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Walsh, AlexanderRef 213-837
[1866-1938] Born in Keighley.

He was a wool comber [1911] / employed by Baldwin & Walker Limited.

In [Q4] 1906, he married (1) Elizabeth McDonald [1866-19??]


Elizabeth was born in Shipley
 

They had no children.

In [Q3] 1931, he married (2) Mary Hannah Booth [1858-1951] in Halifax.


Mary Hannah was the widow of Loudy Booth
 

They lived at 6 Lower Kirkgate, Halifax [1911].

During World War I, Alexander enlisted [29th March 1916], and served with the Royal Flying Corps.

He was discharged [29th January 1918] on account of sickness.

He was awarded the British Victory Medal.

He survived the War, and is remembered on the Baldwin & Walker Roll of Honour.

Alexander died in Halifax [13th January 1938] (aged 72).

Mary Hannah died 13th January 1951 (aged 93).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1303] with Loudy Booth & Hannah Webster [1835-1892]


Question: Does anyone know whether/how Hannah Webster is related to the Walsh or Booth families?

 

Walsh, ArthurRef 213-8
[1898-1918] Son of John William Walsh.

Born in Hebden Bridge.

In 1911, he was living with his widowed mother at 15 Buttress, Hebden Bridge, and working as a cap packer in a cotton spinning mill.

During World War I, he served as a Rifleman with the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade.

He was killed in action [25th April 1918] (aged 20).

He is remembered on the Pozières Memorial, France [Grave Ref 81-84]

Walsh, Arthur GarfieldRef 213-10
[1882-1918] Son of William Walsh.

Born in Greetland.

He was a talented violinist / a member of Halifax Orchestral Society / choirmaster at Thornfield United Free Methodist Church, Greetland / a cloth finisher [1901] / a woollen cloth finisher [1911] / employed at North Dean Mill, West Vale.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed in action [8th April 1918] (aged 36).

His photograph appears with reports of his death in the Halifax Courier [27th April & 4th May 1918].

He was buried at Bienvillers Military Cemetery, France [Grave Ref IX A 10].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland, and on the Memorial at Thornfield United Free Methodist Church, Greetland

Walsh, BenjaminRef 213-24
[1797-1883] Of Scar Top, Greetland.

Born in Greetland.

He was a woollen weaver [1861, 1871, 1881].

He married (1) Hannah / Johannah / Vina [1801-1871].


His wife was born in Greetland
 

Children:

  1. Mary [1824-14th February 1850] who married Henry Ackroyde
  2. Rachel W. [b 1850]

Hannah died 16th December 1871 (aged 70).

He married (2) either Elizabeth Ashworth or Elizabeth Stringer [1820-1882].


Elizabeth was born in Lancashire
 

They lived at

  • West Vale, Elland-cum-Greetland [1861]
  • Stainland Road, Elland-cum-Greetland [1871]
  • Onecliffe, Stainland Road, Elland-cum-Greetland [1881]

Elizabeth died 11th February 1882 (aged 62).

She was buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: K13] with John Walsh.

Benjamin died 5th February 1883 (aged 86).

Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: K6]

Walsh, CharlesRef 213-1814
[17??-18??] In 1???, he married Mary, daughter of James Emmet.

Children:

  1. Robert

Walsh, ClementRef 213-19
[1889-1918] Son of Fred Walsh.

He was a worsted spinning doffer [1901] / a dyer's labourer [1911] / employed at Brookfoot Dye Works

In [Q3] 1911, he married Mary Whelan in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Arnold [b 1912]
  2. Clement [b 1915]

They lived at 57 Prospect Street, New Bank, Halifax.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd/5th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

He was killed in action [28th March 1918] (aged 29).

The Halifax Courier [27th April 1918] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Gommecourt British Cemetery No.2, Heburterne, France [Grave Ref IV F 26].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Walsh, DavidRef 213-39
[1790-1869] Son of James Walsh.

Born in Halifax.

He was a cloth dresser [1841] / a wool warehouseman [1851] / a cloth presser [1861].

He married Lydia [1794-1880].


Lydia was born in Halifax.

She was a tailoress [1861, 1871]

 

Children:

  1. James
  2. Lydia [1825-1875] who married Daniel Sutcliffe
  3. Susannah [1828-1893] who was a silk winder [1851], a  worsted winder [1861] and never married; she had a daughter Mary  Walsh [1850-1867] (father unknown) 
  4. Frederick [b 1831]
  5. Fanny [b 1831]

The family lived at

  • Stannary, Halifax [1841]
  • 26 Fleet Street, Halifax [1851]
  • 33 Rose Cottage, Back Lane, Halifax [1861]
  • Tidswell Terrace, Halifax [1871]

Living with them [in 1841] were David's mother Susannah Walsh and David's sister-in-law Susannah and her husband Rev Henry Watts.

Living with them [in 1851, 1861] was granddaughter Mary Walsh.

Living with them [in 1861, 1871] was grandson Walter Walsh [b  1853]. (apprentice boot finisher 1871).

Living with the widowed Lydia [in 1871] were widowed daughter Lydia Sutcliffe (book folder),

David died 29th December 1869 (aged 79).

Lydia died 20th September 1880 (aged 86).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2222]

Walsh, EdwardRef 213-970
[18??-18??] Architect who designed St George's Church, Sowerby

Walsh, EdwardRef 213-14
[1887-1918] Illegitimate son of Mary Ann Walsh; father unknown.

Born in Halifax.


Mary Ann later married
John Cleary after having at least 4 children with him
 

Born in Halifax [Q4 1887].

He was a member of St Marie's Catholic Church, Halifax / a labourer in brickworks [1901] / a printer, of 1 Hobson's Court, Back Foundry Street, employed by  Crossley's [1908] / a carpet printer [1911] / a Territorial.

He enlisted at Halifax, for 4 years with the 4th Battalion reserves, West Riding Regiment [May 1908]. He was promoted to Lance Corporal [July 1909] & to Corporal in [March 1911]. He re-enlisted at the end of his 4-year term [1912], and was promoted to Sergeant [July 1914].

On 30th November 1914, he married Annie Lee Hinchliffe at St Marie's Catholic Church, Halifax.

Child: Josephine [b 1915]

They lived at 24 Pellon Lane, Halifax.

During World War I, he was called-up [August 1914] and served as a Quartermaster Sergeant with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was sent to France [April 1915].

He was seriously gassed during an attack [19th December], and then carried Lieutenant F. W. O. Fleming out of the trenches.

He was appointed acting Company Sergeant Major [August 1915], acting CQSM [September 1917] & CQSM [January 1918].

He was killed at Vordon Wood [13th October 1918] (aged 28).

The Halifax Courier [2nd November 1918] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Wellington Cemetery, Rieux-en-Cambresis, France [Grave Ref III E 1/8].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Crossley's Carpets.

Annie was awarded a pension of 24/2d a week

Walsh, EdwinRef 213-36
[1833-1874] (Possibly) son of James Walsh.

Born in Halifax.

He was a book keeper [1861] / a clerk at finishing works [1871].

In [Q1] 1857, he married Mary Ann Ridgill [1830-1898] in Halifax.


Mary Ann was born in Wath-upon-Derne
 

Children:

  1. John Edwin [b 1861]
  2. Edgar W. [b 1865]
  3. Henry [1868-1870]
  4. Mary Rebecca [1857-1870]
  5. John Edwin Ridgill

They lived at

  • 10 Temperance Street, Halifax [1861]
  • 28 Launceston Street, Halifax [1871]

Edwin died 9th March 1874 (aged 41).

Mary Ann died 23rd June 1898 (aged 68).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1020]

Walsh, EdwinRef 213-854
[1891-1916] Son of James Walsh.

He was a draughtsman (gas engineering) [1911] / employed by Jonas Drake & Son of Shay Lane.

On 15th December 1915, he married Edith Allsopp Kirby at Saint Mary the Virgin, Illingworth, whilst home on leave from the Army.


Edith was the daughter of Hugh Kirby of Ovenden
 

They lived at

  • 5 Oldfield Street, Ovenden
  • 111 Athol Mount, Ovenden [1916]

During World War I, he served as a Sergeant with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

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

The Halifax Courier [23rd September 1916] reported his death with a photograph.

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

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Halifax Secondary School

Walsh, FredRef 213-26
[1861-19??] Son of Ishmael Walsh.

Born in Halifax.

He was a wire drawer [1881] / a wire drawer of Shroggs Terrace, Ovenden [1884] / a wire drawer [1891] / a thick iron wire drawer [1901] / a wire drawer [1911].

In 1884, he married Hannah Sellers [1864-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Hannah, of Mount Pleasant, Halifax, was born in Newcastle / South Shields / North Shields the daughter of James Sellers, coal miner
 

Children:

  1. Arnold [b 1886] who was a worsted printing box lad  [1901], an iron moulder [1911]
  2. Clement
  3. Alice [b 1894] who was a worsted spinner [1911]
  4. Edna [1891-1904]

They lived at

  • 25 Grant Street, Halifax [1891]
  • 4 Range Terrace, Halifax [1901]
  • 41 Godley Road, Halifax [1911]


In 1911, Fred was a lodger with the Moor family at 1 St Luke's Street, Halifax. Had he left the family?
 

Walsh, GeorgeRef 213-2861
[1850-1909] He was a joiner [1871].

On 24th May 1871, he married Emma, daughter of Herbert Hadley, in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Herbert William [b 1874] who married [1896] Martha Ann  Lockwood
  2. Maud [b 1876] who married [1900] Walter Allan  Mitchel
  3. Emma [b 1880] who married [1901] Sam Smith

Walsh, George EdwardRef 213-1289
[18??-19??] Of 24 Craven Terrace, Hopwood Lane, Halifax.

In 1904, he was one of the first people to be granted a motor cycle registration

Walsh, HarryRef 213-3
[1894-1916] Son of Mary & William Henry Walsh of Mill Lane, Brighouse.

During World War I, he served as a Gunner with the 40th Battery 43rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery.

He died 11th January 1916 (aged 22).

He was buried at Bethune Town Cemetery, France [Grave Ref IV H 22]

Walsh, HenryRef 213-2078
[18??-19??] Lodging house keeper at Smithy Street [50 lodgers in 1903]

Walsh, IshmaelRef 213-271
[1823-1891] Born in Norland.

He was a wire drawer [1871, 1881].

In [Q4] 1846, he married Mary Ann Ramsbottom [1823-1903] in Halifax.


Mary was born in Norwich
 

Children:

  1. Edna [b 1851] who was a wire dresser [1871]
  2. John William [1853-1854] who died aged 13 months
  3. Robert Arthur [1855-1856] who died aged 9 months
  4. Alice [b 1859] who was a worsted spinner [1871], a  worsted drawer [1881]
  5. Fred
  6. Harry [1863-16th July 1940] who was a worsted overlooker  [1881]

They lived at

  • 48 Crossley Terrace, Halifax [1871]
  • Shroggs Terrace, Ovenden [1881]

Ishmael died 25th February 1891 (aged 68).

Mary Ann died 1st April 1903 (aged 80).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3278]

Walsh, IsraelRef 213-23
[1765-1841] Of Greetland.

He married Hannah [1774-1830].

Children:

  1. Mary [1801-6th August 1819]
  2. Charlotte [1809-12th October 1831]

Hannah died 9th August 1830 (aged 56).

Israel died 18th March 1841 (aged 76).

Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: I3]

Walsh, J.Ref 213-1268
[17??-17??] Curate at Halifax [1757]

Walsh, JackRef 213-4
[1896-1918] It is not known who his parents were; Jack was raised by his grandmother Eliza Jane Walsh née Fleming [1846-1907].

Born in Norland.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He died of wounds [6th June 1918].

He was buried at Sissonne British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref I 19]

Walsh, JamesRef 213-1949
[17??-1833] He married Susannah [1761-1846].

Children:

  1. David
  2. Susannah [1794-18??] who married Rev Henry Watts
  3. Richard

They lived at Stannary House, Halifax [1797-1826].

The couple were buried at Salem Methodist New Connexion Chapel, North Parade

Walsh, JamesRef 213-947
[1789-1878] Of Ovenden. A spinner.

He married Martha Crossley [b 1788].

Children:

  1. John [1821-1824]
  2. John
  3. child
  4. child
  5. child
  6. child
  7. child
  8. child
  9. child
  10. child
  11. child
  12. child

Walsh, JamesRef 213-2459
[18??-18??] Born in Halifax.

He was a newsagent and tobacconist at 12 Woolshops, Halifax [1851].

He married Sarah [1824-1???]

Walsh, JamesRef 213-38
[1810-1868] Born in Northowram.

He was a sawyer [1841, 1851] / a wood sawyer [1861].

He married Hannah [1806-1878].


Hannah was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Edwin [b 1832] = (possibly) Edwin Walsh
  2. Emma [1837-1917] who was a sewer at carpet works [1861]  
  3. James [1844-1870] who was a warehouse labourer [1861]

The family lived at

  • Foundry Street, Halifax [1841]
  • 4 Temperance Street, Halifax [1851, 1861]

James died 1st April 1868 (aged 58).

Hannah died 4th October 1878 (aged 72).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1806]

Walsh, JamesRef 213-50
[1823-1???] Son of David Walsh.

Born in Halifax.

He was a woolsorter [1861].

He married Mary [1823-1???].


Mary was born in Halifax.

She was a dress maker [1861]

 

Children:

  1. Charles James [b 1855]
  2. Frederick William [b 1858]

The family lived at 32 Rose Cottage, Back Lane, Halifax (next door to James's parents) [1861]

Walsh, JamesRef 213-49
[1826-1882] Of Halifax.

He was a cart driver [1881].

He (possibly) married Sarah.

James died 19th July 1882 (aged 56), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 279]

Walsh, JamesRef 213-7
[1845-1893] Born in Halifax.

He was a clog maker [1868].

In 1868, he married Fanny Howarth [1845-1922] in Halifax.

Child: Rowland

Walsh, JamesRef 213-1082
[1861-1928] Son of John Walsh.

Born in Halifax.

He was manager in a printing office [1891] / a lithographic printer [1901] / a printer's manager [1911].

In [Q3] 1886, he married Hannah Matilda Turner [1865-1941] in Halifax.


Hannah Matilda came from Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Edith Anne [1887-1964] who was a draper's assistant  [1911] & married Caleb Parkinson
  2. John [1889-1962] who was a commercial traveller (printer)   [1911]
  3. Edwin
  4. Walter Turner [1892-1972] who was a dyer's apprentice  [1911]

They lived at

James died in the Royal Halifax Infirmary [1st February 1928].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £200. Probate was granted to his widow Hannah Matilda

Walsh, JamesRef 213-17
[1890-1919] On his birth certificate, Margaret Walsh is shown as his mother; father unknown. On James's marriage certificate, his father is shown as James Walsh.

Born at 5 York Street, Northowram [8th May 1890].

On 25th May 1912, he married Mary Ellen Guilfoyle [1893-19??].

Children:

  1. Annie [b 8th July 1912]
  2. Mary [1913-1915] who died of complications from measles  [13th December 1915] & was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery  [K1484D]
  3. James [1915] who died aged 9 months & was buried at  Stoney Royd Cemetery [K1484D]
  4. Thomas [1916-1973]

During World War I, and he served as a Private with the West Riding Regiment, then with the Yorkshire Regiment.

He was discharged [1918] with pulmonary tuberculosis and awarded a small pension.

He died in St Luke's Hospital [22nd May 1919].

He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [26th May 1919] in a common grave [UK593C].

His brother William also died in the War. Their half-brother Thomas Fletcher also died in the War

Walsh, JamesRef 213-1931
[19??-] He stood unsuccessfully as the Conservative candidate in the Election for MP for Halifax [2001]

Walsh, JamesRef 213-32
[19??-19??] He served during World War II.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered on the Memorial at Saint Michael's & All Angels' Church, Shelf

Walsh, James BottomleyRef 213-15
[1842-1913] Of Halifax.

In [Q4] 1866, he married (2) Ruth Gledhill in Halifax.


Ruth was the daughter of
Edmund Gledhill
 

Children:

  1. Herbert [b 1868; d 5th July 1901] who suffered from  curvature of the spine, was a turf accountant & died in Southport,  when his horse bolted with him, apparently causing a heart attack
  2. George Edmund [25th May 1869-6th October 1900]
  3. Frank [born 16th January 1871] who emigrated to USA
  4. Mary [b 1872] who married (1) Thomas Hinchliffe  & (2) Alfred Percy Hampson
  5. Joe [b 1974] who married [Halifax 1st October 1899]  Jane Elizabeth Naylor

Ruth died 3rd January 1876 (aged 32) 

On 21st November 1881, he married (2) Henrietta Whittell.

They had no children.

The couple divorced [21st June 1884] as a result of Henrietta's petition on the grounds of cruelty.

Walsh died 28th July 1913 (aged 71) 

Members of the family were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell

Walsh, JoeRef 213-5
[1879-1917] Born in West Vale.

In 1916, he married Edith Hannah Walker.

They lived at 83 Bridge End, Rastrick.

During World War I, he served as a Rifleman with the 2nd/7th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He died 27th November 1917 (aged 38).

He is remembered on the Cambrai Memorial, Nord France [Grave Ref 5], on Brighouse War Memorial, and on Rastrick War Memorial

Walsh, JohnRef 213-11
[1786-18??] He served with the 2nd Battalion 84th Foot York & Lancaster Regiment in the Peninsular War

Walsh, JohnRef 213-25
[1792-1872]

He died 4th August 1872 (aged 80).

Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: K13] with Elizabeth wife of Benjamin Walsh

Walsh, JohnRef 213-124
[18??-19??] Or possibly John Walsh Barker.

Of 22 Park Street, Sowerby Bridge.

He was injured – about the back, neck and knee, and his arm was badly injured, with a long lacerated wound requiring 8 or 9 stitches – in the Pye Nest Tram Disaster of 15th October 1907, but was treated at home

Walsh, JohnRef 213-761
[18??-19??] He worked as a spinner at Atlas Mill, Brighouse and rescued – amongst others – Daniel Hanson, from the terrible fire on 21st December 1898.

His son (aged 23) helped 2 girls escape

Walsh, JohnRef 213-7520
[1807-1873]

He married Mary [1812-1884].

Children:

  1. (possibly) Thomas
  2. John

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1729]

Walsh, JohnRef 213-735
[1813-1870] Of Coley.

Son of James Walsh.

He was a solicitor's clerk / a partner in the Halifax Commercial Banking Company [1853].

He married Anne Horsfall in Halifax [Q1 1846].


Anne was the daughter of Luke Horsfall
 

Children:

  1. Lucy Anne
  2. George
  3. Thomas Luke
  4. Emma Frances who married Thomas Whitaker
  5. John Edward
  6. James Hall
  7. William Robert
  8. Mary Ann
  9. Joseph Frederick

Walsh, JohnRef 213-45
[1827-1897] Son of William Walsh.

He married Emma.

Children:

  1. William [1857-1863]

John died 17th December 1897 (aged 70).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3804]

Walsh, JohnRef 213-1080
[1830-1912] Son of James Walsh.

Born in Wheatley.

He was a letter press printer [1851] / a printer & bag maker employing 10 men, 8 boys & 3 girls [1861] / a printer & councillor [1871] / a printer [1879] / an Alderman & paper bag maker [1881] / a printer & councillor [1891] / an Alderman for Halifax Ovenden ward [1894] / a printer & paper merchant [1901].

He established John Walsh Printers.

In [Q1] 1851, he married (1) Ann Normanton [1828-1867].

Children:

  1. Sarah [b 1853]
  2. James

Ann died in Halifax [Q2 1867] (aged 39).

On 22nd October 1872, he married (2) Selina Brear at Halifax Parish Church.


Selina was the daughter of William Brear
 

They had no children.

They lived at

  • Ovenden [1851]
  • Eastgate, Ovenden [1861]
  • Quarry House, Wheatley [1863]
  • Ovenden [1871]
  • Quarry House, Ovenden [1881, 1891, 1901, 1911]

Living with them [in 1891] was Sara M. Walsh [aged 40] (paper bag maker) 

Walsh, JohnRef 213-28
[1839-1909] Of Halifax.

He was landlord of the Junction Hotel, Halifax [1881, 1894] / publican (out of business) [1901].

In [Q2] 1859, he married Mary Wilson Sutcliffe [1841-1917] in Halifax.


Mary was born in Southowram
 

Children:

  1. Emily Alice [1861-11th May 1940] who was a dressmaker [1881] & married Lysander Greenwood

They lived at

Living with them [in 1881] was niece Emily Halstead [b 1870].

John died 17th February 1909 (aged 70).

Mary Wilson died 14th July 1917 (aged 76).

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-D31]: John [22nd February 1909]

Walsh, JohnRef 213-9530
[1847-1897] Son of John Walsh.

In [Q2] 1867, he married (1) Sarah Ann Moss [1849-1872] in Halifax.

In [Q1] 1873, he married (2) Nancy Nuttall in Halifax.

Children:

  1. John [1873-1877] who died aged 3 years & 10 months

John (senior) died 25th August 1897.

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1729]

Walsh, John EdmundRef 213-805
[1894-1917] Son of Mark Walsh.

Born in Elland.

He was a member of St Paul's Methodist Chapel, Elland & Sunday School / an apprentice cabinet maker [1911] / employed by Thomas Simpson & Sons Limited / an assistant (evenings) at the Palladium Cinema at Elland Town Hall.

During World War I, he served as a 2nd Corporal with the 19th Irish Division Royal Engineers.

He received an honourable mention, and was recommended for distinction for bravery [27th June 1916].

He died of gunshot wounds to the right thigh & left leg, at No.32 Casualty Clearing Station, France [11th August 1917] (aged 23).

The Halifax Courier [25th August 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Brandhoek New Military Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref VI B 12].

He is remembered at Elland Cemetery, on Elland War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Elland Boys' Brigade

Walsh, John EdwardRef 213-953
[1852-1921] Son of John Walsh.

He became a patent agent in Halifax. He established John E. Walsh & Company [1879]. In 1887, he had offices at Crossley Street, Halifax, Swan Arcade, Bradford, and 11 New Market Street, Blackburn.

He died of a heart attack in George Square, Halifax, as he was on his way home from work.

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £6,197

Walsh, John Edwin RidgillRef 213-48
[1861-1931] Son of Edwin Walsh.

He was a bookkeeper [1931].

He died 5th June 1931 (aged 70), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1201]

Walsh, John ThomasRef 213-35
[1861-1???] He was licensed victualler at the Pine Apple, Halifax [from 3rd May  1911].

Around 1904, he married Margaret Mary [1868-19??].

Walsh, John WilliamRef 213-9
[1866-1906] Born in Haslingden.

He was a dyer [1887].

On 28th August 1887, he married Elizabeth Ann Harris [1868-1937] at Heptonstall Church.


Elizabeth Ann was born in Cornwall
 

Children:

  1. Florence [b 1891]
  2. Elsie [b 1893]
  3. Cecil [1895-1951] who served with the Duke of  Wellington's Regiment [World War I]
  4. Arthur
  5. Jane [b 1900]

The children were born in Hebden Bridge.

They lived at 2 Buttress, Hebden Bridge

Walsh, JonathanRef 213-W2667
[1741-1823] Son of Jeremiah Walsh.

Baptised in Halifax [26th November 1741].

He was a landowner, a money lender, a textile manufacturer and notorious for his eccentricity, meanness and temper.

Caroline Walker referred to him as an old usurer and extremely importunate.

He rode around on a mule bearing a whip which he used on anybody who displeased him.

The Clergy were apparently a favourite target for Walsh's ire.

His speech was so uncouth and haranguing that Dr Henry Coulthurst used to hide if he saw Walsh coming.

Walsh spent hundreds of pounds in litigation against his neighbours and said that he would

rather spend a pound for law than a penny for ale

He owned Dove House, Shibden. He lived at Coldwell Hill Farm, Southowram.

He died at Horton Street, Halifax [11th February 1823].

Walsh's wife had been buried in one corner of a field on his land at Coldwell Farm, Southowram, and he gave instructions that he was to be planted in the other corner. He was buried on the land, by candlelight at midnight.

The burial was rediscovered 73 years later

Walsh, JosephRef 213-46
[1807-1873] Born in Skircoat.

He was a cooper [1841, 1851, 1861].

He married Ruth Priestley [1807-1867].


Ruth was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. William [1833-1869] who was a machine maker's apprentice  [1851]
  2. Nathaniel [1836-1863] who was a pipe maker's apprentice  [1851]
  3. Eliza [b 1838] who was a dress maker's apprentice [1851]
  4. Elizabeth [b 1842]
  5. James [b 1845] who was a clogger [1861]
  6. Joseph

The family lived at

  • Fleet Street, Halifax [1841]
  • 14 Davy's Yard, Foundry Street, Halifax [1851]
  • 22 Foundry Street, Halifax [1861]

Living with them [in 1851] was widowed brother-in-law James Priestley [b 1788] (millwright).

Ruth died 1st December 1867 (aged 60).

Joseph died 8th November 1873 (aged 66).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3475] with granddaughter Nellie Edna Walsh [1879-1880]

Walsh, JosephRef 213-30
[1830-1899]

On 30th September 1867, he married Rachel Wilson Halstead at Elland Parish Church.


Rachel Wilson was the daughter of
Joseph Halstead.

She had a son: Thomas Halstead [b 1853]

 

Rachel & Joseph died in 1899.

They were buried at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery in an unmarked public grave [C U 368]. Records show that Rachel and one other – probably Joseph – are interred here. A cross has been erected on the grave to remember Rachel

Walsh, JosephRef 213-47
[1850-1???] Son of Joseph Walsh.

In [Q2] 1873, he married Martha Ann Ingham in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Nellie Edna who died 16th December 1880 (aged 15 months) & was buried with her Walsh grandparents at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3475]

They lived at New Bank, Halifax [1880]

Walsh, Joseph FrederickRef 213-W126
[1861-1950] Architect born at Thornhill, Hipperholme.

He designed many local buildings

See Turned stone

Walsh, MargaretRef 213-18
[1871-1???] Born at 11 Back Prospect Street, Northowram [7th March 1871].

She had 2 children (father unknown):

  1. William
  2. James

On 8th November 1894, Margaret married James Patrick Fletcher.

She died at 8 Duke Street North, Halifax [20th October 1915].

Her death certificate gives the cause of death as Heart Disease, but family stories say that


she went down hill after the death of her second son William
 

She & her husband were buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [Grave Ref: K D 1639]

Walsh, MarkRef 213-42
[1796-1849] He was a card maker [1841].

He married Hannah [1798-1873].

Children:

  1. Robert [b 1821] who was a mechanic [1841], a card maker  [1851]
  2. Mary [b 1826] who married Joseph Townsend
  3. James [b 1827] who was a bookbinder's apprentice [1841],  a bookbinder [1851]
  4. Samuel [b 1829] who was a bookbinder [1861]
  5. Frank [b 1835]

The family lived at

  • Bailey Hall, Halifax (lodgers with the Dawtrey family)   [1841]
  • 2 Queen Court, Orange Street, Halifax [1851]
  • 11 Lower Brunswick Street, Halifax (Hannah & son  Samuel living with daughter Mary & family) [1861]

Living with them [in 1851] were daughter Mary, her husband Joseph Townsend & son Walter.

Mark died 13th June 1849 (aged 53).

Hannah died 5th February 1873 (aged 75).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3139]

Walsh, MarkRef 213-16
[1822-1869] He was a wool stapler [1848]

On 1st July 1848, he married Emma Ramsden at Hanover Street Chapel, Halifax.


Emma was the daughter of
John Ramsden
 

Children:

  1. Alfred Ramsden (Walsh) [1848-1930] who died in Melbourne,  Australia
  2. Annie [b 1851]

Mark died in 1869.

On 7th February 1872, Emma married Robert Crossley

Walsh, MarkRef 213-804
[1859-19??] Born in Greetland.

He was a greengrocer.

In 1885, he married Hannah Elizabeth Stott [1865-19??] in Halifax.


Hannah was born in Elland
 

Children:

  1. Laura Alberta [b 1887]
  2. Harriett Hannah [b 1889]
  3. John Edmund

The children were born in Elland.

They lived at

  • 51 Oak Street, Elland [1911]
  • 112 Langdale Street, Elland [1917]

After the death of John the family disappears from records, it is possible they went to live abroad

Walsh, PatrickRef 213-20
[18??-191?] He served in World War I.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Saint Bernard's Catholic Church

Walsh, PeterRef 213-276
[18??-191?] Of Todmorden.

During World War I, he served with the Scots Guards.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Walsh, RichardRef 213-31
[1789-1854] Son of James Walsh.

Born in Halifax.

He was a retired cloth merchant [1851].

He married Ann [1787-1869].


Ann was born in Halifax.

She was a retired draper [1851]

 

Children:

  1. Samuel
  2. Hannah who married John Henry Brierley
  3. Ann [1821-5th June 1891] who married [Halifax Q1 1849]  Thomas Waites
  4. Harriet [1826-1st April 1870] who married [Halifax Q2  1850] John Henry Collins
  5. Mary [1828-3rd November 1895] who was a woollen warehouse  hand [1861] & never married
  6. Francis [b 1830] who was a warehouse woman [1851]

They lived at

Richard died 6th May 1854 (aged 65).

Ann died 25th March 1869 (aged 82).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 198] with Henry Walsh [1812-28th June 1875]

Walsh, RobertRef 213-614
[17??-1???] Coiner

Walsh, RobertRef 213-2278
[17??-18??] Junior.

Cotton and wool card maker at Blackwall, Halifax [1809]

Walsh, RobertRef 213-33
[1745-1832] Of Halifax.

He married Nancy [1747-1801].

Children:

  1. Frances [1790-30th December 1792]

Nancy died 2nd November 1801 (aged 54).

Robert died 3rd December 1832 (aged 87).

Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax

Walsh, RobertRef 213-22
[1805-1884] Born in Greetland.

He was a carter [1861] / a lant ? [1871] / a woollen waste cleaner [1881].

He married Hannah [1807-1883].


Hannah was born in Elland, (possibly) the daughter of
John Smith
 

Children:

  1. Charlotte [b 1833]
  2. Charles [b 1835]
  3. Israel [b 1848] who was a cotton twiner [1871]
  4. John [b 1852] who was a cotton spinner [1871]

They lived at

  • Copy Nook, Greetland [1841]
  • Fox Buildings, Elland-cum-Greetland [1871]
  • Onecliffe Terrace, Elland-cum-Greetland [1881]

Hannah died 19th October 1883 (aged 76).

Robert died 7th November 1884 (aged 79).

The couple were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: E5]

Walsh, Robert EdgarRef 213-29
[1892-19??] Son of Joseph Frederick Walsh.

Born in Shibden.

He was a civil engineering student [1911], and gained a BSc at the Faculty of Engineering (London), before being engaged in engineering works on the Clyde in Scotland.

In 1911, he & 8 friends joined the Brighouse Company of the 4th Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

Later, he received a commission in the with the 3rd/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

In October 1914, he was gazetted Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers.

He went to France [1915] and was transferred to a Field Company in the 36th Western Division. He fought at Messines, and at Cambrai where he was recommended for promotion to Captain.

In April 1918, he was thought to have been taken prisoner (possibly with the whole Field company). In May 1918, he wrote home to say that he was in hospital in Mainz, Germany, and recovering after having had 2 bullets extracted from his thigh. He was subsquently mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig's dispatches

His story was reported in the Halifax Courier [20th April, 27th April, 25th May & 1st June 1918].

He survived the War

Walsh, Robert SelbyRef 213-1499
[1???-18??] Textile manufacturer. He took Henry Charles McCrea as a partner.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Thomas
  2. Esther Jane [1817-1885] who married Henry Charles  McCrea

Walsh, RowlandRef 213-6
[1879-1918] Son of James Walsh.

Born in Halifax.

He was a cotton weaver [1906] / a cab driver [1916].

On 22nd October 1906, he married Jane South [1878-1932] in Burnley.

Children:

  1. James [1911-1994]

They lived at

  • Lane Side View, Burnley [1911]
  • 220 Colne Road, Burnley. [1916]

During World War I, he enlisted in Preston [1916] and served as a Private with the 7th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment.

He died of wounds [10th June 1918].

He was buried at Sissonne British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref O 14]

Walsh, SamuelRef 213-2260
[17??-18??] A Halifax cropper.

On 30th May 1804, he married Sarah Walker in Leeds.

Children:

  1. Sarah [1812-1891]
  2. Lydia [1815-1844]

Both daughters married James Gaskarth Dalzell

Walsh, SamuelRef 213-34
[1780-1843] He was a woolstapler.

He married Sarah [1780-1862].

Children:

  1. Mark [1816-14th November 1863]

Samuel died 11th July 1843 (aged 63).

Sarah died 11th February 1862 (aged 82).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1849]

Walsh, SamuelRef 213-1948
[1815-1904] Son of Richard Walsh.

Born in Halifax.

He was a brace stiffener & stock manufacturer employing 80 hands [1851] / a manufacturer of brass bolts &c employing 28 men, 8 boys, 50  women & ? girls [1861] / a master cotton spinner and corn dealer [1871] / a brace and umbrella manufacturer [1891] / a partner in Walsh & Brierley.

He lived at Trinity Road, Halifax [1904].

Family stories tell that he contracted pneumonia after attending a funeral and died on 8th December 1904.

He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1904

Walsh, StanleyRef 213-13
[1937-2008] Son of Gladys (née Parker) & Thomas Walsh, who married in Halifax [Q3 1931].

Born in Halifax [Q2 1937].

In 1964, he moved to Australia.

He was

  • an actor – appearing on TV series including Emergency Ward  10, Z Cars, & Coronation Street, and touring  Australia in plays including A Taste of Honey, Salad  Days, & A Streetcar Named Desire
  • a writer of many successful melodramas
  • director of the Music Hall Theatre Restaurant in Neutral  Bay [1970]
  • producer of 2 series of the Australian TV drama Flying  Doctor
  • executive producer on the TV series Neighbours [1994-2003]

He married Sherri.

Children:

  1. Stephanie

He died in Sydney, Australia [17th September 2008]

Walsh, T. S.Ref 213-2008
[18??-18??] Chief Constable for Halifax [1910].

He lived at West Hill [1845]

Walsh, ThomasRef 213-2216
[1839-1867] Of Halifax.

(Possibly) son of John Walsh.

In [Q2] 1857, he married Agnes Montague [1840-1864] in Easington, County Durham.

Children:

  1. Henry [1858-1866]
  2. (possibly) child [d 1864]
  3. Mona [1861-1864] who died at the age of 2 years & 10  months
  4. Walter Thomas [1863-1864] who died at the age of 6 months

He was a Bandsman with the 107th Royal Sussex Regiment. Following the Indian Mutiny, he was sent to Calcutta. He served in India for 10 years.

His wife went to the East Indies (India) with him. The children were all born there.

While the regiment were stationed in Fyzabad, his wife and all the children died and were buried in India.

He died of cholera at Allahabad [5th August 1867], just 3 months before the Regiment was due to return to England.

There is a memorial to members of the family in Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1729]

Walsh, Thomas LukeRef 213-948
[18??-1???] Son of John Walsh.

He married Annie Elizabeth.

Children:

  1. Jack
  2. Arthur
  3. Lucy [1876-1945] who married Canon George Watkinson

Walsh, Thomas SelbyRef 213-342
[1805-1879] JP.

Son of Robert Selby Walsh.

He was a member of Halifax Town Council [1850-1877] / Mayor of Halifax [1857-1860] / Alderman for Central Ward [1866].

He (possibly) owned Dam Head Mill, Shibden. He was recorded at West Parade, Halifax and at Shibden Hall [1874], and had business at Arches Street, Halifax. He may have been a partner in Walsh & McCrea (Coatings) Limited.

He died 23rd September 1879.

See Halifax, Huddersfield & Keighley Railway

Walsh, Rev TimothyRef 213-1291
[1???-19??] Priest at St Mary's Catholic Church, Gibbet Street [1935]

Walsh, WilliamRef 213-43
[1794-1867] Born in Ovenden.

He was a dyehouse labourer [1851].

He married Nancy [1799-1876].


Nancy was born in Ovenden
 

Children:

  1. Mary [b 1826] who married James Greenwood
  2. Hannah [b 1829] who was a cotton weaver (factory) [1891]
  3. William [1836-1856] who was buried with his parents

The family lived at Ovenden [1851, 1856, 1866].

Living with them [in 1851] were granddaughter Elizabeth Walsh [b 1850] and daughter Mary Greenwood & her husband.

William died 14th April 1867 (aged 73).

Nancy died 26th October 1876 (aged 77).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3180]

Walsh, WilliamRef 213-2114
[18??-18??] Corn miller at Mixenden Corn Mill [1845]

Walsh, WilliamRef 213-21
[18??-1918]

During World War I, and he served as a Private with the 1st/5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He was killed in a German attack north of Wytschaete [25th April 1918].

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 42-47 & 162], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Walsh, WilliamRef 213-37
[1803-1???] In 1829, he was charged, but found Not Guilty of Larceny in the North Riding, Yorkshire.

In March 1830, he and John Wood were charged with robbing Benjamin Tetley on the King's highway near Halifax on 26th September 1829.

They were both sentenced to death.

This was commuted and Walsh was convicted for 14 years and transported.

The UK Prison Hulk Registers record that he was received aboard the prison-hulk Dolphin at Chatham [12th May 1830].

On 29th May 1830, Walsh left Sheerness aboard the Lord Melville (3) for Australia

Walsh, WilliamRef 213-44
[1803-1862] Of Halifax.

He married Ann [1810-1860].

Child: John

Ann died 18th July 1860 (aged 50).

William died 17th July 1862 (aged 59).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3804]

Walsh, WilliamRef 213-40
[1814-1882] Born in Halifax.

He was a cabinet maker [1841, 1851].

He married Elizabeth [1813-1886].


Elizabeth was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. James [1840-1882] who was an errand boy [1851], a book  stationer [1881]
  2. Harriette [1842-1845]
  3. (possibly) Mark [1847-1848]
  4. Ann [1853-1858]
  5. John [1845-1858]
  6. George [b 1850]

The family lived at

  • John Street, Halifax [1841]
  • 7 John Street, Halifax [1851]
  • Crown Street, Halifax (James (head of the household) was  living with his parents) [1881]

William died 27th May 1882 (aged 68).

Elizabeth died 14th March 1886 (aged 73).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2829]

Walsh, WilliamRef 213-235
[1823-1905] Of North Bridge, Halifax.

In [Q2] 1859, he married (1)  either Elizabeth Akroyd or Elizabeth Whiteley [1837-1865] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Mary [1861-1864]
  2. Emily [1863-1864]

In [Q3] 1867, he married (2) Martha Swallow [1823-1884] in Halifax.

They lived at

  • Beacon Parade, Southowram [1884]
  • 14 Wiscombe Bank, Halifax [1905]

Martha died 25th February 1884.

William died 13th March 1905.

Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Pellon [1/W13]

Walsh, WilliamRef 213-27
[1855-1930] Born in Greetland.

He was choirmaster at Thornfield United Free Methodist Church, Greetland / a cotton minder [1881] / a woollen apprentice [1891] / a machine minder (cotton) [1901] / a cotton spinning operative [1911].

In 1878, he married Emma Jane Holroyd [1857-1???] in Halifax.


Emma Jane was born in Greetland
 

Children:

  1. Arthur Garfield
  2. Charles Edward [1879-17th September 1943] who was a cloth  fuller [1901] & was buried with his parents
  3. Gladys Daisy [b 1896] who was a silk twister [1911]

They lived at

  • Howe Croft Head, Greetland [1881]
  • Grosvenor House Lodge, Belmont Terrace, Batley, Dewsbury [1891]
  • Cross Hill, Greetland
  • 63 Briscoe Lane, Greetland [1911, 1918]

Emma Jane died 24th February 1929.

William died 9th July 1930.

Members of the family were buried at St Thomas's Church, Greetland

Walsh, WilliamRef 213-2
[1893-1915] He was born in the Halifax Union Workhouse [17th April 1893].

On his birth certificate, Margaret Walsh is shown as his mother; father unknown.

During World War I, he enlisted [August 1914] and served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.

He died at the Battle of Feusbert [16th May 1915].

He is remembered on the Le Touret Memorial, France [Grave Ref 16 & 17]

His brother James also died in the War. Their half-brother Thomas Fletcher also died in the War

Walsh, William ArthurRef 213-12
[1882-1916] Son of Jane & Henry Walsh of Rutland, Bennekerry, Carlow, Ireland.

Born in Carlow, Dublin.

He lived in Dublin, and was a buyer in the plumbing department of John C. Parkes & Sons there.

During World War I, he enlisted [November 1915], and served with the Royal Garrison Artillery.

He went to the Front [May 1916].

He died of wounds in Halifax [28th December 1916].

He is remembered with a CWGC headstone at Stoney Royd Cemetery [Grave Ref: J A 92], and on the War Memorial in Milford Street, Leighlinbridge, County Carlow.

Walsh, William HenryRef 213-41
[1814-1866] Born in Southowram.

He was a corn dealer [1851] / a corn miller [1861].

He married Martha [1815-1896].


Martha was born in Skircoat
 

Children:

  1. Sarah Ann [b 1838] who was a dress maker [1861]
  2. Catherine [1840-1897] who was a power loom weaver  (cotton) [1861]
  3. Hannah [b 1842] who was a pupil-teacher [1861]
  4. James Thomas [b 1844]
  5. Harriet [b 1847] who was a power loom weaver (cotton)   [1861]
  6. Mary Jane [1850-1922]
  7. William Henry [1851-1852]
  8. Martha [1854-1918]
  9. Clara [1860-1878]

The family lived at

  • 9 Winding Road, Halifax [1851]
  • Hall Gate, Sowerby [1861]

William Henry died 20th June 1866 (aged 52).

Martha died 31st December 1896 (aged 81).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3076]

Surname

Walsh surnameRef 213-1

George Redmonds writes that the name is usually associated with Ireland, and is derived from the element welsh

There are 87 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Walsh, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.


Unattached BMDs for Walsh

Marriages 1861, 1885, 1889, 1905, 1906, 1910, 1915, 1919, 1923; Deaths 1899, 1900

 



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