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Fletcher, AbelRef 224-568
[18??-19??]

In [Q4] 1906, he married Sarah Hannah Sutcliffe [18??-19??] in Halifax.

Child: Frank

Fletcher, AbelRef 224-3740
[1861-1914]
He married Sarah Ellen Sager.


Sarah Ellen was the daughter of
John Sager
 

Abel took over from Sarah Ellen's mother at the Cross Inn, Heptonstall, and ran the pub from 1900 until he died there in 1914

Fletcher, AbrahamRef 224-33
[1832-1884]

The Dewsbury Reporter [Saturday 9th August 1884] reported


Attempted Murder and Suicide at Halifax.

Late on Tuesday night a mechanic, Abraham Fletcher of Back Street, Halifax, attempted to murder his brother's widow by cutting her throat. On the Monday, the two had been to Hull on an excursion, and were on good terms. They had been living together as man and wife.

On Tuesday evening Fletcher went upstairs to the woman and a little later she was heard to call out that she was being murdered. A daughter ran upstairs and found her mother with her throat cut.

Fletcher escaped and was not found until Wednesday afternoon when his almost lifeless body was found in a secluded nook in People's Park. His throat was severely cut. After inflicting the injury he had closed the knife and put it in his pocket.

He died an hour later in the Infirmary.

The woman is in a dangerous condition

 

Fletcher, AlfredRef 224-1205
[1849-1925]
From Midgley.

He was a fancy linen draper.

The Briggs and Fletcher families owned property in Milton Terrace, Halifax and lived there as neighbours.

In 1871, he married Sarah Briggs [1844-1912] in Halifax.


Sarah was the daughter of John Briggs
 

Children:

  1. John Alfred [b 1874]
  2. Ernest Gordon [1885-1896] who was buried with his parents

They lived at 13 New Bond Street, Halifax [1891].

Sarah died 25th April 1912 (aged 67).

Alfred died 13th June 1925 (aged 76).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1846] with Sarah's parents

Fletcher, ArthurRef 224-34
[1883-19??]
Born in Rastrick.

He was a boiler fireman at cotton factory [1911].

In 1907, he married Mary Hannah Armitage in Halifax.


Mary Hannah was the daughter of
George Armitage
 

Children:

  1. Jack Brook (Fletcher) [b 1909]

They lived at 20 Clifton Road, Brighouse [1911].

Living with them [in 1911] was Mary Hannah's widowed mother Lydia Ann Armitage

Fletcher, Rev Arthur JohnRef 224-119
[18??-1925]
Curate at
Hebden Bridge [1879]. He was ordained in 1879 and Hebden Bridge was his first curacy. In 1884, he left to become Chaplain of St Raphael's Convalescent Home, Torquay. He died at Bournemouth

Fletcher, BenRef 224-705
[1859-19??]
Born in Stainland [27th August 1859].

He was an overlooker in a mill [1880] / a woollen manufacturer at Marshall Hall Mills, Elland [1905].

In 1886, he married 1856?-19?? in Halifax.

There are no records of any children.

The family lived at 48 Elizabeth Street, Elland [1905]

Fletcher, BenjaminRef 224-27
[1815-1888]
Born in Stainland.

He was a shoe maker [1841] / a shoe maker employing 2 apprentices [1851] / a farmer of 9 acres [1861] / a shoe maker [1861] / a farmer & appraiser of 9 acres [1871] / an appraiser (valuer) [1881].

In [Q3] 1837, he (possibly) married (1) Sarah Stott [1817-1845] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. David [b 1816] who was a wool comber [1841]
  2. William who died 23rd April 1841 (aged 8 months)   

Sarah died 16th August 1845 (aged 28).

In [Q2] 1846, he (possibly) married (2) Ann Sykes [1808-1877] in Halifax.


Ann was born in Huddersfield
 

Children:

  1. Jane [b 1846] who was a shoe binder [1861]
  2. Martha who died 13th February 1849 (aged 6 years & 9  months) 

Ann died 30th July 1877 (aged 69).

In [Q1] 1879, he (possibly) married (3) Mary Hirst [1822-1903] in Halifax.


Mary was born in Barkisland [26th January 1822]
 

They lived at Cold Wells Hill, Stainland-with Old Lindley [1841, 1851, 1871, 1881].

Benjamin died 7th May 1888 (aged 73).

Mary died 14th January 1903.

Members of the family were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland

Fletcher, Bould LukeRef 224-1081
[1844-1901]
Also recorded as Bold Luke.

Son of Luke Fletcher.

Born in Middleton, Lancashire.

He moved to Halifax.

He was a foreman cotton dyer [1871] / (possibly) partner in Fletcher Brothers [1876] / a master dyer employing 68 workers [1881].

In 1863, he married Eliza Ackroyd [1841-1???] in Halifax.


Eliza came from Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Mary Annie [1863-1865]
  2. Ruth [b 1865]
  3. Florence [1867-1868]
  4. Amy / Ann [b 1868]
  5. Edith Eliza [b 1870]
  6. Bould Luke [1873-1874]
  7. Arthur William who died 19th November 1874 (aged 8  months) 
  8. Gertrude [b 1875]
  9. Beatrice [1877-1878]
  10. son Shirley [b 1878]

The children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4080] with their Fletcher grandparents. Only Arthur William & Beatrice are named on the gravestone.

The family lived at

Living with them [in 1871] was Bould Luke's brother Joseph Fletcher.

His death was registered in West Derby [1901]

Fletcher, CharlesRef 224-32
[1811-1878]
Born in Halifax.

He was a County Court bailiff [1851, 1861, 1871].

He married Elizabeth [1811-1906].


Elizabeth was born in Halifax
 

They lived at

  • 32 Lister Lane, Halifax [1851, 1861]
  • 80 Lister Lane, Halifax [1871]

Charles died 27th November 1878 (aged 67).

Elizabeth died 1st December 1906 (aged 95).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1543]

Fletcher, Rev CharlesRef 224-819
[1870-1928]
He was a wool warehouseman [1891, 1901, 1911] / a preacher at
Jubilee Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Halifax  [1905].

In [Q2] 1891, he married Elizabeth Ann Yates in Halifax.

Children:

  1. George Henry who married [Halifax Q4 1922] Ethel Wright

The family lived at in the Trooper Lane area of Halifax

Fletcher, ClementRef 224-5
[1923-1944]
Son of Eleanor & Clifford Fletcher of Halifax.

During World War II, he served as a Flight Sergeant with the 151st Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

He died 6th August 1944 (aged 21).

He was buried at Jonzac Communal Cemetery, France.

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Fletcher, CrossleyRef 224-1111
[1846-1929]
He was a cotton warper [1899] / Grand Master of the
Loyal Mercy Masonic Lodge in Todmorden  [1879-1900] / Secretary of the Mercy Lodge Juvenile Lodge [1907].

He died in Todmorden [Q4 1929] (aged 82) 

Fletcher, DanielRef 224-19
[1820-1871]
He was a farmer [1850, 1852, 1854] / landlord of the
Whitehall, Hipperholme [1854, 1864] / a cattle dealer [1861] / a farmer [1862, 1867].

In [Q4] 1848, he married Sarah Ann Asquith in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Catherine [bapt 21st July 1850]
  2. Fred [bapt 11th July 1852]
  3. Hiram Asquith [bapt 6th August 1854]
  4. Julia [bapt 6th February 1858]
  5. Jemima [bapt 12th August 1860]
  6. Edith [bapt 17th November 1862]
  7. Archibald [bapt 6th March 1867]

The children were baptised at Coley Church.

Daniel died in Halifax [Q3 1871] (aged 51).

He was buried at Coley Church [8th July 1871]. After his death, Sarah took over at the Whitehall, Hipperholme

Fletcher, DavidRef 224-7
[1882-1917]
He worked as a postman for 5 years.

In [Q3] 1915, he married Alice Adams in Halifax.

They lived at 53 Hammond Street, Halifax.

He was a regular soldier.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died 20th January 1917 (aged 35).

He was buried at Humbercamps Communal Cemetery Extension, France [Grave Ref I B 14].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Halifax Post Office

Fletcher, EdwinRef 224-434
[1894-1916]
Son of
Hamlet Fletcher.

Born in Mytholmroyd [Q4 1894].

He was a member of the Mytholmroyd Church Lads' Brigade / a bootmaker's apprentice [1911] / employed by Mr Boggis, shoe maker in Mytholmroyd.

During World War I, he served as a Gunner with D Battery 155th Brigade Royal Field Artillery.

He was killed instantaneously by a German shell [16th November 1916] (aged 22).

The Halifax Courier [2nd December 1916] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, France [Grave Ref II R 6].

He is remembered on a memorial in St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd, (possibly)  on the Memorial at Mytholmroyd Church Lads' Brigade, and in the book Royd Regeneration

Fletcher, EliRef 224-1083
[1846-1908]
Son of
Luke Fletcher.

Born in Middleton, Lancashire.

He moved to Halifax.

He was a master dyer [1891] / (possibly) partner in Fletcher Brothers [1876].

In 1872, he married (1) Selina Rigg [1848-1885] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Randolph [b 1874] who died Son Randolph died in Butterthwaite House, Ecclesfield on the 6th November 1911 he left £22049 4s 5d to John Fletcher Farm Manager. Randolph is also buried in All Saints.

Selina died 25th March 1885.

In 1886, he married (2) Harriet Amelia Robertshaw [1860-1908] in Keighley.


Harriet Amelia came from Keighley
 

They lived at

Harriet Amelia died 6th January 1908.

Eli died 4th August 1908.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £56,578 16/3d to his son Randolph & Harold Marshall (solicitor).

Members of the family were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell [Grave Ref: 37-P]

Fletcher, EliasRef 224-337
[17??-18??]
Woolstapler at Sowerby.

In February 1804, he was declared bankrupt

Fletcher, EliasRef 224-726
[17??-18??]
Mule spinner and cotton weaver at
Higgin Mill, Luddendenfoot [1788].

In 1788, he was declared bankrupt

Fletcher, FrankRef 224-425
[1919-1944]
Son of
Abel Fletcher.

Born in Mytholmroyd.

He was employed by John Longbottom & Company.

He lived at Zion Cottages, Mytholmroyd.

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

He died 1st February 1944 (aged 25).

He was buried at Anzio War Cemetery, Italy [Grave Ref II V 8].

He is remembered on Luddendenfoot War Memorial, on a memorial in St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd, and in the book Royd Regeneration

Fletcher, FredRef 224-59
[1880-1951]
Born in Halifax.

He was a wooden case maker [1903].

In 1903, he married Mary Ellen Hollas in Halifax.


Mary Ellen was the daughter of
Robert Hollas
 

Children:

  1. Helen [b 1907]

Fletcher, GeorgeRef 224-540
[17??-18??]
Hatter in Halifax [1788]

Fletcher, GeorgeRef 224-41
[1857-1911]
Born in Ovenden. !P MARRIED.Elizabeth Ann Bradley1856-1911h6/8/1903


Elizabeth Ann was the daughter of
William Bradley
 

George died Q1 1911 (aged 53).

Elizabeth Ann died Q2 1911 (aged 56).

The couple were buried at All Souls' Church, Halifax

Fletcher, George GranvilleRef 224-9
[1896-1915]
Son of Elizabeth (née Jarvis) & George Fletcher.

Born in Halifax [12th August 1896].

During World War I, he served as a Private with the Plymouth Battalion, RN Div. Royal Marine Light Infantry.

He was killed in action at Gallipoli [13th July 1915].

He is remembered on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli [Grave Ref 2-7]

Fletcher, HamletRef 224-569
[1857-1931]
Born in Midgley.

He was [1891] / a plasterer of Mytholmroyd [1883, 1891] / a master slater & plasterer (own account) [1901] / a master slater & plasterer & farmer (employer) [1911].

In [Q2] 1883, he married Dinah Culpan [1855-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Dinah, of Brearley, was born in Warley, the daughter of Joshua Culpan, overlooker
 

Children:

  1. Evinda [b 1885] who was a fustian machinist cotton  [1901], a sewing machinist [1911]
  2. Sarah Hannah [b 1886] who was a sewing machinist [1911]
  3. Willie [b 1888] who was a house painter & paperhanger  [1911]
  4. Benjamin [b 1891] who was a farmers working on farm [1911]
  5. Edwin

The children were born in Mytholmroyd

The family lived at

  • Wall Top, Mytholmroyd, Sowerby [1891]
  • George Street, Mytholmroyd, Todmorden [1901]
  • St George's Fold, Mytholmroyd [1911]
  • Mytholmroyd Farm, Mytholmroyd [1916]

He died in Todmorden [Q4 1931]

Fletcher, HenryRef 224-40
[1808-18??]
Born in Chester.

He was a tailor employing 9 men [1851].

He married Ellen [1812-1880].


Ellen was born in Halifax.

She was a boarding house keeper [1861]

 

Children:

  1. Ellen [1842-1927] who was a carpet mill hand [1851], a  carpet setter [1871], living on private means [1911], never married &  was buried with her mother
  2. Henry [b 1848]
  3. Emily [1853-1927] who was a carpet setter [1871], living  on private means [1911], never married & was buried with her mother

The family lived at

  • 30 Broad Street, Halifax [1851]
  • 11 Stead Street, Halifax (the widowed Ellen was boarding  house keeper) [1861]
  • North Castle Street, Halifax [1871]
  • 9 North Castle Street, Halifax (sisters Ellen &  Emily living together) [1911]

Living with them [in 1861] were lodgers John Naisbitt [b 1830] (saddler)  & Henry Watson [b 1832] (sailor).

Henry died between 1851 & 1861.


Precise details of his death / burial place are not yet known.
 

Ellen died 4th October 1880 (aged 68), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1626]

Fletcher, HenryRef 224-435
[1870-1???]
Son of Thomas Fletcher, dyer.

Born in Halifax.

He was a carter of Wilson Street, Halifax [1892] / a railway drayman [1901] / water filterer sewerage works [1911].

In 1892, he married Frances Elizabeth King at Halifax Parish Church.


Frances Elizabeth was the daughter of
Thomas King
 

Children:

  1. Thomas [b 1894] who was a hank dresser [1911]
  2. Percy Albert
  3. Arnold [b 1898]
  4. Rose [b 1900]
  5. Lilian [b 1902]
  6. Phyllis [b 1904]
  7. Harry [b 1906]
  8. Ada [b 1908]

They lived at

  • 1 Back Beacon Terrace, Akroydon, Halifax [1901]
  • 7 Pleasant Street, Commercial Road, Halifax [1911]
  • 9 Pleasant Street, Commercial Road, Halifax [1915]

Living with them [in 1901] were brothers-in-law Charles King [b  1884] (carrying off at brickworks) and Horatio King [b 1886] (brushwasher at carpet works) 

Fletcher, Howard ValroseRef 224-17
[1892-1918]
Son of
William Fletcher.

Born in Hyde, Cheshire.

He was a member of Square Church Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Society / a carpet weaver at Crossley's [1911].

He lived at 32 Kell Lane, Stump Cross; his mother lived at 13 Roper Lane, Ambler Thorn.

During World War I, he enlisted [September 1915] and served as a Lance Corporal with the 1st/5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment.

He went to the Western Front 3 times.

He was reported missing and assumed to have died 25th April 1918 (aged 26).

The Halifax Courier [30th November 1918] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Sanctuary Wood Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref III D 21].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Crossley's Carpets

Fletcher, Ira CyrilRef 224-23
[1895-1965]
Born in Halifax.

He was a machine tenter [1920] / landlord of the White Horse, Luddendenfoot [1935-1943] / landlord of the Stump Cross Inn [1943-1953].

On 17th April 1920, he married Ethel Hartley [1895-1975] in Halifax.


Ethel was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Velma [b 1920]
  2. Dorothy [b 1930]

Ira died in Halifax in 1965

Ethel died in Keighley in 1975

Fletcher, J.Ref 224-946
[18??-18??]
Drysalter at Halifax.

In November 1865, he was declared bankrupt

Fletcher, J.Ref 224-951
[18??-18??]
Woollen manufacturer at Elland-cum-Greetland.

In May 1851, he was declared insolvent

Fletcher, JackRef 224-8
[19??-19??]
He served in World War II.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered on Luddenden & Midgley War Memorial

Fletcher, JamesRef 224-365
[18??-1???]
He was a farmer [1886].

He lived at Black Boy Farm, Halifax [1886].

See Joseph Helliwell

Fletcher, JamesRef 224-715
[18??-19??]
Partner in
Wheelhouse & Fletcher.

He lived at Myrtle Grove, Hebden Bridge [1905]

Fletcher, JamesRef 224-1337
[1807-1???]
Of Mirfield.

On 20th March 1830, he and Thomas Squires, were charged with breaking into the workshop of Samuel Armitage at Lightcliffe and stealing cards, leather and card makers' tools. The 2 men were sentenced to transportation to New South Wales for 7 years. They were amongst 200 convicts who left England for New South Wales on the Florentia [11th August 1830] and arrived on 15th December 1830

Fletcher, JamesRef 224-1275
[1823-1865]
Son of Abraham Fletcher, carrier.

Born in Halifax.

He was a warehouseman of Halifax [1846] / a warehouseman (wine) [1851] / landlord of the Black Lion, Halifax [1861, 1864].

In 1846, he married Maria Littlewood [1822-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Maria, born in Leeds, was the daughter of Thomas Littlewood of Halifax, cabinet maker
 

They lived at 9 Bull Close Lane, Halifax [1851].

James died 31st May 1865 (aged 42).

In [Q4] 1866, Maria married (2) John Iveson.

Maria died 30th November 1867 (aged 45) 

William & Maria were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1544]

Fletcher, JamesRef 224-25
[1865-1917]
Born in Horsforth.

He was a blacksmith [1891] / landlord of the Granby, Luddenden [1909-1917].

On 9th November 1891, he married Ruth Haworth [1862-1922] in Halifax.


Ruth was born in Luddenden
 

Children:

  1. Emily [b 1892]
  2. Annie [b 1893]
  3. Sampson [b 1894]
  4. Harry [b 1900]

James died at the Granby [28th February 1917].

Ruth took over at the Granby [1917-1922]

Ruth died at the Granby [28th March 1922]

Fletcher, James PatrickRef 224-2
[1869-1935]
Born in Halifax [10th March 1869].

On 8th November 1894, he married Margaret Walsh at Saint Marie's Catholic Church, Halifax.


Margaret had 2 children (father unknown):

  1. James
  2. William
 

Children:

  1. Thomas
  2. Margaret [1903-1980] who married [27th September 1924]  Peter Pender at the Church of the Sacred Heart and St Bernard
  3. Sarah Ann [1907-1998] who married [20th October 1928]  Leonard Berry at Church of the Sacred Heart and St Bernard,  and died in Rhyl, North Wales

The 3 boys died in World War I: William [in 1915], Thomas [1916] & James [1919].

Margaret died at 8 Duke Street North, Halifax [20th October 1915].

Her death certificate gives the cause of death as Heart Disease, but family stories say that


she went down hill after the death of her second son William
 

James Patrick died in 1935.

The couple were buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [Grave Ref: K D 1639]

Fletcher, Jno H.Ref 224-697
[18??-19??]
Woollen manufacturer at
Lumb Brook Mills, Hipperholme [1905]

Fletcher, JohnRef 224-21
[1806-18??]
Born in Midgley.

He was a farmer of 16 acres [1861] / a farmer of 15 acres [1871].

Around 1834, he married Maria [1808-1868].


Maria was born in Sowerby
 

Children:

  1. William
  2. Thomas [b 1838] who was a cotton weaver [1861]
  3. Alfred [b 1849]

They lived at Stoney Royd, Midgley [1861, 1871].

Maria died Q4 1868 (aged 61) 

Fletcher, JohnRef 224-26
[1819-1869]
Landlord of the
Shoulder of Mutton, Midgley [1866-1869]

Fletcher, JohnRef 224-16
[1822-1863]
Minister at
Square Independent Chapel, Halifax [1863].

He died at 26 Holden Street, Halifax [26th October 1863] (aged 41)  and was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [Grave Ref: M 16 D]

Fletcher, John HerbertRef 224-7500
[18??-1949]
Of Langley Terrace, Hipperholme.

He was a partner in Earnshaw & Fletcher.

He married (1) Unknown.

Children:

  1. daughter
  2. daughter

On 14th March 1940, he married (2) Alice Langdale Mortimer Sunderland in London.

They lived at Coley Hall.

He preserved the stone doorway from Langley House in the grounds of Coley Hall.

He died 6th December 1949

Fletcher, John WilliamRef 224-510
[1863-19??]
Born in Halifax.

He married Miriam Elizabeth Campbell [1863-1907].


Miriam Elizabeth was born in Halifax
 

Child: Thomas Campbell

They lived at 2 Forest View, Cousin Lane, Wheatley

Fletcher, JonasRef 224-2100
[1827-1885]
Born in Northowram.

He was a blacksmith [1851, 1861, 1871] / innkeeper at the Olive Branch, Ambler Thorn [1881].

On 26th October 1851, he married (1) Mary Kershaw [1828-1871] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. James [b 1853]
  2. Maria [1855-1908]

In April 1879, he married (2) Hannah Sutcliffe [1825-1???] from Northowram

The family lived at

  • Pule Green, Northowram [1851, 1861]
  • Prospect Street, Northowram [1871]

Fletcher, JosephRef 224-556
[17??-18??]
Hatter in Halifax [1781-1796]

Fletcher, JosephRef 224-39
[1819-18??]
Born in Warley.

He was a wool comber [1851].

In [Q3] 1838, he married Mary Butterworth [1819-18??] in Halifax.


Mary was born in Warley
 

Children:

  1. James [b 1839] who was a wool comber [1851]
  2. Samson [b 1841] who was a wool comber [1851]
  3. Grace [b 1843]
  4. Hannah [b 1844]
  5. Lucy [b 1847]
  6. Mary [b 1848]
  7. John [b 1851]

They lived at South Clough Halifax [1851]

Fletcher, JosephRef 224-1301
[1853-1???]
A stone mason. On 15th August 1883, he and
Grace Horsfall were drinking at the Bay Horse, Halifax.

He attempted to take liberties with her and struck her. She left and when she tried to return Fletcher tried to prevent her and pushed her. She fell down 2 steps, striking her head on the causeway, and was unconscious and remained so until she died a week later.

Fletcher was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour

Fletcher, JosephRef 224-1082
[1853-1894]
Son of
Luke Fletcher.

Born in Scisset.

He moved to Halifax. He was a cotton dyer [1871] / (possibly) partner in Fletcher Brothers [1876].

He lived at 38 Oates Street, Halifax (with his brother Bould Luke Fletcher) [1871]

Fletcher, JosephRef 224-474
[1866-1912]
Born in Hipperholme.

He was a painter & decorator [1886].

In 1886, he married Amelia Haggis in Bradford.


Amelia daughter of
William Haggis
 

They had no children.

The couple died in Bradford

Fletcher, Joseph SmithRef 224-193
[1863-1935]
He was the son of a clergyman.

Born in Halifax [7th February 1863].

He was educated at Silcoates School, Wakefield.

In 1883, he began work as a journalist in London.

In 189?, he joined the staff of The Leeds Mercury.

He wrote some of his articles under the pseudonym A Son of the Soil.

He wrote around 200 books, including biography, political writings, Yorkshire history and archæology, topography, regional novels and dialect verse.

His first long story – a historical novel entitled When Charles I was King – appeared in 1892. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

In 1912, he published his autobiography – Memoirs of a Spectator – which tells of his early life in Halifax.

Between 1914 and 1934, he wrote over 100 detective stories. Some of these became best sellers in the United States. He created the character of private investigator Ronald Camberwell.

He married Unknown.

He had a son, Rev Valentine Fletcher, who died in Blandford, Dorset

He died at his home in Dorking, Surrey [February 1935].

He was cremated in Woking, Surrey

Fletcher, LukeRef 224-1084
[1812-1863]
Born in Blackley, Lancashire.

He was a cotton dyer [1841] / a dyer [1851] / a pattern dyer [1863].

He married Mary [1814-1862].

Children:

  1. Mary / Maria [b 1832]
  2. Margaret [b 1835]
  3. Martha [b 1837]
  4. Matilda [b 1839]
  5. Drusilla [b 1841]
  6. Bould Luke
  7. Eli
  8. Randolph [b 1848]
  9. Emma [b 1850]
  10. Joseph

They lived at Northowram [1851].

Mary died 26th December 1862 (aged 48).

Luke died 12th June 1863 (aged 50).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4080]

Fletcher, MargaretRef 224-341
[14??-1537]
Prioress of Kirklees Priory [1505-1537]

Fletcher, MarkRef 224-38
[1???-1???]
Born in Southowram.

He was a labourer [1851].

He married Hannah [1799-1???].


Hannah was born in Southowram
 

Children:

  1. William
  2. Mary [b 1829] who was a winder [1851]
  3. Abraham [b 1833] who was a machine maker [1851]
  4. Eliza [b 1836] who was a spinner (worsted) [1851]
  5. Thomas [b 1839]

They lived at Pineberry Hill Halifax [1851].

Living with them [in 1851] was son William & family

Fletcher, MatthewRef 224-947
[17??-18??]
Of Halifax.

In October 1828, he was declared bankrupt

Fletcher, MatthewRef 224-1010
[1782-18??]
Born at East Barnby, He became a
cordwainer at Halifax.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Mary [1804-18??] who married John Thomas

Fletcher, NathanielRef 224-483
[17??-17??]
Ovenden schoolmaster. He wrote

Fletcher, NevilleRef 224-15
[1920-1941]
Son of Hilda & John Eli Fletcher of Elland.

During World War II, he served as an Ordinary Seaman with the Royal Navy aboard HMS Prince Of Wales.

He died 10th December 1941 (aged 21).

He is remembered on the Plymouth Naval Memorial [Grave Ref 49 1], and on Elland War Memorial

Fletcher, NormanRef 224-4
[1921-1943]
Son of Agnes & Percy Fletcher of 21 Lewis Street, Halifax.

He was educated at Holy Trinity School / employed at the Highroad Well Branch of the Halifax Co-operative Society.

During World War II, he served as a Leading Aircraftman with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

He was with the RAF Salvage Repair Unit in the Middle East & Italy.

He died 13th November 1943 (aged 22).

He was buried at Bari War Cemetery, Italy [Grave Ref XIV B 38].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Fletcher, Norman FrederickRef 224-518
[1886-1918]
Son of
Sam Fletcher.

Born in Elland.

In [Q3] 1915, he married Agnes Quarmby in Huddersfield.

They lived at Grange Avenue, Marsden [1918].

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died 12th April 1918.

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 82-85 & 162A]

Fletcher, PatrickRef 224-35
[1817-1871]
He was a mill hand.

He married Mary [1811-1867].

Mary died 18th May 1867 (aged 56).

Patrick died 15th December 1871 (aged 54), but the gravestone gives his age as 64 years.

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2416] with John Fletcher [1873], son of Michael & Elizabeth Fletcher, Thomas Fletcher [1874-1876], son of Michael & Elizabeth Fletcher & John Fletcher [1850-1878]

Fletcher, Percy AlbertRef 224-436
[1896-1915]
Son of
Henry Fletcher.

He was a scholar at Salem Sunday School / a worsted doffer [1911] / an employee of Richard Whitaker & Sons Limited.

He joined the Territorials [around 1911].

During World War I, he was called-up [August 1914] and served as a Corporal with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died following a German gas attack [19th December 1915] (aged 20).

The Halifax Courier [1st January 1916] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Talana Farm Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref IV H 6].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Halifax Parish Church Members (WWI) Memorial, and on the Memorial at Salem United Methodist Chapel

Fletcher, Peter CharlesRef 224-11
[1925-1944]
Son of Mary & Thomas Harold Fletcher of 11 High Grove Place, Southowram.

He worked for Frederick Smith & Company.

During World War II, he enlisted [1942], and served as a Gunner with the 69th Field Regiment Royal Artillery.

He died in Normandy [19th July 1944] (aged 19).

He was buried at Bayeux War Cemetery, France [Grave Ref I F 6].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Fletcher, RandolphRef 224-36
[1874-1911]
Son of
Eli Fletcher.

Randolph died in Butterthwaite House, Ecclesfield [6th November 1911].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £22,049 4/5d.

to John Fletcher (farm manager).

He was buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell with his parents

Fletcher, Randolph McGregorRef 224-30
[1848-1883]
Born in Halifax.

He was a cotton warper [1871] / a master dyer (silk, cotton, wool) [1881].

In [Q1] 1868, he married Maria Barker [1846-1922] in Halifax.


Maria was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Harold [b 1870]
  2. Otis [b 1873]
  3. Evelyn [b 1875]
  4. Inez [b 1877]

They lived at

  • 6 Wood's Count, Halifax [1871]
  • 15 Hanson Lane, Halifax [1881]
  • 14 Gibbet Street, Halifax [1901]

Randolph died 27th June 1883 (aged 35).

Maria died 18th August 1922 (aged 76).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 93]

Fletcher, RichardRef 224-637
[18??-18??]
Landlord of the
Northgate Hotel, Halifax [1850, 1853]

He married Selina [1812-1853]

Fletcher, RobertRef 224-219
[17??-18??]
In the 18th century, he owned
Ovenden Hall

Fletcher, SamRef 224-525
[1863-1945]
Born in Whitley Bridge.

He was a woollen spinner [1885].

On 1st May 1885, he married Annie Cliffe [1864-1937] in Halifax.


Annie was born in Halifax
 

  1. Norman Frederick
  2. George Ernest [1888-1958]
  3. Edith [b 1891]
  4. William [b 1893]
  5. Ruth Alice [b 1896]
  6. Ellen [b 1898]
  7. Nellie [b 1898]
  8. John Ridley [b 1904]

The 7 oldest children were born in Elland; John Ridley was born in Slaithwaite.

They lived at

  • 1 Charles Street, Elland [1891]
  • Slaithwaite [1901]

Fletcher, SamuelRef 224-29
[1826-1878]
Born in Stainland.

He was a power loom tuner (woollen) [1871].

He married Mary [1828-1888].


Mary was born in Stainland
 

Children:

  1. Lucy Jane [b 1853] who was a woollen weaver [1871]
  2. Helliwell [b 1857] who was a woollen weaver [1871]
  3. Ben [b 1860] who was a weaver [1871]
  4. Mary Jane [1865-11th January 1924]

They lived at High Street, Stainland-with Old Lindley [1871, 1878].

Samuel died 16th April 1878 (aged 52).

Mary died 24th March 1888 (aged 60).

Members of the family were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland [Grave Ref: S3/189]

Fletcher, Stuart DavidRef 224-636
[19??-] First class cricketer. He played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club [1983-1991] and Lancashire County Cricket Club [1992-1994]. After his retirement, he continued to play for Elland Cricket Club. He was in charge of youth coaching at Brighouse Cricket Club

Fletcher, T.Ref 224-948
[18??-18??]
Journeyman stonemason at Haley Hill, Halifax.

In March 1862, he was declared bankrupt

Fletcher, ThomasRef 224-8600
[1729-1812]
He was landlord of the
Calder & Hebble, Salterhebble [some time before his death 14th July 1812]

Fletcher, ThomasRef 224-22
[1811-1887]

He married Mary [1811-1890].

Children:

  1. Joseph [1837-24th November 1902]

Thomas died 11th April 1887 (aged 76).

Mary died 2nd January 1890 (aged 79).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1468] with James Bairstow

Fletcher, ThomasRef 224-13
[1897-1916]
Son of
James Patrick Fletcher.

Born in Halifax.

He lived at 26 Napier Street, Charlestown, Halifax.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

He was wounded at the Battle of the Somme.

He died of wounds in Wandsworth, London [11th July 1916].

He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [Grave Ref: K D 1639] with his parents.

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Saint Bernard's Catholic Church.

His half-brothers James Walsh & William Walsh also died in the War

Fletcher, Thomas CampbellRef 224-509
[1893-1915]
Son of
John William Fletcher.

Born in Halifax [1st September 1893].

He was an Officer in the Boys' Brigade.

During World War I, and he served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was reported missing and assumed to have died at Hill 60 [18th April 1915].

He was last seen wounded in the leg, and being carried to the rear.

He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 20], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at United Reformed Church, Carlton Street

Fletcher, Thomas EdwardRef 224-14
[1895-1918]
Born in Rastrick.

During World War I, he enlisted with the Brighouse Chums [October 1914] and served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died 15th April 1918.

He is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 6], on Brighouse War Memorial, and on Rastrick War Memorial

Fletcher, WalterRef 224-6
[1887-1917]
Son of Emma & Helliwell Fletcher of 76 Green Lane, West Vale.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd/7th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died 3rd May 1917 (aged 30).

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6], on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland, on the Memorial at Saint John the Evangelist, West Vale, on the Memorial at West Vale Baptist Chapel, and on the Memorial at Greetland Liberal Club

Fletcher, WilliamRef 224-31
[1792-1849]
Of Skircoat.

He was a warehouseman [1841].

He married Hannah [1796-18??].

Children:

  1. Joseph who died 3rd April 1821 (1 year & 4 months)   
  2. Hannah [b 1821] who married John Thornton
  3. John who died 25th February 1827 (3 years & 4 months)   
  4. Elizabeth [b 1826]
  5. Sarah [b 1829]
  6. Priscilla [b 1831]
  7. Ann who died 3rd April 1842 (3 years & 4 months)   

They lived at New Road, Brighouse [1841].

Living with them [in 1841] were daughter Hannah & family.

William died 18th February 1849 (aged 57).

He & other members of the family () were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax [Grave Ref: 157]

Fletcher, WilliamRef 224-10
[18??-1???]
He was a labourer [1881].

He married Charlotte [1840-19??].


Charlotte was born in Haxby, Yorkshire
 

Children:

  1. Eliza [1862-1901] who married Arthur Hey
  2. Robert [b 1869] who was a boot repairer [1901]

They lived at

  • Tockwith, Yorkshire [1862]
  • 89 Boothtown Road, Halifax [1911]

William was dead by 1911.

Living with the widowed Charlotte [in 1911] was grandson Clement Hey

Fletcher, WilliamRef 224-18
[18??-191?]

During World War I, he served as a Private with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Saint Bernard's Catholic Church

Fletcher, WilliamRef 224-37
[1824-1890]
Son of
Mark Fletcher.

Born in Southowram.

He was a dyer [1851] / a dyer of worsted [1861] / a dyehouse labourer [1871, 1881].

In [Q2] 1848, he married Caroline Graham [1828-1910] in Halifax.


Caroline was born in Southowram.

She was a worsted drawer [1851]

 

Children:

  1. Elizabeth A. [b 1849] who was a mill hand [1871], married  [Halifax Q3 1877] Joseph Jackson, was widowed by 1901
  2. Eliza [b 1854] who was a mill hand [1871]
  3. Mary [1860-1937] who was a mill hand [1871], a cotton  reeler [1881], a cotton winder [1891], a cotton winder [1901]
  4. Mark [b 1862] who was a mill hand [1871], a railway  porter [1881]
  5. James [1864-1875]
  6. Harry [b 1868] who was an apprentice card maker [1881]
  7. Sarah Ann [1870-1872]

The family lived at

  • 2 Howarth's Buildings, Southowram [1861]
  • 6 Howarth's Buildings, Southowram [1871]
  • 4 Railway Terrace, Halifax [1881, 1891, 1901]

Living with the widowed Caroline [in 1901] were daughter Elizabeth jackson & her children Martha [b 1879] (worsted twister)  and Jane [b 1883] (carpet setter).

William died 23rd February 1890 (aged 66).

Caroline died 24th October 1910 (aged 82).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1175]

Fletcher, WilliamRef 224-24
[1827-1884]
Landlord of the
Travellers' Rest, Luddenden [1861-1884]

Fletcher, WilliamRef 224-20
[1834-1888]
Son of
John Fletcher.

Born in Midgley [8th December 1834].

He was a power loom tuner [1861] / landlord of the Cragg Vale Inn, Erringden [1879, 1887].

He died at Cragg Vale Inn [13th March 1888].

He was buried at St John's Church, Cragg Vale

Fletcher, WilliamRef 224-28
[1852-19??]
Son of Thomas Fletcher, baker.

Born in Birkenhead, Cheshire.

He was a bricklayer of Pellon Lane, Halifax [1889] / a bricklayer [1891] / a stone waller [1901] / a bricklayer [1911].

He married (1) Unknown.

Children:

  1. John W. [b 1882] who was a stone waller [1901]

In 1889, he married (2) Emma Brear [1850-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Emma, of Pellon Lane, Halifax, was born in Queensbury.

Her father was not recorded on the marriage records

 

Children:

  1. Thomas [b 1890] who was a warehouse man [1911]
  2. Howard

The family lived at

  • 6 Napier Street, Northowram [1891]
  • 2 Newland Gate, Halifax [1901]
  • 34 Catherine Slack, Ambler Thorn [1911] 13 Roper Lane, Ambler Thorn [1918]

Fletcher, William HenryRef 224-12
[1856-1900]
Born in Halifax.

He was a stone mason [1881, 1891].

In [Q4] 1880, he married Dinah Wolfenden [1856-1934] in Halifax.


Dinah was born in Halifax.

She was a cotton doubler [1881]

 

Children:

  1. Lewis [b 1882]
  2. Ada [1886-1958] who married Raymond Tattersall
  3. Abel [b 1889]
  4. Jesse [b 1890]
  5. Dora [b 1892]
  6. Harold who died in infancy
  7. Robert [b 1899]

The family lived at

  • Belle Vue Terrace, Sowerby [1881]
  • Peel House Gate, Warley [1891]
  • Buttress, Luddenden

William Henry died Q1 1900 (aged 43).

After his death, the family lived in great poverty

Fletcher, ZephaniahRef 224-3
[1894-1917]
Born in Shelf.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment.

He died 3rd May 1917.

He was buried at Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle, France [Grave Ref VI C 9]

He is remembered on Coley War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Bethel Methodist Chapel, Shelf

Surname

Fletcher surnameRef 224-1
There are 85 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Fletcher, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.


Unattached BMDs for Fletcher

Marriages 1836, 1873, 1899, 1900, 1907; Deaths 1805, 1807

Unattached burials at Lister Lane Cemetery: Plot 4410

 



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