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He married Elizabeth [1786-1???].
Children:
They lived at Hall Gate East Doncaster [1841].
Living with them [in 1841] was Jane Close [b 1791]
He was schoolmaster at Wainstalls Board School [1881, 1891, 1901]
In 1877, he married Annie Chappell [1853-1???]
in Louth, Lincolnshire.
Children:
They lived at the School House, Wainstalls [1891, 1901].
Albert died in Halifax [Q4 1910] (aged 63)
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles & Jackie Richardson
In [Q4] 1874, he married Christina Fawcett [1854-1915] in Halifax.
Child:
Mary Ann [1876-1947] who married Wilson Freeman
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell
The business closed and he joined Oldfield & Schofield as a designer
He was
a rug weaver [1871] /
a carpet winding overlooker [1891] /
a carpet weaving & winding overlooker [1901] /
a retired carpet overlooker [1911].
In [Q4] 1859, he married Mary Ann Sharp [1838-1907] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
Mary Ann died 8th April 1907 (aged 68).
Charles died 6th June 1911 (aged 73).
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1631]
He was
a brass finisher [1901, 1911] /
landlord of the Globe Inn, North Bridge [1920-1924] /
landlord of the Peat Pitts, Keighley Road [1924-1926] /
landlord of the Granby, Luddenden [1926-1933] /
landlord of the Queen Victoria, Northowram [1934-1946].
In 1916, he married Lizzie Haley [1891-1933] in Halifax.
Lizzie died at the Granby Inn [20th March 1933].
After her death, Edmund closed the Granby Inn, and
moved to the Queen Victoria, Northowram.
He died in 1946.
Edmund & Lizzie were buried at Coley Church
[Plot 21.I.U]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell
He married Unknown.
They lived at 77 Hanson Lane, Halifax.
During World War I,
he enlisted
with the Dublin Fusiliers,
then
he served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Royal Irish Regiment.
He was killed in action [21st August 1918].
He was buried at A. I. F. Burial Ground, Flers, France [Grave Ref X J 1].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
In [Q1] 1917, he married Lily Violet Longbottom in Halifax.
Children:
They lived in Brighouse.
Sons Norman & Stanley died in World War I
On 26th May 1900, She married Lindley Chappell
in Shepley, Huddersfield.
They had a daughter Hilda Chappell [b 1905]
In 1911, Frances Clara was living with George Maynard
and was shown as wife on the census.
Children:
She died 19th December 1943 (aged 65).
She was buried at St Andrew's Church, Stainland
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham
He was born in Sandown, Isle of Wight, and his birth was registered
there as Frank Hans White [Q3 1895].
He was
a railway clerk [1911] /
a clerk with Collinson's.
During World War I,
he enlisted [May 1915] and
served as a Private
with the 2nd/7th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was sent to France [January 1917].
He was killed in action [29th March 1918] (aged 22).
The Halifax Courier He was buried at St Amand British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref I C 3].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Saint Mary the Virgin, Illingworth
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
This & associated entries use material contributed by Janet White
He was
a market gardener [1901] /
a domestic gardener [1911].
In [Q1] 1895, he married Sarah Ann Clough [1870-19??]
in Wharfedale.
Children:
They lived at
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
He was
employed by Wilson's Bobbin Mill, Cornholme /
a Reservist with 12 years' service.
In [Q1] 1913, he married Hilda Emma Greenwood in Todmorden.
Child:
Kenneth G. [b 1914]
They lived at
During World War I,
he was called-up [August 1914]
and served as a Sergeant
with C Battery
331st Brigade
with the Royal Field Artillery.
He was killed in action [16th October 1917].
He was buried at Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref I H 50].
He is remembered on Todmorden War Memorial,
on Cornholme War Memorial,
and on the Memorial at All Saints' Church, Harley Wood
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham
In [Q4] 1912, he married Mary Jane Wood in Halifax.
They lived at 12 Prospect Place, Shelf Moor Road, Shelf.
During World War I,
he served as a Lance Corporal
with D Company
12th Battalion
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).
He died 12th December 1917 (aged 24).
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 4],
and on Bailiff Bridge War Memorial
He was
a brewer's waggoner [1911] /
employed by Thomas Ramsden & Son Limited at Stone Trough Brewery.
In 1903, he married Emily Jowett [1882-19??] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at 29 Wilfred Street, Halifax [1911, 1916].
During World War I,
he enlisted [17th October 1914]
and served as a Corporal
with the 246th (West Riding) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery.
He went to France [April 1915].
He died of wounds [13th July 1916].
The Halifax Courier He was buried at Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, France [Grave Ref III E 20].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
2 months later, the paper announced that Rev Francis Pigou had been
offered the post
During World War I,
he enlisted in Hull – where he was working – [1914]
and served as a Private
with the 4th Battalion
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
He was in France for more than 2 years.
He died of wounds to the leg & foot in Casualty Clearing Station [25th May 1918] (aged 39).
He was buried at Vignacourt British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref III A 17]
The Halifax Courier [5th August 1916] described him as
- see George Methuen Smith & Horace Hanson.
During World War I,
he served as a Sapper
with the Royal Engineers.
He had served 4 months before the Army Doctor discovered that he was
He pleaded with the authorities to let him remain, but he was
discharged with a clean sheet and a good record
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom
The rifts caused by his predecessor, Rev Robert Harper, were mended
and the branch chapel was converted into a cottage and sold.
He married (1) Miss Howitt [1805-1840] from Leeds.
Children:
His wife's father ran into financial difficulties and this resulted
in reduced circumstances for Mr and Mrs White.
In 1840, he established Northowram Infants' School.
He married (2) Miss Walker from Mirfield.
He approached those who had left Heywood's Chapel during the ministry
of Rev Robert Harper, and got them to return to the Chapel.
He sold off pieces of Heywood's old pulpit to raise money for the new
Chapel.
He was known as King of the Beggars because of the manner in
which he raised money for the new Chapel and Sunday School.
He was also known as The Steam Preacher because he perspired
freely when exerting himself.
He was a founder and first President of The Halifax Total Abstinence Society.
He was a founder of the Halifax & District Sunday School Union.
He initiated the idea for establishing Northowram Infants' School.
He was buried near the entrance of the Chapel.
There is a monument at Northowram
He was
a piece washer (worsted) [1881] /
a beer seller at the Travellers' Rest, Halifax [1901, 1905] /
an inn keeper at the Windmill, Shelf [1909-1918].
In [Q2] 1880, he married (1) Martha Emmett [1858-1892] in Halifax.
She was a factory hand (silk spinner) [1881]
Child: Edmund
Martha died 15th September 1892 (aged 34).
In [Q1] 1894, he married (2) Beatrice Woodhead [1857-19??] in Halifax.
They lived at Cocker's Buildings, Marsh Delves, Southowram [1881].
Beatrice died Q2 1918 (aged 61).
John died 4th January 1937 (aged 80)
Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-K14]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell
Aka Jock / John Bazley-White.
Son of Grace [18??-1933] and John Bazley White
[1814-1893] of London.
Born 9th September 1878.
He had a very successful oil business in the 1920s, but this was
completely wiped out in the Great Crash, and they lived in
very straightened circumstances.
He was a retired manufacturer's agent [1939].
On 21st May 1927, he married Mary Isabel
at St Thomas, Devon.
They lived in The Hill House, Sevenoaks, Kent [1939].
Living with them [in 1939] was Cynthia
M. Shaw, Isabel's daughter by her first marriage.
During World War II,
Jock was an ARP warden.
He died on active service in 1940,
suffering a heart attack running across a ploughed field to a downed
aircraft.
Isabel was awarded a War Pension, on which she survived
until 1945 when she became a beneficiary of the will of Arthur Selby McCrea
This & associated entries use material contributed by Andrew Ransom
In [Q3] 1852, he married Mary Ann Ramsden [1829-1872] in Halifax
Mary Ann died 14th August 1872 (aged 43)
Joseph died 28th October 1876 (aged 57)
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1473]
with great grandson Harold Midgley [1904-1911]
Born in Halifax [21st February 1862].
He was
a worsted weaver [1891] /
a warehouseman in a brush works [1901] /
a caretaker at club [1911].
In [Q2] 1893, he married Julia Simpson [1864-1938] in Halifax.
There are no records of any children.
They lived at
Julia died 27th September 1938 (aged 74).
Joseph died 7th March 1944 (aged 82).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1631]
with Joseph's parents, though their names are not shown on the
headstone
He was
a gas engineer's turner [1911] /
an iron turner Drake's Limited at Shay Lane, Ovenden [1911] /
an iron turner (incapacitated) [1939].
In [Q2] 1904, he married Florence Tomlinson [1879-1942] in Halifax.
They lived at
Living with them [in 1911, 1921, 1939] was Florence's
brother Richard Tomlinson [b 4th September 1882] (dyer's
labourer) [1911] / (warehouseman with Fletcher Brothers at Raglan
Street, Halifax) [1921] / (process worker dyeing) [1939].
Florence died 8th May 1942 (aged 63).
Joseph Henry died 25th November 1950 (aged 74).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2946]
with Thomas Howorth
Question:
Does anyone know whether / how the Howorth & White families are related?
She married Unknown.
She was widowed by the 1860s.
She died 8th February 1863 (aged 56)
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2750]
He was buried at Providence Congregational Church, Ovenden
He worked as
a foreman for farmer George Jackson in Middle Deepdale /
a carter /
a paper-maker at Booth Wood Paper Mill, Rishworth.
He may have got the job at Rishworth through his
brother-in-law, William Mellor.
In 1865, he married (1) Susey Howarth.
She died 9 months later [January 1866]
In 1866, he married (2) Ann Candler [1838-1???]
in Scarborough.
Children:
He was killed at the mill [16th October 1875].
The Inquest is discussed in the Foldout.
He was buried at East Ayton, Scarborough,
where there is a monument erected by Mary Mellor, his eldest
sister
This & associated entries use material contributed by Hilery McAlpine
During World War II,
he served as a Sergeant
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
He died 12th March 1944 (aged 21).
He was buried at Brighouse Cemetery
[F C 601].
His brother Stanley also died in the War
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered on Bailiff Bridge War Memorial
Born in Cragg Vale.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 8th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died of wounds [24th November 1916] (aged 26).
He was buried at Greenock Cemetery, Scotland [Grave Ref MMM330].
He is remembered on a memorial in St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd,
and in the book Royd Regeneration
He lived at North Parade, Halifax [1845]
Born in Wigan.
Physician & surgeon at Halifax.
Head house surgeon at the Halifax Infirmary & Dispensary [1881]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles
During World War II,
he served as an Ordinary Seaman
with the Royal Navy
aboard the sloop HMS Chanticleer.
He died 18th November 1943 (aged 19)
when his ship was torpedoed by the German Submarine U-515 off the
Azores,
with the loss of 28 of her crew of 192.
Stephen Thomas Deekes died in the same incident.
He is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, England [Grave Ref 76 3].
His brother Norman also died in the War
Born in Grantham, Lincolnshire.
He was
a master painter employing 5 men and 3 boys [1871] /
a master house painter [1881] /
a house painter [1891] /
partner in Stringer & White, then White & Stringer, then
Stephen White.
He married Martha [1828-1871].
Children:
They lived at
Martha died 7th January 1871 (aged 43).
Living with Stephen [in 1871, 1881] were his sister Eliza Mellows
& her daughter Mary Ann Mellows [b 1862] (carpet weaver 1881).
Living with Stephen [in 1891] were his sister Eliza
Mellows and his grandson Harry White Akroyd [b 1872].
Stephen died 28th November 1898 (aged 74).
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1697]
with Stephen's sister Eliza Mellows
Born in South Norwood, London.
He was
a traveller (confectioner) [1901] /
a manufacturing confectioner [1911].
In [Q2] 1904, he married Florence Bamford Hudson
in Ormskirk.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1911, 1939] was Florence's widowed
mother Emma Hudson
Born in Halifax.
He was
a member of the Boys' Brigade /
a weaver [1911] /
employed by Edward Foster & Son Limited.
He lived with his parents at 12 Lower Shaw Hill.
During World War I,
he enlisted [August 1916]
and served as a Sergeant
with the 1st/5th Battalion
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
He went to France [December 1916].
He was killed in action, one of 5 men killed by the same shell, and 5
others wounded
[6th January 1918] (aged 24).
The Halifax Courier He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 108-111].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He was Master of Heywood's School [1827].
He did the work with the understanding that his brother was
responsible.
During this time, his wife's niece, Mary Ann Ogden died at the
school
Born in Halifax.
He was
a silk drawer of St James's Terrace, Halifax [1893] /
a silk dresser [1901, 1911].
In 1893, he married Ada Haigh [1872-19??] at All Saints' Church, Dudwell.
Child: Sylvester
They lived at
Living with them [in 1901] was boarder [brother-in-law (?)] Harry
Haigh [b 1880] (plasterer's labourer)
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
He was
a farmer in Wilsden [1881] /
an oil merchant at Stead Street, Halifax [1905] /
a town Councillor in Halifax [1907].
In 1876, he married Sarah Sophia Newton [1852-1???] in Bradford.
Children:
They lived at
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley & Dick Thomas
In [Q3] 1887, he married Mary Ann Wooldridge [18??-1???] in Todmorden.
Child: Percy
They lived at 27 Wyke Lane, Bailiff Bridge
Born in Hawkhurst, Kent.
During World War I,
he served as a Stoker 1st Class
with the Royal Navy.
He served on the battlecruiser
HMS Queen Mary
which blew up at the
Battle of Jutland
[31st May-1st June 1916],
with the loss of 1,266 of her crew of 1,284.
He died 31st May 1916 (aged 21).
He is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, England [Grave Ref 20]
White, Mr Ref 327-15
White, Albert Samuel Ref 327-2767
Born in Haltham, Lincolnshire.
Annie was born in Witham, Essex
White, Alfred Ref 327-346
White, Arthur Ref 327-1876
He established a business making planing machines in Halifax.
White, Charles Ref 327-10
Born in Kidderminster.
Mary Ann was born in Market Harborough, Leicestershire
White, Edmund Ref 327-5
Son of John White.
Lizzie was born in Halifax
White, Ernest Ref 327-6
White, Ernest Henry Ref 327-325
White, Frances Clara Ref 327-4
Born in Kirkburton.
No marriage record has been found for Frances Clara
& George
White, Frank Ref 327-960
Son of Fred White.
White, Rev Frank Ref 327-1073
He was vicar of Liversedge
before becoming
Vicar of Lightcliffe [1955-1972]
White, Fred Ref 327-8
Born in Niton, Isle of Wight.
Sarah Ann was born in Baildon
White, Frederick Ref 327-236
Born in Diss, Norfolk.
White, Gerald Ref 327-912
White, Harry Ref 327-445
Born in Shipley.
Emily was born in Halifax
White, Rev Henry Ref 327-1995
In June 1875, Reynolds's Newspapers announced that, following
the death of Rev Charles Musgrave,
Mr Disraeli offered the living of Halifax to Rev Henry
White MA chaplain in ordinary to the Queen and the Chapel Royal
Savoy.
Mr White was some time chaplain to the House of Commons
White, Hermon Wheater Ref 327-900
Son of Wheater White.
White, J. H. Ref 327-974
Printed the Halifax Comet at the office of the Guardian
White, Rev J. Pemberthy Ref 327-1216
Minister at
Bolton Brow Methodist Chapel, Sowerby Bridge [1905].
He lived at
Triangle
White, James Ref 327-792
He lived at Grange Place, Sowerby Bridge.
the oldest local man to serve in the Great War
an old man
White, John Ref 327-1475
Originally from Edinburgh.
He was Quarter-master in the Halifax 1st Regiment of the local militia
White, Rev John Ref 327-922
Born in Harden, Bingley.
Minister of Heywood's Chapel [1820]
and
Master of Heywood's School [1827]
where his brother, Thomas White, was a teacher.
White, John Ref 327-9
Born in Ovenden.
Martha was born in Southowram.
Beatrice was born in Shelf
Beatrice's burial place is not yet known
White, John Bazley Ref 327-32
MC.
Mary Isabel was the daughter of Reginald Gervase Alexander, and widow of John Leslie Morton Shaw
White, Joseph Ref 327-3
Of Halifax.
White, Joseph Ref 327-13
Son of Charles White
Julia was born in Halifax
White, Joseph Henry Ref 327-11
Born in Sowerby Bridge [4th May 1876].
Florence was born in Halifax [1st October 1879]
White, Leslie Ref 327-2715
Player with Halifax RLFC [1951].
He won caps for Wales while at Halifax
White, Mrs Margaret Ref 327-14
Of Ovenden.
White, Rev Matthew Ref 327-1371
From Kirkburton.
He was educated at Pickering Academy
before becoming
minister at Reeth [1850-1872] and chaplain at a Sunderland Cemetery.
White, Monkman Ref 327-2
Born in East Ayton, Scarborough.
Susey was the daughter of Samuel Howarth.
Ann came from Scarborough
White, Norman Ref 327-318
Son of Ernest Henry White.
White, Percy Ref 327-288
He served in World War I.
White, Percy Ref 327-629
Son of William H. White
White, Rev Philip James Ref 327-1794
Methodist New Connexion Minister.
White, Dr Robert P. Ref 327-2168
MB.
White, Stanley Ref 327-402
Son of Ernest Henry White.
White, Stephen Ref 327-1324
Son of Mr White.
White, Sydney Malcolm Ref 327-12
Son of Adah J. & Charles E. White [b Wisconsin USA
1843], accountant & auditor.
Florence was the daughter of Charles St. George Hudson
White, Sylvester Ref 327-946
Son of Tom White.
White, Thomas Ref 327-1000
Brother of Rev John White.White, Tom Ref 327-7
Son of Charles White, overlooker.
Ada, of Holdsworth Street, Shaw Hill, was born in Halifax, the
daughter of George Haigh, white washer
White, Wheater Ref 327-937
Born in Allerton.
Sarah Sophia came from Leeds
White, William Henry Ref 327-676
White, William John Ref 327-867
Son of John White of Derby Delph, Rishworth.
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Marriages
1907,
1937;
Death
1900
Unattached burials at Lister Lane Cemetery: Plot 2750
White surname Ref 327-1
Unattached BMDs for White
Page Ref: MMW599
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