Sutcliffe
Born 12th May 1890.
He was partner in Sutcliffe & Company.
In [Q4] 1921, he married Kathleen Walker in Halifax.
Children:
Born in Todmorden.
In 18??, she witnessed a meteorite which fell into Mixenden Reservoir during a violent storm.
In 1889, she married Joe Eastwood
Born in Halifax.
He was landlord of the Cricketers' Arms, Halifax [1871].
He lived at 14 Church Place, Halifax.
He died in Halifax [27th February 1915].
He was buried at Christ Church, Pellon
[1 B 11]
On 19th January 1791, he married Ann, daughter of John
Habergham, at Elland.
Children:
Charles and Job
are mentioned on Samuel's Hill family tomb in Ripponden Churchyard
Surgeon at Pavement, Todmorden.
He was registrar of births and deaths for Todmorden district [1861].
He married (1) Jane Ramsbottom.
In 1856, he married (2) Elizabeth Aspinall in Halifax
He was a pedlar / hawker [1901].
Around 1879, he married Mary H [1856-19??].
Children:
The family lived at 70 Stansfield Road, Todmorden [1901]
He was [probably] a partner in Eastwood & Sutcliffe
He was a master tin plate worker employing 2 boys [1881].
In 1872, he married Ellen Shaw [1853-1???] from Norland.
Children:
The family lived at Stirk Bridge, Norland [1881]
Baptised at St Paul's Church, King Cross [8th June 1892].
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 406th Agricultural Company
Labour Corps.
He died 14th July 1919.
They lived at 13 Concrete Street, Lee Mount [1939]
He was a woollen spinner.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died of wounds [31st July 1920].
He was buried at Ramleh War Cemetery, Palestine & Israel [Grave Ref D 46].
He is remembered on a memorial in
Mount Zion Methodist Church, Mytholmroyd and
Scout Road Wesleyan Chapel, Mytholmroyd,
and in the book Royd Regeneration
He was a member of the Good Intent Lodge of the United
Order of Druids.
At Halifax Borough Court, on 12th April 1870, he summoned 2 officers
of the Lodge – Thomas Crowther of Southowram Bank
and William Macartney of Pineberry Hill – for £8 which
was due to him on the death of his wife.
The defence was that Sutcliffe owed 11/- in fines and was
debarred from the benefits of the Society.
Magistrates ordered the £8 to be paid plus 11/- costs, on the
grounds that the fines had nothing to do with the contributions
Born at Lower Blackshawhead.
He was educated at Joseph Moss's School.
He was
a teacher at Spinks House, Colden /
Solicitor with A. G. Eastwood [1857] /
Town Clerk of Todmorden [1905] /
Clerk to Todmorden Local Board [until 1890] /
Registrar and High Bailiff at Todmorden County Court.
He married Mary Elizabeth Hodgson [1848-1930].
Children:
The family lived at The Stile, Todmorden.
He was buried at Heptonstall Slack Baptist Cemetery
Rev Henry Crabtree is recorded as having disrupted meetings at
Sutcliffe's home.
He married Hannah.
Children:
He lived at 2 Woodlesford, Pellon [1905]
He had children by Eliza Ann Mallinson: Emily and Tom Sutcliffe Mallinson
In [Q4] 1901, he married Lilly Longbottom in Halifax.
They lived at 7 Grove Street, Ovenden.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 19th Battalion
Durham Light Infantry.
He died 12th April 1918.
He is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 8 & 9],
and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
Born in Wadsworth.
He was
a button hole machiner fustian clothing [1901] /
a newspaper journalist [1911].
He was an officer of Hebden Bridge Literary & Scientific Society.
In 1920, he married Ethel Helliwell in Todmorden.
The family lived at
Dent died in Todmorden in 1958 (aged 70).
A section of woodland at Hardcastle Crags was planted as a memorial
to him [1966]
Born in Halifax.
He was
a member of Range Bank Congregational Church, Halifax /
a wire worker labourer [1911] /
employed by Frederick Smith & Company.
During World War I,
he served as a Rifleman
with the 18th Battalion
King's Royal Rifle Corps.
He was in training [November 1915]; his father died while he was in
training.
He went to France [July 1916].
He died following a German gas attack [9th August 1916] (aged 26).
He was buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref VIII D 32A].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
Born at Binns Hill, Warley
She was a seamstress and tailoress.
She married Harold Carey Pickles.
She died in Dovercourt
In [Q4] 1895, he married Sarah Greenwood [18??-19??] in Todmorden.
Children:
The family lived at Akroyd Farm, Wadsworth
He was
a member of Birchcliffe Baptist Sunday School, Hebden Bridge /
a cotton sheet looker [1901] /
a clothlooker for cotton manufacturer [1911] /
a warehouseman with James Hoyle Limited at Acre Mill, Old Town.
He lived with his aunt Ann Sutcliffe at Top Croft, Wadsworth
[1911].
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with C Company
9th Battalion
York & Lancaster Regiment.
He died 9th June 1917 (aged 35).
He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 36 & 55],
and on Wadsworth War Memorial
David Cant tells me that
The 2 men were drinking together when Sutcliffe called Shaw a
thief.
In the ensuing scuffle, Sutcliffe kicked Shaw so
severely that he could scarcely walk.
At Halifax West Riding Court on 9th January 1869, the Police
gave Shaw a bad character, and Sutcliffe was fined 17/-
He lived at Unity Street, Hebden Bridge [1905]
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered on Bailiff Bridge War Memorial
Born (posthumously) in Sowerby [November 1829].
He was
a farmer [1856] /
a farmer of 18 acres [1861] /
a farmer [1871, 1881, 1891].
In 1856, he married Betty Wormald
Children:
Born in Brighouse.
Like his father, he became a corn miller and maltster.
He was a partner in T. R. Sutcliffe & Sons [1865].
He gave up business in Brighouse and became a maltster in Mirfield.
In 1860, he married Hannah Maria Nicholson [1835-1???] from
Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
He died in Mirfield [3rd March 1909].
He was buried at Mirfield Parish Church
Born in Stainland.
He was
a woollen teazer [1891] /
a woollen card room hand [1901] /
a woollen carder [1911].
In [Q1] 1891, he married Eliza Dyson [1862-19??].
She was a woollen weaver [1891]
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1891] was boarder Gertrude Sutcliffe [b
1870] (worsted drawer)
He was a dairy farmer [1911].
Around 1907, he married Amelia [1882-19??].
They lived at Greave Farm, Langfield, Todmorden [1911].
Living with them [in 1911] were
boarder Frank Glover [b 1895] (fustian machinist), and
adopted son Jack Sutcliffe Glover [b 1898] (working on the farm)
He was an iron turner [1881].
In 1846, he married Elizabeth Tillotson [1822-1883] in Halifax.
They lived at
The couple were buried at St Thomas the Apostle, Claremount [Grave Ref: 7 37]
He married Unknown.
Children:
He lived at Barkisland Hall
Born in Stainland [7th April 1815].
Members of the family were of the Methodist Episcopalian Church.
He married Mary Lumb.
Children:
In 1840, the family moved to Poughkeepsie, New York.
Eli initially worked in a woollen factory.
In 1851, he opened a grocery store.
In 1855, he went into partnership with David Scott,
manufacturing soap and candles.
He later disposed of the soap and candle making business.
He retired and sold his interest in the grocery store to his
son William H [1867].
Mary died 10th September 1894
aged (it's said) 100 or more
we will not sign one against it
not he, by God.
If he were, he wouldn't work us 14 hours a day
Mr Sutcliffe is a very good man, he allows you to give over work at
half-past-seven on Wednesday nights that you may go to Chapel
chapel be damned!
If he does, he makes us in it up
Dora was born in Cragg Vale
leading the men after the Company Sergeant-Major fell during an
attack on the Germans
Harriet was the daughter of James Hollas
the enlargeinge of the chappell
Ritchie Norah was the daughter of Robinson Bentley
Hannah was the daughter of William Priestley
Sarah Frances was the daughter of Robert Greenwood
Mary was the daughter of John Henry Wilkinson
Eliza Ellen was the daughter of James Sugden, and the
sister of Edward Sugden, who married Ben's
sister, Hannah
BENJAMIN SUTCLIFFE, late of Halifax, Stuff Weaver, (commonly called
Benjamin Nunco) aged about Sixty, and about five feet four inches
High, is a broad sett Man, and has a reddish pimpled Face, and wears
a Brown Wig. When he went off he was dressed in Claret coloured
Cloaths
Mary, of Sowerby, was the daughter of Daniel Whitehead,
an engineer
Kathleen was the daughter of Arthur Walker
Ann already had a son, Job Habergham [1783-1810]
Mary H was born in Heptonstall
Edward Sutcliffe held property at Upper Foot Farm from
1655, and – given the proximity and similarity of Hand
Carr – it is likely that he was there also
Betty was the daughter of John Wormald and widow of
Thomas Turner
Eliza was born in Stainland.
Amelia was born in Todmorden
Elizabeth was born in Halifax
Mary was born in Barkisland [21st September 1815], the
daughter of John Lumb, a weaver