The entries for people & families with the surname Tillotson are gathered together in this SideTrack.
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He was
a farmer of 22 acres [1861] /
a farmer of 26 acres [1881] /
a retired farmer [1911].
In [Q2] 1859, he married Margaret Proctor [1838-1???] in Burnley.
Children:
They lived at
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles
Born in Halifax.
He was a wire drawer [1834].
On 4th August 1834, he married Elizabeth Walsh [1814-1892] in Halifax.
Children:
George died 3rd May 1878 (aged 65).
Elizabeth died 5th June 1892 (aged 78).
The couple died in Halifax:
George [3rd May 1878];
Elizabeth [5th June 1892].
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3993]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell
Born in Halifax.
He was
a chemistry student (dyeing) [1911].
In [Q3] 1912, he married Lily Schofield in Halifax.
During World War I,
he was involved in munitions work at the Low Moor Munitions Company – which manufactured picric acid – and was killed in the
explosion on
21st August 1916.
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Heath Grammar School.
His brother John Ralph died from wounds in
World War I
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
He was
a stone merchant employing 6 men [1871] /
innkeeper at the Spring Gardens Inn, Elland [1880] /
landlord of the Wharf Hotel, Brookfoot [1881-1888] /
innkeeper at the Fleece Inn, Gibbet Street [1891-1895] /
a retired publican [1901, 1911].
On 1st April 1865, he married Hannah Robertshaw [1848-1895] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
They lived at
Isaac died 9th July 1911.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £1,817 10/-.
Probate was granted to
sons Frank & Fred.
Members of the family were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell:
Hannah [12th June 1895];
Isaac [11th July 1911];
Frank [31st August 1934];
Fred [7th April 1941];
Edgar [15th April 1941]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham
He married Mary, daughter of Samuel Mawd of Sowerby.
Children:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Lesley Abernethy
He was a shopkeeper [1861].
He married Hannah [1820-1880].
There are no records of any children.
They lived at 3 Lock Street, Caddy Field, Halifax [1861].
Living with them [in 1861] was aunt Hannah Bates [b Halifax
1797].
James died 9th April 1869 (aged 49)
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2458]
with aunt Hannah Bates [1797-1865].
Hannah married (2) William Smithurst
See
Tillotson portrait and
Tillotson statue
Question:
Is this person confused with
John Tillotson [1808-1874]?
He was a corn dealer [1851].
He married Mary Ann [1808-1894]
Children:
They lived at 38 Wade Street, Halifax [1851].
John died 15th October 1856 (aged 48).
Mary Ann died 5th March 1894 (aged 86).
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 168]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell
Question:
Is this person confused with
John Tillotson [1808-1856]?
Son of Nathaniel Tillotson.
Born in Halifax [30th January 1808].
He was a corn dealer & maltster [1829].
On 23rd June 1829, he married Mary Ann Brear [1808-1883] in Halifax.
Child:
child
John died in Halifax in 1874.
Mary Ann died in Ilkley in 1883
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell
Born in Halifax.
He was
educated at Heath Grammar School & Halifax New School /
an apprentice to carpet manufacturer [1901] /
a salesman for vent. manufacturer [1911] /
employed by the Metropolitan Gas Company, London.
In [Q1] 1908, he married Daisy Grace Woodworth [1884-19??]
in Blackburn.
Child:
John Leonard [b Blackpool 1909]
They lived at
During World War I,
he was the first man to join his battery
and served as a Sergeant
with D Battery
236th Brigade
Royal Field Artillery.
He died of wounds to the face in hospital in France
[6th April 1918] (aged 34).
He was buried at Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, France [Grave Ref VI D 65].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Heath Grammar School.
His brother Guy Langton was killed in an explosion
at the Low Moor Munitions Company [21st August 1916]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
Born in Halifax [17th April 1854].
He was
educated at Hipperholme Grammar School & Cranford College,
Maidenhead /
a carpet manufacturer [1881] /
a carpet manufacturer (employer) [1891, 1901] /
head of Sheard & Company /
Chairman of the Halifax Board of Guardians /
Governor of the Waterhouse Charities Bluecoat School.
On 9th November 1880, he married Alice Langton [1859-1934]
at All Saints' Church, Wandsworth, London.
Children:
They lived at
John William died at Whitegate House [1st August 1930]
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £4,683 14/8d
to Alice.
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley, Carole Edwards Caruso & Glynn Helliwell
He was imprisoned at York on suspicion being a coiner [20th
December 1769]
Around 1804, he built Old Mill, Wainstalls.
He ran the mill with his father.
After his father's death [1816], he inherited his father's estate on
condition that he pay an annuity to each of his sisters Mary
and Elizabeth, and should either of these die, he should pay a
substantial legacy to their children.
In 1820, he was declared bankrupt
and put the mill up for sale.
In 1821, Jonathan Calvert bought the Water Mill /
Old Mill at auction for £1,500, and
William Appleyard bought Upper Mill, Wainstalls
In 1815, he married Charlotte Noble [1796-1855] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at Trafalgar, Halifax [1841].
He died of bronchitis at Trafalgar [1862]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Carole Edwards Caruso & Elaine Hodkinson
He was a worsted warp dresser [1901].
He married Eliza Eastwood.
Children:
They lived at 2 Cedar Street, Halifax [1901].
Living with them [in 1901] was Eliza's widowed father
Son of Joziah Tillotson.
He was sur-master of St Paul's School London
This & associated entries use material contributed by Joanne Backhouse
In his baptismal record, the name Joshua is crossed out
and Joziah written in.
On 3rd August 1698, He married Martha / Mary, daughter
of James Stansfeld in Halifax.
The marriage joined the Tillotson and Stansfeld families
Children:
They lived at Breck, Triangle.
Members of the family were buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby:
(possibly)
Joziah [4th April 1747];
Martha [30th July 1771]
in a tomb erected by daughter Martha
This & associated entries use material contributed by Joanne Backhouse & Derrick Habergham
Born in Luddenden.
She married John Patchett.
In later life, she was looked after by her daughters at
Law Hill, Southowram.
She died at Law Hill [14th May 1835].
She was buried at St Mary's Church, Luddenden
He was a cotton spinner [1814].
He married Unknown.
Children:
See
Misses Patchett
Around 1820, he was in partnership with his son Jonas at
Old Mill, Wainstalls.
He married Unknown.
Children:
After Michael's death, Jonas took over at the Mill
He was one of 26 founding members of Bethesda Methodist New Connexion Chapel in Elland [1824].
On 10th October 1802, he married Maria Savile [1781-1862] at
Elland Parish Church.
Children:
The children were born in Halifax.
Nathaniel died 8th November 1856.
Maria died 2nd November 1862.
They were buried at St Paul's Church, King Cross
This & associated entries use material contributed by Carole Edwards Caruso & Glynn Helliwell
He was descended from a family of the name of Tilson, of
Tilson, in Cheshire.
His grandfather was Thomas Tilson, of Wookliff, in the parish
of Carlton, in Craven, and he changed his surname to
Tillotson.
His mother was the daughter of Ellis Nutter, of Pendle Forest,
Lancashire.
He was a cloth-maker at Old Haugh End, Sowerby.
He later moved to The Breck, Triangle.
He was a Calvinist.
In 16??, he married Mary, the daughter of Thomas Dobson.
Children:
See
Henry Root
This & associated entries use material contributed by Lesley Abernethy
He married Elizabeth [1811-18??].
Children:
The family lived at
Born in Embsay, Skipton [13th December 1846].
He was
a sexton [1871, 1881] /
innkeeper at the Rose & Crown, Warley [1881] /
a gas house labourer [1901] /
a gas works labourer (Halifax Corporation) [1911].
In [Q4] 1866, he married Betty Vilitty Marsden [1842-1915] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at
Robert died 22nd December 1911.
Betty died 2nd September 1915 (aged 73).
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2241]
with niece Sarah E. Hyde [1864-1943]
In January 1862, he was declared bankrupt
Born in Embsay, Skipton.
He was
a wool comber [1851] /
a retired gardener [1911].
Around 1878, he married Susannah [1842-19??].
Children:
They lived at
5 Stoney Lane, Ovenden [1911]
Born in Halifax.
He was
a corn dealer employing 1 man [1851] /
carpet manufacturer [1861] /
a partner in John Sheard & Company and Sheard & Company.
On 11th February 1868, he sold his three shops on North Bridge
to Halifax Corporation for £2,300.
The shops were to be demolished in order to make the New North Bridge
of the proper width.
In [Q2] 1839, he married Hannah Sheard in Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Halifax.
His 2 sons – John William & Samuel
Sheard – were also carpet manufacturers.
They lived at
Living with them [in 1851] was brother-in-law John Sheard.
Samuel died in Halifax [28th December 1880].
Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at under £30,000.
The will was proved by his 2 sons and his widow Hannah
This & associated entries use material contributed by Carole Edwards Caruso, Glynn Helliwell & Anne Kirker
Born in Halifax.
He was
a carpet manufacturer [1881] /
secretary of the carpet manufacturers' association [1911].
He never married.
In 1911, his unmarried sister Frances Ellen was living with
him in Halifax.
He moved to live at St John's Wood Road, Middlesex.
He died at 8 Devonshire Terrace, Marylebone, Middlesex [22nd April
1934].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £2,805 9/7d
to his nephew Thomas Savile Watney
This & associated entries use material contributed by Carole Edwards Caruso & Glynn Helliwell
Born in Halifax.
He was
working in dyehouse [1871] /
a dyer's labourer (slubbing dyers) [1911].
In [Q4] 1895, he married Mary Ann [1854-19??] in Halifax.
She was a servant for Thomas [1891]
She had children by her previous marriage:
Child: Eva [b 1896] who was a cotton spinner [1911].
They lived at
He was
a worsted dyer [1851] /
a worsted stover [1871].
In [Q4] 1844, he married Betty Townsend [1803-1877] in Halifax.
She had 2 children:
There is evidence that these may have been illegitimate children
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1851] was Betty's sister Hannah
Townsend [b 1801] (burler).
Betty died 12th January 1877 (aged 74).
William died 9th June 1878 (aged 58).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1812]
Tillotson, Abraham Ref 357-58
Recorded in 1813, when
he lived at Shibden Fold
Tillotson, Benjamin Ref 357-3
Born in Colne, Lancashire.
Margaret was born in Skipton
Tillotson, Edgar Ref 357-1045
Wedding carriage and cab proprietor at West Mount Street Livery Stables, Halifax [1900]
Tillotson, George Ref 357-252
Son of Nathaniel Tillotson.
Elizabeth was born in Halifax
Tillotson, Guy Langton Ref 357-331
Son of John William Tillotson.
Tillotson, Isaac Ref 357-23
Born in Queensbury.
In 1895, he owned houses at
Tillotson, Israel Ref 357-55
The son of Robert Tillotson and brother of Archbishop Tillotson.
Tillotson, James Ref 357-9
Born in Luddendenfoot.
Hannah was born in Halifax
Tillotson, Archbishop John Ref 357-T44
Son of Robert Tillotson.
Cleric born at Old Haugh End, Sowerby who became Archbishop of
Canterbury
Tillotson, John Ref 357-544
Around 1855, he established a cab and omnibus service at
Luddendenfoot.
This was known as Tillotson's Saloon Omnibus.
He had depôts in Halifax and Boothtown.
In 1890, his fleet comprised 70 horses, 6 cabs, 4 hearses, 5
mourning-coaches, a stage-coach and many waggonettes, landaus,
dog-carts and other carriages.
Like other local carriers, he had a waggonette trade taking visitors
to and from Hardcastle Crags
Tillotson, John Ref 357-7
Mary Ann was born in Bradford
Tillotson, John Ref 357-258
Mary Ann was born in Bradford
Tillotson, John Ralph Ref 357-622
Son of John William Tillotson.
Daisy Grace was born in Manchester
Tillotson, John William Ref 357-543
Son of Samuel Bold Tillotson and nephew of John Sheard.
Alice, of Wandsworth, was the daughter of George
Langton, brewer & farmer
Tillotson, Jonas Ref 357-388
Of Mixenden.
Tillotson, Jonas Ref 357-649
Son of Michael Tillotson.
Tillotson, Jonas Ref 357-1204
He was
a farmer [1815] /
a brewer [1841] /
a poultry dealer [1851, 1861] /
a labourer [1847] /
a journeyman brewer [1855] /
a dealer in fowls [1862].
Charlotte, of Northowram, was the daughter of George
Noble
Tillotson, Jonas Ref 357-10
Born in Halifax.
Eliza was the daughter of George Eastwood
Tillotson, Joshua Ref 357-1346
MA.
Tillotson, Joziah Ref 357-62
Son of Israel Tillotson and nephew of Archbishop John Tillotson.
Tillotson, Mary Ref 357-408
Daughter of Michael Tillotson.
Tillotson, Michael Ref 357-1195
Of Wainstalls.
Tillotson, Michael Ref 357-650
In 1799, Rev Thomas Drake sold land at Stoney Hey, Wainstalls
to Tillotson.
Tillotson, Nathaniel Ref 357-1403
He was a weaver at Northowram [1815, 1817].
Maria was born in Slaithwaite
Tillotson, Robert Ref 357-56
Son of Eleanor (née Nutter) & George Tillotson.Tillotson, Robert Ref 357-5
Tillotson, Robert Ref 357-4
Son of Robert Tillotson.
Betty was born in Warley
Tillotson, S. Ref 357-950
Police constable at Todmorden.
Tillotson, Samuel Ref 357-2
Son of Robert Tillotson.
Susannah was born in Stockton on Tees, County Durham
Tillotson, Samuel Bold Ref 357-493
Son of Nathaniel Tillotson.
Hannah was born in Mytholmroyd, the daughter of Mr Sheard and sister of John Sheard
Tillotson, Samuel Sheard Ref 357-1404
Son of Samuel Bold Tillotson and nephew of John Sheard.
Tillotson, Thomas Ref 357-6
(Possibly) the son of Elizabeth who married John Sutcliffe.
Mary Ann was born in Halifax, the widow of Mr Slater.
Tillotson, William Ref 357-8
Born in Huddersfield.
Betty was born in Halifax.
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Like Dyson & Mallinson, this is a matronymic surname, derived from a woman's name and, in this case, means son of Matilda.
Edmund Tylson is recorded at Sowerby in 1542, and
John Tylson is recorded at Northowram in 1551.
Robert Tillotson, of Old Haugh End, Sowerby, was descended from a
family of the name of Tilson, from Tilson, in Cheshire.
His grandfather was Thomas Tilson, of Wookliff, in the parish
of Carlton in Craven, and he changed his surname to Tillotson.
There are
32
entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname Tillotson,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Deaths
1835,
1900,
1907
Unattached burials at Lister Lane Cemetery: Plot 2458
Tillotson surname Ref 357-1
Unattached BMDs for Tillotson
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