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King, MrRef 179-155
[16??-1710]
He lived at
Calico Hall

King, SergeantRef 179-370
[17??-18??]
Sergeant of the Watch at Halifax.

On 16th November 1838, he and Constable James Feather were sent to Mankinholes to arrest William Ingham who had refused to pay fines.

When the two Halifax lawmen reached Mankinholes with a horse and cart, an alarm bell was rung, and crowds of angry men and women hurried into the village. The 2 constables were attacked by a mob of 2000 people. A violent scene ensued: the horse and cart were overturned, with the constable on the top. The cart was then smashed and burnt.

The two men, after seeking refuge in the Overseer's house, were compelled by the mob to come out and swear never to engage in such a business again.

They were released and raced along the road to Stoodley, pursued by an infuriated crowd who repeatedly assaulted them, until at last they found shelter near Eastwood.

This was the start of the Mankinholes Riots.

King, AlfredRef 179-65
[1???-19??]
He was
Mayor of Todmorden [1949-1950]

King, AlfredRef 179-418
[1895-19??]
Son of
Harry King.

Restaurateur, grocer, confectioner and tea dealer at Gandy Bridge, Burnley Road, Todmorden

King, AlisterRef 179-10
[1899-1918]
Son of
George Edward King.

Born 1st January 1899.

Baptised 5th March 1899.

He was a member of the Boys' Brigade at Skircoat Green United Methodist Free Chapel / educated at Crossley & Porter School / a worsted bobbin setter [1911] / an apprentice tool maker with Leckenby, Benton & Company.

He (possibly) had a sweetheart, Gwen.

During World War I, he enlisted with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), then he served as a Lance Corporal with the 9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion Highland Light Infantry.

He died of wounds at Poperinghe [17th April 1918] (aged 19).

His photograph appears with reports of his death in the Halifax Courier [11th May & 28th September 1918].

He was buried at Haringhe (Bandaghem) Military Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref V D 31].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Crossley & Porter School, Halifax, on Copley War Memorial, on the Roll of Honour at Saint Stephen's Church, Copley, and on the Roll of Honour at All Saints' Church, Dudwell

King, BBRef 179-444
[1925-] American guitarist, singer, songwriter.

He was a visitor to the home of Champion Jack Dupree in Ovenden

King, CharlesRef 179-3
[1804-1876]

On 14th August 1834, he married Hannah Illingworth [1812-1886] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Isaac [bapt 23rd August 1835]
  2. Jane [bapt 15th April 1838]

Charles died 7th July 1876 (aged 72).

Hannah died 20th May 1886 (aged 74).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 101] with Joseph E. Brierley

King, CharlesRef 179-24
[1831-1900]
Born in Warley.

He was a maker-up of stuff goods [1861, 1871] / a stuff maker-up (foreman) [1881] / a fancy stuff maker-up (foreman) [1891].

In [Q3] 1854, he married Martha Thompson [1837-1900] in Halifax.


Martha was born in Warley
 

Children:

  1. Walter [b 1855] who was a joiner [1871]
  2. Arthur [b 1858] who was a factory doffer [1871]
  3. Annie [1861-1932] who was a factory spinner [1871], a  worsted reeler [1881], a reeler (worsted yarn) [1891]  
  4. Harriet [1863-1941] who was a reeler (worsted yarn)   [1891]; she was cremated at Scholemoor, Bradford
  5. Harry Billcliffe [1864-1869]
  6. James [1865-1869]
  7. Charles [1868-1923] who was a worsted doffer [1881], a  railway clerk [1891]
  8. Thomas [b 1871] who was a gas engineer's clerk [1891]

They lived at

Living with them [in 1891] was Charles's widowed mother Harriet King [b 1806].

Martha died 30th January 1900 (aged 63).

Charles died 6th October 1900 (aged 69).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1213]

King, CharlesRef 179-427
[1874-1948]
Son of
John Tate King.

He was a manager [1927]

King, CharlesRef 179-6
[1898-1917]
Son of
Walter King.

He was a worsted spinning doffer [1911] / employed by Gledhill's.

During World War I, he enlisted [September 1916] and served as a Private with the 15th Battalion Royal Scots.

He was reported missing and assumed to have died 22nd October 1917 (aged 19).

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 11-14 & 162], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance.

The Halifax Courier [1st December 1917] reported his death with a photograph

King, Captain DavidRef 179-437
[1???-19??]
The family lived at
Walnut Cottage, Brighouse [1940s]

King, Rev E.Ref 179-500
[18??-19??]
LlB.

Curate at Lightcliffe [1884]

King, Edith EllenRef 179-27
[1869-19??]
Born in Wigglesworth, Yorkshire.

She was a general domestic servant (living at 28 Park Road, Todmorden with widowed Mrs Hannah Baron) [1901].

In 1907, she married John Edward Dawson in Todmorden

King, EdwardRef 179-2220
[1???-18??]
Recorded in 1838, when he was a member of the
Todmorden & Walsden Select Vestry

King, EdwardRef 179-8
[1846-1899]
Born in Markington.

He was a general labourer [1873].

On 3rd February 1873, he married Mary Agnes Horner [1855-1924] in Halifax.


Mary Agnes was born in Pateley Bridge
 

Children:

  1. Smith [1876-1954]
  2. Angelina [1879-1898]
  3. Hannah Elizabeth [b 1882]
  4. Nellie [b 1885]
  5. Agnes [b 1887]
  6. Harry
  7. Mary Emma [b 1893]
  8. Benigna Annie [1895-1996]

The children were born in Hebden Bridge

King, EdwinRef 179-366
[1927-1945]
Son of
Raymond King.

During World War II, he served as a Private with the Durham Light Infantry.

He died 17th January 1945 (aged 18)  and is remembered with a CWGC headstone at St Peter's Church, Walsden [48].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

King, FrancisRef 179-404
[18??-19??]
Of Hipperholme.

In June 1899, he and Rev George Edward Aspinall were nominated as candidates for the Hipperholme Division of the West Riding County Council

King, FrancisRef 179-324
[1834-1???]
Or Frank.

Son of James King.

Born in Halifax.

He was a master stationer employing 1 boy [1861].

He established F. King & Sons Limited [1857].

In 1887, he was listed as

dealer in school books, school materials, & manufacturer of school stationery, printer, bookbinder, publisher of school books, Northgate

He was chief of staff at the Courier [until 1857] / a bookseller, stationer, bookbinder & printer [1891] / a retired bookseller & stationer [1911].

In [Q2] 1865, he married (1) Jane Greenwood [1841-1883] in Halifax.

Jane died 24th May 1883 (aged 42), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3818] with Francis's parents.

In [Q2] 1889, he married (2) Alice Bottomley [1846-1???].


Alice came from Ovenden
 

Children:

  1. Blanche [b 1867]
  2. Annie Elizabeth [b 1868]
  3. Harold [b 1872]
  4. Sarah Ellen [1874-1904] who married Percy Horsfall

They lived at

King, Dr FrankRef 179-K45
[1892-1958]
Crime writer from Norton Tower.

His first novel was published in 1924, and he wrote many more – averaging 3 per year

King, Frank ListerRef 179-421
[1871-1966]
Son of
John Tate King.

Born in Halifax.

He was manager of a wool warehouse [1911] / a wool merchant [1927].

In [Q1] 1901, he married Harriet Ann Ball [1867-1954] in Halifax.


Harriet Ann was born in Leeds
 

Children:

  1. Harold Frank Lister [1902-1987] who was a wool merchant  [1966]
  2. Elsie May [1907-1977]

They lived at

  • 14 Waverley Terrace, Lightcliffe [1911]
  • 26 Rocks Road, Halifax [1966]

Harriet Ann died in Halifax in 1954.

Frank died in Halifax [29th August 1966].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £9,658.

Probate was granted to son Harold Frank Lister and Charles William Riley (accountant) 

King, Frederick MatherRef 179-481
[1846-1???]
He was a farmer / an agent for wines and spirits in Ripon.

In 1870, he married the widowed Jane Seward Child in Halifax

King, George EdwardRef 179-15
[1872-19??]
Son of George King, carriage trimmer.

Born in Leeds. He was a carriage painter of Copley [1894] / a carriage painter [1901, 1911].

In [Q3] 1894, he married Edith Lunn [1868-19??] at St Stephen's Church, Copley.


Edith, of Copley, was born in Low Moor, the daughter of Ezra Lunn, railway servant
 

Children:

  1. Harry [b 1895] who was a worsted doffer [1911] & served  in France with the Cameron Highlanders [World War I]
  2. Louie [b 1897] who was a worsted spinner [1911]
  3. Alister
  4. Emily [b 1902]
  5. Horace [b 1904]
  6. Arthur [b 1908]
  7. Annie [b 1911]

They lived at

  • 159 Railway Terrace, Copley, Halifax [1901]
  • 151 Railway Terrace, Copley, Halifax [1911]
  • Wood Cottage, Skircoat Green [1918]

Living with them [in 1901] was sister-in-law Ethel Lunn [b  Wakefield 1873] (worsted reeler) 

King, HaroldRef 179-5
[1920-1941]
Son of
Harry King.

During World War II, he served as a Sergeant Wireless Operator / Air Gunner Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

He died 15th May 1941 (aged 21).

He was buried at Brighouse Cemetery, [F Nonconformist 89] on the Memorial at Halifax Building Society, and on the Memorial at Rastrick Grammar School

King, HarryRef 179-17
[18??-19??]
of Brighouse.

He married Catherine [18??-19??].

Child: Harold

The family lived in Brighouse

King, HarryRef 179-9
[1869-1926]
Born in Todmorden.

He was a baker at Gandy Bridge, Burnley Road, Todmorden [1915].

On 14th May 1890, he married Elizabeth Ann Stott [1870-1949] at St Peter's Church, Walsden.


Elizabeth Ann was born in Rochdale
 

Children:

  1. Alfred
  2. Emily [b 1898] who married Bertram Taylor
  3. John [b 1911] who was a master baker [1949]

Harry died at Belmont Nursing Home, Manchester [2nd June 1926] Probate records show that he left effects valued at £3,900 17/-.

Probate was granted to his widow Elizabeth Ann and children Alfred & Emily.

Elizabeth Ann died at Rawson Field, Todmorden [31st May 1949].

Probate records show that she left effects valued at £1,216 7/2d.

Probate was granted to children: Alfred, Emily, & John.

See Nellie Judson and Edward Thomas Ruffle

King, HarryRef 179-7
[1890-1918]
Son of
Edward King.

Born in Hebden Bridge [19th February 1890].

On 27th May 1916, he married Miriam Midgley [1889-1924] in Halifax.


Miriam was the daughter of John Midgley
 

They had no children.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 18th Battalion Durham Light Infantry.

He was killed in action [28th March 1918].

His body was brought back home and buried with his father-in-law John Midgley at Heptonstall Church.

He is remembered on the Memorial at Saint James Church, Hebden Bridge, and on the Memorial at Saint John's Mission Church, Hebden Bridge.

Miriam died in 1924 and was buried with her father and husband

King, HenryRef 179-416
[1790-1872]

On 4th August 1813, he married Mary Tate.


Mary was the daughter of
John Tate
 

Child: John Tate

The couple died in Giggleswick

King, HenryRef 179-23
[18??-18??]

In [Q3] 1839, he married Maria Naylor in Halifax.


Maria was the daughter of
James Naylor
 

Children:

  1. Ellen Maria who died 15th February 1850 (aged 26 weeks) 

Maria died 22nd August 1849, and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4357] with her parents, and with her daughter Ellen Maria

King, HenryRef 179-25
[1810-1891]
Born in Halifax.

He was a retired shoemaker [1861] / a shuttlemaker (out of work) [1871] / a retired draper [1881].

He married Mary [1813-1884].


Mary was born in Leeds
 

They lived at

  • 28 Lower Brunswick Street, Halifax [1861]
  • 40 Brunswick Street, Halifax [1871, 1881]

Mary died 18th November 1884 (aged 71).

Henry died 23rd June 1891 (aged 81).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1433] with Mary Jane Fielding [1837-1892]

King, Henry WhiteleyRef 179-249
[18??-19??]
Or Harry.

Son of John King.

He and his brother Herbert joined their father in the business which was formerly William Barker & Company

King, HerbertRef 179-250
[18??-19??]
Son of
John King.

He and his brother Henry Whiteley joined their father in the business which was formerly William Barker & Company

King, HerbertRef 179-289
[18??-19??]
Of Hebden Bridge. He was amongst those who set up the
St John's Ambulance Brigade, Hebden Bridge

King, JabezRef 179-79
[1844-1917]
Methodist minister born in Sowerby Bridge.

He attended Tuel Lane Sunday School

He entered the Free Methodist ministry in 1867 and served for 43 years.

He served at Norwich [1905] He was President of the United Methodist Free Church Assembly [1905]

King, JamesRef 179-340
[15??-1640]
Of
Lower Bairstow, Halifax.

Son of Samuel King.

He married Marie Oldfield.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Samuel

In his will of 1639, he left money to be distributed to the poor of Skircoat on the first St Thomas's Day after his death. Other members of the King family left money to be distributed on the same date.

The epitaph on his memorial in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions

King, JamesRef 179-131
[16??-1672]
Aka Kinge. Of
Willow Hall.

He married Susan Naylor.

Children:

  1. Charles
  2. Samuel
  3. James
  4. John
  5. Isaac
  6. Henry
  7. Thomas
  8. Edward
  9. Mary who married John Varley from Wadsworth
  10. Judith

Heywood condemned him for


his abominable profanity, his desperate swearing, and his defiance of the devil
 

They owned King's Farm, Hebden Bridge

King, JamesRef 179-355
[1696-1753]
Of Mytholm, Stansfield.

He married Sarah [d 1743].

Child: James

There is a memorial tablet to members of the family in Heptonstall Church which was moved from the Old Church in 1873

King, JamesRef 179-133
[1740-1818]
Son of
James King.

Mill-owner. He rebuilt Mytholm Hall, Hebden Bridge.

On 6th October 1810, Alexander Turner and he borrowed £7,000 for 1 year from John Edwards of Northowram Hall. The loan was secured as a mortgage against land and property owned by the pair; much of this was at Blackshawhead. By 1824, the loan had not been paid back, and Thomas Fournis Dyson, Edwards's beneficiary, was pressing for payment. When Turner's daughter Mary, wife of Rev James Armytage Rhodes, inherited the estate, she insisted that her husband pay the debt on her behalf. Rev Rhodes paid back the loan in full – plus interest – out of his own pocket, on the condition that all documentation relating to the matter be destroyed.

He was one of a partnership of 4 who built Mytholm Mill, Hebden Bridge.

He married Sarah [1739-1810].

Children:

  1. Mary [1761-1824] who married Alexander Turner

There is a memorial tablet to James, Sarah and Mary in Heptonstall Church which was moved from the Old Church in 1873.

See James King & Company and Noah Dale Dam, Colden

King, JamesRef 179-21
[1790-1861]
Born in Newnham, Oxfordshire.

He was a retired tradesman [1861].

He married Elizabeth [1794-1867].


Elizabeth was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Catherine [b 1826] who was a milliner [1861]
  2. Sarah [b 1832] who was a milliner [1861]
  3. Francis

They lived at 16 Clarence Street East, Halifax [1861].

James died 14th June 1861 (aged 71).

Elizabeth died 4th July 1867 (aged 73).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3818] with daughter-in-law Jane King

King, JamesRef 179-19
[1874-1901]
Son of
Matthew King.

Born in Stainland [11th March 1874].

He was a cotton piecer [1891] / a bread baker [1901].

He married Hannah.


Hannah was the daughter of Edwin Stott
 

Children:

  1. Violet [1900-14th January 1908]

The family lived at 75 Regent Avenue, Harrogate [1901].

James died in Harrogate [9th October 1901].

He was buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland [Grave Ref: S3/265/6] with daughter Violet & father-in-law Edwin Stott.

In 1903, Hannah married (2) John Henry Priestley

King, JamesRef 179-271
[1895-1915]
Son of
William King.

Born in Oldham.

He was a cotton piecer [1911].

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st/6th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.

He died 5th June 1915 (aged 20).

The Todmorden & District News [2nd July 1915] reported his death


Private James King, 6th Lancashire Fusiliers, was killed in Gallipoli.

Two quotes from his last letter, dated the 23rd May read:

We had nearly given up all hope of being sent on a bit of a scrap, but we got our ambition with a vengeance

and

This little bit of 'Turk-eh!' has done me good, for it is a fine country and no mistake. Sure it will be painted red on the map ere long

His family, consisting of father, mother, two sons and two daughters, came from Oldham and lived in Leigh Road

 

The following week's Edition [9th July 1915] published his photograph

He was buried at Redoubt Cemetery, Gallipolli [Grave Ref IX A 3].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

King, James MacalistairRef 179-171
[1???-1???]
He developed the concept of using foam to lubricate worsted spinning machines whilst using a foam sponge to wash his young son in the bath.

He occupied Excelsior Mills, Ripponden, trading as J. Mac A. King and Company Limited, the first foam-plastic converter in Britain

King, James TillotsonRef 179-522
[1862-1???]
Son of John T. King, farmer of Lightcliffe.

He was a potato merchant of Lightcliffe [1889].

In 1889, he married Alice Mary, daughter of Charles Kershaw.

Children:

  1. Edith [b 1890]
  2. Doris [b 1892]

King, JohnRef 179-14
[13??-1438]
Aka Kyng, Kynge.

Inducted Vicar of Halifax on 13th March 1389.

He was granted permission to pursue his interest in the sport of hawking. There are many court records of his paying fees for hawking.

In his will of 18th May 1438, he


Asked to be buried in the Church of St John the Baptist of Halifax.

His best animal in the name of his mortuary.

To Robert Syngleton chaplain his portiforium.

To the church of Halifax a book called Pupilla Oculi

Bequest of money to the church.

Residue of goods to Robert Syngleton, whom he made executor.

Proved 23 May, 1438.

[Vol.III.519]

 

King, JohnRef 179-228
[16??-1684]
Of
Lower Willow Hall, Sowerby Bridge.

Son of Samuel King.

He married Anna.

Children:

  1. Samuel
  2. Sarah [16??-1723] who married Francis Ramsbottom

The epitaph on his memorial in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions

King, JohnRef 179-535
[16??-17??]

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Samuel [1???-1710]

The family lived at Bull Close, Halifax [1710].

The epitaph on the memorial for Samuel in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions

King, JohnRef 179-41
[1602-1675]
Born at Lydgate, Hipperholme. He was said to be
the best archer in England

and was summoned to the court of Charles I. During the Civil War, he was employed to snipe at Roundhead officers, and is said to have

won great wagers

At Manchester, he was a victor in the field and carried on the shoulders of men crying

A King, a King

to which the republicans cried out

Treason, treason, a plot

He lived at the house which became the Horse Shoe Inn.

He was buried in Halifax Parish Church.

See King's archer

King, JohnRef 179-251
[1771-1858]
He was a farmer / pastor at
Butts Green Baptist Chapel, Warley [for over 20 years].

He married Orpah [1770-1852].

Children:

  1. Elizabeth [1813-1893] who married James Langley
  2. child
  3. child
  4. child
  5. child
  6. child
  7. child
  8. child
  9. child

The family lived at Lane House, Luddenden.

Elizabeth died 29th December 1852.

Her obituary records that

She had been a wife 62 years, and has left behind her a husband, 9 children, 30 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren

John died 15th February 1858.

Members of the family were buried at Butts Green Baptist Chapel, Warley

King, JohnRef 179-36
[1778-1853]
Brighouse land agent.

He was known as the cheap will-maker.

He was a Quaker and Freemason.

He lived in a house at the bottom of John King Lane, near to the present Sunnybank Road/Prospect Place.

In 18??, he married Sarah [1777-1854].

John died 7th April 1853 (aged 75).

Sarah died 8th January 1854 (aged 77) 

King, JohnRef 179-248
[18??-1???]
He married Susey, daughter of
William Barker.

Children:

  1. Henry Whiteley
  2. Herbert
  3. Helen
  4. Augustus

He inherited the business of his father-in-law William Barker & Company.

His sons – Henry Whiteley and Herbert – joined the business

King, JohnRef 179-18
[18??-1900]
(Possibly) during the
South African Wars, he served as a Private with the Saint John's Ambulance Brigade.

He died 30th October 1900.

He is remembered on the Halifax Parish Church South African War Memorial, on West View Park War Memorial, and on Hebden Bridge War Memorial

King, JohnRef 179-12
[1841-1920]
Son of
William King.

Born at Butts Green, Luddenden.

He was a waste and a shoddy merchant.

He married Rebecca.

Children:

  1. Ellen who married Charles Wade

John died in 1920 (aged 78).

Probate records show that he left effects valued at around £5,000

King, John TateRef 179-267
[1830-1900]
Son of
Henry King.

Born in Giggleswick.

He was a farmer of 8 acres & gardener [1861] / a farmer of 15 acres [1881] / a market gardener [1900].

In 1853, he married Elizabeth Lister [1832-1892] in Settle.


Elizabeth was born in Settle
 

Children:

  1. Henry [b 1855] who was a bank manager [1900]
  2. William [b 1856]
  3. John Tate
  4. James Tillotson [1861-1907] who was an agricultural  labourer [1881]
  5. Thomas
  6. Matilda Elizabeth [1868-1955]
  7. Sarah Wright [b 1870]
  8. Frank Lister
  9. Charles

By 1855, they had moved to Lightcliffe.

They lived at Yew Trees, Lightcliffe [1861].

John died 3rd April 1900.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £5,273 18/1d. Probate was granted to sons Henry [b 1855], John Tate, and Thomas

King, John TateRef 179-499
[1858-1927]
Son of
John Tate King.

Born in Giggleswick.

He was an agricultural labourer [1881] / a market gardener [1900, 1901].

He and his brother Thomas were partners in John T. King & Thomas King.

On 3rd May 1888, he married (1) Sara Emily Harrison [1861-1896].


Sara Emily, of Railway Terrace, Rastrick, was born in Clapham.

Her father was not shown on the marriage record

 

Children:

  1. Walter Edward [b 1893]
  2. Stella May [b 1895]

On 8th December 1900, he married (2) Elizabeth Waller [1857-1929] at Halifax Parish Church.


Elizabeth was the daughter of William Waller, farmer, of Park View, Lightcliffe
 

They had no children.

They lived at

  • Yew Trees, Lightcliffe [1901]
  • Yew Trees Gardens, Lightcliffe [1927]

John died 10th March 1927.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £2,778 9/6d [Resworn £2,693 9/6d]. Probate was granted to his brothers Frank Lister King and Charles King

King, JosephRef 179-226
[17??-1788]
Clogger of Knowlton, near Todmorden.

On 5th April 1788 he was executed at the Tyburn, York for uttering a forged note at Halifax, with intent to defraud Samuel Roberts of £8, the amount of the note

King, MatthewRef 179-20
[1850-1907]
Born in Pateley Bridge.

He was a railway dray driver [1881] / a railway drayman [1891] / a coal carter [1901].

Around 1872, he married Leah [1853-1899].


Leah was born in Huddersfield
 

Children:

  1. Elizabeth a [b 1872] who was a cotton reeler [1891]
  2. James
  3. John W. [b 1878] who was a cotton maker-up [1891], a coal  carter [1901]
  4. Thomas [b 1881] who was a cotton maker-up [1891], a  railway porter [1901]
  5. Fred [b 1884] who was a warehouseman (worsted mill) [1901]
  6. Edward [b 1886] who was a doffer (worsted mill) [1901]
  7. Alice [b 1897]

They lived at

  • Denton's Row Brook, Stainland-with Old Lindley [1881]
  • Denton Row, Stainland-with Old Lindley [1891, 1901]

Leah died Q4 1899 (aged 46).

Matthew died Q4 1907 (aged 58) 

King, Rev NormanRef 179-274
[18??-19??]
Vicar of
St Mary the Virgin, Luddenden [1905, 1906]

King, RaymondRef 179-4
[1895-19??]
Born in Todmorden.

In [Q1] 1926, he married Audrey A. Shepherd in Todmorden.

Child: Edwin

They lived at Walsden

King, SamuelRef 179-230
[1???-1724]
Son of
John King.

He was a bachelor and died without issue.

He inherited Lower Willow Hall, Sowerby Bridge.

After the marriage of his sister, Sarah to Francis Ramsbottom, he went to live at Birks Hall.

The epitaph on the memorial for Samuel & Sarah in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions

King, SamuelRef 179-339
[15??-1638]
Of
Lower Willow Hall, Sowerby Bridge. He was an early member of the King family of Halifax.

He married Unknown.

Child: James

There is a memorial to several members of the family in Halifax Parish Church

King, SamuelRef 179-11
[16??-16??]
Son of
James King.

He lived at Lower Willow Hall, Cote Hill [1640-1655].

In 1691, he married Mary Cockcroft

Children:

  1. Sarah who married John Wainhouse
  2. Samuel

He left Willow Hall to live at Mytholm Hall, Hebden Bridge. This was the start of the King family of Mytholm

King, SamuelRef 179-341
[1634-1674]
Of
Lower Bairstow, Halifax.

Son of James King.

He married Sarah Greenwood.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Samuel
  3. William
  4. Sara
  5. Mary
  6. Martha

He died 5th February 1674.

The epitaph on his memorial in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions

King, SamuelRef 179-407
[1882-1914]
Son of
Thomas King.

Born in Boothtown.

He married Sarah Jane.

They lived at 231 Cross Green Lane, Leeds.

During World War I, he served as a Gunner with the Royal Navy aboard the HMS Good Hope.

He was killed in action [1st November 1914] when his ship sank with all hands off the coast of Chile at the Battle of Coronel.

He is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, England [Grave Ref 2], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

King, Rev ThomasRef 179-73
[18??-19??]
Vicar of
Hartshead-cum-Clifton [1876-1910].

He was in office when Clifton became a parish separate from Hartshead-cum-Clifton in 1886.

He was a member of the Halifax Board of Guardians

King, ThomasRef 179-392
[1852-1???]
He was a cart driver [1891].

He married Rose Ann [1851-1???].

Children:

  1. Frances Elizabeth [b 1874] who was a worsted twister  [1891] & married Henry Fletcher
  2. Ann [b 1876] who was a worsted spinner [1891]
  3. Thomas [b 1879] who was a cotton piecer [1891]
  4. Rebecca [b 1881] who was a worsted spinner [1891]
  5. Samuel
  6. Charles [b 1884] who was carrying off at brickworks [1901]
  7. Horatio [b 1886] who was a brushwasher at carpet works  [1901]
  8. Walter [b 1887]
  9. Mary E. [b 1890]

They lived at Great Albion Street, Halifax [1891]

King, ThomasRef 179-412
[1863-1936]
Son of
John Tate King.

He was an agricultural labourer [1881] / a market gardener [1900, 1901].

He and his brother John Tate King were partners in John T. King & Thomas King.

On 30th September 1890, he married Ella Jane Hurst [1863-1936] at St Augustine's, Wrangthorn, Leeds.

Children:

  1. Stanley Hurst Lister [1891-1951] who was a manufacturing  confectioner [1936]
  2. Marjorie Evelyn [1895-1984] who married John Douglas Victor Mackintosh

They lived at

Thomas died 21st December 1936.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £3,465 13/2d.

Probate was granted to his children Stanley Hurst Lister King and Marjorie Evelyn Mackintosh

King, Rev W. H.Ref 179-211
[18??-19??]
Minister at
Holywell Green Congregational Church. He left in 1924 and moved to Oldham

King, WalterRef 179-71
[18??-19??]
Of New House, Triangle.

He was injured – several cuts – in the Pye Nest Tram Disaster of 15th October 1907, but was treated at home

King, WalterRef 179-16
[1855-1913]
Son of Charles King, maker-up.

Born in Bottoms, Halifax.

He was a joiner of Greece Field, Halifax [1880] / a joiner [1881] / a carpenter & joiner [1891] / a joiner at dye house [1901] / a carpenter at Fletcher's dye house [1911].

In 1880, he married Sarah Jane Heywood [1859-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Sarah Jane, of West Vale, Greetland, was born in Copper's Row, Yorkshire, the daughter of George Heywood, cotton scutcher
 

Children:

  1. Lilly [b 1881]
  2. Barbara [b 1882] who was a cotton piecer [1901] & married  Wilfred Carter
  3. Tom [b 1885] who was a cotton piecer [1901]
  4. Charles

The family lived at

  • 8 Holland Street, Accrington, Lancashire [1881]
  • 12 Kershaw's Yard, Halifax [1891]
  • 12 Grant Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 12 Grant Street, Halifax [1911]

Living with them [in 1911] was grandson Walter Carter [b 1902].

Walter died in Halifax [Q1 1913].

In [Q4] 1913, Sarah Jane married Richard H. Summerfield in Halifax.

They lived at 80 Lister Lane, Halifax

King, WalterRef 179-22
[1859-1904]

In [Q2] 1888, he married Hannah Carter in Halifax.


Hannah was the daughter of
Daniel Akroyd Carter
 

Walter died 24th November 1904 (aged 45).

Hannah died 6th January 1948 (aged 88).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3846] with Hannah's mother

King, WilliamRef 179-174
[15??-1596]
Dr Favour condemned him as
A swearer, drinker and the most filthy adulterer, among others hee kept longe one Dorothy Brigg a wydowe, in whose house and hand hee was stricken with sudden deathe, his last words were othes and curses, hee lyved after about 40 howers but never spake worde

See King family of Halifax

King, WilliamRef 179-26
[1785-1870]

He married Harriet [1802-1866].

Harriet died 9th October 1866 (aged 64).

William died 14th October 1870 (aged 85).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1996] with nephew William King

King, WilliamRef 179-13
[1800-18??]

He married Unknown.

Child: John

King, WilliamRef 179-238
[18??-18??]
19th century printer at
Chapeltown, Halifax. He was active around 1845

King, WilliamRef 179-379
[1810-1837]
Eldest son of John King, a clogger at Todmorden.

On 7th May 1837, while in a state of intoxication, fell from the straw loft of the Golden Lion, Todmorden, where he and a companion had retired the previous evening, and landed on his head. He died shortly afterwards

King, WilliamRef 179-2
[1816-1892]
He was a compositor.

He died 6th April 1892 (aged 76), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1996] with his uncle William King

King, WilliamRef 179-28
[1867-19??]
Son of James King, mason.

Born in Warley.

He was a self-actor minder [1895] / a machine minder in cotton mill [1901] / a self-actor minder for cotton spinner [1911] / a cotton mule spinning overlooker for Mons Mill Company,  Burnley Road, Todmorden [1921].

On 22nd June 1895, he married (1) Ann Bennett [1871-1919] in Oldham.


Annie was born in Pontesbury, Shropshire, the daughter of Richard Bennett, labourer
 


William King, aged 28, of 114 Old Lane, Chadderton, married Annie Bennett, aged 24, cardroom hand, of 652 Hollins Road, Oldham, at St Margaret's Church, Hollinwood, Oldham
 

Children:

  1. James who died in World War I
  2. William [b 1901]
  3. Annie [b 1906] who was a cone winder for Mons Mill  Company [1921]
  4. Marion [b 1910]

In 1915, Annie accused her husband William of persistent cruelty.

The Todmorden & District News [31st December 1915] reported


Married nineteen or twenty years ago. The family came from Oldham for William to work in Mons Mill. Neither of them were natives of Oldham.

William King said his wife had a bad temper and kept harping on about going back to Oldham. He admitted hitting her once, claiming provocation.

They had three children, aged 6, 10 and 14 [Marion, Annie and William].

Annie had left the family home and taken their two daughters with her.

William King, aged 14, their son, corroborated what his father had said

 

Annie died in Todmorden [Q1 1919] (aged 49).

On 16th July 1919, William (senior) married (2) Jane Lobley [1894-19??].


Jane was born in Todmorden.

She had a son Jack [b q3/1916] (father unknown) who was living with his mother & stepfather [1921]

 

The Todmorden & District News [25th July 1919]


Mr William King of 38 Ferney Lee married Miss Jane Lobley of 24 Bride Street at Cloughfoot Congregational Church
 

Child: 5. Marjory [b 1920]

The family lived at

  • 326 Stanley Road, Chadderton, Oldham [1901]
  • 4 Carrington Street, Chadderton, Oldham [1911]
  • 38 Ferney Lee Road, Todmorden [1921]

Families

The King family of HalifaxRef 179-68
/ Willow Hall & Lower Bairstow.

Aka Kinge, Kynge. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the family owned considerable property in Skircoat and later, in Warley.

John Kinge was an early member of the family.

King Cross gets its name from the family.

See: Butts Green Baptist Church, Warley / James King / William King / King's Farm, Hebden Bridge / Lower Bairstow, Sowerby Bridge / Willow Hall, Cote Hill

The King family of Hebden BridgeRef 179-50
James King and Samuel King were early members of the family. They owned land and property at Hebden Bridge and Mytholm.

See: Hamlet Bent / James King / Samuel King / King Street / King's Farm / Mytholm Hall / Mytholm Mill / White Lion

The King family of WarleyRef 179-9000

Surname

King surnameRef 179-1

The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District Surnames by George Redmonds.

There are 75 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname King, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.


Unattached BMDs for King

Marriages 1815, 1861, 1900, 1903, 1907, 1919; Deaths 1805, 1899, 1900, 1907

 



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