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In January 1872, he and his wife were asleep when they were disturbed
by burglars breaking one of their windows.
75-year-old Woodhouse threatened to chop of the burglar's hand
and the intruders fled.
On 24th January, 2 burglars broke in and grabbed Woodhouse by
the throat.
There was a struggle, Woodhouse wielding a pair of tongs and
one of the burglars with a carpenter's axe.
Woodhouse escaped and ran to alert his neighbours but the
intruders ran off
He was
a tailor [1841] /
a tailor & draper employing 1 apprentice [1851].
He married Susannah [1801-1857].
She was a straw bonnet maker [1851]
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1841] were apprentice tailors: John
Spencer [b 1823] & Samuel Rayner [b 1826].
Living with them [in 1851] was Charles Haigh [b 1831]
(apprentice tailor).
Benjamin died 5th July 1857 (aged 53).
Susannah died 14th April 1857 (aged 56).
Son Edwin erected a headstone at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland in memory of his parents & siblings
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Son of Benjamin Woodhouse.
Born in Stainland.
He was
educated at Barkisland Grammar School /
a tailor [1851] /
woollen & worsted manufacturer at Leeds /
Alderman of Leeds /
Mayor of Leeds [1882-1883] /
Justice of the Peace for Leeds and for the West Riding /
governor of the Royal College of Music, London /
governor of the Yorkshire College, Leeds /
Deputy Lieutenant of the West Riding.
He erected a headstone at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland in memory of his parents & siblings
He was landlord of the Black Bull, Brighouse [1881].
On 25th December 1870, he married Mary Pilling [1853-1919] in Halifax.
Children:
In 1883, his wife
and she and Noble went to live in Sheffield, and then to
Naples and Australia, where they lived as man and wife.
In July 1884, Woodhouse sued for adultery.
He was awarded £150 damages and a decree nisi was
granted.
In May 1885, George Henry Woodhouse beerhouse manager at
Brighouse was mentioned in bankruptcy notices.
In October 1885, he applied for a debtors' discharge at
Halifax Court.
George Henry died in Halifax [Q1 1932] (aged 86)
This & associated entries use material contributed by Annabelle McGuire
He married Unknown.
Child:
Alice who married John Hanson
Question:
Does anyone know which inn this may have been?
In January 1869, he was declared bankrupt
Born in Rastrick.
He was
a quarry man stone dresser [1901] /
a stone sett dresser [1911] /
a dyer's labourer with Walshaw, Drake & Company Limited [1921].
On 3rd June 1893, he married Ellen Marsden [1871-1953].
Child: Elsie [b 1894] who was a sweet machinist [1911]
& married Harry Taylor
They lived at
John died at 13 Old Lane, Brighouse [10th July 1965]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Annabelle McGuire
He was declared bankrupt.
He married Elizabeth [1799-1857].
Elizabeth died 19th February 1857 (aged 58).
Joseph died 7th May 1871 (aged 74).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3449]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Stuart Wilkinson
He was
an officer of the Brighouse Old Folks' Tea [1887] /
a church warden at St James's Parish Church, Brighouse
[1897] /
treasurer of the Brighouse & Rastrick Auxiliary of the Bible Society [1899] /
a master maker of steam engines [1871] /
a master engineer & millwright [1881] /
a steam engine builder & millwright [1901] /
a mechanical engineer [1911] /
a partner in Wood, Baldwin, Mitchell & Woodhouse and Woodhouse & Mitchell.
His family owned land in the Birds Royd area of Rastrick.
He gave money for the building of Rydings Hall in 1926.
In [Q2] 1880, he married Selina Wood [1845-1881] in Halifax.
Selina died 15th May 1881 (aged 36).
They lived at
A Richard Woodhouse died in Halifax [Q1 1931] (aged 88).
Woodhouse, Mr Ref 505-2043
A grocer at Mankinholes.
Woodhouse, Benjamin Ref 505-135
Born in Huddersfield.
Susannah was born in Stainland.
Woodhouse, Edwin Ref 505-297
JP.
Woodhouse, G. L. Ref 505-797
Curate at Brighouse [1923-1924]
Woodhouse, George Henry Ref 505-1999
Born in Rastrick.
Mary came from Brighouse
formed an improper intimacy with Hartley Noble, a cotton spinner
Woodhouse, Henry de Ref 505-1252
Of Woodhouse, Rastrick.
An early member of the Woodhouse family.
Woodhouse, J. Ref 505-1970
Innkeeper at Halifax.
Woodhouse, John Ref 505-1114
Son of George Henry Woodhouse.
Ellen was born in Manchester
Woodhouse, Joseph Ref 505-940
He was landlord of the King of Prussia, Halifax [18??].
Woodhouse, Richard Ref 505-557
Born in Manchester.
Selina was born in Brighouse, the daughter of John Wood
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Henry de Woodhouse was an early member of the family
The Woodhouse family Ref 505-835
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Woodhouse surname Ref 505-1
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