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Baptised 27th February 1811.
She was the second wife of John Crossley.
She died shortly after giving birth to their daughter Anne
This & associated entries use material contributed by Christina Crossley Ratcliffe & Christina Ratcliffe
He was a miner for railway company [1911].
In 1896, he married Elizabeth Wrigley [1876-19??]
in Stockport.
Children:
The family lived at 19 Russell Street, Todmorden [1911].
Both sons served in World War I: John Willie died of wounds at
Gallipoli & Charles Unwin was taken POW and escaped
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
Architect in Eastwood and Halifax.
He worked in the Calder Valley between 1840-1860.
His work included
He also worked on the tower at Castle Hill, Huddersfield.
Architect Benjamin Whitehead Jackson was articled to Child.
Charles married (1) Unknown.
In [Q2] 1842, he married (2) Eliza Pickup [1808-1866]
in Pontefract.
Child: William Hall
They lived at
Living with them [in 1861] were nephew Charles Henry Jackson
[b 1850] & niece Eliza Alice Jackson [b 1852].
The couple were buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery:
Charles [1st January 1863];
Eliza [21st February 1866]
This & associated entries use material contributed by David Cant & William Highley
During World War I,
he joined-up [September 1915] at the age of 15
and served as a Private
with the 10th Battalion
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.
The Todmorden & District News [3rd January 1919] reported
He was taken prisoner on September 30th 1918 at Le Cateau, suffering
from a bayonet wound.
Along with a Russian comrade, he escaped on the 5th of December, and
made their way to Bonn where they encountered British soldiers
In [Q1] 1920, he married Johanna Power in Todmorden
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
He married Unknown.
Child:
daughter who married who married [1801] Jonathan Priestly from Ovenden
Of West Vale.
On 28th April 1885, he married Amy Brown at Nottingham
She married William Frederick Holroyde.
She died at her home in Bromley, Kent
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He was
a wool warehouseman (stapler) [1881] /
a wool sorter [1891, 1901].
In [Q4] 1867, he married Elizabeth Ambler [1845-1???] in Keighley.
Children:
The 1911 census shows that they had had 5 children of whom 4 were still alive at that time.
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1881] was mother-in-law Sarah Ann Ambler
[b 1822] (formerly paper tube maker).
James died in Halifax [Q2 1909] (aged 73)
The first Vicar of Clifton [1887-1908].
He left to serve at Gainsborough.
In [Q3] 1868, he married Mary Annie N. Hazard [1839-19??]
in South Shields, Durham.
Children:
They lived at
John died in Gainsborough [Q2 1909] (aged 77)
& he was buried there.
See
Edith Beatrice Armytage and
The Parish Register of Hartshead
Born in Idle;
baptised at Idle [28th June 1807].
He was innkeeper at the Griffin, Halifax [1845, 1851, 1854].
He married Susan [1815-1???].
Children:
A John Atkinson Child died in Huddersfield [May 1865]
& was buried at Huddersfield [26th May 1865]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham
Son of Arthur Child.
Born in Marple, Cheshire.
He was
a member of Todmorden Boy Scouts /
an office boy in a cotton mill [1911] /
a rubber worker (before World War I).
His home was at 16 Pickthall Terrace, Todmorden.
During World War I,
he enlisted at Todmorden
and served as a Private
with the Lancashire Fusiliers.
He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for
He died of wounds at Gallipoli [4th August 1915].
The Halifax Guardian [13th August 1915] published his photograph
with an article which said that
The Halifax Guardian [12th May 1916] reported that
he had been killed in action at Gallipoli, aged 17.
He was buried at Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Turkey [Grave Ref E 83]
Born in Halifax [9th October 1813];
baptised [25th December 1813].
He was
an elector in the West Riding election for the Knight of the
Shire [1848] /
a civil engineer [1851] /
a mechanical engineer [1861] /
Manager of Akroyd's Copley Mill [1866] /
retired land owner – worsted manufacturer [1871] /
a director of Akroyd's [1871].
On 7th July 1859, he married Isabel Robins [1835-1916]
at St Mark's Church, Regents Park, London
Children:
They lived at
John died 7th February 1896.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £78,776 7/11d.
Probate was granted to
son Harold Edward Akroyd Child,
Louis Henry Child,
and
Edward Huntriss
Isabel died 26th October 1916.
The couple were buried at St Stephen's Church, Copley
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham & Michael Smelt
He was
a furnace stoker (wire works) [1901] /
an iron worker [1911].
In 1887, he married Grace Ellen Lupton [1861-1948]
in Knaresborough.
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1901] was Joseph's brother Edwin
Child [b 1875] (biscuit van driver).
Joseph died in Halifax in 1926 (aged 68).
Grace died in Halifax [Q2 1926] (aged 87)
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
Son of Susan Child.
Baptised at St Mary the Virgin, Illingworth [26th May 1772].
On 22nd April 1820, he married (1) Betty Wright at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
Details of Betty's death / burial place are not yet known.
On 17th April 1823, he married (2) Mary Illingworth [1788-1833] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at Blackmires, Ovenden [1833].
Mary died 29th January 1833 (aged 45)
Kitchenman died 26th February 1838 (aged 65).
The couple & other members of the family (‡) were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax [Grave Ref: 76]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham & Christina Crossley Ratcliffe
Born in Hartshead [1st May 1709].
She married Joseph Gledhill
Son of Joseph Coulson Child.
Born in Halifax.
He was
a bobbin sider in worsted spinning mill [1901] /
a butcher boarding in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire [1911].
In 1915, he married Rebecca Morris
in Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
They lived at
During World War I,
he enlisted [November 1916]
with the 3rd Battalion
Lincolnshire Regiment.
He transferred
and served as a Private
with 108 Company
Machine Gun Corps
[January 1917].
He was sent to France [June 1917], sustained gunshot wounds to the
back [August 1917], and was sent back to England for treatment.
He was awarded the Military Medal
[1917].
His photograph appears with a report of his award in the Halifax Courier [22nd December 1917].
He was appointed Acting Lance Corporal [February 1918].
Lance Corporal Walter Child (signaller) was demobbed in
[January 1919], and received a pension of 8/3d because of 30%
disability due to a gunshot wound to the back
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
Born in Halifax.
He was educated at Making Place Academy [1861].
He became an architect.
In 1867, he married Jane Seward Highley in Halifax.
William died December 1869 (aged 25).
He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £12,000
This & associated entries use material contributed by William Highley
Child, Anne Kitchenman Ref 507-229
Daughter of Kitchenman Child.
Child, Arthur Ref 507-1326
Born in Oldham.
Elizabeth was born in Manchester
Child, Rev B. Ref 507-1251
Minister at Bethesda Methodist New Connexion Chapel, Elland [1865]
Child, Charles Ref 507-2100
Churchwarden at Halifax Parish Church [1850]
Child, Charles Ref 507-456
Born in Normanton.
Eliza was born in Darrington
Child, Charles Unwin Ref 507-1327
Son of Arthur Child.
Private C. Child, 10th Argyles, 292 Halifax Road, returned
home yesterday from German captivity.
Child, George Ref 507-1232
Of Threap Croft, Illingworth.
Child, Dr Herbert Ref 507-2531
MRCS, LSA.
Amy was the only daughter of James Woodfall Brown of
Nottingham
Child, Isabel Edith Ref 507-970
Of Copley Wood.
Elder daughter of John Wright Child.
Child, James Ref 507-2
Born in Sowerby Bridge.
Elizabeth was born in Keighley
Child, Rev John Ref 507-895
Born in Shelley, Yorkshire.
Mary was born in South Shields
Child, John Atkinson Ref 507-240
Son of John Child.
Susan was born in Haworth
Child, John Willie Ref 507-476
DCM.
Gallant conduct on the 4th June 1915, south-west of Krithia
(Dardanelles) in volunteering to attack a redoubt and holding it with
four other men until relieved ten hours later
he had been previously mentioned for gallantry in connection with the
capture of a machine gun belonging to the Turks, and had now had a
second mention for gallantry at the Dardanelles.
It also reminded readers of his DCM for conspicuous bravery in the
fighting in the Dardanelles, holding a trench along with Sergeant
Major Bradshaw Allister, until reinforcements could be hurried up
Child, John Wright Ref 507-969
Son of Kitchenman Child.
Isabel was born 3rd June 1835
Child, Joseph Coulson Ref 507-121
Born in Horsforth, Yorkshire.
Grace was born in Spofforth, Yorkshire
Child, Kitchenman Ref 507-38
Of Ovenden.
Child, Susanna Ref 507-401
Daughter of William Child and Mary Booth.
Child, Walter Ref 507-135
MM.
Child, William Hall Ref 507-2421
Son of Charles Child.
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