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| Walsh, Alexander | Ref 213-837 |
He was a wool comber [1911] / employed by Baldwin & Walker Limited.
In [Q4] 1906, he married (1) Elizabeth McDonald [1866-19??]
Elizabeth was born in Shipley
They had no children.
In [Q3] 1931, he married (2) Mary Hannah Booth [1858-1951] in Halifax.
Mary Hannah was the widow of Loudy Booth
They lived at 6 Lower Kirkgate, Halifax [1911].
During World War I, Alexander enlisted [29th March 1916], and served with the Royal Flying Corps.
He was discharged [29th January 1918] on account of sickness.
He was awarded the British Victory Medal.
He survived the War, and is remembered on the Baldwin & Walker Roll of Honour.
Alexander died in Halifax [13th January 1938] (aged 72).
Mary Hannah died 13th January 1951 (aged 93).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1303] with Loudy Booth & Hannah Webster [1835-1892]
Question: Does anyone know whether/how Hannah Webster is related to the Walsh or Booth families?
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| Walsh, Arthur | Ref 213-8 |
Born in Hebden Bridge.
In 1911, he was living with his widowed mother at 15 Buttress, Hebden Bridge, and working as a cap packer in a cotton spinning mill.
During World War I, he served as a Rifleman with the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade.
He was killed in action [25th April 1918] (aged 20).
He is remembered on the Pozières Memorial, France [Grave Ref 81-84]
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| Walsh, Arthur Garfield | Ref 213-10 |
Born in Greetland.
He was a talented violinist / a member of Halifax Orchestral Society / choirmaster at Thornfield United Free Methodist Church, Greetland / a cloth finisher [1901] / a woollen cloth finisher [1911] / employed at North Dean Mill, West Vale.
During World War I, he served as a Private with the 5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was killed in action [8th April 1918] (aged 36).
His photograph appears with reports of his death in the Halifax Courier [27th April & 4th May 1918].
He was buried at Bienvillers Military Cemetery, France [Grave Ref IX A 10].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland, and on the Memorial at Thornfield United Free Methodist Church, Greetland
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| Walsh, Benjamin | Ref 213-24 |
Born in Greetland.
He was a woollen weaver [1861, 1871, 1881].
He married (1) Hannah / Johannah / Vina [1801-1871].
His wife was born in Greetland
Children:
Hannah died 16th December 1871 (aged 70).
He married (2) either Elizabeth Ashworth or Elizabeth Stringer [1820-1882].
Elizabeth was born in Lancashire
They lived at
Elizabeth died 11th February 1882 (aged 62).
She was buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: K13] with John Walsh.
Benjamin died 5th February 1883 (aged 86).
Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: K6]
| Walsh, Charles | Ref 213-1814 |
Child: Robert
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| Walsh, Clement | Ref 213-19 |
He was a worsted spinning doffer [1901] / a dyer's labourer [1911] / employed at Brookfoot Dye Works
In [Q3] 1911, he married Mary Whelan in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at 57 Prospect Street, New Bank, Halifax.
During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd/5th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
He was killed in action [28th March 1918] (aged 29).
The Halifax Courier [27th April 1918] reported his death with a photograph.
He was buried at Gommecourt British Cemetery No.2, Heburterne, France [Grave Ref IV F 26].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
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| Walsh, David | Ref 213-39 |
Born in Halifax.
He was a cloth dresser [1841] / a wool warehouseman [1851] / a cloth presser [1861].
He married Lydia [1794-1880].
Lydia was born in Halifax.She was a tailoress [1861, 1871]
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1841] were David's mother Susannah Walsh and David's sister-in-law Susannah and her husband Rev Henry Watts.
Living with them [in 1851, 1861] was granddaughter Mary Walsh.
Living with them [in 1861, 1871] was grandson Walter Walsh [b 1853]. (apprentice boot finisher 1871).
Living with the widowed Lydia [in 1871] were widowed daughter Lydia Sutcliffe (book folder),
David died 29th December 1869 (aged 79).
Lydia died 20th September 1880 (aged 86).
The couple & the children ‡ were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2222]
| Walsh, Edward | Ref 213-970 |
| Walsh, Edward | Ref 213-14 |
Born in Halifax.
Mary Ann later married John Cleary after having at least 4 children with him
Born in Halifax [Q4 1887].
He was a member of St Marie's Catholic Church, Halifax / a labourer in brickworks [1901] / a printer, of 1 Hobson's Court, Back Foundry Street, employed by Crossley's [1908] / a carpet printer [1911] / a Territorial.
He enlisted at Halifax, for 4 years with the 4th Battalion reserves, West Riding Regiment [May 1908]. He was promoted to Lance Corporal [July 1909] & to Corporal in [March 1911]. He re-enlisted at the end of his 4-year term [1912], and was promoted to Sergeant [July 1914].
On 30th November 1914, he married Annie Lee Hinchliffe at St Marie's Catholic Church, Halifax.
Child: Josephine [b 1915]
They lived at 24 Pellon Lane, Halifax.
During World War I, he was called-up [August 1914] and served as a Quartermaster Sergeant with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was sent to France [April 1915].
He was seriously gassed during an attack [19th December], and then carried Lieutenant F. W. O. Fleming out of the trenches.
He was appointed acting Company Sergeant Major [August 1915], acting CQSM [September 1917] & CQSM [January 1918].
He was killed at Vordon Wood [13th October 1918] (aged 28).
The Halifax Courier [2nd November 1918] reported his death with a photograph.
He was buried at Wellington Cemetery, Rieux-en-Cambresis, France [Grave Ref III E 1/8].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Crossley's Carpets.
Annie was awarded a pension of 24/2d a week
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| Walsh, Edwin | Ref 213-36 |
Born in Halifax.
He was a book keeper [1861] / a clerk at finishing works [1871].
In [Q1] 1857, he married Mary Ann Ridgill [1830-1898] in Halifax.
Mary Ann was born in Wath-upon-Derne
Children:
They lived at
Edwin died 9th March 1874 (aged 41).
Mary Ann died 23rd June 1898 (aged 68).
The couple & the children ‡ were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1020]
| Walsh, Edwin | Ref 213-854 |
He was a draughtsman (gas engineering) [1911] / employed by Jonas Drake & Son of Shay Lane.
On 15th December 1915, he married Edith Allsopp Kirby at Saint Mary the Virgin, Illingworth, whilst home on leave from the Army.
Edith was the daughter of Hugh Kirby of Ovenden
They lived at
During World War I, he served as a Sergeant with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was reported missing and assumed to have died in a failed attack on Schwaben Redoubt [3rd September 1916] (aged 25).
The Halifax Courier [23rd September 1916] reported his death with a photograph.
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6A & 6B].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Halifax Secondary School
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| Walsh, Fred | Ref 213-26 |
Born in Halifax.
He was a wire drawer [1881] / a wire drawer of Shroggs Terrace, Ovenden [1884] / a wire drawer [1891] / a thick iron wire drawer [1901] / a wire drawer [1911].
In 1884, he married Hannah Sellers [1864-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.
Hannah, of Mount Pleasant, Halifax, was born in Newcastle / South Shields / North Shields the daughter of James Sellers, coal miner
Children:
They lived at
In 1911, Fred was a lodger with the Moor family at 1 St Luke's Street, Halifax. Had he left the family?
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| Walsh, George | Ref 213-2861 |
On 24th May 1871, he married Emma, daughter of Herbert Hadley, in Halifax.
Children:
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| Walsh, George Edward | Ref 213-1289 |
In 1904, he was one of the first people to be granted a motor cycle registration
| Walsh, Harry | Ref 213-3 |
During World War I, he served as a Gunner with the 40th Battery 43rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery.
He died 11th January 1916 (aged 22).
He was buried at Bethune Town Cemetery, France [Grave Ref IV H 22]
| Walsh, Henry | Ref 213-2078 |
| Walsh, Ishmael | Ref 213-271 |
He was a wire drawer [1871, 1881].
In [Q4] 1846, he married Mary Ann Ramsbottom [1823-1903] in Halifax.
Mary was born in Norwich
Children:
They lived at
Ishmael died 25th February 1891 (aged 68).
Mary Ann died 1st April 1903 (aged 80).
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3278]
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| Walsh, Israel | Ref 213-23 |
He married Hannah [1774-1830].
Children:
Hannah died 9th August 1830 (aged 56).
Israel died 18th March 1841 (aged 76).
Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: I3]
| Walsh, J. | Ref 213-1268 |
| Walsh, Jack | Ref 213-4 |
Born in Norland.
During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).
He died of wounds [6th June 1918].
He was buried at Sissonne British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref I 19]
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| Walsh, James | Ref 213-1949 |
Children:
They lived at Stannary House, Halifax [1797-1826].
The couple were buried at Salem Methodist New Connexion Chapel, North Parade
| Walsh, James | Ref 213-947 |
He married Martha Crossley [b 1788].
Children:
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| Walsh, James | Ref 213-2459 |
He was a newsagent and tobacconist at 12 Woolshops, Halifax [1851].
He married Sarah [1824-1???]
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| Walsh, James | Ref 213-38 |
He was a sawyer [1841, 1851] / a wood sawyer [1861].
He married Hannah [1806-1878].
Hannah was born in Halifax
Children:
The family lived at
James died 1st April 1868 (aged 58).
Hannah died 4th October 1878 (aged 72).
The couple & the children ‡ were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1806]
| Walsh, James | Ref 213-50 |
Born in Halifax.
He was a woolsorter [1861].
He married Mary [1823-1???].
Mary was born in Halifax.She was a dress maker [1861]
Children:
The family lived at 32 Rose Cottage, Back Lane, Halifax (next door to James's parents) [1861]
| Walsh, James | Ref 213-49 |
He was a cart driver [1881].
He (possibly) married Sarah.
James died 19th July 1882 (aged 56), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 279]
| Walsh, James | Ref 213-7 |
He was a clog maker [1868].
In 1868, he married Fanny Howarth [1845-1922] in Halifax.
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| Walsh, James | Ref 213-1082 |
Born in Halifax.
He was manager in a printing office [1891] / a lithographic printer [1901] / a printer's manager [1911].
In [Q3] 1886, he married Hannah Matilda Turner [1865-1941] in Halifax.
Hannah Matilda came from Halifax
Children:
They lived at
James died in the Royal Halifax Infirmary [1st February 1928].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £200. Probate was granted to his widow Hannah Matilda
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| Walsh, James | Ref 213-17 |
Born at 5 York Street, Northowram [8th May 1890].
On 25th May 1912, he married Mary Ellen Guilfoyle [1893-19??].
Children:
During World War I, he served as a Private with the West Riding Regiment, then with the Yorkshire Regiment.
He was discharged [1918] with pulmonary tuberculosis and awarded a small pension.
He died in St Luke's Hospital [22nd May 1919].
He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [26th May 1919] in a common grave [Grave Ref: UK593C].
His brother William also died in the War. Their half-brother Thomas Fletcher also died in the War
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| Walsh, James | Ref 213-1931 |
| Walsh, James | Ref 213-32 |
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered on the Memorial at Saint Michael's & All Angels' Church, Shelf
| Walsh, James Bottomley | Ref 213-15 |
In [Q4] 1866, he married (2) Ruth Gledhill in Halifax.
Children:
Ruth died 3rd January 1876 (aged 32)
On 21st November 1881, he married (2) Henrietta Whittell.
They had no children.
The couple divorced [21st June 1884] as a result of Henrietta's petition on the grounds of cruelty.
James died 28th July 1913 (aged 71)
Members of the family were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell
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| Walsh, Joe | Ref 213-5 |
In 1916, he married Edith Hannah Walker.
They lived at 83 Bridge End, Rastrick.
During World War I, he served as a Rifleman with the 2nd/7th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).
He died 27th November 1917 (aged 38).
He is remembered on the Cambrai Memorial, Nord France [Grave Ref 5], on Brighouse War Memorial, and on Rastrick War Memorial
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| Walsh, John | Ref 213-11 |
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| Walsh, John | Ref 213-25 |
He died 4th August 1872 (aged 80).
Members of the family were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: K13] with Elizabeth wife of Benjamin Walsh
| Walsh, John | Ref 213-124 |
Of 22 Park Street, Sowerby Bridge.
He was injured – about the back, neck and knee, and his arm was badly injured, with a long lacerated wound requiring 8 or 9 stitches – in the Pye Nest Tram Disaster of 15th October 1907, but was treated at home
| Walsh, John | Ref 213-761 |
His son (aged 23) helped 2 girls escape
| Walsh, John | Ref 213-7520 |
He married Mary [1812-1884].
Children:
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1729]
| Walsh, John | Ref 213-735 |
He was a solicitor's clerk / a partner in the Halifax Commercial Banking Company [1853].
He married Anne Horsfall in Halifax [Q1 1846].
Anne was the daughter of Luke Horsfall
Children:
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| Walsh, John | Ref 213-45 |
He married Emma.
Children:
John died 17th December 1897 (aged 70).
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3804]
| Walsh, John | Ref 213-1080 |
Born in Wheatley.
He was a letter press printer [1851] / a printer & bag maker employing 10 men, 8 boys & 3 girls [1861] / a printer & councillor [1871] / a printer [1879] / an Alderman & paper bag maker [1881] / a printer & councillor [1891] / an Alderman for Halifax Ovenden ward [1894] / a printer & paper merchant [1901].
He established John Walsh Printers.
In [Q1] 1851, he married (1) Ann Normanton [1828-1867].
Children:
Ann died in Halifax [Q2 1867] (aged 39).
On 22nd October 1872, he married (2) Selina Brear at Halifax Parish Church.
Selina was the daughter of William Brear
They had no children.
They lived at
Living with them [in 1891] was Sara M. Walsh [aged 40] (paper bag maker)
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| Walsh, John | Ref 213-28 |
He was landlord of the Junction Hotel, Halifax [1881, 1894] / publican (out of business) [1901].
In [Q2] 1859, he married Mary Wilson Sutcliffe [1841-1917] in Halifax.
Mary was born in Southowram
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1881] was niece Emily Halstead [b 1870].
John died 17th February 1909 (aged 70).
Mary Wilson died 14th July 1917 (aged 76).
Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-D31]: John [22nd February 1909]
| Walsh, John | Ref 213-9530 |
In [Q2] 1867, he married (1) Sarah Ann Moss [1849-1872] in Halifax.
In [Q1] 1873, he married (2) Nancy Nuttall in Halifax.
Children:
John (senior) died 25th August 1897.
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1729]
| Walsh, John Edmund | Ref 213-805 |
Born in Elland.
He was a member of St Paul's Methodist Chapel, Elland & Sunday School / an apprentice cabinet maker [1911] / employed by Thomas Simpson & Sons Limited / an assistant (evenings) at the Palladium Cinema at Elland Town Hall.
During World War I, he served as a 2nd Corporal with the 19th Irish Division Royal Engineers.
He received an honourable mention, and was recommended for distinction for bravery [27th June 1916].
He died of gunshot wounds to the right thigh & left leg, at No.32 Casualty Clearing Station, France [11th August 1917] (aged 23).
The Halifax Courier [25th August 1917] reported his death with a photograph.
He was buried at Brandhoek New Military Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref VI B 12].
He is remembered at Elland Cemetery, on Elland War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Elland Boys' Brigade
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| Walsh, John Edward | Ref 213-953 |
He became a patent agent in Halifax. He established John E. Walsh & Company [1879]. In 1887, he had offices at Crossley Street, Halifax, Swan Arcade, Bradford, and 11 New Market Street, Blackburn.
He died of a heart attack in George Square, Halifax, as he was on his way home from work.
Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £6,197
| Walsh, John Edwin Ridgill | Ref 213-48 |
He was a bookkeeper [1931].
He died 5th June 1931 (aged 70), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1201]
| Walsh, John Thomas | Ref 213-35 |
Around 1904, he married Margaret Mary [1868-19??].
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| Walsh, John William | Ref 213-9 |
He was a dyer [1887].
On 28th August 1887, he married Elizabeth Ann Harris [1868-1937] at Heptonstall Church.
Elizabeth Ann was born in Cornwall
Children:
The children were born in Hebden Bridge.
The family lived at 2 Buttress, Hebden Bridge
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| Walsh, Jonathan | Ref 213-W2667 |
Baptised in Halifax [26th November 1741].
He was a landowner, a money lender, a textile manufacturer and notorious for his eccentricity, meanness and temper.
Caroline Walker referred to him as an old usurer and extremely importunate.
He rode around on a mule bearing a whip which he used on anybody who displeased him.
The Clergy were apparently a favourite target for Walsh's ire.
His speech was so uncouth and haranguing that Dr Henry Coulthurst used to hide if he saw Walsh coming.
Walsh spent hundreds of pounds in litigation against his neighbours and said that he would
rather spend a pound for law than a penny for ale
He owned Dove House, Shibden. He lived at Coldwell Hill Farm, Southowram.
He died at Horton Street, Halifax [11th February 1823].
Walsh's wife had been buried in one corner of a field on his land at Coldwell Farm, Southowram, and he gave instructions that he was to be planted in the other corner. He was buried on the land, by candlelight at midnight.
The burial was rediscovered 73 years later
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| Walsh, Joseph | Ref 213-46 |
He was a cooper [1841, 1851, 1861].
He married Ruth Priestley [1807-1867].
Ruth was born in Halifax
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1851] was widowed brother-in-law James Priestley [b 1788] (millwright).
Ruth died 1st December 1867 (aged 60).
Joseph died 8th November 1873 (aged 66).
The couple & the children ‡ were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3475] with granddaughter Nellie Edna Walsh [1879-1880]
| Walsh, Joseph | Ref 213-30 |
On 30th September 1867, he married Rachel Wilson Halstead at Elland Parish Church.
Rachel Wilson was the daughter of Joseph Halstead.She had a son: Thomas Halstead [b 1853]
Rachel & Joseph died in 1899.
They were buried at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery in an unmarked public grave [C U 368]. Records show that Rachel and one other – probably Joseph – are interred here. A cross has been erected on the grave to remember Rachel
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| Walsh, Joseph | Ref 213-47 |
In [Q2] 1873, he married Martha Ann Ingham in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at New Bank, Halifax [1880]
| Walsh, Joseph Frederick | Ref 213-W126 |
He designed many local buildings
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| Walsh, Margaret | Ref 213-18 |
She had 2 children (father unknown):
On 8th November 1894, Margaret married James Patrick Fletcher.
She died at 8 Duke Street North, Halifax [20th October 1915].
Her death certificate gives the cause of death as Heart Disease, but family stories say that
she went down hill after the death of her second son William
She & her husband were buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [Grave Ref: K D 1639]
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| Walsh, Mark | Ref 213-42 |
He married Hannah [1798-1873].
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1851] were daughter Mary, her husband Joseph Townsend & son Walter.
Mark died 13th June 1849 (aged 53).
Hannah died 5th February 1873 (aged 75).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3139]
| Walsh, Mark | Ref 213-16 |
On 1st July 1848, he married Emma Ramsden at Hanover Street Chapel, Halifax.
Children:
Mark died in 1869.
On 7th February 1872, Emma married Robert Crossley
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| Walsh, Mark | Ref 213-804 |
He was a greengrocer.
In 1885, he married Hannah Elizabeth Stott [1865-19??] in Halifax.
Hannah was born in Elland
Children:
The children were born in Elland.
The family lived at
After the death of John the family disappears from records, it is possible they went to live abroad
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| Walsh, Patrick | Ref 213-20 |
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Saint Bernard's Catholic Church
| Walsh, Peter | Ref 213-276 |
During World War I, he served with the Scots Guards.
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
| Walsh, Richard | Ref 213-31 |
Born in Halifax.
He was a retired cloth merchant [1851].
He married Ann [1787-1869].
Ann was born in Halifax.She was a retired draper [1851]
Children:
They lived at
Richard died 6th May 1854 (aged 65).
Ann died 25th March 1869 (aged 82).
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 198] with Henry Walsh [1812-28th June 1875]
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| Walsh, Robert | Ref 213-614 |
| Walsh, Robert | Ref 213-2278 |
Cotton and wool card maker at Blackwall, Halifax [1809]
| Walsh, Robert | Ref 213-33 |
He married Nancy [1747-1801].
Children:
Nancy died 2nd November 1801 (aged 54).
Robert died 3rd December 1832 (aged 87).
Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax
| Walsh, Robert | Ref 213-22 |
He was a carter [1861] / a lant ? [1871] / a woollen waste cleaner [1881].
He married Hannah [1807-1883].
Children:
They lived at
Hannah died 19th October 1883 (aged 76).
Robert died 7th November 1884 (aged 79).
The couple were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: E5]
| Walsh, Robert Edgar | Ref 213-29 |
Born in Shibden.
He was a civil engineering student [1911], and gained a BSc at the Faculty of Engineering (London), before being engaged in engineering works on the Clyde in Scotland.
In 1911, he & 8 friends joined the Brighouse Company of the 4th Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
Later, he received a commission in the with the 3rd/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
In October 1914, he was gazetted Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers.
He went to France [1915] and was transferred to a Field Company in the 36th Western Division. He fought at Messines, and at Cambrai where he was recommended for promotion to Captain.
In April 1918, he was thought to have been taken prisoner (possibly with the whole Field company). In May 1918, he wrote home to say that he was in hospital in Mainz, Germany, and recovering after having had 2 bullets extracted from his thigh. He was subsquently mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig's dispatches
His story was reported in the Halifax Courier [20th April, 27th April, 25th May & 1st June 1918].
He survived the War
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| Walsh, Robert Selby | Ref 213-1499 |
He married Unknown.
Children:
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| Walsh, Rowland | Ref 213-6 |
Born in Halifax.
He was a cotton weaver [1906] / a cab driver [1916].
On 22nd October 1906, he married Jane South [1878-1932] in Burnley.
Child: James [1911-1994]
They lived at
During World War I, he enlisted in Preston [1916] and served as a Private with the 7th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment.
He died of wounds [10th June 1918].
He was buried at Sissonne British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref O 14]
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| Walsh, Samuel | Ref 213-2260 |
On 30th May 1804, he married Sarah Walker in Leeds.
Children:
Both daughters married James Gaskarth Dalzell
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| Walsh, Samuel | Ref 213-34 |
He married Sarah [1780-1862].
Children:
Samuel died 11th July 1843 (aged 63).
Sarah died 11th February 1862 (aged 82).
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1849]
| Walsh, Samuel | Ref 213-1948 |
Born in Halifax.
He was a brace stiffener & stock manufacturer employing 80 hands [1851] / a manufacturer of brass bolts &c employing 28 men, 8 boys, 50 women & ? girls [1861] / a master cotton spinner and corn dealer [1871] / a brace and umbrella manufacturer [1891] / a partner in Walsh & Brierley.
He lived at Trinity Road, Halifax [1904].
Family stories tell that he contracted pneumonia after attending a funeral and died on 8th December 1904.
He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1904
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| Walsh, Stanley | Ref 213-13 |
Born in Halifax [Q2 1937].
In 1964, he moved to Australia.
He was
He married Sherri.
Child: Stephanie
He died in Sydney, Australia [17th September 2008]
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| Walsh, T. S. | Ref 213-2008 |
He lived at West Hill [1845]
| Walsh, Thomas | Ref 213-2216 |
In [Q2] 1857, he married Agnes Montague [1840-1864] in Easington, County Durham.
Children:
He was a Bandsman with the 107th Royal Sussex Regiment. Following the Indian Mutiny, he was sent to Calcutta. He served in India for 10 years.
His wife went to the East Indies (India) with him. The children were all born there.
While the regiment were stationed in Fyzabad, his wife and all the children died and were buried in India.
He died of cholera at Allahabad [5th August 1867], just 3 months before the Regiment was due to return to England.
There is a memorial to members of the family in Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1729]
| Walsh, Thomas Luke | Ref 213-948 |
He married Annie Elizabeth.
Children:
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| Walsh, Thomas Selby | Ref 213-342 |
He was a member of Halifax Town Council [1850-1877] / Mayor of Halifax [1857-1860] / Alderman for Central Ward [1866].
He (possibly) owned Dam Head Mill, Shibden. He was recorded at West Parade, Halifax and at Shibden Hall [1874], and had business at Arches Street, Halifax. He may have been a partner in Walsh & McCrea (Coatings) Limited.
He died 23rd September 1879.
See Halifax, Huddersfield & Keighley Railway
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| Walsh, Rev Timothy | Ref 213-1291 |
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| Walsh, William | Ref 213-43 |
He was a dyehouse labourer [1851].
He married Nancy [1799-1876].
Nancy was born in Ovenden
Children:
The family lived at Ovenden [1851, 1856, 1866].
Living with them [in 1851] were granddaughter Elizabeth Walsh [b 1850] and daughter Mary Greenwood & her husband.
William died 14th April 1867 (aged 73).
Nancy died 26th October 1876 (aged 77).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3180]
| Walsh, William | Ref 213-2114 |
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| Walsh, William | Ref 213-21 |
During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st/5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).
He was killed in a German attack north of Wytschaete [25th April 1918].
He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 42-47 & 162], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
| Walsh, William | Ref 213-37 |
In March 1830, he and John Wood were charged with robbing Benjamin Tetley on the King's highway near Halifax on 26th September 1829.
They were both sentenced to death.
This was commuted and Walsh was convicted for 14 years and transported.
The UK Prison Hulk Registers record that he was received aboard the prison-hulk Dolphin at Chatham [12th May 1830].
On 29th May 1830, Walsh left Sheerness aboard the Lord Melville (3) for Australia
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| Walsh, William | Ref 213-44 |
He married Ann [1810-1860].
Ann died 18th July 1860 (aged 50).
William died 17th July 1862 (aged 59).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3804]
| Walsh, William | Ref 213-40 |
He was a cabinet maker [1841, 1851].
He married Elizabeth [1813-1886].
Elizabeth was born in Halifax
Children:
The family lived at
William died 27th May 1882 (aged 68).
Elizabeth died 14th March 1886 (aged 73).
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2829]
| Walsh, William | Ref 213-235 |
In [Q2] 1859, he married (1) either Elizabeth Akroyd or Elizabeth Whiteley [1837-1865] in Halifax.
Children:
In [Q3] 1867, he married (2) Martha Swallow [1823-1884] in Halifax.
They lived at
Martha died 25th February 1884.
William died 13th March 1905.
Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Pellon [1/W13]
| Walsh, William | Ref 213-27 |
He was choirmaster at Thornfield United Free Methodist Church, Greetland / a cotton minder [1881] / a woollen apprentice [1891] / a machine minder (cotton) [1901] / a cotton spinning operative [1911].
In 1878, he married Emma Jane Holroyd [1857-1???] in Halifax.
Emma Jane was born in Greetland
Children:
They lived at
Emma Jane died 24th February 1929.
William died 9th July 1930.
Members of the family were buried at St Thomas's Church, Greetland
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| Walsh, William | Ref 213-2 |
On his birth certificate, Margaret Walsh is shown as his mother; father unknown.
During World War I, he enlisted [August 1914] and served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
He died at the Battle of Feusbert [16th May 1915].
He is remembered on the Le Touret Memorial, France [Grave Ref 16 & 17]
His brother James also died in the War. Their half-brother Thomas Fletcher also died in the War
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| Walsh, William Arthur | Ref 213-12 |
Born in Carlow, Dublin.
He lived in Dublin, and was a buyer in the plumbing department of John C. Parkes & Sons there.
During World War I, he enlisted [November 1915], and served with the Royal Garrison Artillery.
He went to the Front [May 1916].
He died of wounds in Halifax [28th December 1916].
He is remembered with a CWGC headstone at Stoney Royd Cemetery [Grave Ref: J A 92], and on the War Memorial in Milford Street, Leighlinbridge, County Carlow.
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| Walsh, William Henry | Ref 213-41 |
He was a corn dealer [1851] / a corn miller [1861].
He married Martha [1815-1896].
Martha was born in Skircoat
Children:
The family lived at
William Henry died 20th June 1866 (aged 52).
Martha died 31st December 1896 (aged 81).
The couple & the children ‡ were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3076]
| Surname |
| Walsh surname | Ref 213-1 |
George Redmonds writes that the name is usually associated with Ireland, and is derived from the element welsh
There are 87 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Walsh, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Unattached BMDs for WalshMarriages 1861, 1885, 1889, 1905, 1906, 1910, 1915, 1919, 1923; Deaths 1899, 1900
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