The entries for people & families with the surname Garnett are gathered together in this SideTrack.
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| Garnett, Archie W. | Ref 443-682 |
In [Q2] 1915, he married Mary K. Middleton in Halifax.
They lived at 13 Virginia Street, Southport.
During World War I, he served as a Private with the 12th Battalion Notts & Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment.
He died 27th March 1918 (aged 27).
He is remembered on the Pozières Memorial, France [Grave Ref 52-54]
| Garnett, Clifford | Ref 443-345 |
Born in Halifax
He was a machine tenter in flannel mill [1911].
During World War I, he served as a Sergeant with B Company 9th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps.
He died 18th August 1917 (aged 21).
The Halifax Courier [1st September 1917] reported his death with a photograph.
He was buried at Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Belgium [Grave Ref I E 27].
He was awarded the Military Medal [1916] for gallant conduct.
He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal [January 1917]
for carrying a Liverpool NCO to safety under heavy shell fire
His uncle George Arthur Culpan also died in the War
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
| Garnett, Daniel | Ref 443-4 |
He was a builder employing 20 men & 2 boys [1881] / a mason.
In [Q1] 1859, he married Mary Buller [1841-1???] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at 19 Haugh Shaw Road Halifax [1881].
Daniel died in Bradford [Q2 1909] (aged 69).
The children ‡ were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2480] with Thomas Buller [1818-1891] & Elizabeth Sharp [1854-1928]
| Garnett, Daniel | Ref 443-1100 |
He married Jane [1837-1882].
Jane died 5th January 1882 (aged 45).
Daniel died 11th April 1909 (aged 69).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 291]
| Garnett, Elizabeth | Ref 443-469 |
She was one of the children who came to the district and worked as a worsted spinner at Calvert's Mill at Wainstalls.
She lived with Richard Marsden [1891]
| Garnett, Ely | Ref 443-225 |
Born in Halifax.
He was wool and noil merchant / waste dealer [1871] / partner in Garnett & Robinson [until he retired 1873] / wool & waste merchant [1881].
He established Ely Garnett & Son Limited.
On 23rd September 1854, he married Matilda Speak [1833-1896] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
They lived at
Ely died at Lowfield House [9th January 1901].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £8,933 7/5d. Probate was granted to his children, James, Mary Ann, and Emily, and John James Cragg
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham
| Garnett, James | Ref 443-304 |
He was a linen draper [1831].
On 20th October 1831, he married Elizabeth Crossley at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
Elizabeth died 16th June 1834 (aged 27).
Elizabeth, Martha Elizabeth and other members of the family, were buried at Square Chapel, Halifax. When the Chapel became derelict, the gravestones were taken to a yard at Dean Clough. They disappeared in 1982, and in 2010 they were found by Council workers in undergrowth in Exley Cemetery. It is proposed to return the gravestones to the Square Chapel. Photographs of the gravestones can be seen on a separate page
This & associated entries use material contributed by Carole Edwards Caruso
| Garnett, James | Ref 443-527 |
Born in Halifax.
He was a cigar merchant [1880].
On 24th December 1866, he married (1) Jane Frater [1837-18??] at St Paul's Church, King Cross.
On 14th January 1880, he married (2) Margaret Boocock [1850-1934] at Halifax Parish Church.
Margaret, of Soyland, was born in Ripponden, the daughter of William Boocock, gardener
They lived at
Living with him [in 1901, 1911] was nephew Eli Garnett Priestley
James died 15th February 1918.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £5,772 3/10d.
Probate was granted to James Garnett (dealer) & Eli Garnett (merchant)
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham
| Garnett, John | Ref 443-204 |
He was a member of the Luddenden Reading Society.
Children:
He lived at Holme House, Warley
| Garnett, John | Ref 443-4930 |
| Garnett, John | Ref 443-1290 |
Children:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Judith Bracewell
| Garnett, John | Ref 443-585 |
He married Unknown.
Children:
This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham
| Garnett, John | Ref 443-1096 |
He was a warehouseman [1841] / a carpet warehouseman [1851].
Around 1832, he married Maria [1823-18??].
Maria was born in Bradford
Children:
They lived at
The children (‡) were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax
| Garnett, John | Ref 443-1106 |
He was a manager for Appleyard's at Hebble Mill, Wheatley / manager at a worsted factory [1861] / a worsted spinner [1871].
He married Sarah Calvert.
Sarah was the daughter of John Calvert
Children:
They lived at
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
| Garnett, John | Ref 443-1370 |
After leaving school [1904], he worked with a firm of top-makers in Bradford. He joined his father in I. & I. Calvert [late 1905].
In 1929, he formed a private limited company, and I. & I. Calvert became I. & I. Calvert Limited.
He married Unknown.
Children:
His sons joined the family business
| Garnett, Jonathan | Ref 443-1372 |
He was at Jowler Mill, Luddenden [1827-1839]
| Garnett, Joseph | Ref 443-476 |
He was a flag facer [1864].
On 26th June 1864, he married Susannah Dyson [1842-1919] in Halifax.
Susannah was born in Southowram
Children:
Joseph died at 34 New Street Southowram [5th July 1903].
Susannah died in Southowram on the 19/12/1919.
All the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [F 22]
This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell
| Garnett, Joseph | Ref 443-636 |
He was a domestic coachman [1901] / a domestic chauffeur [1911].
In 1895, he married Mary Emma Pagett [1876-19??] in Halifax.
Mary Emma was born in Halifax, the illegitimate daughter of Phoebe Pagett, and stepdaughter of Samuel Mitchell
Children:
They lived at
During World War I, he served as a Private and was in France [1917].
Son Clifford died in World War I
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
| Garnett, Nathaniel | Ref 443-1061 |
| Garnett, Peter | Ref 443-1371 |
He succeeded his brother Onslow in the family business, I. & I. Calvert Limited
| Garnett, Samuel | Ref 443-1207 |
He was a stone mason [1841, 1851, 1861] / a retired mason [1871] / a rent agent [1881] / deaf [1891] / a timekeeper during the construction of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway / a bass singer with Bolton Brow Wesleyan Methodist Chapel / a member of the Lily of the Valley Lodge Oddfellows / a member of Sowerby Bridge Local Board [1863-1869].
In 1839, he married (1) Mary Booth [1819-1862] in Halifax.
Children:
Mary died in Halifax [Q4 1862].
On 14th December 1863, he married (2) Harriet Lumb [1813-1899] in Halifax.
Harriet came from Warley
They lived at
Samuel died [aged 91] at his daughter's house in Cleckheaton. Members of the family were buried at Bolton Brow Wesleyan Chapel
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
| Garnett, Thomas | Ref 443-5 |
In [Q2] 1852, he married Hannah Crowther in Halifax.
Hannah died 2nd May 1877 (aged 49) and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2850] with her parents
This & associated entries use material contributed by Mike Bremford
| Garnett, Walter | Ref 443-68 |
He was a market man for Appleyard's at Hebble Mill, Wheatley / a worsted manufacturer at Halifax / a worsted spinner [1911].
He joined I. & I. Calvert [1882].
He was responsible for the buying and selling of the firm's materials.
Until 1885, the firm was spinning white yarn, but at Walter's suggestion, they began to produce coloured yarns.
In 1893, he registered a patent for
an anti-friction arrangement in spinning and twisting frames
In 1877, he married Elizabeth Rylance Briggs [1852-1933] from Whitefield, Lancashire, in the Bury district.
Children:
They lived at
He died at the age of 80 in March 1929, and had been with Calvert's for 47 years.
See Thomas Wadsworth
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley, Ivan Birch & Carole Edwards Caruso
| Garnett, Walter James | Ref 443-3 |
He was a commercial traveller [1881] / a tobacconist [1891].
He married Jane Parker [1856-1???].
Children:
The family lived at
| Garnett, Walter Onslow | Ref 443-668 |
He joined the family business, I. & I. Calvert Limited [1937]. He became Managing Director.
He wrote Wainstalls Mills, a History of I. & I. Calvert Limited.
In 1943, he married Eileen (Elaine) Connatty [1919-1???] in Kensington.
Children:
He was killed in a car accident [22nd August 1958].
He was succeeded in business by his brother Peter
This & associated entries use material contributed by Elspeth Connatty
| Garnett, William | Ref 443-1373 |
Recorded in 1786, when he paid £2 2/- to James Wood for a pair of looms.
He was Midgley Overseer [1796]
| Garnett, William | Ref 443-2 |
He died 22nd August 1863 (aged 67), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3145]
| Surname |
| Garnett surname | Ref 443-1 |
The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District Surnames by George Redmonds.
There are 27 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Garnett, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Unattached BMDs for GarnettMarriages 1874, 1921; Death 1899
Unattached burials at Lister Lane Cemetery: Plot 2480, Plot 3995
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