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Children:
The widowed Elizabeth was a beerhouse keeper in Brighouse
[1851].
Question:
Does anyone know which beerhouse this may have been?
Living with Elizabeth [in 1851] were daughter Sarah and
family.
In 1871, Elizabeth was living with daughter Sarah and
family at 9 Mount Street, Halifax
He married Sarah [1822-1???].
Children:
They lived at
3 The Square, Bank Top, Southowram [1871].
Sarah was widowed by 1871
Born in Southowram.
He was a railway stoker [1879].
On 30th June 1879, he married (1) Sarah Ann Fox in Halifax.
Children:
Sarah Ann died in Southowram [26th October 1882].
She was buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-N2].
On 9th December 1893, Abraham married (2) Emma Broomhead, in Halifax.
They had no children.
Emma died 13th June 1890.
Abraham died in St Luke's Hospital [6th June 1928].
Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram
[Q 50]
Educated at Victoria Secondary School, Brighouse.
In 1944, he volunteered and served in the East Yorkshire
Regiment.
He was a Labour Councillor for Brighouse,
and
the last
Mayor of Brighouse [1973-1974],
before the town became a part of Calderdale, although he had
declined the office several times previously.
He married Audrey [19??-2010].
Children:
He died 25th June 2010
He was a mill manager [1895].
On 4th February 1895, he married Lily Helliwell [1869-1937] in
Halifax
Children:
They lived at 58 Hare Street, Pellon [1901, 1911, 1918]
He was
a farmer [1841] /
a farmer & calf dealer [1851].
On 19th October 1820, he married Ann Avison [1800-1869] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at Bonegate, Brighouse [1841, 1851].
Living with them [in 1851] was grandson Benjamin [b 1848]
Benjamin died in Brighouse [25th April 1862].
Ann died in Brighouse [6th June 1869].
They both died in Brighouse
& were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse [Grave Ref: I46]
Born in Brighouse.
He was
a wheelwright [1841, 1851, 1861] /
a cattle dealer [1871, 1881] /
a retired farmer [1891].
He married Zillah [1826-1894].
Children:
They lived at
Members of the family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery
He was a groom [1881, 1891].
Around 1869, he married Sarah Ann [1840-1???].
Children:
The children were born in Brighouse / Clifton.
They lived at
Baptised at St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe [7th October 1832]
Born in Lindley.
He was
a warehouseman [1881] /
landlord of the Maypole, Warley [1910-1914] /
landlord of the Woolpack, Sowerby Bridge [1914-1922].
In [Q1] 1891, he married Clara Murgatroyd [1864-1949] in Halifax.
They had no children.
Members of the family were buried at King Cross Methodist New Connexion Chapel
with Clara's parents [Grave Ref: 855]:
David [7th January 1936];
Clara [28th March 1949]
Born in Halifax.
He was
an apprentice mechanic (tool works) [1901] /
a driver (coal merchant) [1911].
In [Q4] 1907, he married Mary Hannah Rae [1884-1949] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at 31 Clive Street, New Bank, Halifax.
The 1911 census shows that they had had 2 children of whom 1 was still alive at that time.
Mary Hannah died 4th December 1949 (aged 65).
David died 24th January 1955 (aged 70).
Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-L3]
He was
a poultry fancier & won many prizes in local shows /
a worsted spinner [1911] /
employed at Denham's.
He lived at Prospect Farm, Illingworth.
During World War I,
he enlisted [January 1916]
and served as a Private
with the 1st/6th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was killed in action by shellfire at Passchendaele [9th October 1917] (aged 23).
The Halifax Courier He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 82-85 & 162A],
in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Saint Mary the Virgin, Illingworth
He was
an assistant manager (letterpress & litho printing company) [1911] /
a printer [1915].
On 8th September 1915, he married Bessie Greenwood at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge.
Born in Southowram.
He was a farmer of 26 acres [1881].
On 21st February 1842, he married Ann Dyson Hamer [1821-1900] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at
The couple died at Upper Clay Royd Farm:
Ann [3rd July 1900];
Edward 10 days later [13th July 1900] (aged 83).
Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: F-Q3]
Born in Southowram.
He was
a messenger [1861] /
a railway engine driver [1874, 1911].
On 10th December 1874, he married Sarah Ellen Holgate [1850-1921] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at
Sarah Ellen died in Halifax [28th December 1921] (aged 72).
Edwin died in Halifax [7th October 1926] (aged 76).
Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-K5]
Born in Halifax.
He was
a wire drawer of Lee Mount [1888] /
a hawker [1891] /
a horseman's groom [1901] /
a carrier [1911].
In 1888, he married (1) Zilpah Glendenning [1863-1???] at St Augustine's Church, Pellon.
She was a worsted weaver [1891]
Children:
They lived at
Zilpah died 16th September 1905.
She was buried at St George's Church, Lee Mount
In 1906, Eli married (2) Adelaide Farrar [1867-19??] in Halifax.
In 1911, son Harold was staying with the Farrar family in
Holmfield
when it reported that, on 11th November 1836, she was committed to
the House of Correction for three months for a felony at the Dyer & Miller public house
In 1871, he was a gardener living with his widowed grandfather
George Womersley.
He was
a farm servant [1891] /
a market gardener [1901] /
a jobbing gardener [1911].
In 1878, he married Mary Ann Emsley [1858-1???].
Child: Walter Fletcher
They lived at
Living with them [in 1881] was William Emsley [b 1861]
(labourer in coal mine).
Living with them [in 1891], was visitor Elizabeth Emsley [b
1865].
Living with them [in 1901], was adopted daughter Martha Morton
[b 1883] (silk worker).
Living with them [in 1911], was son Walter and family.
Empsall died in 1934 (aged 81).
He was buried at Saint Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe
[28th May 1934]
Born in Clifton.
He was
a member of St Anne's Choir, Southowram /
a wire drawer [1891] /
a carpet creeler [1901] /
a starcher of Queens Road, Halifax [1905] /
a labourer in the manufacture of cotton belts [1911] /
employed by Cooke & Sons, Milnsbridge.
In [Q3] 1905, he married Alice Broadbent at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
They lived at
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 7th Battalion
North Staffordshire Regiment.
He was killed in Mesopotamia [31st August 1918].
His photograph appears with reports of his death in the Halifax Courier [5th October & 12th October 1918].
He is remembered on the Tehran Memorial, Iran [Grave Ref 4 2].
In [Q3] 1919, Alice married Ramsden Firth in Halifax
Born in Southowram.
He was a locomotive driver [1877].
On 25th December 1877, he married Sarah Turner [1854-1910]
in Chorlton.
She was a grocer
Children:
The children were born in Chorlton cum Hardy.
Sarah died in Prestwich in 1910.
Frederick died in Chorlton cum Hardy 17/4/1926
He married Unknown.
Child: George [b 1843] who was a woolsorter [1871] &
married Jane [1846-1???].
They lived at Norwood Green.
Living with the widowed George [in 1871], were
son George and his wife Jane
and
grandchildren Empsall Fletcher Womersley & Ann Womersley
(aged 4 month)
He died 10th September 1894.
He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery
[H202b]
Born in Lindley.
He was
a bricklayer [1871] /
a mechanic in a spinning mill [1880] /
a mechanic's fitter [1891] /
a mechanic in a worsted mill [1901].
On 3rd January 1880, he married Mary Ann Helliwell [1860-1910] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at 31 Clive Street, New Bank, Halifax [1891, 1901].
George died 22nd March 1910 (aged 52).
Mary died in the Royal Halifax Infirmary [6th May 1910] (aged 50).
Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-L3]
He was
landlord of the Empress of India [1898-1902] /
landlord of the Rising Sun, Rastrick [1905, 1908] /
landlord of the Vulcan, Rastrick [1909, 1911].
On 28th October 1893, he married Alice Brindle [1860-1910] at Halifax Parish Church.
They had no children.
Alice died in 1910.
Living with him [in 1911] were boarders Mrs Clark and her sons Thomas Arthur and Robert Victor
Clark.
Harry died in the Royal Halifax Infirmary [7th December 1951].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £47 11/-.
Probate was granted to Edna Clark (spinster)
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd/6th Battalion
North Staffordshire Regiment.
He died 29th October 1917 (aged 21).
He was buried at Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension, France,
on Brighouse War Memorial,
on Clifton War Memorial,
and in the book Clifton War Memorial
He was
Mayor of Brighouse [1940-1942]
On 10th March 1866, he married (1) Ann Lister [1842-1892] at
Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
On 10th November 1892, he married (2) Alice Ann Greenwood
[1854-19??] from Heptonstall, at Halifax Parish Church.
They had no children.
The family lived at Oxford Lane, Southowram [1871].
In 1901, the widowed Alice was publican at the Elephant & Castle, Hawksclough.
Living with her [in 1901] was her widowed mother Elizabeth
Greenwood [aged 73]
He joined the army and served for 11 years with the 38th Regiment of
Foot, 8 years in India.
In July 1866, he had been discharged.
On 30th July 1866, having travelled from the Isle of Wight, he was on
his way to his father's house in Southowram Bank when he leaned
against a wall, collapsed and died.
A medal inscribed India 1857-8 was found on his body
Recorded in 1848, when he was
the tenant of Lower Park Gate Farm, Southowram
He married Betty [1807-1857].
The couple were buried at Mount Zion Chapel, Lightcliffe
Womersley was a strong man, but no charges of murder were
brought
In [Q4] 1893, he married Maria Wadsworth [1867-1939] in Halifax.
Children:
Joe died 21st August 1933 (aged 64).
Maria died 13th January 1939 (aged 72).
Members of the family were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland [Grave Ref: S3/448]
with Elizabeth Jackson [1863-9th March 1927]
He was a witness in the inquest into the death of James Smith
He married Mary Schofield [1813-1879].
Children:
John died 18th February 1860 (aged 48).
Mary died 24th July 1879 (aged 66).
Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: F-Q5]
He was a mason's labourer [1871].
In [Q1] 1851, he married Mary Carver [1826-1???] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at
Mary was widowed by 1881
Born in Lindley.
He was
a small wire drawer [1881] /
a wire drawer [1901].
In 1873, he married Sarah Green [1853-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
He married Rachel [1798-1870].
Children:
Joseph died 16th June 1864.
Rachel died 26th August 1870.
Members of the family were buried at Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram
He lived at Kent Street, Halifax [1845]
Born in Halifax.
He was
a labourer of Siddal [1891] /
a Police officer [1901, 1911] /
a Police Sergeant [1916].
In [Q4] 1891, he married Alice Spencer [1870-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Baptised at St John the Baptist, Coley [5th August 1832]
He was a wire drawer.
On 12th June 1842, he married Sarah Lee [1822-1894] in Dewsbury.
Children:
They lived at 3 The Square, Bank Top, Southowram [1881, 1894].
Luke died in Southowram [21st January 1869].
Living with the widowed Sarah [in 1881] were daughter Harriet,
her husband and son
Sarah died at The Square, Bank Top [3rd October 1894].
Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram:
Baptised at St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe [3rd August 1834].
See
David Womersley
On 11th June 1935, he married Mary Turner in Halifax.
Born in Halifax.
During World War I,
and he served as a Private
with the 5th Battalion
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
He was killed in action at Gommecourt [28th March 1918].
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 7],
and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
Born in Southowram.
He was a railway passenger guard [1867].
On 6th October 1867, he married (1) Agnes Mary Pawson [1848-1878]
at St Philip's Church, Leeds.
Children:
Agnes died in Bradford in 1878.
On 9th May 1881, Simeon married (2) Sybella Womersley [1843-1922] in Halifax.
Children:
Simeon died at Low Moor [25th May 1918] (aged 72).
Sybella died in Clayton [24th April 1922] (aged 79).
The couple were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: F-Q5]
with Sybella's parents
In [Q4] 1891, he married Clara Jennings in Halifax.
Clara died 23rd March 1934 (aged 69).
Thomas Edward died 7th January 1936 (aged 71).
The couple were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-H27]
He was a wire temperer [1911].
He lived at 40 Green Lane, St James's Road.
During World War I,
he enlisted [April 1915]
and served as a Private
with the 4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
On 27th April 1916, he married Lily Steele [1892-19??] at Halifax Parish Church
when he was home on leave at Whitsuntide [1916].
He was summoned to rejoin his regiment the day of the wedding; he
never saw his wife again.
He was wounded on the Somme.
He died in No.2 Stationary hospital, Abbeville [22nd August 1916] (aged 22).
The Halifax Courier He was buried at Abbeville Communal Cemetery, France [Grave Ref V H 8]
He is remembered at Stoney Royd Cemetery,
and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He was killed during an incident near Robin Hood's grave at
Kirklees Park.
He worked for Joseph Nicholson and then John Nicholson at
J. & J. Nicholson for 18 years.
In 1884, he acquired the Nicholson's business.
In 1889, he moved to Exchange Works, Halifax
He was
a fruit salesman [1901] /
a greengrocer [1911] /
a horseman/ a salesman [before 1915] /
a wholesale purchaser [1921].
In 1902, he married Martha Jowett Carter [1880-1920].
Children:
During World War I,
he enlisted on short service attestation [1915] (age 35),
with the Royal Horse Artillery & Royal Field Artillery.
Martha died Q2 1920 (aged 40).
In 1921, he married Edith Justice [1891-19??].
Elsie Womersley was a witness to the marriage
Walter Fletcher died Q1 1950 (aged 70)
On 23rd January 1853, he married Elizabeth Barraclough at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
Though Elizabeth presents herself
as married, William seems absent from records for many
years.
Elizabeth (greengrocer) and Lydia Ann (silk reeler)
were living with Elizabeth's sister Mary Butterworth and family [1861, 1871, 1881]
Son of Benjamin Womersley.
He was
a carter [1861] /
a farmer of 12½ acres employing 1 man [1871] /
a farmer [1881] /
a farmer (employer) [1901].
He married Esther [1829-1899].
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1901] were grandchildren Beatrice Lupton
[b 1887] and John William Bentham [b 1887].
Members of the family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery
Born in Southowram.
He was a farm labourer
He died at 5 Binns Top, Southowram [11th April 1923] (aged 70).
He never married.
He was buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: F-Q3]
with his parents
Born in Hipperholme.
He was
a carpet printer [1871] /
a printer compositor [1881] /
a master printer [1891] /
a letterpress printer [1901] /
manager of letterpress & litho [1911].
On 11th January 1884, he married Celia Ann Dobson at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
He became Professor of Engineering at Peterhouse College Cambridge,
where he tutored
Christopher Cockrell,
the inventor of the hovercraft
Womersley, Mr Ref 243-39 Womersley, Mr Ref 243-2798
Womersley, Mr Ref 243-21
Sarah was born in Castleford
Womersley, Abraham Ref 243-10
Sarah Ann was born in Southowram, the daughter of John Fox
Emma was born in Southowram, the daughter of Jonah Broomhead
Womersley, Alfred Stanley Ref 243-201
Womersley, Arthur Ref 243-770
Lily was born in Halifax
Womersley, Benjamin Ref 243-430
Ann was born in Clifton
Womersley, Charles Ref 243-188
Zillah was born in Clifton
Womersley, Charles Ref 243-14
Sarah Ann was born in Marsden
Womersley, David Ref 243-16 Womersley, David Ref 243-721
Clara was the daughter of George Murgatroyd
Womersley, David Ref 243-20
Mary Hannah was born in Oldham
Womersley, David Glendenning Ref 243-7 
Womersley, Edgar Ref 243-24
Bessie was the daughter of Alfred Greenwood
Womersley, Edward Ref 243-6
Ann came from Scammonden
Womersley, Edwin Ref 243-8
Sarah was born in Southowram, the daughter of Margaret
& Thomas Holgate
Womersley, Eli Ref 243-15
Zilpah, of Eton Street, was the daughter of David Glendenning.
Adelaide was born in Shelf
Womersley, Ellen Ref 243-1293
one of the nymphs of the pave
Womersley, Empsall Fletcher Ref 243-3
Mary Ann was the daughter of Joseph Emsley
Womersley, Ernest Ref 243-13
Alice was the daughter of Joseph Broadbent
Womersley, Frederick Ref 243-12
Sarah was born in Salford.
Womersley, George Ref 243-4
Womersley, George Ref 243-22 Womersley, George Boyes Ref 243-2
Mary was born in Halifax
Womersley, Harry Ref 243-64
Alice was the daughter of Richard Brindle, landlord
of the Empress of India [1891, 1898]
Womersley, Harry Ref 243-701
Womersley, Herbert Ref 243-313 Womersley, Isaac Ref 243-3320
Womersley, Jacob Ref 243-2189
Womersley, James Ref 243-29 Womersley, James Ref 243-4902
Womersley, Joe Ref 243-632 Womersley, Joe Ref 243-28
Womersley, John Ref 243-1541
Womersley, John Ref 243-26
Mary was born in Hipperholme
Womersley, John Kirk Ref 243-2261 Womersley, John Lee Ref 243-27
Sarah, of Southowram, was the daughter of William
Green, delver
Womersley, Joseph Ref 243-1307 Womersley, Joseph Ref 243-9900
Womersley, Joseph Ref 243-1810 Womersley, Joseph Ref 243-785
Alice, of Elland, was born in Huddersfield, the daughter
of James Spencer, potter
Womersley, Joseph Clifford Ref 243-18 Womersley, Luke Ref 243-859
Sarah was born in Castleford
Luke, Ruth Ann, Sarah Elizabeth & Sarah
[Grave Ref O 6];
Harriet Ann [Grave Ref F 7];
George Boyes [Grave Ref E 3]
Womersley, Mary Ref 243-17 Womersley, Norman Ref 243-533
Mary was the daughter of Harry Turner
Womersley, Raymond Ref 243-766
Womersley, Robert Ref 243-1305 Womersley, Simeon Ref 243-9
Agnes was born in Tadcaster
Sybella was born in Brighouse, the daughter of John Womersley
Womersley, Thomas Edward Ref 243-19
Clara was the daughter of Thomas Jennings
Womersley, Tom Ref 243-827
Lily, of 40 Green Lane, Halifax, was the daughter of John
Steele, labourer
Womersley, Uriah Ref 243-W2210
Womersley, W. C. Ref 243-1337 Womersley, W. E. Ref 243-796 Womersley, Walter Fletcher Ref 243-5
Martha, of Painter's Court, Halifax, was the daughter of
Abraham Carter, mason
Edith, of Spring Farm, Warley Edge, was the daughter
of Henry Justice, labourer.
Womersley, William Ref 243-2660
Elizabeth was the daughter of Nathan Barraclough
Womersley, William Ref 243-191
Esther was born in Penistone / High Flats, Yorkshire
Womersley, William Ref 243-11
Womersley, William Carver Ref 243-23
Celia Ann was born in Elland, the daughter of Joseph Dobson
Womersley, William Dobson Ref 243-25
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George Redmonds writes that
John Womersley is recorded at Lightcliffe in 1672
There are
59
entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname Womersley,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
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