Alfred Ramsden JP.
was born at Popples School House, the son of John Ramsden.
Alfred was a member of the Methodist New Connexion Conference, succeeding Edwin Lumby / a member of Salem Methodist New Connexion Chapel, North Parade.
He moved to Hanover Chapel when that was established in 1834 / a preacher and taught at the Hanover Chapel Sunday School for 20 years / a druggist with James Lofthouse – in a shop known as The House at the Maypole and later with Jabez Waterhouse in Broad Street.
He subsequently bought the Waterhouse business / a correspondent for the Leeds Mercury / a correspondent for the Halifax Courier [1857] / a governor of Heath Grammar School and of Crossley & Porter School [1880] / editor of the Halifax Courier [1882] / Mayor of Halifax [1883-1884] / a borough magistrate [1886] / manager of the Halifax Courier / part owner of the Halifax Courier / a founder and director of the Yorkshire Penny Bank / the founder of the Halifax Evening Courier [1892] / a director of the Halifax High Level Railway company.
General William Booth stayed with Ramsden on one of his journeys before he established the Salvation Army.
He encouraged Joseph Rideal Smith's artistic talents, and he was one of the people to whom Smith dedicated one of his prints.
In 1851, he married (1) Elizabeth Ramsden Gledhill [1824-1870].
Elizabeth was his cousin
Child: Arnold [1861-1919]
Elizabeth died in 1870.
In 1872, he married (2) Sarah Jane [1844-1924].
Sarah Jane was the daughter of Henry Oates of Prospect House
Children:
The children – Rayner, Clifford and Edith – all inherited a 10% share of the residual estate of their maternal uncle Arthur Donald Oates's estate, after the Bermerside Bequest & Oates Trust Fund
They lived at Kingston, Halifax [1876].
He died 8th November 1892
Members of the family were buried at Warley Town Cemetery.
He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1892.
See
Anthony Bancroft and
Samuel Thomas Crook
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley, John Hoyle & Tricia Parry
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