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Woodhead, MrRef 144-45
[1???-18??]

He married Eliza [1808-1874].


Eliza was born in Southowram.

She was a card setter [1851]

 

Children:

  1. Mary [b 1835] who was a power loom weaver [1851]
  2. Hannah [b 1838]
  3. Sarah [1846-1908] who was a worsted weaver [1871] &  married Samuel Farrar

They lived at

  • Cain Lane, Southowram [1851]
  • New Street, Southowram [1871]

Eliza died 8th October 1874 (aged 66).

She was buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: F-B6] with her daughter Sarah & family

Woodhead, MrRef 144-2252
[18??-1???]
He worked for
B. Hirst & Sons before becoming Partner in Sutcliffe & Woodhead

Woodhead, AbrahamRef 144-757
[1???-1???]
Clothier of Norland.

He married Unknown.

Child: John

Woodhead, AbrahamRef 144-790
[16??-17??]
He lived at
Whinney Hall, Shelf.

In October 1710, he married Miss Blaymires from Reavy

Woodhead, AbrahamRef 144-18
[1689-1742]
A yeoman of Nether Thong.

He married Elizabeth Dyson [1699-1772].

Children:

  1. Betty [1734-1???] who married John Woodhead
  2. Abraham

Woodhead, Captain AbrahamRef 144-2035
[1737-1812]
Of Elland.

Son of Abraham Woodhead.

He was a Captain in the Army.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. (possibly) John
  2. Mary [17??-1853] who married [22nd November 1808]  Captain Porter of the East India Company
  3. Matilda [17??-1810]

He was witness to his niece Betty Woodhead's marriage to John Cartledge, and Mary Woodhead's marriage to Dr Joseph Cartledge.

He died 22nd March 1812

[his death was] universally deplored

Woodhead, AmblerRef 144-27
[1897-1918]
MM.

Son of Henry Woodhead.

He was a choirboy at Coley Church / a member of at St Matthew's Church, Northowram / a Rechabite / a rover at cloth mill [1911] / employed by David Hanson at Stannary Lane.

He lived at 7 The Hough, Stump Cross.

He was engaged to Ada Lilley of Ossett.

During World War I, he enlisted [March 1915] and served as a Private with the 2nd/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was awarded the Military Medal for conspicuous bravery.

He was killed by shrapnel whilst he was a runner [30th August 1918] (aged 21).

The Halifax Courier [14th September 1918] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Vaulx Hill Cemetery, France.

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Saint Matthew's Church, Northowram, on the Roll of Honour at Northowram Boy Scouts, and on the Memorial at Saint John the Baptist, Coley

Woodhead, ArnoldRef 144-33
[1890-19??]
He was an ironmonger [1926].

In [Q2] 1916, he married Gladys Kitchen in Halifax.


Gladys was the daughter of
Cooper Kitchen
 

After the death of Gladys's father [1926], she and Arnold carried on the business – as Cooper Kitchen Limited – until at least 1960

Woodhead, ArthurRef 144-4
[1869-1946]
Son of
David Woodhead..

Born in Halifax [21st October 1869].

He worked as Works Manager for his father [1921].

In 1899, he married Ethel Riley [1878-1942] from Halifax, Huddersfield.

Child: Ronald [b 1904] who was an hotel manager/licensed victualler [1942-1946].

Ethel died 10th December 1942.

Arthur died 25th August 1946.

They both died in Stockport

Woodhead, ArthurRef 144-57
[1873-1934]
From Cumberworth.

Around 1905, he and his brother Henry Woodhead took over the business of John Robert Griffiths and established Woodhead Brothers at Ainley Grange

Woodhead, ArthurRef 144-70
[1883-1952]
Son of
Thomas Woodhead.

Born in Halifax [29/1/1883].

He was a fitter (machine maker) [1901] / an engineer's fitter in Sheffield [1911, 1921, 1939].

In [Q1] 1906, he married Martha Collins [1880-1940] in Halifax.


Martha was born 17th September 1880
 

They lived at 31 Torksey Road, Sheffield [1939].

Martha died Q2 1940 (aged 59).

Arthur died Q4 1952 (aged 69).

They both died in Sheffield

Woodhead, ArtonRef 144-25
[1871-1???]
Son of Thomas Woodhead, mason.

Born in Halifax.

He was a warehouseman of Old Godley [1892] / a worsted warehouse man [1901] / a yarn warehouse man (wool) [1911] / a salesman [1932].

In 1892, he married Florence Playford [1872-1???] at St Thomas's Church, Claremount.


Florence, of Highgrove Place, was born in Docking, Norfolk, the daughter of Samuel Playford, delver
 

Children:

  1. Herbert
  2. Vincent [b 1897] who was an errand boy [1911]

They lived at

  • Thumphouse, Southowram [1901]
  • 18 Horsefield Buildings, Halifax [1911]

Living with them [in 1911] was widowed visitor Hannah Wood [b  1861] (charwoman, born in Middlesbrough) 

Woodhead, B.Ref 144-2134
[18??-19??]
A 1900 advertisement announced

B. Woodhead

Fruit & Potato Salesman
Coal & Coke Merchant
Light goods carefully removed

Terms moderate

King Cross, Halifax

Woodhead, BenjaminRef 144-72
[1837-1913]
Son of
Thomas Woodhead.

Born in Warley.

He was a factory operative [1851] / a carpet weaver [1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901] / a retired carpet weaver [1911].

On 22nd December 1860, he married Grace Halstead [1838-1927] at Halifax Parish Church.


Grace was born in Sowerby [16th June 1838], the daughter of Robert Halstead
 

Children:

  1. Halstead [b Sowerby 1861; d New York, USA 1911] who  married [Halifax 1889] Amelia Lord of Manchester
  2. Thomas
  3. Mary Ann [b Halifax 1865; d Halifax 1866]
  4. Clara Ann [1865-1950] who married Lummas Bentley
  5. Willie [b Ovenden 1868; d Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  1928] who [Halifax 1887] Emily Lawton
  6. Arthur [b Ovenden 18th July 1876; d Saratoga, New York,  USA 8th July 1944]
  7. Effie [b Ovenden 15th May 1879; d Ovenden 1964] who  married [Ovenden 1922] Harold, son of Harry Sowden Dracup

They lived at

  • Luddenden Village [1841, 1851]
  • Holling Hey, Sowerby (Benjamin & Grace) [1861]
  • Edwards Terrace, Ovenden [1871, 1881, 1891]
  • 3 Shroggs Road, Ovenden [1901, 1911]
  • 3 Shroggs Road, Ovenden (Grace & daughter Effie)   [1921]

Benjamin died at 3 Shroggs Road, Ovenden [6th January 1913].

Grace died at 3 Shroggs Road [March 1927].

The couple were buried at St George's Church, Lee Mount [Grave Ref: 53]: Benjamin [9th January 1913]; Grace [30 March 1927]

Woodhead, BenjaminRef 144-22
[1896-1916]
Son of
Thomas Woodhead.

Born in Halifax.

He was a member of St George's Sunday School, Lee Mount / a GPO messenger boy [1909, 1911].

During World War I, he enlisted [1914] and served as a Private with the 10th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

He was killed by a shellburst in a captured trench [17th September 1916].

The Halifax Courier [30th September 1916] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 11C & 12A], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Saint George's Church, Lee Mount, and on the Memorial at Halifax Post Office.

His brother Harold served in the War

Woodhead, CawthraRef 144-721
[1859-1???]
Born at Elland Road, Brighouse.

He became a journalist. He was an apprentice at the offices of the Brighouse News.

In 1881, he moved to live and work in Natal, South Africa.

He was managing editor of the Natal Mercury.

He died [11th April 1910] after being run over by a motor car in South Africa. There is a window in his memory in Aliwal Street Congregational Church, Durban, Natal

Woodhead, DavidRef 144-52
[1807-1867]
Born in Halifax.

He was a green grocer [1861] / a fishmonger [1863].

He married Ann [1816-1868].


Ann was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Elias [b 1847] who was a worsted mill hand [1861]
  2. Hannah [1850-1864]
  3. Matthew [b 1852]
  4. James [b 1857-1863]

They lived at 14 Ann Street, Halifax [1861].

David died 18th July 1867 (aged 60).

Ann died 18th May 1868 (aged 52).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2212] with his brother (?) James Woodhead

Woodhead, DavidRef 144-62
[1811-18??]
He was a weaver [1841].

He married Hannah [1811-18??].

Children:

  1. Benjamin [b 1832]
  2. Uriah [b 1834]
  3. Sarah [b 1836]
  4. Job [b 1840]

They lived at Harrow Ings, Halifax [1841]

Woodhead, DavidRef 144-61
[1812-1884]
Son of
James Woodhead.

Born in Halifax.

He was a woolsorter [1861] / a retired woolsorter [1871].

He married (1) Nancy [1826-1845] in Halifax.


His wife was the daughter of a shoemaker, and may be

  • Nancy Rawlings who married a David Woodhead [Q2 1844], or
  • Nancy Riley who married a David Woodhead [Q2 1845]
 

Nancy died 1st May 1845 (aged 19).

In [Q1] 1856, he married (2) Rachel Hoyle [1833-1897] in Halifax.


Rachel was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Sarah Margaret [b 1860]
  2. James [1860-1880] who was a piano maker [1880] & was  buried with his parents
  3. Sarah Harriet [b 1860]
  4. Mary Elizabeth [b 1864]

The family lived at

  • Mount Fields, St Chad's, Shrewsbury [1861]
  • 29 Cromwell Street, Halifax [1871]

David died 8th November 1884 (aged 72).

Rachel died 27th August 1897 (aged 64).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4166] with David's parents

Woodhead, DavidRef 144-2661
[1846-1921]
Son of
William Woodhead.

Born in Northowram [17th February 1846].

He was an oil cloth manufacturer in Halifax.

On 30th December 1868, he married Elizabeth Hitchin in Halifax.


Elizabeth was the daughter of Samuel Hitchin
 

Children:

  1. Arthur
  2. Louisa Ann [1871-1956] who married Ernest Charles Morley

They lived at Waterloo Villas, Halifax [1905].

David died in Garforth, Leeds [28th February 1921] (aged 75) 

Woodhead, EdmundRef 144-1205
[1750-1838]
Of Plane Tree Farm, Clough, Walsden.

Born in Walsden.

Son of John Woodhead.

He was a farmer and a piece-maker.

He married (1) Betty Barker.

He married (2) Mary, daughter of Benjamin Bottomley.


Mary sang in the church choir at St Mary's Todmorden
 

Children:

  1. Edmund
  2. Sarah
  3. Samuel
  4. William
  5. Thomas
  6. George
  7. Joseph

Edmund made his will on 16th March 1822, and died 16 years later in 1838. He left his wife Mary a comfortable allowance and put her in charge of his business, with joint shares going to her and all his surviving children: Edmund, Sarah, Samuel, William, Thomas, George and Joseph.

His wife Mary and his son Thomas pre-deceased him.

Edmund was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden

Woodhead, EdmundRef 144-434
[1827-1907]
Of Walsden.

in 1858, he married Susannah Dawson at Todmorden.

He and his wife were active in the local Methodist cause at Clough, Walsden Wesleyan Chapel and Lanebottom Wesleyan Methodist Church

He caught a chill attending a bazaar at Walsden Wesleyan Chapel and died shortly afterwards.

An obituary described him as

one of the fathers of Methodism in Todmorden

Woodhead, EliasRef 144-4000
[16??-17??]
Of Ovenden.

He married (1) Susanna / Susan [1691-1719]. Susanna died of smallpox [26th April 1719] (aged 27).

He married (2) Dinah [1704-1726]. Dinah died of smallpox [9th July 1726] (aged 21).

His wives were buried at Illingworth Church in the same grave: Susan [28th April 1719]; Dinah [11th July 1726]

Woodhead, EliasRef 144-55
[1846-1933]
Born in Halifax.

He was a fishmonger [1871] / a carpet wire maker [1881, 1891, 1901] / a retired carpet wire maker [1911].

In [Q2] 1868, he married Priscilla Baildon [1845-1921] in Halifax.


Priscilla was the daughter of
David Baildon
 

They had no children.

They lived at

  • 5 Bath Street, Halifax (living with Priscilla's parents)   [1871]
  • 5 Bath Street, Halifax [1881]
  • 20 Heath View Street, Halifax [1891, 1901, 1911]

Living with them [in 1881] was unmarried boarder Sarah A. Mitchell [b 1851] (dressmaker).

Living with them [in 1891] was unmarried sister-in-law Sarah A. Woodhead [b 1851].

Living with them [in 1901] was unmarried sister-in-law Sarah A. Baildon [b 1851].

Living with them [in 1911] was unmarried sister Sarah A. Baildon [b 1851].

Priscilla died 27th April 1921 (aged 76).

Elias died 19th January 1933 (aged 87).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1820] with Priscilla's parents

Woodhead, EllisRef 144-63
[1845-1894]
Born in Ovenden.

He was landlord of the King of Prussia, Halifax [1891, 1894].

On 19th May 1866, he married Elizabeth Nicholl [1846-1898] in Halifax.


Elizabeth was born in Hyde, Greater Manchester
 

Children:

  1. Hannah Elizabeth [b 1867]
  2. Lewis John [1877-1940] who was buried with his parents
  3. Julia [b 1889]

Ellis died in the King of Prussia [25th May 1894].

Elizabeth died in Halifax [19th February 1898].

The couple were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell

Woodhead, FrankRef 144-35
[1886-1917]
Son of
John Woodhead.

Born in Warrington, Lancashire.

He was a plumber [1901] / a labourer [1911] / a storekeeper for J. B. Farrar at Wade Street, Halifax [1916].

He lived with his parents at 5 Friendly Fold, Lee Mount.

During World War I, he enlisted [March 1916] and served as a Private with the 2nd/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was reported missing and assumed to have died at Bullecourt [3rd May 1917] (aged 31).

The Halifax Courier [26th May 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 5], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Woodhead, FredRef 144-1887
[1???-19??]
The family moved from Glasgow to Yorkshire shortly after World War II.

He married Unknown.

He and his wife had a shop in Market Street, Halifax.

He sold musical instruments and sheet music, and his wife sold gramophone records in rear of the shop which was inside Halifax Borough Market. The family lived at 22 Market Balcony.

Child: Leslie

Woodhead, FredRef 144-43
[18??-1915]
Of Queen Street, Halifax.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 9th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He died at sea of wounds sustained in the Dardanelles [20th October 1915].

He is remembered on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli [Grave Ref 47-51], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Woodhead, FredRef 144-40
[1871-19??]
Born in Halifax.

He was a brush maker's finisher [1901]

He married Harriet Mitchell.


Harriet was the daughter of
Henry Mitchell
 

Children:

  1. Florence R. [b 1901]

The family lived with Harriet's parents [1901]

Woodhead, GeorgeRef 144-51
[1815-1???]
He was a coal miner [1851, 1861, 1871].

He married (1) Mary Ann [1820-1852].

Children:

  1. John [b 1840] who was a hurrier at pit [1851], a coal pit  engine feeder [1861], a worsted weaver [1871]
  2. Rufus [1843-1870] who was a stone miner [1861]; he was  killed in an accident at Bentley & Shepherd's stone mine [30th May 1870], & was buried with his mother
  3. Joseph [b 1845] who was coal hurrier [1861], a furnace  tenter [1871]
  4. Rachel Hannah [b 1848]

They lived at

  • 42 Soaper Lane, Shelf [1851]
  • Upper Witchfield, Shelf [1861, 1871]

Mary Ann died in 1852 (aged 32).

In 1858, George married (2) Hannah Thorp.

She was buried at Coley Church

Woodhead, GeorgeRef 144-14
[1820-1885]
Great-grandson of William Woodhead of Leeds, who married Sarah, the daughter of
Joseph Crowther.

Founder of Woodhead Seeds of Kirkgate, Leeds.

He married Jane Knowles.


Jane was the daughter of Jonathan Knowles
 

Woodhead, GordonRef 144-29
[19??-1998]
He was a long-serving President of
Thornhill Briggs WMC.

In 1945, he married Ellen Blackburn in Halifax.


Ellen was the daughter of Benjamin Thomas Sutcliffe Blackburn
 

Woodhead, GranvilleRef 144-28
[1918-1942]
Son of Katherine & Morris Woodhead of Halifax.

During World War II, he served as a Corporal with the 4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment.

He died 21st March 1942 (aged 24).

He was buried at Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya [Grave Ref 2 F 13]

Woodhead, HaroldRef 144-71
[1885-1953]
Son of
Thomas Woodhead.

Born 3rd May 1885.

He was a grocer's assistant [1901, 1911] / a brass fettler (heavy) [1939].

During World War I, he served with the Royal Field Artillery [1916]

In [Q3] 1911, he married Elizabeth A. Gavin in Halifax.


Elizabeth was born 27th February 1889
 

Children:

  1. Gordon G. J. [b 16th July 1921] who was a plumber's apprentice [1939]

They lived at 26 Richmond Street, Halifax [1939].

Harold died Q2 1953 (aged 67)  & was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery

Woodhead, HarryRef 144-24
[1895-1916]
Son of Sarah Selina (née Seed) & Robert Ambler Woodhead of 66 Penn Street, Halifax [1911, 1916].

Born in Cleckheaton in 1895.

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

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

He was buried at Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval, France. [Grave Ref IX B 5].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Woodhead, HenryRef 144-58
[18??-19??]
From Cumberworth.

Around 1905, he and his brother Arthur took over the business of John Robert Griffiths and established Woodhead Brothers at Ainley Grange.

In 1939, he was recorded as retired

Woodhead, HenryRef 144-19
[1862-1906]
Born in Southowram.

He was a stone miner [1891] / a quarryman (below ground) [1901].

He married Sarah [1862-19??].


Sarah was born in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire
 

Children:

  1. Willie
  2. Ellen [b 1885] who was a worsted weaver [1901], a pattern  weaver at cloth mill [1911]
  3. George [b 1887] who was a worsted spinner [1901]
  4. Annie / Anne [b 1893] who was a mender at cloth  mill [1911]
  5. Ambler

They lived at

  • Lower Shelf, Shelf, Halifax [1891]
  • Plane Trees Farm, Shelf, Halifax [1901]
  • 13 Lumbrook, Shelf, Halifax [1911]

Henry died in 1906 (aged 44) 

Woodhead, Henry AlfredRef 144-2597
[1832-1???]
Son of
James Woodhead.

Born in Shelf.

He married Hannah, daughter of Mary (née Jagger) & William Harrison.

Children:

  1. Nancy [b 185] who married Francis Burdett
  2. Sanderson [1860-1902] who married Florence Kate  Oldham [b 1860]
  3. James [b 1862] who
  4. married [1883] Louisa Woodhead [b 1864]
  5. George [b 1863]
  6. Mary Elizabeth [b 1865]
  7. Harrison [b 1868]
  8. Annie [b 1872]

Woodhead, HerbertRef 144-26
[1895-1967]
Son of
Arton Woodhead.

He was a yarn warehouse boy [1911] / a gas fitter of Littletown, Warley, Luddenden [1932] / a member & secretary of the Independent Labour Party / a member of the Halifax Antiquarian Society [1939-1960] / a pacifist / a member of the Friends Adult School / a Councillor [1949-1960]

During World War I, Herbert was a conscientious objector and was imprisoned in Richmond Castle.

In 1920, he married (1) Lillian Fletcher in Halifax.


The Banns were read at St Paul's Church, King Cross, Halifax
 

In 1932, he married (2) Ethel Fairbotham [1895-19??] at St Mary's Church, Luddenden.


Ethel, of 23 Thomas Street South, Halifax, was the daughter of John Edward Bygate, master slater
 

In 1954, he married (3) Ada in Calder District.

The family lived at

He completely remodelled the house.


Ada was the daughter of Mr Mayfield, and widow of Fred Sutcliffe
 

Herbert died in 1967 (aged 72) 

Woodhead, JamesRef 144-8500
[17??-18??]
Constable of Ovenden [1803]

Woodhead, JamesRef 144-2598
[1781-18??]
Son of
William Woodhead.

Born in Shelf.

He married Unknown.

Child: Henry Alfred

Woodhead, JamesRef 144-60
[1787-1855]
He was a woolsorter [1855].

He married Sarah [1784-1852].

Child: David

Sarah died 25th December 1852 (aged 68).

James died 11th December 1855 (aged 68).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4166]

Woodhead, JamesRef 144-64
[1799-1858]

He married Ann [1797-1872].

Children:

  1. Harriet [1832-1865]
  2. Leah [1839-1925] who married Samuel Swift

James died 8th November 1858 (aged 59).

Ann died 10th February 1872 (aged 75).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3595]

Woodhead, JamesRef 144-68
[1810-1874]
Born in Halifax.

He was a fustian cutter [1851] / a master fustian cutter [1861] / a fustian cutter [1871].

In [Q1] 1845, he married Mary Beswick [1814-1???] in Ashton & Oldham.


Mary was born in Acton, Cheshire
 

They lived at

  • Lymm, Cheshire [1851]
  • Rush Green, Lymm, Cheshire [1861]
  • 1 New Row, Lymm, Cheshire [1871]

James Woodhead died in Lymm [22nd March 1874] (aged 68)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2212] with his brother (?) David Woodhead

Woodhead, JamesRef 144-59
[1810-1892]
He was a spinner [1860].

He married (1) Elizabeth Bradbury [1824-1860].


Elizabeth was the daughter of Susey & Benn Bradbury
 

Child: Arthur Henry [1850] who was buried with his parents

Elizabeth died (possibly of perinatal complications) [17th October 1860] (aged 36).

He married (2) Mary Ann [1821-1887].

Mary Ann died 22nd January 1887 (aged 65).

James died 2nd June 1892 (aged 82).

He, his wives & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4537] Sarah Ellen Woodhead [1851-1852], daughter of Mary & Joseph Woodhead

Woodhead, JamesRef 144-76
[1836-1892]
Born in Walsden.

He was a cotton weaver [1861] / a cotton loom tackler [1871, 1881] / a cotton weaver [1891].

He married Sarah [1834-1902].


Sarah was born in Todmorden
 

Children:

  1. Samuel [b 1858]
  2. John [b 1861] who was a cotton weaver [1881]
  3. William [b 1864] who was a picker maker [1881], a cotton  weaver [1891, 1901]
  4. Emily who died 11th October 1871 (aged 2 years & 3  months) & was buried with her parents

They lived at

  • Cloughfoot, Todmorden [1861]
  • Hollins Green, Todmorden [1871]
  • 67 Hollins Green, Todmorden [1881]
  • 53 Travis Street, Burnley [1891, 1901]

James died 3rd November 1892 (aged 56).

Sarah died 28th March 1902 (aged 68).

They both died in Burnley

The couple were buried at Cloughfoot Independent Congregational Chapel

Woodhead, JamesRef 144-148
[1851-1933]
Son of
John Woodhead.

Born in Warley [21st February 1851].

He was a weaver (woollen) [1881] / a retired woollen manager [1891] / a retired woollen weft weighter [1901] / private means [1911].

In 1876, he married Alice Ratlidge [1855-1???] in Halifax.


Alice was born in Methley Common, Yorks. Whitwood, Yorkshire
 

Children:

  1. Harry [b 1877] who was a machine tool turner [1901]
  2. George [b 1883] who was an engine maker fitter apprentice  [1901]
  3. Alice Annie [b 1878]
  4. Edith [b 1881]
  5. Joe
  6. Maggie [b 1895] who was a shop assistant [1911]

They lived at

  • New Marsh, Warley, Sowerby Bridge [1881]
  • 62 West Street, Sowerby Bridge [1891]
  • 76 Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge [1901, 1911]
  • 29 Fixby Avenue, Pye Nest [1926, 1933]

Living with them [1881, 1891] was niece / sister-in-law Ann Ratlidge [b 1870]

The couple died at Fixby Avenue: Alice [6th June 1926]; James [12th November 1933]

Woodhead, JoahRef 144-5
[1809-1890]
Of Shelf.

He was a grocer.

He married Maria Harrison [1813-1897].

Child: Rufus

Woodhead, JoeRef 144-120
[1891-1959]
Son of
James Woodhead.

Born in Sowerby.

He was a mechanic fitter [1911].

On 14th April 1921, he married Hilda Cockroft in Sowerby.

He lived at Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge [1901, 1907, 1911].

He was injured – in his knee – in the Pye Nest Tram Disaster of 15th October 1907, but was treated at home.

He died in Halifax General Hospital [11th May 1959]

Woodhead, JohnRef 144-2631
[1???-17??]
Constable of Shelf [1731]

Woodhead, JohnRef 144-756
[1593-16??]
Son of
Abraham Woodhead.

He was a scrivener in Halifax [1634-1642] / Clerk to the Governors of Halifax Workhouse / one of the original Trustees of Nathaniel Waterhouse's Charities  [1642].

In 1640, he married Mary Whitaker

Woodhead, JohnRef 144-1273
[17??-17??]
Hatter in Halifax [1762-70]

Woodhead, JohnRef 144-8100
[1714-1770]
He married Sarah Baron.

Child: Edmund

Woodhead, JohnRef 144-9500
[1728-17??]
Of Hullen Edge.

In 1753, he married Betty Woodhead [1734-1???] at Almondbury.


Betty was the daughter of
Abraham Woodhead, and sister of Captain Abraham Woodhead
 

Children:

  1. John who never married
  2. Betty [1754-1804] who married John Cartledge
  3. Mary [1756-1803] who married Dr Joseph Cartledge

The daughters were born at West Car in Dean Head

Woodhead, JohnRef 144-8501
[1769-1818]
(Possibly) Son of
Captain Abraham Woodhead.

In 1794, he married Martha Hadfield.

Children:

  1. Thomas Hadfield [1799-1816]
  2. Betsy
  3. George

Thomas Hadfield died 14th January 1816 (aged 17).

John died 8th August 1818 (aged 49).

John & his son were buried at Blackley Baptist Graveyard.

George and Betsy inherited Mottram Old Hall, Tameside

Woodhead, JohnRef 144-69
[1771-1848]
Of Clifton Common.

He married Mary [1777-1855].

Children:

  1. John [1806-1884]

Members of the family were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse

Woodhead, JohnRef 144-65
[18??-1???]
He was an innkeeper at Northowram [1857] / a joiner [1860].


He may be the man who was landlord at the
Travellers' Rest, Hipperholme [1881] or John Woodhead who was at the Bay Horse, Halifax [1861, 1864]
 

He married Elizabeth [1818-1860].

Children:

  1. Mary Elizabeth [b 1857] who died in infancy & was buried with her mother

Elizabeth died 4th June 1860 (aged 42)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3676].


Details of John's death / burial place are not yet known
 

Woodhead, JohnRef 144-13
[1817-1884]
Born in Halifax.

He was a wool & waste dealer [1881] / a woolstapler

On 13th March 1867, he married Elizabeth Dickenson at Halifax Parish Church.


Elizabeth was born in Halifax
 

The family lived at

John died in Halifax [21st November 1884].

Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at £2,128 14/10d [Resworn £1,881 9/10d].

Probate was granted to his widow Elizabeth, James Spencer of 132 Gibbet Street, Halifax (wool buyer), and Joseph Nicoll of 6 Villiers Street, Halifax (manager in a worsted mill).

Members of the family were buried at St Paul's Church, King Cross: John [25th November 1884]; Elizabeth [10th October 1885]; Emma [30th August 1934]

Woodhead, JohnRef 144-1832
[1821-1884]
Born in Clifton.

He was a wire manufacturer at Crown Wire Works, Brighouse [1874].

On 25th May 1852, he married Hannah Heaton in Halifax.


Hannah was born in Brighouse, the daughter of Isaac Heaton
 

Children:

  1. Sarah [b 1853]
  2. Isaac Heaton [ 1854] who died aged 10 weeks, & was buried  with his parents
  3. John William [b 1856]

John died in Brighouse [24th October 1884].

Hannah died in Brighouse [17th September 1900].

The couple were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse

Woodhead, JohnRef 144-2
[1823-1899]
He was a farmer & carter.

On 2nd March 1848, he married Maria Greenwood [1828-1855] in Halifax.

Child: James

Woodhead, JohnRef 144-2685
[1824-188?]
Son of overlooker William Woodhead.

Born in Northowram.

He was a delver at Ovenden [1845] / a stone delver [1851] / innkeeper of the Bay Horse, Halifax [1861, 1864] / a quarry foreman (stone) [1871, 1881].

In 1845 (or 1849 or 1850), he married Sarah Chapman [1825-1889] at Halifax Parish Church.


Sarah, of Northowram, was the daughter of mechanic John Chapman.

She was a power weaver [1851]

 

Children:

  1. William [b 1846] who was an excavator [1851]
  2. Tom [b 1854] who was a house painter [1871]

The family lived at

  • Keighley Road, Ovenden [1851]
  • 98 William Street, Northowram [1871]
  • 98 St Peter Street, Northowram [1881]

Living with them [in 1861] at the Bay Horse Inn, Catherine Slack was 1 boarder.

He died in 1884 or 1885

Woodhead, JohnRef 144-36
[1849-1914]
Son of Samuel Woodhead, collier.

Born in Halifax.

He was a wire drawer of Charlestown [1875] / a thick wire drawer [1881] / a wire drawer [1891] / a copper wire drawer [1901] / landlord / hotel keeper of the Lee Bank Hotel, Lee Bank [1906,  1911, 1914].

He married Julia Collinge [1852-1???] at St Thomas's Church, Claremount.


Julia, of Charlestown, was born in Rochdale, the daughter of Isaac Collinge, cotton spinner
 

Children:

  1. Annie [b 1876] who was a woollen rover [1891], a worsted  warper [1901], a mill hand warper [1911]
  2. Sam [b 1879] who was a cotton piecer [1891], a mechanic  (iron turner) [1901], a mechanic [1911]
  3. John [b 1880] who was a woollen doffer [1891], a copper  wire drawer [1901]
  4. Julia [b 1882] who was a worsted twister [1901]
  5. Martha Elizabeth [b 1883] who was a worsted spinner  [1901], a machinist [1911]
  6. Morris [b 1885] who was an iron wire drawer [1901], a  thick wire drawer [1911]
  7. Frank
  8. Albert Victor [b 1887] who was a worsted doffer [1901]
  9. Florence [b 1891]
  10. Amy [b 1894] who was a winder worsted [1911]

They lived at

  • 74 Prospect Street, Northowram [1881]
  • 63 Clive Street, Northowram [1891]
  • 21 Abbey Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 5 Friendly Fold, Lee Mount [1917]

Living with them [in 1901] was his widowed father Samuel Woodhead [b 1826] (retired underground coal miner).

John died in 1914 (aged 65).

After his death, Julia took over at the Lee Bank Hotel [1914, 1915].

Julia died in 1916 (aged 64) 

Woodhead, JohnRef 144-23
[1857-1???]
Born in Halifax.

He was a wood turner [1881, 1891].

In 1884, he married Elizabeth Maude.


Elizabeth was the daughter of
John Maude.

Elizabeth & John were cousins

 

Children:

  1. Milton [b 1885]
  2. Maud [b 1888]
  3. Ada [b 1890]
  4. James E. [b 1893]

The family lived at

  • Burnley Road, Wadsworth [1891]
  • Hebden Bridge [1901]

Living with them [in 1891] was mother-in-law Susannah Maude [b  1823] (living on own means) 

Woodhead, John ArthurRef 144-11
[1891-1915]
Of Todmorden.

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

He died in the 1st Northern General Hospital, (possibly) Newcastle-upon-Tyne [25th July 1917] (aged 24).

He was buried at Christ Church, Todmorden [East Part: 30th July 1915].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Woodhead, John ArthurRef 144-12
[1894-1918]
Son of
Seth Woodhead.

He was a member of Queens Road United Methodist Chapel / educated at Battinson Road School & Halifax Secondary School  [until 1906] / employed in the office of Stott & Ingham.

During World War I, with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [February 1916], then served as a Private with the 12th Battalion Royal Scots.

He died 24th March 1918 (aged 24).

He is remembered on the family grave at All Saints' Church, Dudwell,

He is remembered on the Pozières Memorial, France [Grave Ref 13 & 14], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at All Saints' Church, Dudwell, and on the Memorial at Halifax Secondary School

Woodhead, John HemingwayRef 144-2595
[1806-1884]
Son of
Peter Woodhead.

Born in Shelf.

On 16th August 1831, he married Elizabeth Blackburn [1811-1887] in Halifax.


Elizabeth came from Hipperholme
 

Children:

  1. Henry Alfred [1832-1853]
  2. Susannah [1833-1916] who married [1857] Samuel  Jagger [1832=1899]
  3. Peter [1835-1874] who married [1861] Elizabeth  Riley [1838-1871]
  4. Anna Maria [1839-1879] who married [1861] Joshua  Alfred Riley [1836-1908]
  5. John Hemingway [b 1843] who married [1862] Jane  Anderton [b 1846]
  6. Elizabeth Blackburn [1844-1936] who married James  Blackburn
  7. Sarah [b 1847] who married [1867] Benjamin Gibson  [b 1839]
  8. Charles [1850] who married [1875] Elizabeth Hanson  [b 1856]
  9. Joseph [b 1853] who married [1880] Mary Jane  Hebblethwaite [b 1856]
  10. James Henry [b 1857] who married [1885] Louisa  Riley [b 1860]

He died at Upper Brea, Northowram.

He was buried at Coley Church

Woodhead, John W.Ref 144-10
[1865-1919]

He married T. Ann.

They lived at 2 Victoria Place, Lumbutts Road, Walsden.

During World War I, and he served as a Private with the Royal Army Service Corps, and transferred to 165th Company Labour Corps.

He died 19th April 1919 (aged 54).

He was buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden [New Yard I 65].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Woodhead, John WilliamRef 144-17
[18??-1918]
MM.

During World War I, he served as a Lance Corporal with the 3rd Battalion Border Regiment.

He died 22nd November 1918.

He was awarded the Military Medal.

He was buried at Luddenden Cemetery [A U 146]

Woodhead, John WilliamRef 144-75
[1878-1951]
Born in Walsden [13th July 1878].

He was a cotton twister [1901] / a winder-on [1911] / a foreman winder-on with John Stott & Sons [1921] / a general labourer [1939].

In [Q1] 1901, he married (1) Annie Greenwood [1881-1904] in Todmorden.


Annie was born in Mytholmroyd.

She was a cotton twister [1901]

 

Children:

  1. Herbert [b 1903] who was a picker maker with Howorth Fielden

Annie died 30th October 1904 (aged 25).

He married (2) Sarah Ellen [1881-1943].


Sarah Ellen was born in Walsden [11th June 1881]
 

They lived at

  • 4 Beswick Street, Todmorden [1901]
  • 2 Fair Mount, Walsden [1911]
  • Pasture Side, Walsden [1904]
  • 13 Melbourne Road, Walsden [1921]
  • 2 Elm Street, Todmorden [1939]

Sarah Ellen died 30th November 1943 (aged 62).

John died 15th November 1951 (aged 73).

He & his wives were buried at Lumbutts United Methodist Free Church

Woodhead, JosephRef 144-2431
[1???-17??]
He was
Overseer of the Poor for Shelf [1721]

He lived at Shelf Hall [1721]

Woodhead, JosephRef 144-635
[1???-19??]
JP.

He was Mayor of Todmorden [1928-1929]

Woodhead, JosephRef 144-1169
[17??-1???]
He was
Constable of Northowram [1759]

Woodhead, JosephRef 144-1209
[177?-18??]
Of
Wade House, Shelf.

He married Naomi [1771-1853].

Child: Susannah

He died before 1853

Woodhead, JosephRef 144-1140
[18??-18??]
He bought
Helliwell Syke Farm, Lightcliffe from the trustees of Hipperholme Grammar School. He lived at the farm around 1844.

He married Unknown.

Child: Michael

Woodhead, JosephRef 144-2695
[18??-18??]
Landlord of the
White Horse, Lightcliffe [1841]

Woodhead, JosephRef 144-667
[18??-18??]
Brewer and innkeeper in Brighouse [from around 1840].


Question: Does anyone know which inn this may have been? Is he the same man as Joseph Woodhead?

 

On 27th September 1849, he was charged with using grains of paradise in brewing. He pleaded guilty, but alleged that his wife had used the grains without his knowing. He was fined £50.

Druggist Benjamin Atkinson was charged with having sold the grains to Mrs Woodhead

Woodhead, JosephRef 144-8200
[1800-1866]
Of Bramley Lane, Hipperholme.

He married Leah [1801-1886].

He was buried at Mount Zion Chapel, Lightcliffe

Woodhead, JosephRef 144-44
[1814-1860]
Born in Clifton.

He was landlord of the Anchor, Brighouse [1848, 1854] / landlord of the New Inn, Brighouse [from 4th March 1854].

On 6th February 1837, he married Hannah Dawson [1816-1861] at Elland Parish Church.


Hannah was born in Rastrick
 

Children:

  1. Lydia Ann [b 1838]
  2. Mary Elizabeth [b 1840]
  3. John William [b 1842]
  4. Annis [b 1843]
  5. Joseph [b 1846]
  6. Jane [b 1848]
  7. Rose Ann [b 1849]
  8. Lewis [b 1851]
  9. Ellen [b 1853]

Joseph died in Fartown [4th November 1860].

Hudds died 26th July 1861.

The couple were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse [Grave Ref: T19]

Woodhead, JosephRef 144-53
[1819-1895]

He married Mary [1818-1883].

Mary died 7th December 1883 (aged 65).

Joseph died 6th May 1895 (aged 76).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1361] with Mary's sister Isabella Fawcett [1837-1889]

Woodhead, JosephRef 144-47
[1824-1878]
Son of
Simeon Woodhead.

Born in Northowram.

He was a woollen piecer [1841] / a tarpaulin manufacturer [1851] / an oil cloth manufacturer [1871].

He married (1) Mary [1823-1853].


Mary was born in Leeds
 

Children:

  1. Sarah Ellen [1851-1852] who was buried with his parents
  2. Mary Ann [1853-1854] who was buried with his parents

Mary died 4th March 1853 (aged 30).

He married (2) Sarah [1828-1896].


Sarah was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Samuel Dennis [1857-1876] who was buried with his parents
  2. Lewis Herbert [1863-1866] who was buried with his parents

They lived at

  • 15 Brunswick Court, Halifax [1851]
  • 39 Heywood Place, Halifax [1871]

Joseph died 29th September 1878 (aged 54).

In [Q1] 1853, Sarah married Timothy Foulds in Halifax

Sarah died 2nd January 1896 (aged 68).

Joseph, his wives & children () were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4536]

Woodhead, JosephRef 144-15
[1899-1918]
Known as Joe.

Son of Samuel Woodhead.

Born in Halifax [5th January 1899].

He was a member of Rhodes Street Wesleyan Chapel, Halifax & Boys' Brigade / a member and winner of the Gold Medal of the Tradesmen's Harriers / a butcher employed by his father.

He was engaged to Doris of 39 Stannary Street.

During World War I, he enlisted with the 2nd/4th Battalion - the local Chums battalion – of the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [September 1914], then he served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Scottish Rifles.

He transferred to the 8th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) and fought in the Dardanelles.

He was hospitalised in Egypt & Malta, and sent to Essex as under age, then to Ireland.

He then transferred to the 2nd Battalion Cameronian (Scottish Rifles).

He was listed as missing from 24th March 1918, and was later found to have been killed by machine gun fire while he was a runner at Voyens near Nesle [24th March 1918] (aged 20).

The Halifax Courier [11th May 1918] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Pozières Memorial, France [Grave Ref 37 & 38], and on the Memorial at Rhodes Street Wesleyan Chapel

Woodhead, LeslieRef 144-1730
[1937-] OBE.

Son of Fred Woodhead.

Born in Glasgow. His family moved to Yorkshire shortly after World War II.

Educated at Heath Grammar School.

During his National Service, he studied Russian and was posted to Germany to monitor communications between Soviet aircraft. Afterwards, he worked as a reporter for the TV programme World in Action.

He went on to make documentaries about Soviet and East European subjects, including A Cry from the Grave [1999] and Children of Beslan [2006].

He has received many awards, including a BAFTA, a Royal Television Society Award, and an OBE for services to television.

Woodhead, LeviRef 144-67
[1838-1893]
Son of Hannah Woodhead.

Born in Halifax.

He was a wholesale druggist employing 1 man [1871] / a druggist in Halifax [1868] / a warehouseman in Leeds [1893].

In [Q2] 1862, he married Ellen Mellor in Halifax.


Ellen was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Lucy [b 1866]
  2. Arthur [b 1868]
  3. Minnie [b 1870]
  4. Edwin [1863-1868] who was buried with his father

The family lived at 26 Union Street, Halifax [1871].

Living with them [in 1871] were Ellen's siblings Martha Mellor [b 1845] & Joseph J. Mellor [b 1847] (draper).

Levi died 21st September 1893 (aged 55)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1548]


Details of Ellen's death / burial place are not yet known
 

Woodhead, MichaelRef 144-1172
[16??-1???]
He was
Constable of Northowram [1679]

Woodhead, MichaelRef 144-54
[1792-1861]
Born in Ovenden.

He was a worsted weaver [1818].

On 2nd February 1818, he married Sarah Brier [1794-1850] in Halifax.


Sarah was born in Ovenden
 

Children:

  1. John [1819-1844]
  2. Samuel [1821-1868]
  3. Mary [1823-1855]
  4. Hannah [1826-1870]
  5. Elizabeth [1829] who died in infancy
  6. Susannah [1830-1883]

Sarah died in Ovenden [9th September 1850].

Michael died in Ovenden [7th December 1861].

Members of the family were buried at Illingworth Church

Woodhead, MichaelRef 144-1245
[18??-19??]
Son of
Joseph Woodhead of Helliwell Syke Farm.

In 1891, he bought the farm

Woodhead, MichaelRef 144-2440
[1804-1863]
Born in Hipperholme.

He was a weaver [1830] / a brewer [1841] / a brewer's foreman [1851] / a brewer [1861] / a brewer's manager [1863].

It is likely that the family worked at the Shibden Head Brewery.

On 24th August 1828, he married Elizabeth Robertshaw [1806-1867] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Martha Robertshaw [1829-1901] who was a dressmaker [1861]
  2. Thomas [1832-1882] who was a bookkeeper [1861], a  brewer's manager at The Brewery, Shibden Head [1871, 1881]

The family lived at Shibden Head [1841, 1851, 1861, 1863].

He died at Shibden Head.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £1,500. Probate was granted to his widow Elizabeth.

Members of the family were buried at Coley Church

Woodhead, NathanielRef 144-41
[1815-1???]
Illegitimate son of Sarah Woodhead of Hipperholme.

Baptised at St John the Baptist, Coley [16th July 1815]

Woodhead, PeterRef 144-2522
[1779-1857]
Son of
Robert Woodhead.

Born in Shelf.

He was a farmer.

On 4th September 1805, he married Susannah Hemingway [1777-1827], daughter of Phoebe (née Hardy) & John Hemingway, of Wibsey, in Halifax.

Children:

  1. John Hemingway [1806-1884]
  2. Maria [1808-1871] who married William Hodgson
  3. Phebe [1810-1855] who married Richard Murgatroyd
  4. Peter Ambler [1812-1896]
  5. William Henry [1813-1888]
  6. Charles Hardy Simpson [1815-1888] who was buried at  Wakefield Asylum
  7. Susanna [1817-1886]
  8. Hannah Sarah [b 1822]

Susannah was buried at Coley Church on 15th November 1827

Woodhead, R. A.Ref 144-827
[18??-19??]
In 1895, he bought
Holdsworth House, Holmfield

Woodhead, RichardRef 144-1306
[1???-18??]
He was appointed
Surveyor of the Highways for Shelf [1835]

Woodhead, Richard AyrtonRef 144-9
[1820-1901]
Born in Ovenden [16th July 1820].

He was a weaver [1842].

On 26th December 1842, he married Martha Fearnley [1821-1886] in Halifax.


Martha was born in Ovenden
 

Children:

  1. Emma [1843-1910] who never married and left  £3,352 0/9d to her brother Sidney
  2. Sidney

The children were born in Holmfield.

They lived at Prospect Villa, Holmfield [1901, 1910].

Martha died in Holmfield [28th March 1886].

Richard died at Prospect Villa [12th April 1901]

The couple were buried at Illingworth Church: Martha [31st March 1886]; Richard [16th April 1901]

Woodhead, RobertRef 144-2521
[1752-1832]
Son of
William Woodhead

On 9th May 1774, he married Sarah, daughter of Peter Ambler, in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 1775]
  2. William [b 1776]
  3. Peter [b 1779-1857]
  4. Ambler [b 1789]
  5. Sam [b 1791]
  6. Edmund [b 1794]
  7. John [b 1797]
  8. Tom [b 1797]
  9. Henry Alfred [1800-1817]

He was buried at Coley Church [1st January 1832]

Woodhead, RobertRef 144-684
[18??-1???]
Of Walsden.

On 12th April 1869, he was convicted at Salford Quarter Sessions of passing base coins at Todmorden, and was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment.

See Coiners

Woodhead, RobertRef 144-56
[1819-1883]
Born in Warley.

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

He married Elizabeth [1819-1898].


Elizabeth was born in Midgley
 

Children:

  1. William [1843-1900] who was an iron & brass model maker  [1861], a mechanic model maker [1871]
  2. John [b 1850] who was a joiner carpenter [1861]
  3. Hannah [1847-1911] who was a cotton spinner [1861], a  dress maker [1871], a carpet setter [1881]

The family lived at

  • 21 Peel Street, Halifax [1861]
  • 15 Peel Street, Halifax [1871]
  • 53 Hanson Lane, Halifax [1881]

Robert died 24th April 1883 (aged 64).

Elizabeth died 11th October 1898 (aged 79).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2569]

Woodhead, RufusRef 144-6
[1851-1940]
Son of
Joah Woodhead

Born in Shelf.

He was an accountant.

On 24th February 1873, he married Elizabeth Ann Scott in Halifax.


Elizabeth Ann was the daughter of Thomas Scott
 

Children:

  1. Harriet Eliza Ann [1874-1912] who married Rowland Rushworth Hirst
  2. Selina Maud [1875-1955] who married John Higgin Robinson
  3. Thomas Scott
  4. Florence Elizabeth [b 1880] who married Charles Frederick Spencer
  5. Walter George
  6. Ella [11th July 1884-1963] who married Frederick William Berwick
  7. Blanche [1889-1947] who married James Evison
  8. Joah [b 1891]

Elizabeth Ann died in Halifax [18th November 1912].

Rufus died 25th February 1940

Woodhead, SamRef 144-39
[1836-1???]
Born in Shelf.

He was a stone quarry man [1891].

He married Unknown.

Child: Mary Ellen [b 1870] who was a worsted drawer [1891] and married (1) William Prout & (2) John Colin Boocock.

They lived at Back West Street, Shelf, Halifax [1891]

Woodhead, SamuelRef 144-16
[1872-1949]
Born in Pellon

He was a master butcher [1895].

In [Q1] 1895, he married Lilly Helliwell [1873-1959] in Halifax.


Lilly was born in Warley
 

Children:

  1. Herman [1895-1968] who enlisted in Halifax [29th August  1916] and served in World War I with the 5th West Yorkshire Regiment  and 18th York & Lancaster Regiment
  2. John [1897-1920]
  3. Joseph

All the family worked as butchers with the family business at 258 Gibbet Street, Halifax.

They lived at 258 Gibbet Street [1911]

Woodhead, SethRef 144-34
[1856-1925]
Born 23rd March 1856.

He married Mary [1841-1???].

Children:

  1. John Arthur
  2. Ellen Doris [1894-1984] who married [Halifax Q2 1922]  Charles H. Place

The family lived at Greenroyde, 19 St Bevan's Road, Skircoat Green, Halifax.

Seth died 3rd February 1925.

Mary died 31st January 1947 (aged 87).

Members of the family were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell. Son John Arthur died in World War I, and is remembered on the grave

Woodhead, SidneyRef 144-1719
[1848-1913]
Son of
Richard Ayrton Woodhead.

He was a wool stapler [1872] / a wool stapler at Upper George Yard, Halifax [1905].

On 29th May 1872, he married Mary Hannah Lassey [1848-1917] in Halifax.


Mary Hannah was born in Ovenden, the daughter of Joseph Lassey
 

Children:

  1. Richard Joseph [1873-1873]
  2. Mary Emma [1874-1875]
  3. Milford Lassey [1876-1877]
  4. Martha Ann [1877-1885]
  5. Edith [1879-1934]
  6. Richard Lassey [1882-1935]
  7. Harold [1884-1886]
  8. Clement [1887-1951] who married [Halifax 1936]  Edith (née Bradley), widow of Mr Fearnley

Clement was the only child to marry.

The family lived at Bradshaw Hall, Holmfield [1905].

Sidney died in a nursing home in Leeds [25th November 1913]

Mary Hannah died at Bradshaw Hall [25th September 1917]

Members of the family were buried at Illingworth Church

Woodhead, SimeonRef 144-49
[1779-1858]
Of Boothtown.

He married Mary [1787-1855].

Children:

  1. Elizabeth [1809-22nd March 1883] who was buried with her parents

Mary died 13th December 1855 (aged 68).

Simeon died 17th May 1858 (aged 79).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4431]

Woodhead, SimeonRef 144-48
[1786-18??]
He was a worsted weaver [1841].

Around 1811, he married Mary [1791-18??].

Children:

  1. James [b 1816] who was a silk twister [1841]
  2. Joseph
  3. Anne [b 1829] who was a silk piecer [1841]
  4. Frederick [b 1840]

The family lived at Greaves Buildings, Halifax [1841]

Woodhead, SimeonRef 144-9001
[1832-1???]
Of Wibsey.

Son of butcher Benjamin Woodhead.

He was a carter [1854].

In 1854, he married Eliza Womersley [1833-1???] in Bradford.


Eliza was the daughter of John Womersley, labourer
 

Children:

  1. William Henry [1858-1861]

The family lived at Leeds [1861].

Son William Henry were buried at Bramley Lane Chapel

Woodhead, SusannahRef 144-1208
[1792-1859]
Daughter of
Joseph Woodhead. She was born at Wade House, Shelf.

She married Moses Bottomley

Woodhead, ThomasRef 144-752
[1???-15??]
Of
Barkisland Hall and Howroyd Hall.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Margaret [15??-1571] who married John Hanson

Woodhead, ThomasRef 144-74
[1771-1848]
Born in Warley.

He was a private soldier in the British Army [1792 to 1812].

He married Sarah.

Child: Thomas

Thomas (Snr) died in Warley [Q4 1848]

Woodhead, ThomasRef 144-37
[1795-1862]
Naturalist.

He lived at Ovenden.

He died 16th November 1862 (aged 67).

He was buried at Christ Church, Pellon A memorial was erected by the members of the Halifax Naturalists Society at Christ Church, Pellon

Woodhead, ThomasRef 144-1386
[1797-1835]
Brighouse violinist

Woodhead, ThomasRef 144-73
[1798-1862]
Son of
Thomas Woodhead.

Born in Plymouth; baptised at St Andrew, Plymouth [1st April 1798].

He was a weaver [1818] / a worsted weaver [1841, 1851, 1861].

On 27th September 1818, he married Mary Greenwood [1799-1853] in Halifax.


Mary was born in Warley
 

Children:

  1. John [b 22nd September 1820] who was a worsted weaver  [1841]
  2. William [b 1826] who was a worsted weaver [1841]
  3. Thomas [b 1828] who was a worsted weaver [1841, 1861]
  4. Jonas [1835-1844]
  5. Benjamin
  6. Betty [b Q4/1841] who was a factory operative [1851], a  worsted twister [b 1861]

They lived at

  • Luddenden Village [1841, 1851]
  • Whitworth Houses, 5 Old Lee Bank, Ovenden [1861]

Mary died in Warley in 1853 & was buried at St Mary's Church, Luddenden [7th July 1853].

Thomas died in Ovenden [19th November 1862]

Woodhead, ThomasRef 144-42
[18??-18??]
Publican in Shelf [1835].

He married Mary.

Children:

  1. Anne [b 21st June 1835]

Woodhead, ThomasRef 144-21
[1863-1930]
Son of
Benjamin Woodhead.

Born in Halifax.

He was a wire drawer of Shroggs Road, Ovenden [1882] / a wire drawer [1891, 1901] / a small wire drawer [1911].

In 1882, he married 1862-1925b. at Halifax Parish Church


Mary Frances, of Lee Bank, was born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, the daughter of James Shaw, wool sorter
 

Children:

  1. Arthur
  2. Harold
  3. Albert [b 1887-1936] who was a cotton piecer [1901], a  small wire drawer [1911]
  4. Annie Maude [1890-1985] who was a coating mender [1911] &  married [1918] Harold Walker
  5. Grace Amelia [1892-1975] who was a coating weaver [1911],  a fancy worsted coating mender [1939], never married & died at 4  Woodville Street
  6. Benjamin
  7. Effie [1897-1898]
  8. May [1899-1975] who married [1924] James Greenwood
  9. Willie [1901-1976]
  10. James [1902-1923]

All surviving children were enrolled at Lee Mount Board School between the ages of 3 years 2 months and 3 years 9 months.

The family lived at

  • 30 Shroggs Road, Ovenden [1891]
  • 47 Old Lee Bank, Halifax [1901, 1911, 1921, 1925]
  • 7 Japan Street, Lee Mount [1930]
  • 7 Japan Street, Lee Mount (Annie and Grace living  at this address) [1939]

Son Benjamin died in World War I. Son Harold also served in the War.

Mary Francis died at 47 Old Lee Bank in 1925.

Thomas died at 7 Japan Street, Lee Mount in 1930.

Thomas, Mary Francis, James and Effie were buried at St George's Church, Lee Mount

Woodhead, Thomas MitchellRef 144-50
[1837-1873]
Son of Joseph Woodhead, labourer.

He was a joiner of Halifax [1863].

On 25th July 1863, he married Susannah Sutcliffe.


Susannah was the daughter of
Dennis Sutcliffe
 

Children:

  1. Mary Hannah [b 1860] who married William H. Bancroft
  2. Emma [1864-1895] who was a piece mender [1891] & married  John William Riley

Thomas died 6th January 1873 (aged 36).

The widowed Susannah was living with daughter & son-in-law William H. Bancroft [1891, 1911].

She was living with her brother Sutcliffe at 48 Upper Fountain Street, Warley [1901]

Thomas died 6th February 1873 (aged 36).

Susannah died 11th February 1923 (aged 86) 

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1031]

Woodhead, Thomas ScottRef 144-8
[1877-1951]
Son of
Rufus Woodhead.

Born in Halifax [7th December 1877].

He was an engineer.

On 2nd April 1902, he married Gertrude Hoyle [1881-1965] in Halifax.


Gertrude was born in Huddersfield
 

Children:

  1. Margaret [1903-1990] who married Charles Leslie Tankard Megson
  2. twins Ena [1906-1992] who married Charles Geoffrey Wadsworth
  3. Louie [1906-1987] who married Bartram Reginald Megson

The couple died in Halifax: Thomas [18th July 1951]; Gertrude [1965]

Woodhead, Walter EdmundRef 144-66
[1850-1914]
Born in Wortley.

He was a police constable (!) [1881] / a stone mason [1901].

In [Q1] 1872, he married Jane Fuller in Halifax.


Jane was the daughter of
William Fuller
 

Children:

  1. William Henry [b 1873] who was a barman [1901], a brewery  labourer [1911]
  2. Margaret Ellen [b 1877] who was a cotton turner (piecer)   [1901] & married Mr Starkie
  3. George E. [b 1883] who was a stone mason [1901]

The family lived at

  • 5 Oxford Lane, Siddal [1881]
  • 29 Whitby Street, Halifax [1901, 1911]

Jane died 21st February 1910 (aged 59)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1376] with her parents.

Walter died in Halifax [Q3 1914] (aged 63) 


His burial place is not yet known
 

Woodhead, Walter GeorgeRef 144-7
[1882-1948]
Son of
Rufus Woodhead.

On 19th April 1908, he married Jane Dyson [1882-19??] at St Jude's Church, Halifax.


Jane was born in Dewsbury
 

Children:

  1. Mildred [b 1908]

He died in Isleworth [7th March 1948]

Woodhead, WilliamRef 144-30
[1???-1???]
Established
William Woodhead & Company

Woodhead, WilliamRef 144-2520
[17??-1???]

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. William
  2. Robert

Woodhead, WilliamRef 144-2599
[17??-18??]
Son of
William Woodhead.

He married Unknown.

Child: James

Woodhead, WilliamRef 144-1008
[1778-1850]
Of
Giles Hill, Shelf.

He married Mary [1783-1833].

Children:

  1. John who married Hannah and had daughter Naomi
  2. Jane [1813-1895]

William died 17th January 1850 [aged 72].

Members of the family were buried at Coley Church - the headstone is recumbent, lying just north-west of the west door

Woodhead, WilliamRef 144-31
[1782-1857]
Born in Northowram.

Landlord of the Shoulder of Mutton, Northowram [1834-1857]

He married Anne [1794-1849].


Anne was born in Northowram
 

Children:

  1. John [b 1821]
  2. Anne [b 1826]
  3. Sarah [1829-1859] who married David Booth

Anne died at the Shoulder of Mutton [17th October 1849].

William died at the Shoulder of Mutton [13th May 1857].

The couple were buried at Heywood's Chapel

Woodhead, WilliamRef 144-2292
[18??-1???]
Proprietor of the
Walterclough Gardens [1879]

Woodhead, WilliamRef 144-1534
[18??-19??]
Proprietor of the
Model Lodging House, Hebden Bridge [1905]

Woodhead, WilliamRef 144-1560
[18??-19??]
Partner in
Woodhead Brothers [1905]

Woodhead, WilliamRef 144-32
[1805-1871]
He was a weaver of Warley [1826] / a hand weaver [1851].

In 1826, he married Lydia Eastwood [1805-18??].


Lydia came from Midgley
 

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 1828]
  2. Grace [b 1830] who married John Murgatroyd
  3. William [b 1834]
  4. Ellen [b 1835]
  5. Ann [b 1839]
  6. Betty [b 1842]

They lived at

  • Luddenden [1851]
  • Bank End, Midgley [1861]

Living with them [in 1851] were daughter Grace, and her husband John Murgatroyd & daughter Sarah Ann.

William died in 1871 (aged 67) 

Woodhead, WilliamRef 144-38
[1806-1861]

He married Harriet [1809-1891].

Children:

  1. Betty [1832-1853]
  2. Amelia [1835-1859]
  3. Jesse [1842-1927]
  4. Horsefield [1844] who died aged 17 weeks

The family lived at

  • Birks Cottage
  • Mount Pellon, Halifax [1861]
  • 29 Greens Square, Halifax [1891]

William died 26th June 1861 (aged 53).

Harriet died 12th July 1891 (aged 82).

Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Pellon with his sister Martha Robertshaw Woodhead [18??-1901]

Woodhead, WilliamRef 144-3
[1812-1883]
Born in Northowram.

He was a tailor.

On 9th May 1836, he married Margaret Eubank [1814-1868] in Halifax.


Margaret was born Kendal
 

Child: David

The couple died in Halifax

Woodhead, WilliamRef 144-46
[1850-1???]
Born in Wyke.

He was a dyer's labourer [1891].

Around 1877, he married Susannah [1845-1???].


Susannah was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Emma J. [b 1877] who was a worsted spinner [1891]
  2. Francis [b 1878] who was a cotton spinner [1891]
  3. Morris [b 1887]
  4. Agnes [b 1882] who was a wire weaver [1901] & married  Lewis Kenyon
  5. Amy [b 1891]

They lived at

  • 14 William Street, Skircoat [1891]
  • 24 Armitage Road, Halifax [1901]

William died between 1891 & 1901.

Living with them [in 1901] was boarder Lewis Kenyon

Woodhead, William HenryRef 144-2596
[1813-1888]
Son of
Peter Woodhead.

Born in Shelf.

On 11th June 1845, he married Mary Jagger in Halifax.


Mary was the daughter of Squire Jagger
 

Children:

  1. Hannah Jane [b 1846]
  2. Elizabeth Ann [b 1848] who married [1871] John  Ambler
  3. Susanna [b 1852] who married [1871] George Hainsworth  Oddy [b 1847]
  4. Maria [b 1854]
  5. Emily [b 1858]

He died in Clayton

Woodhead, WillieRef 144-20
[1884-19??]
MM.

Son of Henry Woodhead

Born in Lumbrook, Shelf.

He was a quarryman (below ground) [1901] / a tram conductor with Halifax Corporation [1911].

He was engaged to Ruby Spence of The Scarr, Skircoat Green.

He lived at 7 Hough, Stump Cross, Halifax [1911].

During World War I, he served as a Rifleman with the King's Royal Rifle Corps.

He was awarded the Military Medal for conspicuous bravery on 27th July 1916.

His photograph appears with a report of his award in the Halifax Courier [9th September 1916]

Surname

Woodhead surnameRef 144-1
The surname is recorded in 1315. Derived from Woodhead

There are 127 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Woodhead, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.


Unattached BMDs for Woodhead

Marriages 1805, 1868, 1893, 1908, 1913, 1936, 1942; Deaths 1808, 1853, 1899, 1901, 1907

 



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