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Teal, DouglasRef 565-576
[1917-1998]
On 1st April 1963, he acquired the business
W. Turner & Son Limited

This & associated entries use material contributed by Andrew Teal

Teal, EdwinRef 565-4
[1846-1???]
Born in Halifax.

He was a carpet packer [1881].

In [Q4] 1865, he married Ann Shaw [1843-1???] in Halifax.


Ann was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Harry [b 1868] who was a mill hand [1881]
  2. George [b 1870] who was a mill hand [1881]
  3. Mary H. [b 1871]
  4. Eliza Ann [b 1877]
  5. Tom [b 1879]
  6. Herbert [b 1881]

They lived at

  • 16 Victoria Street, Northowram [1881]

Teal, EphraimRef 565-5
[1852-1???]
Son of
Jonathan Teal.

Born in Warley.

He was a stone mason [1871, 1881] / a farmer [1891, 1901].

On 12th March 1881, Ephraim & William Simpson were each fined 20s 6d for refusing to quit the Prospect Inn, Sowerby Bridge.

Around 1877, he married Mary E. [1850-1???].


Mary E. was born in Bentham, Westmorland
 

Children:

  1. Fred [b 1877] who was a woollen cropper [1891]
  2. James [b 1878] who was a worsted doffer [1891]
  3. Walter [b 1881] who was a worsted doffer [1891]
  4. Ernest [b 1890]
  5. Albert [b 1892]

They lived at

  • Warley Wood, Warley, Halifax [1881]
  • Hollin Hall, Lower Oldfield, Warley, Halifax [1891]
  • Higher Oldfield Farm, Luddendenfoot [1901]

Teal, FredRef 565-7
[1874-19??]
Son of
Joseph Teal.

Born in Garston, Liverpool.

He was a sanitary inspector with Halifax Council [1921].

He married Susan [1872-19??].


Susan was born in Brighouse
 

Children:

They lived at

  • 82 Shay Lane, Ovenden [1921]

Living with them [in 1921] was Fred's father Joseph Teal

Teal, Fred W.Ref 565-529
[18??-19??]
Solicitor at 1 Harrison Road, Halifax [1934].

He qualified in November 1911

Teal, GeorgeRef 565-629
[1828-1???]
Son of
Luke Teal.

Born in Halifax.

He was an errand boy [1841] / a cordwainer [1851] / a boot maker [1881].

He married Martha [1845-1???].


Martha was born in Ha
 

Children:

  1. Alfred C. [b 1855] who was a carpet printer [1881]
  2. Luke
  3. Mary E. [b 1864] who was a worsted winder [1881]

They lived at 2 Queen Street Halifax [1881].

Living with them [in 1881] were children:

  1. Henrietta Wilkinson [b 1865] who was a worsted winder  [1881]
  2. Albert Lea [b 1868] who was a worsted doffer [1881]
  3. George E. Lea [b 1878]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Andrew Teal

Teal, GeorgeRef 565-537
[1891-1916]
Son of Joseph Bancroft Teal of 47 Warley Town Lane, Warley.

He was a member of Warley Congregational Church & Sunday School.

During World War I, he enlisted [September 1914] and served as a Private with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was gassed [December 1915] and returned to his unit.

He was reported missing and assumed to have died in a failed attack on Schwaben Redoubt [3rd September 1916] (aged 25).

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6A & 6B].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Teal, HerbertRef 565-156
[1881-1969]
Born at 5 Copley Hall Row, Copley.

He trained as an engineer with J. F. Smith in Halifax.

He was interested in music and became a pupil of Arthur Hinchcliffe / a chorister at St Stephen's Church, Copley / principal tenor a chorister at All Saints' Church, Dudwell / winner of the solo and dramatic tenor prizes at the Blackpool  Festival [1910].

He practised in the open air on Greetland Moor.

He made many gramophone recordings, and appeared at the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. He was invited by Sir Thomas Beecham to join the British National Opera Company, but he declined.

See Fred Sutcliffe

This & associated entries use material contributed by Bob Naylor

Teal, J.Ref 565-590
[18??-1???]
Stationer and second-hand bookseller. Recorded in 1881 at 16
Southgate, Halifax

Teal, JamesRef 565-10
[1810-1885]
Born in Sowerby.

He was a mechanic [1841, 1851] / a mechanic at worsted mill [1871].

He married Frances [1812-1862].


Frances was born in Sowerby
 

Children:

  1. William [b 1831]
  2. John [b 1834] who was a mechanic [1851]
  3. James [b 1837] who was a mechanic [1851]
  4. Squire [b 1838] who was a factory worker [1851]
  5. Thomas [b 1843] who was a mechanic [1851]
  6. Sarah [b 1845]
  7. Crowther [b 1849] who was a mechanic tool maker [1871]
  8. Ellen [b 1852] who was a woollen weaver [1871]
  9. Fred [b 1853] who was a machine tool maker [1871]

They lived at

  • Booth House, Sowerby [1841]
  • Swamp, Sowerby [1851, 1871]

Frances died Q4 1862.

James died Q3 1885 (aged 75) 

Teal, JamesRef 565-686
[1829-1901]
Born in Sowerby [9th March 1829].

He was a lamplighter [1859, 1860] / a worsted overlooker [1871] / a worsted spinning overlooker [1881] / a worsted overlooker [1891].

He married Harriet [1828-1885].


Harriet was born in Halifax [3rd February 1828]
 

Children:

  1. Joseph who died 22nd January 1859 (aged 10 months)   
  2. Walter who died 23rd August 1860 (aged 5 months)   
  3. Jane Elizabeth [1862-1928] who was a worsted rover [1881]  & married Broadley Jackson
  4. William Henry
  5. Sarah Hannah [b 1866] who was a wool rover [1881], &  married Thomas Bilbrough Shore
  6. Emily Ann [b 1869] who was a worsted twister [1891]

The family lived at

  • 7 Aspinall Street, Siddal [1871, 1881]
  • 8 Stoney Royd Terrace, Halifax [1891]

Living with them [in 1881] was lodger Betty Teal [b 1833] (wool reeler).

Harriet died 23rd December 1885 (aged 57).

James died 16th September 1901 (aged 72).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3793]

Teal, JohnRef 565-357
[1809-1866]
Of Halifax.

He married Mary [1812-1880].

Children:

  1. William Smith [11th May 1834-10th May 1891]
  2. Hannah [22nd May 1841-21st October 1898]

John died 2nd September 1866 (aged 57).

Mary died 4th September 1880 (aged 68).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1862]

Teal, JohnRef 565-691
[1811-1875]
Born in Northowram

He was an excavator [1851, 1871].

He married (1) Mary [1812-1857].


Mary was born in Northowram
 

Children:

  1. James [1835-1856] who was a factory worker [1851] & was  buried with his parents
  2. Elizabeth [b 1836] who was a factory worker [1851] who  married John Armitage
  3. Mary Ann [b 1838] who was a factory worker [1851]
  4. Thomas [b 1840] who was a factory worker [1851]
  5. John [b 1842] who was a factory worker [1851]
  6. Lydia [b 1849, 1851]

The children were born in Northowram.

Mary died 12th June 1857 (aged 45).

In [Q4] 1857, he married (2) Martha Kershaw [1815-1878] in Halifax.


Martha was born in Northowram
 

The family lived at

  • New Bank, Halifax [1841]
  • Haley Hill, Halifax [1851]
  • Halifax [1871]

John died 11th May 1875 (aged 63).

Martha died 4th August 1878 (aged 63).

He and his wives were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3359] with granddaughter Mary Ann Armitage [1861-1862]

Teal, John WilliamRef 565-426
[1861-19??]
Born in Luddendenfoot.

He was a railway plate layer [1891, 1901] / a railway contractor's labourer [1911].

In 1886, he married Sarah Harvey [1859-19??] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Lewis Fred
  2. Harriet [b 1892] who was a worsted beam warper [1911]
  3. Annie Louisa [b 1894] who was a worsted twister [1911]
  4. Elsie [b 1897] who was a worsted spinner [1911]
  5. William Henry [b 1900]

They lived at

  • 62 Park Street, Sowerby Bridge [1891, 1901]
  • 63 Park Street, Sowerby Bridge [1911]

Living with them [in 1891] were married sister-in-law Harriet Ann Wolfenden [b 1853] (worsted rover) and niece Sarah Wolfenden [b 1885]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Teal, JonasRef 565-230
[1817-1875]
Born 6th February 1817.

He was a grocer in Northowram [1875].

In [Q3] 1854, he married Elizabeth Jagger [1822-1910] in Halifax.

Jonas died 11th June 1875 (aged 58).

Elizabeth died 10th March 1910 (aged 88).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1166]

Teal, JonasRef 565-1428
[1851-1929]
Born in Halifax.

He was a machinist (metals) [1901] / associated with Northgate End Chapel / a superintendent of Northgate End Sunday School.

In [Q2] 1899, he married Emily Wilson [1870-19??] in Halifax.


Emily was born in Halifax
 

Child: Edmund J. [b 1901]

They lived at 36 Savile Park Road, Halifax [1901].

Jonas died 3rd January 1929

Teal, JonathanRef 565-6
[1819-1???]
Born in Warley.

He was a carpet hand loom weaver [1851] / a carpet power loom weaver [1861] / a cotton warp dresser [1871].

He married Judith [1818-1???].


Judith was born in Warley
 

Children:

  1. Joseph [b 1841] who was a part-timer worsted factory  operative [1851], a worsted spinner [1861], a cotton warp dresser  [1871]
  2. John [b 1844] who was a part-timer worsted factory  operative [1851], a baker [1861], a woolsorter [1871]
  3. Josiah [b 1846] who was a scutcher [1861], a farmer of  13½ acres [1871]
  4. Thomas [b 1848] who was a woollen piecer [1861], a cotton  warp dresser [1871]
  5. William B. [b 1850]
  6. Ephraim
  7. Mary Hannah [b 1855] who was a cotton weaver [1871]
  8. George [b 1858] who was a half-timer worsted worker [1871]
  9. Annie [b 1860]

They lived at High Oldfield, Warley [1851, 1861, 1871]

Teal, JonathanRef 565-3
[1854-1???]
Born in Halifax.

He was a woollen spinner [1881].

Around 1875, he married Frances [1856-1???].


Frances was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Ann E. [b 1875]
  2. Emma B. [b 1876]
  3. Charlie [b 1878]

They lived at Albion Terrace, Sowerby [1881]

Teal, JosephRef 565-8
[1805-18??]
Born in Sowerby.

He was a weaver [1841] / a worsted twister-in [1851] / a worsted factory worker [1861].

He married (1) Amelia [1801-18??].

Children:

  1. John [b 1828] who was a factory worker [1841]
  2. James [b 1829] who was a factory worker [1841], a worsted  overlooker [1851]
  3. Hannah [b 1832] who was a factory worker [1841], a  worsted reeler [1851]
  4. Betty [b 1833] who was a worsted reeler [1851], a worsted  factory worker [1861]
  5. George [b 1836] who was an errand boy [1851], a worsted  factory worker [1861]
  6. William [b 1838] who was a worsted doffer [1851], a  worsted factory worker [1861]
  7. Joseph

Amelia died between 1841 & 1851.

He married (2) Millinson [1801-18??].


Millinson / Millisont was born in Sowerby
 

They lived at

  • Booth House, Luddendenfoot [1841
  • Cuckold's Row, Skircoat [1851]
  • Holdsworth Buildings, Paris Gates, Skircoat [1861]

Teal, JosephRef 565-9
[1834-1838]
On Monday 9th January 1838, the Inquest was held before the Coroner,
George Dyson, at the Friendly, Warley, on the body of Joseph Teal, aged four years, who was suffocated in consequence of being accidentally shut up in a turn-up bed by his father.

Verdict: accidental death

Teal, JosephRef 565-2
[1840-1923]
Son of
Joseph Teal.

Born in Sowerby.

He was a worsted doffer [1851] / an iron moulder [1861, 1881] / a retired iron moulder [1911, 1921].

In [Q2] 1862, he married Martha Ann Hargreaves [1842-1???] in Halifax.


Martha Ann was born in Halifax; the 1911 Census records that she was born in Preston, Lancashire
 

Children:

  1. John W. [b 1863] who was a brass finisher [1881]
  2. Arthur [b 1869]
  3. Ada [b 1872]
  4. Fred

The 3 youngest children were born in Halifax.

The 1911 census shows that they had had 7 children of whom 4 were still alive at that time.

The family lived at

  • 1 School Street, Southowram [1881]
  • 1 Siddal Grove, Halifax [1911]
  • 82 Shay Lane, Ovenden (Joseph living with son Fred  & his wife) [1921]

Joseph died in Halifax [Q1 1923] (aged 83) 

Teal, Joseph MitchellRef 565-241
[1836-1900]
Born in Sowerby [10th October 1836].

He was a cabinet maker [1865].

On 27th August 1865, he married Sarah Turner [1834-1915] in Halifax.


Sarah was born 31st October 1834, the daughter of
George Turner
 

Children:

  1. George William [1866-1870]
  2. John Herbert [1868-1870]
  3. Hannah Mary [1872-1879]


Their sons died in the scarlet fever epidemic of 1870/1871: George William [11th September 1870] & Herbert [12th September 1870]
 

Joseph died 26th November 1900.

Sarah died 27th July 1915.

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1863]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Teal, Lewis FredRef 565-429
[1887-1916]
Son of
John William Teal.

He was an oilcloth labourer [1901] / a floor oilcloth labourer [1911].

He lived at 2 Clough Terrace, Sowerby Bridge.

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

He was in the trenches in Winter [1915-1916] and contracted a serious illness. He was returned to England.

He died in a military hospital in Nottingham [17th May 1916] (aged 29).

He was buried at St Paul's Church, King Cross

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Teal, LukeRef 565-515
[1802-1850]
He was recorded as a M. S. (male servant) [1841].

On 19th June 1825, he married Hannah Walker [1803-1876].


Hannah was born in Halifax.

She was a lodging house keeper [1851]

 

Children:

  1. William [1826-1858] who was a warehouse boy [1841], a  bill poster [1851]
  2. George
  3. Elizabeth [b 1831] who was a milliner [1851]
  4. John [b 1834] who was a basket maker [1851]
  5. Joseph [1836-1848]

They lived at

  • 7 Lilley Fold, Halifax [1841]
  • 25 Goal Lane, Halifax [1851]

Luke died 23rd December 1850 (aged 48).

He & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4255]

On 28th July 1852, Hannah married Henry Hammond Burgin.


Henry was a lodger with Hannah at Gaol Lane [1851]
 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Andrew Teal

Teal, LukeRef 565-634
[1861-1941]
Son of
George Teal.

Born 3rd January 1861.

He was a brass finisher [1881] & established Luke Teal & Son Limited.

On 15th January 1920, he married Ann Bolton.

Luke died 8th July 1941.

Ann died 28th June 1953

This & associated entries use material contributed by Andrew Teal

Teal, RobertRef 565-786
[1837-1???]
Born in Halifax.

He was a woollen spinner [1871].

Around 1861, he married Betty [1841-1???].


Betty was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. John William [b 1861] who was a worsted spinner [1871]
  2. William Henry [b 1863]
  3. Ada [b 1869]

They lived at Boy Scarr, Sowerby [1871]

Teal, WilliamRef 565-588
[1838-1911]
For most of his life, he worked for
J. & J. Baldwin & Partners. He was superintendent of the Clark Bridge Mills fire brigade. On his retirement around 1905, he moved from Baldwin Terrace, Halifax and went to live at Hipperholme. He was a member of St John's Wesleyan Church and remained with the Methodists when he went to Hipperholme. He was a member of the Ancient Order of Foresters

This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom

Teal, William HenryRef 565-789
[1864-1913]
Son of
James Teal.

Born in Midgley.

He was a butcher's apprentice [1881] / a master butcher [1891] / a butcher [1913].

He married Clara Scholefield [1867-1???].


Clara was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Gertrude [b 1890]
  2. James W. [b 1891]

The family lived at 8 Stoney Royd Terrace, Halifax [1891].

William Henry died 6th May 1913 (aged 49)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3793] was buried with his parents

Surname

Teal surnameRef 565-1
The surname is said to be derived from the name tele or teal for a wild duck.

Entries for people with the surname Teal are discussed in this SideTrack.


Unattached BMDs for Teal

Marriages 1865, 1912, 1942; Death 1899

Unattached burials at Lister Lane Cemetery: Plot 3106

 



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