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Wade, MrRef 157-2673
[1???-18??]
He had a house and grocery shop in what became
Wade Street, Halifax [19th century].

In 18??, his servant girl heard a noise in the premises. She called Wade who apprehended the intruder. The felon was transported to Australia


Question: Can anyone tell me anything about the incident or the felon?

 

Wade, MrRef 157-1409
[17??-18??]
Of Accrington. Minister at
Pellon Lane Particular Baptist Church [1795]. He moved to Hull in 1799

Wade, AlbertRef 157-37
[1882-19??]
Son of
Joshua Wade.

When his father died [1928], Albert took over at the Crown Tavern, Halifax [1928-1957]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Wade, AmbroseRef 157-24
[1896-1918]
Of 11 Ovenden Wood Road, Pellon.

He was a promising musician / employed by Siddall & Hilton Limited.

During World War I, he enlisted with the Northumberland Fusiliers [1914], then he served as a Private with the 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry.

He died of wounds [5th June 1918] (aged 22).

He was buried at Marfaux British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref VII D 4].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Wade, AmeliaRef 157-40
[18??-1???]
In December 1850, she and
Martin McGuire were charged with burglary at Luigi Balerna's jewellers shop in Halifax.

She was convicted at York Assizes, 10 December 1850.

On 22nd April 1851, she was transported on the Aurora, arriving at Van Diemen's Land, on 10th August 1851

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Wade, AmosRef 157-11
[1882-1916]
Son of Mrs Margaret E. Wade of 6 Clara Street, Rastrick.

Born in Knottingley.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st/5th Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment.

He died 17th September 1916.

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 14A & 14B], and on Rastrick War Memorial

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham

Wade, AnthonyRef 157-406
[15??-16??]
Son of
Richard Wade.

Owned Peel House, Luddenden at the end of the 16th century

Wade, AnthonyRef 157-1187
[15??-1616]
Yeoman of King Cross.

Son of Henry Wade.

On 5th November 1590, he married Judith Foxcroft.


Judith was the daughter of Thomas Foxcroft
 

Children:

  1. Benjamin
  2. William [bapt 1595]
  3. Sarah [bapt 1596] who married John Hargreaves from  Leeds
  4. Judith [bapt 1598] who married [1620] Henry Power  Rector of Hemsworth, and Joseph Stocke
  5. Anthony [bapt 1599]
  6. Priscilla [bapt 1601] who married William Favour  from London
  7. Susan [bapt 1602] who married Dr Jenison from  Newcastle upon Tyne
  8. John
  9. Robert [bapt 1605] who died aged 7 days
  10. Richard [bapt 1607]
  11. Elizabeth who married [1614] Cotton Horne  [16??-1656] from Wakefield

Around 1604, he bought New Grange, Headingley from his brother-in-law Isaac Foxcroft

Wade, AnthonyRef 157-1191
[1636-1683]
Son of
John Wade.

He was Mayor of Leeds [1676].

He married Mary Moore.


Mary was the daughter of John Moore of Greenhead, Lancashire
 

Child: Benjamin

He was buried at Headingley

Wade, BenRef 157-12
[1915-1944]
He was educated at
Halifax Tech.

In [Q2] 1934, he married Frances Hallas in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Frances C. [b 1935]
  2. Marlene R. [b 1936]
  3. Lorraine [b 1938]

They lived at 26 Johnson Street, Halifax.

During World War II, he served as a Corporal with the Royal Army Service Corps.

He died 19th June 1944 (aged 29).

He was buried at Ranville War Cemetery, France [Grave Ref IA M 8]

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Wade, BenjaminRef 157-10
[1???-19??]

Recorded in 1927, when Secretary of the De Warren [No 1302] Masonic Lodge and living at the Masonic Hall, Blackwall, Halifax

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Wade, BenjaminRef 157-1189
[1591-1672]
JP.

Son of Anthony Wade.

Baptised in 1591.

He was a merchant / Mayor of Leeds [1663]

In 1619, he married Edith Shann [1595-1652].


Edith was the daughter of John Shann of Leeds
 

They had no children.

They lived at New Grange, Headingley.

Benjamin died 15th February 1672.

Heywood records


Mr Benjamin Wade at the Grange by Headenly, Justice of peace and alderman of Leeds aged about 80 upon Thursday Feb. 25 167½ being in his own house having several friends at dinner, and as well as he had been of many years, after he had sat with them at table, rose up, went and sat down in a chair and immediately faint away and dyed, drunk.

He had an estate of 400 a year and made no will, was buried on Monday following at Leeds

 

The couple were buried at Headingley

Wade, BenjaminRef 157-1194
[16??-17??]
Of Leeds.

Son of John Wade.

On 28th March 1703, he married Dorothy Jackson at York Minster.

Children:

  1. Mary
  2. Anne

Wade, BenjaminRef 157-781
[16??-1717]
Of
Peel House, Luddenden.

The Northowram Register records that he


was in Halifax Jan. 4. fell sick, stay'd at Mount Pellon, died next Morning Jan. 5. bur. Jan. 8
 

Wade, BenjaminRef 157-1193
[1665-1???]
Son of
Anthony Wade.

Of New Grange, Headingley.

He married Ann Calverley


Ann was the daughter of Walter Calverley of Calverley
 

Wade, BenjaminRef 157-56
[1841-1926]
Son of
Thomas Wade.

Born in Ovenden.

He was a stone dresser [1871] / a stone mason [1881] / a store keeper (co-operative society) [1891] / a warehouseman (worsted coating) [1901] / a poultry keeper & dealer in new laid eggs [1911] / a retired manager (burling & mending) with [1921].

In [Q3] 1863, he married Rachel Jackson [1844-1910] in Manchester.


Rachel was born in Manchester
 

Children:

  1. Arthur William [b 1867] who was a worsted spinner [1881]
  2. Alice [b 1868] who was a worsted spinner [1881]
  3. Ernest [b 1871] who was a worsted spinner [1881]
  4. Wilfred Travellion [b 1872] who was a stone quarryman  [1891]
  5. Sarah Hannah [b 1874] who was a worsted twister [1891], a  worsted coating mender [1901] & married William Smith [b   Bradford 1869] (wool warehouseman) 
  6. Thomas [b 1877] who was a brush maker's apprentice  [1891], a warehouseman (worsted coating) [1901]
  7. Angela [b 1878] who was a worsted coating mender [1901],  a burler & mender [1911], a burler & mender with Thackrey &  Company at Commercial Street, Bradford [1921]

They lived at

  • Oldfield, Warley (living next door to Benjamin's parents)   [1871]
  • Folly Hall, Warley [1881]
  • Lower Slack, Warley [1891]
  • 16 Miall Street, Bradford [1901]
  • 485 Allerton Road, Allerton, Bradford [1911]
  • 485 Allerton Road, Allerton, Bradford (Benjamin &  Angela living together) [1921]

Living with them [in 1891] was granddaughter Beatrice L. Wade [b N.S.W. Australia 1889].

Rachel died 2nd July 1910 (aged 66).

Benjamin died 18th July 1926 (aged 85).

The couple were buried at Mount Pleasant Methodist Church, Wainstalls with Benjamin's parents

Wade, BenjaminRef 157-19
[1865-1947]
Son of Andrew Wade, labourer.

Born in Farsley / Calverley.

He was a warping overlooker of Farsley [1887] / a warping overlooker of Stanningley [1889] / an assistant wool overlooker [1891] / an engineer's cashier [1901] / Secretary of Campbell's (mechanical engineering company) [1911].

In 1887, he married (1) Edith Bleek [1866-1???] at St Peter's Church, Leeds.


Edith, of Stanningley, was the daughter of George Bleek, farmer
 

Child: 1. Harold [b 3rd January 1889; bapt 24th February 1889] who was a boarder in Sydney Street, Calverley with Farsley (with the Baggalay family) [1891] & a railway company labourer [1911].

Edith died in childbirth in Bramley [1889] (aged 23).

In 1894, he married (2) Sarah Elizabeth Mitchell [1870-1910] in Halifax.


Sarah was born in Pellon
 

Children:

  1. Mary [b 1895] who was a florist shop assistant [1911]
  2. John Chapman [1896-1963]
  3. William Ewart Gladstone
  4. Vera [b 1901]
  5. James Mitchell
  6. Walter Keighley
  7. Bertha [b 1908]

The children were born in Halifax.

Sarah Elizabeth died in Halifax in 1910 (aged 40).

It is said that


Sarah Elizabeth died from typhoid fever, and that she caught this when they were staying in a house in the Mill Bank area of Halifax. where the stream/river flowed under the houses
 

They lived at

  • 5 High Bank Street, Calverley with Farsley, Bradford [1891]
  • 20 Beckenham Place, Halifax [1901]
  • 173 Spring Hall Lane, Halifax [1911]
  • 166 Gibbet Street, Halifax [1947]

Living with Benjamin [in 1891] were his siblings: Anis Wade [b 1868] (worsted weaver), James W. Wade [b 1874] (wool twister), and Casilla Wade [b 1877] (worsted piecer).

They lived at 173 Spring Hall Lane, Halifax [1947].

Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Pellon

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley, Glynn Helliwell & David Wade

Wade, BrianRef 157-1179
[1???-1???]
Son of
William Wade.

He married Unknown.

Child: William

Wade, CharlesRef 157-1540
[1876-1959]
Son of
Edwin Wade.

He was a manufacturer at Dunkirk Mills, Halifax.

In [Q3] 1907, he married Ellen King in Eltham, Kent.


Ellen was the daughter of John King
 

Children:

  1. Madeleine Grace [b 1909] who married Alan Bancroft
  2. Winifred [b 1911] who married Fred Hargreaves

They lived at

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Wade, David TathamRef 157-1340
[1873-1951]
Landlord of the
New Delight, Wainstalls [1917].

In [Q2] 1897, he married Clara Ann Skelton [1872-1950] in Halifax.


Clara Ann was the daughter of Joseph Skelton
 

Clara Ann died 19th March 1950 (aged 77).

David died 11th February 1951 (aged 78).

The couple were buried at Mount Pleasant Methodist Church, Wainstalls with Enoch Naylor

Wade, EdwardRef 157-754
[14??-1???]
Of Sowerby.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Margaret

Wade, EdwinRef 157-1277
[1845-1881]
Son of
Joseph Wade.

He and his brother Josiah were involved in many local printing ventures, including their Arab printing machine.

On 31st March 1868, he married Grace Mitchell [1844-1892].


Grace came from Brearley
 

Children:

  1. John Arthur [1869-1951]
  2. Sarah Ellen [1870-1950]
  3. Ernest [1872-1874]
  4. Frank [1872-1944]
  5. Charles
  6. Hilda [1878-1879]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Rachel Agourakis & Louise Jennings

Wade, ElkanahRef 157-39
[1835-1909]
Son of
John Wade.

Born in Ovenden.

He was a wool comber [1851] / a farmer of 17 acres [1881] / a milk dealer [1881] / a retired farmer [1891, 1901].

In [Q2] 1872, he married Sarah Ann [1839-1907] in Halifax.


Sarah Ann was born in Halifax, the daughter of John Whitehead [b 1811] (agricultural labourer 1881), and widow of Thomas Marsden.

She had a daughter by her first marriage: Lilly Marsden [b 1864] who was a dress maker [1891]

 

They lived at

  • Trough, Warley [1881]
  • 7 Queens Road, Halifax [1891]
  • 5 Spring Edge, Halifax [1901]

Sarah Ann died 21st August 1907 (aged 68).

Elkanah died 14th January 1909 (aged 73).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1699] with Thomas Marsden

Wade, FredRef 157-223
[1889-1943]
Son of
William Wade.

He worked for Greenwood's bookshop.

In 1926, he left and established his own Wade's Bookshop.

In [Q2] 1918, he married Winifred Ann Bainbridge in Halifax.

After his death, the business was taken over by his daughter, Mrs Jennifer Pell. She ran the business for 53 years.

In July 2013, then in her eighties, she decided to retire and close the business

This & associated entries use material contributed by Susan Martin, Mrs Jennifer Pell & Robert Wade

Wade, Frederick AlbertRef 157-20
[1895-1915]
Born in Huddersfield.

Baptised at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge [23rd July 1902].

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

He died 19th December 1915.

He was buried at Talana Farm Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref III H 4].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham

Wade, Frederick HenryRef 157-58
[1879-1970]
Son of
John Edward Wade.

He was landlord of the New Inn, Soyland [1936-1937]

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Wade, GeorgeRef 157-41
[1825-1891]

He married Kezia Caroline [1837-1902].

Children:

  1. Lucy Emma [1865-16th June 1942]
  2. John [1869-3rd September 1954]
  3. Kezia [August 1872-13th July 1873]

George died 22nd June 1891 (aged 66).

Kezia Caroline died 6th June 1902 (aged 65).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4045]

Wade, George HenryRef 157-53
[1860-1948]
Son of
John Wade.

Born in Halifax [7th May 1860].

He was a clerk to a cotton spinner [1881] / a cotton doubler [1891, 1893] / a cotton spinner [1901] / a fancy cotton manufacturer (employer) [1921] / a master textile machinist [1939].

In [Q3] 1889, he married Sarah Elizabeth Keen [1866-1???] in Halifax.


Sarah was born in Empingham, Rutland [21st May 1866]
 

Children:

  1. Claude Stanley [b 1890] who was a mechanic [1911]
  2. Philip Raymond [1891-2nd February 1893] who was buried at  Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1868]
  3. Dora Edith [b 1893]
  4. Winifred Louise [b 1894]
  5. Henry Valentine [b 1898] who was a manager with A.  Willan & Company, cotton manufacturer [1921]
  6. Phyllis Keen [b 1902]
  7. Charles Theodore [b 1904] who was a assistant cotton  mender [1921]

The family lived at

  • 19 Kingsley Place, Halifax [1891]
  • Balmgate House, Liversedge [1901]
  • 2 Thornton Lodge Road, Huddersfield [1921]
  • 33 Stile Common, Huddersfield [1939]

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Wade, Gordon StaffordRef 157-14
[1916-1945]
Son of
Hubert Henry Wade.

He was educated at Heath Grammar School & Rishworth School / a member of Old Rishworthian RUFC / a member of Halifax Swimming Club.

During World War II, he served as a Lieutenant with the 591st Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers.

He served in India & Burma, and survived typhoid fever. He served in Palestine (where he gained his para wings), and in Italy.

He was killed in Belgium [17th January 1945] (aged 29).

He was buried at Hotton War Cemetery, Luxembourg [Grave Ref XII A 3].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on Heath Grammar School Memorial Gates, and on the Memorial at Rishworth School

Wade, HenryRef 157-1186
[15??-1605]
Of King Cross.

Son of Robert Wade.

He married Elizabeth Ramsden [d 1600].

Children:

  1. Anthony
  2. William
  3. Susan
  4. Judith who married Robert Deane
  5. Mary who married Edward Longbotham of Longbotham

He was buried at Halifax Parish Church

Wade, Hubert HenryRef 157-25
[1894-19??]

In [Q1] 1915, he married Maude Muriel Firth [18??-19??] in Halifax.

Child: Gordon Stafford

They lived at 4 Coleridge Street, Halifax

Wade, JamesRef 157-55
[18??-1???]
He was a tailor [1860].

He married Ellen [1837-1???].

Children:

  1. Mary Ann [b 1860] who married John Jackson
  2. James E. (Wade) [b 1862]
  3. Isabella (Taylor) [b 1865] who was a cotton weaver [1881]

They lived at 3 High Street, Todmorden [1881].

Ellen was a widow by 1881.

Living with the family [in 1881] were daughter Mary Ann, her husband John Jackson & son James William Jackson

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Wade, JamesRef 157-23
[1826-1870]
Son of
William Wade.

He was a potter [1849, 1851, 1871].

In 1849, he married Nanny Riley at Halifax Parish Church Children:

  1. Sarah
  2. Samuel
  3. Betty
  4. Ann
  5. Mary
  6. Riley
  7. James
  8. Lavinia
  9. Robinson
  10. Jane
  11. Tom
  12. Eliza

They lived at Bradshaw Lane [1871].

James died [1870s] and the pottery closed.

In 1881, the widowed Nanny & 9 of her children were living at Clayton

This & associated entries use material contributed by Steve Barker & Robert Wade

Wade, James AlbertRef 157-29
[1871-1927]
Born in Halifax.

In [Q4] 1894, he married Catherine Swan [1872-1936] in Halifax.


Catherine was born in Sandbach, Cheshire
 

Children:

  1. Nellie Alice [b 1898]

They lived at 8 Byron Street, Halifax [1927, 1936].

James Albert died in Halifax [Q2 1927].

Catherine died in Halifax [Q3 1936] (aged 64).

The couple were buried at Christ Church, Pellon

Wade, James MitchellRef 157-44
[1903-1971]
Son of
Benjamin Wade.

He went into partnership with his brother Walter as Wades (Metal Spinners) Limited.

James was commercial & financial director and Walter was technical director

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Wade, JohnRef 157-1192
[16??-16??]
Son of
John Wade.

In 1666, he married Hannah Milner.


Hannah was the daughter of John Milner
 

Child: Benjamin

Wade, JohnRef 157-1190
[1603-1645]
Of King Cross.

Son of Anthony Wade.

In 1629, he married Mary Waterhouse.


Mary was the daughter of Anthony Waterhouse of Woodhouse
 

Children:

  1. Benjamin who died unmarried
  2. Anthony
  3. John
  4. Judith [bapt 1623]

Wade, JohnRef 157-42
[1799-1868]
Born in Warley.

He was a wood turner [1851].

He married Frances (Fanny) [1800-1872].


Fanny was born in Sowerby
 

Children:

  1. George [b 1826]
  2. Richard [b 1828]
  3. Mary [b 1831]
  4. John [1835-1913] who was a worsted warp sizer [1851] &  was buried with his parents
  5. Frances [b 1837]
  6. Grace [b 1841]

They lived at

  • Gibbet Street, Halifax [1841]
  • 1 Gibbet Street, Halifax [1851]

John died 13th August 1868 (aged 69).

Fanny died 22nd December 1872 (aged 72).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2633] with Selina Helliwell [1840-4th November 1890]


Question: Does anyone know whether Selina Helliwell was related to the Wade family?

 

Wade, JohnRef 157-31
[18??-1???]

He married Grace.

Children:

  1. Robert
  2. Joshua

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Wade, JohnRef 157-6
[18??-18??]
Of Todmorden.

He was a chemist & druggist [1850].

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Sarah Jane [1846-1850]

On 26th September 1850, daughter Sarah Jane was playing by the side of the canal, when she fell in. She was quickly rescued, but she did not survive

Wade, JohnRef 157-59
[1801-18??]
Born in Ovenden.

He was a hand loom weaver (worsted) [1851].

He married Mary Titterington.


Mary was the daughter of
Samuel Titterington
 

Children:

  1. Sarah [b 1822] who was a power loom weaver (worsted)   [1851]
  2. John [b 1824] who was a wool comber [1851]
  3. Mary [b 1831] who was a hand loom weaver (worsted) [1851]
  4. Elkanah

They lived at Lee House, Ovenden Wood [1851].

On 21st June 1856, records show John Wade taking ownership of Samuel Titterington's Brock Top Farm, Mount Tabor.

When Mary died [6th September 1870], she left the property to children John, Sarah and Elkanah. On 26th August 1878, they sold the property to John Naylor for £650.00

Living with him [in 1851] was his mother Sarah Wade [b 1771] (living on parish relief) 

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Wade, JohnRef 157-46
[1816-1889]
Son of
Susannah Wade; father unknown

Born in Ovenden.

He was a weaver [1839].

On 20th October 1839, he married Grace Sheard [1821-1899] in Halifax.


Grace was born in Ovenden
 

Children:

  1. Charles [1841-1848]
  2. Mary [1843-1851]
  3. William [1846-1873]
  4. Susannah [1849-1915]
  5. Sarah Ellen [1852-1858]
  6. Clara [1854-1926]
  7. John [1857-1910]
  8. Paulina [1860-1949]
  9. Charles [1862-1922]

John died at Lee Bank [14th January 1889].

Grace died in Ovenden [12th February 1899].

All the family were buried at Illingworth Church

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Wade, JohnRef 157-33
[1820-1???]
Born in Wadsworth.

He was a hand loom weaver (worsted) [1851] / a carpet weaver [1861].

In [Q2] 1844, he married Hannah Fawthrop [1821-1???] in Halifax.


Hannah was born in Midgley.

She was a hand loom weaver (worsted) [1851]

 

Children:

  1. Susannah [b 1846] who was a worsted spinner [1861]
  2. Metellus
  3. Sam [b 1856]
  4. Emma Jane [b 1857]

The family lived at Wainstalls Mill [1851, 1861]

Wade, JohnRef 157-17
[1830-1905]
Son of
William Wade.

Born 19th February 1830.


Question: Is he the same person as Mr Wade [1???-18??]?

 

He was a grocer's assistant [1861, 1871] / a grocer's manager [1881] / a grocer [1891] / a grocer with a shop at 14 Union Street, Halifax.

In [Q1] 1853, he married Susan Bentley [1831-1913] in Halifax.


Susan was born in Huddersfield
 

Children:

  1. Walter [1854-1934] who was a grocer's apprentice [1871],  a cab proprietor [1881]
  2. John Edward [1856-1932] who was a printer's apprentice  [1871], a printer's compositor [1881]
  3. Mary Elizabeth [1858-1938] who was a dressmaker [1881]
  4. George Henry
  5. Hannah Jane [1862-1870]
  6. Fred [1864-1865]
  7. Edith Bentley [1866-1944] who was a music teacher [1891]
  8. Louisa [1869-1937] who was a draper's assistant [1891,  1901] & married William Marshall
  9. Fred [1873-1877]
  10. Amy [1874-1877]

They lived at 5 Union Street South, Halifax [1871, 1881, 1891, 1901].

John died 25th May 1905 (aged 75).

Susan died 7th February 1913 (aged 82).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1432]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Robert Wade

Wade, JohnRef 157-270
[1845-1908]
In [Q2] 1867, he married Hannah Turner in Halifax.


Hannah was the daughter of
James Turner
 

They lived at 2 Winterburn Hill, Warley [1871]

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Wade, JohnRef 157-51
[1893-1988]
Son of
John Edward Wade.

He married Jane Crompton.

Child: Leonard Walker [1915-1917] who was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1868]

Wade, John ArthurRef 157-54
[1869-1951]
Born in Hebden Bridge [27th June 1869].

He was an assistant manager in printing machine works [1901, 1911] / a manager in printing machine works (retired) [1939].

In [Q3] 1899, he married Emma Crabtree [1870-1963] in Halifax.


Emma was born in Halifax [19th November 1870]
 

Children:

  1. child who died young [before 1911]
  2. Edwin [b 1903]
  3. George [b 1905]
  4. Ida [b 25th June 1908] who married Arthur Vernon Kergon

The family lived at

  • 3 West Grove Terrace, Halifax [1901]
  • 20 Rhodes Street, Halifax [1911, 1939]

John died in Halifax [Q1 1951] (aged 82).

Emma died in Halifax [Q3 1963] (aged 92) 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Robert Wade

Wade, John EdwardRef 157-38
[1856-1932]
Born in Halifax [16th February 1856].

He was landlord of the Prince of Orange, Shelf [1915-1932].

In [Q3] 1876, he married Susannah Eva Hannaford [1856-1939] in Halifax.


Susannah was born in Halifax [20th September 1856], the daughter of William Frederick Hannaford, compositor
 

Children:

  1. Herbert Edward [1877-1930]
  2. Frederick Henry
  3. William Evelyn [1881-1946]
  4. Marion Amy [1883-1970]
  5. Gertrude Hannaford [1886-31st March 1905]
  6. Charles Harold who died 9th November 1888 (aged 5 months)   
  7. Bessie [1890-1975]
  8. John
  9. Leonard

The children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1868] with their grandfather William Frederick Hannaford [1832-1905].

John Edward died at the Prince of Orange [29th September 1932]

Susannah died in Clayton [25th December 1939].

The couple were buried at St Michael & All Angels Church, Shelf

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell & Robert Wade

Wade, John RobertRef 157-16
[1873-1911]
Born in Low Moor.

He was a stone mason [1897].

On 21st March 1897, he married Clara Moor [1873-1950] in Bradford.


Clara was born in Queensbury
 

Child: Thomas

They lived at 22 Spring Garden Street, Queensbury [1911]

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Wade, John StuartRef 157-269
[1875-19??]
Son of
William Wade.

In [Q1] 1899, he married Florence Kitson in Halifax.


Florence, of the Albion Hotel, Northowram, was the daughter of Thomas Kitson, butcher
 

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Wade, JonathanRef 157-21
[1809-1867]
Born in Warley.

He was a power loom overlooker [1851] / landlord of the Shoulder of Mutton, Mount Tabor [1861, 1864].

On 26th December 1831, he married (1) Hannah Hooson [1811-1858] in Halifax.


Hannah was born in Ovenden
 

Children:

  1. Sarah Ann [b 1832] who was a card lacer [1851]
  2. Martha Jane [b 1839] who was a ??mish maker [1851]
  3. Grace [b 1844] who was a power loom weaver [1861]
  4. John [b 1846] who was an apprentice grinder [1861]
  5. Mary [b 1849] who was a worsted factory worker [1861]
  6. Arthur [b 1857]

Hannah died in Halifax [Q2 1858].

In [Q2] 1859, he married (2) Susannah Butterworth [1826-1???] in Halifax


Susannah was born in Ovenden
 

Child: 7. Elizabeth [b 1860]

The family lived at

  • Mixenden Mill, Halifax [1851]
  • The Shoulder of Mutton, Mount Tabor [1861, 1864, 1871]

Living with them [in 1861] was son-in-law Fred Butterworth [b  1857].

Jonathan died Q1 1867 (aged 58).

Susannah took over at the Shoulder of Mutton [1871].

Susannah died at Osborne Terrace, Luddendenfoot [31st December 1898] (aged 73) 

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Wade, JosephRef 157-2154
[1809-1847]
Of Heptonstall.

He was a worsted spinner [1841].

On 15th September 1831, he married Hannah Whitaker [1811-1873] at Heptonstall Church.


Hannah was widowed & a bread baker [1851]
 

Children:

  1. William [b 1832]
  2. Sarah [1834-1899] who was a fustian cutter [1851]
  3. Stephen [b 1837]
  4. John [1840-1858] who was a bobbin doffer [1851]
  5. Josiah
  6. Edwin

They lived at 8 Machpelah, Hebden Bridge [1841, 1851]

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Wade, JosephRef 157-36
[1839-19??]
Born in Halifax.

He was a cart driver [1861] / a waggoner [1871] / a stone leader [1891] / landlord of the Waggoners' Rest, Mount Tabor [1891] / a stone waggoner (carrier) [1901].

In [Q2] 1860, he married Martha Stewart [1839-19??] in Halifax.


Martha was born in Halifax, the daughter of Michael Stewart
 

Children:

  1. Emma [b 1858] who was a worsted spinner [1871]
  2. Richard [b 1860]

They lived at

  • South Edge End, Warley [1861]
  • Ramsden Wood, Ovenden [1871]
  • Lower Binns, Luddenden [1901]

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Wade, JoshuaRef 157-209
[1854-1928]
Son of
John Wade.

Born in Ovenden.

He was a curator [1876] / beerseller at the Crown Tavern, Halifax [1910-1928].

On 16th December 1876, he married Ann Simpson [1855-1929] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Sam Wade
  2. Albert
  3. John [b 1884]
  4. Fred [b 1887]
  5. Edith [b 1889]
  6. Sarah H. [b 1891]
  7. Annie [b 1898]

Joshua died at the Crown Tavern [26th October 1928].

After his death, son Albert took over at the Crown Tavern.

Ann died at the Crown Tavern in 1929

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Wade, JosiahRef 157-217
[1842-1908]
Son of
Joseph Wade.

Born in Hebden Bridge.

He was a bobbin doffer [1851].

In 1858, Josiah and his brother John began to work for Daniel Jones Crossley, making horse rugs for the export market. The Wade & Crossley families were neighbours at Machpelah, Hebden Bridge [1850s]/

John was killed by lightning at Crossley's factory, and Josiah left to work for Charles Horner, watch-maker at Hebden Bridge [around 1858].

In 1862, Josiah opened a shop, offering printing services in Hebden Bridge.

He and his brother Edwin went on to establish a printing business and then expanded into the manufacture of printing machinery.

They also produced an eyeletting machine for punching holes (in paper) and reinforcing this with a metal ring.

They published the Hebden Chronicle.

Their Arab printing machine was used throughout the world.

In 1867, he moved to Halifax, where he continued developing and producing the eyeletting & labelling machines.

In 1891, he became a councillor for Halifax. As a councillor, he was associated with the Walshaw Dean Reservoir, Ogden Reservoir & St Luke's Hospital. He was Mayor of Halifax [1902-1904].

On 1st February 1896, he gave Hebden Bridge its first ambulance. The horse-drawn vehicle was replaced by a motor ambulance in 1924

In [Q2] 1871, he married Nicholas Aitken Thomson [1845-1926] in Wharfedale District.


Nicholas (a girl's name in 19th century Scotland) came from Dumfries, Scotland.

In the 1901 census, she is recorded as Elizabeth

 

They had no children.

They lived at

Josiah died of heart failure [13th February 1908].

See St John's Ambulance Brigade, Hebden Bridge

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Wade, LeonardRef 157-52
[1895-1929]
Son of
John Edward Wade.

Born 12th January 1895.

He married Lily Hopkinson [1895-1985].


Lily was born 25th February 1895
 

Child: Frederick who died 31st October 1919 (aged 3 months) & was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1868]

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Wade, MargaretRef 157-753
[15??-1???]
Daughter of
Robert Wade.

She married (1) Edward Farrer.

She married (2) John Hanson

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Wade, MatthewRef 157-8
[18??-18??]
Of Midgley.

He was a policeman in Halifax / a wool sorter [1861].

On 28th April 1861, he was one of a group drinking at the T' Cat i' th' Well, Luddenden Dean, and a quarrel broke out. When he left the pub around 11:00 pm, he and James Calvert began wrestling, during the course of which Calvert broke his leg. Knowing of the injury, Wade kicked the limb, and mortification set in.

Calvert died 5th May 1861.

The Coroner's Jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Wade, and he was committed to York for trial at the Assizes.

At the Yorkshire Summer Assizes [July 1861], the prosecution declined to offer any evidence against Wade, and the case was discharged

Wade, MatthewRef 157-9
[1880-1916]

In [Q2] 1902, he married Alice Horsfield in Halifax.

They lived at Mathroyd, Granny Hall Lane, Brighouse.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died 17th July 1916 (aged 36).

He was buried at Brighouse Cemetery [E C 455].

He is remembered on Brighouse War Memorial

Wade, MetellusRef 157-32
[1848-1929]
Son of
John Wade.

Born in Warley/Wainstalls.

He was a tailor [1871, 1881] / a master tailor [1891] / a tailor [1901].

In [Q3] 1870, he married Elizabeth Ann Hall [1849-1903] in Halifax.


Elizabeth Ann came from Sowerby.

She was a milliner [1871] / a milliner (employing 1) [1881]

 

They had no children.

Elizabeth Ann died in Halifax [Q1 1903] (aged 53).

In [Q3] 1909, Metellus married (2) Maria Feather [1850-1926] in Halifax.


Maria was born in Stainland [Q3 1950], and had been employed as a domestic servant with Elizabeth Ann & Metellus in 1901
 

They lived at

  • Chapel Street, Tuel Lane, Warley [1871]
  • Town Hall Street, Sowerby Bridge [1881]
  • 21 Sowerby Street, Sowerby Bridge [1891]
  • 49 Sowerby Street, Sowerby Bridge [1901]

Living with them [in 1881, 1891] was niece Sarah Hannah Shaw [b 1872] (apprentice tailoress 1891), and [in 1891] visitor Mary Edith Gertrude Shaw [b 1884].

Maria died in Halifax [Q2 1926] (aged 75) 

Metellus died in Rochdale [Q1 1929] (aged 80) 

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Wade, Michael JohnRef 157-5
[1945-2015]
Son of Marjorie & Walter Wade.

He was Financial Director at Wade's (Halifax) Limited

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Wade, Michael JosephRef 157-W1982
[1845-1???]
A clerk. He had served 4 years' penal servitude for robbery from the Irish Court of Chancery.

In 1866, he was charged with burglary at the temperance hotel kept by Grace Fielden at Todmorden – could this be Fielden Temperance Hotel & Coffee Tavern?

Whilst he was being held at Hebden Bridge lockup he wrote a long poem describing the temptation which led him to commit the robbery.

At his trial, he told the jury that he was subject to fits of temporary insanity.

When the jury returned a verdict of Guilty, he handed another poem to the judge. The judge said that

it was painful to see a young man imbued with superior talent in such a position

He was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour. Wade asked the judge

Will you all me pen, ink and paper in prison?

to which he was told

I have nothing to do with that. It will have to be determined by the prison regulation

Wade, NeilRef 157-880
[19??-19??]
Organist at Halifax Parish Church [1965-1968]

Wade, RalphRef 157-433
[1910-2003]
Brighouse-born writer. Despite aspirations to be writer, he started work at a Brighouse fruiterer. He joined a writers' circle in Huddersfield and help set up another in Brighouse. During World War II, he sent a series of articles to the
Brighouse Echo.

In 1958, he began to write under the pen-name Rowan.

From November 1976 until 1985, he wrote a weekly local-history column – entitled Those were the days and Random Comments – for the Brighouse Echo. Some of the articles were published by the Brighouse Echo in 2 slim volumes entitled Those were the days [1979]

Wade, Raymond ListerRef 157-13
[1923-1944]
Son of Martha & Clifford Wade of 3 Golf Avenue, Halifax.

He was educated at Warley Road School, Halifax Secondary Modern School & Halifax Tech / a member of Highroad Well Boys Brigade.

During World War II, he served as a Flight Sergeant with the Royal Air Force.

He was 19th out of 1800 in the RAF entrance examination.

In 1942, he volunteered for flying duties, and trained as a navigator in South Africa.

He died 17th June 1944 (aged 21).

He was buried at Warley Congregational Church [O 59].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Saint John the Evangelist, Warley, and on the Memorial at Providence Congregational Church, Ovenden

Wade, RichardRef 157-1184
[15??-15??]
Yeoman of Sowerby.

Son of Robert Wade.

On 18th June 1555, he married Agnes Farrer.

Children:

  1. Samuel
  2. Anthony
  3. Susan
  4. Sarah
  5. Mary who married Thomas

Wade, RichardRef 157-431
[15??-16??]
Son of
Samuel Wade.

He carried on the family feud with his uncle, Michael Foxcroft.

He died at the age of 21. His son, Samuel Wade, carried on the dispute

Wade, RichardRef 157-286
[16??-1666]
Son of
Samuel Wade.

High Bentley Hall, Shelf passed to Richard who rebuilt the house in stone.

The lintel on an entrance doorway and plasterwork over the Hall fireplace are inscribed

RW IW 1661

for Richard and his wife Jane.

Child: son who inherited High Bentley

In 1665, he paid hearth tax for 4 hearths at the Hall, and also for one more hearth at a new erection.

After Richard's death, Jane married George Boyle

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Wade, RobertRef 157-1178
[15??-15??]
Of King Cross.

Son of William Wade.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Robert
  2. Christabel [b 1539] who married Thomas Hopkinson
  3. Alice who married Henry Bannester
  4. Isabel [bapt 1542] who married Richard Waterhouse
  5. Richard
  6. Henry
  7. John
  8. Izabell
  9. Margaret

Wade, RobertRef 157-1181
[15??-1594]
Of
Field House, Sowerby.

Son of Robert Wade.

He married a widow, Margaret Maude

Child: Margaret

Wade, RobertRef 157-964
[15??-16??]
Of Ball Green, Sowerby.

Son of William Wade.

Baptised at Halifax [4th April 1591].

He left £10 for the poor of Sowerby, and £4 per year for 80 years to be given to the poor of Sowerby and

4 other honest men of the same town

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Wade, RobertRef 157-30
[1817-18??]
Son of
John Wade.

Born in Halifax.

He was a carpet weaver [1881].

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Mary Ann [b Halifax 1870] who was a worsted coating  weaver [1891]
  2. Arthur Robert [b Boston USA 1875] a boiler rivetter  [1891], a boiler maker [1901]
  3. Stamper Plaskett

They lived at

  • 8 Cobden Street, Halifax [1881, 1891]
  • 75 Cressy Road, Portsmouth [1901]

He was a widower [1881] and disappears from the census after 1881

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Wade, SamRef 157-208
[1878-19??]
Son of
Joshua Wade.

Born in Mixenden.

He was landlord of the Siddal Tavern [1908, 1911] / publican at the Prince of Wales, West Vale [1911] / landlord of the Britannia Inn, Halifax [1912, 1914] / landlord of the Swan Bank Tavern, Halifax [1916, 1931]

In 1881, he married Alice Greenwood Flather in Halifax.


Alice was born in Siddal
 

Child: Nellie [b 1904] who was a cotton winder [1921]

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Wade, SamuelRef 157-432
[1???-16??]
Son of
Richard Wade.

He carried on the dispute between his family and Michael Foxcroft.

He inherited Quickstavers, and lived there until around 1633

Wade, SamuelRef 157-49
[1???-16??]
Recorded at
High Bentley, Shelf in 1635.

He married Grace.

Child: Richard

See The Wade family of High Bentley and Judith Wadsworth

Wade, SamuelRef 157-W430
[15??-1596]
He lived at
Quickstavers. He bought Roebucks, Warley and land at Crawood.

The Foldout presents describes the feud between Wade and Michael Foxcroft which resulted in Wade's death.

He was buried in Halifax on 16th April 1596.

His son, Richard Wade, carried on the dispute

Wade, SamuelRef 157-1185
[1570-1???]
Yeoman of
Quickstavers.

Son of Richard Wade.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Robert

Wade, SpeedRef 157-7100
[1810-1862]
Of Norwood Green.

He married Mary Ann [1811-1881].

Children:

  1. Elizabeth [1834-1854]
  2. Samuel Highley [1835-1900]
  3. (possibly) Ellen [1847-1902]
  4. Henry [1849-1870]

Members of the family were buried at Mount Zion Chapel, Lightcliffe

Wade, Stamper PlaskettRef 157-26
[1877-1914]
Known as Stanny.

Son of Robert Wade.

Born in Boston, USA.

He was a member of Lee Mount RFC / a boiler tenter's assistant [1891] / an apprentice with Hartley & Sugden Limited / an engine room artificer of 9 Nelson Road, Portsmouth [1899] / chief engine room artificer [1911].

On 20th May 1899, he married Sarah Ellen Redman [1876-1???] at St George's Church, Lee Mount.


Sarah Ellen, of 2 Crossley Terrace, Ovenden, was the daughter of Alfred Redman, blacksmith
 

Children:

  1. Stanley Arthur [b 1903]
  2. Louris [b 1907]

They lived at 99 Cardiff Road, North End, Portsmouth [1911]

During World War I, he served as a Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class with the Royal Navy aboard the cruiser HMS Good Hope.

He was killed in action [1st November 1914].

when his ship sank with all hands off the coast of Chile at the Battle of Coronel.

He is remembered on the Plymouth Naval Memorial [Grave Ref 3], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

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Wade, StuartRef 157-1
[1971-] Halifax-born actor who has appeared with the Thespians. He went on to star as Biff in Yorkshire Television's Emmerdale soap opera. He is the brother of Daniel Coll.

In 2000, he married the actress Tonicha Jeronimo who also appeared in Emmerdale.

Children:

  1. Lorcan

The couple have appeared in many drama productions. He lives in Brighouse.

Wade, SusannahRef 157-45
[1791-1847]
Born in Ovenden.

She had a son John Wade [b 1816]; father unknown.

On 17th February 1817, Susannah married James Midgley in Halifax.

Susannah died at Lee Bank, Halifax [13th June 1847].

James died in Halifax [24th October 1858].

The couple were buried at Illingworth Church

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Wade, SybilRef 157-804
[1532-1573]
Or Cibella. Of Halifax.

She married George Fairbanks

Wade, ThomasRef 157-5590
[1818-1889]
Born in Warley.

He was a woolcomber [1851] / a stone dealer [1861] / a farmer [1871] / a farmer of 20 acres [1991].

In [Q4] 1839, he married Sarah Greenwood [1812-1893] in Halifax.


Sarah was born in Ovenden [12th July 1812].

She was a worsted weaver [1861]

 

Children:

  1. Benjamin
  2. William
  3. Thomas [b 1853] who was a worsted spinner [1861], a stone  dresser [1871]

The family lived at

  • Wrigley's Buildings, Mount Tabor, Halifax [1851]
  • Jowler, Warley [1861]
  • Oldfield, Warley (son Benjamin living next door) [1871]
  • Oldfield, Warley (son William living next door) [1881]
  • Greenroyd, Ovenden [1889]
  • Heath Hill, Ovenden (widowed Sarah living with son  William & family) [1891]

Thomas died 26th November 1889 (aged 71) 

Sarah died 16th April 1893 (aged 80) 

The couple were buried at Mount Pleasant Methodist Church, Wainstalls

Wade, ThomasRef 157-35
[1821-1895]
Born in Ovenden.

He married Rebecca Wright [1832-1868].


Rebecca was born in Haworth [17th June 1832], the daughter of Robert Wright.

She was baptised at Haworth by Rev Patrick Brontë

 

Child: William

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Wade, ThomasRef 157-28
[1851-1914]
Of 2 Trimmingham Villas, Warley Road, Halifax.

Born in Mount Tabor.

He was a member of King Cross Wesleyan Chapel, Halifax / cashier at J. M. Howson & Company.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. son

Thomas died 8th April 1914 (aged 63).

He was buried at Mount Tabor Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. Probate records show that he left property valued at £8,087 (gross) with £1,579 (net personalty) 

Wade, ThomasRef 157-15
[1898-1918]
Son of
John Robert Wade.

Born in Queensbury.

He was a doffer [1911].

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 15th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He was killed in action [27th March 1918].

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 4]

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Wade, Thomas HenryRef 157-47
[1873-1912]

He married Edith Florence [1877-1929].

Thomas Henry died 12th November 1912 (aged 39).

Edith Florence died 6th October 1929 (aged 52).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2851]

Wade, W.Ref 157-876
[1???-1???]
A partner with
James Robinson at Small Clews Pottery, Bradshaw. They traded as Robinson & Wade

He is almost certainly the same man as William Wade

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Wade, W. H. G.Ref 157-27
[18??-191?]


Question: Is he the same person as William Ewart Gladstone Wade [1898-1917]?

 

He was educated at Halifax Secondary School [until 1910].

During World War I, he served with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Secondary School

Wade, Walter KeighleyRef 157-43
[1904-1991]
Son of
Benjamin Wade.

He was a metal spinner.

He went into partnership with his brother James as Wades (Metal Spinners) Limited.

Walter was technical director and James was commercial & financial director.

He married Miss Spencer.

Children:

  1. David Spencer
  2. Michael John

The sons joined the family business: David Spencer as technical director and Michael John as financial director

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Wade, WilliamRef 157-1177
[14??-15??]
Of Halifax.

Recorded in 1520, when he married.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Robert
  2. Brian

He was an early member of the Wade family of Halifax

Wade, WilliamRef 157-1188
[15??-1???]
Of
Ball Green, Sowerby.

Son of Henry Wade.

On 20th December 1585, he married Mary at Elland Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Henry
  2. Sarah
  3. Anne
  4. Judith [bapt 6th November 1586]
  5. Mary [bapt Halifax 9th November 1589]
  6. Robert

After his death, Mary married Rev John Broadley

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Wade, WilliamRef 157-3
[15??-1???]

On 5th July 1563, he married (1) Alice Stancliffe in Halifax.


Alice was the daughter of
Edward Stancliffe
 

Children:

  1. Mary [b 1567]
  2. William [b 1569]
  3. Henry [b 1573]
  4. Michael [b 1576]

On 1st June 1579, he married (2) Christabel Hill The will of Edward Brodley mentions William & family

  • Christabel Wad wife of William [20/-]
  • William Wad eldest son of William [20/-]
  • Katherine Wad [20/-]
  • Henrie Wad [20/-]
  • Michael Wad [20/-]
  • Marye Wad [20/-]

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Wade, WilliamRef 157-1180
[15??-16??]
Son of
Brian Wade.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Richard [mentioned in July 1607]
  2. William

Wade, WilliamRef 157-803
[1555-1???]
Of Halifax.

On 18th September 1581, he married (1) Isabel Drake [1558-1589].

On 7th February 1590, he married 2 Susan Fairbanks

Wade, WilliamRef 157-50
[1803-18??]
Born in Clarborough.

He married Mary Ann Sykes.

Child: Sarah Ann [b 1844] who married James Moore

Wade, WilliamRef 157-2836
[1806-18??]
Born at Clarborough, Nottinghamshire.

He came to Halifax in the 1820s.

He was a carter.

In 1829, he married Mary Ann Sykes in Halifax.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Elizabeth [1832-1878] who married Jonas Crowther
  3. Mary [1836-1885] who was a dressmaker & married Jonas Crowther
  4. Jane who was housekeeper for John Burley
  5. William
  6. Sarah Ann [b 1845]

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Wade, WilliamRef 157-22
[1811-1???]
He was a carrier / carter [1841].

He is almost certainly the W. Wade who was a partner with James Robinson at Small Clews Pottery, Bradshaw. They traded as Robinson & Wade.

He married Betty [1811-1???].

Children:

  1. James
  2. Sarah [b 1829]
  3. Mary [b 1831]
  4. John [b 1831]
  5. Samuel [b 1833]
  6. Elizabeth [b 1836]
  7. William [b 1839]
  8. Ann [b 1840]

They lived at Harper Farm, Bradshaw Lane [1841, 1851] with neighbours James Robinson & family

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Wade, WilliamRef 157-2835
[1850-1???]
Son of
William Wade.

He (possibly) served his apprenticeship with John Burley.

He was a dentist at Rhodes Street, Halifax and later at 14 Lord Street, Halifax.

On 8th July 1875, he married Elizabeth Stuart.

Children:

  1. John Stuart
  2. Alice Maud [b 1878]
  3. Mary Ann [b 1880]
  4. William [b 1881]
  5. Elizabeth [1886-1960] who married Thomas Washington Whiteley
  6. Frederick

Elizabeth died June 1908.

William died April 1911.

The couple were buried at King Cross Methodist New Connexion Chapel

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Wade, WilliamRef 157-57
[1850-1925]
Son of
Thomas Wade

Born in Halifax [19th March 1850].

He was a worsted spinner [1861] / a stone quarryman [1871, 1881] / a stone quarrier [1891] / a general labourer with Charles Wade & Company at Luddendenfoot  [1921].

In [Q3] 1874, he married Hannah Dawson [1852-1940] in Halifax.


Hannah was born in Haworth 3rd September 1852
 

Children:

  1. Charles [b 1876] who was a mason's apprentice [1891]
  2. Emma [13th December 1876-1st February 1940] who was a  worsted spinner [1891]
  3. John [b 1879] who was a worsted spinner [1891], a cripple  unable to work [1939]
  4. Mary [12th August 1881-28th April 1970] who was a book  keeper with Charles Wade & Company [1921, 1939]
  5. Betsy / Betty [1885-28th March 1974]
  6. Zima [b 1887]
  7. William [b 1891] who was a mason with Charles Wade &  Company [1921]
  8. Arthur [23rd November 1892-19th February 1908]

They lived at

  • Oldfield, Warley (William's parents living next door)   [1881]
  • Heath Hill, Ovenden [1891]
  • Ive House, Luddenden [1921]
  • South Ive House, Luddenden [1939]

Living with them [in 1891] was William's widowed mother Sarah Wade (living on own means) 

William died 1st June 1925 (aged 75) 

Hannah died 4th January 1940 (aged 87) 

The couple & the children () were buried at Mount Pleasant Methodist Church, Wainstalls

Wade, WilliamRef 157-34
[1854-1903]
Son of
Thomas Wade.

Born at Oxenhope.

On 30th May 1883, he married Mary Pollard at Halifax Parish Church.

They ran High Royd Farm at Range Bank, Halifax.

William died in Halifax in 1903

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Wade, William Ewart GladstoneRef 157-18
[1898-1917]
Son of
Benjamin Wade.


Question: Is he the same person as W. H. G. Wade [18??-191?]?

 

Born in Halifax.

He was a member of Highroad Well Congregational Church, Sunday School & Boy Scouts.

During World War I, he enlisted [7th October 1914], giving his name as Ewart Wade and his age as 19 years and 4 months (he was actually 16 years and 4 months).

He served as a Private with the 2nd/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed in action at Cambrai, dying instantly after being hit by a piece of shell [26th November 1917].

The Halifax Courier [12th January 1918] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Cambrai Memorial, Nord France [Grave Ref 6 & 7], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Pellon Baptist Church, and on the Memorial at Campbell Gas Engine Company Limited

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley & Glynn Helliwell

Wade, William ThomasRef 157-7
[18??-19??]

In [Q3] 1873, he married Susannah Woodhead [18??-19??] in Todmorden.

Child: Willie

They lived at Walsden.

Members of the family were buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden

Wade, WillieRef 157-4
[1892-1918]
Son of
William Thomas Wade.

Of Todmorden.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment.

He died 19th April 1918 (aged 26).

He was buried at Pernes British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref I C 13].

He is remembered on the family grave at St Peter's Church, Walsden and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Families

The Wade family of HalifaxRef 157-599
William Wade was an early member of the family.

The family is discussed in the book Yorkshire Pedigrees

The Wade family of High Bentley, ShelfRef 157-48
The members of the family recorded at High Bentley, Shelf include

The Wade family of ShelfRef 157-834
See High Bentley Hall, Shelf

Surname

Wade surnameRef 157-2

The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District Surnames by George Redmonds.

There are 100 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Wade, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.


Unattached BMDs for Wade

Marriage 1907; Death 1809

Unattached burials at Lister Lane Cemetery: Plot 1868, Plot 2633

 



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