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He married Unknown.
Child: James
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Born at Pineberry Hill, Southowram [14th July 1800].
He and his family – 7 boys and 3 girls – moved to Northowram.
He worked in the office of William Knight.
He decided to train for the church, although Rev Samuel Knight
tried to persuade him to enter the established church.
He trained at Idle Academy [1818] and was one of 2 students who were
overpowered by wind and rain as they crossed the moor at Pateley
Bridge travelling to preach at local churches.
He was ordained
22nd August 1822,
and became an Independent Minister of
Halifax,
Northowram
and
Myrtle Grove Chapel, Eastwood [1822, 1845].
A new chapel – Eastwood Congregational Church – was built at
Eastwood during his ministry there.
He married Hannah Horsfall [1811-1837].
Children:
They lived at Duke Street [1845].
Hannah died 22nd August 1837 (aged 26).
About noon, on
28th January 1864,
as he was returning from a visit to Underbank Farm, he was killed by
a luggage train at Mutterhole whilst crossing the railway
line, 600 yards from the Station, near the Chapel at Eastwood – there
was a high wind and the rain was falling fast.
His body was much mangled.
He had been pastor at Eastwood for 42 years.
The couple were buried at Eastwood Congregational Church
In 1868, a memorial tablet was placed at the east end of Eastwood Congregational Church in his memory.
See
Mally Blackburn
Born in Hebden Bridge.
She had 2 sons (father unknown):
They lived at 9 Cliffe Street, Hebden Bridge [1891].
In 1901, Anne – retired tailoress (fustian) - was living with
son David Arthur and his family
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He lived at 6 South View, Brighouse [1900].
Born in Rishworth [13th February 1866].
He was
a pupil-teacher [1881] /
Rector the Parish of St Paul, Bradford, Manchester [1905-1934].
In 1896, he married Elsie Taylor [1870-1945]
at St Paul's Church, Stalybridge, Cheshire.
They lived at 14 Carlton Road, Ashton-under-Lyne [1934].
Arthur died at the Royal Eye Hospital, Chorlton-upon-Medlock [24th November 1934].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £388 14/6d.
Administration was granted to his widow Elsie.
Elsie died in Thirsk [9th December 1945].
The couple were buried at St Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden
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In 1900, he married Sarah Elizabeth Clegg in Halifax.
They lived at 21 John Street, Elland.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 16th December 1920 (aged 41)
and is remembered with a CWGC headstone at Elland Cemetery
[C 1628]
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He married Unknown.
They lived at 3 Clarence Square, Clarence Street, Halifax.
During World War I,
he enlisted [June 1915] and
served as a Private
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was wounded twice.
He died in the Dardanelles at the Battle of Lys [10th April 1918] (aged 21).
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Pellon Lane Particular Baptist Church
Baptised at St Peter's Church, Leeds [16th July 1758].
He was a clothier/merchant in Leeds, and established Benjamin Blackburn & Son.
On 31st January 1790, he married Hannah Naylor at St Peter's Church, Leeds.
They had several children, notably:
Benjamin died at Holbeck, Leeds [5th October 1827] (aged 69)
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Born 9th April 1792.
In April 1821, he went to Sydney, Australia to set up a branch of the
business Benjamin Blackburn & Son.
He received a 400-acre land grant and had retail premises at
O'Connell Street, Sydney.
He died in Sydney [5th November 1827] (aged 35)
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Born 11th May 1914.
Partner in Thomas Blackburn & Sons.
He bought land on Clifton Common and built 32 houses on Victoria Street, Albert Street and Edward Street.
He also built retail premises in Commercial Street, Brighouse.
He owned the Old Foundry, Brighouse.
He never married.
They lived at Wilkin Royd House, Brighouse
with his unmarried sister, Grace.
In his latter years, he was an invalid.
He died 7th March 1891.
Benjamin and his sisters, Grace and
Mary were buried in the family vault at Brighouse Cemetery.
His nephew, John Edward Blackburn Howe inherited considerable
property in Brighouse and Clifton.
He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1891
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Born in Stainland.
He was
(possibly) a tripe dealer [1891] /
a general labourer [1911].
He lived at Bowling Green, Stainland [1911].
Living with him [in 1911] was Amy Giggal [1877-19??]
(servant), and 2 children:
In Q3 1933, an Amy Giggal married Fred M. Craven in
Halifax
In 1921, he married Doris Deakin [1901-1955]
in Prescot, Lancashire.
Children:
Members of the family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery
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Born in Hebden Bridge.
He was a fustian cutter.
On 26th December 1908, he married Phoebe Stott [1886-1944] at St Mary's Church, Luddenden.
The children were born in Hebden Bridge.
The family lived at
During World War I,
he served as a Gunner
with the Royal Garrison Artillery.
He died 15th May 1918,
as a result of contracting acute bacillary dysentery in Egypt.
He was buried at Gaza War Cemetery, Palestine [Grave Ref XXXII B 6].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Hebden Bridge Methodist Church
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Born in Liverpool.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 3rd Battalion
Royal Fusiliers.
/
London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers).
He died 6th October 1918.
He was buried at Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay, France [Grave Ref III B 3]
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Born in Brighouse.
He was
a cotton spinner [1871, 1881] (possibly) with Thomas Blackburn & Sons /
a cotton spinner & manufacturer [1911] /
President of the Brighouse Permanent Orchestral Society.
On 1st January 1907, he married Bertha Delacour Smith
at St Michael's Church, Grassington.
Bertha was aged 24, Clement was 60
Children:
They lived at Toothill Hall, Rastrick [which he bought in
1887].
In 1870, his father bought Manor Farm and 75% of the property
in the village of
Foggathorpe,
East Yorkshire.
Thomas died in 1879.
Clement bought more property in the village: Oak Farm
[1896], Grange Farm [1904] and Willow Farm [1913].
Altogether, they owned about 1100 acres and created what was
virtually an estate village.
He also owned property in Grassington.
Clement died 15th November 1915.
Members of the family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery.
After Clement's death, Bertha never remarried, probably
because he put a clause in his will that if she did she would lose
any entitlement to support from his estate.
She lived in Surrey.
She died at Haslemere, Surrey [9th December 1972].
It is said that her ashes were scattered on the Blackburn family
grave but there is no memorial inscription
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She was raised by her aunts Hannah Elizabeth
and Sarah Ann.
In 1923, she married Arthur E. Fox [1863-19??] of 60 St John's
Wood Road, London.
Child:
(possibly) Gerald
Cora died in Northamptonshire in 1962
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Born in Hebden Bridge [3rd August 1864].
He was
a commercial traveller [1891] /
a fustian clothing manufacturer (employer) [1901, 1911] /
a partner in Broadbent Brothers & Blackburn /
Liberal candidate in the Hebden Bridge Division for the West Riding
Council election [1911] /
re-elected as a Liberal County Councillor for Hebden Bridge (now in
his 11th year as County Councillor) [1928] /
appointed as a magistrate [1930] /
an alderman [1937] /
head of D. A. Blackburn & Sons Limited [1941].
On 14th May 1891, he married Priscilla Bennett
at Cross Lanes United Methodist Chapel, Hebden Bridge.
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1901] was David Arthur's mother Anne Blackburn.
David Arthur died 20th February 1946 (aged 81)
and was buried at Heptonstall Slack Baptist Cemetery
[23rd February 1946] after a service at Cross Lanes Methodist
Church
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He was inn keeper at unidentified premises at 447 Upper Park,
Stainland [1851].
Question:
Does anyone know which inn this may have been?
He married Sarah [1804-1???]
Born 23rd November 1804.
On 16th January 1837, he married Sarah Cookson.
One of their sons emigrated to New Zealand
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Born in Hebden Bridge.
He was
educated at Hebden Bridge Central & Secondary Schools /
a member of Cross Lanes United Methodist Chapel /
a member of Hebden Bridge Liberal Club /
a teacher at the Sunday School /
a trainee at Beehive Works, Hebden Bridge /
employed in the office of the family firm Broadbent Brothers & Blackburn.
During World War I,
he enlisted with the Public Schools Battalion [May 1915]
and served as a Private
with the 12th Battalion
London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers).
The Leeds Mercury [24th April 1917] published his account – written
whilst he was hospitalised in Cheltenham – of taking German trenches
on the 18th February 1917.
He was wounded east of Ypres.
He wrote an account entitled
which was published in the Leeds Mercury [24th April 1917].
He died of wounds in an Australian Field Ambulance [12th September 1917] (aged 20).
He was buried at Menin Road South Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium [Grave Ref II B1 9].
The Halifax Courier He is remembered on the Memorial at Hebden Bridge Methodist Church,
and on the Memorial at Hebden Bridge United District Secondary School
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During World War I,
she served 4 years as a nurse at the front in France and in Egypt.
She was awarded the RRC 2nd Class in the King's Birthday
Honours List [1917].
She died 3rd September 1957.
She & other members of the family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery
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He was
a railway platelayer [1911] /
a platelayer for the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway [1921.
In [Q3] 1918, he married Mary Ann Greenwood in Todmorden.
They lived at
Living with him [in 1911] were boarders: Mrs Mary Ann
Greenwood and her 2 children.
Living with him [in 1921] were his wife
Mary Ann
and her daughter Emma Greenwood [b 1904]
(both cotton weavers for William Barker, cotton manufacturer,
Knowlwood Mill, Todmorden)
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He was
a cotton spinner [1861] (possibly) with Thomas Blackburn & Sons /
a partner in Blackburn & Ormerod.
He lived at Brow Lee, Brighouse [1870].
He was buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse
in the grave of Thomas Blackburn with a memorial on the
family grave in Brighouse Cemetery
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Born in Dewsbury.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 10th Battalion
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).
He died 21st May 1918.
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 4]
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She never married.
She lived at Wilkin Royd House, Brighouse
with her unmarried brother, Benjamin.
Grace and her siblings Benjamin and
Mary were buried at Brighouse Cemetery.
An obituary described Grace as
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She never married.
She and her sister Sarah Ann, raised their niece Cora Catherine.
In 1911, she was head of the household Bonegate Cottage, Brighouse.
Living with her [1911] were
sister Sarah Ann [1854-1937]
and
Joseph and
Grace Hannah, the children of
brother Samuel.
She was buried at Brighouse Cemetery
in the family grave
Born in Clifton.
He was a traveller for his father's cotton spinning business [1911].
He had a cycle shop and motor engineering business at Huddersfield
Road, Brighouse.
On 25th November 1912, he married Evelyn M. Robinson at St Matthew's Church, Rastrick.
They had no children.
He was buried at Brighouse Cemetery
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In September 1840, he was declared bankrupt
He lived at Bank Villas, 6 Jerry Lane, Sowerby Bridge [1905]
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
South Staffordshire Regiment.
He died 10th December 1917.
He was buried at Lebucquière Communal Cemetery Extension, France [Grave Ref I E 13].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
In 1935, he was imprisoned for 6 months and suspended from driving
for 5 years for the manslaughter of Elsie May Healey
and Maurice Eastwood of Sowerby Bridge who were passengers in
his car when it was travelling at 60 mph and crashed into a lamp
standard
He married Mary Murgatroyd [17??-1???].
Child: James
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He married Elizabeth Oates [18??-1???].
Child: James
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Born in Soyland.
He was
a cotton spinner [1841, 1851] /
a master cotton spinner [1861].
On 16th January 1837, he married (1) Sarah Gaukrodger
[1805-1847] at Halifax Parish Church.
They had no children.
On 13th April 1856, he married (2) Mary at Halifax Parish
Church.
They had no children.
They lived at
James was dead by 1871
He died at Shaw's Terrace [8th March 1868].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £8,000.
Probate was granted to his brother
Joseph, James Holroyd Charles Webster Shaw
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He was
a wool washer /
a wool combing maker-up [1901] /
a stuff cinder at dyeworks [1911].
He married Ellen [1844-1???].
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1901, 1911] was son Joseph and his family
were
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He was a master machinist employing 7 men & 3 boys [1871].
In 1864, he married Fanny Isabella Ambler [1842-1???], born in
Bingley, in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at 10 Stead Street, Halifax [1871]
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Born at Shelf Hall [6th June 1842]
He was an iron pulley maker for Croft & Perkins.
He lived at 16 Hope Street, Shelf.
He died 5th October 1907
after being run over by an electric tram.
He was found lying on the road and the street-lighting was dim so the
tram driver was unable to see him.
At the time of the accident, he was deaf and hearing impaired.
After the Inquest, better street-lighting was installed
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He was a fustian cutter.
On 26th August 1876, he married Mary Jane Greenwood [1856-1928].
Children:
The children were born in Hebden Bridge
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On 25th September 1797, he married Rebecca Riley [1780-1852] at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
The first 8 children were baptised at Ripponden Church, the others
were baptised at Stones Wesleyan Chapel.
John died [Jul 1837].
Members of the family were buried at Stones Methodist Church, Soyland:
John [9th July 1837];
Rebecca [14th October 1852]
After John's death, the family lived at
Pleasant Row, Soyland [1841];
& Lower Bridge Royde (Lower Brig Royd), Soyland [1851]
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In September 1841, he was declared insolvent
In [Q2] 1851, he married Betty Maude in Halifax.
Children:
(possibly)
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Born 1st August 1805.
He was
a solicitor /
in partnership with his brother Samuel brother John as
solicitor /
Leeds Coroner at 62 Albion Street, Leeds [for 29 years].
He married Maria.
Children:
They lived at
John died at Allerton Lodge [10th May 1865] (aged 60)
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Born in Soyland.
He was
a steam engine tenter at a cotton mill [1851] /
a master cotton spinner [1861] /
a master cotton spinner employing 120 men and 30 children [1871].
On 18th January 1835, he married (1) Mary Ann Jackson [1811-1850] at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
Mary Ann died in 1850.
He married (2) Elizabeth Crowther? [1827-1883].
Children:
They lived at
Many of the children died in infancy.
His first wife Mary Ann and all his children
(except Rebecca & James) were buried at Rishworth Particular Baptist Chapel
He died at Walton Street [14 Sep 1874].
John & his 2nd wife Elizabeth were buried at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery
Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £8,000.
Probate was granted to
Benjamin Hirst, Top of the Hill, Warley Cotton Spinner and
Francis Berry
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He was
a farmer of 6 acres [1881].
In 1854, he married Hannah Wood [1834-1927].
Children:
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He married Unknown.
Children:
He was buried at Hebden Bridge Parish Church
He was
a grocer's assistant [1881].
He married Hannah [1845-1???].
Children:
They lived at
John was dead by 1891 when Hannah was listed as head of
the household
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He was
a tripe dealer [1891] /
a woollen weaver [1901] /
a weaver woollen cloth [1911].
Around 1877, he married Jane Elizabeth [1858-19??].
In [Q3] 1874, a John Fell Blackburn married a Jane Elizabeth Taylor in Huddersfield
Children:
The children were born in Outlane.
The family lived at
In [Q2] 1904, he married Carlotta in Halifax.
Carlotta died 27th June 1928 (aged 45),
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 377]
with her parents
He was a lithographic printer [1881].
In [Q2] 1867, he married Grace Ann Lupton in Halifax.
Child:
Mary Hannah [1879-1948] who was buried with her mother
They lived at
John William died 13th January 1908 (aged 64).
Grace Ann died 10th December 1926 (aged 80).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2256]
with John William's parents
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He was
a cigar merchant [1891] /
a stone quarry man [1901].
In 1889, he married Florence Grace Wright [1869-1???] from
Warley, in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at
Son John Henry suffered from fits, and was in the habit of
going to Park Road Baths, Halifax.
On 1st September 1907, he drowned at the Baths.
The Inquest returned a verdict of Died from drowning, having had a
fit whilst bathing
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Born in Halifax.
He was
a member of the Salvation Army /
a spindle polisher [1911] /
a warehouseman for Riley's of Pellon [1915].
He lived with his parents at 38 Commercial Road, Halifax.
During World War I,
he enlisted [1915]
and served as a Rifleman
with the 2nd/6th Battalion
King's (Liverpool Regiment).
He was killed in action [4th October 1918].
The Halifax Courier He was buried at Anneux British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref I E 19].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance.
The Halifax Courier
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He was a partner in Thomas Blackburn & Sons.
He married Sarah Pollard [1819-1884] from Brierley.
Children:
They lived at Bonegate Cottage, Brighouse.
Members of the family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery
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Born in Soyland.
He was
a cotton spinner /
a retired cotton spinner [1881].
On 26th February 1856, he married Grace Stott [1818-1887] at Halifax Parish Church.
They had no children.
The family lived at
Joseph died 15th February 1887.
Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at £5,039 10/8d.
The will was proved by
Charles Webster Shaw, and William Ward of Soyland (shoe
maker)
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On 2nd May 1863, he married (1) Ann Wild [1841-1866] at Elland Parish Church.
On 26th June 1869, he married (2) Elizabeth Lever [1844-1916] at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
Joseph died in 1900.
After his death, his wife Elizabeth took over at the Town
Hall Hotel until her death [1900-1916].
Elizabeth died 6th March 1916.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £496 16/9d.
Probate was granted to
her daughter Florrie, and Harriet Wilkinson.
After Elizabeth's death, daughter Florrie took over at
the Town Hall Hotel [1916-1937]
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Born in Bradford or Brighouse.
He was
a master cotton manufacturer [1881] /
a commercial traveller (cotton band) [1891] /
a cotton spinner (employer) [1901, 1911].
In 18??, he married Annie [1851-1908].
Children:
They lived at
Annie died 3rd February 1908.
Joseph died 26th January 1917 (aged 70).
The couple were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-B50]
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Born in Halifax.
He was
a scutcher of Lower Hope Street, Halifax [1892] /
a cotton card room hand [1901] /
a cotton scutcher [1911].
In 1892, he married Janet Binns [1872-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
They lived at
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Born in Southowram.
In 1914, he married Harriet Whitaker in Halifax.
They lived at 70 Holly Bank, Catherine Slack, Halifax.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 10th April 1918 (aged 27).
He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 82-85 & 162A]
In 1909, he enlisted for 4 years
with the York & Lancaster Regiment
/ West Riding Regiment.
His entry papers were signed by Major E. P. Chambers.
After a couple of years, he became a Territorial and was a clerk
with the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway [1911].
In 1913, he signed-up for a further 4 years as a Corporal.
It has been suggested that Joseph may have been one of the
first men to be called-up in 1914, and that he was only in the army
for a fairly short time.
He received the Victory Medal.
He never married.
He died at his home in Littlehampton, Sussex.
He died in Littlehampton [October 1968] (aged 77)
and is buried there
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Born in Bradford.
In 1901, after his mother's marriage, he was living with his
grandmother Hannah Blackburn.
He was
a member of Bolton Brow Wesleyan Methodist Chapel /
a spinner (worsted mill) [1911] /
employed by Alfred Brearley & Company.
During World War I,
he enlisted [March 1915]
and served as a Private
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was killed [29th October 1916] (aged 23),
having been shot whilst he was a battalion scout near the German
lines.
The Halifax Courier He was buried at Foncquevillers Military Cemetery, France [Grave Ref I J 16]
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He was ordained to the Parish of Heptonstall when St John's Mission Church was under the care of the Rev J. V. Haswell, Vicar of
Heptonstall.
In 1931, when St John's began again to be worked as part of the
Parish, he was appointed Curate at Hebden Bridge.
He left to become Curate at Halifax.
In September 1936, he was appointed Vicar of St Peter's Church, Walsden
He was
a member of Ovenden Methodist Church /
educated at Sunnyside & Moorside Schools /
employed by I. & I. Calvert.
In [Q1] 1934, he married Florence Annie Ford in Halifax.
Children:
Angela T. [b 1939]
They lived at Bottesford, Wiltshire.
During World War II,
he enlisted [1931] and
served as a Gunner
with the 324th Battery
94 Lt. A.A. Regt
Royal Artillery.
He died 17th July 1943 (aged 30)
& was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery
[E 20].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
She married Richard Farrer
He owned the Blackburn estate.
Much of the land was used for mining and quarrying.
After his death, the estate was sold off and acquired by Joseph Rayner.
See:
Rev Amos Blackburn /
Mally Blackburn /
Blackburn Road, Brighouse /
Harriet Street /
Pond Quarry, Brighouse /
Rayner Road /
Slead Hall, Brighouse
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She married Benjamin Howe
Mary and her siblings, Benjamin and
Grace were buried at Brighouse Cemetery
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He was
a cotton spinner /
a partner in Thomas Blackburn & Sons /
a director of the Albert Hall Company Limited /
involved in the management of the Parish Church day schools in
Brighouse /
vice-president of Rastrick Constitutional Club /
a member of the executive of Elland Division Conservative Association /
a member of Brighouse Borough Club.
He never married.
He lived at Brow Lee, Huddersfield Road, Brighouse [1905].
He died of cancer of the liver
and was buried at Brighouse Cemetery
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In 1877, he married Harriet Morris
in West Derby, Lancashire.
Children:
In 1911, children Joseph and Grace Hannah [b 1896] were
living with aunt Hannah Elizabeth Blackburn at Bonegate Cottage, Brighouse
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He was landlord of the Wellington Hotel, Brighouse [1894,
1901].
He was retired in 1911.
In 1872, he married Hannah Sarah Mellor [1846-19??] from
Bradford, in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at 29 Bryn Terrace, Brighouse [1911]
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He married Unknown.
Children:
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Born 1st January 1756.
He was
a cloth merchant & dealer /
a member of the White Cloth Hall, Leeds.
In 1756, he was one of a number of woollen workers in Leeds whose
petition
was published in local newspapers.
On 10th November 1776, he married Hannah Parker [1750-1789] at St Peter's Church, Leeds.
Children:
Hannah died at Cad Beeston [28th February 1789].
She was buried at St Peter's Church, Leeds.
Thomas died 30th September 1810 (aged 54).
He was buried at Ebenezer Chapel, Leeds
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He married Hannah [1770-1844].
Children:
Thomas died 5th September 1832 (aged 61).
Hannah died 23rd January 1844 (aged 73).
Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax
Born in Cad Beeston, Leeds [1st September 1779].
He was a forebear of the Blackburn family of Brighouse.
In 1820, he moved to Scholes, where he was a woollen manufacturer.
He later moved to the Old Water Mill, Clifton Bridge.
He had a rope walk alongside Clifton Beck there.
From the early 1800s, he had business, Thomas Blackburn & Son at
Phoenix Mill, Brighouse where he was a cotton spinner and
manufacturer, maker of all descriptions of cotton mill bands, ropes
for driving purposes, and tapes suitable for worsted, silk and cotton
machinery.
He employed 100 workers [1890].
In 1862, he built Atlas Mill, Brighouse.
He owned the neighbouring Broad Holme Mill, Brighouse.
He married Hannah Robinson [1780-1849].
Children:
They lived at
He & members of the family were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse
Question:
A portrait of Thomas, seated at his desk, used to hang in
Wilkin Royd House.
It was amongst a number of paintings sold off in the 1940s.
Does anyone know where it is now?
Can you send me a photo of the work?
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He was a carpet weaver [1851].
He married Ann [1805-1862].
She was a laundress [1851]
Children:
The family lived at 8 Cross Keys Court, Halifax [1851].
Ann died 30th May 1862 (aged 57)
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2256]
with other members of the family.
Thomas died 24th June 1868 (aged 63)
& was buried at Liversedge Church; he is remembered on the
family grave at Lister Lane Cemetery
Born in Leeds;
baptised in Thornhill, Dewsbury [19th July 1807].
In 1835, he began cotton spinning in Hightown.
He moved to Victoria Mill, Brighouse.
He built mills in Brighouse:
Phoenix Mill [1841]
and then
Atlas Mill [1862]
and
Broadholme Mill.
He built housing on Wakefield Road and George Street
primarily for his workers at Phoenix Mill.
He was
a cotton band spinner [1851] /
a cotton manufacturer employing 30 hands [1861] /
a land owner, mill owner and cotton spinner [1871] /
a partner in Thomas Blackburn & Sons /
Chairman of the Brighouse Local Board [for a term 1870].
On 13th September 1831, he married Elizabeth Kitson [1812-1889] in Dewsbury.
Children:
They lived at
Members of the family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery
In 1870, Thomas bought Manor Farm and 75% of the
property in the village of
Foggathorpe,
East Yorkshire.
In 1873, he bought Foggathorpe House Farm and built the
present Black Swan to accommodate his hunting parties.
The Black Swan opened in 1874.
The same year, he created Bell Farm from land that had
belonged to the pub.
He also
bought land in other parishes.
Thomas died in 1879.
His son Clement; bought more property in the
village: Oak Farm [1896], Grange Farm [1904]
and Willow Farm [1913].
Altogether, they owned about 1100 acres and created what was
virtually an estate village
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Born 2nd September 1818.
He was
a general dealer in Halifax /
a long established hardware merchant at 2 [?] Union Street, Halifax.
He married Sarah [1822-1872].
Children:
Sarah died 4th June 1872 (aged 50).
Thomas died 6th June 1876 (aged 57).
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 339]
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Born 5th June 1858.
He was
a cotton band manufacturer /
partner in Thomas Blackburn & Son.
Photographs suggest that he may have been a member of the 2nd West Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry.
On 8th November 1880, he married Mary Ellen Sutcliffe.
Children:
In 1897, he left Thomas Blackburn & Son and went to live in
Ainsdale, Stockport.
He took up a post with Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company at
Hunts Cross, Manchester.
He retained his property interests in Brighouse.
He died at Ainsdale, Southport [4th June 1909].
After his death, his wife and children returned to live at Wilkin Royd House, Brighouse.
Members of the family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery
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Born in Halifax.
In 1932, he and his mother Bertha went to live at The
Grange, in the village of
Foggathorpe,
East Yorkshire.
They were the first Blackburns to live in Foggathorpe where his
father and grandfather had acquired about 1100 acres of land and
created what was virtually an estate village.
He was the last Lord of the Manor before he sold the lot in 1973.
His interests were country sports and polo.
He was Master of the Foxhounds of the York and Ainsty
Hunt [1946 to 1951].
In [Q4] 1950, he married Edwina Mary Piercy [1924-1986] in
York District.
Children:
He was buried at Bubwith
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Born 10th September 1777.
On 28th February 1805, he married Isabella Render at St Peter's Church, Leeds.
Children:
Most members of the family remained in Leeds.
Isabella died 16th January 1832
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Blackburn, Mr Ref 160-46
He was partner in the Blackburn-Sugden Colliery.
Blackburn, Rev Amos Ref 160-1207
A member of the Blackburn family of Slead Syke.
Hannah was the daughter of John Horsfall
Blackburn, Ann Ref 160-2
Also Anne.
Blackburn, Arthur Ref 160-3168
Partner in Marshall & Company.
Blackburn, Rev Arthur Ref 160-32
Son of John Blackburn.
Elsie was born in Rawtenstall
Blackburn, Arthur Ref 160-16
Born in Mirfield.
Sarah Elizabeth was the daughter of James Clegg
Blackburn, Arthur Joseph Ref 160-25
He worked for H. J. Holroyd.
Blackburn, Benjamin Ref 160-4
Son of Thomas Blackburn.
Blackburn, Benjamin Ref 160-30
Son of Benjamin Blackburn.
Blackburn, Benjamin Ref 160-2695
Son of Thomas Blackburn.
Blackburn, Benjamin Ref 160-34
(Possibly) son of John F. Blackburn.
Blackburn, Benjamin Thomas Sutcliffe Ref 160-3018
Son of Thomas Blackburn.
Blackburn, Bertrand Ref 160-17
Son of James William Blackburn.
Phoebe was born in Warley
Blackburn, Cecil Roland Ref 160-23
Adopted son of Hannah Firth (confectioner) of 24 Bridge End,
Rastrick.
Blackburn, Clement Ref 160-2244
Son of Thomas Blackburn.
Bertha, from Ellesmere, was born in Boston,
Massachusetts, the daughter of Professor Walter Smith.
Blackburn, Cora Catherine Ref 160-9
Daughter of Samuel Blackburn.
Arthur was the son of Edwin S. Fox, a merchant with the
East India Company
Blackburn, David Arthur Ref 160-1807
Son of Ann Blackburn (father unknown).
Priscilla, of Ashley Place, Hebden Bridge, was born in Snaith
/ Cowick, Yorkshire [29th December 1861], the daughter of Joseph Bennett
Blackburn, Edmond Ref 160-29
Born in Golcar.
Blackburn, Edward Ref 160-31
Son of Benjamin Blackburn.
Blackburn, Edward Ref 160-20
Son of David A. Blackburn.
Driving "Fritz" out of his trenches
Blackburn, Elizabeth Ann Ref 160-802
In 1886, she married Robert Law.
She had been one of his former students, and a teacher with the
Halifax School Board.
She was buried with her husband in Brighouse Cemetery
Blackburn, Elsie Ref 160-704
Daughter of Thomas Blackburn.
Blackburn Frank Ref 160-48
Born in Todmorden.
Mary Ann was the widow of Edwin Greenwood
Blackburn, George Frederick Ref 160-2431
Son of Thomas Blackburn.
Blackburn, George Henry Ref 160-22
Son of Mary Shearing (née Blackburn) of Hanson Lane,
Halifax.
Blackburn, Grace Ref 160-2980
Daughter of Thomas Blackburn.
She was involved in community work associated with St Paul's Methodist Chapel, Brighouse.
a lady of a most kind disposition and helper of the poor
Blackburn, Hannah Elizabeth Ref 160-6461
Daughter of Joseph Blackburn.
Blackburn, Harold Ref 160-2983
Son of Joseph Blackburn.
Blackburn, Henry Ref 160-784
Grocer, dealer and chapman at Halifax.
Blackburn, Henry Ref 160-1815
Partner in Blackburn Brothers.
Blackburn, Herbert Ref 160-26
Blackburn, Hugh Edward Ref 160-1317
He lived at
Coleman House, Sowerby Bridge.
Blackburn, J. Mike Ref 160-1524 Blackburn, Rev J. R. Ref 160-1311
Minister at Birchcliffe Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge [1941].
In 1942, he moved to Horsforth
Blackburn, James Ref 160-45
Son of Mr Blackburn.
Mary was the daughter of James Murgatroyd
Blackburn, James Ref 160-44
Son of James Blackburn.
Blackburn, James Ref 160-9603
Son of John Blackburn.
Mary [née Pogson] was the widow of Joseph Holroyd
Blackburn, James Ref 160-38
Born in Lindley.
Ellen was born in Bradford
Blackburn, James Ref 160-4180
Born in Hipperholme.
Blackburn, James Ref 160-43
Son of James Blackburn.
Blackburn, James William Ref 160-18
Born in Hebden Bridge.
Mary Jane was born in Hebden Bridge
Blackburn, John Ref 160-3569
He was a comber & weaver [1797-1826].
Blackburn, John Ref 160-1721
Partner in Shepherd & Blackburn and Shepherd, Whiteley & Blackburn
Blackburn, John Ref 160-2485
Mercer at Southowram.
Blackburn, John Ref 160-37
Blackburn, John Ref 160-12
Son of William Blackburn.
Blackburn, John Ref 160-2831
Son of John Blackburn.
Elizabeth came from Barkisland
Blackburn, John Ref 160-33
Born in Barnsley.
Hannah was born in Pontefract
Blackburn, John Ref 160-13
Son of John Blackburn.
Blackburn, John Ref 160-1652
Born in Hebden Bridge.
He was a schoolmaster, ornithologist and musician.
He wrote poems and tunes, including a Jubilee song Hail Mighty
Victoria.
He spent much of his life at Cornholme.
For 40 years, he contributed verse and prose to the Todmorden Advertiser
Blackburn, John Ref 160-24
Born in Epworth, Lincolnshire.
Hannah was born in Baildon
Blackburn, John F. Ref 160-35
Born in Stainland / Outlane.
Jane Elizabeth was born in Liverpool.
Blackburn, John William Ref 160-40
Carlotta was the daughter of George Garside
Blackburn, John William Ref 160-28
Born in Halifax.
Grace Ann was the daughter of George Lupton
Blackburn, John William Ref 160-338
Born in Norland.
Blackburn, John Willie Ref 160-14
Son of Joseph Blackburn.
Blackburn, Joseph Ref 160-2652
Son of Thomas Blackburn.
Blackburn, Joseph Ref 160-4611
Son of John Blackburn
Grace was born in Soyland
Blackburn, Joseph Ref 160-8
He was landlord of the Town Hall, Elland [1887-1900].
Ann was born & died in Norland
Blackburn, Joseph Ref 160-2982
Eldest son of Joseph Blackburn.
Annie was born in Scisset
Blackburn, Joseph Ref 160-36
Son of James Blackburn.
Janet, of Chapel Street, Luddenden, was born in Wainstalls,
the daughter of Benjamin Binns, labourer
Blackburn, Joseph Ref 160-19
Son of Ruth Ann & William Blackburn.
Blackburn, Joseph Ref 160-27
Son of Samuel Blackburn.
Blackburn, Leonard Milton Ref 160-21
Illegitimate son of Mary Blackburn, who later married Charles Barraclough, of 50 Clifton Street, Sowerby Bridge.
Blackburn, Rev Leslie Ref 160-475
BA.Blackburn, Lewis Ref 160-15
Son of Mr and Mrs John Blackburn of 17 St Luke's
Street, Claremount, Halifax.
Blackburn, Mally Ref 160-1630
A member of the Blackburn family of Slead Syke, Brighouse.
She had 7 sons.
She was grandmother of Rev Amos Blackburn
Blackburn, Margaret Ref 160-497
Of Erringden.Blackburn, Mark Ref 160-624
He was not directly related to the cotton-spinning Blackburn family of Brighouse.
Blackburn, Mary Ref 160-2981
Daughter of Thomas Blackburn.
Blackburn, PC Ref 160-3347
Brighouse constable
Blackburn, PC Ref 160-2914
He served at Todmorden Police Station for 9 years.
In July 1900, he was transferred to Thornhill, near Dewsbury
Blackburn, Sam Ref 160-2470
Son of Thomas Blackburn.
Blackburn, Samuel Ref 160-7000
Son of Joseph Blackburn.
Blackburn, Secker Ref 160-2653
Of Brighouse.
Blackburn, Thomas Ref 160-6
Blackburn, Thomas Ref 160-5
Son of Thomas Blackburn.
against the increasing number of scribbling machines which was
proliferating in the Leeds area
Hannah was born 23rd July 1750
Blackburn, Thomas Ref 160-39
Of New Bank, Halifax.
Blackburn, Thomas Ref 160-133
Son of Thomas Blackburn.
Blackburn, Thomas Ref 160-47
Born in Heptonstall.
Ann was born in Oakenshaw.
Blackburn, Thomas Ref 160-1664
Son of Thomas Blackburn.
Elizabeth was the daughter of William Kitson
Blackburn, Thomas Ref 160-10
Son of William Blackburn.
Blackburn, Thomas Ref 160-2651
Son of Joseph Blackburn.
Mary Ellen was the daughter of William Sutcliffe
Blackburn, Thomas Kitson Ref 160-3
Son of Clement Blackburn.
Blackburn, William Ref 160-7
Son of Thomas Blackburn.
Blackburn, William Ref 160-1590
Partner in Blackburn & Bray