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Knowles, AlfredRef 308-403
[1842-1905]
Born in Halifax.

He was a tobacconist [1871] / a wholesale & retail tobacconist and tea dealer at 10 Swine Market, Halifax [1862, 1881] / a tobacconist [1881] / a tobacconist & agent (employer) [1891] / a tobacconist, parcel & shipping agent (employer) [1901] / a local agent for the Royal Mail Service to Australia, New Zealand &  Tasmania [1902].

The Leeds Mercury [27th December 1862] reported


Shop Robbery at Halifax

Early on Christmas Day, the shop of Mr Alfred Knowles, tobacconist and tea dealer, Swine Market, Halifax, was plundered of a large quantity of tobacco and tea, amounting altogether to upwards of £5 in value. The entrance was effected by forcing open the shop door

 

In [Q1] 1867, he married Hannah Wood [1843-1???] in Halifax.


Hannah was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Mary Jane who died 27th January 1868 (aged 10 weeks) 
  2. Alfred Tavender who died 19th April 1875 (aged 2 years 6  months) 
  3. Emily Ann who died 30th December 1876 (aged 7 months) 
  4. Hannah Elizabeth / Ciss [1869-1927] who was a  milliner [1891, 1901, 1911] & married [Halifax Q4 1927] Joe  Rawson
  5. twins Thomas Greenwood [b Q1 1871] who was an assistant  parcel agent [1891], a parcel & shipping agent [1901]
  6. George Edgar [1871-1935] who was an assistant parcel  agent [1891], a parcel & shipping agent [1901], a shipping agent and  carrier (employer) [1911]
  7. Harriet Ellen [b 1875] who was a dressmaker [1891, 1901,  1911]
  8. John Henry [b 1878] who was an errand boy [1891], a  mechanical draughtsman [1901]
  9. Charles Edward [b 1880] who was a commercial clerk [1901]
  10. Joseph William [b 1884] who was an apprentice electrician  [1901], an electrical engineer [1911]

They lived at

  • 8 Gibson Street, Halifax [1871]
  • 14 Crown Street, Halifax [1881]
  • 44 Crown Street, Halifax [1891]
  • 19 Lewis Street, Halifax [1901, 1905]
  • 14 St Mary Street, Halifax [1911]

Alfred died 23rd March 1905 (aged 63) 

Hannah died 24th January 1927 (aged 64).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1710]

Knowles, Dr ArthurRef 308-314
[1865-19??]
Born in Guiseley.

He was staying with his brother in Barnsley [1891] / a physician and surgeon at Halifax [1905] / a surgeon (general practitioner) (own account) [1911].

He lived at

Living with him [in 1911] was boarder Thomas Whitehead [b  Leeds 1881] (surgeon / general practitioner own account) 

Knowles, Charles JamesRef 308-4
[1798-1867]
QC.

Son of James Knowles.

He was one of the most successful barristers on the Northern Circuit / Treasurer of the Middle Temple.

His cases were prominently reported in the Halifax Courier

Knowles, EdgarRef 308-263
[1897-1917]
Son of
James Knowles.

Born in Cornholme.

He was a bobbin finisher (varnishing bobbins) [1911].

During World War I, the Todmorden & District News [17th November 1916] reported


Messrs Wilson Brothers, Cornholme Bobbin Works, appealed for Edgar Knowles, aged 20, of 786 Bank Terrace, Cornholme, to be excused conscription. He was a toolmaker and electrician in charge of nine motors and had to attend to the upkeep of the telephones, wiring arrangements &c.

Appeal refused

 

He joined up in Todmorden [13th January 1917], and served as a Private with the 9th Battalion Cheshire Regiment.

He was sent to France on the 2nd May 1917.

He was killed [21st October 1917] (aged 21).

The Todmorden & District News [9th November 1917] reported his death with a photograph


Private Edgar Knowles, Cheshire Regiment, killed instantaneously by a shell on the morning of October 22nd while at his post on the front line as part of a Lewis gun team, aged 21.

He attended the Cornholme United Methodist Sunday School and is on the Roll of Honour there.

His parents lived at 775 Burnley Road, Cornholme

 

He was buried at Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref XXI G 12].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Knowles, EdithRef 308-15
[1877-1951]

In [Q3] 1894, she married (1) Thomas Smith in Halifax

In [Q4] 1915, she married (2) Benjamin Faulkes in Halifax.

Thomas & Benjamin were half-brothers

Knowles, EdwinRef 308-230
[1893-1917]
Son of Mary & Richard Tennant Knowles of High Moor Lane, Clifton.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st/5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He died 9th October 1917 (aged 24).

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref XXXI D 17]

Knowles, ErnestRef 308-207
[1???-196?]
Cotton manufacturer of Todmorden

Knowles, GeorgeRef 308-16
[1860-1906]
Son of
James Knowles.

Born in Greetland.

He was a cotton spinner [1881] / a cotton doubler [1891].

In [Q3] 1882, he married Lovina Whiteley [1852-1907] in Halifax.


Lovina was born in Sowerby Bridge
 

Children:

  1. Priscilla who died in infancy
  2. Eveline who died in infancy
  3. Minnie [b 1875]

They lived at 9 Peel Street, Warley [1881].

George died 27th September 1906 (aged 46).

Lorina died 17th April 1907 (aged 55).

The couple & the children () were buried at Mount Pleasant Wesleyan Chapel, Norland

Knowles, George E. W.Ref 308-129
[1909-1947]
BSc.

He married Jessie Ainley.


Jessie was the daughter of
Henry Ainley
 

The couple were buried at Elland Cemetery

Knowles, HenryRef 308-294
[17??-18??]
Cotton spinner at
Temple Mill, Rishworth [1804].

In 1804, he was declared bankrupt

Knowles, HenryRef 308-510
[1810-1863]
Born in Leeds.

He was a woolsorter [1851] / a wool buyer at home [1861] / a wool buyer & manufacturer [1861].

Around 1838, he married (1) Ann [1809-18??].


Ann was born in Leeds
 


Details of her death / burial place are not yet known
 

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 1838]

Around 1843, he married (2) Elizabeth [1824-1???].


Elizabeth was born in Oldham
 

Children:

  1. Jane [b 1843] who was a dress maker [1861]
  2. Samuel Copley [b 1845] who was a wool sorter [1861]
  3. Mary Ann [b 1845]
  4. Alice Ann [1848-1873] who was buried with her father
  5. William Henry [b 1850]
  6. Mary Ann [b 1847]

They lived at

  • Triangle, Halifax [1851]
  • 3 Ryburn Terrace, Sowerby [1861]

Henry died 12th October 1863 (aged 53), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2111]


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

Knowles, HerbertRef 308-6
[1798-1817]
Son of
James Knowles.

Born in Gomersal.

Poet

Knowles, Rev J. G.Ref 308-413
[18??-1???]
Curate at
St Paul's Church, Cross Stone [1892]

Knowles, JamesRef 308-5
[1769-1805]
Of Green Head, Huddersfield & Wood Street, Cheapside, London.

Son of Lionel Knowles.

He married Elizabeth Phillips.

Children:

  1. Charles James
  2. Herbert

The children were orphaned at an early age:

James died in 1805

Knowles, JamesRef 308-228
[1843-1920]
Born in Settle.

He was a labourer (bobbin manufacturer) [1911].

In [Q3] 1880, he married Jane Harvey [1853-1935] in Settle.


Jane was born in Redruth, Cornwall
 

Children:

  1. child who died young [before 1911]
  2. child who died young [before 1911]
  3. child who died young [before 1911]
  4. child who died young [before 1911]
  5. Fanny [b 1877] who married Sedgwick Smith  [1877-19??], spinning machine fitter
  6. James Henry [b 1882] who was a labourer (bobbin works)   [1900]
  7. Beatrice [b 1878] who was a cotton weaver [1911]
  8. Maurice [b 1891]
  9. Edgar

They lived at

  • 786 Burnley Road, Cornholme [1901]
  • 786 Bank Terrace, Cornholme [1911]
  • 775 Burnley Road, Cornholme [1917]

Knowles, JamesRef 308-18
[1875-19??]
Born in Stubbins, Ramsbottom, Lancashire.

He was a cotton weaver [1901, 1911] / a cotton weaver for John Dawson & Sons at Albion Mills, Todmorden  [1921].

On 16th April 1898, he married Mary Holden [1877-19??] in Todmorden.


Mary was born in Todmorden, the daughter of John Holden
 

The Todmorden & District News [22nd April 1898] reported the wedding


Mr James Knowles of Queen's Terrace, Todmorden, married Miss Mary Holden of Knowlwood Road, Walsden, at Knowlwood Chapel, Todmorden
 

Children:

  1. John William
  2. Milner [b 1901] who was out of work [1921]
  3. Mary Alice [b 1905] who was a cardroom hand with the  Mons Mill Company Limited [1921]
  4. Eva Melita [b 1907] who was a cotton weaver with John  Dawson & Sons at Albion Mills, Todmorden [1921]
  5. Arthur [b 1909]

The family lived at

  • 116 Rochdale Road, Todmorden (living with Mary's parents)   [1901]
  • 4 Pex Place, Todmorden [1911]
  • 5 Knowlwood Road, Todmorden [1921]

Knowles, James E.Ref 308-17
[1838-1???]
Born in Manchester.

He was a farm labourer [1861] / a dyer [1871] / a farmer of 10 acres [1881].

He married Elizabeth [1838-1???].


Elizabeth was born in Greetland
 

Children:

  1. George
  2. Mary Ellen [b 1863] who was a worsted spinner [1881]
  3. Joseph E. [b 1865] who was a dyer [1881]
  4. Gibson [b 1870] who was a worsted spinner [1881]
  5. John T. / Thomas [b 1870] who was a worsted  spinner [1881]
  6. Arthur William [b 1872]
  7. Walter [b 1874]
  8. Elizabeth [b 1876]

They lived at

  • Lower Martin Green, Elland-cum-Greetland [1861]
  • Copperas Row, Elland-cum-Greetland [1871]
  • 20 Norland Town [1881]

Living with them [in 1861] was James's brother Joshua Knowles [b 1844] (cotton mill hand) 

Knowles, James EllisRef 308-350
[1868-1948]
Born in Barkisland [16th July 1868].

He was a rugby player and played for Halifax 234 times between 1890 and 1899. He was a member of the Halifax team that won the Yorkshire Cup [1894] and played one game for Yorkshire against Durham [1894].

He was a carter [1891] / a coal dealer [1911] / a dairy farmer (employer) [to 1948].

In 1889, he married Sarah Heaton [1868-1937].


Sarah was born in Southowram, the daughter of Andrew Heaton
 

Children:

  1. Wainwright
  2. Harry [b 7th May 1892] who was a carter assisting in the  family farming business [1911] & married [Halifax Q2 1918]  Beatrice Crawshaw [b 28th October 1893]
  3. May [b 1902] who was a winder with John Holdsworth & Company Limited [1921] & married James Palmer
  4. Arthur [b 10th August 1905] who assisting his father in  general farm work [1921] & married Martha Ellen Siddall [b   17th January 1904]
  5. Annie [b 1907] who was a doffer with John Holdsworth &  Company Limited [1921] & married Walter Hardy
  6. May [b 1902]

The 1911 census shows that they had had 6 children of whom 5 were still alive at that time.

The family lived at

Living with them [in 1901] was Sarah's brother Leonard Heaton [b 1879] (corporation carter).

Living with them [in 1921] was boarder Reuben Knowles [b 1884] (teamer) 

Knowles, JohnRef 308-291
[17??-1803]
Owned
Guteroyd Mill, Todmorden [17??] until his death

Knowles, JohnRef 308-592
[1775-1848]
Son of Abraham Knowles [1738-1808], yeoman of Cottingley Bridge.

He married Mary Wilkinson [1775-1848].


Mary was the daughter of William Wilkinson [1735-1820] of Pye Bank, who built Bents Mill at Hallas Bridge [1810]
 

Children:

  1. John Wilkinson
  2. Mary Ann [b 1800] who was the third wife of George  Anderson [1799-1872], worsted manufacturer, of Bradford
  3. Abraham [b 1802] who died in infancy
  4. William [1804-1848] who briefly ran Hallas Mill,  Hallas Bridge, in the cotton business, then set up as a merchant in  Cincinnati, Ohio; unmarried
  5. Thomas [1806-1819]
  6. Abraham Hirst [1809-1818]
  7. Richard [b 1811] of Pye Bank who conducted worsted  spinning at Hallas Mill in the 1840s; married, 1837, Nancy  Heaton of Haworth; living at Lyden Terrace, Little Horton Lane,  Bradford, in 1874
  8. Maria [b 1813] who married William Schofield  Nichols [1807-18??] of Hewenden, worsted spinner
  9. Jonas [1815-1850] who was a worsted spinner at Hallas  Bridge in 1837 & died at Cincinnati
  10. Susannah [1818-1841]
  11. Emma [b 1820] who married [25th April 1855] James  Macfarlane of Cliff Lane, Baildon

He was a cotton spinner.

He operated and extended Bents Mill after his father-in-law's death.

He took his eldest son – John Wilkinson Knowles – into partnership and they made calicoes for the Manchester market.


their waggons went to and fro over Blackstone Edge constantly
 

The firm was


perhaps the largest maker of cotton goods in this part of the country, putting out handweaving at twenty different stations extending from Skipton to Cleckheaton
 

They were declared bankrupt in 1825.

Hallas Mill was destroyed by fire [1895].

Bents Mill was still in use as a warehouse [1960s].

They lived at

  • Bents House, Cullingworth
  • Pye Bank, Wilsden

Knowles, JohnRef 308-14
[1844-18??]
Born in Bristol.

He was an iron turner / a general mechanic [1891].

In [Q1] 1870, he (possibly) married Ann Scott [1846-18??] in Halifax.


Ann was born in Halifax
 

Child: William Henry

They lived at

  • Sykes Terrace, Ovenden [1881]
  • 9 Lincoln Street, Halifax [1891, 1901]
  • 5 Sefton Terrace, Halifax [1911]

Ann died between 1891 & 1901

Knowles, JohnRef 308-422
[1851-1911]
He owned large estates in Todmorden. He died at Grange-over-Sands

Knowles, Rev John DickensonRef 308-87
[1828-1888]
MA.

Son of Lionel Knowles

Born in Gomersal.

He was a graduate of Peterhouse, Cambridge / Curate at Halifax [1852-1858] / vicar in Glossop [for 23 years] / author of Pastoral Comforts, Gold & Pearls & other  works.

On 17th May 1859, he married Mary Louisa Orange at Halifax Parish Church.


Mary Louisa was born in Eckington, Derbyshire, the daughter of Colonel John Edward Orange
 

Children:

  1. Mary L. [b 1861]
  2. John Lionel
  3. Charles E. [b 1865]
  4. Ella L. [b 1866]
  5. Francis G. [b 1869]
  6. Jessie B. [b 1870]
  7. Gertrude O. [b 1872]
  8. James L. C. [b 1874]

The family lived at Glossop [1871, 1881].

He died in Glossop

Knowles, Rev John LionelRef 308-8
[1862-1???]
MA.

Son of Rev John Dickenson Knowles.

Born in Rawdon.

He was a graduate of Peterhouse, Cambridge / Rural Dean of Glossop [1906-1920]

Knowles, John PollardRef 308-383
[1825-1903]
Son of
John Wilkinson Knowles.

He was a corn dealer at New Bank, Halifax.

On 8th February 1853, he married Elizabeth Cowap.

On 30th April 1853, The Leeds Mercury reported


At the Town Hall on Tuesday last, Mary Crawshaw, aged 33, produced 2 female illegitimate children, stating that John Pollard Knowles, late a corn dealer in New Bank, was the father of them. She stated that she was servant to Thomas Barraclough, who is a [nephew] of Knowles's, and that Knowles was in the habit of coming to the house, where an illicit intercourse took place between them. Her sister Martha confirmed the evidence as to familiarities which she had seen. The Magistrate decided that the plaintiff should have paid, for the lying-in of one of the children, £2 14/6d, and for the other £2 10/6d, and that she should have 2/- per week for each child till they attained the age of 13 years
 

He had emigrated to America by 1861 and died there

Knowles, John WilkinsonRef 308-343
[1799-1865]
Son of
John Knowles.

Of Halifax.

His father operated and extended Bents Mill, Hallas Bridge after the death of his father-in-law William Wilkinson of Pye Bank. He took John Wilkinson into partnership and they made calicoes for the Manchester market.

They were declared bankrupt in 1825.

He resumed cotton spinning at Bents Mill [1827-1840]. He was a partner in the Thornaby Cotton Spinning Company, Stockton-on-Tees [1840-1850].

On 19th December 1822, he married Mary Pollard.


Mary came from Northowram, and was the youngest daughter of William Pollard of Spring House, near Halifax
 

Children:

  1. child who died in infancy
  2. child who died in infancy
  3. child who died in infancy
  4. child who died in infancy
  5. child who died in infancy
  6. daughter
  7. daughter
  8. John Pollard

The family lived at

John Wilkinson died 25th October 1865.

Mary died 10th December 1865.

There are memorial windows to the couple in Halifax Parish Church

Knowles, John WilliamRef 308-338
[1898-1918]
Son of
James Knowles.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a news boy [1911] / a weaver at W. L. Sandbach & Company.

During World War I, he joined up [February 1917], and served as a Private with the 2nd/6th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment.

He died 16th February 1918 (aged 19).

The Todmorden & District News [22nd February 1918] reported his death


Private J. W. Knowles, South Staffordshire Regiment, was admitted to the 45th Casualty Clearing Station, France, dangerously ill from gas poisoning.

He died at 8pm on February the 16th, aged 19, without regaining consciousness.

He was the eldest son of James Knowles of Back Rochdale Road, and was connected with Victoria Road Primitive Methodist Chapel

 

The following week's Edition [1st March 1918] published his photograph.

He was buried at Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, France [Grave Ref II E 17].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Oddfellows' Hall, Todmorden

Knowles, JonasRef 308-282
[18??-19??]
Brush manufacturer. Proprietor of
Park Wood Pleasure Grounds [1905]

Knowles, JonathanRef 308-594
[1791-1871]
Of Northowram.

Born at Undercliffe, Bradford.

As a youth, he lived in Queenshead where his stepfather William Hargreaves – previously of the Bowling Green Inn, Bridge Street, Bradford – kept the Queen's Head Inn.

He was owner of the Black Horse public house in Thornton [1819] / a farmer and innkeeper at Denholme Gate / proprietor of the Denholme Gate Brewery / He commenced brewing  there and built new premises for this purpose in 1837 / one of the founders of St Paul's Church, Denholme / chairman of the Church building committee [1843-1846].

He established Knowles & Sons, in partnership with his sons Jonathan and George.

In 1815, he married (1) Martha Briggs


Martha was the daughter of Abram Briggs
 

Children:

  1. Hannah [1816-1871] who married Henry Foster
  2. David [1817-1818]
  3. Sarah [1819-1827]
  4. John [1820-1833]
  5. David [1822-1825]
  6. Jane [1823-1890] who married George Woodhead
  7. Ellen [1825-1876] who married Joseph Craven
  8. Martha [16th November 1827-1865] who married Solomon Barsdorf
  9. Abram Briggs [1830-1840]
  10. Maria [1832-1810] who married Eli Foster
  11. Jonathan [1834-1890] of Clough House, Denholme
  12. George [1839-1900] JP, of Croft House, Denholme

Martha died in 1840.

The Leeds Intelligencer of 19th December 1840 reported


She fell a victim to typhus fever which she caught while attending with maternal solicitude the last illness of one of her sons whose death took place on the 1st instant
 

On 9th October 1845, he married 21 at Halifax Parish Church.


Mary was the daughter of Rev Thomas Crowther
 

Knowles, JosephRef 308-223
[18??-19??]
Liberal member of
Hipperholme District Council. Director of T. A. Firth & Company, Bradford wool merchants. He lived at Home House, Lightcliffe [1904]

Knowles, JosephRef 308-238
[1885-1918]
Son of
Thomas Knowles.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st Battalion Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

He was killed in action [25th August 1918] (aged 33).

He was buried at L'Homme Mort British Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mein, France [Grave Ref II C 10]

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance.

His brother Thomas also died in the War

Knowles, LionelRef 308-3
[1696-1779]
Son of John Knowles of Northowram.

Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [March 1695/6]

He and his son were well-established as white cloth dressers in Gomersal [1760s].

In 1726, Lionel, of Halifax Parish, married Jane Laverack.


Jane came from Birstall
 

Children:

  1. Lionel [1735-1802]

The family moved and settled in Gomersal [around 1740].

He was an early member of the Knowles Family of Gomersal.

Lionel died in Gomersal in 1779 (aged 83) 

Knowles, LionelRef 308-9
[1735-1802]

He married Mary Rangsley.


Mary came from Heckmondwike
 

Children:

  1. son
  2. James

A member of the Knowles Family of Gomersal

Knowles, LionelRef 308-10
[1766-1837]
Of West House,
Gomersal.

He married Ann Hartley.


Ann came from Grassington
 

Child: Lionel

Knowles, LionelRef 308-7
[1792-1848]
Of West House,
Gomersal.

Son of Lionel Knowles.

He was a member of the Knowles Family of Gomersal, and third in descent from Lionel Knowles.

He married Lucy Dickenson.

Child: John Dickenson

Knowles, SamuelRef 308-12
[1808-18??]
Born in Halifax.

He was a wire drawer [1851] / a grocer & provision dealer [1861].

He married (1) Ann [1805-1846].

Children:

  1. William [b 1831] who was a wire drawer [1851], a card  maker [1861]
  2. Henry who died in infancy
  3. John [1833-7th March 1858] a brass moulder & finisher  [1851]
  4. Amelia [b 1835]
  5. George who died 25 Sep 1838 (aged 2 years & 6 months) 
  6. James [b 1840] who was a thick wire drawer [1861]
  7. Martha Ann who died 29 Dec 1838 (aged 9 months) 
  8. Thomas [1841-30th December 1884] who was a coach trimmer  [1861]
  9. Phoebe [b 1844]
  10. William Henry [b 1845] who was a card maker [1861]

Ann died 22nd November 1846 (aged 41).

She & other members of the family () were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax [Grave Ref: 162].

In [Q4] 1852, he married (2) Sarah [1812-1???] in Halifax.


Sarah was born in Halifax.

She was (possibly) the widow of James Edward Muirhead [d Q1 1946]

 

Child: 11. Charles [b 1853]

They lived at

  • Northowram [1838]
  • 3 Shaw's Court, Bull Green, Halifax [1851]
  • 12 King Cross Lane, Halifax [1861]

Living with them [in 1861] was Sarah's son (from her first marriage) James Muirhead [b 1840] (brushmaker).


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

Knowles, SmithRef 308-256
[1842-1???]
Born at Shroggs, Halifax.

He was adopted by Rev Philip P. Carpenter BA PhD of Warrington. Rev Carpenter was known as a conchologist.

In 1857, he went to live in Manchester. He became a printer and publisher. He settled in Sale.

He wrote a quantity of prose and poems including Every Band of Hope Boy's Reciter [in 7 volumes] and Laughable Dialogues

Knowles, Stanley WalterRef 308-2
[1903-1976]
Son of
Walter Thomas Knowles.

In [Q2] 1926, he married Dorothy Mellor [1899-1988] in Huddersfield.

Stanley Walter died 17th November 1976 (aged 73).

Dorothy died 1st February 1988 (aged 89).

The couple were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: NR-A4] with his parents

Knowles, T.Ref 308-71
[18??-1921]

During World War I, he served as a Lance Corporal with the 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment.

He died 21st March 1921 and was buried at Brighouse Cemetery [E C 145]

Knowles, ThomasRef 308-290
[17??-18??]
He went into partnership with
John Haworth at Oldroyd Mill, Langfield and at Lob Mill. The partnership evolved into Ingham, Hollinrake & Company

Knowles, ThomasRef 308-589
[18??-19??]

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

Children:

  1. Thomas E.
  2. Joseph

The family lived at 11 Grove Row, Heath Hill Road, Mount Tabor, Halifax.

Sons Thomas E. & Joseph died in World War I

Knowles, ThomasRef 308-459
[1805-1851]
Born in Ovenden.

He was a dyer [1834] / landlord of the Britannia Inn, Halifax [1837, ... 1850].

On 7th December 1834, he married Elizabeth Crossley [1806-1851] in Halifax.


Elizabeth was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Mariana [b 1830]
  2. Thomas Greenwood
  3. George [b 1839]
  4. Alfred [b 1842]
  5. Elizabeth [1844-1907] who married David Whitaker
  6. John William [b 1848]

Thomas died Q1 1851.

Elizabeth took over at the Britannia Inn [1851].

Living with Elizabeth [in 1851] was widowed aunt Mary Bottomley [aged 90].

Elizabeth died at the Britannia Inn [Q3 1851]

Knowles, Thomas E.Ref 308-248
[1882-1915]
Son of
Thomas Knowles.

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

He died 5th May 1915 (aged 33).

He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 20], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance.

His brother Joseph also died in the War

Knowles, Thomas GreenwoodRef 308-11
[1837-1885]
Son of
Thomas Knowles.

Born in Halifax [31st May 1837].

He was a cashier / a member of the Derby Lodge of the Freemason, Cheetham, Lancashire  [1863] / landlord of the Shakespeare, Halifax [1871].

By 1881, he had retired and was living in Keighley,

On 10th February 1883, he married Barbara Waddington [1827-1887] in Keighley.


Barbara was born in Keighley.

She had been Thomas's housekeeper [1871]

 

Thomas died in Keighley [7th January 1885].

Barbara died in Keighley [19th September 1887].

They are buried in the Utley Cemetery, Keighley

Knowles, WainwrightRef 308-352
[1890-1953]
Eldest son of
James Ellis Knowles.

Born in Southowram [16th October 1890].

He was a carter assisting in the family farming business [1911] / assisting his father in general farm work [1921] / a dairy farmer [1939].

In [Q2] 1923, he married Annie P. Beever in Penistone.


Annie was born 5th September 1889
 

The family lived at Snydal Farm, Southowram [1939].

On the 21st June 1949, Wainwright was seriously injured when he was gored by a bull at the family's Snydal Farm, Southowram. He was paralysed and confined to bed until his death in 1953

Knowles, Walter ThomasRef 308-337
[1875-1954]
Born in Darwen, Lancashire.

He established W. T. Knowles & Sons [1906]

In 1928, he was presented with a clock for his work with the Southowram Subscription Band

In [Q3] 1898, he married Leah Louisa Rawkins [1876-1955] in Preston, Lancashire.


Leah Louisa came from Preston
 

Children:

  1. Vincent Aubrey [b 1900]
  2. Stanley Walter
  3. Gordon Thomas [b 1910]

They lived at

  • 4 Near Binns, Southowram [1911]
  • Ashgrove Cottage, Southowram [1927]
  • Ashgrove, Southowram [1936]

Walter Thomas died 8th May 1954 (aged 79).

Leah Louisa died 23rd January 1955 (aged 79) 

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: NR-A4]

Knowles, WilliamRef 308-542
[1870-1912]
Of
Well Head Farm.

See Knowles's Dairy

Knowles, William HenryRef 308-13
[1874-1952]
Son of
John Knowles.

Born in Liversedge.

He was a general labourer [1901] / a mechanic iron turner [1911].

He married Q41899 [1873-1936] in Halifax.


Lucy was born in Queensbury
 

Child: Wilfred Loy [b 1905]

They lived at

  • 9 Lincoln Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 5 Sefton Terrace, Halifax (with William Henry's widowed  father) [1911]

Living with them [in 1901] was William Henry's widowed father [b 1844].

Lucy died 4th May 1936 (aged 63).

William Henry died 10th February 1952 (aged 78).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1551]

Knowles, William WalkerRef 308-19
[1859-1???]
He rarely used his middle name Walker.

Son of John Knowles, farmer.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a weaver [1882] / a carter [1891, 1901] / a carrier (self employed) [1921].

On 4th March 1882, he married Mary Ann Binns [1863-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Mary Ann was born in Cragg Vale, the daughter of John Binns, farmer
 


William Walker Knowles, aged 22, weaver of Lee Bottom, Langfield, married Mary Ann Binns, aged 19, of Studley Edge
 

Children:

  1. Annie [b 1883] who was a cotton weaver [1901]
  2. Elizabeth A. [b 1885] who was a cotton throstle piecer  [1901]
  3. Grace [b 1888] who was a cotton throstle piecer [1901], a  cotton card room operative [1911]
  4. John James [b 1890] who was a farm labourer, staying with  (and presumably working for) his uncle, John Binns, dairy  farmer, at Brown Roads Farm, Walsden [1911]
  5. Alice [b 1893] who was a cotton card room operative [1911]
  6. Willie
  7. Jane [b 1901] who was a card room hand for Walsden Mill & Company at Alma Mill [1921]
  8. Tom [b 1903] who was a twister for Caleb Hoyle & Sons  at Hollins Mill, Walsden [1921]
  9. Amy [b 1908]

They lived at

  • Jumble Hole, Hebden Bridge [1891]
  • 16 Top O'th' Close Road, Walsden [1901]
  • 14 Throstle Street, Walsden [1911]
  • 943 Rochdale Road, Walsden [1921]

Living with them [in 1891] were William's siblings Elivine Knowles [b 1869] & Thomas Knowles [b 1872] (warehouseman).

Living with them [in 1901] was William's brother Thomas Knowles [b 1872] (carter) 

Knowles, WillieRef 308-320
[1898-1917]
Son of
William Knowles.

Born in Walsden.

He was a member of Lanebottom Wesleyan Sunday School / a general cotton operative [1911] / employed by Lord Brothers.

During World War I, he enlisted [December 1916] and served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was sent to France [March 1917].

He died 3rd May 1917 (aged 19).

The Todmorden & District News [15th June 1917] reported his death


Private Willie Knowles killed in France on the 3rd of May, aged 19.

He spent his spare time helping his parents at Deanroyd Farm, Walsden

 

The following week's Edition [22nd June 1917] published his photograph.

He was buried at Brown's Copse Cemetery, France [Grave Ref I F 17].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Families

The Knowles family of StoodleyRef 308-4800

Surname

Knowles surnameRef 308-1
There are 46 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Knowles, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.


Unattached BMDs for Knowles

Marriages 1800, 1804, 1870, 1907; Deaths 1804, 1899, 1900

 



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