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Mitchell, MrRef 53-109
[17??-18??]
He was landlord of the
Travellers' Rest, Sowerby [about 50  years, including the 1820s].

He married Unknown.

Child: (possibly) William

Mitchell, A.Ref 53-1259
[18??-19??]
He stood unsuccessfully as the Liberal candidate in the Election for
MP for Halifax [1935]

Mitchell, AbigailRef 53-1106
[1617-1722]
Eldest daughter of
Matthew Mitchell.

Born in Southowram.

Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [1618].

In 1642, she married Rev Abraham Pierson.

The family emigrated to America.

She died at New Haven, Connecticut [15th March 1722]

Mitchell, AbrahamRef 53-1439
[15??-16??]
Chapman of Copley. He married Agnes. His will was recorded on 21st May 1653 and Agnes was executor

Mitchell, AbrahamRef 53-229
[18??-18??]

In [Q1] 1838, he married Margaret Holden [1818-1???] in Halifax.


Margaret was born in Southowram.

She was widowed & a laundress [1861, 1871]

 

Children:

  1. John [b 1841] who was a worsted card maker [1861]
  2. Richard Holden
  3. Charles [b 1845] who was a moulder [1871]

The family lived at

  • 68 Trafalgar Square, Halifax [1861]
  • 44 Trafalgar, Halifax [1871]

Mitchell, AbrahamRef 53-807
[18??-18??]
In 1859, he established
Abraham Mitchell & Company

Mitchell, AbrahamRef 53-199
[1839-1899]
Son of
John Mitchell.

Born in Midgley.

He was a worsted factory worker [1851] / a brush manufacturer [1861].

He married Catherine [1840-1916].

Children:

  1. Hannah [1867-1870]
  2. Norman Douglas [1872-1905]
  3. John Roderick [1874-1905]
  4. Margaret Alice [2870-2909]
  5. Annie Janet [1867-1957]

Abraham died 5th June 1899 (aged 60).

Catherine died 10th March 1916 (aged 76).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1402]

Mitchell, AbrahamRef 53-28
[1858-1???]
Born in Walsden.

On 27th September 1879, he married Mary Phoebe Hollas in Facit, Lancashire.


Mary Phoebe was the daughter of
Michael Hollas
 

Children:

  1. Alice J. [b 1883]
  2. Susannah [b 1884]
  3. Doris [b 1890]

Mitchell, AbrahamRef 53-175
[1866-1912]
Son of
Jesse Mitchell.

Born in Oxenhope.

He was a dyer (cotton) [1891] / landlord of the Frieldhurst Tavern, Cornholme [1896, 1900,  1901].

In 1885, he married Harriet Ann Hampson [1866-1???] in Todmorden.


Harriet was born in Manchester.

She was a cotton cop winder [1891]

 

Children:

  1. Herbert Samuel [b 1888] who was a cotton reacher-in [1901]
  2. Mary [b 1891]
  3. Oscar [b 1895]
  4. Rose Harriett [b 1900]

The family lived at

  • 5 Vale Cottages, Cornholme [1891]
  • Frieldhurst Tavern, Cornholme [1896, 1901]
  • 678 Burnley Road, Cornholme
  • 17 Water Street, Rochdale

Living with them [in 1891] was Abraham's sister Ada Mitchell [b 1880].

Abraham died in Rochdale in 1912.

He was buried in Rochdale

Mitchell, AbramRef 53-438
[18??-19??]
Machine maker at Brighouse.

In February 1880, he went into liquidation

Mitchell, AdamRef 53-118
[1868-1908]
Landlord of the
Cross Keys, Siddal [1908].

He died 23rd August 1908 (aged 40).

He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [Grave Ref: H 286 C]

Mitchell, AinsworthRef 53-231
[1866-19??]
Born 31st August 1866.

He was a carpet weaver.

He lived at 3 Stoney Lane, Lightcliffe [1939]

Mitchell, Albert LewisRef 53-86
[1891-1917]
Son of
Robert Mitchell.

He was a cloth finisher's blower [1911] / a Sunday School teacher and local preacher at Boothtown Primitive Methodist Church [1914].

During World War I, he enlisted [January 1915] and served as a Private / Signaller with the 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.

He was reported missing and assumed to have died 14th May 1917.

The Halifax Courier [29th December 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 5], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Akroydon Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

Mitchell, Albert VictorRef 53-133
[1887-1917]
Son of
Walter Mitchell.

He was a doffer worsted mill [1901].

Around 1910, he went to live in Toronto.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. child
  2. child

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 19th Battalion Canadian Infantry.

He died of shrapnel wounds [24th March 1917].

The Halifax Courier [9th June 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, France [Grave Ref IV G 8].

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

His brother John Edward also died in the War

Mitchell, Albert WillieRef 53-32
[1868-1???]
Son of
William Mitchell.

Born in Brighouse [2nd September 1868].

He was a cotton doubler [1894].

On 25th June 1894, he married Clara Crowther [1869-1???] in Bradford


Clara was born in Leeds
 

Mitchell, Alexander RobertRef 53-110
[1895-1918]
MM.

Son of John Mitchell

Born in Elland.

He was a member of the Wesleyan Church / a warper at woollen mill [1911] / employed by Agur Halstead & Sons at Marshall Hall Mills, Elland.

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

He was awarded the Military Medal [August 1917] for


gallantry & courageous conduct, and distinguished service on the battlefield
 

He was wounded [13th April 1918].

He died of wounds [19th April 1918] (aged 22).

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

He was buried at Étaples Military Cemetery, France [Grave Ref XXIX G 12A].

He is remembered on Elland War Memorial, on the Memorial at Elland Boys' Brigade, and on the Memorial at Elland Wesleyan Chapel

Mitchell, AmosRef 53-413
[1857-1938]
Born in Eastwood.

Todmorden coal merchant.

On 21st August 1888, he married Harriet Uttley at Halifax Parish Church.


Harriett was the daughter of
Joseph Uttley
 

Children:

  1. Edith Annie [1888-1987]
  2. James

They lived at Middle Stoodley [1901].

He died in 1938.

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £221,324.

After World War I, son James joined the family business.

See Thomas Henry Greenwood

Mitchell, AnthonyRef 53-87
[1???-1650]
He and
John Wilkinson and Abraham Wilkinson were found guilty of stealing and attempting to sell 2 horses from John Cusforth of Sandal, near Wakefield, on 17th April 1650, and a further charge of stealing 16 yards of russet-coloured kersey – valued at 1/- per yard – from the tenters of Samuel Colbeck of Lower Shaw Booth, Warley on 19th April 1650. The total value of the goods was £5 8s.

Wilkinson was further convicted of stealing a piece of kersey from tenters at Brearley Hall.

The two were the last men to be executed at the Halifax Gibbet.

There is some confusion in the records as to which of the two Wilkinson brothers was actually executed. From the Register Book at Halifax, it seems that – although he confessed to stealing the cloth – Abraham was acquitted and escaped the death penalty whilst John was executed. It is most likely that it was Abraham who was executed

Mitchell, Anthony CrossleyRef 53-149
[1827-1908]
Son of
William Mitchell.

Born in Mytholmroyd.

He was a cotton spinner [1851]

He married Sarah [1835-19??].

He lived at Lower Oldfield, Luddendenfoot [1901, 1908].

He died 31st May 1908.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £1,105 17/1d.

Probate was granted to his brothers James MITCHELL & Emmanuel Mitchell

Mitchell, ArthurRef 53-78
[1890-1917]
Son of
John Mitchell.

He was a woollen piecener [1911] / employed at Clay House Mills, Greetland.

In 1911, he was living with his sister Ada Joynes and her family.

In 1915, he married Martha H. Ashworth in Halifax.

Child: Arthur [b [Q3] 1917]

They lived at 18 Upper Brunswick Street, Halifax.

During World War I, he enlisted [August 1914] and served as a Private with the 10th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was severely wounded on the Somme and both jaws were broken by a shell [5th July 1916].

He took part in several operations in England.

He was reported missing and assumed to have died 20th September 1917 (aged 27).

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

The Halifax Courier [27th October 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

His brothers John & Frank also served in the War

Mitchell, ArthurRef 53-134
[1891-1918]
Son of
Phineas Mitchell.

He lived at 58 Baines Street, Halifax.

During World War I, he enlisted with the Royal Field Artillery, then he served as a Lance Corporal with the 14th Battalion Warwickshire Regiment.

He died of wounds [28th August 1918] (aged 27).

The Halifax Courier [21st September 1918] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Mitchell, ArthurRef 53-212
[1895-1950]

In 1921, he married Alice Louisa Carter.


Alice Louisa was the daughter of
William Ernest Carter
 

They had no children.

They lived at 42 Richardson Street, Halifax.

Arthur died 24th December 1950 (aged 55).

Alice Louisa died 10th February 1966 (aged 69).

They were buried at Mount Zion Methodist Chapel, Ogden (Grave Ref: E 13

Mitchell, Arthur PageRef 53-91
[1915-1941]
BSC.

Son of Hubert Norman Mitchell who was killed in World War I.

He was a member of St Jude's Church, Savile Park & Choir / educated at Holy Trinity School, Heath Grammar School &  Crossley & Porter School / employed by Armitage & Norton, accountants / employed by the Halifax Building Society at the Halifax HQ and at  the King Cross Branch.

During World War II, he enlisted [1938] with the Royal Artillery, was commissioned [1939], then transferred, and he served as a Flying Officer / PO with the 218th Squadron Royal Air Force.

He took part in 20 bombing raids.

He was killed in action over Germany [15th August 1941] (aged 26).

He was buried at Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany [Grave Ref 26 G 1].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Saint Jude's Church, Savile Park, on the Memorial at Crossley & Porter School, Halifax, and on the Memorial at Halifax Building Society

Mitchell, Dr Austin VernonRef 53-397
[1934-] Television presenter.

In 1977, he became MP for Grimsby

Mitchell, BarkerRef 53-246
[1825-1892]
Son of
John Mitchell.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a picker maker [1851].

He married Sarah [1831-1897].

There are no records of any children.

Barker died at Byrom Street, Todmorden [1st April 1892] (aged 67).

Sarah died 7th April 1897 (aged 66).

The couple were buried at Cloughfoot Independent Congregational Chapel

Mitchell, BarrettRef 53-36
[18??-1???]
He was a farmer in Sowerby.

In [Q1] 1880, he married Emma Holt [18??-1???] in Halifax.

Child: James William

Mitchell, BarrettRef 53-222
[1823-1871]
Son of Mary Mitchell.

Born in Midgley [25th January 1823]; baptised at Midgley [26th January 1823].

He was a spindle maker [1851, 1861, 1870].

He married Mary Ann [1822-1879].


Mary Ann was born in Flakenham, Suffolk
 

Children:

  1. Charles [b 1846] who was a spindle maker [1861]
  2. William [1847-1901] who was a worsted factory worker  [1861]
  3. Harriet [b 1852] who was a worsted factory worker [1861]
  4. Mary who died 19th October 1855 (aged 18 months)   
  5. Sarah [b 1859]
  6. Walter [1861-1864]

The family lived at

  • Cockroft's Cottages, Range Bank, Halifax [1851]
  • 3 James Street, Northowram [1861]

Barrett died 28th July 1871 (aged 48).

Mary Ann died 15th July 1879 (aged 57).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3367] with Sarah Jane Mitchell (widow) [1848-1910], and Mercy Booth

Mitchell, BeaumontRef 53-1793
[18??-1???]
Landlord of the
Bay Horse, Stainland [1887].

On 23rd April 1887, he was charged with (1) selling drink during prohibited hours and (2) refusing to admit the police on the 12th April 1887. The police had gone to the pub at midnight, but it wasn't until 4:15 am that the door was opened to them. He was ordered to pay £1 13/6d on each count

Mitchell, BenjaminRef 53-160
[1853-1923]
Son of
Joseph Mitchell.

Born in Rishworth / Ripponden [3rd October 1853].

He was a cotton piecer [1871] / a cotton twister [1881] / a woollen weaver [1891, 1901, 1911].

He lived with his sister Sarah Hannah [1891, 1901, 1911]

He died 7th January 1923.

Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: A4] with his brother-in-law Ernest Howe

Mitchell, C.Ref 53-24
[18??-19??]
Recorded on 18th March 1916, when an advertisement in the
Halifax Courier announced

THE OIL & LAMP BUSINESS of C. MITCHELL has been TRANSFERRED to 17 COW GREEN

Mitchell, CharlesRef 53-96
[1802-1862]
Born in Warley.

He was an iron foundry man [1861].

He married Grace [1803-1864].

Children:

  1. Helliwell [b 1838] who was a cotton bleacher [1861]

They lived at Lower Wade Street, Halifax [1861].

Living with them [in 1861] was grandson James Greenwood [b  1845] (cotton bleacher).

Charles died 31st July 1862 (aged 60).

Grace died 12th January 1864 (aged 61).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3963] with William Priestley & Sydney Noble

Mitchell, CharlesRef 53-203
[1832-1???]
Born in Warley.

He was an excavator (stone) [1881].

Around 1855, he married Caroline [1826-1???].


Caroline was born in Warley
 

Children:

  1. Mary
  2. Elizabeth [b 1865] who was a worsted spinner [1881]

They lived at Cold Edge Bottom, Warley [1881]

Mitchell, CharlesRef 53-61
[1871-19??]
Born in Ireland.

He was a general labourer [1893] / a plasterer's labourer [1901] / a general labourer [1911].

In [Q2] 1893, he married Margaret Galvin [1860-1???] in Halifax.


Margaret was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. John
  2. Owen Patrick
  3. William [b 1897] who was a worsted doffer [1911]
  4. Charles [b 1899]
  5. Bernard [b 1901]
  6. James [b 1905]
  7. Joseph [b 1907]
  8. Mary Elizabeth [b 1909]
  9. Harriet [b Hebden 1911]

The 8 youngest children were born in Halifax.

They lived at

  • 22 Middle Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 26 West Hill Court, Parliament Street, Halifax [1911]

During World War I, he volunteered [November 1914], and served in Malta with the 8th Battalion West Riding Regiment.

Sons John & Owen Patrick died in World War I

Mitchell, CharlesRef 53-81
[1874-1920]

During World War I, he served as a Private with the Royal Army Service Corps.

He died 21st January 1920.

He was buried at Brighouse Cemetery [C U 384]

Mitchell, Charles AlbertRef 53-77
[1895-1982]
MM.

Son of John William Mitchell.

Born at Wall Nook, Greetland.

He was educated at Mount Pellon Elementary School & Halifax Modern School / an office clerk & steam road-roller driver for his father's firm, J. W. Mitchell Limited.

During World War I, he joined the Territorial Army [June 1912] and served as a Bombardier with 5th West Riding Battery Royal Field Artillery.

He went to France [April 1915].

He was awarded the Military Medal & Bar.

His photograph appears with a report of his award in the Halifax Courier [10th November 1917].

He was demobbed [April 1919].

He survived the War.

In [Q2] 1920, he married Ivy G. Downes in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Geoffrey A. [b 1921]
  2. John P. / Jack [b 1923]
  3. Christie Elizabeth / Betty [b 1928]

They lived at

  • 2 Eversley Mount, West End, Halifax
  • 146 Trimmingham Lane [from 1939]

Mitchell, Charles HenryRef 53-181
[1862-19??]
No father was shown in his marriage record.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a weaver of Lob Mill [1884] / a cotton weaver [1891].

On 13th December 1884, he married Sarah Elizabeth Greenwood.


Sarah Elizabeth, born in Hebden Bridge, was the daughter of
Hartley Greenwood
 

Children:

  1. John [b 1885] who had a paralysed arm
  2. Annie [b 1889] who was a weaver [1911]

The family lived at

  • 18 Derby Street, Stansfield [1891]
  • 18 Industrial Street, Todmorden [1901, 1911]

Mitchell, ClaraRef 53-3

On 25th July 1925, she married (1) Edward Walmsley [1905-1930] at Coley Church.

Children:

  1. Kenneth [b 1926]
  2. Donald [1928-1934]
  3. Eric [b 1930]

In 1939, she married (2) Sam Blackburn Wilkinson [1897-1942] in Halifax.

Child: 4. Ann who married George Watson.

Her husband died at 26 Hope Street, Stone Chair, Shelf [29th November 1942]. Probate records show that he left effects valued at £274 8/10d.

She married (3) Jimmy Kendall, becoming his second wife

Mitchell, CrossleyRef 53-34
[1866-1938]
Son of
William Mitchell.

Born in Brighouse [28th April 1866].

He was a commission weaver [1892].

On 7th June 1892, he married (1) Mary Hannah Steele [1866-1901] in Bradford Cathedral.


Mary Hannah was born in Allerton
 

Mary Hannah died in Bradford in 1901.

After her death, Crossley married Frances Whitworth [1876-1???] in Bradford [Q3 1905].


Frances was born in Sowerby
 

Crossley died at Triangle in 1938

Mitchell, DanielRef 53-618
[1???-1???]
Of Horley Green. His daughter married
Daniel Hemingway.

He took her and her children in when Hemingway ejected them from the family home at Mountain

Mitchell, DanielRef 53-810
[16??-1???]
Of Ovenden.

See Timothy Starkey

Mitchell, DanielRef 53-1200
[17??-17??]
Of
New House, Ovenden.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Sarah who married John Ramsden

Mitchell, DavidRef 53-1839
[1619-1685]
Son of
Matthew Mitchell.

Born in Southowram.

Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [14th November 1619].

He was a schoolmaster.

He emigrated to America with his family [1635].

In 1650, he married Sarah Wheeler [1628-1669] at Southbury, Stratford.


Sarah was the daughter of Thomas Wheeler
 

Children:

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

Sarah died in 1669 (aged 41).

David died at Stratford, Fairfield, USA [3rd March 1686]

Mitchell, DavidRef 53-157
[1769-1837]
Of Brow Bridge, Elland-cum-Greetland.

He married Hannah [1771-1850]

Children:

  1. Lydia who died in infancy

David died 4th November 1837 (aged 68).

Hannah died 13th June 1850 (aged 79).

Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: C7] with George Canning Mitchell

Mitchell, DavidRef 53-196
[18??-1???]

He married Betsy [1831-1866].

Betsy died 31st October 1866 (aged 35), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 964]

Mitchell, DavidRef 53-207
[1811-1848]
(Possibly) born in Southowram.

He was a saddler.

On 23rd October 1834, he married Mary Whitaker [1817-1865] at Heptonstall Church.


Mary was the daughter of daughter of Betty (née Hudson) & Edmund Whitaker, a weaver of Knowlwood, Todmorden
 

Children:

  1. John [1836-1902] who married Susie (Susey) Dugdale
  2. William Henry
  3. James Edward [1847-1904] who married Ellen  Greenwood

The family lived at York St, Todmorden.

David died in Todmorden [2nd December 1848]

He was buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone. In 1856, Mary gave birth to Thomas Heyworth Mitchell; father unknown.

Mary died 18th May 1865

Mitchell, DavidRef 53-1660
[1830-1902]
Born in Halifax.

He was a machine maker.

In 1870, he married Emma Atkinson in Halifax.


Emma was the daughter of
John Atkinson,
 

They lived at Old House, Sowerby.

The couple were buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby: David [27th September 1902]; Emma [30th December 1916]

Mitchell, DavidRef 53-170
[1839-1894]
Born in Southowram.

He was a stone dresser [1881, 1891].

He (possibly) married Mary Ann Hardy [1844-1905].


Mary Ann was born in Southowram
 

Children:

  1. Abraham [1865-1887] who was a stone dresser [1881]
  2. Margaret [b 1868] who was a worsted factory hand [1881],  a worsted box winder [1891]
  3. Clara [b 1872] who was a worsted box reeler [1891]
  4. Rachel [b 1879] who was a worsted box spinner [1891]

They lived at Common Lane, Southowram [1881, 1891].

David died 14th January 1894 (aged 55).

Mary Ann died 22nd June 1905 (aged 61).

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-L11]

Mitchell, DavidRef 53-22
[1841-1???]
Son of
John Mitchell.

Born in Ovenden.

He was a worsted manufacturer employing 14 hands [1881].

On 11th April 1863, he married Sarah Ellen at Halifax Parish Church.


Sarah Ellen was the widow of Wilson Hartley
 

Children:

  1. Margaret Ellen [b 1865]

They lived at 3 Three Trees, Ovenden [1881].

Sarah Ellen was buried at Illingworth Church [15th August 1882]

Mitchell, DavidRef 53-1726
[1841-1905]
Landlord of the
Griffin, Halifax [1905].

He married Mary [1847-19??] from Illingworth.

He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1905.

After his death, Mary took over the Griffin [1911].

Living with the widowed Mary [in 1911] was granddaughter Mary Ellen Preston [aged 23] (draper's assistant) 

Mitchell, DorothyRef 53-431
[18??-19??]
Daughter of James S. Mitchell of Sydney, Australia.

She married Captain Harry Christopher Shaw Rawson whilst he was serving in Australia

Mitchell, Dyson BalmforthRef 53-169
[1876-19??]
Born in Elland.

He was a grave digger (for the burial board) [1911]

In [Q3] 1903, he married Emily Broomhead in Halifax.


Emily was born in Elland, the daughter of
Bairstow Broomhead
 

Children:

  1. Harry [b 1908]

In 1911, the family were living with Emily's widowed father

Mitchell, EdgarRef 53-138
[18??-19??]

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

Child: Jack

The family (possibly) lived at 16 Saltburn Street, Halifax

Mitchell, EdgarRef 53-84
[1873-1916]
Son of
Henry Mitchell.

He was a cartwright [1891] / a blacksmith [1896] / a wheelwright's smith [1901] / a wheel smith [1911] / employed by Henry Wadsworth & Son at Highroad Well.

In [Q1] 1896, he married Edith Annie Pinder at Halifax Parish Church.


Edith Annie, of Hermon Grove, Halifax, was the daughter of Thomas Pinder
 

Children:

  1. Norman Edgar [1896] who died aged 5 months
  2. Arthur Brinton [b 1898] who was a part-time errand boy  [1911]
  3. Marjorie Alexandra [b 1901]
  4. Winifred Mabel [b 1903]
  5. Harry [b 1906]
  6. Eleanor Mary [b 1911]

They lived at

  • 16 Back Gerrard Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 2 Royles Head Farm, Warley [1911]
  • 1 Long Lover Lane, Pellon [1916]

He joined the Army and was a Territorial. He was awarded the King's Long Service Medal.

During World War I, he served as a Staff Sergeant with D Battery 2nd (West Riding) Brigade Royal Field Artillery.

He died of wounds in the Casualty Clearing Station [14th October 1916] (aged 43).

The Halifax Courier [21st October 1916] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, France [Grave Ref II H 13].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Saint Hilda's Church, Halifax, on the Memorial at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax, and on the Memorial at Holy Trinity Boys' School, Halifax

Edgar & son Norman Edgar are remembered on the Pinder family grave at All Saints' Church, Dudwell

Mitchell, EdmondRef 53-223
[1794-1855]
Born in Halifax.

He was a cloth weaver [1841] / a tyer-in for a worsted weaver [1851].

He married Ruth [1804-1870].


Ruth was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Mary Ann [1822-1891] who married Benjamin Wilson
  2. Sarah [b 1832] who was a worsted spinner [1841, 1851]
  3. Elizabeth [b 1842]

The family lived at

  • Middle Street, Halifax [1841]
  • 9 Middle Street, Halifax [1851]

Edmond died 24th August 1855 (aged 61).

Ruth died 19th January 1870 (aged 66).

3369 was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Location unknown] with an unidentified Annie Butler who died 28th January 1870 (aged 3 years) 

Mitchell, Edward PriestleyRef 53-178
[1874-1934]
Landlord of the
Rock Tavern, Elland [1918-1922]

Mitchell, EdwinRef 53-53
[18??-1918]
Of Todmorden.

During World War I, he served as a Lance Corporal with the 9th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.

He was reported missing and assumed to have died 27th May 1918.

He is remembered on the Soissons Memorial, France, and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Mitchell, EffamRef 53-429
[1???-16??]
Widow [or daughter] of
John Mitchell.

She married Joseph Fourness

Mitchell, EleanorRef 53-1393
[1???-18??]
She ran a
school in Halifax [1822]

Mitchell, EliRef 53-5
[17??-18??]
Woollen spinner at
Hand Carr Mill, Luddendenfoot [1795]

Mitchell, EliRef 53-248
[1822-1889]
Born in Todmorden.

He was a power loom weaver [1851] / a cotton warp winder [1871] / a cotton beamer [1881].

In [Q1] 1850, he married Sarah Ann Crowther [1830-1883] in Todmorden.


Sarah Ann was born in Todmorden
 

Children:

  1. Emma [b 1853] who was a cotton weaver [1871]
  2. Thomas [b 1856] who was a warehouseman [1871]
  3. Betty [1854-10th April 1862] who was a winder [1851]
  4. Susan [b 1857] who was a winder [1851]
  5. Sarah Ann [1858-2nd September 1924] who was a cotton  weaver [1871] [1881]
  6. Matilda [b 1860] who was a short-time cotton mill hand  [1871], a cotton weaver [1881]
  7. Alice A. [b 1863] who was a cotton weaver [1881]

They lived at

  • Clough Foot, Todmorden [1851]
  • 2 Mount Pleasant, Todmorden & Walsden [1871]
  • 5 Rose Street, Stansfield [1881]
  • Willow Bank, Todmorden [1883]

Sarah Ann died 7th December 1883 (aged 53).

Eli died 9th March 1889 (aged 67).

The couple & the children () were buried at Cloughfoot Independent Congregational Chapel

Mitchell EliRef 53-249
[1822-1889]
Born in Todmorden.

He was a cotton warp winder [1871] / a cotton beamer [1881].

In [Q1] 1850, he married Sarah Ann Crowther [1830-1883] in Todmorden.


Sarah Ann was born in Todmorden
 

Children:

  1. Emma [b 1853] who was a cotton weaver [1871]
  2. Betty [1854-10th April 1862]
  3. Thomas [b 1856] who was a warehouseman [1871]
  4. Sarah Ann [1858-2nd September 1924] who was a cotton  weaver [1871] [1881]
  5. Matilda [b 1860] who was a short-time cotton mill hand  [1871], a cotton weaver [1881]
  6. Alice A. [b 1863] who was a cotton weaver [1881]

They lived at

  • 2 Mount Pleasant, Todmorden & Walsden [1871]
  • 5 Rose Street, Stansfield [1881]
  • Willow Bank, Todmorden [1883]

Sarah Ann died 7th December 1883 (aged 53).

Eli died 9th March 1889 (aged 67).

The couple & the children () were buried at Cloughfoot Independent Congregational Chapel

Mitchell, EliRef 53-153
[1840-1916]
Born in Wheatley.

He was a boot cordwainer [1866].

In 1866, he married Lucy Smith [1841-1920] in Halifax.


Lucy was born in Shelf
 

Children:

  1. Willie [b 1867]
  2. Annie [b 1871]
  3. Joe [1876-1890]
  4. Clara [b 1879]

Eli died at 43 Godley Road [7th July 1916].

Lucy died in Halifax [2nd July 1920].

Members of the family were buried at Coley Church

Mitchell, EliRef 53-104
[1857-1921]
Born in Midgley.

He was a night fireman [1879].

On 19th June 1879, he married Hannah Whittaker [1855-1938] at the Union Street Chapel, Rochdale.


Hannah was born in Rochdale
 

Children:

  1. John William [b 1878]
  2. Sarah Hannah [b 1880]
  3. James Crossley [b 1889]
  4. Lewis Percy

They lived at the Hollins, Hebden Bridge [1911]

Mitchell, EliRef 53-130
[1877-19??]
Born in Sowerby.

He was a blanket finisher (woollen) [1911].

In 1903, he married Sarah in Halifax.


Sarah was the daughter of
James Nicholl, and the widow of John Helliwell
 

The couple and Sarah's 2 sons lived at 7 Higgin Chamber, Luddendenfoot, Sowerby [1911]

Mitchell, ElijahRef 53-1750
[1822-1887]
Born in Mytholmroyd.

He was a journeyman blacksmith of Southowram / a tenant farmer.

In 1848, he married Lydia Whitehead.

Children:

  1. Grace

They lived at

Elijah died January 1887.

He was buried at St Thomas the Apostle, Claremount

After his death, Lydia continued to farm

On 13th May 1896, Lydia married (3) Samuel Wood She died less than 2 months after marrying Samuel

She was buried at St Thomas the Apostle, Claremount

Mitchell, ElizabethRef 53-503
[16??-17??]
Sister of
Phoebe Mitchell, and cousin of John Mitchell.

She married Dr Richard Farrar

Mitchell, ElyRef 53-164
[17??-18??]
Of Greetland.

He married Hannah.

Children:

  1. Benjamin who died 14th July 1809 (aged 14 months)   
  2. Ely [1816-28th July 1842]

GREET.METH was buried at He Children [Grave Ref: H2]

The burial place(s) of Ely (snr) & Hannah are not known

Mitchell, EmmanuelRef 53-662
[1852-1939]
Son of
William Mitchell.

Born in Sowerby Bridge.

He was a railway clerk [1871] / a cotton doubler at Prospect Mills, Sowerby Bridge / partner in Mitchell Brothers / partner in Brighouse Doubling Company Limited / a director of Shepherd & Blackburn / president of the Yorkshire Cotton Master Spinners & Doublers  Association / chairman of Sowerby Bridge Urban Council / a director of the Sowerby Bridge Town Hall Company.

In 1889, he married Emma Barker [1858-1901] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. James Albert
  2. Emma [1893-1974]
  3. child who died young [before 1911]

They lived at Scott Bank, Sowerby Bridge [1905, 1911].

Emmanuel died 15th August 1939.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £24,508 3/8d. Probate was granted to Albert Mitchell (company director), Emma (wife of Francis Henry Rhodes), and James William Greenwood (company director).

He left money for Royal Halifax Infirmary, West End Congregational Church, Sowerby Bridge, and Halifax Tradesmen's Benevolent Institute

Mitchell, EricRef 53-1493
[1922-1943]
Son of
Whitaker Mitchell.

He was educated at Todmorden Secondary School / a chemist's assistant in Mytholmroyd.

He lived at

  • 9 Joshua Street, Todmorden [1922-1937]
  • Stanlea, Sunnyside, Todmorden [1938-1943]

During World War II, he trained in Canada and served as a Sergeant with the Operational Training Unit for Bomber Command, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

He was killed when his Whiteley Bomber crashed into the Moray Firth off Nairn, Scotland. [28th April 1943]

He was buried at a Commonwealth War Grave at Christ Church, Todmorden

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance.

See Walter Day Whitton

Mitchell, ErnestRef 53-79
[1871-19??]
Son of Nathan Mitchell.

Born in Halifax.

He was a labourer of Park Square, Northowram [1895] / a brickmaker [1901] / a brickyard labourer [1911]

In 1895, he married Susannah Balmforth [1876-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Susannah was born in Shelf, the daughter of Christopher Balmforth, dyer's labourer
 

Children:

  1. Willie
  2. Fred [b 1904]
  3. Clara [b 1906]
  4. Frank [b 1908]
  5. Alfred [b 1911]

The family lived at

  • 18 Portland Road, Halifax [1901]
  • 17 Cross Lane, Stone Chair, Shelf [1911]
  • 3 Hope Street, Stone Chair, Shelf [1916]

Mitchell, ErnestRef 53-25
[1877-1950]
Born in Midgley.

He was a cotton twister [1906].

On 20th April 1906, he married Selina Brear in Luddenden.


Selina was the daughter of
John Brear
 

Child: Alice Ada [1911-1999] who never married

The couple died in Mytholmroyd: Ernest [2nd October 1950]; Selina 7/6/1964 []

Mitchell, EsauRef 53-238
[1844-1900]
Born in Pulham, Dorset.

He was an agricultural labourer [1871] / a mason labourer [1891].

In [Q4] 1867, he married Ann Lavinia Barter [1847-1929] in Dorchester.


Ann was born in Wootton, Dorset
 

Children:

  1. George [b 1869]
  2. Emily [b Dorset 1870] who was a cotton weaver [1891]
  3. William J. [b Wales 1875] who was a cotton weaver [1891]
  4. David [b Wales 1877] who was a cotton warehouse boy [1891]
  5. Sarah Ann [b Wales 1880] who was a cotton operative  [1891], a cotton operative [1901]
  6. Henry
  7. Ernest James [b Wales 1885] who was a cotton weaver [1901]

They lived at

  • Dyers Farm, Holnest, Sherbourne, Dorset [1871]
  • 10 Hollins Road, Todmorden & Walsden [1891]
  • 652 Rochdale Road, Todmorden [1901]
  • 5 Birks Street, Todmorden (Ann Lavinia living alone)   [1911]

Esau died 7th May 1900 (aged 56) 

Ann Lavinia died 1st July 1929 (aged 82).

The couple were buried at Lumbutts United Methodist Free Church with son Henry & family

Mitchell, Mrs EstherRef 53-518
[160?-1706]
Widow of
Catherine Slack. Her burial records say she was
aged (it's said) 100 or more

Mitchell, F. S.Ref 53-1121
[18??-19??]
He was honorary secretary of the
Halifax Ear, Eye & Throat Hospital [1905], and secretary of the Halifax Sunday Lecture Society [1905]

Mitchell, FosterRef 53-27
[1882-1916]
Son of
Richard Mitchell.

Born in Elland; baptised at Elland Parish Church [16th January 1889].

He was a labourer [1911] / employed by F. Riley, rag sorter at Briggate, Elland.

He lived at 29 Catherine Street, Elland.

During World War I, he enlisted [May 1916] and served as a Private with the 9th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.

He was killed in action by a sniper [9th November 1916].

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 10B, 11B & 12B], on Elland War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Saint Mary the Virgin, Elland

Mitchell, FrankRef 53-83
[1875-1945]
Born in Walsden.

He was a cotton weaver.

In 1894, he married Cicely Ince [1875-1???] in Todmorden.


Cicely was born in Deane
 

Children:

  1. James Herbert
  2. Arthur [b 1896]

They lived at 3 Sun Wood Cottages, Walsden [1911]

Mitchell, FrankRef 53-235
[1884-1919]

On 4th December 1912, he married Clara Halstead in Todmorden.


Clara was the daughter of
Stephen Halstead
 

A Frank Mitchell died in Halifax [Q1 1919] (aged 35).

Clara married (2) 4th February 1925 John Watson Garbutt in Halifax

Mitchell, FrankRef 53-75
[1893-1916]
Son of
John Mitchell.

In 1911, he was living with his sister Ada Joynes and her family.

He was a well-known boxer and won several trophies / a member of Trinity Road Baptist Church, Halifax / employed by B. Hallewell & Company [1913] / a soldier at Eardley Park Camp, Hampshire [1915].

In [Q3] 1915, he married Hilda Ann Castle [1895-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Hilda Ann, of Savile Park, Halifax, was the daughter of John William Castle, labourer
 

They lived at 5 Park Nook, Exley [1916].

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 9th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He sustained wounds to the face, right arm and right leg by a shell [7th August 1916], and died the following day.

He was buried at Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbé, France [Grave Ref III A 15].

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

His brothers John & Arthur also served in the War.

In [Q4] 1918, Hilda Ann married Albert E. Probets in Halifax.

They lived at 8 Road End, Greetland

Mitchell, FrankRef 53-106
[1897-1917]
Son of
Joseph Cockcroft Mitchell.

Born in Wadsworth.

He was a junior clerk (fustian clothing) [1911] / employed by the Hebden Bridge Fustian Manufacturing Co-operative Society / Secretary of the Foster Lane Wesleyan Church school.

During World War I, he joined the Royal Fusiliers as a private [aged 18], and went to France [14th November 1915].

After six months in the trenches, he went to Trinity College Cambridge, and got a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant with the 50th Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).

He was killed in action [12th May 1917] (aged 20).

The Halifax Courier [26th May 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 10], and on Wadsworth War Memorial

Mitchell, FredRef 53-1314
[18??-1???]
A half-wit living at
Halifax Workhouse. He was a well-known sight in Halifax carrying an advertising board, running errands and generally

making his presence known by humming tunes with his mouth, in imitation of a musical instrument

In June 1873, wishing to seek work, he ran away from the Workhouse. He was apprehended and charged with absconding and taking his clothes with him. He was sentenced to 1 months' hard labour

Mitchell, FredRef 53-43
[18??-1???]
In [Q2] 1896, he married Amelia Rowland [18??-1???] in Todmorden.

Child: Rowland

They lived at Back Brook Street, Langfield

Mitchell, FredRef 53-17
[1871-1915]
Son of Rhoda (née Crowther) & Henry Mitchell of Warrington's Buildings, Hipperholme, then of Spring Field Terrace, Hipperholme.

He enlisted in the Prince Albert Guards, as soon as he was old enough.

He was at Fulford Barracks, York [1891].

He spent most of his time in South Africa, and was there throughout the Boer War.

He fought under General Botha near Otavi, in German south-west Africa.

During World War I, and he served as a Sergeant Major with the 5th Mounted Brigade (Brand's Horse).

He was killed in action at Otavi [1st July 1915] (aged 44).

He was buried at Otavifontein Cemetery, Namibia.

He is remembered on the family grave at Lightcliffe Old Church Graveyard

Mitchell, FredRef 53-58
[1887-19??]
Son of John Henry Mitchell, engineer.

He was a joiner of 10 Industrial Place, Sowerby Bridge [1907].

In 1907, he married Annie Crabtree at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge


Annie, of 30 Greenup's Terrace, Sowerby Bridge, was the daughter of
John Thomas Crabtree
 

Mitchell, FredRef 53-85
[1890-1915]
Born in Greetland.

During World War I, he served as a Lance Corporal with the 17th Division Cyclist Company Army Cyclist Corps.

He died 29th October 1915.

He was buried at Divisional Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref I 7].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland, on the Memorial at Saint Thomas's Church, Greetland, on the Memorial at Saint John the Evangelist, West Vale, and on the Memorial at Greetland Liberal Club

Mitchell, Geoffrey EmmanuelRef 53-168
[1927-2019]
Son of
James Albert Mitchell.

The Sowerby Bridge Town Hall Company passed to Geoffrey Emmanuel on his death.

In 1951, he married Barbara Mary King.


Barbara Mary was a member the King family of Willow Hall & Lower Bairstow
 

Children:

  1. Jennifer Andrea [b 1952]

Mitchell, GeorgeRef 53-206
[1???-1???]
Recorded in 1854, when he,
Thomas Walker & George Gledhill were accused of attacking James Hinchcliffe who had refused to give a stick of the celery which he had exhibited at the Hipperholme Flower Show

Mitchell, GeorgeRef 53-936
[17??-18??]
He and
James Mitchell were cotton spinners at Higgin Mill, Luddendenfoot [1822]

Mitchell, GeorgeRef 53-187
[1785-1858]
Of Halifax.

He married Martha [1787-1835].

Children:

  1. William [1811-22nd September 1822]
  2. John [1815-1st February 1853]

Martha died 18th January 1835 (aged 48).

George died 29th April 1858 (aged 73).

Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax

Mitchell, GeorgeRef 53-881
[18??-1???]
In 1850, he set up business as a boot and shoe maker at 30
Commercial Street, Brighouse.

He lived at South View, Clifton

Mitchell, GeorgeRef 53-593
[18??-18??]
Partner in
Mitchell & Son.

See Ripponden toll-house

Mitchell, GeorgeRef 53-194
[1808-18??]
Born in Leeds.

He was a stuff presser [1851].

Around 1831, he married Ursula [1803-1852].


Ursula was born in Hadley, Middlesex
 

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 1831] who was a milliner [1851]
  2. Ursula [1834-1854] who was a pupil teacher [1851]
  3. James S. [1836-1855] who was a stuff presser [1851]
  4. George [1838-1850]
  5. John [1840-1848]
  6. Caroline [b 1843]

They lived at Old Lane, Halifax [1851].

Ursula died 18th April 1852 (aged 49).

She & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4331] with an unidentified John (son of Maria & John Mitchell) who died 22nd October 1855 (aged 16 weeks).


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

Mitchell, GeorgeRef 53-1289
[1818-1886]
Son of
Jonathan Mitchell.

Born 7th March 1818.

He was grocer & joiner at Greetland [1851, 1861, 1871].

The family were Methodists, and attended Greetland Wesleyan Chapel.

In 1843, he married (1) Mary Harriet Wood [1823-1853] at Halifax Parish Church.


Mary Harriet, of Greetland, was born 13th November 1823, the daughter of Thomas Wood, tailor
 

Children:

  1. Thomas [15th February 1845-8th May 1846]
  2. Jonathan [b 1847] who was a worsted doffer [1861];  (possibly) = Jonathan Mitchell
  3. Sarah [b 1850]

Mary Harriet died 16th March 1853.

In 1854, George married (2) Mary Harger Holroyd [1819-1880].


Mary was born 23rd March 1819
 

Children:

  1. John Holroyd [b 1856] who was a wool sorter [1881]
  2. Joseph

They lived at

Living with them [in 1851] were his sister Hannah and niece Elizabeth [b 1834] (dress maker) 

In 1871 & 1881, John Holroyd Mitchell and Joseph Harger Mitchell were living with their unmarried aunt Ann Holroyde [aged 54] at Cross Hill, Greetland

Mary Harger died 8th April 1880.

George died 19th May 1886.

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £840.

Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: E2]

Mitchell, GeorgeRef 53-72
[1818-1888]
Born in Halifax [1st June 1818].

He was a book keeper (wool merchant) [1851] / a wool sorter [1861] / a wool buyer [1871].

He married (2) Ellen Aurelia [1820-1845].

Children:

  1. Henry William [1844-1878] who was a wool sorter [1861], a wool buyer [1871]

Ellen Aurelia died (possibly of perinatal complications) [27th May 1845] (aged 25).

In [Q1] 1860, George married (2) Elizabeth Manks [1835-1897] in Halifax.


Elizabeth was born in Halifax [11th May 1835], baptised 13th September 1835, the daughter of Mary and Thomas Manks
 

Children:

  1. Arthur [1869] who died in infancy
  2. George Edward [1870-1871] who died in infancy
  3. Charlie Spencer [1879-1880] who died in infancy

They lived at

Living with them [in 1851] was visitor James Dixon [b 1820] (coach proprietor) 

George died 25th August 1888 (aged 70).

Elizabeth died 10th January 1897 (aged 62).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4167]

Mitchell, GeorgeRef 53-198
[1836-1911]

He married Hannah [1841-1917].

Children:

  1. Herbert [1871-1873]
  2. Harriet Jane [1874-1875]
  3. John [1877-1879]

George died 16th June 1911 (aged 75).

Hannah died 1st February 1917 (aged 76).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1177]

Mitchell, GeorgeRef 53-105
[1842-19??]
Born in Brighouse.

He was a boot maker employing 2 men and 1 boy [1881] / boot maker (own account) [1901].

In 1871, he married Mary Hannah Mallinson [1851-19??].

Children:

  1. Emily [b 1872]
  2. Clara [b 1874]
  3. Harry [b 1876]
  4. Fred [b 1877]
  5. Lucy [b 1878]
  6. Laura [b 1879]
  7. Agnes [b 1880]
  8. James [b 1881]
  9. Mallinson [1884-1911] who died in Bradford (aged 26) 

The family lived at

  • 29 & 30 Commercial Street, Brighouse [1881]
  • South View, Clifton Common, Brighouse [1901]

Living with them [in 1881, 1901] was mother-in-law Sarah Mallinson [b 1824] (born Southowram) 

Mitchell, GeorgeRef 53-195
[1844-1924]

In [Q3] 1873, he married Sarah Swaine Walker in Halifax.


Sarah was the daughter of
William Walker
 

Sarah died 22nd April 1890 (aged 46).

George died 12th January 1924 (aged 79).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3949] with Sarah's parents

Mitchell, GeorgeRef 53-1290
[1889-1918]
Son of
Joseph Harger Mitchell.

Born in Greetland [12th April 1889].

He was educated at the New School, Halifax / a keen sportsman / a member of the Borough Club, Halifax / a member of the Halifax Golf Club / captain of the Halifax First Hockey team / associated with the Boys' Brigade movement / a prominent Sunday School worker / a solicitor [1911] / articled to Frederick Walker & Son.

His family were Methodists, and attended Greetland Wesleyan Chapel.

He never married.

During World War I, he enlisted with his brother Harold, but Harold's health broke down and he was discharged. George joined the Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons.

[December 1914], and transferred to the 2nd Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [September 1916].

He served with the Salonika Army.

He was killed in action in Salonika [13th September 1918].

His photograph appears with reports of his death in the Halifax Courier [5th October & 12th October 1918].

He was buried at Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece [Grave Ref D 946].

He is remembered on the family grave at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: B3], on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland, on the Memorial at Greetland Liberal Club, and on the Memorial at Halifax Golf Club, Ogden

His parents established an institute at Greetland Wesleyan Chapel in his memory

Mitchell, George AlbertRef 53-121
[1899-1918]
Born in Norland.

He was a member of Greetland Wesleyan Chapel & Sunday School.

He lived at 10 Sunny Bank Road, Greetland [1917].

During World War I, he enlisted [May 1917] and served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was reported missing and assumed to have died 31st August 1918.

He is (possibly) remembered on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France, on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland, and on the Memorial at Greetland Methodist Church

Mitchell, George CanningRef 53-158
[1834-1879]
Born in Halifax.

He was a journeyman joiner [1861] / a carpenter [1871].

In [Q4] 1858, he married Eliza Stansfield [1838-1908] in Halifax


Eliza was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Nancy E. [b 1861]
  2. Arthur E. [b 1864]
  3. William S. [b 1865]
  4. Moses R. [b 1869]
  5. Sarah Alice [b 1870]
  6. (possibly) Edith Annie [20th December 1879-8th June 1880]

They lived at

  • Wards House, Skircoat [1861]
  • 5 Green Terrace Square, Skircoat [1871]

George died 20th August 1879 (aged 45).

Eliza died 31st March 1908 (aged 70).

Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: C7] with David Mitchell

Mitchell, George HenryRef 53-33
[1864-1???]
Son of
William Mitchell.

Born in Brighouse [28th April 1864].

He was a cotton spinner [1888].

On 21st November 1888, he married Ursula Batty [1864-1???] at Bradford Cathedral.


Ursula was born in Clayton
 

Mitchell, George WilliamRef 53-4880
[1886-19??]
Born in Brighouse.

He was a hairdresser (own account) [1911].

In [Q2] 1908, he married Edith Gooder [1885-19??] in Halifax.


Edith was born in Brighouse
 

Child: Reginald

They lived at 4 Rookery Place, Brighouse [1911]

Mitchell, GranvilleRef 53-45
[1898-1917]
Son of Sarah Jane & James Mitchell of 353 Burnley Road, Lineholme.

Born in Cornholme.

He was educated at Harley Wood School, Todmorden / a weaver / a member of the Juvenile Lodge of Freemasons.

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

He died 6th September 1917 (aged 19).

He was buried at Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref VIII A 16].

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

Mitchell, HannahRef 53-120
[1631-1702]
Daughter of
Matthew Mitchell.

Born in Southowram; baptised at Halifax Parish Church [26th June 1631].

She sailed to America with other members of her family.

She married (1) Robert Coe.

Children:

  1. Susannah
  2. Sarah
  3. Hannah

She (possibly) married (2) Henry Barraclough.

She married (3) Nicholas Elsey.

Hannah died at New Haven, Connecticut, USA [2nd April 1702]

Mitchell, HaroldRef 53-171
[1886-1968]
Son of
Joseph Harger Mitchell.

Born in Greetland.

He was a hosier (employer) [1911] / an outfitter [1936].

During World War I, he enlisted with his brother George, but Harold's health broke down and he was discharged.

He established Mitchell's Outfitters in Crown Street, Halifax.

He died in Halifax [Q4 1968] (aged 82) 

Mitchell, Harold VincentRef 53-172
[1884-1903]
Son of
Isaiah Mitchell.

Born 18th November 1884.

He was an assistant Manchester warehouseman [1901].

He died of fever at St Vincent, Cape Verde [3rd February 1903].

He is remembered at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1418]

Mitchell, HarryRef 53-225
[1???-19??]
Farmer of Shibden. Brother of
John Mitchell and co-founder of Mitchell & Broadbent

Mitchell, HarryRef 53-1468
[18??-19??]
Of Brighouse. He was a member of the
Brighouse Photographic Society

Mitchell, HarryRef 53-14
[1863-1914]
Born in Sowerby Bridge.

He was landlord of the Sportsman, Sowerby Bridge [1906, 1911, 1914].

In [Q2] 1884, he married Mary Ann Whitehead in Halifax.


Mary Ann was the daughter of Joseph Sutcliffe Whitehead
 

Children:

  1. Wilton [1885-1928] who was a blacksmith [1921]
  2. Clement [1888-1958] who was an engineer's blacksmith  [1911], a blacksmith [1921]
  3. Hilda [b 1892] who was a cotton winder [1911]

Harry died 15th April 1914.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £306.

Administration was granted to his widow Mary Ann. Mary Ann took over at the Sportsman [1914]

Mary Ann died 30th October 1921.

Probate records show that she left effects valued at £606 11/-.

Probate was granted to sons Wilton and Clement

Mitchell, HarryRef 53-136
[1881-1918]
Son of John Mitchell, gardener.

Born in Halifax.

He was a newsagent of Orange Street, Halifax [1909] / a newsagent at 5 Haley Hill, Halifax (own account) [1911].

On 23rd August 1909, he married Elizabeth Walker [1883-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Elizabeth, of St Mark Street, Northowram, was born in Halifax, the daughter of Bill Walker, labourer
 

Children:

  1. Elsie [b 1910]
  2. Cissie [b 1911]
  3. Jack [b 1913]
  4. Ida [b 1914]

They lived at 22 Haley Hill, Halifax [1911].

During World War I, he enlisted [1914] and served as a Private with the 2nd/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment.

He was reported missing and assumed to have died 21st March 1918.

The Halifax Courier [18th May 1918] reported his death with a photograph.

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 3 & 4], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Mitchell, HarryRef 53-99
[1895-1916]
Son of
John Mitchell.

Born 27th April 1895.

Baptised at St Thomas's Church, Claremount [1901].

He was a member of St Thomas's Sunday School, Claremount / a worsted worker [1911] / a labourer employed by Oates & Green Limited [1915] / a member and player of Oates & Green football & cricket teams.

During World War I, he enlisted [3rd May 1915] and served as a Private with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was posted to the 3/4th Battalion [February 1916], then to the 1st/4th Battalion [May 1916] and sent to France.

He was reported missing in a failed attack on Schwaben Redoubt [3rd September 1916] (aged 21), and assumed to have died in June 1917.

The Halifax Courier [21st October 1916] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval, France. [Grave Ref I F 7].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Mitchell, HenryRef 53-150
[1???-17??]
He lived at
Boothroyd Farm, Hebden Bridge

Mitchell, HenryRef 53-16
[1780-1849]
He was a book keeper.

On 3rd December 1820, he married Rhoda Habergham at Halifax Parish Church.


Rhoda was the daughter of
Richard Habergham. She was baptised at Ripponden Church [1st August 1819] (aged 36) 
 

Children:

  1. Mary Anne [1822-1888]
  2. Henry

Mitchell, HenryRef 53-1754
[1788-18??]
Born in Wadsworth.

He was a weaver [1851].

He married Betty [1789-18??] from Heptonstall.

Children:

  1. twins Hannah [b 1815]
  2. Susannah [b 1815]
  3. Betty [1821-1???] who married Abraham Tidswell

The family lived at New Town, Northowram [1851].

Living with them [in 1851] were daughter Betty, her husband Abraham Tidswell, and lodger William Hope [aged 25] (hand loom weaver) born in Midgley

Mitchell, HenryRef 53-605
[18??-19??]
In 1892, he established
Mitchell's Cash Stores, Elland

Mitchell, HenryRef 53-154
[1807-1???]
Born in Wadsworth.

He was a card maker (unemployed) [1881].

He married Sarah [1809-18??].


Sarah was born in Wadsworth
 

Child: Robert

They lived at 16 Wheatley Lane Ends, Ovenden [1881]

Mitchell, HenryRef 53-1507
[1822-1859]
Son of
William Mitchell.

Born at Ibbot Royd, Wadsworth; baptised at St Thomas à Becket, Heptonstall [1825].

He was a worsted manufacturer [1851] / a landed proprietor [1851] / a manufacturer [1859]. He built Old Town Mill, Wadsworth.

In 1846, he married Sarah Ann Cousin at Huddersfield.

Children:

  1. John [b 1849]
  2. Mary Elizabeth [b 1848] who married Abraham Gibson (4)
  3. Emma [b 1852] who married James Calverley
  4. William Henry
  5. John Cousin
  6. Clara [b 1859] who never married and lived with her 2  brothers at Boston Hill

They lived at Number 10 Boston Hill, Wadsworth [1851].

He died 30th April 1859.

See Prospect Mill, Hebden Bridge

Mitchell, HenryRef 53-15
[1824-1867]
Son of
Henry Mitchell.

He was a joiner & cabinet maker of Hawksclough, Wadsworth.

On 31st August 1858, he married Elizabeth Horsfall [1828-1891] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Thomas Albert [b 1859]
  2. Hamlet [b 1861]
  3. twins William [b 1864]
  4. John [b 1864]

After Henry's death, Elizabeth had two more children – Sam [b 1870] and Joseph [b 1871] - father(s) unknown.

See Lower Making Place, Soyland

Mitchell, HenryRef 53-144
[1839-1904]
Son of
William Mitchell.

He was a cotton piecer [1851] / a cotton mule spinner [1861] / a cotton spinning overlooker [1881] / an overlooker (cotton twiners) [1891].

On 17th August 1861, he married Miranda Heyhurst [1839-1901] at Halifax Parish Church.


Miranda, of Sowerby, was the daughter of James Heyhurst, mason
 

Children:

  1. James
  2. Fred [1870-1935] who was a half-timer (cotton) [1881], a  French polisher [1891]
  3. Harriet [1873-1940] who was a weaver (worsted coating)   [1891] & married Fred Woodhead
  4. Thomas Henry [b 1879] who was a cotton presser [1901]

The family lived at

  • 4 Lincoln Street, Halifax [1881]
  • Rochdale Road, Skircoat [1891]
  • Old House, Sowerby [1901, 1904]

Living with them [in 1891] was brother James Mitchell.

Henry died 18th April 1904.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £5,529 4/9d.

Probate was granted to his brothers John Mitchell & James Mitchell

Mitchell, HenryRef 53-878
[1853-19??]
Son of Thomas Mitchell, overlooker.

Born in Luddendenfoot.

He was a grocer of Sowerby [1874] / manager drapery department of Wakefield Industrial Society [1881] / in partnership as a draper with his brother-in-law, Fred Layfield in Northgate, Halifax [1889] / liner draper (employer) [1891] / trading alone as a general and fancy draper at 200 Queens Road,  Halifax, opposite Queens Road Board School [1893] / general & fancy draper (employer) [1901] / a clerk & cashier at ironworks [1911].

In 1874, he married Mary Ellen Layfield at Halifax Parish Church.


Mary Ellen was born in Warley, the daughter of Richard Layfield
 

Children:

  1. Frederick Thomas [1875-1924] who was a draper's  apprentice [1891], a Liberal election agent [1901]
  2. Henrietta [b 1877] who was a milliner's apprentice  [1891], a milliner & shop assistant [1901]
  3. Annie Maude [b 1879] who was a wrapper at toffee works  [1911]
  4. Ewart Henry [b 1881] who was an accountant's clerk [1901]
  5. Walter Herbert [b 1884] who was a pupil teacher [1901],  an assistant schoolmaster [1911]
  6. Amy [b 1887] who was an assistant schoolmistress [1911]

They lived at

  • Pinder Fields Road, Wakefield [1881]
  • 22 Brunswick Street, Halifax [1891]
  • 5 Ashbourne Grove, Halifax [1901]
  • 420 Gibbet Street, Halifax [1911]

Mitchell, HenryRef 53-239
[1883-1935]
Son of
Esau Mitchell.

Born in Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales.

He was a cotton weaver [1901, 1911] / a cloth cotton weaver with W. L. Sandbach & Company at Ridgefoot Mill, Todmorden [1921].

In [Q2] 1907, he married Bertha Elizabeth Whitham [1885-1968] in Todmorden.


Bertha Elizabeth was born in Oldham [25th November 1884].

She was a cotton weaver [1911] / a cloth cotton weaver Alma Mill, Walsden [1921]

 

Children:

  1. Margaret [b 1910]

They lived at 9 Edmund Street, Walsden [1911, 1921, 1939].

Henry died 6th September 1935 (aged 52).

Bertha Elizabeth died 17th January 1968 (aged 83).

The couple were buried at Lumbutts United Methodist Free Church with Henry's parents

Mitchell, Henry WilliamRef 53-102
[1843-1???]
Son of Henry Mitchell, card maker

Born in Hipperholme.

He was a mechanic [1870, 1871] / an engine fitter [1881] / a machine fitter [1891].

In 1870, he married Sarah Jane Hume at Halifax Parish Church.


Sarah Jane, of Halifax, was the daughter of
James Hume
 

Children:

  1. William H. [b 1872] who was a commercial clerk [1891]
  2. Edgar
  3. Hannah E. [b 1879]
  4. Clara [b 1887]

The family lived at

  • 2 Trinity Road, Halifax [with Sarah's widowed mother 1871  & 1881]
  • 2 Trinity Road, Halifax [1891]

Mitchell, HerbertRef 53-173
[18??-19??]
Partner in
Mitchell Brothers [1896] and Mitchell & Company [1905, 1914] owners of Old House Mill, Sowerby Bridge & Valley Mills, Sowerby Bridge

Mitchell, HerbertRef 53-70
[18??-19??]
Printer at 13 Causeway, Halifax [1927]

Mitchell, HerbertRef 53-221
[1865-1941]
Son of
Joseph Mitchell.

He was a grocer's assistant [1881] / a grocer/shopkeeper [1901] / a grocer [1911].

In 1889, he (possibly) married Mary Ann Shaw/Shann.

Children:

  1. Frederick King [b 1892] who was a railway goods clerk  [1911], a railway clerk [1941]
  2. John Walton [b 31st March 1893] who was an ironfounder's  clerk [1911], an engineer's clerk [1941]
  3. Sidney Victor [b 26th August 1899] who was a grocer [1941]
  4. Harold Edwin [b 31st August 1907] who was a building  society clerk [1941]

The family lived at

  • 56 Huddersfield Road, Elland [1901]
  • 54 Huddersfield Road, Elland [1911]

Herbert (of Ferne Royde, Dewsbury Road, Elland) died 27th May 1941.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £1,951 10/10d.

Probate was granted to his sons.


Details are not yet known of the death / burial place of Mary Ann
 

Mitchell, HollingsRef 53-11
[1864-1940]
Born in Halifax.

In 1892, he married Mary Hannah.


Mary Hannah [née Broadbent] was the widow of
Josiah Tattersall
 

He took over from Josiah at the Causeway Foot, Ogden [1905, 1911, 1917].

Children:

  1. Joe [b 1893] who was a working on the farm [1911]
  2. Sarah Louisa? [b 1895] who was assisting in the business  [1911]
  3. Gladys [b 1897] who was assisting in the business [1911]
  4. Norman [b 1900]

Living with them [in 1911] was Mary Hannah's father David Broadbent [aged 71]

Mitchell, Hubert NormanRef 53-92
[1887-1918]
Son of
Isaiah Mitchell.

He was a member of St Jude's Church, Savile Park & Scoutmaster / educated at Halifax Secondary School [until 1903] / a hearth rug manufacturer (employer) [1911] / a shell inspector for the Campbell Gas Engine Company Limited.

In [Q2] 1913, he married Dora Winifred Page in Halifax.


Dora Winifred was in business as a Spirella corsetière
 

Child: Arthur

They lived at 12 Glen Terrace, Halifax.

During World War I, he was one of the first to attest under the Derby Scheme and served as a Private / Lewis gunner with the 5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed in action when a shell hit an ammunition dump in the Battle of Lys [10th April 1918] (aged 31).

The Halifax Courier [27th April 1918] reported his death with a photograph. Shortly before his wife received news of his death, she had had a parcel returned marked Deceased.

He was buried at Douchy-Les-Ayette British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref II G 17].

He is remembered at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1418], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Halifax Secondary School, and on the Memorial at Saint Jude's Church, Savile Park.

Son Arthur died in World War II

Mitchell, IsaiahRef 53-165
[1846-1923]
Born in Ovenden [29th December 1846].

He was a linen draper [1871] / a warehouseman [1881] / a wholesale draper (employer) [1891] / a Manchester warehouseman [1901] / a hearth rug manufacturer (employer) [1911].

In 1869, he married Elizabeth Mitchell [1850-1930] in Halifax.


Elizabeth was born in Ovenden [27th January 1850]
 

Children:

  1. Luther [b 1870]
  2. Arthur Ewart [29th June 1872-22nd June 1902] who was a  draper's traveller [1891], a commercial traveller [1901]
  3. Harold Vincent
  4. Hubert Norman

They lived at

  • 79 New Bank, Northowram [1871]
  • 44 Clifton Road, Skircoat [1881]
  • Pembroke House, Savile Lane, Skircoat [1891]
  • 35 Rhodes Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 13 Daisy Bank, Halifax [1911]

Living with them [in 1881] was boarder Elizabeth Mitchell [b  1812] (widow).

Isaiah died 2nd December 1923.

Elizabeth died 16th January 1930.

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1418]

Mitchell, J.Ref 53-1385
[17??-18??]
Brick maker at Northowram.

In November 1809, he was declared bankrupt

Mitchell, J.Ref 53-1292
[18??-18??]
Gardener at Halifax.

In October 1864, he was declared bankrupt

Mitchell, JackRef 53-93
[1900-1918]
Son of
Joe Mitchell.

He was a member of the Boys' Brigade of Broad Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Halifax / a member of Halifax Swimming Club / educated at Battinson Road School, Halifax & Halifax Tech / an overlooker for J. W. Standeven & Company Limited at Ladyship Mills, Ovenden.

During World War I, he enlisted [June 1917] and served as an Ordinary Seaman with the Royal Navy and was in the Grand Fleet, aboard HMS Ajax.

He was ill with influenza which developed into pneumonia, and he died aboard his ship [26th October 1918] (aged 18).

The Halifax Courier [2nd November 1918] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at King Cross Methodist New Connexion Chapel [A 134].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Mitchell, JackRef 53-94
[1920-1944]
Son of
Edgar Mitchell.

He was educated at Battinson Road School, Halifax.

During World War II, he served as a Sergeant / AG with the 44th Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

He was shot down over Germany [4th December 1944] (aged 24).

He died 4th December 1944 (aged 24).

He was buried at Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany [Grave Ref 4 D 25-29]

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Mitchell, JamesRef 53-725
[1???-1679]
He lived at
Crow Nest Mansion, Lightcliffe.

Heywood writes that Mitchell


went backwards in the world, mortgaged his house, removed to Halifax, kept an Inn at The Cross but got surfeit with drinking which cost him his life, wandered about weakly 8 weeks before he died on Sunday 28th September 1679 ... he was an astonishing object
 

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Ann [d 1668]
  2. Elizabeth [d 1676]
  3. Samuel [d 1676]

He & 3 of his children were buried at Halifax Parish Church

The epitaph on the family memorial is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions

Mitchell, JamesRef 53-935
[17??-18??]
He and
George Mitchell were cotton spinners at Higgin Mill, Luddendenfoot [1822].

In 1834, he was declared bankrupt

Mitchell, JamesRef 53-185
[1726-1???]
Son of Joseph Mitchell.

Baptised at St Thomas à Becket, Heptonstall [31st July 1726].

He married Unknown.

Child: William James

Mitchell, JamesRef 53-156
[1798-1859]
Born in Greetland.

He was a grocer [1851].

He married (1) Nancy [1802-1839].

Children:

  1. Grace [1825-6th March 1844]
  2. Hannah M. [b 1827]
  3. Mary [1828-20th July 1829] who died aged 1 year & 6 weeks
  4. Arthur [1830-7th July 1859] who was a butcher [1851]
  5. George [b 1835] who was a grocer's assistant [1851]

Nancy died 11th June 1839 (aged 37).

He married (2) Hannah [1808-1872].


Hannah was born in Barkisland
 

Children:

  1. Martha Ann [b 1842]
  2. Emma [b 1844]

They lived at

  • Brow Bridge, Greetland [1829]
  • East Villa, Lindwell, Elland-cum-Greetland [1851]

James died 27th May 1859 (aged 61).

Hannah died 11th May 1872 (aged 64).

Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: I9]

Mitchell, JamesRef 53-230
[1809-1875]
Born in Halifax.

He was an engine tenter [1861].

He married Jane [1816-1871].


Jane was born in Crofton
 

Children:

  1. Charles [b 1845] who was a wood turner [1861]
  2. Martha A. [b 1846] who was a worsted spinner [1861]
  3. Caroline [1848-1920] who was a worsted spinner [1861] &  married William Richardson [1845-1896] /

They lived at 2 Goal Lane Halifax [1861].

Jane died 20th January 1871 (aged 55).

James died 5th February 1875 (aged 66).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2515]

Mitchell, JamesRef 53-37
[1810-1937]
Born in Southowram.

On 26th December 1830, he married Matilda Hirst [1810-1???] at St Anne's Church, Southowram.


Matilda was born in Southowram
 

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 1832] who married Schofield Crowther Sheard
  2. Joseph [b 1833]
  3. James [b 1835]

The children were born in Southowram.

James died in Southowram [28th December 1837].

After his death, Matilda married Joshua Horner

Mitchell, JamesRef 53-1664
[1826-1887]
Son of
William Mitchell.

Baptised at St Thomas à Becket, Heptonstall [1826].

He went to live in the USA.

He was in Delaware [1848].

He died at Peshtigo, Wisconsin, USA [4th December 1887] (aged 61).

Around 1868, his sister Sarah is known to have written letters to discover what happened to him.

He is mentioned on the grave of his grandfather William Cousin at Wainsgate Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge.


Question: Does anyone know anything about James and his life in America?

 

Mitchell, JamesRef 53-145
[1848-1908]
Son of
William Mitchell.

Born in Mytholmroyd.

He was a cotton spinner [1891] / a cotton doubler [1901] / a cotton spinner [1908].

He lived at

He died at Prospect Mills, Sowerby Bridge [2nd September 1908].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £11,003 3/5d.

Administration was granted to his brother Thomas Mitchell

Mitchell, JamesRef 53-125
[1852-19??]
Born in Ovenden.

He was a cotton carder [1891].

He married Mary Mitchell [1858-19??].

Children:

  1. Herbert [b 1886] who was a iron moulder [1911]
  2. Arnold [b 1887]
  3. Mallinson

The family lived at 18 Ladyship Terrace, Old Lane, Halifax [1891, 1901, 1911]

Mitchell, JamesRef 53-1470
[1863-1943]
Son of
Henry Mitchell.

Born in Warley.

He was a law clerk [1881] / an insurance broker, accountant and estate agent at Albany Chambers, Halifax [1905, 1919, 1920] / an incorporated insurance broker [1911].

In [Q2] 1885, he married Kate Helena Aked [1860-1934] in Halifax.


Kate Helena came from Wakefield
 

Children:

  1. child who died young [before 1911]
  2. Florence Marion [b 1890]
  3. Stephen Aked [b 1894] who was an insurance clerk [1911]
  4. Harold Henry [b 1900]

They lived at 133 Huddersfield Road, Halifax [1911].

Kate & James both died in Paignton, Devon

Mitchell, JamesRef 53-46
[1884-1918]
Son of Marshall Mitchell of 2 Store Street, Meadow Bottom, Todmorden.

He was a member of the Todmorden Humility Lodge of Oddfellows / a reservist.

During World War I, he was called-up and served as a Private with the 18th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.

He was killed in action [31st October 1918] (aged 34).

He was buried at Kezelberg Military Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref I C 3].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Mitchell, JamesRef 53-40
[1891-1971]
MC, DFC.

Son of Amos Mitchell.

Born in Eastwood.

He was a forward with Sale Rugby Football Club / a coal merchant / a director of the Leyland Gas Company.

In 1918, he married Isie May Tomlinson [1894-1974] in Cheshire.

The family lived at Stoodley Hall.

During World War I, he served as a Captain with the RAF.

He received the Military Cross, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Italian Medal for Valour

After the War, he joined the family business and was a coal merchant.

A death in Halifax 1971, could be his

Mitchell, JamesRef 53-95
[1906-1941]
Son of Bridget & James Thomas Mitchell of Halifax.

During World War II, he served as a Private with the 13th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He died 1st February 1941 (aged 35).

He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [O 244]

Mitchell, James AlbertRef 53-143
[1889-1942]
Son of
Emmanuel Mitchell.

He was a clerk in his father's office [1911].

The Sowerby Bridge Town Hall Company passed to James Albert on his death.

In 1921, he married Beatrice Harriet Astbury.

Children:

  1. Kathleen [b 1923]
  2. Savile who died at birth
  3. Geoffrey Emmanuel
  4. Joyce

They lived at Woodleigh, Sowerby Bridge [1942].

He died 24th August 1942.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £50,185 8/10d.

Probate was granted to Edgar Pellington (costings clerk)  and Arnold Henry Mitchell (acting pilot-officer RAFVR) 

Mitchell, James HenryRef 53-234
[1870-1???]
He was a tailor's cutter [1894].

In 1894, he married Emma Jane Halstead [1869-1938] in Todmorden.


Emma Jane was the daughter of
Stephen Halstead
 

Mitchell, James HerbertRef 53-47
[1894-1915]
Son of
Frank Mitchell.

Born in Walsden [Q3 1895].

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

He was killed at Gallipoli [12th August 1915] (aged 21).

He was buried at Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Turkey [Grave Ref G 54].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Mitchell, James W.Ref 53-879
[18??-1???]
He worked in London and Birmingham before setting up business as an ornamental and architectural wood carver at Old Cock Yard, Halifax in 1866. He also taught wood-carving.

He worked on many local houses, churches and public buildings including the screen and stalls at St Mary the Virgin, Elland.

In 1893, he obtained the Grand Diploma and Gold Medal at the Halifax Exhibition

Mitchell, James WilkinsonRef 53-197
[1836-1915]
Born in Halifax [20th January 1836].

He was a market gardener [1881] / a grocer [1891, 1901].

In [Q4] 1859, he married Ann Briggs [1837-1912] in Halifax.


Ann was born in Halifax [23rd September 1837]
 

Children:

  1. Louisa [b 1875]
  2. Mary Ellen [b 1864] who was a worsted winder [1881] &  married John Slinger
  3. Tom [b 1873] who was a silk dresser [1891]
  4. Wilkinson [1877-1913] who was a druggist's errand boy  [1891], a grocer's warehouseman [1901] & was buried with his parents

The 1911 census shows that they had had 8 children of whom 4 were still alive at that time.

They lived at

  • 18 Hodgson's Fold, Halifax [1881]
  • 50 Commercial Road, Halifax [1891]
  • 21 Smithy Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 40 Wade Street, Halifax (living with daughter Mary Ellen  & family) [1911]

Ann died 15th April 1912.

James Wilkinson died 4th December 1915.

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 933]

Mitchell, James WilliamRef 53-924
[18??-19??]
Of
Mitchell & Company

Mitchell, James WilliamRef 53-48
[1876-1917]
Born in Todmorden.

He was a bobbin sandpaperer [1911] / employed at Wilson's Bobbin Mill, Cornholme.

On 18th August 1900, he married Mary Alice Bentley [1882-1935] at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone.


Mary Alice was born in Todmorden.

She was a weaver [1911]

 

Children:

  1. [1] Ethel [b 1901]
  2. [2] Eveline [b 1903]

They lived at

  • 2 Moss Street, Cornholme [1911]
  • 5 Fielden Terrace, Victoria Road, Todmorden

He (possibly) served with the 2nd Volunteer Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers during the South African Wars.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd/6th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.

He died 16th November 1917.

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 54-60 & 163], and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Mitchell, James WilliamRef 53-35
[1889-1969]
Son of
Barrett Mitchell.

Born in Sowerby [29th April 1889].

In [Q3] 1920, he married Emily Lumb in Halifax


Emily was the daughter of David Lumb
 

Mitchell, JeremiahRef 53-20
[1835-1904]
Son of Robert Mitchell, cloth finisher.

Born in Sowerby Bridge.

He was an engineer of Norland [1861] / an engine tenter in iron foundry [1871] / an engine tenter [1881] / an engine tenter in iron foundry [1891] / a retired steam engine driver [1901]

In 1861, he married Emma Jane Taylor [1843-1???] at Elland Parish Church.


Emma Jane was the daughter of William Taylor, silk dresser
 

Children:

  1. Harry [b 1863] who was a tailor [1881]
  2. Taylor [b 1866] who was a cotton piecer [1881]
  3. Sarah [1868-1872] who died aged 4 and was buried at St  George's, Sowerby
  4. John William [b 1870] who was a worsted piecer [1881], an  iron turner [1891]
  5. Lucy Ann [b 1872] who was a reeler of cotton [1891]
  6. Charley [b 1876] who was an iron moulder [1891]
  7. Timothy [b 1881] who was an apprentice fitter iron works  [1901]
  8. Wright

They lived at

  • 4 Victoria Square, Sowerby Bridge [1871]
  • Walton Street, Sowerby Bridge [1881]
  • 3 Walton Street, Sowerby Bridge [1891]
  • 14 Edith View, Sowerby Bridge [1901, 1911]

Living with them [1871, 1881, 1891] was lodger William Henry Waddington [b 1835] (wool sorter) 

Mitchell, JesseRef 53-176
[1827-1???]
Born in Queensbury.

He was a ?forge man [1861] / a hammer man at forge [1871].

He married Eliza Hillas [1836-1???].


Eliza was born in Bowling.

She was a worsted weaver [1871]

 

Children:

  1. Emily [b 1861]
  2. Albert [b 1864]
  3. Abraham
  4. Anne E. [b 1871]
  5. Ada [b 1880] who was born in Greenock, Scotland

The family lived at

  • Brougham Street, Bowling, Bradford [1861]
  • 5 Brougham Street, Bowling, Bradford [1871]

Living with them [in 1861] was brother Francis Mitchell [b  1835] (coal miner) 

Mitchell, JobRef 53-224
[1782-1859]
Born in Halifax.

He was a worsted weaver [1841] / a pensioner of the 53rd Regiment of Foot [1851].

He married Martha [1781-1863].


Martha was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Ellen [1821-1887] who worked in stay production [1841],  never married & was buried with her parents
  2. Ann [1822-1897] who never married, was buried with her  parents, but not shown on the gravestone

The family lived at

  • Chapel Town, Halifax [1841]
  • 5 John Street, Halifax [1851]

Job died 19th September 1859 (aged 77).

Martha died 4th December 1863 (aged 82).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3327] with Charles Henry Mitchell [1894-1896]

Mitchell, JoeRef 53-137
[1870-19??]
Son of Tom Mitchell, innkeeper.

Born in Huddersfield.

He was a police constable [1898, 1901, 1911].

In 1898, he married Martha Wilson [1871-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Martha, of Colbeck Street, Halifax, was born in Burnley, the daughter of James Wilson, bootmaker
 

Children:

  1. Jack
  2. Tom [b 1903]
  3. Alan [b 1908]
  4. George [b 1909]
  5. Harry [b 1911]

The family lived at

  • 25 Colbeck Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 14 Ovenden Road, Halifax [1911]
  • 77 Old Lee Bank, Lee Mount [1918]

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-23
[1???-1???]
He was a weaver.

He married Unknown

Mitchell, Sir JohnRef 53-177
[1???-15??]
Chaplain of Our Lady Chantry at
Heptonstall [1548]

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-6
[1???-16??]
Of Boothtown.

He married Effam.

After John's death, Effam married [1637] Joseph Fourness

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-226
[1???-19??]
Farmer of Shibden. Brother of
Harry Mitchell and co-founder of Mitchell & Broadbent

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-1225
[1534-1???]

In 1538, he married Elizabeth Moore [1538-1???].

Child: Thomas

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-333
[16??-17??]
Of
Crow Nest.

He eloped with Hannah Walker & married her on 16th February 1684

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-161
[1659-1696]
Son of
Samuel Mitchell

He was a gentleman who had risen from yeoman-clothier stock. He may have been a silk importer.

In 1678, he married the 15-year-old Mary Wilton.


Mary was the daughter of William Wilton
 

He demolished Upper Scout, Shibden and built a new house – Scout Hall – where the couple lived from 1681. Of the house-warming, Heywood wrote


Mr Jo. Mitchell of Scout the last week in Christmas (as they call it) to season his new house, kept open house, entertained all comers, had fearful ranting work, drinking healths freely, had 43 dishes at once. I have scarce heard the like in our parts, his wife was the musitian. Lord put a stop
 

Heywood also criticised Mitchell for his gambling and drinking. He organised horse-racing on Swales Moor. On Sunday, 8th May 1681, one of his races above Pule Nick attracted about 450 people and upset Heywood and others.

In October 1686, he passed both Scout Halls to his wife to secure them against his gambling debts.

He died at the age of 37.

It has been said that he was killed when the wings failed during a flying experiment in which he jumped off Beacon Hill with improvised wings.

Another story tells that he broke his neck after riding off a steep hillside in the valley above Scout Hall

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-623
[17??-1???]
Of Bottoms. He built the
Waggon & Horses Inn, Bottoms.

He married Martha Bottomley.


Martha was the daughter of Benjamin Bottomley
 

Children:

  1. John
  2. Martin
  3. Betty
  4. William
  5. Betty
  6. Ogden
  7. Martha
  8. James
  9. Ellen

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-63
[17??-1???]
He lived at
Mitchell Hall.

He is mentioned in Graptolite's historical notes on the Church at Illingworth

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-188
[17??-18??]
Of Halifax.

He married Hannah [1759-1818].

Hannah died 27th March 1818 (aged 59).

She was buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-584
[17??-18??]
Halifax land steward.

He contributed £100 towards the building of Harrison Road Chapel, Carlton Street

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-839
[17??-18??]
In 1809, he published a poetic work entitled The Female Pilgrim which was said to be an imitation of John Bunyan

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-937
[17??-18??]
Of Ovenden.

He owned property including New House, Ovenden, Cockhill Farm, Bradshaw, Bank Top Farm, Southowram, Ingham Lane Top Farm, Bradshaw, other properties at Southowram, at Northowram, at Holdsworth, at Bradshaw, at Mixenden, and a colliery at Thornton

He was a partner in William Mitchell & Company.

He married Betty [1723-1804].

Children:

  1. Sally
  2. Betty who married Luke Staveley
  3. Susannah who married Benjamin Wilson from  Manchester

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-182
[1761-1843]
He was a land agent [1822].

He married Rebecca Hunter [1777-1850].


Rebecca was the daughter of Tabitha [1748-26th November 1824] & William Hunter [1745-30th January 1800] (who was interred at Wakefield Church) 
 

Children:

  1. John Hunter (Mitchell) [1820-27th September 1822]

John died 4th May 1843 (aged 82).

Rebecca died 29th April 1850 (aged 73).

Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax with Rebecca's parents

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-155
[1770-1800]
Of Shaw Head, Barkisland.

He married Mary [1791-1856]

Children:

  1. Sarah who died 28th October 1800 in her first year

John died 4th July 1800 (aged 30).

Mary died 28th June 1856 (aged 65).

Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: H9] with Ely Maud & John son of Jonathan Stott

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-848
[1784-1835]
Of
Royd House and High Greenwood, Heptonstall.

He married Unknown.

Child: Mary [1831-1864] who married John Arthur Ingham.

They lived at Royd House, Wadsworth [1855].

John died after a short indisposition [27th October 1835]

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-13
[1789-1872]
Born in Sowerby.

He was a weaver [1812] / a clothier [1841] / a shop keeper & manufacturer [1851] / a grocer [1861].

The 1871 census recorded that he was blind from old age.

In 1812, he married Mary Sharp [1792-18??] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Samuel [bapt 1813]
  2. John [bapt 1814] who was a bookkeeper [1841]
  3. William [bapt 1817] who was a weaver [1841], a woollen  weaver [1851, 1861]
  4. Sarah [1819-1907] who was a woollen worker [1841], and  married Stephen Robinson
  5. Susannah [bapt 1822-1846] who married William Dennison
  6. Mary [bapt 1824] who was a dress maker [1851]
  7. Phoebe [bapt 1826] who married John Lodge
  8. Emma [bapt 1828]
  9. Frances Anne [bapt 1829] who was a bonnet maker [1851]

They lived at

  • Sowerby Bridge, Lower Warley [1841]
  • 9 Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge [1851, 1861]
  • Wharf Street, Warley, Sowerby Bridge [1871]

Living with them [in 1851] were grandchildren Mary A Dennison, John Dennison and John William Lodge.

Mary died 1856 [aged 65].

She was buried at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge

Living with the widowed John [in 1861] were grandchildren Mary Ann Dennison and John Dennison.

Living with John [in 1871] were daughter Sarah and family, and visitor Sarah Bennett [aged 25].

John died 18th March 1872.

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at under £200.

His will was proved by daughter Sarah Robinson

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-247
[1790-1873]
Born in Todmorden.

He was a Chelsea pensioner [1851].

He married Susan [1785-1865].


Susan was born in Bacup
 

Child: Joseph [b 1821] who was a power loom weaver [1851]

They lived at Cloughfoot, Todmorden [1851].

Susan died 17th February 1865 (aged 80).

John died 9th October 1873 (aged 83).

The couple were buried at Cloughfoot Independent Congregational Chapel

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-586
[1798-1871]
Around 1850, he kept a
school at his home at Laneside, Sowerby.

In 1854, he married Priscilla Teal [1825-1???] whom he had employed to teach needlework and domestic subjects at the school.

Children:

  1. Joe [b 1856] who married [1877] Susy Haigh Speak
  2. Albert [b 1857] who married [1877] Tabitha Nicholl
  3. Ellen [1859-1???] who married [1877] Wright Haigh

Daughter Ellen was an assistant at the school.

John died in 1871 (aged 74).

He was buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby [30th December 1871].

Priscilla continued the school after John's death.

Levi Haigh wrote a poem about the school, which by his time, was in ruins

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-343
[18??-18??]
Champion Murgatroyd, the miller at Brearley Corn Mill, had suffered several thefts of sacks of flour. To solve the problem, he placed marked pieces of paper in the flour. The culprits were caught when flour in their possession was sieved. In 1834, Mitchell, William Mitchell and Abraham Akroyd were charged with stealing 20 lbs of wheat from Champion Murgatroyd. Henry Riley was charged with receiving the stolen wheat. All the men were transported to the West Indies for 7 years

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-152
[18??-19??]
Recorded in 1913, when he and
Edward Myers. were proprietors of the Hipperholme Picture House

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-38
[18??-19??]
He married Mary [18??-1???].

Child: Wilbert

They lived at 14 Major Street, Todmorden [1917]

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-770
[18??-19??]
Solicitor at 1
Portland Place, Commercial Street, Halifax [1934].

He qualified in February 1907

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-245
[1801-1???]
Born in Todmorden.

He was a watchman [1851] / a retired watchman [1871].

He married Sally [1800-1864].


Sally was born in Todmorden
 

Children:

  1. William [1822-9th September 1870]
  2. Barker
  3. Susan [b 1827] who was a power loom weaver [1851]
  4. Charles [b 1830] who was an engineer [1851]
  5. John [1832-9th May 1856] who was a power loom weaver  [1851] & was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden & is  remembered on his parents' grave
  6. Ann [b 1835] who was a power loom weaver [1851]
  7. Robert [b 1837] who was a piecer of hand mules [1851]
  8. Otho [b 1838] who was a throstle doffer [1851]
  9. Emma [1841-15th March 1885] who was a cotton weaver  [1871]
  10. Lydia [1844-15th June 1910] who was a cotton weaver  [1871] & married Mr Pickles, died in Southport & was buried  with her parents

They lived at

  • Bottom Midgelden Meadow, Todmorden [1851]
  • Owler Carr, Dulesgate [1871]
  • Owler Carr, Dulesgate (John, Emma & Lydia)   [1875]

The couple & the children () were buried at Cloughfoot Independent Congregational Chapel

Sally died 23rd July 1864 (aged 64).

John died 20th January 1875

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-190
[1802-1864]
Born in Stansfield.

He was a hand loom weaver [1851] / a time keeper / store keeper [1861].

He married Hannah [1809-1867].


Hannah was born in Warley
 

Children:

  1. James [1832-1861] who was a stone mason's apprentice  [1851]
  2. John [b 1834] who was an apprentice mechanic [1851]
  3. William [b 1836] who was a woollen factory worker [1851]
  4. Abraham
  5. Mary [1844-1872] who was a brush maker [1861] & never  married

The family lived at

  • 18 Wesley Street, Halifax [1851]
  • 58 King Cross Street, Halifax [1861]

John died 10th January 1864 (aged 61).

Hannah died 14th June 1867 (aged 58).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3984]

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-1662
[1812-1878]
Of
Old Chamber, Erringden.

He married Mary Ann [1817-1898].

The couple were buried at Hebden Bridge Parish Church

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-131
[1831-1???]
Born in Halifax.

He was a cab proprietor employing 2 men [1871].

He married Elizabeth A. [1834-1???].


Elizabeth was born in Luddendenfoot
 

Children:

  1. Walter
  2. Edward [b 1861]
  3. Mary [b 1864]

They lived at 49 Trafalgar, Halifax [1871]

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-148
[1831-19??]
Son of
William Mitchell.

He was a cotton piecer [1851] / a book keeper [1904] / a commercial clerk [1909]

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-233
[1832-1???]
Son of Eli Mitchell, delver.

He was a coal merchant [1855].

On 20th September 1855, he married Martha Halstead in Halifax.


Martha was the daughter of
Robert Halstead
 

On 13th February 1866, Martha married (2) George Dewhirst in Halifax

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-1434
[1835-19??]
Son of
Richard Mitchell.

Born in Halifax.

He was a stuff presser [1851] / a stuff merchant warehouseman [1861] / a stuff merchant [1871] / vice-president of the Halifax Equitable Bank [1895-1909].

He married (1) Ellen [1840-1875].


Ellen was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Richard [b 1862]
  2. Sarah Ellen [1864-1???] who married Robert Armstrong Dobson
  3. Robert who died 2nd December 1869 (aged 2 days), & was  buried with his mother

Ellen died 6th May 1875 (aged 35)  .

He married (2) Sarah [1842-1915].

Children:

  1. Edward [b 1870]

Sarah died 11th March 1915 (aged 73)  .

They lived at

Living with them [in 1871] was niece Elizabeth Lister [b 1846] (general servant).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1346].


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

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-241
[1837-1892]
Born in Warley.

He was a dyer's labourer [1871] / an unemployed dyer/tenterer (dyeworks) [1881] / a pedlar [1891].

He married Ann [1842-1???].


Ann was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Phineas
  2. Smith [b 1871] who was a worsted factory hand [1881], a  glazier's labourer [1891]
  3. Francis [b 1879]

They lived at

  • Southowram [1871]
  • Highroad Well, Halifax [1881]
  • Queens Road, Halifax [1891]

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3315]

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-205
[1842-1???]
Born in Bingley.

He was a tripe dealer [1881].

Around 1869, he married Annie [1849-1???].


Annie was born in Rastrick
 

Children:

  1. William [b 1869] who was a cotton half-timer [1881]
  2. Walter [b 1871] who was a cotton half-timer [1881]
  3. Samuel [b 1874]
  4. James [b 1877]
  5. Sarah E. [b 1879]

The children were born in Rastrick.

They lived at Westgate, Elland-cum-Greetland [1881].

In 1882, he was imprisoned for aggravated assault upon his wife. Annie left him and went to live with her sister Grace.

In 1883, John went to see Annie, and attacked Grace with a knife. He was arrested and sent for trial at the Quarter Sessions.

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-114
[1851-1906]
Born in Midgley.

He was the Mace Bearer for the Mayor of Halifax [1901].

He lived at 1 Hermon Avenue, Halifax [1906].

He died in Halifax [2nd October 1906].

He was buried at Christ Church, Pellon [1 D 18]

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-1394
[1852-19??]
Of Cragg Vale. Landlord of the
Stotts Arms, Brighouse [1901].

He married Betty [1851-19??] from Cragg Vale.

Children:

  1. Emily [b 1881]

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-74
[1855-1915]
Born in Norland.

He was an under cotton carder [1881] / a cotton carder [1891] / an iron founder's labourer [1901] / a cotton carder [1911].

In 1874, he married Sally Normanton [1853-1906] in Halifax.


Sally was born in Soyland
 

Children:

  1. William [b 1877] who was a piecer of cotton [1891], an  iron founder's labourer [1901]
  2. Emily [b 1881] who was a woollen weaver [1901]
  3. Ada [b 1883] who married Herbert Joynes
  4. John
  5. Arthur
  6. Frank
  7. Edith [b 1895]

They lived at

  • Barkisland Village [1881]
  • Bank Buildings, Mill Bank, Sowerby [1891]
  • 19 Margate Street, Sowerby New Road, Sowerby Bridge [1901]

Sally died Q4 1906 (aged 53).

In 1911, daughter Edith was a boarder at Delph Hill Terrace, Halifax; the rest of the family were living with daughter Ada and her husband Herbert Joynes.

John died Q1 1915 (aged 62).

Sons John, Arthur and Frank served in World War I

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-57
[1859-19??]
Son of Henry Mitchell, corn miller, of Holmfirth.

Born in Holmfirth.

He was a corn miller of Grove House, Honley [1882] / a corn miller [1891] / a corn miller [1901] / a grinder at corn flour mill [1911].

In 1882, he married Ellen Elizabeth Stockdale [1862-19??] at St Peter's Church, Walton on the Hill, Liverpool.


Ellen Elizabeth, of 76 Shaw Street, Liverpool, was born in Lancashire, the daughter of Robert George Stockdale, carrier
 

Children:

  1. Lydia M. [b 1882] who was a cotton piecer [1901]
  2. Jessie [b 1885] who was a worsted rover [1901], a reeler  [1911]
  3. Edith Emily [b 1890] who was a reeler [1911]
  4. Mary Ellen [b 1892] who was a winder [1911]
  5. Alexander Robertwho was a warper at woollen  mill [1911]
  6. Theodora Hannah [b 1900]
  7. Hannah [b 1900]

The family lived at

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-111
[1862-1929]
Of Clifton Road, Brighouse.

He married Maria [1865-1903].

Children:

  1. Norman Clifford [1898-1953] who married [Halifax Q4/1921] Maria Nutter

Members of the family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-100
[1863-1914]
Son of Nathan Mitchell, brickmaker.

Born in Halifax.

He was a labourer of Claremont, Northowram [1884] / a brick maker [1891] / a bricklayer's labourer [1901] / a labourer (brickworks) [1911].

In 1884, he married Charlotte (Lottie) Scott at Halifax Parish Church.


Charlotte, of Claremont, was born in London, the daughter of John Scott, mason
 

Children:

  1. Ernest [b 1892] who was a labourer (brickworks) [1911]
  2. Harry
  3. Harriet Ann [b 1899]
  4. Lottie [b 1904]

The family lived at

  • 19 Park Square, Northowram [1891]
  • 18 Bell Street, Claremount, Halifax [1901]
  • 22 Bell Street, Halifax [1911]
  • 15 Dover Street, Claremount, Halifax [1916]

John died in 1914 (aged 51) 

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-76
[1888-19??]
Son of
John Mitchell

He was a woollen piecener [1901].

At Whitsuntide 1916, he married Unknown.

They lived at Upper Brunswick Street, Halifax.

During World War I, he served with the Royal Navy on HMS King Alfred.

He was wounded.

His brothers Frank & Arthur died in the War

Mitchell, JohnRef 53-62
[1894-1917]
Son of
Charles Mitchell.

Born in Halifax [Q1 1894].

He was a member of St Marie's Catholic Church, Gibbet Street / a dyer's labourer [1911] / employed by Normanton's.

During World War I, he enlisted [October 1914] and served as a Gunner with D Battery 103rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery.

He died after being hit in the forehead by a shell fragment [4th August 1917].

The Halifax Courier [18th August 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref V B 2].

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

His brother Owen Patrick also died in the War

Mitchell, John CousinRef 53-506
[1855-19??]
Son of
Henry Mitchell.

Born in Wadsworth.

He was a pupil at a school at 1 Rawcliffe Street, South Shore, Blackpool  [1871] / a cotton spinner [1881] / a worsted spinner (employer) [1891] / a worsted spinner [1901, 1903, 1911] / a partner in Mitchell Brothers, Old Town / a member of the Board of Guardians for Wadsworth [1898] / a member of the Todmorden RDC [1895]

He never married.

He lived with his brother William Henry and sister Clara.

They lived at

The land had water rights, which gave rise to the nickname Watter Jack.

He built Old Town Mill, Wadsworth.

See William Gibson, Sarah Mitchell and Old Town Reservoir

Mitchell, John EdwardRef 53-139
[18??-1918]
Of 128 East View, Lee Mount, Halifax.

During World War I, he enlisted with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), then he served as a Private with the 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry.

He was reported missing and assumed to have died 10th April 1918.

He was buried at Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, France [Grave Ref N 9].

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

Mitchell, John EdwardRef 53-132
[1885-1917]
Son of
Walter Mitchell.

He was a milk boy [1901] / a cook in Heyworth's Restaurant, Southgate, Halifax / employed at Leeds Corporation Tramways Company.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. child
  2. child
  3. child

During World War I, he enlisted in Leeds [1916] and served as a Private with the 15th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He was reported missing and assumed to have died in the Battle of Arras [3rd May 1917].

The Halifax Courier [9th June 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Strand Military Cemetery, Hainaut [Grave Ref VIII B 8].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Saint Mary the Virgin, Illingworth.

His brother Albert Victor also died in the War

Mitchell, John HalsteadRef 53-66
[1883-1940]
Son of
Thomas Heyworth Mitchell.

He was an electrical engineer with Todmorden Corporation [1911].

On 23rd November 1914, he married Susie Ann Elizabeth Marshall at St Mary's Church, Todmorden.


Susie Ann Elizabeth was born in Ireland, the daughter of Isaac Shackleton Marshall
 

They lived at 5 Anchor Street, Todmorden [1940].

He died in the Royal Halifax Infirmary [1st November 1940].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £3,324 13/9d.

Administration was granted to an unidentified Margaret Mitchell (spinster).

He was buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone [5th November 1940]

Mitchell, John HerbertRef 53-443
[1809-1860]
Born in Ovenden.

He was a Halifax attorney.

On 7th November 1835, he married Hannah Fielden Hartley at York.


Hannah was the daughter of
James Hartley
 

Children:

  1. Jane Bower [1837-1899]
  2. James [1839-1840]
  3. John Herbert

They lived at 5 Rhodes Street, Halifax [1851].

John Herbert died 24th June 1860 (aged 51).

Living with the widowed Hannah [in 1871] was grandson Ernest Herbert Mitchell (born in Australia) [aged 7].

Hannah died in Kingston, Surrey in 1883 (aged 77)  and is buried at St Mark's Church, Surbiton, Surrey.

Other members of the family are remembered at Halifax Parish Church

Mitchell, John HerbertRef 53-82
[1842-1870]
Son of
John Herbert Mitchell.

He joined the Merchant Navy.

He died at Lagos, Nigeria [15th July 1870] (aged 28).

He is remembered on the family grave at Halifax Parish Church

Mitchell, John LeslieRef 53-119
[1912-1942]
Son of Effie Alice & Archer Mitchell.

He married Emily.

They lived at Triangle,

During World War II, he served as a Trooper with the Royal Armoured Corps 9th Queen's Royal Lancers.

He died 11th June 1942 (aged 30).

He was buried at Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya [Grave Ref 11 F 2].

He is remembered on Ripponden War Memorial

Mitchell, John WilliamRef 53-147
[1868-1934]
Son of Alfred Mitchell, delver.

Born in Barkisland.

He was an engine driver of Battinson Road, Halifax [1889] / a traction engine driver [1891] / a steam road roller driver (worker) [1901] / a steam road roller proprietor (own account) [1911] / established J. W. Mitchell Limited.

In 1889, he married Sarah Ann Albrighton [1861-19??] at Halifax Parish Church


Sarah Ann, of Parkinson Lane, Halifax, was born in Polesworth, Warwickshire, the daughter of Charles Albrighton, green grocer
 

Children:

  1. Sarah Annie [b 1890] who was a milliner [1911]
  2. Alfred [b 1891] who was a steam roller driver [1911]
  3. Charles Albert
  4. William / Billy [b 1898]
  5. Edith Mary [b 1900]

The family lived at

  • 7 Elcho Place, Northowram [1891]
  • 37 Knight Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 3 Holly Grove, Halifax [1911]

Mitchell, JonasRef 53-189
[1783-1846]
A wool stapler of Halifax.

He married Alice [1785-1868].

He was thrown from a light cart.

He died at Mansfield (10 days later) [27th June 1846] (aged 63).

Alice died 8th April 1868 (aged 83).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4258]

Mitchell, JonasRef 53-191
[1784-1842]
He was a mechanic [1742].

He married Mary [1775-1858].

Children:

  1. Elizabeth [1805-7th February 1882]
  2. John [bapt 19th October 1806; d 2nd December 1857] who  married Alice [1804-12th September 1880]
  3. George [bapt 9th February 1808]

Jonas died 13th August 1842 (aged 58), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4567] with James Lord.

Mary died 2nd May 1858 (aged 83).

She & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4571]

Mitchell, JonasRef 53-204
[1812-1885]

He married Martha [1810-1876].

Children:

  1. Hannah [1847-1872]

Martha died 23rd June 1876 (aged 66).

Jonas died 20th January 1885 (aged 73).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1777]

Mitchell, JonasRef 53-12
[1816-18??]
On 16th July 1849, he and
William Snowden were found guilty of burglary at the house of John Rothera and stealing £20.

The death sentence was recorded against them, and the Judge added that the sentence would not be carried out, but they might expect to undergo a lengthened period of transportation – at the very least 18 years

Mitchell, JonathanRef 53-68
[1624-1668]
Son of
Matthew Mitchell.

Born in Southowram; baptised at Halifax Parish Church [19th December 1624].

At the age of 10, he had a fever which left his arm disabled.

In 1635, he sailed to America with his parents on the James – see The Mitchells in America.

He graduated at Harvard [1647], and became a popular preacher and writer.

He married Margaret.


Margaret [née Boradel / Borrowdale] was the widow of Rev Thomas Shepard
 

Jonathan died at Cambridge, Massachusetts [9th June 1668]

Mitchell, JonathanRef 53-9
[1776-1846]
He was a joiner & cabinet maker [1841].

He married Mary [1781-1847].


Mary was born 26th February 1781
 

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 1808]
  2. George

The family lived at 52 Cross Hill, Elland with Greetland [1841]

Jonathan died 27th March 1846.

Mary died 8th June 1847.

Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: E2]

Mitchell, JonathanRef 53-1798
[18??-1???]
Member of the choir [1871-1891] and choirmaster at
Park Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Brighouse [1881-1891].

He moved to West Vale [1891]

Mitchell, JonathanRef 53-159
[1847-1912]
(Possibly) son of
George Mitchell.

Born in Greetland.

He was a tea dealer [1871] / a tea dealer, draper &c [1881] / a grocer & insurance agent [1891] / a grocer & sub-postmaster at Greetland Post Office [1911].

In [Q1] 1871, he married Sarah Ellen Howe in Halifax.


Sarah Ellen was born in Greetland, the daughter of Aaron Howe
 

Children:

  1. Mary Harriet [1872-3rd September 1878]
  2. John who died in infancy
  3. Elizabeth Annie who died in infancy
  4. Sarah Hannah [1874-16th April 1958] who was a  postmaster's assistant [1911] & never married
  5. Ellen [b 1888] who was a certified assistant elementary  teacher [1911]

They lived at

  • Barr's Building, Cross Hills, Greetland [1871]
  • Cross Hills, Greetland [1881, 1891]
  • 12 Cross Hills, Greetland [1911]

Jonathan died 17th May 1912 (aged 65).

Sarah Ellen died 13th February 1924 (aged 78).

Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: K12]

Mitchell, JonathanRef 53-211
[1849-19??]
Born in Brighouse.

He was an overlooker at cotton mill [1901] / a mill manager [1902].

He married Ellen [1847-19??].


Ellen was born in Brighouse
 

Children:

  1. Albert [b 1874] who was a cotton twine maker [1901]
  2. Mary Louisa [b 1876] who was a silk warper [1901] &  married Sam Aspinall
  3. Edith [b 1883] who was a cotton winder [1901]

They lived at Middle Dean Street, West Vale, Greetland [1901]

Mitchell, JosephRef 53-214
[1???-18??]
Of Langfield.

On Monday 17th January 1825, he was committed to York Castle charged with killing and slaying Charles Dawson

Mitchell, JosephRef 53-227
[1792-1877]
Born in Halifax.

He was a dyer (stuff) [1851].

He married Jane [1792-1876].


Jane was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Charles [1820-1889] who was buried with his parents
  2. Ann [b 1823] who was a worsted weaver [1851]
  3. Sarah [b 1825] who was a dress maker [1851] & married  Joseph Bates
  4. Joseph [b 1829] who was a warehouseman worsted stuff  merchant's warehouse [1851]
  5. Mary [b 1831] who was a worsted weaver [1851]

They lived at 55 Park Street Halifax [1851].

Living with them [in 1851] was daughter Sarah & her daughter Elizabeth Ann.

Jane died 9th June 1876 (aged 84).

Joseph died 4th April 1877 (aged 85).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3335] with daughter Sarah & her daughter Elizabeth Ann

Mitchell, JosephRef 53-1761
[18??-18??]
Beerseller at Copley Hall /
Volunteer Arms, Copley [1860, 1864].

In 1860, he was charged with using grains of paradise and cocculus indicus in brewing. He was fined £75

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Alfred

Son Alfred took over at the Volunteer Arms [1871, 1874]

Mitchell, JosephRef 53-163
[1818-18??]
Born in Soyland.

He was a cotton factory worker [1861] / a cotton twiner [1871] / a road labourer [1881].

In [Q2] 1838, he (possibly) married Mary Sutcliffe [1819-18??] in Halifax.


Mary was born in Soyland
 

Children:

  1. Alice [b 1843] who was a cotton factory worker [1861]
  2. Elizabeth [b 1845] who was a cotton factory worker [1861]
  3. John [b 1848] who was a cotton factory worker [1861]
  4. Sutcliffe [b 1850] who was a cotton factory worker  [1861], a cotton twiner [1871]
  5. Mary Ann [b 1852] who was a cotton factory worker [1861],  a cotton winder [1871]
  6. Benjamin
  7. Martha Jane [b 1856] a cotton reeler [1871]
  8. Sarah Hannah [1858-1928] who was a worsted spinner  [1871], a woollen weaver [1881] & married Ernest Howe

They lived at

  • New Stones, Soyland [1861]
  • Heywood Bottom, Elland-cum-Greetland [1871]
  • Heywood Place, Elland-cum-Greetland [1881]

Mary was widowed by 1891 and living with her widowed daughter Sarah Hannah Howe

Mitchell, JosephRef 53-232
[1828-1905]
He was a warehouseman [1863] / a manager [1881] / a retired cotton mill manager [1891] / a retired worsted mill manager [1901] / a gentleman.

He married Elizabeth [1831-1905].


Elizabeth was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Mary Jane [b 1862] who died aged 15 months & was buried with her parents

They lived at 15 Union Street South, Halifax [1881, 1891, 1901].

Elizabeth died 14th April 1905 (aged 74).

Joseph died 23rd November 1905 (aged 77).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2451]

Mitchell, JosephRef 53-202
[1829-188?]
Son of
Thomas Mitchell.

Born 29th April 1829.

He was a grocer [1861] / a woolsorter [1871, 1881].

In 1855, he (possibly) married Martha Ann King [1828-19??].

Children:

  1. Elizabeth [b 1857]
  2. Jane [1859-1875] who was buried at St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd [15th July 1875]
  3. Sarah [b 1862] who married Ellis Robertshaw
  4. Herbert
  5. Arthur [b 1868]

They lived at

  • Sunny Brink, Wadsworth [1861, 1871]
  • Lower White Lea, Midgley [1881]
  • 10 White Lee Terrace, Mytholmroyd (Martha Ann living with  daughter Sarah Robertshaw) [1901]

It appears that Joseph was murdered. In 1884, his partly decomposed body was found in Herefordshire

Mitchell, JosephRef 53-1757
[1834-1???]
Born in
Cliviger.

He was innkeeper at the Bay Horse, Todmorden [1881] / a farmer [1891].

He married Alice [1831-1894] from Crawshawbooth, Lancashire.

Children:

  1. John Thomas [b 1862] who was a coal miner [1881]

The family lived at Priest Booth, Todmorden [1891]

Mitchell, JosephRef 53-135
[1848-1???]
Illegitimate son of Mary Ann Mitchell of Lightcliffe.

Baptised at St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe [21st February 1848]

Mitchell, JosephRef 53-7
[1876-1937]
He was a cloth fuller [1901] / innkeeper at the
Butchers' Arms, Ripponden [1906-1909] / a farmer [1911].

On 24th September 1901, he married (1) Jane Elizabeth Whiteley [1875-1908] at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge.

They had no children.

On 21st October 1908, he married (2) Maria Bradley [1879-1957].

They had no children.

They lived at

  • Oxford Street, Sowerby Bridge [1901]
  • Pickwood House Farm, Norland [1911]
  • Lane Ends Farm, Norland [where he died 18th January 1937]

Joseph & Jane were buried at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery

Mitchell, JosephRef 53-41
[1877-1914]
Son of
Whittaker Mitchell.

Born in Todmorden.

He served as a Private with the 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment in the South African Wars [1899-1902].

He worked as an iron dresser at Sandholme Iron Works, Todmorden for most of his life but was living in Manchester when World War I broke out.

In [Q3] 1907, he married Cecily Maguire [1885-19??] in Todmorden.


Cecily was born in Todmorden, the daughter of Michael Maguire
 

Children:

  1. Sarah [1908-1912]
  2. Michael Joseph [b 1911]
  3. Christina [b 1913]
  4. Florence [b 1916] (father not named) 

The Manchester Evening News [29th April 1912] reported the death of their daughter Sarah who was killed by an electric car in Manchester on the 26th April 1912 (aged 4) 


The death was registered in Chorlton (South Manchester).

Sarah Mitchell, aged 4, daughter of an iron turner living in Todmorden, was killed by a tramcar in Hyde Road.

She was living with an aunt in Watkin Street and had to cross the tram lines in Hyde Road to get to school. She was usually accompanied by older children but that afternoon left school alone.

She was knocked down by the tram and drawn under the vehicle and fatally injured.

The inquest returned a verdict of accidental death

 

The family lived at

  • Knowl Street, Todmorden [1911]
  • 37 George Street, Todmorden [1914]

During World War I, he was in the reserves and was called up at the outbreak of the current war and served as a Lance Corporal with the 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment.

He died of wounds [2nd November 1914] (aged 37).

The Todmorden & District News [27th November 1914] reported his death with a photograph


Joseph Mitchell, East Lancashires, died of wounds in hospital in France on the 2nd of November aged 36, having been shot in both legs.

He fought all through the Boer War and had a medal with five clasps

 

The Todmorden & District News [19th March 1915] reported the war-time records of three brothers-in-law, each of whom married a Maguire sister:


Private Arthur Hamnett, Lee Street, Knowlwood, killed in action in France on the 7th of March, aged 22.

Private Joseph Mitchell, was killed in action on the 2nd November 1914.

Another brother-in-law, Private Frank Suthers, is with the Territorial Reserves at Southport

 

He was buried at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France [Grave Ref C 17]

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance.

In 1920, Cicely married Harry Prince in Todmorden.

They had a son Eric Prince [b 1921] and were living together with the Mitchell children at 9 School Street, Shade [1921]. Cicely was a cleaner at Todmorden Post Office

Mitchell, Joseph CockcroftRef 53-127
[1871-19??]
Born in Wadsworth.

He was a fustian cutter of Royd Terrace, Heptonstall [1895] / a fustian cutter [1901] / a hand fustian cutter [1911].

In 1895, he married Betsy Sutcliffe [1872-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Betsy, of Lees Road, Wadsworth, was the daughter of Jonas Sutcliffe, dyer
 

Children:

  1. Frank
  2. Albert [b 1899]

They lived at

  • 5 Montrose Buildings, Hebden Bridge [1901]
  • Bank Cottage, Keighley Road, Hebden Bridge [1911]

Mitchell, Joseph HargerRef 53-65
[1859-1936]
JP.

Son of George Mitchell.

Born in Greetland.

He was head boy at Heath Grammar School.

In 1876, he joined the Halifax Equitable Benefit Building Society, where he was a commercial clerk [1881] / an accountant (building society) cashier [1891] / a bank manager [1901] / an accountant [1905] / general manager [1918].

He was Managing director of the Society from 1920 until 1927, when it merged with the Halifax Permanent Building Society to become the Halifax Building Society

He proposed the establishment of a bank and the Halifax Equitable Bank began business.

He was a member of Elland School Board [1891].

On 24th July 1884, he married Harriet Shaw at Greetland.


Harriet was the daughter of Jacob Shaw
 

Children:

  1. Harold
  2. Mary Harger [1887-14th August 1932] who married Arnold  Dawson /
  3. George
  4. Percy [19th December 1892-15th March 1893]
  5. Isabel [b 1892] who never married
  6. Mildred Emma [b 1895] who was a boarder at a school in  Oakfield, Arnside, Westmoreland [1911]

The family were Methodists, and attended Greetland Wesleyan Chapel.

They lived at

  • Holts Lane, Elland with Greetland [1891]
  • Rose Cottage, Holt's Lane, Greetland [1901]
  • Orchard House, Greetland [1911, 1915, 1918]

He died at the Duke of York Home, Duckworth Lane, Bradford [6th March 1936].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £11,844 16/9d. Probate was granted to his children Harold and Isabel.

Harriet died 20th June 1939 (aged 80).

Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: B3]

See Whiteley Horsfall and Joseph Radcliffe

Mitchell, Joseph SamuelRef 53-122
[1823-1877]
Son of Martha & Samuel Mitchell, farmer, of Lane Ends Green, Hipperholme.

Born in Fixby.

He was a coal miner [1841] / a farmer of 14 acres [1861].

In 1842, he married Eliza Ibbotson [1824-1884].


Eliza / Elizabeth, a weaver of Northowram, was the daughter of John Ibbotson, weaver
 

Children:

  1. Whiteley
  2. Sarah [b 1844]
  3. Emma [b 1846]
  4. John [b 1848]
  5. Martha Ann [b 1850]
  6. Samuel [b 1851]
  7. Mary [b 1853]
  8. Jane [b 1859]

They lived at

  • Throstle Nest, Common Wood Bottom, Hipperholme [1851]
  • Sowood House, Denholme Gate Road, Hipperholme [1861]
  • 5 Sowood House, Denholme Gate Road, Hipperholme [1871]

Living with them [in 1851] was Richard Stancliffe [b 1834] (apprentice), and [in 1871] Harriet Stancliffe [b 1864].

Joseph Samuel died 27th June 1877 (aged 54)  Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £200.

Administration was granted to his widow Eliza

Eliza died 31st October 1884.

Members of the family were buried at Coley Church

Mitchell, Joseph ThomasRef 53-124
[1886-1917]
Born in Luddendenfoot.

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

He was killed in action in France / Flanders [9th October 1917].

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 42-47 & 162], on the Memorial at Luddendenfoot Congregational Church, and on Luddendenfoot War Memorial

Mitchell, Mrs Laura AnnieRef 53-271

Mitchell, Lewis PercyRef 53-103
[1892-1917]
Son of
Eli Mitchell.

Born in Hebden Bridge.

He was working in a fustian mill [1911].

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed in action [3rd May 1917].

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6]

Mitchell, MallinsonRef 53-126
[1889-1961]
Son of
James Mitchell.

Mallinson Mitchell of 18, Ladyship, Halifax, son of James & Mary Mitchell, [date of birth 23rd August 1889] is on a list of children employed in an (unnamed) carpet factory. First employed 26th August 1901.

He was an iron moulder [1911, 1919].

He married 1919 Edith Annie Redhead [1898-19??].


Edith Annie, of Exchange Street, King Cross, Halifax, was the daughter of Charles Redhead, Inspector
 

Mallinson died in 1961 (aged 73) 

Mitchell, MartinRef 53-789
[1786-1845]
Of Todmorden.

Son of John Mitchell.

He married Sally Hill [1788-1855].

See Greyhound, Todmorden and White Lion, Todmorden

Mitchell, MaryRef 53-200
[1855-19??]
Son of
Charles Mitchell.

Born in Warley.

She was a worsted twister [1881] / a worsted reeler [1891] / a landlady to orphans [1891, 1901] / a lodging house keeper [1901].

She lived at

Living with her [in 1891] were her sister Elizabeth Mitchell [b Ovenden 1865] (worsted drawer), and boarders:

Living with her [in 1901] were boarders

Mitchell, MatthewRef 53-88
[1590-1645]
Or Michell.

Son of Thomas Mitchell.

Born in Southowram.

He was a Puritan / a stone mason.

On 21st August 1616, he married Susan at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Dorothy [1616-1712]
  2. Abigail
  3. David
  4. Elizabeth [b 1620] who (possibly) married Marshal  George Graves in Halifax
  5. Sarah / Mary Sarah [bapt 1621] who married  [1640] Samuel Sherman
  6. Nathan [1623-1623]
  7. Martha [1623] who died aged 1 month
  8. Jonathan
  9. Abraham [b 1626]
  10. Susan or Susannah [1627-1711] who married  Major John Howell [1624-17??] from Marsh Gibbon,  Buckinghamshire, and had about 12 children
  11. Matthew [1629] who died aged 3 months
  12. Hannah

He was one of the leaders of a group who sailed from Bristol to New England to escape religious persecution, leaving on the James on 23rd May 1635. Their party included: Matthew, his wife Susan, son Jonathan, and Susan's son Samuel by her first marriage.

They went to Charleston, Massachusetts, on arrival, and then moved to ...

  • Concord [1635]
  • Springfield [1636]
  • Saybrook [1636]
  • Wethersfield [1637]

He and John Ogden of Rochdale built a mill and a dam in Stamford.

He died in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA [16th June 1649] of

that most horrible of diseases, the stone

The family were possibly forebears of US president George W. Bush

Mitchell, MatthewRef 53-4
[18??-1???]
Recorded at the
Savile Arms, Elland [18??]

Mitchell, Mrs Mona RossRef 53-272
[1910-19??]
OBE, JP.

Née Sykes.

Born 1st August 1910.

She married Reg Mitchell.

A member of Brighouse Borough Council [1955].

She was the first Lady Mayor of Brighouse [1964-1965] and Mayor of Calderdale [1976-1977]

See Emma Hions

Mitchell, NathanRef 53-116
[1830-1???]
Born in Southowram.

He was a brickmaker [1871].

He married Elizabeth [1829-1???].


Elizabeth was born in Sowerby
 

Children:

  1. Henry [b 1854] who was a tile & pipe maker [1871]
  2. Daniel [b 1856] who was a brick maker [1871]
  3. George Edward [b 1860]
  4. John [b 1863]
  5. Ann [b 1865] who married Abram Robinson
  6. Lewis James [b 1867]
  7. Ernest [b 1870]

They lived at 1 Webb's Buildings, Northowram [1871]

Mitchell, OgdenRef 53-791
[1794-1872]
Son of
John Mitchell.

He was a beerhouse keeper at Calderbrook / landlord of the Sun Inn, Walsden / a Deputy Constable [June 1st 1827].

In the 1843 Land Survey, he owns a house at Square in Walsden. Possibly the one his wife Mally inherited from her father..

He married (1) Mally Fielden [1794-1841].

Children:

  1. Susan [1817-1861] who married Zachariah Jackson
  2. Matty
  3. James
  4. Ellen
  5. John
  6. Martin
  7. Ogden
  8. Betty

In 1843, he married (2) Hannah Taylor Cawdra a widow from Northowram

Mitchell, OthoRef 53-1529
[18??-1909]
Maltster of Kilnhurst, Todmorden.

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £10,326

Mitchell, Owen PatrickRef 53-64
[1895-1915]
Son of
Charles Mitchell.

Born in Halifax [Q4 1894].

He was a dyer's labourer [1911] / employed by Redman & Company.

During World War I, he served as a Lance Corporal with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died of shrapnel wounds to both legs, and gas poisoning in Camiers General Hospital [24th December 1915].

He was buried at Étaples Military Cemetery, France [Grave Ref VI A 4].

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

His brother John also died in the War

Mitchell, PhilemonRef 53-215
[1863-1???]
He was a engineer [1888].

He married Hannah.

Children:

  1. Edith [b 1st April 1888; bapt Sowerby 13th May 1888]

The family lived at Warley [1888]

Mitchell, PhineasRef 53-174
[1852-1912]
Son of Jonas Mitchell, labourer.

Born in Halifax.

He was a warp dresser of Halifax [1877] / a woollen warp dresser [1881] / a worsted warp dresser [1891] / a warp dresser [1901] / a worsted warp dresser [1911].

In 1873, he married (1) Mary Pinder [1851-1873] in Halifax.

Mary died Q2 1873 (aged 22).

In [Q1] 1877, he married (2) Julia Robinson [1855-1919] at Halifax Parish Church.


Julia, of Halifax, was the daughter of Benjamin Robinson, mason
 

Children:

  1. Samuel [b 1878] who was an apprentice worsted warp  dresser [1891]
  2. Sarah E. [b 1879] who was a worsted spinner [1891], a  coating weaver [1901]
  3. Annie [b 1881] who was a worsted spinner [1891], a dress  maker [1901]
  4. Ellen [b 1887] who was blind
  5. Harry [b 1890]
  6. Arthur
  7. Violet [b 1894] who was a carpet designer [1911]

They lived at

  • 42 Trafalgar Square, Halifax [1881]
  • 12 Rhyl Street, Halifax [1891]
  • 70 Violet Street, Halifax [1901, 1911]

Living with them [in 1891, 1901] was brother-in-law Rowland Robinson [b 1859] (iron moulder's labourer).

A Phineas Mitchell died in Halifax [Q4 1912] (aged 61).

A Julia Mitchell died Q4 1919 (aged 64) 

Mitchell, PhineasRef 53-240
[1867-1893]
Son of
John Mitchell,

Born in Southowram.

He was a worsted factory hand [1881] / a hosiery knitter [1891] / a shopkeeper [1893].

No details have been found of a marriage or children.

Phineas died 22nd April 1893 (aged 25)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3315] with his father

Mitchell, PhoebeRef 53-502
[1668-1704]
Of
Scout Hall. Sister of Elizabeth Mitchell, and cousin of John Mitchell.

She married William Prescott.

She was buried at Halifax Parish Church

Mitchell, ReginaldRef 53-335
[1909-1985]
MA, JP.

Son of George William Mitchell

Born 19th June 1909.

Brighouse-born Reg Mitchell was a popular writer.

He was educated at St Andrew's School, Brighouse, Rastrick Grammar School, Sheffield University and King's College, London.

He worked as an Inspector of Taxes for 43 years.

He wrote several books about Brighouse and the North of England:

  • Brighouse: Birth & Death of a Borough [1976] – the history of Brighouse from 1893 to 1974 – with illustrations by Stanley Chapman
  • Brighouse: Portrait of a Town [1953] – the history of Brighouse up to 1893 – with illustrations by Albert Pile
  • A Dalesman's Diary: Souvenir Press [1989]
  • Wild Pennines: Robert Hale [1976]
  • Men of Lakeland: Phoenix House [1966]

In 1933, he married Mona Ross Sykes in Ecceshall Bierlow.

Children:

  1. child
  2. child
  3. child

They lived at

  • Brackenholme, Bracken Road, Brighouse [1985]
  • 26 Cavendish Road, Manchester [1939]
  • 16 Bracken Road, Brighouse [1985]

Reg died in Halifax [27th February 1985].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £3,745

Mitchell, Sir RichardRef 53-1271
[15??-1559]
Recorded in 1538.

In 1546 and 1548, when the Royal Commissioners of Henry VIII visited the chantries, he and Robert Bentley were priests at The Virgin Mary Chantry at Heptonstall Chapel. He also assisted the Curate during Communion.

In 1553, he was described as Incumbent at The Virgin Mary Chantry at Heptonstall Chapel.

He was described as Curate at Heptonstall [1558].

His will was dated 1559

Mitchell, RichardRef 53-71
[17??-18??]
Wharfinger at Salterhebble [1809]

Mitchell, RichardRef 53-18
[1806-1859]
Of Brighouse.

He married Mary.

Children:

  1. Sarah Ann [1826-1845]

Richard & his daughter were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse

Mitchell, RichardRef 53-1435
[1813-1883]
Born in Elland Greetland [31st March 1813].

He was a warehouseman (stuff goods) [1851], a stuff merchant [1861, 1871], a retired stuff merchant [1881].

He married Ellen Beet / Beat [1804-1891].


Ellen was born in Southowram [9th May 1804]
 

Children:

  1. John
  2. Mary S. [b 1838]
  3. Lydia [b 1842]
  4. Thomas W. [b 1847]

They lived at

  • 6 The Square, Halifax [1851]
  • 2 West Parade, Halifax [1861]
  • 7 Bond Street, Halifax [1871]
  • 81 Pellon Place [1881]

Richard died 13th October 1883 (aged 70).

Ellen died 2nd May 1891 (aged 86).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1277] with Richard Mitchell [1862-1918] & Louisa Mitchell [1860-1926]

Mitchell, RichardRef 53-2
[1822-1???]
Of Halifax.

Son of Richard Mitchell, calico printer.

He was a calico printer [1848].

On 3rd January 1848, he married Martha Crapper [1827-1???] at Halifax Parish Church


Martha, of Halifax, was the daughter of James Crapper, mason
 

Mitchell, RichardRef 53-69
[1854-1919]
Born in Manchester.

He was a mechanic's labourer.

On 10th March 1877, he married Sarah Priestley [1852-1903] in Halifax.


Sarah was born in Elland
 

Children:

  1. Mary [b 1879]
  2. Foster
  3. Annie [b 1884]
  4. Edith [b 1885]

The children were born in Elland.

They lived at

  • 46 Park Road, Elland [1901]
  • 29 Catherine Street, Elland [1911]

Mitchell, Richard HoldenRef 53-228
[1844-1916]
Son of
Abraham Mitchell.

Born in Halifax.

He was a card maker [1871] / a card cutter-out (spinning machine) [1881] / a wire card maker [1891] / a grocer shopkeeper [1901] / a retired store keeper [1911].

In 1875, he married Lavinia Fisher [1844-1925] in Halifax.


Lavinia was born in Greetham, Rutland
 

Children:

  1. Mary / Margaret [b 1875] who was an assistant in a book warehouse [1891]

They lived at

  • 27 Raglan Street, Halifax [1881]
  • 11 Diamond Street, Halifax [1891]
  • 38 Town Gate, Northowram [1901]
  • 8 Back Clough, Northowram [1911]

Richard died 5th March 1916 (aged 72).

Lavinia died 6th March 1925 (aged 81).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3400]

Mitchell, RileyRef 53-218
[1854-19??]
Born in Sowerby.

He was a cotton twiner [1901].

Around 1876, he married Sarah E. [1856-19??].


Sarah was born in Rishworth
 

Children:

  1. Harry [b 1876] who was a cotton piecer [1901]
  2. Seth [b 1878] who was a cotton piecer [1901]
  3. Mary [b 1879] who was a cotton card room hand [1901]

They lived at 12 Bottoms, Soyland [1901]

Mitchell, RobertRef 53-140
[18??-1???]
On 21st January 1863, he was being disorderly at the
Punch Bowl, Salterhebble, and Sarah Wilkinson, the landlord's wife, asked him to leave. He refused and struck Sarah on the chest and head. She became sick and ill, and was found dead in bed the next morning. Mitchell was charged with manslaughter.

At the trial, it was shown that Sarah was of apoplectic disposition and addicted to drink, and the defence argued that brain injuries found at the post mortem might have been the result of a fall.

The jury found Mitchell Not Guilty

Mitchell, RobertRef 53-31
[18??-19??]
He was Manager at
Gibbet Street Turkish Baths, left to open his own establishment at New Market Street Turkish Baths in 1880.

He remained here until the baths were closed to make way for a street improvement scheme.

He subsequently bought the King Cross Street Turkish Baths [1894]

Mitchell, RobertRef 53-90
[18??-19??]
Son of
Henry Mitchell.

Born in Halifax.

He was a carpenter [1881] / a joiner of Page Hill, Wheatley [1883] / a joiner [1891] / a joiner & carpenter [1901] / a jobbing joiner [1911].

He married (1) Unknown.

Children:

  1. William [b 1880] who was a machine tool maker turner

In [Q4] 1883, he married (2) Rachel Ann Lumb [1857-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Rachel Ann, of Page Hill, Wheatley, was born in Old Leek, Lincolnshire, the daughter of Jubal Lumb, gardener
 

Children:

  1. Albert Lewis
  2. Florence [b 1894] who was a patient in the Borough Fever Hospital, Stoney Royd [1901], a mill operative [1911]
  3. James Henry [b 1896] who was a mill operative [1911]
  4. Eric [b 1901]
  5. Lillian [b 1903]

They lived at

  • 17 Hall Street, Northowram [1891]
  • 19 Claremont Road, Halifax [1901]
  • 19 Brewery Street, Boothtown, Halifax [1911]
  • Scout Hall, Shibden [1917]

Mitchell, RowlandRef 53-42
[1896-1965]
MM.

Son of Fred Mitchell.

Born in Todmorden [Q4 1896].

In 1920, he married Alice May Comer [1897-1978] in Todmorden.


Alice from Prescot, Lancashire, was the daughter of Margaret & James Comer
 

During World War I, he served in Egypt [1916] and France [1917] as a Gunner with the Lancashire Fusiliers.

He was awarded the Military Medal for


exceptional gallantry in keeping going a Lewis gun when all the other five who went out with him had been knocked out; two had been killed, two wounded, and one taken prisoner.
 

He died in Halifax in 1965

Mitchell, S.Ref 53-1315
[18??-1???]
Cab proprietor and livery stable keeper at West Vale. He was declared bankrupt in 1882 and again in February 1883

Mitchell, SamRef 53-151
[1868-1???]
Illegitimate son of Nancy Mitchell, weaver of Lightcliffe.

Baptised at St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe [7th April 1868]

Mitchell, SamuelRef 53-21
[1???-1???]
He married Phoebe Barraclough.


Phoebe was the daughter of
Richard Barraclough
 

Children:

  1. Sam
  2. John
  3. John
  4. Sarah
  5. Tobit

Mitchell, SamuelRef 53-162
[1597-1645]
Halifax cloth merchant and draper.

He married Unknown.

Child: Samuel

Around 1635, he was one of the first Governors of Nathaniel Waterhouse's Workhouse.

In 1640 he bought Upper Scout, Shibden from Marie Stancliffe, and in 1643 he bought Lower Scout, Shibden from James Stancliffe, In 1646, the properties passed to his son, Samuel.

He was buried at Illingworth Church

Mitchell, SamuelRef 53-278
[16??-1672]
Son of
Samuel Mitchell.

In 1646, he inherited the Scout Hall estate.

He married Sarah.

Children:

  1. a daughter who married Dr Prescot
  2. John

He rebuilt Lower Scout.

Heywood recorded that when


Mr Sam Mitchell was buryed at Halifax on Thursday Feb 20 [1671/2;] it was a very pompous costly funerall, we had great variety and excesse of meat and wines
 

Mitchell, SamuelRef 53-7440
[17??-18??]
Of Rastrick.

He was a farmer [1808].

On 16th May 1808, he married Hannah Boothroyd of Skircoat

Mitchell, SamuelRef 53-8
[1782-1863]
Of Hipperholme.

He married Martha [1781-1862].

The couple were buried at Bramley Lane Chapel

Mitchell, SamuelRef 53-1786
[18??-18??]
Beerhouse keeper at Brighouse.


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

 

On 4th January 1868, whilst he and his wife were out shopping, burglars broke into their house and stole a watch, linen, clothing, about £9 in silver

Mitchell, SamuelRef 53-460
[18??-19??]
Cab proprietor and livery stable keeper at West Vale.

In February 1883, he was declared bankrupt

Mitchell, SamuelRef 53-781
[1837-1902]
Born in Sowerby.

He was a milnwright [1861] / a master engine maker [1871] / an engineer [1881, 1891] / a steam engine maker [1901]. He was a partner in Wood, Baldwin, Mitchell & Woodhouse and Woodhouse & Mitchell

In 1858, he married Hannah Nicholl [1840-1???] from Sowerby, in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Sarah [b 1859]
  2. Emily [b 1860]
  3. Mary Elizabeth [b 1861]
  4. Thomas [b 1863]
  5. William [b 1865]
  6. Joe [b 1867]
  7. Sam Greenwood [1870-1900]
  8. Mary Ann [b 1874] who married [by 1901] Mr Aspinall

Samuel was widowed by 1891, and by 1901 he had married Mary.

The family lived at

  • Rose Grove, Sowerby [1861]
  • Gooder Lane, Rastrick [1871, 1881]
  • Henry Street, Brighouse [1891]
  • 5 Wellholme, Brighouse [1901]

Mitchell, SamuelRef 53-141
[1851-19??]
Born in Halifax.

He was a mechanic's labourer [1881, 1891] / a general labourer [1901].

Living with him [in 1881] were spinster Phoebe Pagett [b 1855] and her children.


Phoebe was born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire.

She had 2 children:

  1. Mary Emma Pagett [b Halifax 1876] father unknown, who was  a worsted weaver [1891] & married [1895] Joseph Garnett
  2. Gerald Mitchell Pagett [b Halifax 1881] whose father was  probably Samuel

Phoebe was a confectionery dealer (own account) [1901]

 

By 1891, Samuel and Phoebe claimed to be man and wife.

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 1884] who was a linen winder [1901] & married  [1903] George Arthur Culpan
  2. Charley [b 1889] who was a half-time worsted bobbin  setter [1901], and served as a Private with the MT ASC  [World War I]

They lived at

  • Bottoms, Northowram [1881]
  • 33 Grove Street, Halifax [1891]
  • 32 Lee Bridge, Halifax [1901]

Mitchell, SamuelRef 53-180
[1905-1965]

He married Elva [1900-1974].

Samuel died 27th March 1965 (aged 60).

Elva died 21st September 1974 (aged 74).

Members of the family were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland [Grave Ref: S3/657]

Mitchell, SarahRef 53-1518
[1822-19??]
Daughter of
William Mitchell and granddaughter of William Cousin.

Baptised at St Thomas à Becket, Heptonstall [1822].

In 1841, she was living with Mary Newell [aged 40+] and William Newell [aged 2] at Boston Hill, Hebden Bridge.

In 1851, she was living with her widowed grandmother Mary at Number 9 Boston Hill, Hebden Bridge.

In 1871, she was an unmarried landowner living at Number 5 Boston Hill, Hebden Bridge.

In 1881, she was an annuitant with income from land, living at Boston Hill, Hebden Bridge.

On 27th April 1907, a stained glass window in her memory was unveiled at Wainsgate Baptist Church.

See John Cousin Mitchell

Mitchell, Sarah KatharineRef 53-433
[1891-1960]
Aka Kitty.

Daughter of Mary Elizabeth (née Johnston) & Captain Hugh Henry (Harry) Mitchell of Cork.

In 1914, she married Frederick Philip Selwyn Rawson.

She died 30th June 1960.

She & her husband were buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby

Mitchell, Seth NorrisRef 53-217
[1880-1919]
He was a plater employed by
Robert Dempster & Sons of Elland. He lived at 41 Albert Street, Elland,

He was killed [7th February 1919] in a crane accident.

The Halifax Evening Courier [Wednesday 12th February 1919] reported his death

Mitchell, SusannahRef 53-1663
[1818-1???]
Daughter of
William Mitchell.

Baptised at St Thomas à Becket, Heptonstall [1818].

In 1841, she was staying with William Cousin and his family at Boston Hill

Mitchell, SykesRef 53-237
[1843-1???]
Born in Northowram.

He was a picker maker [1861, 1871].

He married Nanny Fearnley [1844-1???].


Nanny was the daughter of
Joseph Fearnley
 

Children:

  1. Aquilla [b 1871]

They lived at

  • 17 McKnight's Buildings, Corporation Street, Halifax  (Sykes living with future father-in-law Joseph  Fearnley) [1861]
  • 37 Seedlings Mount, Halifax (the family living with Joseph  Fearnley) [1871]

Mitchell, ThomasRef 53-1826
[15??-16??]
Around 1621, he left £10 to be lent gratis to 3 poor handicraftsmen of Sowerby.

See St Peter's Church, Sowerby Benefactions

Mitchell, ThomasRef 53-1224
[1560-1646]
Of Southowram.

Son of John Mitchell.

In 1569, he married Elizabeth Clay in Halifax.


Elizabeth was the daughter of John Clay
 

Children:

  1. Nathaniel [bapt 24th September 1581]
  2. Susan [bapt 20th November 1569]
  3. Samuel [bapt 3rd September 1570]
  4. Mary [bapt 18th January 1573]
  5. John [bapt 21st June 1574]
  6. Thomas [bapt 26th February 1576]
  7. Susanne [bapt 9th March 1577]
  8. Frances [25th March 1580-23rd March 1586]
  9. Francis [bapt 10th August 1589]
  10. Elizabeth [bapt 19th May 1583]
  11. Isabel [bapt 24th April 1586]
  12. Matthew
  13. Prudence [bapt 20th May 1593]

Mitchell, ThomasRef 53-459
[17??-18??]
Worsted manufacturer. He had rooms at the Piece Hall in 1787. He lived at Higgin Chamber, Luddendenfoot.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. William
  2. Frances [1835-19??] who married Abraham Baldwin
  3. child
  4. child
  5. child
  6. child
  7. child

The family owned the nearby Higgin Mill.

See George Mitchell and James Mitchell

Mitchell, ThomasRef 53-186
[1762-1846]
Of Skircoat Green.

He was a woollen cloth dresser [1841].

He married Elizabeth (Betty) [1762-1846].

Children:

  1. Ellin [1797-6th November 1798]
  2. Elizabeth [1801-23rd January 1815]
  3. William [1803-14th May 1834]

Thomas died 29th March 1846 (aged 84).

Betty died 9th August 1849 (aged 87).

Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax

Mitchell, ThomasRef 53-201
[1796-18??]
He was a man servant [1851] / a farm servant [1861] / a retired farm servant [1871].

On 26th March 1818, he (possibly) married Sally/Sarah Rigg [1796-18??] at Heptonstall Church.

Children:

  1. John [b 8th July 1818]
  2. William [b 9th January 1820]
  3. Hannah [b 23rd October 1823] who was a servant [1845] &  married [Heptonstall 20th March 1845] Henry Baume
  4. Thomas [b 1826]
  5. Joseph
  6. Elizabeth [b 1st December 1833]

They lived at

  • White Lea, Luddenden [1841]
  • Lower White Lea, Midgley [1851, 1861]
  • Sunny Brink, Wadsworth [1871]

Sally died between 1861 & 1871

Mitchell, ThomasRef 53-10
[18??-18??]
He was a gardener for
Abraham Stansfield, and became a nurseryman at Vale Nurseries.

He married Abraham's daughter Anne, becoming her second husband.

They lived at Vale Cottage, Todmorden, where Ann died in 1900

Mitchell, ThomasRef 53-54
[1804-1???]
Born in Erringden.

He was a weaver of worsted [1851].

Around 1831, he married Mally [1809-1???].


Mally was born in Langfield
 

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 1831] who was a factory operative [1851]
  2. James [b 1838] who was a factory operative [1851]
  3. Sarah [b 1841] who was a factory operative [1851]
  4. Emma [b 1844]
  5. George [b 1850]

They lived at Lower Stoodley, Langfield [1851].

Living with them [in 1851] was mother Susey Mitchell [b 1766] (pauper, formerly weaver) 

Mitchell, ThomasRef 53-1626
[1810-1892]
He was a
card maker at Halifax / elected to the Halifax Tradesmen's Benevolent Institution [1870].

He lived at 8 Cavendish Terrace, Halifax.

He went to live at Headingley for a time.

He died at Cavendish Terrace [17th March 1892] (aged 82).

He was buried at South Parade Methodist Chapel, Halifax and re-buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [Grave Ref: K 767 D]

Mitchell, ThomasRef 53-44
[1816-1887]
Son of Thomas Mitchell, a cloth dresser.

Born in Southowram.

He was a dyer [1841] / a stuff dyer [1851] / a stuff singer [1850].

On 4th September 1834, he married (1) Elizabeth Hebblethwaite [1816-184?] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Emma [1835-1850]
  2. Mary [1836-1850]
  3. Thomas [b 1839] who was a part-timer worsted worker [1851]
  4. Hannah [b 1840]
  5. James William [1841-1898]

On 9th February 1850, he married (2) Betty [1809-187?] at Halifax Parish Church.


Mary was born in Erringden, the daughter of Robert Sutcliffe, farmer, and widow of Mr Mitchell.

She had 2 children by her first marriage: (1) Elizabeth [b 1831] who was a worsted weaver [1851] (2) Sarah [b 1833] who was a worsted weaver [1851]

 

The family lived at

Two of his daughters were victims of the explosion at Lilly Lane Mill [1850]: Emma [aged 15] was killed in the explosion, and Mary [aged 14½] died later in hospital [in December]

Mitchell, ThomasRef 53-146
[1829-1909]
Son of
William Mitchell.

He was a cotton spinner [1851, 1908, 1909].

He lived at 3 Clapton Place, Halifax [1909].

He died 27th June 1909.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £14,097 19/1d.

Probate was granted to Emmanuel Mitchell, James Mitchell, and John Mitchell

Mitchell, ThomasRef 53-244
[1830-1???]
Born in Stansfield.

He was landlord of the Railway Hotel, Lydgate [1871].

He married Martha A. [1825-1???].


Martha was born in Wadsworth
 

Mitchell, ThomasRef 53-59
[1832-1???]
Born in Todmorden.

He was a retired carder [1891].

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


Sarah was born in Bacup
 

Child: Sarah Ann who married Frank Barker.

They lived at 26 Pexwood, Todmorden [1891].

Living with them [in 1891] was lodger James Gibson [b 1850] (cotton weaver) 

Mitchell, Rev ThomasRef 53-73
[1844-1915]
DD.

Born in Low Moor.

Primitive Methodist Minister at Halifax [1873]

Mitchell, Thomas HeyworthRef 53-264
[1856-1924]
Son of Mary Mitchell; father unknown.


Mary was the widow of
David Mitchell
 

Born in Todmorden.

He was an architect & surveyor in Todmorden [1911].

On 18th September 1878, he married Ada Halstead [1857-1926] at Halifax Parish Church.


Ada was the daughter of John Halstead
 

Children:

  1. Thomas Heyworth
  2. John Halstead
  3. Sarah [1886-1887] who died in infancy
  4. Hannah Mary [1889-1967] who never married
  5. Alice [1891-1918] who never married
  6. Emily [1894-1954] who never married

None of the daughters married.

The family lived at

Thomas Heyworth died 14th May 1924.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £5,927 2/8d.

Ada died 28th November 1926.

Members of the family were buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone: Sarah [9th November 1887]; Alice [23rd November 1918]; Thomas Heyworth [19th May 1924]; Ada [2nd December 1926]; Emily [18th February 1954]; Hannah Mary [4th January 1967]

Mitchell, Thomas HeyworthRef 53-67
[1879-1941]
Son of
Thomas Heyworth Mitchell.

He was an architect's assistant [1911] / an architect [1924].

He never married.

He lived at

He died 16th November 1941.

He was buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone [20th November 1941].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £3,120 5/4d.

Probate was granted to his unmarried sister Hannah Mary

Mitchell, Thomas WilliamRef 53-209
[1874-1950]
Son of
William Henry Mitchell.

Born in Todmorden [14th September 1874].

He was a keen sportsman and a county standard cricketer / an armature winder/ electrician.

On 14th September 1895, he married (1) Emma Collinge [1875-1896] at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone.


Emma was the daughter of Ann & Wright Collinge, labourer/cotton spinner, of Millwood, Todmorden
 

Children:

  1. Whitaker

Emma died in childbirth [18th December 1896].

After Emma's death, Thomas moved away, firstly to serve in the Boer War, then to work in Manchester, and finally emigrating to Australia.

On 27th April 1901, he married (2) Mary Howorth at Heptonstall Church.


Mary was the daughter of James Howorth
 

Children:

  1. Phyllis [1902-7th April 1953] who never married
  2. Margaret [2nd May 1906-5th November 1989] who married  Jeremy Howorth Fielden

Mary died in May/June 1906.

Thomas William emigrated to NSW, Australia [1910].

Daughters Margaret and Phyllis were raised by their aunt, Sarah Jane Howorth, unmarried daughter of James Howorth.

On 15th June 1911, he married (3) Grace Dale [1883-1962] in Redfern, NSW, Australia.


Grace was born 6th August 1883, daughter of Mary Ann (née Leese) & George Dale, originally from Longton, Staffordshire but living in Stretford, Manchester & working as a horse-drawn tram driver by 1891
 

Grace died 21st October 1962.

Children:

  1. Annie [9th August 1912-30th June 2001]
  2. William Dale [14th October 1918-6th May 2009]
  3. Alan Walter [14th January 1923-12th June 1998]

The family lived at

  • Der Street, Todmorden [1874]
  • Sandholme Terrace, Todmorden [1881-1901]
  • Ashover Street, Stretford, Manchester [1906]
  • Merrylands, Leichhardt, Petersham (all suburbs of) Sydney,  Australia [1911-1950]

He died at Petersham, NSW, Australia [16th May 1950] He was cremated at Rookwood, NSW, Australia

Mitchell, TimothyRef 53-1219
[1751-1843]
Aka Bloody Tim.

He was a dealer in second-rate horses at country fairs.

He was buried at Illingworth Church [25th January 1843]

Mitchell, TomRef 53-115
[1863-1919]
Born in Sowerby.

He was innkeeper at the Travellers Rest, Sowerby [1901-1911] / landlord of the White Hart Inn, Ripponden [1917-1919].

On 24th August 1897, he married Martha Alice at St Mary's Church, Luddenden.


Martha Alice was the widow of George Lumb
 

Tom died 30th October 1919 (aged 56).

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £425.

Probate was granted to his widow Martha Alice and Sarah Annie Alice, wife of Selwyn Hartley.

After his death, Martha Alice took over at the White Hart Inn [1919-1932]

Martha Alice died 29th June 1934 (aged 72).

The couple were buried at St John's Church, Cragg Vale

Mitchell, TomRef 53-220
[1909-1957]
Born in Luddenden [1st February 1909].

He was a fruit & veg wholesale man.

In 1939, he married Vera Jagger in Halifax.


Vera was the daughter of
Henry Jagger
 

Children:

  1. Brian who ran Jagger's Fish Shop in Albion Street Fish Market

They lived at 25 Newlands Crescent, Northowram [1949].

Tom died at 25 Newlands Cres, Northowram [26th December 1957].

He was buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell [Grave Ref: 376A]

Mitchell, TownsendRef 53-179
[1849-1916]
Born in Sowerby Bridge.

He was a woolsorter [1872] / landlord of the Royal Oak, Luddendenfoot [1891-1909].

On 14th September 1872, he married Grace Cockcroft [1850-1909] in Halifax.


Grace was born in Sowerby Bridge
 

Children:

  1. Howarth [b 1873]
  2. Robert William [b 1878]
  3. Mary Ellen [b 1880] who married Herbert Crossley
  4. Sarah Hannah [b 1883]

Grace died at the Royal Oak in 1909.

Herbert Crossley took over at the Royal Oak [1909-1947]

Townsend died at the Royal Oak [7th April 1916]

Mitchell, ViolettaRef 53-167
[1817-1902]
Daughter of
William Mitchell.

Born at Stoneshey Gate, Heptonstall [25th October 1817].

She was

  • a servant with James Dewhurst (agent for the sale of  cotton goods) at Vale House, Stansfield [1861]
  • a cook for Sarah Ingham [b 1824] (retired cotton  manufacturer's wife), her son John Arthur Ingham [b 1858]  (articled law clerk), together with Ann Mary Wilson [b 1860]  (domestic servant) at Shaw, Langfield [1881]
  • living on own means at Slack, Heptonstall, with lodger  James or Jane Shackleton (b 1833) [1891]

Violetta never married.

She died in a Yorkshire Asylum [1st August 1902] (aged 84) 

Mitchell, Rev W.Ref 53-827
[18??-19??]
From Sowerby Bridge. He trained at
Airedale College

Mitchell, WalterRef 53-1528
[18??-19??]
Of Victoria Terrace, Todmorden

He was conductor of Nazebottom Temperance Brass Band [1892-1909] / bandmaster of Todmorden Old Brass Band [from 1909]

Mitchell, WalterRef 53-129
[1858-1900]
Son of
John Mitchell.

Born in Halifax.

He was a cab driver of Halifax [1879] / a cab driver [1881, 1891].

In 1879, he married Elizabeth Hibbert [1858-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Elizabeth, of Warley, was born in Stockport, the daughter of William Hibbert
 

Children:

  1. Ada E. [b 1881] who was a worsted spinner [1891]
  2. Florence [b 1883] who was a drawer worsted mill [1901]
  3. John Edward
  4. Albert Victor
  5. Mary Alice [b 1890] who was a dress cloth weaver [1911]
  6. May Mitchell [b 1893] who was a jewellery polisher [1911]

The family lived at

  • 90 Haugh Shaw, Skircoat, Halifax [1881]
  • 20 Horsfall Street, Skircoat, Halifax [1891]
  • 2 Wyvern Place, Halifax [1917]

Walter died in 1898 (aged 40).

In 1900, Elizabeth married (2) Tom Kaye at Christ Church, Pellon.


On the marriage record, Elizabeth was described as


widow of 3 Long Lover Farm, daughter of William Sawyer, coal merchant
 

 

Sons John Edward & Albert Victor died in World War I

Mitchell, WalterRef 53-243
[1881-1962]
Born in Sowerby [15th February 1881].

He was a farm labourer [1911] / a coal cart driver on roads with Smith, Wood & Company Limited  [1921] / a dairy farmer [1939].

In [Q4] 1902, he married (1) Kezia Hardy [1876-1932] in Halifax.


Kezia was born in Norland
 

Children:

  1. Wilfred [b 1906] who was a perching labourer (dyehouse)   with Greetland Dyeing [1921]
  2. Joseph [b 1909]
  3. Raymond [b 25th May 1912] who was a top delver stone  quarry [1939]
  4. Dora who died in infancy & was buried with her parents

Kezia died 16th March 1932 (aged 56)  & was buried with her husband.

In [Q4] 1936, he married (2) Rachel Bland [1883-19??] in Halifax.


Rachel was born 18th November 1883
 

They lived at

  • Hollin Well, Norland [1911]
  • Stormer Hill, Norland [1921]
  • Lower Butterworth End Farm, Sowerby Bridge [1939]

Walter died 12th April 1962 (aged 81)  & was buried at Mount Pleasant Wesleyan Chapel, Norland

Mitchell, WalterRef 53-49
[1891-1915]
Son of Mrs Lily Mitchell of Lower George Street, Todmorden.

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

He was killed in action at Gallipoli [7th August 1915] (aged 24).

He is remembered on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli [Grave Ref 58-72 / 218-219], and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Mitchell, WhitakerRef 53-210
[1896-1956]
Son of Emma (née Collinge) &
Thomas William Mitchell.

Born in Todmorden [14th December 1896].

Whitaker's mother Emma had died in childbirth and his father Thomas moved away, firstly to serve in the Boer War, then to work in Manchester, and finally emigrating to Australia.

Whitaker was brought up from birth by his aunt Mary and her husband Walter Day Whitton.

He was a foreman painter.

On 28th August 1920, he married (1) Ruth Cunliffe [1896-1922] at Christ Church, Todmorden.


Ruth was the daughter of Betsy & John Cunliffe, labourer, of Hollins Road, Walsden
 

Child: Eric

Ruth died (possibly of perinatal complications) [May 1922].

She was buried at Christ Church, Todmorden [2nd June 1922].

On 23rd February 1932, he married (2) Gladys Hesketh [1905-1987] at Bethel Chapel, Lineholme, Todmorden.


Gladys was born 17th November 1905, daughter of & , decorator, of Burnley Road, Lydgate, Todmorden.

She was a professional opera singer and won the Blackpool Silver Rose Bowl in 1926

 

They had no children.

They lived at

  • Brearley, Mytholmroyd [1901]
  • 39 Stansfield Street, Todmorden [1907-1920]
  • 9 Joshua Street, Todmorden [1921-1937]
  • Sunnyside, Todmorden [1937-1955]
  • 340 Burnley Road, Todmorden [1956]

Whitaker died 24th April 1956.

Gladys died 12th November 1987

Mitchell, WhiteleyRef 53-123
[1843-1922]
Son of
Joseph Samuel Mitchell.

He was a farmer of 15½ acres with 2 men [1881] / a farmer [1891, 1901].

He never married.

He lived at

  • Sowood House, Hipperholme [1881]
  • Sowood House Farm, Denholme Gate Road, Hipperholme [1891]
  • Sowood House, Denholme Gate Road, Hipperholme [1901]

Living with him were:

  • his mother Elizabeth Mallinson [b 1824] / Ann  Mallinson [b 1862] / Manuel Mallinson [b 1836] (farm  servant) / Sarah E. Pollard [b 1862]
  • Joseph Foulds [b 1872] (boarder) [1891]
  • Harrison Booth [b 1853] (boarder) [1901]

Whiteley died 14th May 1922 (aged 79).

He was buried at Coley Church

Mitchell, WhittakerRef 53-242
[1843-1???]
Before 1870, he spells his name Whitaker.

Son of Whitaker Mitchell, mechanic.

Born in Stansfield.

He was a labourer [1871] / a railway labourer [1881] / an iron dresser [1901].

On 4th December 1869, he married Sarah Ann [1841-1???] at Heptonstall Church.


Whitaker Mitchell, a borer of Castle Street, Stansfield, the son of Whitaker Mitchell, mechanic, married Sarah Ann Helliwell, widow of Lob Mill, Stansfield, daughter of Joseph Smith
 


Sarah Ann was born in Stansfield, the daughter of Joseph Smith, overlooker.

She was the widow of Mr Helliwell, and had a daughter from her first marriage: Anne Helliwell [b 1866]. Anne lived with her mother and stepfather, and was a cotton millhand [1881]

Sarah Ann was a cotton weaver [1871] / a cotton millhand [1881]

 

Children:

  1. John W. [b 1871] who was a cotton millhand [1881]
  2. Whittaker [b 1872] who was a widower & an iron dresser  [1901]
  3. Clara [b 1874] who was a cotton machine minder [1901]
  4. Fred [b 1876]
  5. Joseph
  6. Susy [b 1880]
  7. Frank [b 1881] who was an iron miller [1901]
  8. Sam [b 1883] who was an iron dresser [1901]
  9. Ernest [b 1885] who was an iron screwer [1901]

They lived at

  • Lower Castle Street, Stansfield [1871]
  • 8 Castle Street, Stansfield, Todmorden [1881]
  • 289 Halifax Road, Todmorden [1901]

Living with them [in 1901] was grandson Thomas Mitchell [b  1898]

Mitchell, WidowRef 53-1800
[16??-1???]
Landlady of the
Union Cross, Halifax [1680].

She built a cock-fighting house in the yard of the Inn

at a cost of £32

This was one of the largest cock fighting rings in the district, and continued in an upstairs room long after the sport had been banned.

Heywood writes of a


great cocking at the inn on 31st May 1680, when the inn was kept by Widow Mitchell
 

Mitchell, WilbertRef 53-39
[1897-1917]
Son of
John Mitchell.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a member of the Roomfield Baptist Church, Todmorden & choir / employed in the Grocery Department of the Roomfield Branch of the  Todmorden Industrial & Co-operative Society.

During World War I, he enlisted [September 1916] and served as a Private / Lewis gunner with the 1st/5th Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment.

He was killed [9th October 1917].

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium, in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Todmorden Co-operative Society

Mitchell, WilfredRef 53-97
[1887-1917]
Son of William Mitchell of 23 Haigh Street, Greetland.

Born in Greetland.

He was a printer with a newspaper in Halifax, before moving to Buxton [around 1912].

In [Q4] 1911, he married Florence Louisa Carter in Halifax.

They lived at 21 Crescent, Greetland.

During World War I, he enlisted in Buxton [around July 1916] and served as a Private with the 12th Battalion Notts & Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment.

He was killed in action [25th June 1917].

He was buried at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Belgium [E 21].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Saint Thomas's Church, Greetland.

His brother Herbert served with the West Yorkshire Regiment, and was severely wounded on the Somme [July 1916]

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-777
[1???-18??]
He was appointed
Surveyor of the Highways for Stansfield [1835]

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-574
[15??-1???]
Clerk at
Heptonstall [1572]

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-89
[1662-1705]
Of
Heptonstall. With his cousin, David Crossley, he became one of a number of itinerant evangelists who travelled in the north of England and established a number of meeting houses in Lancashire and Yorkshire.

He was imprisoned before the Toleration Act, but after the Act was passed, he licensed several houses – including Greenwood Lee and others at Hebden Bridge.

He became a Particular Baptist.

In 1692, he and David became the first Baptist ministers at Rossendale

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-658
[17??-1???]
He was
Constable of Northowram [1785-7]

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-1291
[17??-18??]
Card maker at Southowram

Recorded in 1825, when he was an executor of Samuel Schorfield

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-938
[17??-18??]
Of Boothtown. Partner in
William Mitchell & Company.

The partnership was dissolved in 1??? and he and William Whitfield carried on with the business

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-1665
[1749-1824]
Of
High Greenwood, Heptonstall.

Son of James Mitchell.

Baptised at St Thomas's Church, Heptonstall [22nd October 1749].

On 22nd November 1772, he (possibly) married Sally Cockroft at Heptonstall Church.

They lived at High Greenwood, Heptonstall. Recorded on 19th September 1798, when the will of Nathaniel Holt gave him – and cousin Thomas Holt of White Birch, Ovenden – an annuity to pay for the support and education of Mary Holt Cheetham.

William was buried at Heptonstall Church [25th February 1824].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £25,000.

Susannah Heaton and Sarah Sutcliffe, both of Lee, Heptonstall, were administrators of his will

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-183
[1769-1850]
Son of
William James Mitchell

On 8th September 1789, he married Susan Sutcliffe at the Church of Saint Thomas à Becket, Heptonstall.

Child: William

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-166
[1786-18??]
He was a worsted weaver [1841] / a cotton weaver [1851] / a cotton bobbin weaver [1861].

He married Susannah [1786-18??].


Susannah was the daughter of Tommy Jackson
 

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 25th May 1814]
  2. Violetta

The family lived at

  • Stoneshey Gate, Heptonstall [1814, 1817]
  • Beanhole Head, Stansfield [1841]
  • Brod Ing Top, Stansfield [1851]
  • Lever Street, Langfield [1861]

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-284
[1795-1828]
In 1812, he is mentioned in
The Leeds Mercury as being a recent student at Mr J. Taylor's Academy at Dronfield, Derbyshire.

In 1817, he married Mary Cousin at Halifax Parish Church.


Mary was the daughter of William Cousin
 

Children:

  1. John [bapt 1819]
  2. Susannah
  3. Hannah [bapt 1821]
  4. Sarah
  5. Henry
  6. James

They lived at

He was buried at Heptonstall Church

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-401
[18??-18??]
Champion Murgatroyd, the miller at Brearley Corn Mill, had suffered several thefts of sacks of flour. To solve the problem, he placed marked pieces of paper in the flour. The culprits were caught when flour in their possession was sieved. In 1834, John Mitchell, Mitchell and Abraham Akroyd were charged with stealing 20 lbs of wheat from Champion Murgatroyd. Henry Riley was charged with receiving the stolen wheat. All the men were transported to the West Indies for 7 years

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-108
[18??-186?]
Todmorden builder and stonemason.

He lived at Hartley Royd Farm, Todmorden.

About 1860, he built a large room and power weaving shed and warehouse, which became known as Canteen Mill, Todmorden

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-142
[1800-1881]
Son of
William Mitchell.

Born in Erringden.

He was a farm labourer [1851] / a farmer of 16 acres [1861] / a farmer of 14 acres [1871].

On 10th December 1826, he married Harriet Crossley [1804-1889] at Heptonstall Church.


Harriet was born in Erringden
 

Children:

  1. Anthony Crossley [1827-1908] who was a cotton  spinner [1851]
  2. Thomas
  3. John
  4. Sarah [b 1834] who was a cotton piecer [1851], a worsted  weaver [1861]
  5. William [b 1836] who was a cotton piecer [1851]
  6. Henry
  7. Elizabeth [b 1842] who was a cotton piecer [1851]
  8. Hannah [b 1844] who was a cotton reeler [1861], a woollen  weaver [1871]
  9. James
  10. Emmanuel

They lived at

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-905
[18??-19??]
Engineer and machinist at
Key Syke Iron Works, Todmorden [1905]

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-51
[18??-191?]
Of Todmorden.

During World War I, he served with the Manchester Regiment.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-52
[18??-1917]
Born in Meadowbottom, Todmorden.

He lived in Sheffield.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st Battalion Cameron Highlanders.

He was killed at Passchendaele [16th November 1917].

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium, and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-236
[1805-18??]
Born in Southowram.

He was a stone delver [1861].

He married Mary Ann [1819-1???].


Mary Ann was born in Hull.

She was innkeeper at the Delvers' Arms, Shibden [1861]

 

Children:

  1. Joshua [b 1838] who was a stone delver [1861]
  2. Martha [b 1842] who was a pattern setter of worsted  carpets [1861]
  3. Lena [b 1856]

They lived at the Delvers' Arms [1861].

Living with them [in 1861] was boarder Grace Town [b Southowram 1844] (pattern setter of worsted carpets) 

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-26
[1812-1876]
(Possibly) son of
Mr Mitchell.

He was landlord of the Travellers' Rest, Boulderclough [1841-1876] / a farmer of 12 acres & beerhouse keeper [1861]

He married (1) Hannah [1816-1852].

Children:

  1. Mary [b 1835]
  2. Jane [1837-1892]
  3. William

He married (2) Betty [1808-1873].

They had no children.

In 1876, son William took over at the Travellers' Rest

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-213
[1816-18??]
No details of his birth, employment or death have yet been found

On 8th September 1836, he married Leah Greenwood [1812-1871] in Halifax.


Leah came from Warley.

She was a bread maker [1851] / a grocer [1871]

 

Children:

  1. John [b 1837] who was a worsted spinner [1851]
  2. Susannah [b 1841]
  3. James [b 1844]
  4. Joseph [b 1855] who was a worsted winder [1871]

They lived at

  • Spring Hall, Halifax [1841]
  • Halifax [1851, 1871]

William died between 1855 & 1871.

Leah died 5th November 1871 (aged 58), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3315]

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-219
[1817-18??]
Born in Heptonstall.

He was a twister [1871] / a cotton twister [1881].

He married Sally [1817-1???].


Sally was born in Heptonstall
 

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 1842] who was a winder [1871], a cotton winder  [1881], a cotton factory hand [1881]
  2. John [b 1844] who was a labourer [1871]
  3. Betty [b 1848] who was a winder [1871], a cotton winder  [1881]
  4. Mary [b 1850] who was a winder [1871] & married James Crabtree
  5. Thomas [b 1850] who was a winder [1871], a cotton weaver  [1881]
  6. Susanna [b 1854] who was a weaver [1871], a cotton frame  tenter [1881]
  7. Emma [b 1857] who was a spinner [1871], a cotton frame  tenter [1881], a cotton factory hand [1881]

The family lived at

  • Olde Royde, Langfield [1871]
  • 10 Oldroyd Row, Langfield [1881]
  • Friths Terrace, Todmorden [1891]

William died some time after the 1881 census.

In 1890, grandson William Crabtree was imprisoned for stealing shawls and a handkerchief from Sally

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-1806
[1820-1???]
Born in Sowerby.

He was publican at the Country House, Hipperholme [1871].

In 1871, he married Jane widow of Samuel Crowther Farrar in Halifax.

Living with them [in 1871] were their children Mrs Elizabeth Schofield [aged 21], Edwin Farrar [aged 18], William Farrar [aged 16], and Susan Mitchell [aged 12]

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-193
[1832-1875]

He married Ann [1813-1863].

Children:

  1. William Henry [1864-1869]

Ann died 7th August 1863 (aged 50).

William died 1st September 1875 (aged 43).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1550]

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-29
[1836-1876]
Born in Ovenden.

He was a cotton spinner [1858].

On 12th September 1858, he married Claudine Lumb in Halifax.


Claudine was the daughter of
David Lumb
 

Children:

  1. Thomas [b 1859]
  2. George Henry
  3. Crossley
  4. Albert Willie
  5. Wright
  6. John [b 1873]
  7. Mary Hannah [b 1876]

William died in Bradford [1st May 1876].

Claudine died at Allendale, Cliffe Avenue, Baildon in 1921

The couple were buried at Christ Church, Pellon

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-1696
[1840-1902]
Son of
William Mitchell.

Born in Sowerby.

He was a factory worker [1851] / a spinner [1868] / a beer seller / landlord of the Travellers Rest, Higgin Chamber [1876-1902] / a farmer and beer seller at the Travellers Rest, Higgin Chamber [1901].

At the Brewster Sessions [18??], there were objections to the renewal of his licence on account of his permitting drunkenness on the premises (when he had been fined 5/- plus 8/6d costs). His defence said that he had kept the house since 1876, and his father had been there for about 49 years.

The licence was renewed.

On 22nd June 1865, he married (1) Rebecca Titterington at Halifax Parish Church.


Rebecca was the daughter of John Titterington
 

Children:

  1. Robert Eli [1866-1873]
  2. James Herbert [1868-1896]

Rebecca died in 1874 (aged 30).

On 9th May 1876, he married (2) Mary Ann Hitchen [1848-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.

Child: 3. William [b 1877] who was a farm labourer 1901

In 1881, James Herbert [aged 12] was living with his widowed grandmother Mary Titterington.

William died 8th January 1902.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £221.

Administration was granted to his widow Mary Ann.

Mary Ann took over at the Travellers Rest [1903]

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-1775
[1845-1???]
Born in Accrington.

He was a cotton mill labourer [1881] / publican at the Bell's Arms, Walsden [1891].

He married Sarah Roberts [1847-1???] from Wigan.

Children:

  1. Sarah Ann [b 1869] who married [1889] James Robert  Baldwin [1868-19??] in Haslingden
  2. Esmerelda [b 1876] who was a cotton winder [1891],  married [1898] Edward Leeming in Haslingden and was widowed by  1901

The family lived at 80 Clement Street, Accrington.

Living with them [in 1891] were mother-in-law Rebecca Roberts [aged 68] and niece Ada Burke [aged 8].

In 1901, William was living at 105 Nuttall Street, Accrington with his daughter Sarah Ann and her husband James Robert Baldwin (iron works labourer) and their son Ernest, their widowed sister Esmerelda Leeming and their nephew Lawrence Leeming [aged 1]

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-60
[1851-1877]
He died during the construction of the
Queensbury Tunnel [28th November 1877] (aged 26). He had a fit and died a few minutes later as he worked in the cutting

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-192
[1853-19??]
Born in Southowram.

He was a coal miner [1871, 1881, 1891] / a clay miner [1901] / a coal miner [1911] / a brickyard labourer with Oates & Green Limited [1921].

In [Q2] 1877, he married Rose Wood [1852-19??] in Halifax.


Rose was born in Southowram
 

Children:

  1. Lottie [b 1880]

They lived at

  • 6 Battinson Street, Southowram [1871, 1891]
  • 10 Battinson Street, Southowram [1881, 1911]
  • 9 Battinson Street, Southowram [1921]

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-216
[1864-1???]
Son of Henry Mitchell, contractor.

He was labourer of Royd Terrace, Heptonstall [1893].

In 1893, he married Sarah Clark at Halifax Parish Church.


Sarah, of Callis Wood Bottom, was the daughter of
James Clark
 

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-112
[1873-1916]
He was a weaver at Meadow Bottom, Todmorden.

During World War I, he served as a Corporal with the 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment.

He died 3rd September 1916.

He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 34]

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-50
[1888-1916]
Son of Mary & Fred Mitchell of 5 Weir Street, Shade, Todmorden.

Born in Todmorden.

During World War I, he served as a Driver with Z 8th Trench Mortar Battery Royal Horse Artillery & Royal Field Artillery.

He was killed in action [28th August 1916] [some sources give the date as 22nd August 1916].

He was buried at Vermelles British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref V A 20].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-55
[1888-1917]
Known as Willie.

Born in Halifax.

In 1888, he was adopted from the Halifax Workhouse by Grace & Thomas Mitchell of Luddendenfoot.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 9th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died 25th April 1917 (aged 29).

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6], in the book Royd Regeneration, on Luddenden & Midgley War Memorial, on Luddenden Working Men's Club Roll of Honour, and on the Memorial at Saint Mary the Virgin, Luddenden

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-113
[1889-1916]
He was an engine tenter [1913] / employed at Holebottom Laundry (possibly) 
Shuttleworth's Steam Laundry.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. child
  2. child

They lived at 48 Longfield Road, Todmorden.

He was a regular soldier and served 3 years with the Lancashire Fusiliers.

He died 22nd August 1916 (aged 27).

He was buried at Vermelles British Cemetery, France

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-107
[1895-18??]
He served with the 2nd Battalion 84th Foot York & Lancaster Regiment in the
Peninsular War

Mitchell, WilliamRef 53-101
[1897-1916]
Son of Susannah & Ernest Mitchell of 3 Hope Street, Stone Chair, Shelf.

Born in Shelf.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 10th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died 5th July 1916 (aged 19).

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6A & 6B], and on Coley War Memorial

Mitchell, Dr William GreenwoodRef 53-831
[1795-1854]
Surgeon of Todmorden

Mitchell, William HenryRef 53-909
[18??-19??]
Partner in
Mitchell & Barker.

He lived at Newland Villas, Stansfield [1905]

Mitchell, William HenryRef 53-208
[1839-1916]
Son of
David Mitchell.

Born at York Street, Todmorden [26th May 1839].

He was a book-keeper / commission agent.

On 25th July 1863, he married Mary Fielden [1843-1908] at Halifax Parish Church.


Mary was baptised [31st December 1843], the daughter of Sarah (née Greenwood) & William Fielden, a saddler, of Shade, Todmorden
 

Children:

  1. Whitaker Semmes [b 1864] who married Louisa Oldham
  2. Mary [b 1869] who married Walter Day Whitton
  3. John Fielden [b 1872] who married Violetta Midgley
  4. Thomas William
  5. Sarah Ann [b 1882] who married Thomas Crowther

The family lived at

  • York Street, Todmorden [1863]
  • Canal Street, Todmorden [1871]
  • Der Street, Todmorden [1875]
  • Sandholme Terrace, Todmorden [1881]
  • Queen Street, Todmorden [1916]

Mary died at Merefield Street, Rochdale, the home of their daughter Sarah Ann [19th September 1908].

William Henry died in Todmorden [12th January 1916].

The couple were buried at Christ Church, Todmorden

Mitchell, William HenryRef 53-899
[1855-19??]
Son of
Henry Mitchell.

Born in Wadsworth.

He was a cotton spinner [1881] / a worsted spinner [1901] / a partner in Mitchell Brothers / a gentleman (private means).

He never married.

They lived at Boston Hill [1905, 1911].

He lived with his brother John Cousin and sister Clara

Mitchell, William HenryRef 53-128
[1866-19??]
Son of George Mitchell, carter.

Born in Barnsley.

He was an engine driver of The Moor, Rishworth [1896] / a stationary engine driver [1901] / an engine driver [1911].

In 1896, he married Laura Ashby [1871-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Laura, of Lee Bank, Ovenden, was born in Clayton Heights, Bradford, the daughter of George Ashby, plate layer
 

Child: William Henry

They lived at

  • 134 Throstle Street, Prestwich, North Manchester [1901]
  • 10 Pharoah Lane, Illingworth [1911]
  • 13 Stafford Green, Huddersfield Road, Halifax [1917]

Living with them [in 1901] was brother-in-law Tom Ashby [b  1885] (foreman stationary steam boiler).

Living with them [in 1911] was their adopted daughter Cissy Ashby [born Belfast, Ireland 1908]

Mitchell, William HenryRef 53-56
[1897-1917]
Son of
William Henry Mitchell.

Born in Wakefield.

He was educated at Stafford Square School / a frame doffer in spinning mill [1911] / employed by J. W. Hoyle, woolstaplers.

During World War I, he enlisted [October 1914], and served as a Lance Corporal with the 2nd/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was wounded [3rd May 1917].

He died of wounds in hospital in France [18th May 1917] (aged 20).

He was buried at Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, France [Grave Ref I H 1]

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at All Saints' Church, Dudwell

Mitchell, William HenryRef 53-98
[1921-1943]
Known as Willie.

Son of Laura & William Henry Mitchell of Halifax.

Born in Wakefield.

He was educated at Battinson Road School, Halifax / employed by Graydon & Child.

He married Irene.

They lived at Crossley Terrace, Halifax.

During World War II, he enlisted [1941], and he served as a Sergeant with the 91st Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

He trained in the USA.

He was reported missing and assumed to have died 16th June 1943 (aged 22).

He is remembered on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey [Grave Ref 159].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Mitchell, William JamesRef 53-184
[1749-1???]
Son of
James Mitchell.

He married Unknown.

Child: William

Mitchell, WillieRef 53-80
[1897-1916]
Son of
Ernest Mitchell.

He was a doffer (spinning) [1911] / employed by Brooke's Brickyard, (possibly) Hipperholme.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 10th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He went to the Front in May 1916.

He died 5th July 1916 (aged 19).

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

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6A & 6B]

Mitchell, WilsonRef 53-117
[1864-1938]
Born in Halifax.

He married Lilly Rawnsley.

Wilson took over from Lilly as licensee of the Queens Road Hotel, Halifax [1899-1905].

They lived at 113 Haley Hill, Boothtown [1938].

Wilson died in Halifax [11th August 1938].

The couple were buried at Christ Church, Pellon [Grave Ref: 3 F 30]

Mitchell, WrightRef 53-30
[1870-1918]
Son of
William Mitchell.

Born in Brighouse [15th September 1870].

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 8th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment.

He was killed [5th April 1918].

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 3 & 4]

Mitchell, WrightRef 53-19
[1883-1937]
Son of
Jeremiah Mitchell.

Born in Sowerby.

He was an apprentice fitter (machine works) [1901].

He lived at 14 Edith View, Sowerby Bridge [with his parent 1901, 1907].

He was injured – a crushed leg – in the Pye Nest Tram Disaster of 15th October 1907, but was treated at home.

The death of a Wright Mitchell is recorded in Halifax in [Q4 1937] (aged 55) 

Families

The Mitchell family of Boston HillRef 53-1205
The family was descended from Mitchell family of High Greenwood. They owned the Boston Hill Estate, Wadsworth.

See John Cousin Mitchell and Wainsgate Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge

The Mitchell family of High GreenwoodRef 53-1669
William Mitchell [1798] was an early member of the family. They owned the High Greenwood

The Mitchell family of Boston Hill are descendants of this family

The Mitchell family of LightcliffeRef 53-806
They lived at Crow Nest Mansion, Lightcliffe. Some of the family are buries at Halifax Parish Church

Surname

Mitchell surnameRef 53-1
The surname is a form of the forename Michael.

There are 345 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Mitchell, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.


Unattached BMDs for Mitchell

Marriages 1805, 1809, 1852, 1854, 1855, 1858, 1859, 1861, 1865, 1867, 1871, 1872, 1875, 1879, 1886, 1887, 1889, 1891, 1895, 1896, 1899, 1901, 1903, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1915, 1917, 1925, 1933, 1935, 1940, 1947; Deaths 1808, 1899, 1900, 1907

Unattached burials at Lister Lane Cemetery: Plot 2451, Plot 2452, Plot 3400, Plot 4248

 



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