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Ingham, MrsRef 120-220
[1???-18??] She ran a private school in Halifax [around 1822]

Ingham, MrRef 120-66
[17??-18??]

He married Mary [1793-18??]


Mary was born in Elland
 

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 1827]
  2. Harriet [b 1832] who was a dress maker [1851]
  3. John [b 1834] who was a general servant [1851]

Mary was innkeeper of the Roundhill, Rastrick [1851]

Ingham, AbrahamRef 120-13
[17??-1771] Farm labourer. He was an informer hired by William Deighton.

In January 1771, a gang of coiners in the Union Cross, Heptonstall overheard Ingham saying that he knew who had murdered William Deighton, and that he intended to name them to the authorities. The gang promptly seized him round the neck with a pair of tongs, threw him on the fire, pushed his head into the fire, and poured burning coals down his breeches - killing him.

Those charged with the murder included: John Greenwood [acquitted], James Jagger [gaoled at York Castle], and Mary Newall of Heptonstall [acquitted]

Ingham, AbrahamRef 120-54
[1787-18??] He served with the 2nd Battalion 84th Foot York & Lancaster Regiment in the Peninsular War

Ingham, AlfredRef 120-135
[1859-1935] Born in Mill Bank.

He was junior partner in John Hadwen & Sons Limited [1892] / a silk spinner [1901] / a merchant of silk & cotton yarn [1911].


On 5th December 1901, application was granted to charge him and Frederick Walter Hadwen under the Bankruptcy Act [1869] for alleged falsification of a balance sheet, making false entries in the balance sheet and in the rough stock book, obtaining money by false representation and not repaying it, incurring a debt with the Halifax & Huddersfield Union Banking Company, and obtaining credit by false pretences.

They were indicted at Leeds Assizes for false pretences and other offences. The 2 men had separate defence counsels and each pleaded not guilty, and placed the wrongdoing on the other party. The Jury found both men guilty.

They were both convicted but the convictions were quashed by the Court for the Consideration of Crown Cases, on the grounds that, at the original trial at the assizes, the court had improperly refused to allow counsel for one defendant to cross-examine the other defendant, who had elected to give evidence on his own behalf

 

In [Q2] 1879, he married Emily Ann Whiteley [1858-1918] in Halifax.


Emily Ann was born in Sowerby Bridge
 

Children:

  1. Florence [b 1879] who was a book keeper [1911] and never  married
  2. John Whiteley [1884-1951] who was a silk spinner [1901]
  3. Grace Elizabeth [b 1888] who was a school teacher [1911]
  4. George Burgess [1897-1948]

They lived at

  • Dean House, Mill Bank [1891, 1901]
  • 1 Clegg Street, Macclesfield [1911]
  • 154 Buxton Road, Macclesfield [1935]

He died in Macclesfield [4th August 1935].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £306 8/7d to daughter Florence, and John Stanley White (company director) 

Ingham, Dr AmosRef 120-207
[1827-1889] Of Hebden Bridge.

Born in Heptonstall.

He was admitted to the Royal College of Surgeons [October 1852] / surgeon to the Brontë family and was present [February & March  1855] when Charlotte died and signed her death certificate.

On 21st March 1854, he married Mary Akeroyd [1828-1880] at St Michael & All Angels' Church, Haworth.


Mary was born in Haworth
 

Children:

  1. Hannah Maria [1856-1885]
  2. Sarah [1857-1927]
  3. John William Foster [1860-1919]

Ingham, AmosRef 120-97
[1830-1884] He was a picker maker employing 1 man, 2 boys & 1 apprentice [1861] / a cotton weaver [1871] / a soda water maker (worker) [1881].

He married Emma [1830-1???].

Children:

  1. Thomas [b 1860] who was a grocer's assistant [1881]
  2. William [b 1866] who was a bobbin carrier [1881]

They lived at

  • Arch View, Stansfield [1861]
  • Blackgate, Brandwood, Rochdale [1871]
  • Knotts Street, Stansfield [1881]
  • Gate Bottom [1884]

Amos died August 1884 (aged 54).

He was buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone [11th August 1884]

Ingham, ArcherRef 120-91
[18??-19??] He served during World War I.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered on the Memorial at Saint Michael's & All Angels' Church, Shelf

Ingham, BarrieRef 120-I14
[1932-2015] Halifax-born stage and screen actor

Ingham, BenjaminRef 120-289
[1712-1772] Born in Ossett.

He was a Methodist, then a Moravian, before going on to establish the Inghamite societies.

See Inghamite Chapel, Todmorden and John Sharp

Ingham, BenjaminRef 120-89
[1843-1???] Son of John Ingham.

He married Martha Ann [1843-1908].

Children:

  1. Beatrice Eleanor Maude who died 10th February 1874 (aged 6 months) 

Martha died 14th December 1908 (aged 65) 

She and her infant daughter were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 142] with Ben's parents

Ingham, Sir BernardRef 120-I15
[1932-2023] Hebden Bridge-born journalist and broadcaster, and Press Secretary for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

Ingham, CharlesRef 120-56
[1844-18??] Born in Halifax.

He was a stone miner [1881] / a delver.

He married Mary Sutcliffe [1845-1???].


Mary was born in Southowram
 

Children:

  1. Sarah A. [b 1867] who was a worsted spinner [1881] &  married Thomas Ball
  2. James
  3. George T. [b 1872] who was a wire drawer [1891]
  4. Rufus [b 1873] who was a dyer's labourer [1891]
  5. Proctor
  6. Charles [b 1878] who was a worsted doffer [1891]
  7. Friend [b 1880] who was a stone delver (quarry) [1901]
  8. Lewis [b 1884] who was an apprentice joiner & builder  [1901]

The children were born in Southowram.

They lived at

  • 3 Cain Lane, Southowram [1881]
  • Cain Lane, Southowram [1891]

Mary was a widow by 1891

Ingham, Cyril RobertRef 120-49
[1897-1917] Son of Robert Ingham.

Born in Hebden Bridge.

He was Hope Baptist School, Hebden Bridge, Operatic Society & cricket  eleven / a machine button-holer for ready-made clothing [1911] / employed by Hartley Sons & Company.

During World War I, he served as a Rifleman with the 1st/7th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

During an attack, he was severely wounded in the right side, and found in a shell hole by a stretcher-bearer, Private C. Clegg. Clegg dressed his wounds, but could not find him when he returned later, and presumed that he had been killed in subsequent barrage fire.

He died 9th October 1917 (aged 20).

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 42-47 & 162], and on the Memorial at Hope Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge.

His brother Thomas Wilbert also died in the War

Ingham, Rev D. P.Ref 120-94
[19??-19??] Curate at Elland [1933]. In 1934, he was appointed vicar of Linthwaite

Ingham, DavidRef 120-17
[1808-18??] Born in Hebden Bridge.

He was a cotton spinner [1861].

He married Ellen [1810-1???].


Ellen was born in Hebden Bridge
 

Children:

  1. Martha Ann [b 1840] who married Abraham Lumb
  2. John Edward [b 1841] who was a cotton scutcher [1861]
  3. Brook [b 1843] who was a cotton piecer [1861]
  4. Albert [b 1845] who was a cotton piecer [1861]
  5. Susey [b 1847] who was a cotton reeler [1861]

They lived at 953 Denton Row, Stainland [1861].

Living with them [in 1861] was grandson John William Ingham [b  1857]

Ingham, EdwardRef 120-99
[1792-1865] Of Hullen Edge, Elland.

He was a partner in Ingham Brothers at Green Mount Dye Works, Halifax  [1872] / (possibly) a trustee of the Halifax Equitable Benefit Building Society / a promoter of the Halifax, Huddersfield & Keighley Railway [1863].

He married Sarah [1823-1911].

They lived at Green Mount [1874].

Edward died 11th September 1865 (aged 73).

Sarah died 1st March 1911 (aged 88).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1852]

Ingham, EllisRef 120-147
[1847-1909] He was a grocer [1883] / a grease extractor at Hay's Mill, Mixenden, Wainstalls Mill &  Moor End Shed [1883] / a grease and oil refiner (employer) [1891] / an oil extractor (own account) [1901] / oil refiner and extractor at Wharf Side, Elland [1905?].

He was declared bankrupt [6 April 1883]

He lived at

  • West View, Moorside, Ovenden [1891]
  • 54 Keighley Road, Illingworth [1901]
  • 2 Clough Lane, Mixenden [1883]
  • 54 Keighley Road, Illingworth [1905]

He died 1st January 1909

Ingham, ElyRef 120-55
[1783-18??] He served with the 2nd Battalion 84th Foot York & Lancaster Regiment in the Peninsular War

Ingham, FrankRef 120-86
[1855-1943] Born in Halifax.

He was a wine & spirit warehouseman [1891] / an engineering driller [1911].

In [Q2] 1880, he married Sarah Jane Burford in Halifax.


Sarah Jane was born in Halifax [1st March 1859], the daughter of
George Burford
 

Children:

  1. Florence [b 1883] who was a worsted winder [1911]
  2. Lewis Burford [b 1885] who was a journeyman flour miller  [1911]

They lived at

  • Parliament Street, Halifax [1891]
  • 30 Oak Terrace, Battinson Road, Halifax [1911]

Living with them [in 1891] was Sarah Jane's widowed mother Mary Ann Burford.

Sarah Jane died 19th June 1935.

Frank died 9th October 1943 (aged 88).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2288] with the children of brother-in-law Bernard Hartley

Ingham, FredRef 120-7
[1877-1928] Son of George Ingham.

Born in Warley [30th June 1877].

He was a farmer [1911].

On 2nd November 1911, he married Sarah Eccles [1877-19??] at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge.


Sarah was born in Halifax
 

Fred died in Sowerby in 1928

Ingham, FredRef 120-20
[1890-1919] Son of William Ingham.

Born in Ripponden [16th July 1890]; baptised at St Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden [22nd October 1890].

He was a player for Eastwood cricket clubs where he assisted the team in  winning the Hebden Bridge Senior League & Junior League [1913] and  the Calder Valley Cup [1912] / a player for the Eastwood football club when the team won both the  Halifax and District League and the Halifax Challenge Cup  [1911-12 season] / an assistant picker maker [1911] / employed at Martin Holt's Mill picker works.

On 20th December 1913, he married Martha Howorth [1893-19??] at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone.


Martha, of Greaves Street, Todmorden, was the daughter of John Howorth.

She was a cotton weaver for John Dawson & Sons at Albion Mill, Todmorden [1921]

 

Children:

  1. Walter [b 1914]
  2. Maurice [1917-1919]

The family lived at 349 Halifax Road, Todmorden [1921].

During World War I, he joined up [March 1917] and served as a Private with the Lincolnshire Regiment, then transferred to the Labour Corps.

He was demobbed on 29th January 1919.

He died in Todmorden [18th February 1919] (probably) of Spanish Flu.

The Todmorden & District News Friday [28th February 1919] reported his death


Private F. Ingham, who was demobbed on the 29th of January,

He developed influenza then pneumonia and died on Tuesday week [18th February] at his residence, Victoria Terrace, Eastwood, aged 28

 

He was buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone [Grave Ref: 99] [New Part 12 20] 22nd February 1919.

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance.

Living with the widowed Martha [in 1921] were her mother Mary Howorth [b 1870] & uncle Jonas Robertshaw [b 1879] (motor wagon loader for William Sutcliffe, corn miller, at Stansfield Mill, Todmorden) 

Ingham, FredRef 120-14
[1892-19??] Born in Clifton [20th May 1892].

He was a carpet weaver [1919].

On 5th June 1919, he married Annie Goodyear at Coley Church.


Annie was the daughter of
Fred Goodyear
 

Ingham, Frederick CharlesRef 120-30
[1843-1900] Born in Greetland.

He was a wool & waste dealer (employer) [1891].

In [Q3] 1865, he married Elizabeth Hodgson [1844-1???] in Bradford.


Elizabeth was born in Wyke
 

Children:

  1. Wilfrid [b 1871] who was a wool warehouseman [1891]
  2. Joseph Kilburn [b 1872] who was a wood carver's  apprentice [1891]
  3. Hanson [b 1874] who was a wool warehouseman [1891]
  4. Walter [b 1878]
  5. Frederick [b 1879]
  6. Nancy [b 1881]
  7. Susannah [b 1885]

They lived at Green Lane, Elland-cum-Greetland [1891].

Frederick Charles died Q4 1900 (aged 57) 

Ingham, Frederick GordonRef 120-39
[1918-1943] Son of Annie & Randolph Ingham, of Bailiff Bridge.

In [Q1] 1943, he married Mary Naylor in Calder District.

They lived in Bailiff Bridge.

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

He died 21st August 1943 (aged 25).

He was buried at Brighouse Cemetery [E C 332]

Ingham, GeorgeRef 120-80
[18??-18??] Worsted spinner of West Vale

Ingham, GeorgeRef 120-245
[18??-19??] Son of William Ingham.

He was a partner in Ingham & Robinson.

The partnership was dissolved in January 1875, and Ingham carried on the business on his own account

Ingham, GeorgeRef 120-100
[1804-1848] Of Halifax.

He was a butcher.

George died 16th January 1848 (aged 44), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4174]

Ingham, GeorgeRef 120-37
[1831-1908] He started as a worsted spinner with Mr Robinson at Lineholme Clough, Thornton.

In 1874, the partnership was dissolved, and he went into business on his own at Hollins Mill.

In 1884, he went into partnership with his son, and established George Ingham & Company Limited at Prospect Mill, West Vale.

He married Hannah [1833-1899].

Children:

  1. Eliza [1856-1917]
  2. Alice who died in infancy
  3. Ada who died in infancy

They lived at The Crescent, Hipperholme.

Hannah died 27th May 1899 (aged 66).

George died 26th July 1908 (aged 77).

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £105,519

The couple were buried at Brighouse Cemetery, and the infant daughters were buried at Mount Zion, Ogden

Ingham, GeorgeRef 120-4
[1847-1911] Born in Warley.

He was a joiner.

He married Sarah Lumb in Halifax.


Sarah was the daughter of
Levi Lumb
 

Children:

  1. John
  2. Harry
  3. Robert [b 1874]
  4. Fred
  5. Ann Elizabeth [1882-1899]
  6. William [b 1884]
  7. Hilda [b 1891]

The children were born in Warley and baptised at St Mary's Church, Luddenden.

The couple died in Sowerby

Ingham, Gerald BryanRef 120-23
[1906-1958] He lived at Whams, Cragg Vale.

In 19??, he married Margot.

Children:

  1. Gillian
  2. Judith
  3. Bridget
  4. Richard

Ingham, GibsonRef 120-109
[1855-1899] Born in Todmorden.

He was a weaver [1878] / a cotton throstle overlooker [1881] / a cotton loom jobber [1891] / a tackler.

In 1877, he married Jane Hannah Horrocks [1855-1921] in Rochdale.


She was born in Bacup, Lancashire and is variously recorded as Jane, Jane Hannah, Hannah, Jane Anna or Jane Ann
 

  1. Alice Hannah [b Rochdale 24th April 1878; bapt St John's  Church, Bacup 4th August 1878; d Q4 1883]
  2. John William [b 1881] who was a cotton weaver [1911]
  3. Samuel
  4. Mark
  5. Susan Alice [10th April 1887-1955] who married Edward Meek
  6. Captain [1891] who died in infancy
  7. Gibson [b 1893] who was serving in the Navy on HMS  Drake. [1916]
  8. Herbert

They lived at

  • 5 Smith Street, Bacup [1878]
  • South Street, Spotland, Rochdale [1881]
  • 1 Knotts Grove, Stansfield [1891, 1899]
  • Todmorden Union Workhouse, Langfield (Jane and sons  Gibson & Herbert) [1901]
  • 4 Riley Street, Lydgate, Todmorden [1911]
  • 3 Pollard Street, Todmorden [1915]
  • 7 Mitchell Street, Lydgate, Todmorden [1920]

Living with them [in 1881] was widowed mother-in-law Jane Horrocks [b Penrith 1820].

Gibson died 2nd July 1899 (aged 44).

The Halifax Courier [8th July 1899] reported his death.

Sons Herbert, Mark & Samuel died in World War I.

Jane died in Todmorden [Q1 1921] (aged 66) 

Ingham, H.Ref 120-198
[18??-18??] Tavern keeper at Todmorden.


Question: Does anyone know which tavern this may have been?

 

In June 1859, he was declared bankrupt

Ingham, HannahRef 120-215
[16??-1727] Of Hipperholme.

She married John Firth

Ingham, Harold Ellis SteadRef 120-284
[1904-19??] In the late 19th century, his father had a furnishing shop in Ovenden before moving to 101 Northgate, opposite the Grand Theatre.

When his father died, Harold inherited the business.

In [Q2] 1929, he married Irene Bolton in Halifax.

Child: Barrie

They lived at Oxford Road, Halifax

Ingham, HarryRef 120-6
[1872-1946] Son of George Ingham.

Born in Warley [6th April 1872]

He was a clog maker [1900].

In [Q3] 1900, he married Mary Hannah Clarke [1874-1967] in Halifax.


Mary Hannah was born in Holmfield
 

Children:

  1. Albert [1901-1973] who was a salesman [1946]
  2. Nellie [b 1903] who married [1928] George Edgar  Brearley [1902-1962] from Halifax
  3. Jack [1911-1984] who was a plumber [1946]

The children were born in Sowerby.

The couple died in Sowerby: Harry [5th March 1946]; Mary Hannah [1967]

Ingham, HelliwellRef 120-265
[1837-1???] He was a grocer [1871] / a grocer & draper [1881] / a retired grocer [1891].

In 1860, he married Susy Greenwood [1836-1???] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. John Herbert [b 1863] who was a corn dealer [1891]
  2. Ada [b 1864]
  3. Walter [b 1867]
  4. Thomas Dent
  5. Sarah [b 1871]

They lived at Pecket Well, Wadsworth [1871, 1881, 1891]

Ingham, HelliwellRef 120-64
[1897-1917] Son of Thomas Ingham.

He was a member of the choir at Pellon Baptist Church / a bobbin carrier in worsted spinning room [1911] / employed by S. Earnshaw, joiner, Ferguson Street.

He lived with his parents at 17 Otley Street, Hanson Lane.

During World War I, he enlisted [June 1916] with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), then he served as a Private with the 10th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment.

He was reported missing and assumed to have died 28th April 1917 (aged 20).

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Pellon Baptist Church

Ingham, HenryRef 120-29
[1839-1875] He drowned [25th July 1875] (aged 36)  during the construction of the Queensbury Tunnel, after falling into five/six yards of water at the bottom of the shaft

Ingham, HenryRef 120-84
[1855-1921] Aka Harry.

Son of Isaac Ingham.

Born in Halifax [9th October 1855].

He was a bleacher [1871] / a piece dyer (cotton) [1881] A / a barman [1898] / a barman at the Black Horse, Halifax / licensee at the Hope Inn, Halifax [1st September 1909-12th  October 1920].

On 17th May 1898, he married Ann Ingham [1855-1914] in Halifax.


Ann was born in Halifax
 

They had no children.

Ann died in 1914.

Harry died in the Royal Halifax Infirmary [9th April 1921].

He was buried at All Souls' Church, Halifax with his parents

Ingham, Henry MitchellRef 120-53
[1864-1950] Of Todmorden.

Youngest son of John Arthur Ingham.

He was a stockbroker [1900].

He never married.

He lived at 4 Raby Place, Bath [1911].

He died at Raby Place, Bath [19th January 1950].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £157,098 0/6d. Probate was granted to The District Bank Limited and George Geoffrey Collins (solicitor).

He gave money and land at Hardcastle Crags. Amongst other properties, he left Widdop Gate to the National Trust

Ingham, HerbertRef 120-105
[1870-1921] A labourer in Halifax.

Herbert died 24th June 1921 (aged 51), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 275] with John McRoberts

Ingham, HerbertRef 120-15
[1895-1915] Son of Gibson Ingham.

Born in Cornholme.

After his father's death, he, his mother & his brother Gibson were inmates in the Todmorden Workhouse, Langfield [1901].

He was a cotton rover [1911].

During World War I, and he served as a Private with the 1st/8th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.

He died of wounds [22nd November 1915].

The Todmorden & District News [26th November 1915]


Private Herbert Ingham was seriously wounded in the Dardanelles.

He was eventually transferred to at the 2nd Western General Hospital, Manchester, where he died, aged 18

 

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [10th December 1915] published his photograph

He was buried at Shore General Baptist Church, Todmorden [Grave Ref: F 6] [24th November 1915].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance.

His brothers Mark & Samuel also died in the War

Ingham, HerbertRef 120-51
[1917-1942] Son of Minnie & James Edward Ingham.

He married Mary.

They lived at Southowram.

During World War II, he served as a Private with the Royal Army Medical Corps.

He died 7th April 1942 (aged 25).

He is remembered on the Alamein Memorial, Egypt [Grave Ref 82]

Ingham, HoraceRef 120-41
[1915-1944] Son of Edith Helen & John Ingham of 51 Pellon New Road, Halifax.

He worked for Mackintosh's.

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

He was lost on 12th September 1944 when the Japanese Hell Ships Rakuyo Maru and Kachidoki Maru, carrying British & Australian POWs, were mistaken for cargo ships and torpedoed by US submarines USS Pampanito and USS Sealion.

He died 18th September 1944 (aged 29).

He is remembered on the Singapore Memorial [Grave Ref 437], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Ingham, IsaacRef 120-273
[1828-1885] Son of woolcomber Henry Ingham.

Born in Halifax.

He was a wool comber [1850, 1851] / a dyer of woollen and cotton [1861] / a lamp-lighter [1871] / assistant at the public house, Travellers Rest, Halifax, where his  son William Dyson was innkeeper [1881].

In 1850, he married Sophia Cockroft [1829-1898] at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax.


Sophia, of Haley Hill, was the daughter of weaver Joseph Cockroft.

She was a carpet setter [1861, 1871] / a house keeper [1881] / widow, publican at the Black Horse, Halifax [1891]

 

Children:

  1. Ann [b 1852] who was a worsted mill hand [1861] a carpet  setter [1871] & married William Wilkinson
  2. William Dyson
  3. Henry [b 1856]
  4. Joseph [b 1860] who was a worsted spinner [1871] a  plumber [1881]

They lived at

  • Foundry Street, Halifax [1850]
  • 1 Whitaker's Buildings, Foundry Street, Halifax [1851]
  • 2 Whitaker's Yard, Foundry Street, Halifax [1861]
  • 2 Smith's Court, Halifax [1871]

Living with them [in 1881] were daughter Ann, husband William Wilkinson and family.

Living with the widowed Sophia [in 1891] was niece Elizabeth Mitchell [aged 12].

Isaac & Sophia were buried at All Souls' Church, Halifax

Ingham, IsaacRef 120-71
[1851-1???] Son of William Ingham, machine tenter.

Born in Mount Tabor.

He was a machine tenter of Warley [1872] / a carter [1881] / a paper maker [1891] / a navvy [1901] / an estate labourer [1911].

In 1872, he married Hannah Sophia Ulph [1852-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Hannah Sophia, of Midgley, was born in Buxton Norfolk, the daughter of
Robert Ulph
 

Children:

  1. Thomas
  2. William Henry [b 1880] who was a cart driver [1901]
  3. Albert [b 1883] who was a woollen piecer [1901]
  4. Clara [b 1885] who was a worsted twister [1901] and  married [1908] Henry Crossley
  5. Lily [b 1895] who was a cotton weaver [1911]

They lived at

  • 245 Grains Road, Crompton, Oldham [1881]
  • 9 Delph Hill, Midgley [1891]
  • 11 Clement Street, Sowerby Bridge [1901]
  • 76 Sowerby Green, Sowerby [1911]

Ingham, JackRef 120-24
[1???-194?] Of Todmorden.

During World War II, he served with the Royal Artillery.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Ingham, JamesRef 120-77
[1780-1848] He was a joiner [1841].

He married Martha [1772-1854].

They lived at Bank Top, Southowram.

Living with them [in 1841] were Charles Newsom [b 1821] (flag facer)  & Sidney Newsom [b 1834].

James died 4th April 1848 (aged 68).

Martha died 3rd September 1854 (aged 82).

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: F-D28] with James Newsom [1807-16th February 1835] & his wife Elizabeth [1805-1st May 1887]


Question: Does anyone know the connection between the Ingham family and the Newsom family?

 

Ingham, JamesRef 120-26
[18??-19??] Recorded in 1905, when he was Secretary and Librarian of the Dean Clough Institute at Richmond Street, Halifax

Ingham, JamesRef 120-93
[1807-1???] He was a railway agent [1841].

He lived at Belle Vue, Halifax [1841]

Ingham, JamesRef 120-57
[1870-1???] Son of Charles Ingham.

Born in Southowram.

He was a dyer's labourer [1891, 1901].

In 1892, he married Ann Wilkinson [1871-19??] at St Matthew's Church, Rastrick.


Ann, of Rastrick, was the daughter of Joseph Wilkinson, delver
 

Children:

  1. Annie [b 1893]
  2. Walter
  3. Mary A. [b 1898]
  4. Arthur J. [b 1900]

They lived at

  • Cain Lane, Southowram [1901]
  • Brook Foot, Southowram
  • 29 Glodwick Road, Oldham [1916]

Living with them [in 1901], was James's brother Lewis [b 1884] (apprentice joiner & builder) 

Ingham, James WilliamRef 120-31
[1898-1917] Son of Walker Ingham.

Born in Wheatley; baptised at Illingworth Church [5th June 1898].

He was a member of Pellon Church & Church Lad's Brigade / a chorister at the Church / a creeler (cotton spinning) [1911] / employed by S. Whitley & Company at Hanson Lane Mills, Halifax.

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

He was killed in action at Fampoux [9th April 1917].

The Halifax Courier [28th April 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Christ Church, Pellon, and on the Memorial at Hanson Lane Cotton Mill, Halifax

Ingham, JeremiahRef 120-252
[18??-19??] Gent. Of Halifax.

He was a trustee of the Halifax Ragged School [1897]

Ingham, JesseRef 120-27
[1864-1935] Born in Hebden Bridge.

He was a cotton spinner [1891].

On 20th October 1883, he married Anne (Annie) Breeze [1859-1925] at Halifax Parish Church.


Anne was born in Trefonen, Shropshire, the daughter of Mary [1829-18??] & Richard Breeze [1816-18??], clock maker/cleaner.

She had a son James Morris [b 1876] (father unknown) 

 

Children:

  1. Mary Jane [b 1885]
  2. Willie Jonathan [b 1886]
  3. Albert [b 1889]
  4. Harry [b 1891]

They lived at

  • 3 Calder Terrace, Heptonstall [1891]
  • Honey Land, Luddenden [1916]

Ingham, JohnRef 120-12
[17??-18??] Son of John Ingham.

He took over from his father at the Cockpit School.

Later, he became bookkeeper and cashier to Jonathan Akroyd of James Akroyd & Son

Ingham, JohnRef 120-2
[17??-1812] Schoolmaster, naturalist, entomologist, and water-colourist.

He kept the Cockpit School.

He married Unknown.

Child: John

He and his journals are mentioned in Graptolite's Historical Notes on the Church at Illingworth.

He was buried at Illingworth Church [7th January 1812].

His son John took over at the school

Ingham, JohnRef 120-92
[1730-1807] Of Halifax.

He married Margaret [1737-1822].

John died 14th August 1807 (aged 77).

Margaret died 16th September 1822 (aged 85).

The couple were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax

Ingham, JohnRef 120-10
[1752-1791] Of Shaw in Langfield.

He married Mary [1757-1828].

Children:

  1. Hannah [1781-1781] who died aged 3 weeks
  2. Anna [1782-1788] who died aged 6 years
  3. Mally [1784-1799] who died aged 14 years
  4. Betty [1788-1853]
  5. John Arthur [1790-1840]

John died 3rd October 1791.

Mary died 6th December 1812.

Son John Arthur died 1st June 1840.

Daughter Betty was living at Shaw [1841, alone & head of the household 1851] and died there [5th April 1853].

All the family were buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone

Ingham, JohnRef 120-33
[1770-1838] On Christmas Day 1837, he was standing at Chapel Fold, Halifax, when Peter Harrington struck him on the chest with his fist, knocking him to the ground, and then ran off. Ingham was injured and died on 1st January 1838.

Harrington was found Not Guilty

Ingham, JohnRef 120-65
[1778-1846] Son of Elizabeth (née Naylor) & John Ingham [1741-1797].

He was a clothier of Norland.

On 11th July 1805, he married Hannah Barber [17??-1861] in Huddersfield.


Hannah came from Almondbury
 

Ingham, JohnRef 120-234
[1788-1861] Son of Richard Ingham.

He was a manufacturer [1851].

On 18th May 1815, he married Mary Roberts [1798-1866] at Padiham.


Mary came from Whalley
 

Children:

  1. Sarah Ann [1816-1899] who married William Sutcliffe
  2. Richard
  3. John Arthur
  4. Betty [1843-1923] who married John Forbes St Maur Russell

They lived at Castle Naze, Stansfield [1862].

John died 18th September 1861.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £12,000.

His will was proved by his sons Richard and John Arthur

Ingham, JohnRef 120-34
[18??-18??] A worsted manufacturer at Stump Cross.

On 27th January 1863, his mill was destroyed by fire

Ingham, JohnRef 120-88
[1812-1871] Born in Halifax.

He was a dyer (cotton & worsted) [1851].

He married Elizabeth [1814-1869].


Elizabeth was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Eliza [b 1837]
  2. Caroline [b 1838]
  3. George who died 25th December 1840 (aged 4 months) who  was buried with his parents
  4. Emily [b 1842]
  5. Ben
  6. Oates [b 1845]
  7. John E. [b 1848]
  8. Henry who died 23rd September 1851 (aged 5 months) who  was buried with his parents

They lived at 16 Labour Street, Halifax [1851].

Elizabeth died 18th August 1869 (aged 55).

John died 19th March 1871 (aged 59).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 141]

Ingham, JohnRef 120-106
[1817-1880] Born in Halifax.

He was a printer (?) [1851] / a painter [1861, 1871].

He married Mary Ann [1819-1883].


Mary Ann was born in Skircoat (or Warley).

She was a dressmaker [1851, 1861, 1871]

 

Children:

  1. Martha Jane [1837-1895] who was a setter of figures for  carpets [1861], a cotton weaver [1871]
  2. Edward Smith [b 1844] who was a carpet rug sewer [1861]
  3. George Frederick [b 1848]
  4. Mary Elizabeth [b 1851] who was a cotton weaver [1871]
  5. Squire John [1854-1871]

The family lived at

  • 23 St John Street, Halifax [1851]
  • 8 Swan Street, Halifax [1861]
  • 17 Hume Street, Halifax [1871]

Living with them [in 1871] was granddaughter Martha Jane [b  1867].

John died 7th February 1880 (aged 63).

Mary Ann died 28th September 1883 (aged 64).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1866]

Ingham, JohnRef 120-276
[1841-1???] He was a farmer [1881].

In 1866, he married Rachel Greenwood [1842-1???] in Halifax.

The widowed Rachel was a farmer [1891, 1901, 1911]

Children:

  1. child
  2. child
  3. child
  4. child
  5. child
  6. child
  7. child

They lived at Siddal Wells [1881, 1891, 1901, 1911].

Living with the widowed Rachel and 3 children [in 1911] was sister Maria Greenwood [aged 77]

Ingham, JohnRef 120-83
[1845-1906] Born in Northowram.

He was a machine oiler [1871] / a greengrocer [1881, 1891] / a dry waller [1901].

He married Sarah Ann [1849-1910].


Sarah Ann was born in Southowram
 

Children:

  1. Susannah [b 1868] who was a bobbin doffer [1881], a  woollen twister [1891] & married Arthur Barker
  2. William [b 1870] who was a bobbin doffer [1881], a strap  mender [1891]
  3. Lucy [b 1873] who was a worsted reeler [1891]
  4. Fred [b 1875] who was crippled from childhood & was a  labourer of farm [1901]
  5. Emily [b 1878] who was a worsted spinner [1891], a winder  (worsted mills) [1901]
  6. George [b 1880] who was a butcher's assistant [1901]
  7. Ernest [b 1885] who was a doffer (worsted mills) [1901]
  8. Lily [b 1889]

The children were born in Southowram.

They lived at

  • 7 Upper Delves, Southowram [1871]
  • Blaithroyd, Southowram [1881]
  • High Field View, Higgin Lane, Southowram [1891]
  • 40 Higgin Lane, Southowram [1901]

John died 26th December 1906 (aged 61).

Sarah Ann died 14th February 1910 (aged 61).

The couple were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-D25] with their son-in-law Arthur Barker

Ingham, JohnRef 120-5
[1870-1943] Son of George Ingham.

Born in Warley [31st December 1870]

He was a mechanic [1907].

In [Q2] 1907, he married Mary Ellen Kershaw [1870-1946] in Halifax.


Mary Ellen was born in Warley
 

Children:

  1. Percy [1897-1975] who was an engineer [1946]
  2. Arthur [b 1902] who was a school master [1946]
  3. Joe [1904-1986] who was a loom tuner [1946]

The children were born in Sowerby.

John died in Halifax [16th August 1943]

Ingham, John ArthurRef 120-16
[1825-1900]

Ingham, John ArthurRef 120-144
[1858-1930] Son of John Arthur Ingham.

Born at The Shaw, Langfield [19th January 1858].

He was educated at Victoria University Manchester / a solicitor [1900] / a solicitor in Todmorden [1905] / a member of Todmorden RDC / chairman of the Voluntary Schools of Cross Stone Church.

In 1893, he opened rooms at the family's Cinderhills Mill, Todmorden for use as a Working Men's Club.

In [Q3] 1902, he married Sarah Elizabeth Sutcliffe [1868-1929] in Birkenhead.


Sarah Elizabeth was born in Todmorden
 

They lived at

Sarah Elizabeth died at The Mental Hospital, Stockport, Cheshire [15th October 1929].

Probate records show that she left effects valued at £9,844 11/4d. Probate was granted to her husband John Arthur, Gilbert Broxap Sutcliffe (merchant) and Thomas Douglas Sutcliffe (merchant) 

John Arthur died at 19 Hyde Park Terrace, Leeds [1st June 1930].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £5,769 2/2d. Probate was granted to Adeline Ingham Russell (spinster), William Ingham and John Arthur St Maur Russell

Ingham, John D.Ref 120-151
[18??-19??] Partner in Uttley, Ingham & Company Limited.

He lived at Cliffe Street, Hebden Bridge [1905]

Ingham, John RobertRef 120-21
[1899-1918] Son of Thomas Ingham.

Of Todmorden.

During World War I, and he served as a Private with the 52nd Battalion Notts & Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment.

He died 1st May 1918.

The Todmorden & District News [10th May 1918]


Private John Robert Ingham (Notts and Derby Regiment) died of wounds on the 1st of May, aged 18.

He was formerly employed as a labourer for the Littleborough Dyeing Company.

He joined up about thirteen months ago.

He lived at 8 Claremont Cottages, Walsden

 

The following week's Edition [17th May 1918] published his photograph.

He was buried at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France [Grave Ref XI M 7A].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance.

His brother-in-law Roger Powell also died in the War

Ingham, John WilliamRef 120-25
[1861-1???] Born in Sowerby.

He was a silk boiler & farmer [1891].

In [Q2] 1888, he married Hannah Maria Hodgson [1866-1???] in Halifax.


Hannah was born in Sowerby
 

Children:

  1. Frank [b 1888]
  2. Arthur [b 1890]

They lived at Dean House, Mill Bank [1891].

Living with them [in 1891] were Hannah's siblings Ellen Hodgson [b 1870] (sciver), William Hodgson [b 1876] (silk dresser) 

Ingham, John WilliamRef 120-35
[1880-1917] Son of Mark Ingham.

Born in Mytholmroyd.

He was a quarryman [1905] / a cotton weaver with James Hoyle Limited at Acre Mill, Old Town  [1911].

On 22nd April 1905, he married Mary Ellen Greenwood [1877-19??] at Heptonstall Church.


Mary Ellen, of Chiserly Farm, Wadsworth, was born in Heptonstall, the daughter of John Greenwood, farmer.

She was a roving frame tenter [1911]

 

Child: Miriam [1907-1987] who never married

They lived at Lower Chiserley, Wadsworth.

During World War I, he enlisted in Halifax [30th October 1916] and served as a Private with the 8th (Service) Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment.

He was posted to France [28th January 1917].

He was killed in action [9th April 1917] (aged 36).

The Halifax Courier [28th April 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Belgium [Grave Ref VII L 27].

He is remembered on Wadsworth War Memorial, on the Memorial at Old Town Methodist Chapel, Wadsworth, and on the family grave at Crimsworth Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

Ingham, John WilliamRef 120-44
[1898-1917] Son of Wright Ingham.

Born in Southowram.

He was a worsted spinner [1911] / employed by Charles Horner Limited.

He lived at the Country House, Hipperholme.

During World War I, he joined the Army [February 1917] and served as a Private with the 91st Battalion Training Reserve.

He died of pneumonia in the V.A.D. Hospital, Ashington, after a few weeks' service [3rd March 1917] (aged 18).

The Halifax Courier [17th March 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Coley Church [Extension 1 T 19].

He is remembered on Southowram War Memorial, on the Memorial at Saint Anne's Church, Southowram, and on the Memorial at Saint John the Baptist, Coley

Ingham, JonasRef 120-87
[17??-17??] Halifax shalloon weaver.

He was one of the trustees of the Chapel Fold Meeting House, Halifax

Ingham, JonasRef 120-107
[1809-1872] He was a leather merchant.

He married Elizabeth [1815-1873].

Children:

  1. Thomas Atkinson (Ingham) [1839-1846]
  2. Kezia [1846-1870] who married George Smith
  3. Charles [1854]

Jonas died 17th March 1872 (aged 63).

Elizabeth died 15th December 1873 (aged 58).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2744]

Ingham, Rev JonathanRef 120-82
[17??-18??] Minister at General Baptist Church, Haley Hill [1823-1833]

Ingham, JonathanRef 120-90
[17??-18??] Of Copley Mills.

He married Hannah [1795-1824].

Children:

  1. Joseph who died 23rd March 1820 (aged 11 months) 
  2. Elizabeth who died 9th May 1821 (aged 6 weeks & 2 days) 
  3. William who died 14th June 1824 (aged 15 weeks) 
  4. William who died 10th September 1830 (aged 3 years & 4  months) 
  5. John who died 10th July 1831 (aged 1 year & 6 months) 
  6. stillborn [24th February 1838]

Hannah died 1st March 1824 (aged 29).

Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax with John Henry, son of Joseph & Elizabeth Ingham, who died 12 Jun 1855 (aged 3 years & 1 month).


Details of Jonathan's death / burial place are not yet known
 

Ingham, JosephRef 120-117
[18??-18??] Of Wadsworth.

On 5th July 1832, he was charged with stealing a ham from Thomas Patchett, licensee of the White Lion, Hebden Bridge.

He was transported to New South Wales for 7 years. He was one of 170 convicts who left England on the Neva [27th July 1833] and arrived on 21st November 1833

Ingham, JoshuaRef 120-249
[1860-1938] Of Mixenden.

In 1879, he married Margaret Jane Wilkinson [1858-1935] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Ruth [1896-1916]

They lived at Long House Farm, Mixenden [1916].

Members of the family were buried at Mount Zion Methodist Chapel, Ogden (Grave Ref: H17

Ingham, LeonardRef 120-22
[18??-19??] Established Ingham & Company at Asquith Bottom Dye Works, Sowerby Bridge

Ingham, LouisRef 120-3
[18??-1???] He was a dyeware grinder at Salterhebble [1888] / a director of Luther Hanson & Company (Limited) [1888]

Ingham, Louis BuckleyRef 120-61
[1886-19??] Son of Richard Henry Ingham.

Born in Todmorden [21st August 1886].

He was an operative plumber [1911] / a plumber & sanitary engineer [1939].

In 1912, he was renting a furnished bedroom on the first floor at 16 Wellington Road, Todmorden, from his father who was living at the same address.

On 28th March 1916, he married Mary Ann Helliwell [1891-1956] at Mankinholes Wesleyan Chapel


Mary Ann was the daughter of Eli Helliwell
 

Children:

  1. Denis [b Todmorden 10th November 1919] who was an assistant education clerk [1939]

They lived at

  • 653 Halifax Road, Sowerby [1930-1931]
  • 10 Wellington Road, Sowerby [1932-1962]

During World War I, he served with the Royal Air Force.

He survived the War, and is remembered on the Roll of Honour at Patmos Congregational Chapel, Todmorden.

Mary Ann died in Todmorden [Q3 1956] (aged 65) 

Ingham, MarkRef 120-36
[1856-1887] Born in Midgley.

He was a quarryman [1880].

On 8th May 1880, he married Mary Ann Oldfield [1859-1893] in Halifax.


Mary Ann was born in Sowerby
 

Children:

  1. John William
  2. Alice [1882-1953]
  3. Lydia [b 1883]
  4. Elizabeth Ann [b 1885]
  5. Janey [1887-1971]

Mark died in 1887.

Mary Ann died in 1893.

After the death of their parents, the children moved between their grandparents

Ingham, MarkRef 120-18
[1884-1916] Son of Gibson Ingham.

Born in Bacup.

He lived at Todmorden.

He was a mason's labourer / a football player with the old Lydgate and Todmorden  Association Football Clubs.

He enlisted with the Manchester Regiment [September 1901] and transferred to the Army Service Corps [November 1901].

He was an outdoor labourer, Army pensioner [1911]

During World War I, he enlisted in Rochdale [Whitsuntide 26th May 1915] and served as a Private with the 1st Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders.

He died of wounds [30th May 1916] (aged 32).


Private Mark Ingham was admitted to the Bellahouston Scottish National Red Cross Hospital, Glasgow, on 23rd March 1916 and died on 30th May 1916.

His mother Jane Hannah Ingham of 7 Mitchell Street, Lydgate, Todmorden, signed for receipt of an army scroll on the 3rd February 1920.

Miss Clara Tolley of 5 Kitson View, Lineholme, Todmorden, wrote to the War Office to say she had just given birth to the son of Private Mark Ingham, Cameron Highlanders, on the 11th July 1915, and asked for some money

 

The Todmorden & District News [9th June 1916] added


Private Mark Ingham died of blood poisoning from shrapnel wounds in Bellahouston Red Cross Hospital, Glasgow
 

He was buried at the Glasgow Western Necropolis [H 1325].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance.

His brothers Herbert & Samuel also died in the War

Ingham, MarthaRef 120-85
[1813-1908] Born in Halifax.

She was living on income from houses & dividends [from 1871].

She never married.

She lived at

Martha died in Halifax [Q4 1908] (aged 96) 

Ingham, OatesRef 120-98
[1790-1861] Born in Norland.

He was a master dyer employing 60 men [1851] / a farmer of 30 acres employing 1 man [1851].

He married Rachel [1786-1864].


Rachel was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. (possibly) John [bapt 28th July 1811]
  2. Edward [b 1814] who was a dyer [1851]
  3. Benjamin [b 1822]
  4. Frances [b 1822]
  5. Lucy Ann [1828-1887] who married John Milligan
  6. Ann [b 1829]
  7. Rachel [b 1841]
  8. Oates who died in infancy
  9. Ruth Florence who died in infancy
  10. William Henry who died in infancy

They lived at

  • Range Bank, Halifax [1841]
  • Old Lane, Halifax [1851]

Oates died 19th October 1861 (aged 71).

Rachel died 2nd October 1864 (aged 78).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 724]

Ingham, OrmerodRef 120-95
[1834-1904] Son of William Ingham.

Born in Stansfield.

He was a picker maker [1851, 1861] / a master picker maker employing 6 men [1871] / a woollen & cotton picker maker [1881] / a picker maker [1891] / a retired picker maker [1901].

In [Q4] 1863, he married Emma Cunliffe in Halifax.


Emma was the daughter of John Cunliffe
 

Children:

  1. Robert/ Albert [b 1858] who was a picker maker  [1871]
  2. Mary [b 1873] who was a cotton weaver [1891, 1901]
  3. Emma [b 1876] who was a domestic servant [1891]

They lived at

  • 68 Lydgate, Todmorden [1871]
  • 28 Fair View, Knotts Road, Stansfield [1881]
  • Knotts Road, Stansfield [1891]

Living with them [in 1871] were Emma's brothers Greenwood & John.

Living with them [in 1881] was Emma's brother Greenwood.

Emma died Q2 1896 (aged 60).

Ormerod died in Todmorden [Q1 1904] (aged 70) 

Ingham, ProctorRef 120-79
[1875-1945] Son of Charles Ingham.

He was a mill hand carpet [1891] / a stone delver (quarry) [1901] / a quarryman [1911].

In [Q2] 1902, he married Emily Ingham Mallinson [1876-1950] in Halifax.

They lived at Ivy House Farm, Southowram [1911].

Proctor died 10th December 1945 (aged 70).

He was buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-B16].

In [Q2] 1946, he married (2) George W. Albon.

She died 10th September 1950 (aged 74).

and was buried with Proctor

Ingham, RichardRef 120-153
[17??-1810] A wealthy yeoman of Stansfield.

From 1785, he engaged in the Yorkshire trade. He owned Cinderhill Mill, Stansfield. He and his family established Richard Ingham & Sons

Around 1787, he married Betsy Lord [17??-1799] from Bacup.

Children:

  1. daughter
  2. daughter
  3. daughter
  4. Betsy who married James Whitaker from Wardle
  5. Richard
  6. William
  7. John

He lived at Castle Lodge, Todmorden

Ingham, RichardRef 120-19
[1784-1853] Son of Richard Ingham.

In 1811, he rebuilt Millsteads Mill, Langfield. In 1820, he bought land which included Cinderhills Mill, Langfield.

Partner in Richard Ingham & Sons.

He never married

Ingham, RichardRef 120-283
[18??-1???] Card manufacturer of Spring Field, Halifax.

On 28th February 1861, he married Marian Kershaw, at Trinity Church, Halifax


Marian was the daughter of the late
Thomas Kershaw
 

Ingham, Rev RichardRef 120-183
[18??-18??] Senior Pastor at North Parade Baptist Church, Halifax [1866]

Ingham, Rev RichardRef 120-52
[1810-1873] Or Robert.

A native of Heptonstall Slack.

He was educated at Oxford and trained for the Church of England.

He served at Tetley Street Chapel, Bradford, Infirmary Street Chapel, Bradford, and Louth, Lincolnshire [for 7 years] before becoming Pastor at Mount Zion Baptist Church, Heptonstall Slack [1822], Todmorden Vale Baptist Church, and North Parade Baptist Church, Halifax [1854-1862].

In 1862, he left the ministry and devoted himself to writing.

He wrote two exhaustive works on baptism:

  • Handbook on Baptism [1865]
  • Christian Baptism : its Subjects [1871]

He never performed marriage services because he did not like to make people unhappy.

In his latter years, he also served at Infirmary Street Chapel, Bradford.

He lived at Aked's Road, Halifax [1873]

He died at his home in Halifax [1st June 1873]

Ingham, RichardRef 120-235
[1817-1862] Son of John Ingham

He was a manufacturer [1851] / a cotton spinner [1862].

On 11th October 1854, he married Elizabeth Stansfield [1822-1905] in Haslingden.


Elizabeth was the daughter of Anne (née Sale) [1790-1826] & William Stansfield [1795-1850], a surgeon from Haslingden
 

Children:

  1. Annie Mary [1855-1930]
  2. Robina [1858-1951] who married John William Carr Ayre

They lived at Hall Royd, Todmorden [1862].

Richard died at Hall Royd.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £14,000. Probate was granted to granted to his widow

Elizabeth gave furniture [1867] and plate [1878] to Cross Stone Church.

The couple were buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone

Ingham, RichardRef 120-75
[1819-1876] Born in Stansfield.

He was a letter carrier [1851] / an assistant overseer [1871].

On 3rd July 1843, he married Betty Nuttall [1819-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Betty was born in Stansfield
 

Children:

  1. Sarah [b 1844] who was a scholar [1851]
  2. John Wm [b 1846] who was a scholar [1851], an assistant  overseer [1871]
  3. Ellen Jane [b 1847] who was a scholar [1851], a cotton  weaver [1871, 1881]
  4. Hannah Eliza [b 1849] who was a cotton weaver [1871, 1881]
  5. Richard Henry
  6. Mary A. [b 1852] who was a cotton weaver [1871]
  7. Elizabeth A. [b 1856] who was a cotton weaver [1881]

They lived at

  • Gate Bottom, Stansfield [1851]
  • 6 Albert Terrace, Stansfield [1871, 1881]

Richard died in Todmorden [Q2 1876] (aged 57) 

Ingham, Richard H.Ref 120-140
[18??-19??] Woollen manufacturer and merchant at Redacre Mill, Mytholmroyd [1905]

Ingham, Richard HenryRef 120-76
[1850-1931] Son of Richard Ingham.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a plumber & glazier [1871] / a plumber (master) [1881] / a plumber & glazier [1891] / a plumber [1901, 1911].

In [Q1] 1883, he married (1) Betsy Holden [1854-1889] in Bury, Lancashire.

Children:

  1. Louis Buckley

Betsy died in Todmorden [Q4 1889] (aged 35).

Living with them [in 1901] was housekeeper Hannah Mary Bentley [b 1879].

In [Q3] 1901, Richard Henry married (2) Hannah Mary Bentley [1879-19??] in Prestwich.


Hannah Mary was born in North Skelton, Yorkshire
 

Children:

  1. child who died young [before 1911]
  2. Helen Bentley (Ingham) [b 1904]

They lived at

  • 17 Patmos, Todmorden [1891]
  • 18 Wellington Road, Todmorden [1901]
  • 16 Wellington Road, Todmorden [1911]

Richard Henry died in Todmorden [Q1 1931] (aged 80) 

Ingham, RobertRef 120-72
[1858-19??] Son of William Ingham.

Born in Millwood, Todmorden.

He was a weaver of Hollins Place, Wadsworth [1881] / a mechanic's cotton weaver [1891] / a mechanic's labourer [1901] / an electric crane driver [1911].

In [Q2] 1881, he married Maria Mattam [1857-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Maria, of Cliff Street, was born in Brixton / Holborn, London, the daughter of Peter Mattam, book keeper
 

Children:

  1. Clara [b 1884] who was a fustian clothing machinist  [1901], a ready-made clothing machinist [1911]
  2. Thomas Wilbert
  3. Arthur Bowen [b 1888] who was a fustian clothing  operative [1901], a bread baker [1911]
  4. Rose [b 1890] who was a ready-made clothing machinist  [1911]
  5. James William / Willie [b 1893] who was a clerk in  gas board [1911]
  6. Cyril Robert

They lived at

  • 1 Balmoral Street, Hebden Bridge [1891]
  • 10 Balmoral Street, Hebden Bridge [1901, 1911]
  • 37 Balmoral Street, Hebden Bridge

Sons Thomas Wilbert & Cyril Robert died in World War I

Ingham, RobertRef 120-38
[1875-1915] Son of Thomas Ingham.

Born in Halifax [8th May 1875].

He was a tram conductor with Halifax Corporation Tramways [1906] / a reservist.

On 20th September 1906, he married Ruth Ann Swift [1879-1957] in Halifax.


Ruth Ann was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Harry [1909-1975]
  2. Eva [b 1912]

They lived at 8 South Street, King Cross [1911].

During World War I, he was called-up [August 1914] and served as a Private with the Deal Battalion RN Div. Royal Marine Light Infantry.

He served in France & the Dardanelles.

He was killed in action at Gallipoli [30th April 1915].

A memorial service was held at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax.

He was buried at Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey [Grave Ref II B 8].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Ingham, Robert GeorgeRef 120-I270
[18??-1???] A gentleman farmer of Hullen Edge, Elland.

In the case of Wilkinson vs Ingham in 1890, George Henry Wilkinson sought to recover damages for an assault committed on Wilkinson by Ingham and his coachman

Ingham, SallyRef 120-6100
[1761-1793] Daughter of William Ingham.

She had an illegitimate daughter Nancy Ingham by James Ashworth. Nancy married Samuel Law.

Sally married Thomas Taylor.

Sally died young, leaving Thomas in charge of the children including Nancy, her illegitimate daughter

Ingham, SamRef 120-103
[1865-19??] He was a cotton weaver [1901].

He married Sarah Ann Hargreaves.


Sarah Ann was the daughter of
William Hargreaves
 

Children:

  1. Annie [1890-19??]

They lived at 35 Lower George Street, Todmorden [1901].

Living with them [in 1901] were brother-in-law William Hargreaves & family

Ingham, SamuelRef 120-59
[1883-1914] Son of Gibson Ingham.

Born in Bacup.

He was a flour packer of 4 Riley Street, Lydgate, Todmorden [1909] / a flour packer for corn miller [1911] / a flour packer with William Sutcliffe at Stansfield Corn Mill [1911].

On 5th June 1909, he married Lucy May Heyworth [1886-1930] at St Peter's Church, Walsden.


Lucy May, a weaver of 12 Mount Place, was born in Cliviger, the daughter of Lord Baron Heyworth, coal miner
 

Children: Amy [b 1909]

They lived at

  • 104 Bacup Lane, Todmorden [1911]
  • Milking Green Road, Todmorden [1914]

He was a reservist and served 14 years, including the South African War. He enlisted with the 5/6th Lancashire Fusiliers [January 1901] and transferred to the Scottish Rifles [March 1901].

During World War I, he was called-up [August 1914] and served as a Private with the 1st Battalion Cameronian (Scottish Rifles).

He was killed in action [27th October 1914] (aged 31).

The Todmorden & District News [20th November 1914] reported his death

He was buried at Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, France [Grave Ref I G 27].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance, and on Cornholme War Memorial.

His brothers Herbert & Mark also died in the War.

In 1921, Lucy May and Amy emigrated to Canada.

They lived at 822 10th Street West, Owen Sound, Canada.

Lucy May died in Canada

Ingham, Sarah MissRef 120-231
[18??-18??] She ran a school in Halifax [around 1850]

Ingham, SimeonRef 120-287
[16??-17??] Of Luddenden.

He married Grace.

Grace was buried at St Mary's Church, Luddenden.

Her gravestone, now laid at the south-east corner of the Church, is quite distinctive

Ingham, ThomasRef 120-78
[1???-18??] Landlord of the Shoulder of Mutton, Todmorden [1845].

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. William
  2. Ann
  3. Ellen

In 1874, after the death of their brother William's wife Hannah, nephew Fred came to live with the family.

After Thomas's death, daughters Ann and Ellen took over at the Shoulder of Mutton [1881, 1891, 1905]

Ingham, Rev ThomasRef 120-8
[16??-1693] Curate at Todmorden [1682-1693]

Ingham, ThomasRef 120-279
[1839-1885] Son of William Ingham.

Born in Thornton.

He was a carter at Thornton [1860] / a labourer [1861] / a gentleman's coachman [1871] / landlord of the Globe Hotel, Halifax [1885].

In 1860, he married Lydia Smithies, in Bradford Cathedral.

Child: Elizabeth [b 1863] who was a dressmaker [1881] and married John Orr.

They lived at

  • Grumbling Hall, Black Edge Lane, Thornton, Bradford [1861]
  • Forside Lane, Thornton, Bradford [1871]
  • Wellington Place, 1 Tatham's Yard, Halifax [1881]

He died 13th January 1885.

He was buried at St Paul's Church, Denholme.

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £90. Probate was granted to his widow Lydia of The Globe

After Thomas's death, Lydia married Thomas Hutchinson [1889]

Ingham, ThomasRef 120-47
[1840-1915] Born in Warley.

He was a carpet weaver [1868].

On 25th June 1868, he married Ann Elizabeth Gill [1846-1939] in Halifax.


Ann Elizabeth was born in Otley
 

Children:

  1. William Gill [b 1868]
  2. Grace Ann [b 1870]
  3. Emily [b 1873]
  4. Robert
  5. Alice [b 1879]
  6. Herbert [b 1881]
  7. Ethel [b 1885]

The children were born in Halifax

Ingham, ThomasRef 120-67
[1857-19??] Son of Thomas Ingham, warp dresser.

Born in Midgley.

He was a mechanic of Midgley [1889] / a mechanic fitter [1891] / a machine tool fitter [1901] / a fitter (machine tool maker) [1911].

He married Susy Ann Uttley [1856-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Susy Ann, of Cold Edge, Warley, was the daughter of Robert Uttley, grocer
 

Children:

  1. Elizabeth Ann [b 1890] who was a weaver worsted [1911]
  2. Harry [b 1892] who was a fitter (machine tool maker)   [1911]
  3. Nelly [b 1895] who was a weaver worsted [1911]
  4. Helliwell

They lived at 17 Otley Street, Halifax [1891, 1901, 1911]

Ingham, ThomasRef 120-40
[1865-1931] Son of William Ingham, overlooker.

Born in Brierfield, Lancashire.

He was a weaver of York View, Livesey [1888] / a loom oiler [1891] / a loom tackler (cotton spinning) [1901, 1911] / a chemical labourer (Epsom Salts) for Crabtree & Cryer, Walsden  (out of work) [1921].

On 25th August 1888, he married Elizabeth (Betsy) Ann Wilson [1865-1915] at Christ Church, Blackburn.


Betsy Jane a weaver of Mosley Street, Blackburn, was born in Rawtenstall, Lancashire, the daughter of Joseph Wilson, clothlooker,
 

Children:

  1. Mary E. [b 1889] who was a half-time cotton weaver [1901]
  2. child who died in infancy [before 1911]
  3. child who died in infancy [before 1911]
  4. child who died in infancy [before 1911]
  5. child
  6. Sarah Ann [1895-1974] who was a cotton spinning winder  [1911] & married Roger Powell
  7. Leonora Melviner [b 1896] who was a cotton spinning  doffer [1911]
  8. John Robert
  9. Sam [b 1902]

The family lived at

  • 19 Wilkinson Street, Burnley [1891]
  • 2 Wilkinson Street, Burnley [1901]
  • 6 Garibaldi Street, Walsden [1911]
  • 8 Claremont Cottages, Walsden (Thomas with a housekeeper  and 5 boarders) [1921]

Betsy died in Todmorden [Q4 1914] (aged 49) 

The couple were buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden

Ingham, ThomasRef 120-62
[1877-1951] Born in Heptonstall.

He was landlord of the White Lion, Mytholmroyd [1905, 1911].

In 1904, he married Sophia Anne Purdy [1874-1953] in Rochdale.


Sophia Anne was born in Rochdale
 

Children:

  1. Agnes [b 1905] who (possibly) married Louis Turban
  2. Alice [b 1908]
  3. Richard [b 1909]

They lived at 15 Third Avenue, Halifax [1951, 1953].

Thomas died at St John's Hospital, Gibbet Street in 1951.

Sophia Anne died in Halifax General Hospital in 1953.

The couple were buried at Christ Church, Pellon [Grave Ref: 3A 50]

Ingham, ThomasRef 120-63
[1878-1917] Son of Isaac Ingham.

Born in Crompton, Lancashire.

He was a worsted spinner [1891] / a woollen extractor [1901] / a woollen finisher [1911] / a cloth miller at Longbottom Mills.

He lived at 5 Railway Terrace, Luddendenfoot.

During World War I, he enlisted [March 1917] and served as a Private with the 1st/9th Battalion King's (Liverpool Regiment).

He was reported missing and assumed to have died 22nd September 1917.

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 31-34, 162 & 162A & 163A], and on Luddendenfoot War Memorial.

The Halifax Courier [20th October 1917] reported his death with a photograph

Ingham, Thomas DentRef 120-9
[1868-1941] Son of Helliwell Ingham.

Born in Pecket Well.

He was a tailor's cutter (fustian) [1891] / a wholesale clothier (fustian) [1901] / a fustian dyer & finisher [1911].

In 1892, he married Emmaline Greenwood [1869-19??] from Heptonstall, at Todmorden.

Children:

  1. Beatrice [b 1893]
  2. Vera Maud [b 1903]

They lived at

  • 9 Eiffel Street, Hebden Bridge [1901]
  • 9 Illingworth Villas, Hebden Bridge [1911]

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £41,884

Ingham, Thomas WilbertRef 120-50
[1885-1917] Son of Robert Ingham.

Born in Hebden Bridge.

He was a fustian lining cutter [1901] / a fustian clothing cutter-out [1911] / employed by Mr H. Costello, Mytholmroyd / a member of the Hebden Bridge Trades Club.

In [Q2] 1911, he married Emma Bancroft in Todmorden.

They lived at 8 Balmoral Street, Hebden Bridge.

During World War I, he enlisted [December 1916] and served as a Private with the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards.

He trained in Caterham & London, and was often on guard at Buckingham Palace.

He died of wounds to the neck in No.48 Casualty Clearing Station [28th November 1917] (aged 32).

The Halifax Courier [8th December 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, France [Grave Ref IV A 1].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Hope Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge, and on the Memorial at Hebden Bridge Association Football Club.

His brother Cyril Robert also died in the War

Ingham, TimothyRef 120-101
[1813-1884] Born in Halifax.

He was a warehouse man [1841] / a green grocer [1851, 1871, 1881].

He married Ann [1813-1899].

Children:

  1. James Haigh [b 1837] who was a worsted spinner [1851]
  2. Edward [b 1839] who was a worsted spinner [1851]
  3. George [b 1840] who was a worsted spinner [1851]
  4. John [b 1846]
  5. Maria [b 1849]
  6. Sarah Ann [b 1851] who married Herbert Balmforth  [b 1852]
  7. Ann / Annice [1855-1914] who was a mill hand  [1871], a worsted weaver [1881] & married Harry Ingham
  8. Thomas [b 1857] who was a mill hand [1871], a clogger  [1881]

They lived at

  • Bedford Terrace, Halifax [1841]
  • 1 Bedford Terrace, Halifax [1851]
  • 27 & 28 Albert Street, Halifax [1871]
  • 26 Albert Street, Halifax [1881]

Timothy died 3rd December 1884 (aged 71).

Ann died 24th May 1899 (aged 86).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2734]

Ingham, TrevorRef 120-42
[1924-1944] Son of Edith Annie & Edmund Ingham of 3 Green Terrace Square, Savile Park, Halifax.

He was educated at Holy Trinity School & Halifax Tech / employed by Royston's.

During World War II, he enlisted [1941] and served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He was killed in Burma [5th May 1944] (aged 20).

He is remembered on the Rangoon Memorial, Burma [Grave Ref 8], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Saint Paul's Church, King Cross

Ingham, UriahRef 120-43
[1866-1945] Son William Ingham, engine tenter.

Born in Queensbury.

He was a railway labourer [1901] / a labourer of Ovenden [1908].

He married (1) Emma [1865-19??].

Children:

  1. Sarah Elizabeth [b 1893] who was a winder [1911]
  2. Willie
  3. Arthur [b 1897] who was a doffer [1911]
  4. Annie [b 1901]

In 1908, he married (2) Mary Jane in Halifax.


Mary Jane [née Hill], of Pitt Street, Halifax, was the widow of Richard Winn.

She had 3 children by her first marriage and they were living with her in 1911

 

They lived at

  • 7 Brickfield Place, Halifax [1901]
  • 16 Copley Avenue, Pye Nest, Halifax [1911]

Mary Jane was a widow by 1911.

Living with the widowed Mary Jane and her Ingham stepchildren [in 1911] were her children by her first marriage: Children:

  1. Edward
  2. Janet [b 1896] (spinner worsted mill) 
  3. Herbert [b 1903]

Uriah died Q1 1945 (aged 78) 

Ingham, VivienRef 120-70
[1911-1969] She collaborated with Dr Phyllis Ramsden in research on Anne Lister's journals.

In November 1968, she published Anne Lister's Ascent of Vignemale.

Vivien died in Chelsea [Q1 1969] (aged 58) 

Ingham, W.Ref 120-46
[1???-191?] He served in World War I.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered on Coley War Memorial

Ingham, W.Ref 120-28
[18??-191?] Of Southowram.

He served in World War I.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered on Southowram War Memorial

Ingham, WalkerRef 120-32
[1863-1928] Son of Joseph Ingham, grocer.

Born at Soil Hill.

He was a farmer [1891] / a joiner [1901] / a cabinet maker [1911].

On 12th February 1891, he married Emma Chapman [1869-1939] at Saint Mary the Virgin, Illingworth.


Emma, of Illingworth, was born in Thurgoland, daughter of Thomas Chapman, labourer
 

Children:

  1. Joseph Thomas [1891-1946] who was a piecer (cotton  spinning) [1911]
  2. May [b 1893] who was a weaver woollen [1911]
  3. Arthur [1895-1962] who was a setter (worsted spinning)   [1911]
  4. Lawrence [1896-1887]
  5. James William
  6. Alice [b 1903]

They lived at

  • Farm House, Rake Bank, Ovenden [1891]
  • Great House, Soyland [1901]
  • 5 Redcar Street, Hanson Lane, Halifax [1911]

Ingham, WalterRef 120-58
[1894-1916] Son of James Ingham.

He was a worker in a cotton mill.

During World War I, he enlisted [1914] and served as a Private with the 1st/7th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed in action, being injured by shrapnel in the abdomen [18th September 1916] (aged 22) 

The Halifax Courier [18th November 1916] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6A & 6B], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on Southowram War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Saint Anne's Church, Southowram

Ingham, WilliamRef 120-154
[1???-1???] Son of Richard Ingham. Partner in Ingham's Richard Ingham & Sons

Ingham, WilliamRef 120-74
[1???-1???] Constable at Todmorden & Walsden [1779]

Ingham, WilliamRef 120-68
[1???-18??] Farmer who lived at Mankinholes Hall.

He was Overseer for Langfield.

In 1838, he was fined under the Poor Law Amendment Act [1834] for refusing to pay his rates towards the new Union Workhouse, objecting to this treatment of the poor. 2 special constables attempted to seize his property, and sparked off the Mankinholes riots

Ingham, WilliamRef 120-152
[17??-18??] Of Haugh in Langfield.

He was in partnership at Oldroyd Mill, Langfield and at Lob Mill with Christopher Rawdon and James Hollinrake.

The business evolved into Ingham, Hollinrake & Company

Ingham, WilliamRef 120-155
[17??-18??] Cotton spinner at Rodmer Clough Mill, Colden [1814]

Ingham, WilliamRef 120-3400
[1741-1806] He was a corn miller / a fulling Miller at Inchfield Mill [from before 1781 to his death  in 1806].

About 1790, he built the first houses at Nip Square, Walsden – present numbers 30, 32, 34, 36.

His and wife Betty's initials can be seen over the door of Number 34: WIB 1795.

He built stables and gardens to the side of Number 36 and a stone water trough to the front.

He married (1) Grace Eastwood.

Child: Sally

He had an affair with Mary Casson

Child: 2. Sarah Casson

He married (2) Betty.

They had no children.

They lived at Travis Mill, Walsden [from before 1781 until 1806].

William & Betty were buried at Halifax Parish Church

Ingham, WilliamRef 120-81
[18??-1???] Son of Thomas Ingham.

Landlord of the Hare & Hounds, Todmorden [1871].

In [Q1] 1858, he married Hannah Gibson [1836-1874] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Fred [b 1874]

Hannah died a few weeks after Fred was born. Fred was brought up by his aunts Ann and Ellen Ingham.

William gave up the Hare & Hounds and went to live at West Street, Todmorden and continued his trade as a butcher

Ingham, WilliamRef 120-243
[18??-18??] Grocer and corn dealer.

He married Unknown.

Children: many including

  1. George
  2. William Henry

They lived at Park Lane End House, Ovenden

Ingham, WilliamRef 120-285
[18??-19??] Printer and publisher at Town Hall Street, Sowerby Bridge [1896].

He published the Sowerby Bridge Almanack

Ingham, WilliamRef 120-96
[1806-18??] He was a grocer [1841, 1851]

Around 1826, he married Hannah [1796-18??].

Children:

  1. Henry [b 1826] who was a cotton power loom weaver [1841]
  2. Sarah [b 1827]
  3. Amos [b 1830] who was a picker maker [1851]
  4. Ormerod

They lived at Gate Bottom, Todmorden [1841, 1851].

Hannah died between 1841 & 1851.


Details of William's death / burial place are not yet known
 

Ingham, WilliamRef 120-104
[1815-1841]

He married Harriet Hainsworth.

Children:

  1. Jonathan [b 1835]
  2. Thomas
  3. Ellen [1841-1883]

William died in 1841.

In [Q2] 1843, Harriet married (2) Thomas Smithies in Bradford

Ingham, WilliamRef 120-73
[1830-1???] Born in Wadsworth.

He was a warehouseman [1881] / living on own means [1891].

He married Elizabeth [1832-1???].


Elizabeth was born in Wadsworth
 

Children:

  1. Robert
  2. Martha [b 1863] who was a fustian tailoress [1891]
  3. Mary [b 1865] who was a fustian tailoress [1891]
  4. William [b 1868] who was a fustian cutter [1891]
  5. Elizabeth [b 1871] who was a fustian tailoress [1891]

They lived at 3 Hangingroyd Lane, Hebden Bridge [1891].

Living with them [in 1891] was granddaughter Clara Ingham [b  1884]

Ingham, WilliamRef 120-11
[1862-1953] Son of John Arthur Ingham.

Canon Ingham of Old Malton

Ingham, WilliamRef 120-108
[1866-19??] Son of David Ingham, woollen spinner.

Born in Batley Carr, Yorkshire.

He was a railway porter of Batley Carr [1888] / a railway signal man [1891, 1901, 1911] / a signalman for the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company [1921].

On 9th June 1888, he married Alice Stott [1868-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Alice, of West Vale, was the daughter of John Stott, warper,
 

Children:

  1. Edith Annie [b 1889] who was a fustian cord mender [1901]
  2. Fred
  3. Arthur [b 1893] who was a clerk for wholesale clothier  [1911]
  4. Amy [b 1898] who was a cotton weaver [1911]
  5. Ernest [b 1902] who was a weaver for Dawson & Haigh,  Todmorden [1921]

They lived at

  • Tread Mill, Commercial Terrace, Soyland [1891]
  • 729 Halifax Road, Todmorden [1901]
  • 574 Halifax Road, Todmorden [1911, 1921]

Ingham, WilliamRef 120-132
[1884-1946] Aka Billy Fish. Of Malt Shovel Yard, Halifax.

He only had one arm following an accident whilst he was working on the railway at Thornhill shortly after World War I.

He was a familiar sight, pushing his hand-cart – or an old baby's pram – around the streets of the district, collecting and selling second-hand clothes. He attracted customers by blowing an old bugle.

In 1928, he was allegedly put into a trance for 6 days by Professor Charles Morritt during a show at the Victoria Hall. Ingham revealed that he was only in the trance for 35 seconds – and not all week – and that he had only pretended to be hypnotised when anyone came to visit.

Morritt was charged with obtaining money by false pretences. Ingham and 3 others, were charged with aiding and abetting Morritt. During the trial, the charges were reduced until only one, that of obtaining 6d falsely, remained and the case was withdrawn by the prosecution.

He died in Halifax Welfare Home

Ingham, William DysonRef 120-272
[1852-1924] Son of Isaac Ingham.

Born in Halifax.

He was a worsted mill hand [1861] / a joiner [1871] / landlord of the Travellers' Rest, Halifax [1881] / landlord of the Stocks Arms, Northowram [29th September 1900].

On 18th June 1881, he married Sarah Ann Pickles at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax

Ingham, William GibsonRef 120-102
[1818-1902]

He married Naomi [1819-1886].

Naomi died 1st January 1886 (aged 67).

William Gibson died 23rd August 1902 (aged 84).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1808] with William Walker

Ingham, William HenryRef 120-48
[1852-19??] Son of William Ingham.

He was a worsted spinner with Ingham & Robinson [1868] / partner in Ingham & Stott [1888] / a worsted spinner [1895] / a student at Haley Hill Working Men's College [1868] / on the committee of Greetland Mechanics' Institute [1870s] / Chief Magistrate / Councillor for Greetland / Liberal Councillor for Halifax Pellon Ward [1907] / Alderman / Chairman of the Highways Committee / Vice-Chairman of the Health Committee / President of the Halifax Borough Club / Captain of the Light Brigade Club / member of the Stafford Bowling Club / Mayor of Halifax [1912-1915].

His wife was Mayoress

In 1874, he married Sarah Greenwood [1851-19??].


Sarah came from West Hill Park, Halifax
 

Children:

  1. son
  2. son
  3. Clara [b 1877]
  4. daughter

They lived at 11 Park Road, Halifax [1901]

Ingham, William W.Ref 120-69
[1834-1???] Born in Hebden Bridge.

He was a journeyman corn miller [1891].

He married Susan [1835-1???].


Susan was born in Hebden Bridge
 

They lived at 3 Calder Terrace, Heptonstall [1891]

Ingham, WillieRef 120-60
[1895-1917] Son of Uriah Ingham.

Born in Bradford.

He was a cotton spinner piecer [1911] / employed by Samuel Whitley & Company Limited at Hanson Lane Mills.

During World War I, he served as a Lance Corporal with the 2nd/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died of wounds [23rd November 1917].

The Halifax Courier [15th December 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, France [Grave Ref IV B 28].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Salem United Methodist Chapel, and on the Memorial at Illingworth Wesleyan Methodist Chapel.

His stepbrother Edward Winn also died in the War

Ingham, WrightRef 120-45
[1874-1947] Son of John Wood Ingham, farmer.

Born in Clayton.

He was a farmer of Upper Norcliffe Farm, Southowram [1896] / a farmer [1901] / a farm labourer [1911].

In [Q3] 1896, he married Maria Webster in Halifax.


Maria was born in Hipperholme, the daughter of
William Webster
 

Children:

  1. Ivy [b 1897] who was a winder worsted [1911]
  2. Willie / John William
  3. Herbert [b 1902]
  4. Frances [b 1905]

The family lived at

Ingham died 17th February 1947 (aged 73).

Maria died 4th May 1955 (aged 81).

Members of the family were buried at Coley Church

Surname

Ingham surnameRef 120-1

George Redmonds writes that the surname probably originated in Lincolnshire.

  • Thomas de Ingham is recorded at Barton-on-Humber / Southowram [1424, 1445]
  • Laurence Yngham is recorded at Southowram [1516]
  • William Inghum is recorded in Halifax [1591]
  • James Ingham is recorded at Luddenden [1642]

There are 144 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Ingham, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.


Unattached BMDs for Ingham

Baptism 1855; Marriages 1799, 1801, 1805, 1835, 1863, 1875, 1876, 1896, 1899, 1903, 1917, 1920, 1922, 1933; Deaths 1810, 1899, 1900

Unattached burials at Lister Lane Cemetery: Plot 2744

 



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