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Crossley, MrRef 36-2552
[1???-1???]
Son of
John Crossley.

He married Unknown.

Child: Anthony

Crossley, MrRef 36-27
[17??-1???]
Son of
Anthony Crossley.

He married Unknown, of Foster Mill, Yorkshire.

Children:

  1. Anthony
  2. John

Crossley, MrRef 36-837
[17??-1???]
Coiner. He was imprisoned at Bradford.

He married Unknown.

Child: a son

Crossley, MrRef 36-838
[17??-1???]
Coiner of Boothtown.

Son of Mr Crossley of Boothtown. He was imprisoned at Bradford

Crossley, MrRef 36-840
[17??-17??]
Coiner of Halifax. He was imprisoned in Lancaster Gaol in January 1769

Crossley, MrRef 36-45
[17??-18??]
A farmer at
Hoyle House, Warley.

He married Unknown.

Child: John

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Crossley, AbrahamRef 36-835
[17??-1???]
Coiner. He was imprisoned at York Castle

Crossley, AbrahamRef 36-1872
[1752-1817]
Of Gauxholme Stones.

Son of Eli Crossley.

He was a cotton spinner at Gauxholme, a partner with Moses Dawson in the first cotton mill built at  Knowlwood Bottom, Walsden, and the first of the family to be a copperas manufacturer

He founded Knowlwood Mill [1786].

He sang in the choir at St Mary's Church, Todmorden.

He married Sarah Hirst [1764-1838].

Children:

  1. Eli
  2. Betty
  3. Abraham
  4. John
  5. Sally
  6. Mary
  7. William
  8. Thomas

See Samuel Law

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Crossley, AbrahamRef 36-2285
[1788-1857]
Son of
Abraham Crossley.

He was a copperas manufacturer / a member of the Todmorden & Walsden Select Vestry [1838].

He married Ellen Wood.

Children:

  1. Abraham
  2. Thomas

He and son Thomas, were partners in Abraham & Thomas Crossley.

They lived at Gauxholme Stones Farm, Walsden [1829]

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Crossley, AbrahamRef 36-911
[1797-1859]
Aka Old Tickler.

Son of William Crossley.

Born in Walsden.

He was a mechanic/millwright at Lob Mill.

He married Susan [1799-1869].

He and James Weatherill were killed when John Holden's joiner's shop in Union Street, Todmorden collapsed.

The couple were buried at Christ Church, Todmorden

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Crossley, AbrahamRef 36-1314
[18??-19??]
Joiner, builder and contractor at
Whiteplatts Saw Mill, Todmorden [1905]

Crossley, AbrahamRef 36-446
[18??-19??]
In 1898, he,
Robert Law and Tattersall Wilkinson opened the Blackheath Barrow

Crossley, AbrahamRef 36-48
[18??-19??]
W he was a licensed horse slaughterer at
High Sunderland Farm, Halifax is recorded in January 1914

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Crossley, AbrahamRef 36-424
[18??-1909]
JP, CC.

He was one of the first Aldermen of the Borough of Todmorden [1896-1902] / one of the first pupils when science classes started in Todmorden  [1869] / a science teacher [for over 20 years] / the first Secretary of the Todmorden Scientific Association / a Liberal / President of Todmorden Liberal Club [1907-1909] / a member of the West Riding County Council [1904] / Mayor of Todmorden [1905-1908].

On 27th August 1907, he was slightly injured after he slipped and fell 20 ft from the top of a building which was being constructed in Longfield Road, Todmorden.

He died of cancer

Crossley, AbrahamRef 36-154
[1806-18??]
Born in Lancashire.

He was a roller turner [1841] / an iron turner [1851].

Around 1826, he married Hannah [1806-1???].


Hannah was born in Bottoms, Lancashire
 

Children:

  1. Thomas [b 1826] who was a cotton piecer [1841]
  2. Mary [b 1828] who was a cotton piecer [1841], a winder  [1851]
  3. Hannah [b 1830] who was a cotton piecer [1841], a frame  tenter [1851]
  4. Sally [b 1832] who was a winder [1851]
  5. Peter
  6. Abraham [b 1836] who was a mule piecer [1851]
  7. William [b 1840]
  8. Alice [b 1845]

They lived at Square, Todmorden & Walsden [1841, 1851]

Crossley, AbrahamRef 36-152
[1806-1867]
Born in Elland.

He was a delver [1851] / landlord of the Rising Sun, Elland [1861-1867].

He married Cecilia [18??-1876].

Living with them [in 1851] was their niece Julia Gilfile who married John Bedford Crowther.

Abraham died in 1867.

After his death, Cecilia took over at the Rising Sun [1867-1876]

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Crossley, AbrahamRef 36-161
[1818-1878]
Son of
Eli Crossley.

He and his brother, Hamer, had a business making and printing carpets at Copperas House Mill, Walsden and Birks Mill, Walsden

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Crossley, AbrahamRef 36-745
[1829-1907]
Son of
Abraham Crossley.

Born at Gauxholme Stones Farm.

He was popularly known as the grand old man of Primitive Methodism in Todmorden He was associated with Knowlwood Chapel for over 64 years, 40 of which he was School Superintendent. He was greatly involved with the building of the original school and became a lay preacher in the Chapel.

He was a cabinet maker, joiner and builder. His workshop was at Gauxholme on the site of the demolished Albert Boiler Works [1875-1890].

In 1853, he married Betty Butterworth in Todmorden.

Children:

  1. Mary Hannah who died in infancy
  2. Ellen who died in infancy

In 1901 at the age of 72, Abraham retired from active life at the chapel. His retirement was commemorated with a special day at the chapel during which Mr James Law presented him with a marble time piece inscribed

presented to Abm. Crossley by the teachers and scholars of Knowlwood Sunday School as a token of esteem for long and faithful service. April 27th 1901

He was also presented with a walking stick and umbrella, and a framed portrait photograph of him was hung on the wall of the Sunday School.

He was buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden

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Crossley, AbramRef 36-1742
[18??-19??]
Horse slaughterer.

Recorded in March 1916.

Abraham Crossley was at 5 Lee Lane, Halifax [1937].

See John Thompson

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Crossley, Mrs AdaRef 36-741
[1866-1923]
She took over as landlady of the
Stafford Arms, Halifax [1923], after the death of her husband, Arthur.

On 19th November 1923, she was killed by a car

Crossley, AlbertRef 36-113
[1885-1914]
Son of Arthur Crossley of Halifax.

He married C. B..

During World War I, he served as a Lance Corporal with the 2nd Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

He was reported missing and assumed to have died 29th November 1914 (aged 29).

He was buried at Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany [Grave Ref VIII E 21].

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

C. B. married (2) Mr Little.

They lived at 107 Green Lane, West Vale

Crossley, AlfredRef 36-114
[18??-1918]

During World War I, he served as a Gunner with the 138th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery.

He died 21st March 1918.

He is remembered on the Pozières Memorial, France [Grave Ref 10], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Crossley's Carpets

Crossley, AlfredRef 36-737
[1839-1877]
Son of Hannah Crossley (his father is not named on the baptism record)  and grandson of William Crossley, carpet weaver.

Born in Halifax; baptised in Halifax [13th October 1839].

He was a seaman and was shipwrecked on the island of Madagascar as a youth.

He returned there by 1869 and on several subsequent occasions, and became one of the most prolific collectors of natural history specimens in Madagascar (principally butterflies, birds and mammals)  during the 19th century.

A great many of his specimens were sent back to England. Though many of them went into private collections and are now lost, a significant proportion of his specimens now reside in major museums across Europe and are an important source of documentation on Madagascar's fauna.

It seems that much of his documentation did not survive, reducing the value of his work

Several species and genera were named for him, including:

  • The mammal Cheirogaleus crossleyiCrossley's dwarf lemur
  • The bird Mystacornis crossleyiCrossley's vanga
  • The Cameroonian butterfly Euxanthe crossleyiCrossley's forest queen

On 25th September 1864, he married (1) Sarah Ambler Parker [1817-18??] in Halifax.


Sarah was the daughter of Charles Parker [1816-1???], a blacksmith of Crib Lane
 

On 24th February 1876, he married (2) Rebecca Dennis at Hanover Methodist Chapel, Halifax.


Rebecca was the daughter of Mr William Dennis, a gentleman well-known as a vocalist in Halifax
 

Alfred died in Madagascar, shortly after his second marriage, at the age of 37.

The Foldout shows some newspaper reports about his life.

The major part of this entry is based on work by

Ian Tattersall
Division of Anthropology
American Museum of Natural History
New York NY 10024

who has kindly forwarded his Research Paper

This entry also uses material contributed by various ROOTSCHAT members

Crossley, AlfredRef 36-2155
[1843-1913]
Of Cornholme.

Cotton manufacturer in partnership with James Crossley at Carrfield Mill, Todmorden [1900], and with John Crossley & Sons

In July 1900, the partnership was dissolved and Alfred went to become landlord of the Royal Oak, Macclesfield.

He died in Southport

Crossley, AlfredRef 36-2544
[1854-19??]
Born in Ripponden.

He was a cotton twiner [1881, 1891] / living on own means [1901] / landlord of the Black Horse, Stainland [1905, 1911]

In 1879, he married (1) Deborah Ann Dyson [1853-1909] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Amy [b 1882]
  2. Annie Florence [b 1885]
  3. Gertrude Mary [b 1892]

In 1910, he married (2) Alice E. Allmark [1866-19??] from Leeds, in Halifax.

They lived at

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Crossley, AlfredRef 36-36
[1860-19??]
Born in Halifax.

He was a confectioner [1905] / a wholesale confectioner [1911]

In [Q3] 1887, he married Sarah Elizabeth Dennis [1860-19??] from Halifax.

Children:

  1. child who died young [before 1911]
  2. child who died young [before 1911]
  3. child who died young [before 1911]
  4. Edith [b 1891]

They lived at 27 Lewis Street, Halifax [1905, 1911]

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Crossley, AmosRef 36-195
[1865-1917]
Son of Roper Crossley, carrier.

Born in Rochdale.

He was a carter of Raw Holme, Wadsworth [1887] / a carter [1891] / a coal carter [1901] / a general labourer [1911].

In 1887, he married Ruth Southwell [1867-1903] at Halifax Parish Church.


Ruth, of Stansfield, was born in Hebden Bridge, the daughter of William Southwell, overlooker
 

Children:

  1. Minnie [b 1887] who was a fustian clothing machinist  [1901]
  2. Clara [b 1889] who was a fustian clothing machinist  [1901], a button machinist [1911]
  3. William [b 1891] who was a warehouse man [1911]
  4. Harry
  5. Sarah [b 1898] who was a sewing machinist [1911]
  6. Wilbert [b 1899]
  7. Sydney [b 1901]
  8. Annie [b 1903]

The family lived at

  • 20 Calder Bank, Hebden Bridge [1891, 1901]
  • 10 Mitchell Street, Fairfield, Hebden Bridge [1911, 1917]

Ruth died in Todmorden in 1903 (aged 36).

An Amos Crossley died in Todmorden [Q1 1917] (aged 51) 

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Crossley, AnneRef 36-47
[1846-1925]
Annie.

Daughter of John Crossley.

Born in Halifax [13th January 1846].

Her mother Anne died shortly after giving birth to Anne.

In 1871, she married Giulio Marchetti.

She was President of the Ladies' Committee of Crossley Orphanage [1914].

She died in Halifax [3rd September 1925].

Probate records show that she left effects valued at £4,491 16/5d.

Probate was granted to her husband Giulio

She was buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham, Christina Crossley Ratcliffe & Christina Ratcliffe

Crossley, AnthonyRef 36-1075
[15??-16??]
A yeoman of
Scaitcliffe Hall, Todmorden.

He married Mary.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Luke
  3. Samuel
  4. Susan who married Mr Kershaw
  5. Mary
  6. son
  7. son

Crossley, AnthonyRef 36-1077
[16??-1707]
Son of
Mr Crossley and grandson of John Crossley.

He rebuilt part of Scaitcliffe Hall in 1666.

He was the subject of Maintenance Order for the support of an illegitimate child by Elizabeth Lee of Burnley on 3 separate occasions between 1674 and 1679.

He married (1) Ann Eastwood [16??-1697].


Ann was the daughter of Mary Eastwood
 

Children:

  1. John
  2. Mary who married John Fielden

Anthony and Ann appear in the Quarter Sessions records as having been prosecuted and convicted of a criminal offence.

He married (2) Grace Ramsden.


Grace was a widow from Broadhaugh in Spotland
 

He died at Scaitcliffe.

He was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden

In his will of 1706, he left 20 kerseys [worth £25], 5 packs of fleece wool [£80], 1 pack of skin wool [£5], meal [£12] and a number of sheep

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Crossley, AnthonyRef 36-258
[1702-1779]
Son of
John Crossley. Grandfather of Anthony Crossley.

Born 11th April 1702.

He was a member of the Crossley family of Todmorden at Scaitcliffe Hall.

In 1726, he went to London where he served for 4 years as a private gentleman in the second troop of the Horse Guards.

In 1735, he married Elizabeth Gibson.


Elizabeth was the daughter of James Gibson
 

Child: unknown

In 1738, he built the north part of Scaitcliffe.

From 1744, he served as an officer in the Lancashire Militia during the Jacobite Rebellion.

He was High Constable of the Salford Hundred [1757].

In 1759, he rebuilt Lower Ashes, Cross Stone for his son.

In 1770, he was one of those who subscribed and rebuilt part of St Mary's Church, Todmorden

Crossley, AnthonyRef 36-166
[1762-1810]
Son of
Mr Crossley. Grandson of Anthony Crossley, and brother of John Crossley.

Born at Foster Mill, Yorkshire, his mother's home [11th April 1762].

He took over the Scaitcliffe Hall estate from his father. Because he had no male heir, he sold Scaitcliffe to his John in 1810.

In 1795, he bought the Todmorden Hall estate.

In the 1790s, he built Ridgefoot Mill, Todmorden

He married Betty Gibson.


Betty was the daughter of Abraham Gibson
 

Children:

  1. Anne [17??-1848] who married James Joseph Hague Taylor

He died 1st June 1810

Crossley, ArnoldRef 36-2066
[1851-1883]
MA.

Fifth son of Joseph Crossley.

Born 21st March 1851.

He was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College Cambridge.

In 1877, he married Charlotte Amelia Montgomery [1858-1???] in Westminster.


Charlotte Amelia was born in Sweden
 

They lived at Spring Hill, Rugby [1881].

Arnold died in Scarborough [30th September 1883] (aged 32) 

He was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 149] and remembered at Plot 148.

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Crossley, ArnoldRef 36-92
[1885-1917]
Son of
Thomas Crossley.

He was an apprentice cabinet maker [1901] / a cabinet maker [1911] / a tram driver on the Hebden Bridge route.

On 24th June 1916, he married Florence Mary Eperson at St Paul's Church, King Cross, whilst on leave from the Army.


Florence Mary, of 5 Dale Street, Halifax, was the daughter of Henry Eperson, engineer, of Pinxton?, Derbyshire
 

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 10th Battalion (Machine Gun Section)  Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died of wounds [8th June 1917] (aged 32).

The Halifax Courier [16th June 1917] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref XV I 2A].

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

In [Q2] 1920, Florence Mary married Sculcoates.

They lived at 38 East Park Avenue, Holderness Road, Hull

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Crossley, ArthurRef 36-948
[1858-1920]
Landlord of the
Stafford Arms, Halifax [1917].

His wife, Ada, took over at the pub

Crossley, ArthurRef 36-69
[1890-19??]
Son of
James Crossley.

He was a railway yard foreman [1941].

During World War I, he fought on the Western Front with the Royal Engineers, building railways for the Royal Artillery.

He is mentioned in the Leeds & Manchester Railways Roll of Honour for employees who fought in the Great War and returned

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Crossley, Arthur BenjaminRef 36-2414
[1846-1900]
Son of
Charles Crossley.

Born in Halifax [13th March 1846].

He was a master toolmaker (engineer) employing 22 men & 6 boys [1871] / at the West Riding Patent Office [1891] / a partner in Tasker & Crossley [1891]

On 27th September 1871, he married Louisa (Lucy) Armistead in Burnley.


Lucy was the daughter of Henry Armistead, a cotton factory manager
 

Children:

  1. Gertrude [1874-1941]
  2. Roland Armistead [1878-1882]
  3. Leonard Hargreaves [b 1883]
  4. Florence Winifred [1885-1949]

They lived at

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Crossley, Beet RobinsonRef 36-2405
[1836-1913]
He was a dyer.

He married Eliza Jane [1836-1907].

Children:

  1. Ann who married Walter Crossley
  2. Julia who married Wright Ratcliffe
  3. Mary Ann who married Mr Halliwell
  4. Sarah [1861-1921] who married Herbert Peel
  5. Violet [1864-1870]

Eliza Jane died 25th April 1907 (aged 71).

Beet Robinson died 17th September 1913 (aged 77).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2585]

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Crossley, Belinda JoanRef 36-1003
[1932-19??]
Elder daughter of
Charles Patrick Crossley.

In 1952?, she married Timothy Michael (Jumbo) Nicholl from Tanganyika

This & associated entries use material contributed by Malcolm Corbett

Crossley, BenjaminRef 36-1109
[1799-1878]
Of Halifax.

Son of William Crossley.

He married Judith Smith [1801-1879].


Judith was born in Ovenden
 

Children:

  1. James William [b 1827]
  2. Smith
  3. Mary Susanna [1831-1st October 1836] who was buried with  her parents
  4. Holden [b 1836]
  5. Joseph Brierly [b 1836]
  6. Frederic who died 11th July 1839 (aged 7 months) who was  buried with his parents

Benjamin died 21st October 1878 (aged 78).

Judith died 12th March 1879 (aged 78).

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

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Crossley, BenjaminRef 36-2396
[18??-1???]
Son of
Matthew Crossley.

He married Sarah A. Stanwick.

Children:

  1. Elizabeth
  2. Edgar [b 1899]

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Crossley, CatherineRef 36-379
[1846-1???]
Eldest daughter of
Joseph Crossley.

She married Titus Salt.

After the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she played an active rôle at Saltaire

Crossley, CharlesRef 36-2094
[18??-18??]
Partner in
Crossley & Leeming [1850]

Crossley, CharlesRef 36-108
[18??-19??]
He served in World War I.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered on the Roll of Honour at Patmos Congregational Chapel, Todmorden

Crossley, CharlesRef 36-118
[1804-1875]
Son of
William Crossley.

Born 29th June 1804.

He was a machine maker & iron founder in Halifax, employing 28 men & 7 boys [1871].

On 3rd March 1823, he married Martha Gledhill.


Martha was the daughter of George Gledhill
 

Children:

  1. Francis Albert 18??-1928
  2. Frances [b 1826]
  3. William [b 1826]
  4. Mary [b 1827]
  5. Susanna [b 1830] who married John Samuel Kent
  6. Martha Ann [b 1832] who married Abraham Waller
  7. Sarah Jane [b 1834] who married Edwin Riley
  8. Charles [b 1836]
  9. John Thomas [b 1838] who married Hannah Womersley
  10. Elizabeth Ann [b 1840]
  11. Judith Hannah [b 1840]
  12. Walter Edwin
  13. Henry [b 1844]
  14. Arthur Benjamin

They lived at Birdcage, Halifax [1871].

Living with them [in 1871] were lodgers including William Gledhill.

Martha died 4th February 1874 (aged 68).

Charles died in Halifax [29th June 1875] (aged 70).

The couple were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax

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Crossley, CharlesRef 36-79
[1846-1916]
Son of
Eli Crossley.

He was a woollen cloth finisher [1871].

After the death of his father [in 1877], he took over as landlord of the Rose & Crown, Elland [1877, 1883].

He married Sarah Ann [1856-1928]

Child: Mary Jane [1881-1882] who died aged 17 months

Charles died 3rd April 1916 (aged 70).

Sarah Ann died 9th December 1928 (aged 72) 

Members of the family were buried at Elland Cemetery

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Crossley, CharlesRef 36-2406
[1879-1942]
Son of
Walter Edwin Crossley.

He married Mary Rawsthorn [1881-1953].

Children:

  1. Doris
  2. Marian

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Crossley, Charles AlbertRef 36-76
[1869-19??]
Born in Walsden.

He was living at Wood Bottom [1890] / a picker maker [1891, 1901] / a labourer / a weaver [1911].

At some point, Charles Albert served with the 59th Regiment Lancashire Fusiliers.

On 29th January 1890, he married (1) Minnie Wearne [1867-1894] at Knowlwood Primitive Methodist Chapel.


Minnie, of Inchfield Mill, was born in Redruth, Cornwall
 

Children:

  1. Edith [b 1892] who was a weaver [1911]
  2. Harry / Henry

A Minnie Crossley died in Todmorden in 1894 (aged 27).

In [Q1] 1896, he married (2) Rebecca Hickman [1865-1958] in Bolton.


Rebecca was born in Stafford.

She was a cotton weaver [1901]

 

Child: 3. John

In 1906, the family emigrated to Canada.

The Passenger List for the Lake Erie from Liverpool to Quebec which left on the 15th May 1906

C. A. Crossley (aged 37) picker maker
Rebecca Crossley (aged 40) wife
Edith Crossley weaver
Henry Crossley child
John Crossley child

The family were all Methodists.

He enlisted in the Canadian Army (Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force) by altering his date of birth [attested as 15th January 1872]

They lived at

  • 14 Newall Street, Todmorden [1891, 1901, 1901]
  • Water Street, Stormont, Ontario, Canada [1911]
  • 16 Seymour Avenue, Cornwall, Toronto, Canada

Sons Henry & John died in World War I.

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [17 November 1916] reported Harry's death and added that


his father and brother recently returned to England and are in training with the 154th (Canadian) Highland Regiment. His father, C. A. Crossley, holds the rank of corporal and formerly worked at Inchfield Fold picker works
 

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Crossley, Charles BenjaminRef 36-1045
[1846-1918]
Son of
James Crossley.

He was partner in James Crossley & Company [until 1873] / a commission agent [1881] / a drysalter [1891] / a drysalter merchant [1901] / an oil manufacturer [1911].

On 2nd February 1878, he married (1) Emily Gaukroger at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge.

Child: 1. Harriet Ann [1879-1961] who married [Halifax Q3 1903] Robert Arthur Deane

On 3rd June 1897, he married (2) Mary Wells [1869-1957] in Altrincham, Cheshire.


Mary was the daughter of Matthew Wells
 

Child: 2. Marie Gwendolyne [1902-1970]

They lived at

  • Stubbin, Warley [1881]
  • 84 Industrial Road, Sowerby Bridge [1891]
  • Lower Kebroyd [1901, 1911]

He died at Lower Kebroyd [11th December 1918]

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £31,013 14/-. Probate was granted to his widow Mary, daughter Harriet Annie Deane and Oliver Gosling Taylor (accountant) 

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Crossley, Charles CuthbertRef 36-20
[1874-1???]
He was a warehouseman [1899] / a dyer's clerk [1901] / a clerk [1904, 1905, 1910].

On 2nd August 1899, he married Lucy Clark in Bradford.


Lucy was the daughter of
Joseph Clark
 

Children:

  1. Joseph Baxter [bapt 1902]
  2. Lucy [bapt 1904]
  3. Harry Foster [bapt 1905]
  4. George Edward [bapt 1910]

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Crossley, Charles PatrickRef 36-580
[1902-1999]
Youngest son of
Charles Wheatley Crossley and gt-gt-grandson of John Crossley.

Born 17th June 1902.

On 19th April 1928, he married Joan Mary Hibbert Wanklyn in Halifax.


Joan Mary was the elder daughter of Vernon W. Wanklyn
 

Children:

  1. Jonathan
  2. Belinda Joan
  3. Hannah M. [b 1936]

They lived at Raven Lodge, Sowerby Bridge.

Around 1930, Jocelyn Horner made a sculpture of Mrs Patrick Crossley.

Joan Mary died in 1878.

Charles Patrick died in Kendal [Jun 1999] (aged 97).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 149]

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Crossley, Charles WheatleyRef 36-666
[1870-1952]
BA, JP.

Son of Louis John Crossley.

He was educated at Clifton and Trinity College Cambridge.

He was a director of John Crossley & Sons Limited.

In 1903, he was one of the first people to be granted a car registration and a motor drivers' licence.

On 10th April 1894, he married Caroline Marsden-Smedley.

Children:

  1. John Graham
  2. Charles Patrick

They lived at

See Herbert Morrison

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Crossley, CharleyRef 36-85
[1879-19??]
Son of John Henry Crossley, greengrocer.

Born in Halifax.

He was a driver of Lee Bank, Halifax [1902] / a carter (railway company) [1911].

In 1902, he married Annie Louisa Wild at St Thomas's Church, Claremount.


Annie Louisa, of 24 Brunswick Square, Haley Hill, was the daughter of
Charles Frederick Wild.

She had an illegitimate daughter Sarah Ann Wild [b 1901]

 

Children:

  1. Jessie [b 1903]
  2. Mary Jane [b 1907]
  3. John Henry [b 1911]

The children were born in Halifax

The family lived at

  • 58 Park Street, Northgate, Halifax [1911]
  • 44 Albert Street North, Haley Hill

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Crossley, ClementRef 36-988
[1848-1882]
Fourth son of
Joseph Crossley.

Like some of his brothers, he contracted TB and moved away from Halifax.

He married Sarah Maude Peto.


Sarah Maude was the daughter of Sir Samuel Morton Peto of Somerleyton Hall, Suffolk
 

The couple travelled widely through Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. He made many drawings and watercolour paintings.

Children:

  1. Alwyne Ainsworth [b 1881]
  2. Clement [18??-1933]

He died at Colorado Springs, USA [19th October 1882].

He is remembered on the family grave at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 148]

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Crossley, ClementRef 36-141
[1882-1938]
Son of
Walter Crossley.

Born in Halifax.

He was a farming man [1901] / a farm labourer [1911].

In [Q1] 1903, he married Elizabeth Saville [1856-1927] in Halifax.


Elizabeth was born in Brighouse
 

Children:

  1. Annie [b 1903]
  2. Lilian [b 1907]

They lived at 2 Crossley's Buildings, Southowram [1911].

Elizabeth died 2nd October 1927 (aged 42).

Clement died 12th August 1938 (aged 56).

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-B42] with Clement's father

Crossley, ClementRef 36-86
[1914-1943]
Son of Sophia Jane & James Crossley of Halifax.

Born in Halifax.

He was a member of Sion Branch Congregational Sunday School, Bank Top / employed by J. & A. Binns Limited.

In [Q4] 1935, he married Lily Greenwood [1913-2008] in Halifax.


Lily was born in Halifax
 

They lived at 8 St Luke's Street, Claremount.

During World War II, he enlisted [September 1939] and served as a Trooper with the Royal Armoured Corps, 143rd (9th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers) Regiment.

He died with 3 others, in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, when a lorry fell into the River Trent [30th April 1943] (aged 29).

The couple were buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [H 128].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Crossley, CuthbertRef 36-C458
[1883-1960]
Local artist who worked in oils and water-colour, and who specialised in landscape and architectural subjects. He was largely self-taught, although he studied at the
Halifax School of Art. He drew many water-colours of scenes and buildings in the Halifax district.

He worked as a designer at Crossley's Carpets.

He exhibited at the Royal Academy [1922], the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Institute of Painters in Water-Colours, the Royal Society of British Artists and the Paris Salon. He was a member of the Halifax Art Society, and taught at the Halifax School of Art

Crossley, CyrilRef 36-64
[1886-19??]
MC.

Youngest son of Louis John Crossley.

He was educated at Marlborough and Balliol College Oxford / a Major in the West Yorkshire Artillery / a Captain in the Royal Field Artillery.

On 5th April 1916, he married Hélène Le Mottée.


Hélène was the daughter of Colonel H. B. Le Mottée of Hessle, East Yorkshire. Colonel Mottée had been stationed at halifax Barracks
 

Children:

  1. Robert Gordon
  2. Jeanne Le Mottée

They lived at Ryburn House, Soyland.

He was awarded the Military Cross [November 1917] for


bravery in extinguishing a fire in a gun pit. There was a large quantity of ammunition in the pit, and his promptness and gallantry prevented serious consequences
 

His photograph appears with a report of his award in the Halifax Courier [2nd February 1918]

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Crossley, DanRef 36-2625
[1847-1906]
He started out as a weaver and then bought new drapery from Manchester and sold the goods at public auctions.

He was a well respected Auctioneer and known for his fairness.

He was known as the Auctioneer in the district.

He was Partner in Crossley, Crosland & Uttley / an Auctioneer in Hebden Bridge.

Shortly before his death, he disposed of his business to Thomas S. Crosland, who eventually moved to Halifax.

In 1875, he married (1) Hannah in Todmorden.


Hannah [née Southwell] was the widow of Richard Walton
 

Child: Thomas [1882-1900]

In 1883, he married (2) Clara Horsfield in Halifax.


Clara was the daughter of William Horsfield
 

Children:

  1. William [1884-1886]
  2. Wilfred [1887-1960]
  3. Ernest [1889-1891]
  4. Clarence [1892-1965]
  5. Dan [1895-1965]
  6. Cyril [1897-1976]
  7. Baden [1900-1972]
  8. Edward [1901-1962]
  9. Frederick [1904-1980]

After his death, Clara continued the business of buying and selling used furniture and the boys were also involved in the trade.

They lived at Bridge Gate, Hebden Bridge [1901]

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Crossley, Daniel JonesRef 36-C1211
[1824-1907]
JP.

Son of Henry Crossley of Hebden Bridge.

Around 1863, he set up business as a cotton manufacturer, D. J. Crossley & Sons.

See John Riley

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Crossley, DavidRef 36-51
[1???-18??]

Recorded in 1822, when he was an ironmonger in Halifax

Crossley, DavidRef 36-6780
[16??-1???]

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Samuel
  2. (possibly) David

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Crossley, DavidRef 36-98
[1669-1744]
Or Crosley. Of Heptonstall.

Son of David Crossley.

He was a stonemason in Walsden. He met John Bunyan and became an itinerant evangelist. He was a cousin of William Mitchell with whom he established a number of meeting houses in Lancashire and Yorkshire.

In 1691, he preached at Spitalfields, London.

In 1692, he became a Particular Baptist. In 1692, he and William became the first Baptist ministers at Rossendale.

It is said that he was

a very portly, heavy man with a strong voice, that was heard by thousands at once when preaching on the hillsides of Yorkshire and Lancashire

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Crossley, DavidRef 36-177
[1827-1903]
Born in Soyland.

He was a card maker [1861] / a flax card maker [1871] / a ventilator maker [1881] / a ventilating engineer [1891] / a ventilator manufacturer [1901].

In [Q3] 1853, he married Elizabeth Nicholson [1832-1891] in Halifax.


Elizabeth was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Martha Ann [1854-18th June 1859]
  2. Wallace [b 1863] who was a ventilator maker [1891]

They lived at

  • Lane Head, Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse [1861]
  • 4 Belle Vue Cottage, Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse [1871]
  • Bank Street, Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse [1881, 1891]
  • 14 St John Street, Halifax [1901]

Elizabeth died 7th May 1891 (aged 59).

David died in Halifax [Q1 1903] (aged 76).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3806]

Crossley, DavidRef 36-158
[1847-1918]
Born in Warley.

He was a joiner [1871] / a general labourer [1881] / a boiler maker's labourer [1891] / a boiler maker's bender [1911].

In [Q3] 1869, he married Sarah Sutcliffe [1842-1911] in Halifax.


Sarah was born in Sowerby [17th May 1842]
 

Children:

  1. Minnie [1876-19th December 1921] who was a worsted  coating weaver [1891], a trained sick nurse (own account) [1911] &  married Harry Ratcliffe
  2. Grace Hannah / Sarah Hannah [b 1880] who was a  worsted spinner [1891]
  3. Sarah Ann [b 1883]

They lived at

  • 9 West Mount Street, Halifax [1871]
  • Mile Cross, Halifax [1881]
  • Wadsworth Street, Halifax [1891]
  • 34 Brinton Terrace, Halifax [1911]

Living with them [in 1881] was Sarah's widowed father James Sutcliffe [b 1803] (weaver).

Sarah died 13th March 1911.

David died 27th July 1918 (aged 71).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 843] with Minnie & Harry

Crossley, DeborahRef 36-18
[1824-1890]
Daughter of
Eli Crossley.

Born at Ramsden Wood.

She had an illegitimate child by a Thomas Bottomley called Sally Crossley [1844-1858] at the Butchers' Arms, Walsden.

She married John Kershaw.

After the death of her father [1862], she and her husband took over the Butchers' Arms, Walsden.

Members of the family were buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden

Crossley, Donald B.Ref 36-759
[1931-2014]
Hebden Bridge artist.

He grew up in Mytholmroyd, and was a childhood friend of Ted Hughes.

His painting 70 glorious years became the logo for the Alice Longstaff Collection.

He married Hilary.

Children:

  1. Ruth

Crossley, DorisRef 36-2407
[1912-1983]
Daughter of
Charles Crossley.

She married (1) Angus McDonald Robertson [1909-1???].

She married (2) Franciszek (Franck) O Buch [1915-1???]

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Crossley, E. W.Ref 36-975
[18??-19??]
JP, FSA.

He lived at Broad Carr, Holywell Green.

He married Kate [1864-1954]

Crossley, EdgarRef 36-61
[1899-1918]
Son of
William Crossley.

Born in Walsden.

He was a member of the choir at Inchfield Bottom United Methodist Church / a packer for buffalo hide picker manufacturer [1911] / a weaver at Sladen Wood Mill.

He lived at 9 Calf Hey Terrace, Walsden.

During World War I, he enlisted [March 1917] and served as a Private with the 1st/4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment.

He was killed in action after being in France for only 6 weeks [22nd March 1918] (aged 19).

The Todmorden & District News [12th April 1918] reported that


Private Edgar Crossley, died from a bullet to the head
 

He is remembered on the Loos Memorial, France [Grave Ref 31-34], on Todmorden War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Trinity United Methodist Free Church, Walsden

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Crossley, EdwardRef 36-908
[18??-1868]
Partner in
Dugdale & Crossley.

He died after falling down the stairs at the Woodmill Inn, Todmorden

Crossley, EdwardRef 36-1353
[18??-19??]
Of
D. J. Crossley & Sons.

He lived at Royd House, Hebden Bridge [1905]

Crossley, EdwardRef 36-C272
[1841-1905]
JP.

Eldest son of Joseph Crossley. He was an enthusiastic astronomer. He was a philanthropist and completed the Arden Road Almshouses which had been started by his father.

He was Mayor of Halifax [1874-1876] and [1884-1885]

See Boothtown Methodist Church, Grantham Road, Joseph Gledhill, Walter Greaves and Moor End Congregational Church

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Crossley, EdwardRef 36-29
[1889-19??]
Son of
James William Crossley.

Born in Norland.

He was a farm labourer [1901] / a fender fitter [1911].

In [Q1] 1910, he married Annice Hardy [1889-19??] in Halifax.

They lived at Thorny Bank, Norland [1911]

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Crossley, Edward J.Ref 36-954
[1???-1???]
Of Hebden Bridge.

He married Ada M..

Child: Phyllis

Crossley, EdwinRef 36-2417
[1845-1879]
Son of
John Crossley.

In 1869, he married Mary Hodgson Hobson [1844-1929] in Teesdale

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Crossley, EliRef 36-544
[1668-172?]
Son of
Simeon Crossley.

Yeoman of Stops, Warley.

He married Elizabeth.

Children:

  1. Joshua
  2. Joseph
  3. Mary who married Nathaniel Moor from Norland
  4. John

Crossley, EliRef 36-14
[1718-1769]
He was a master clogger at Toadcarr, Todmorden.

He married Elizabeth Wood.

Children:

  1. Betty
  2. Sarah [1747-1836] who married Samuel Law
  3. Deborah
  4. Abraham
  5. Jane
  6. Edmund
  7. Eli
  8. Grace

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Crossley, EliRef 36-15
[1759-1798]
Son of
Eli Crossley.

He was a farmer at Gauxholme.

He married Susan Stevenson [1766-1849].


Susan was the daughter of Lawrence Stevenson
 

Children:

  1. Betty
  2. Eli
  3. Abraham
  4. Grace
  5. John
  6. Mary
  7. Betty
  8. Sarah
  9. Edmund (Ned

It is said that

A man called Eastwood had followed Eli from the pub where they had been drinking. There was an argument over the price of a cow and Eastwood pushed Eli off Copperas House Bridge into the canal. Ely struggled to reach the side but Eastwood pushed him back in again and he drowned

His body was found the next day.

This was the first time that Smithyholme Pool had been filled with water,

Susan was left with 7 children and another one on the way

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Crossley, EliRef 36-2284
[1785-1855]
Eldest son of
Abraham Crossley.

He married Ann Hamer [1778-1856],

Children:

  1. Hamer
  2. Abraham

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Crossley, EliRef 36-781
[18??-18??]
Master at
St George's National School, Sowerby Bridge [1846].

He married Mary.

Mary taught sewing at the school

Crossley, EliRef 36-16
[1805-1862]
Son of
James Crossley.

He was a butcher / a grocer / a beer seller.

In 1823, he married Sally Newell.

Children:

  1. Deborah who married John Kershaw
  2. James
  3. Samuel
  4. Sally
  5. Jimmy
  6. Betty
  7. Mary
  8. Nancy
  9. Hannah
  10. John

In 1830, he opened the Butcher's Arms Beerhouse for the first time. He was landlord in 1862 when he died.

After his death, his daughter Deborah and her husband John Kershaw took over at the Butcher's Arms

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Crossley, ElizabethRef 36-C2611
[16??-16??]
In 1646, she and others in Heptonstall were charged with causing the death of a child by witchcraft.

The trial heard that, in September, Crossley called at the house of Henry Cockcroft, a clothier of Heptonstall, begging. She was unhappy with what he gave her, Two nights later, Cockcroft's 2-year-old son William began to have fits, and eventually died

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Crossley, ElizabethRef 36-382
[1806-1834]
Daughter of
John Crossley.

She married James Garnett.

Child: Martha Elizabeth who died died 3rd May 1834 (aged 3 months) 

Elizabeth died 16th June 1834 (aged 27).

She, her parents and other members of the family, were buried at Square Chapel, Halifax. When the Chapel became derelict, the gravestones were taken to a yard at Dean Clough. They disappeared in 1982, and in 2010 they were found by Council workers in undergrowth in Exley Cemetery. It is proposed to return the gravestones to the Square Chapel. Photographs of the gravestones can be seen on a separate page 

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Crossley, ElkanahRef 36-150
[18??-1???]
Son of Joseph Crossley, farmer.

He was a pork butcher.

On 9th October 1860, he married Elizabeth Greenwood.


Elizabeth, of Southowram, was the daughter of
Elkanah Greenwood
 

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Crossley, EllisRef 36-191
[18??-1???]
He was churchwarden at
St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd [1865-1868, 1871, 1877]

Crossley, ElyRef 36-836
[17??-1???]
Coiner

Crossley, ElyRef 36-2479
[1817-1877]
Or Eli.

Born in Soyland.

He was landlord of the Rose & Crown, Elland [1860, 1861, 1871, 1874].

In 1860, he was one of a number of publicans charged with the adulteration of their beer by using grains of paradise in brewing. He was fined £50.

On 15th April 1838, he married Jane Drake [1817-1863] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Mary H. [b 1842]
  2. Eliza [b 1843]
  3. Charles
  4. Harriet [1848-1876]
  5. David [b 1850]
  6. John [b 1853]
  7. Walter [b 1856]

Jane died 8th April 1863 (aged 46).

Ely died 23rd March 1877 (aged 60).

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

Administration was granted to his son Charles.

After his death, son Charles took over at Rose & Crown [until 1883].

Members of the family were buried at Elland Cemetery

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Crossley, Dr Ely WilkinsonRef 36-1051
[1863-1942]
MRCS, LRCP, FSA, JP.

Son of Wilkinson Crossley.

Medical practitioner in Halifax [1895].

He was Honorary Secretary of the Yorkshire Archæological Society [1906-1943].

He published Halifax Wills #1, Halifax Wills #2 and The Monumental & Other Inscriptions in Halifax Parish Church

On 16th January 1890, he married Kate Waterhouse [1864-1954] at St Stephen's Church, Lindley.


Kate was the second daughter of Edward John Wood Waterhouse of Holly Bank, Lindley
 

Children:

  1. Dorothy Katharine Wilkinson [1895-1933]
  2. Ursula Gertrude Wilkinson

They lived at Dean House, Mill Bank [1891, 1901].

See Greenwood Carter

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Crossley, ErnestRef 36-120
[18??-19??]
Recorded in 1901, when he was a confectionery hawker and agent for stationery supplies at 91 Halifax Road, Brighouse

Crossley, ErnestRef 36-103
[1878-1960]
He was Manager at
Edwards & Rawson Limited / a travelling salesman for Oates & Green [from 1930].

In October 1904, he married Mary Lord [1877-1957].


Mary's parents came from County Kildare
 

Children:

  1. Elsie M. [1910-1985] who married (1) [Q1/1944] Dennis  Driscoll & (2) Mr Renshaw-Dibb
  2. twins Jack [1915-2001] who married Madge Tattersall
  3. Arnold [1915-2001]

They lived at

  • Canal House, Canal Mills, Sowerby Bridge
  • Pye Nest Road [1930]

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Crossley, F.Ref 36-4
[18??-19??]
A bottle produced by
W. Akroyd – ginger beer brewer at Akroyd's Aerated Water Works, Halifax – suggests that Akroyd over the business of Crossley

Crossley, FarrarRef 36-159
[1838-1???]
Son of David Crossley, gardener.

He was an overlooker of Sowerby [1861].

On 16th February 1861, he married Sarah Ann Heyhurst.


Sarah Ann was the daughter of
James Heyhurst
 

In 1861, they were living at Ellen Holme, Sowerby with Sarah Ann's widowed mother

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Crossley, Sir Francis (Frank)Ref 36-C202
[1817-1872]
Son of
John Crossley.

Carpet manufacturer and philanthropist who together with his father, and his brothers, founded the firm of John Crossley & Sons

See: Boothtown Methodist Church, Grantham Road / Sir Francis Crossley's Loan Fund / Halifax & Ovenden Junction Railway Company / Halifax Courier / Halifax, Huddersfield & Keighley Railway / Range Bank Day School, Halifax

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Crossley, FrancisRef 36-2338
[1871-19??]
Son of
Margerison Crossley.

Born in Halifax.

He was landlord of the Station Hotel, Elland [1900-1901].

In 1900, he married Sarah Ellen Russell [1867-19??] from Coley, in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Frank [b 1896]
  2. Margerison

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Crossley, Francis CharlesRef 36-35
[1841-1881]
Son of
Robert Crossley.

In 1866, he married Fanny.


Fanny was the daughter of William Miall of Harwich
 

They had no children

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Crossley, Francis HenryRef 36-39
[1866-19??]
Born in Armley, Leeds.

He was a confectioner [1905] / a wholesale confectioner [1911]

In [Q3] 1893, he married Ann Pearson [1873-19??] in North Bierley.


Ann came from Pudsey,
 

Children:

  1. child who died young [before 1911]
  2. Emily [b 1895] who was a worsted stuff weaver [1911]
  3. Arthur Pearson [b 1898]
  4. Florence [b 1900]
  5. Edith Annie [b 1902]

They lived at

  • 163 Parkinson Lane, Halifax [1905]
  • 720 Wakefield Road, Bradford [1911]

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Crossley, Francis SavileRef 36-587
[1889-1959]
MC, JP, DL.

Aka Frank. Elder son of Sir Savile Brinton Crossley. Second Baron Somerleyton.

During World War I, he served with the 9th Lancers. He became Major. He was wounded at Ypres and captured by the Germans. He was repatriated in 1918. Later, he was with the 108th Suffolk & Norfolk Field Battery of the Royal Artillery.

On 1st July 1924, he married Bridget Margaret Hoare.

Children:

  1. Mary [b 1926] who married [on 7th July 1950] Captain  William Birkbeck, Coldstream Guards of Norfolk
  2. Savile William Francis
  3. Richard Nicholas

He was Director of Crossley's Carpets. He supported the Conservative Party. He stood unsuccessfully as the Unionist candidate in the Election for MP for Halifax [1928].

On his death, the title of Third Baron passed to his son, Savile William Francis Crossley.

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £277,920

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Crossley, Francis WhitworthRef 36-1044
[1834-1902]
Son of
James Crossley.

Born in Sowerby [25th October 1834]; baptised at St Peter's Church, Sowerby [16th August 1835].

He was occupier of mill, buildings & land at Centre Mills, Sowerby Bridge  [1862] / occupier of leasehold dye works, buildings & land at Old Lane [1863] / a drysalter at Sowerby [1871] / partner in James Crossley & Company [until 1873] / trading as Frank Crossley & Company [1873-1875] / a commercial traveller & drysalter [1881] / in business at 14 Springfield Place, Leeds [Kelly's Directory 1881] / a traveller [1887] / an agent & drysalter [1891] / a drysalter [1901].

In [Q2] 1861, he married 1837-1896. in Newtown Reg. District, Montgomeryshire.


Louisa Ann was born in Newtown, Montgomeryshire
 

They had no children.

They lived at

  • Trinity Place, Halifax [1862, 1863]
  • Myrtle Grove, Princes Street, Warley [1871]
  • Water Terrace, Skircoat [1881]
  • Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge [1887]
  • 6 Mayfield, Hipperholme with Brighouse [1891]

With them [in 1891] was niece [?] Emily Owen [b Newtown 1861-1891] (servant).

Louisa Ann died Q4 1896 (aged 59).

In 1901, the widowed Francis was living with son-in-law John Robert Lees.


It is uncertain how Francis Crossley was the father-in-law of John Robert Lees who had married Lucy Jane Hinchcliffe.

It is possible that Francis may have fathered an illegitimate daughter Lucy Jane by Ellen Hinchliffe

 

Francis died in 1902.

Members of the family were buried at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery [Grave Ref: E/U/701]: Mary Owen [7th April 1891]; Louisa Anne [23rd November 1896]; Francis Whitworth [5th February 1902]

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Crossley, FrankRef 36-1270
[18??-19??]
Partner in
John Crossley & Sons [1905]

Crossley, FrankRef 36-2614
[1849-1???]
Born in Northowram.

He was a waggoner (stone) [1871] / a carter [1881, 1891] / a carter on farm [1901].

He married Sarah [1849-1900], born in Queensbury.

Children:

  1. Mary Hannah [1869-1903] who was a silk picker [1891] and  married Charles Henry Gledhill
  2. George William [b 1870] who was a carter [1891]
  3. Lauretta [b 1872] who was a silk picker [1891] and  married [1905] Charles Henry Gledhill
  4. Joseph [b 1876] who was an iron screw maker [1891], a  butcher's driver [1901]
  5. Louisa [b 1878] who was a worsted spinner [1891], a mill  hand worsted mill [1901]
  6. Lily [1881] who died in infancy
  7. Frank [b 1883] who was slotting at screw works [1901]

They lived at

  • 13 Barker Lane, Northowram [1871]
  • 14 Ploughcroft, Northowram [1881]
  • 14 Luther Street, Northowram [1891]
  • 6 Upper Range, Halifax [1901]

Living with them [in 1901] was visitor Ethel Swift [aged 8]

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Crossley, FrankRef 36-82
[1875-19??]
Son of James Richard Crossley, cotton spinner

Born in Halifax

He was a joiner of 34 Baines Street, Halifax [1896] / a journeyman [1911] / stationed in England with Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)   [during World War I].

In [Q4] 1896, he married Lavinia Hindle [1873-1943] at St Augustine's Church, Pellon.


Lavinia, of 24 Sutcliffe Street, Pellon, was born in Tunbridge, Kent, daughter of Ethelred Hindle, joiner
 

Children:

  1. Doris [b 1898] who was a cotton spinner [1911]
  2. James Stanley
  3. Donald Edmund [b 1906]
  4. Frank [b 1911]

They lived at

  • Moorhouse Farm, Halifax [1901]
  • 14 Doncaster Street, Salterhebble [1911, 1912]
  • 18 Bankhouse Terrace, Halifax [1916]

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Crossley, FrankRef 36-54
[1882-1918]
Son of
William Crossley.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a picker maker [1901, 1911] / employed by Messrs Helliwell & Sons.

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

He died as a POW [21st March 1918] (aged 36).

His brother Harry also died in the War.

The Todmorden & District News [7th June 1918] published


Private H. Crossley, aged 30, Northumberland Fusiliers, is a prisoner of war in Germany.

His brother, Frank, is in the army but nothing has been heard from him since March

 

The Todmorden & District News [29th November 1918] published


Private Harry Crossley, 23rd Northumberland Fusiliers, died of pneumonia, while a prisoner of war.

His brother, Frank, has been missing since March

 

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [6th December 1918] published photos of Private Frank Crossley (Missing) and Private Harry Crossley (Died in Germany)

The Todmorden & District News [7th May 1920] published


Lance Corporal Frank Crossley, Lancashire Fusiliers, presumed to have died in March 1918, aged 36.

His brother, Harry, died as a prisoner of war in June 1918

 

He is remembered on the Pozières Memorial, France [Grave Ref 32-34], on Todmorden War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Todmorden Unitarian Church

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Crossley, FrankRef 36-100
[1919-1940]
Son of Elizabeth & Harold Crossley of Lindwell, Greetland.

During World War II, he served as a Gunner with 38 Battery 14th Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery.

He died 19th May 1940 (aged 20).

He was buried at Kaster Churchyard, Belgium [Grave Ref 6].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland

Crossley, FredRef 36-2404
[1859-1???]
Son of
George Crossley.

He was a carpet designer [1881, 1891].

In 1883, he married Emily Tiffany in Halifax.


Emily was a boot machinist [1891]
 

Children:

  1. Nellie
  2. Eric who married Margaret Sparling
  3. Ronnie

The family lived at 10 Hope Hall Terrace, Halifax (living with Fred's parents)  [1891]

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Crossley, FredRef 36-104
[1862-19??]
Born in Sowerby Bridge.

He was a mechanic [1891] / an iron borer in engineering works [1901] / a mechanic borer [1911].

In 1883, he married Lucy Broadbent [1862-19??] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Thomas [b 1884] who was a tinsmith's apprentice [1901], a  general labourer [1911]
  2. Sarah E. [b 1885] who was a worsted spinner [1901]
  3. Herbert [b 1887] who was an iron planer apprentice  [1901], an iron turner [1911]
  4. Edith [b 1889] who was a winder spinner (half-time)   [1901], a winder worsted [1911]
  5. Wilfred [b 1890]
  6. Walter
  7. Mary [b 1896] who was a spinner worsted [1911]
  8. Alice [b 1898]

The children were born in Sowerby Bridge.

The family lived at

  • 1 Clough Terrace, Sowerby Bridge [1891]
  • 2 Derby Street, Sowerby Bridge [1901]
  • 24 Burnley Road, Sowerby Bridge [1911]
  • 10 Causeway Head, Sowerby Bridge [1916]

During World War I, sons Wilfred & Walter served with the York & Lancaster Regiment.

Walter was killed in the conflict

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Crossley, FredRef 36-119
[1897-1918]
Son of Mrs Ann Broadbent of Lower Fold, Norland.

Born in Sowerby Bridge.

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

He was killed in action in France / Flanders [26th April 1918] (aged 21).

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 82-85 & 162A]

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Crossley, FredRef 36-67
[1908-1941]
Son of Edith & Edwin Crossley.

He married Dorothy.

They lived at Stubbings, Mytholmroyd.

During World War II, he served as a Driver with the Royal Engineers.

He died 9th March 1941 (aged 33).

He was buried at St John's Church, Cragg Vale

He is remembered on a memorial in St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd, and in the book Royd Regeneration

Crossley, Fred GeorgeRef 36-200
[18??-1???]
He was a gentleman [1850].

He married Ellen [18??-1???].

Child: Louisa Ellen [b 1850] who died in infancy & was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2073].

They lived in Halifax [1850]


This entry was compiled from the burial record in the Lister Lane Archives. Please email me if you can add further details
 

Crossley, Colonel FreddyRef 36-2231
[19??-1990]
He was a founding member of the
Economic Stores (Halifax) Limited. He served in World War II, and was held in a Japanese POW camp.

He married Elizabeth Roscoe


Elizabeth was the daughter of George Thomas Roscoe
 

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Crossley, FredericRef 36-1043
[1829-1865]
Son of
James Crossley.

In 1858, he married Marianne Whitehead from Rawtenstall at Haslingden.

Children: several

Crossley, FredericRef 36-1047
[1836-1896]
Son of
Luke Crossley.

He was a dyer [1865] / a dyer employing 39 people [1871] / a retired dyer [1881].

On 2nd October 1872, he married Margaretta Isabella Alderson [1851-1939] from Grinton, in Rotherham.

Children:

  1. Ethel Marsden [1873-1965]
  2. Frederick Ernest [b 1876]
  3. Alice Isabel [1880-1961]
  4. Arthur Louis [1882-1899]
  5. Gladys Wilkinson [1888-1972]

They lived at Oak Villa, Elland [1897].

He died 4th December 1896.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £7,878 1/7d. Probate was granted to his widow and William James Waugh (barrister-at-law) 

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Crossley, GeoffreyRef 36-65
[1???-19??]
During World War II, he served with the Royal Army Service Corps.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Crossley, GeorgeRef 36-1667
[18??-18??]
Card and comb manufacturer at Scotty Croft, Rastrick [1874]

Crossley, GeorgeRef 36-175
[1801-18??]
Born in Birstall.

He was a weaver [1861].

He married Hannah [1801-1861].


Hannah was born in Kirkheaton
 

Children:

  1. Joseph [b 1826] who was a weaver [1851]
  2. Mary [b 1831] who was a weaver [1851]
  3. Emma Jane [1838-1916] who was a weaver [1851] & married  Thomas Hebden [1834-1885]
  4. (possibly) Thomas who married Emma and had son  William Henry [1863-1866]

The family lived at 12 Garden Street, Halifax [1851].

Hannah died 7th February 1861 (aged 60), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3985]


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

Crossley, GeorgeRef 36-2412
[1821-1895]
Son of
Thomas Crossley.

Born in Southowram.

He was a stuff presser [1841] / a stuff dyer & finisher [1851] / a woollen stuff dyer [1861] / a stuff dyer [1871] / a coal dealer [1881] / a coal merchant [1891].

In [Q4] 1840, he married Hannah Eccles [1821-1895] in Halifax.


Hannah was born in Rishworth
 

Children:

  1. Sarah [b 1841]
  2. James William
  3. Ellen [1850-1854]
  4. Frank [b 1853] who was a clerk in dye house [1871]
  5. Harry [b 1855] who was a piece marker [1871], a manager  in a dye house grey room [1881] & married Eleanor Oldfield
  6. Fred
  7. George Albert
  8. Edwin [1862-1863]

Several other children died in infancy.

The family lived at

  • Wheatley Edge, Ovenden [1841]
  • 5 Square Road, Halifax [1851]
  • 4 Regent Street, Halifax [1861]
  • 51 Wesley Street, Halifax [1871, 1881]
  • 10 Hope Hall Terrace, Halifax [1891]

Hannah died 11th February 1895 (aged 74).

George died 6th March 1895 (aged 73).

The couple & other members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2793]

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Crossley, GeorgeRef 36-81
[1851-1905]
Born in Halifax.

He was a butcher [1871].

On 19th December 1871, he married Betty Moore [1849-1927] in Halifax.


Betty was born in Clayton
 

Children:

  1. Harriet [b 1872]
  2. Henry [b 1873]
  3. Mary Ellen [b 1874]
  4. Arthur [b 1875]
  5. Annie [b 1878]
  6. Albert [b 1880]
  7. Edgar [b 1881]
  8. Fred [b 1885]

They lived at 5 Bank Top, Southowram [1881]

George died in Southowram [2nd January 1905].

Betty died in St Luke's Hospital [6th June 1927].

Betty & George were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [A 5]

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Crossley, GeorgeRef 36-112
[1897-1918]
Son of
Thomas Crossley.

Born in Sowerby Bridge.

He was a member of the Choir at Steep Lane Baptist Church, Sowerby / educated at New Road School, Sowerby Bridge & Halifax Secondary School / employed by Edwin Wilson of George Street, Halifax.

During World War I, he enlisted [February 1915] and served as a Sergeant with the 20th Company Royal Army Medical Corps.

He went to Malta [July 1915].

He died from dysentery at Imtaifa, Malta [24th July 1918] (aged 21).

The Halifax Courier [10th August 1918] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta [Grave Ref A XIX 1].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Secondary School, on the Memorial at Saint George's Church, Sowerby, and on the Memorial at Steep Lane Baptist Church, Sowerby

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Crossley, George AlbertRef 36-189
[1860-1928]
Son of
George Crossley.

Born in Halifax.

He was a grocer (unemployed) [1881] / a commercial traveller (brushes) [1911] / a traveller (brushes) with Richardson & Spencer [1921].

He married Hannah Jane [1860-1927].

The family lived at

  • 10 Fielden Street, Halifax (George Albert living alone)   [1911]
  • New Bridge Hall, Heptonstall [1921]

Hannah Jane died 31st May 1927 (aged 67).

George Albert died 30th October 1928 (aged 68).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2793] with George Albert's parents

Crossley, George HenryRef 36-206
[1878-19??]
Born in Blackburn.

He was a cotton weaver [1911].

In [Q3] 1903, he married Ellen Ledgard [1885-19??] in Blackburn.


Ellen was the daughter of
James Ledgard.

She was a cotton weaver [1911]

 

Children:

  1. Walter [b 1905]
  2. Hannah [b 1909]

They lived at

  • Sunny Bank House, Cornholme (living with Ellen's parents)   [1911]

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Crossley, George HoldsworthRef 36-34
[1835-1877]
Second son of
Robert Crossley.

In 1857, he married Mary Alice Wallis.


Mary Alice was the daughter of John Wallis
 

Child: Robert Wallis

They lived at Oakwood, near Knaresborough [1877].

He died in Halifax [29th June 1877].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £8,000. Probate was granted to his widow Mary Alice, his son Robert Wallis and James Nicholl of Halifax (accountant) 

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Crossley, Gerald BirksRef 36-55
[1868-1940]
Son of
Louis John Crossley.

He was one of the family governors of The Crossley and Porter Orphan Home and School [1905]

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Crossley, GilhamRef 36-93
[1885-1917]
Son of Hannah & James Crossley.

He married Annie.

They lived at 5 Piggott Street, Lane Head, Brighouse.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 32nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers.

He died 7th August 1917 (aged 32).

He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 6 & 8]

Crossley, Graham CharlesRef 36-163
[1924-1994]
Born 11th January 1924.

He died 14th September 1994 and

He is remembered on the family grave at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 149]

Crossley, H. N.Ref 36-101
[1???-19??]
He served in World War II.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland

Crossley, HamerRef 36-160
[1811-1885]
Son of
Eli Crossley.

He and his brother, Abraham, had a business making and printing carpets at Copperas House Mill, Walsden and Birks Mill, Walsden

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Crossley, HarryRef 36-74
[18??-1914]
During World War I, he served as a First Class Torpedo man aboard the HMS Good Hope.

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

He is (possibly) remembered on the Plymouth Naval Memorial

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Crossley, HarryRef 36-52
[1877-1915]
Son of
Isaac Crossley.

Born in Halifax.

He was a brick maker [1891] / a brick-maker of East Street [1897] / a photo enlarger and picture framer [1911].

In 1897, he married Ada Batty at St Thomas's Church, Claremount.


Ada, of John Street, was the daughter of John Batty
 

Children:

  1. Lewis John [1898-1906]
  2. Doris [1900-1902]
  3. May [b 1905]

The children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1898] with their grandfather Isaac Crossley.

The family lived at 27 Cross Hills, Halifax [1911, 1915].

Harry served with the Army during the Boer War.

During World War I, he enlisted on 7th August 1914 and served as a Lance Corporal with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died following a German gas attack at Ypres Salient [19th December 1915] (aged 39).

The Halifax Courier [1st January 1916] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Talana Farm Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref III H 7].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Pellon Lane Particular Baptist Church

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Crossley, HarryRef 36-56
[1888-1918]
Or Henry.

Son of William Crossley.

He was a weft room worker at cotton mill [1901] / a cotton weaving warehouseman [1911] / employed in the warehouse at Waterside.

During World War I, he served with the 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.

He died as a POW [3rd June 1918] (aged 30).

His brother Frank also died in the War.

The Todmorden & District News [7th June 1918] published


Private H Crossley, aged 30, Northumberland Fusiliers, is a prisoner of war in Germany.

His brother, Frank, is in the army but nothing has been heard from him since March

 

The Todmorden & District News [29th November 1918] published


Private Harry Crossley, 23rd Northumberland Fusiliers, died of pneumonia, while a prisoner of war.

His brother, Frank, has been missing since March

 

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [6th December 1918] published photos of Private Frank Crossley (Missing) and Private Harry Crossley (Died in Germany)

The Todmorden & District News [7th May 1920] published


Lance Corporal Frank Crossley, Lancashire Fusiliers, presumed to have died in March 1918, aged 36.

His brother, Harry, died as a prisoner of war in June 1918

 

He was buried at Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys, France [Grave Ref III M 1].

He is remembered on Todmorden War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Todmorden Unitarian Church.

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Crossley, HarryRef 36-194
[1895-1917]
Of Todmorden.

Son of Amos Crossley.

He was a presser-off [1911]

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

He died 25th November 1917 (aged 22).

He is remembered on the Cambrai Memorial, Nord France Panel 6/7, and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

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Crossley, HenryRef 36-767
[1797-1853]
Of Hebden Bridge.

Son of John Crossley.

He married (1) Betty Jones.

Children:

  1. Daniel
  2. Mary [d 23rd March 1828] aged 5 weeks

He married (2) Mary Gibson.


Mary was the daughter of Abraham (2) Gibson
 

He and his brothers lived at Crossley Terrace, Hebden Bridge.

Members of the family were buried at Heptonstall Slack Baptist Cemetery

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Crossley, HenryRef 36-1666
[18??-18??]
Manufacturing chemist at Rastrick [1874]

Crossley, HenryRef 36-2583
[1824-1885]
Born in Ripponden.

He was a labourer at chemical works [1851] / landlord of the Prospect, Wakefield Road, Sowerby Bridge [1861,  1871, 1881, 1885].

On 10th August 1845, he married Mary Makrell [1823-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Feargus [1846-1912] who was a piece raiser [1861]
  2. Joe
  3. Amanda [1852-1937] who was a spinner in a worsted mill  [1861], a worsted twister [1871] & married Frederick Riley
  4. Mary Ann [1852-1874]
  5. William [1858-1920]
  6. Jim Henry [1863-1909]

They lived at Rose Hill, Sowerby Bridge [1851].

Prospect Inn. Inn Keeper [1861]

He died at the Halifax Infirmary [17th January 1885], Probate records show that he left effects valued at £94 7/6d

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Crossley, HenryRef 36-2084
[1844-1894]
Aka Harry.

Son of Joseph Crossley.

He was listed as a Landed Proprietor [1881].

In 1874, he married Lucy Gregge Hopwood at Oldham.

Children:

  1. Gilbert St Andrew [b 1874]
  2. Mabel [b 1876] who married Sir Augustus F. W. E.  Webster

They lived at Aldborough Hall, Burton-on-Ure, Masham [1881].

In 1872, he was one of the executors of the will of his uncle Sir Francis (Frank) Crossley

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Crossley, HenryRef 36-138
[1851-1896]
Son of
Solomon Crossley.

He was a worker in cotton mill [1861] / a wire drawer [1881].

He married Sarah Hannah [1854-1916].

Children:

  1. Ada [1880-1964] who married Walter Percy Sharp
  2. Lily [1884-22nd February 1934]

The family lived at 17 Freedom Street, Halifax [1881].

Henry died 29th February 1896 (aged 45).

Sarah Hannah died 2nd April 1916 (aged 62).

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-G16]

Crossley, HenryRef 36-23
[1851-1922]
He married Emma Law.


Emma was the daughter of
William Law
 

Child: Mark

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Crossley, HenryRef 36-128
[1879-19??]
Son of William Crossley, woolcomber.

Born at Style, Triangle.

He was a labourer of Brick Houses, Sowerby [1908] / a general labourer (L+Y Railway Company) [1911].

In 1908, he married Clara Ingham at Halifax Parish Church.


Clara, of Rosemary Hall, Sowerby, was the daughter of
Isaac Ingham
 

Children:

  1. Edith [b 1909]
  2. Alice [b 1910]

They lived at

  • 7 Town Gate, Sowerby [1911]
  • 5 Railway Terrace, Luddendenfoot [1917]

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Crossley, HenryRef 36-77
[1893-1916]
Son of
Charles Albert Crossley.

Born in Walsden [16th July 1893].

In 1906, the family went to live in Canada.

He was an accomplished violinist / a weaver [in Canada 1911] / employed by the Great North Western Telegraph Company of  Canada.

During World War I, he enlisted at Toronto [July 1915] and served as a Private with the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion / Queen's Own Canadian Rifles.

He was killed in action [15th September 1916] (aged 23).

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [27th October 1916] reported his death, and the Edition of 4th November 1916 published his photograph.

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [17 November 1916] again reported Harry's death and added that


his father and brother [John] recently returned to England and are in training with the 154th (Canadian) Highland Regiment. His father, C. A. Crossley, holds the rank of corporal and formerly worked at Inchfield Fold picker works
 

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

His brother John also died in the War [3rd November 1917]

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Crossley, HerbertRef 36-2056
[18??-1???]
He was Senior Warden of the
Probity [No 61] Masonic Lodge [1888]

Crossley, HerbertRef 36-2403
[1848-1891]
Son of
John Crossley.

He married Annie Hill [1848-1938].

Children:

  1. Mary [1873-1966] who married John Miller  [1868-1920]
  2. Annie Maude [1874-1949] who married Herbert Ingham  Thorpe [1868-1956]
  3. Kate [1876-1954]
  4. Louisa Hill [b 1878] who married Philip P. Cove  [1879-1960]
  5. Ada [b 1880]
  6. John [1885-1958] who married Jessie Solven

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Crossley, HerbertRef 36-66
[1854-1907]
Son of
Joseph Crossley.

In 1879, he married (1) Katherine Frances Pease [1859-1???] from Ferriby, at Beverley.

Child: Mary Frances [b 1880]

He married (2) Laura Willett

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Crossley, HerbertRef 36-156
[1879-1949]
Born in Midgley.

In 1902, he married Mary Ellen Mitchell.


Mary Ellen was the daughter of
Townsend Mitchell
 

Herbert took over from Townsend Mitchell at the Royal Oak, Luddendenfoot [1909-1947].

Herbert died in Sowerby in 1949

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Crossley, HerbertRef 36-94
[1889-1917]
Son of Mary Ann & John Crossley of 11 Moorlands Place, Savile Park, Halifax

He was a member of Square Sunday School / chief accountant to the Halifax Equitable Bank Limited.

During World War I, he enlisted with the Cycle Corps [November 1915], then he served as a Private with the 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment.

He died in the Dardanelles at Arras [3rd May 1917] (aged 28).

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 4 & 5], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Halifax Building Society

Crossley, Horatio NelsonRef 36-1050
[1867-1???]
Son of
Wilkinson Crossley.

On 8th September 1888, he married LÉOntine Marie Prieur.

Children:

  1. Sarah Marjorie [b 1892] who married H. Jones
  2. Léontine Miriam [b 1893]
  3. John Dyson [b 1895]
  4. Hilda Mary [b 1899]

Crossley, HughRef 36-684
[1971-] Son of Savile William Francis Crossley.

Presumptive Fourth Baron Somerleyton

Crossley, IsaacRef 36-1037
[1815-1???]
Son of
Thomas Crossley.

He was a dyer.

He emigrated to America and is recorded at Mississippi Mills there

Crossley, IsaacRef 36-184
[1842-1914]
Born in Halifax.

He was a small wire drawer [1871, 1881] / a wire drawer [1891].

In [Q4] 1865, he married (1) Mary Jane Campbell [1841-1871] in Halifax.

Mary Jane died 28th February 1871 (aged 30).

In [Q4] 1874, he married (2) Sophia Wilson in Halifax.


Sophia was born in Ovenden
 

Children:

  1. Annie who died 22nd October 1875 (aged 4 months) 
  2. Ernest who died 6th June 1879 (aged 10 months) 
  3. Harry
  4. Ada [b 1880] who was a silk spinner [1891]
  5. Alice Ann [b 1881]

The family lived at

  • 29 Launceston Street, Halifax [1871]
  • 4 Dover Street, Northowram [1881, 1891]

Isaac died 15th December 1914 (aged 72).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1898].


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

Crossley, J.Ref 36-1859
[18??-19??]
Butter factor at Halifax.

In February 1893, he was declared bankrupt

Crossley, JackRef 36-63
[1914-1944]
Son of Edith Alice & James William Crossley.

He married Dorothy.

They lived at Hebden Bridge.

During World War II, he served as a Corporal with the 5th Battalion Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).

He died 21st May 1944 (aged 30).

He was buried at Cassino War Cemetery, Italy [Grave Ref VII H 16]

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Crossley, JamesRef 36-187
[1???-18??]
He was family servant with
Samuel Freeman of Southowram.

The Leeds Intelligencer [Thursday 10th July 1823] reported


On Monday last, James Crossley was committed to York Castle by Thomas Horton, Esq, of Halifax, to take trial for robbing his master's house (Mr Samuel Freeman of Southowram) whilst the family were at church, of gold and notes to the amount of £240
 

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Crossley, JamesRef 36-638
[17??-1???]
Or Crosley. A woollen manufacturer. He lived at
Lower Hollins, Warley.

His widow died 1808.

He was one of the original trustees and a subscriber of Warley Grammar School

Crossley, Rev JamesRef 36-705
[1731-1782]
Born at
Lower Saltonstall Hall, Warley.

He was self-educated. He was a Baptist convert of Rev George Whitefield after hearing him speak at Heptonstall. He would regularly walk to Haworth to hear Rev William Grimshaw preach.

For 2 years, he held services in a large room at Upper Saltonstall before Booth Church was built.

He was the first minister at Booth Church and remained there for 20 years. He was ordained in 1763

After theological disagreements with John Wesley, he fell out with Methodism and Booth Church remained outside the Methodist circuit, and was independent until it became a member of the Congregational Union of England Wales in 1872.

See Dr John Fawcett and James Oldfield

Crossley, JamesRef 36-21
[1738-1815]
He married Sarah Holt [1738-1822].

Child: James

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Crossley, JamesRef 36-17
[1773-1824]
Son of
James Crossley.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a weaver / a farmer.

In 1797, he married Sally Law.


Sally was the daughter of Samuel Law
 

Children:

  1. John [1798-1814]
  2. Samuel [1811-1814]
  3. James [1801-1814]
  4. Eli
  5. Sally
  6. Betty
  7. Samuel
  8. Robert
  9. Deborah [1814-1815]
  10. Mary
  11. Jimmy

He settled at Bottomley in Walsden.

In February 1814, 3 young children died within a couple of weeks whilst at Bottomley. They lost a total of 5 of their children.

About 1819, they moved to North Ramsden Farm, Walsden for the rest of his life.

Members of the family were buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden

Crossley, JamesRef 36-174
[1791-1864]
Born in Halifax.

He was a card maker [1861].

He married Ann [1790-1868].

Children:

  1. Ellen [1831-1888] who married Sidney Marshall

They lived at

  • Lane Head, Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse [1861]
  • Brinton Terrace, Halifax, [1864]

Living with them [in 1861] were daughter Ellen & her husband.

James died 10th April 1864 (aged 73).

Ann died 18th May 1868 (aged 78).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4246]

Crossley, JamesRef 36-3
[1795-18??]
Born in Halifax.

He was innkeeper at the Royal Oak Inn, Halifax [1861, 1864] / a hay, straw & coal dealer [1861].

Around 1838, he married Mary [1801-1???].


Mary was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. John [b 1838] who was a printer compositor [1861] and  (possibly) married Elizabeth [b 1838]
  2. William [b 1841] who was a cabinet maker [1861]

Crossley, JamesRef 36-157
[1798-1854]
Born in Ovenden.

He was a carpet weaver [1851].

He married Elizabeth [1799-1865].


Elizabeth was born in Skircoat
 

Children:

  1. Mary [b 1833] who was a weaver [1851]
  2. Hannah [1842-13th November 1918] who a carpet winder  [1851] & was buried with her parents

They lived at Lower Bowling Dyke, Halifax [1851].

James died 9th February 1854 (aged 55).

Elizabeth died 30th December 1865 (aged 66) 

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3451]

Crossley, JamesRef 36-130
[1799-1???]
Illegitimate son of Mary Crossley of Shelf.

Baptised at St John the Baptist, Coley [28th April 1799]

Crossley, JamesRef 36-1041
[1799-1870]
Son of
John Crossley.

He was a dyer and later a cotton-spinner at Sowerby Bridge.

He married Sarah [1801-1890].

Children:

  1. John Edward
  2. Frederic
  3. Sarah Jane [18??-1895]
  4. Francis Whitworth
  5. Maria Anne [1838-1867]
  6. Charles Benjamin
  7. Emma who married Edward Taylor
  8. Ellen
  9. Sophia who married in Cape Town
  10. Louise Lydia [1840-1841]
He lived at Lower Field Lane, Breckstyle, and then at Longfield House, Sowerby where he ran a small drysalting business.

By the time of his death in 1870, he owned the Centre Mills, Sowerby Bridge where he ran a drysalting business with some of his sons.

James & Sarah were buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby along with some of their children: James [18th February 1870]

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Crossley, JamesRef 36-143
[18??-18??]
Born in Northowram.

He was a coal miner [1851].

In [Q1] 1847, he married Selina Ambler [1828-1894].


Selina was born in Northowram, the daughter of Timothy Ambler, labourer
 

Children:

  1. Sara Ann
  2. Timothy [b 1853]
  3. Elizabeth [b 1855]

They lived at Range Bank, Halifax [1851].

James died between 1851 & 1858.


Details of his death / burial place are not yet known.
 

In 1858, Selina married (2) Aaron Webster

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Crossley, JamesRef 36-393
[1800-1883]
Born at
The Mount, Haley Hill.

He was educated at Hipperholme Grammar School, Heath Grammar School [1818], and at Manchester.

He never married.

He moved to Manchester.

He was a solicitor [1823-1860]. He was a famous book-collector in Manchester. He was a regular contributor to Blackwood's Magazine and other periodicals. He edited several antiquarian works. He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He was a subscriber to the publication of Watson's History.

The Chetham Society was founded at his home. He was President of the Chetham Society [1848] when the Shuttleworth Accounts were published

Crossley, JamesRef 36-1260
[18??-19??]
Cotton manufacturer at
Carrfield Mill, Todmorden [1905]. He was in partnership with Alfred Crossley.

The partnership was dissolved in 1900

Crossley, JamesRef 36-164
[1801-18??]
He was a carpet weaver [1841].

He married Elizabeth Crawshaw.


Elizabeth was (possibly) the daughter of
John Crawshaw
 

Children:

  1. Richard [1830-23rd October 1847]
  2. John who died 14th April 1835 (aged 16 months)   

The family lived in Ovenden [1841].

The children () were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax with their Crawshaw grandparents

Crossley, JamesRef 36-199
[1809-1868]
Born in Northowram.

He was a tailor [1861].

He married Harriet [1810-1881].

Children:

  1. Elizabeth [b 1839] who was a worsted weaver [1861]
  2. Samuel
  3. Thomas [1844-1867] who was a tailor [1861] & was buried  with Thomas Cockroft Niblett at Lister Lane Cemetery  [Plot 2224]

The family lived at 10 Bowling Dyke, Halifax (living with John Crossley) [1861].

James died 14th June 1868 (aged 59).

Harriet died 6th April 1881 (aged 71).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2325]

Crossley, JamesRef 36-2400
[1810-1863]
Son of
William Crossley.

He married Ann [1810-1859].

Children:

  1. Thomas [b 1834]
  2. Mary [August 1835-19th February 1836] who was buried with  her parents
  3. Lydia [January 1844-8th August 1844] who was buried with  her parents

Ann died 28th December 1859 (aged 49).

James died 16th November 1863 (aged 53).

The couple were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax

Crossley, JamesRef 36-1035
[1811-1872]
A dyer at Paisley.

Son of Thomas Crossley.

He married Elizabeth Baldwin [1816-1885].

Children: several

Crossley, JamesRef 36-50
[1813-1876]
Born in Sowerby Bridge.

He was a beer seller at the Oddfellows' Arms, Sowerby Bridge [1851-1876].

On 5th February 1837, he married Hannah Helm [1812-1876] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Grace [1838-1918]
  2. Elizabeth Ann [1840-1903] who married William Henry Fox
  3. Emma [1841-1918]

Hannah died Q1 1876.

James died 29th October 1876.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £300. Probate was granted to his daughter Elizabeth Ann.

After his death, his daughter Elizabeth Ann took over at the Oddfellows' Arms.

When she married William Henry Fox [1877] the couple ran the pub until 1908

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Crossley, JamesRef 36-2358
[1815-1870]
Son of
Thomas Crossley.

Born 23rd October 1815.

He was an overlooker of wool sorters [1851] / a wool buyer [1857, 1860] / a wool dyer (?) [1870].

In 1844, he married Dorothy Favel [1821-1883] in Halifax.


Dorothy was born in Howden [12th September 1821]
 

Children:

  1. Jane Ann [b 1845]
  2. Martha Favel [1846] who died in infancy  
  3. Mary Hannah [b 1849]
  4. Sarah [b 1850] who married 1887 John Robertshaw
  5. John Favel [b 1852] who died in infancy  
  6. James Foxcroft [1855-1857]
  7. Francis Henry [b 1857] who married [1889] Edith Alice  Thomas
  8. Dorothy [1859-1860]

They lived at Bath Parade, Halifax [1851].

Living with them [in 1851] was sister-in-law Elizabeth Hall [b  1832].

James died in Morecambe [20th July 1870].

Dorothy died 17th September 1883.

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 549]. The children are remembered on the family grave

Crossley, JamesRef 36-90
[1816-1888]
Born in Elland.

He was

a carrier [1861] / a green grocer [1881].

He married Martha Crossley [1818-1888].

Child: Mary [1841-1897] who married Thomas Readyhough

They lived at 2 Southgate, Elland [1861].

In 1881, Martha & James were living with daughter Mary and her husband Thomas Readyhough at the Fleece, Elland

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Crossley, JamesRef 36-207
[1822-1891]


To be completed : Please Email me if you can add any details
 

Son of

Born in

He was

He married Sarah [1824-1900].


 

Children:

  1. Hainsworth [1852-1916]
  2. Joe [1863-1917]

They lived at

James died 23rd January 1891 (aged 67).

Sarah died 23rd April 1900 (aged 76).

The couple were buried at Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram

Crossley, JamesRef 36-32
[1824-1???]
Son of John Crossley, butcher.

Born in Stansfield.

He was a butcher [1854, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891].

In 1854, he married Mary Baron Fielden at St James & St John, Hebden Bridge.


Mary was the daughter of
Samuel Baron Fielden
 

Children:

  1. William Baron [b 1855] who was a butcher [1871]
  2. Ann Baron [1858-1862]
  3. John Baron [b 1861] who was a solicitor's articled clerk  [1881], a solicitor [1891]
  4. Samuel Baron [b 1865] who was a butcher [1891]
  5. Fielden Baron [b 1867]
  6. Joseph Baron

They lived at

  • 6 Higher Crescent, Todmorden & Walsden [1871]
  • Hall Ing, Todmorden & Walsden, Lancashire [1881]
  • 6 Crescent, Todmorden & Walsden [1891]

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Crossley, JamesRef 36-202
[1827-18??]
Born in Todmorden.

He was a yeast agent (brewer) [1881].

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


Elizabeth was born in Todmorden.

She was a yeast agent [1891]

 

Child: Sarah Jane [b 5th May 1854] who married John Edward Priestley.

They lived at

  • 2 Eagle Street, Stansfield [1881]
  • 3 Eagle Street, Stansfield (Elizabeth living with  daughter Sarah Jane & family) [1891]

Living with them [in 1881] were daughter Sarah Jane & family.

James died between 1881 & 1891

Crossley, JamesRef 36-181
[1829-1861]

He married Ann [1833-1890].

Children:

  1. James Frederick Samuel [1858-1904]
  2. Riley [1861-1874]
  3. William Henry Riley who died in infancy

James died 26th August 1861 (aged 32).

Ann died 15th August 1890 (aged 57).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3894]

Crossley, JamesRef 36-2145
[1838-1897]
Son of
John Crossley.

Born in Hebden Bridge [25th August 1838].

He was a cotton spinner [1871] / a bookseller with a bookstall in Halifax Market [18??] / a bookseller in Union Street, Halifax [1881, 1891] / sub-postmaster at Union Street, Halifax [1891].

In 1864, he married (1) Grace Helliwell [1833-1884] in Halifax.


Grace was born 16th January 1833
 

Children:

  1. Hephzibah [b 1866]
  2. Ada [15th November 1866-7th November 1882] who was buried  with her parents
  3. Hannah

Grace died 6th June 1884.

In 1885, he married (2) Emma Dyson [1843-1922] in Halifax.

They lived at

  • Temple Street, Halifax [1871]
  • 19 Union Street, Halifax [1881, 1891]
  • Hyde Park Road, Halifax [1897]

James died 21st October 1897.

Grace & James were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2231] with niece Jane Thomas [1839-1870] granddaughter of John Thomas

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Crossley, JamesRef 36-144
[1859-1918]
Born in Soyland.

He was a farmer [1891, 1901, 1911].

He married (1) Emily [1864-1895].


Emily was born in Soyland
 

Children:

  1. Annie [b 1909] who was a weaver [1911]
  2. Edith [b 1891] who was a dressmaker [1911]
  3. Minnie [b 1894] who was a clerk [1911]
  4. Emily [b 1895] who was a clerk [1911]

Emily died 22nd December 1895 (aged 31).

In [Q4] 1900, he married (2) Margaret Ellen (Nellie) Moxon [1864-1935] in Halifax.


Nellie was born in Cawthorne
 

They lived at

James died 5th February 1918 (aged 59).

Margaret Ellen died 11th June 1935 (aged 71).

He & his wives were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-D14]

Crossley, James HerbertRef 36-136
[18??-18??]
He was a partner in
James Crossley & Company [until 1873]

Crossley, James StanleyRef 36-75
[1899-1916]
Son of
Frank Crossley.

Born at Moorhouse Cottages, Halifax [24th Mar 1899].

He was employed by J. Crabtree & Sons at Salterhebble.

He was with the West Riding Military Band – playing the clarionette – at the age of 11. He enlisted on 20th June 1913 – aged 14 – and served as a Private, during World War I, he was at Marske when War broke out, and he served with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

His father was stationed in England with the same regiment.

He died 3rd September 1916 (aged 17), killed by a sniper, after he had gone out to help a sergeant.

The Halifax Courier [16th September 1916] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Serre Road Cemetery No.2, France [Grave Ref X C 14].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at All Saints' Church, Dudwell

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Crossley, James TaylorRef 36-172
[1851-1907]
Son of
Samuel Crossley.

Born in Halifax.

He was an engine fitter [1871] / a foreman engineer tool maker [1881] / a mechanic (foreman) [1891] / an engineer's manager [1901].

In [Q2] 1891, he married Eleanor Simpson [1856-1934] in Halifax.


Eleanor was born in Halifax
 

They lived at

  • 20 Rose Street, Halifax [1881, 1891]
  • 15 Queens Road, Halifax [1901]
  • Gibbet Street, Halifax [1907]

Living with them [in 1901] was James's widowed mother Mary Ann.

James Taylor died 25th February 1907 (aged 55).

Eleanor died 22nd December 1934 (aged 78).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4246]

Crossley, James WalkerRef 36-40
[18??-18??]
Overseer of the Poor for Ripponden.

He replaced Mr Shaw [1857]

Crossley, James WhiteleyRef 36-83
[1880-1937]
Born in Halifax.

He was a police constable [1911].

On 7th September 1904, he married Florence Bowers [1885-1942] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Marjorie [b 1905]
  2. Harry [b 1907]
  3. Arthur [b 1910]
  4. John

They lived at 6 Spring Edge, Savile Park, Halifax [1911]

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Crossley, James WilliamRef 36-1840
[18??-18??]
Of Brighouse.

In September 1856, he, George Collier and John Crossley of Halifax took out a patent for

improvements in finishing and stretching woven fabrics

In October 1856, he and Smith Bottomley, a Bradford designer, took out a patent for

improvements in the manufacture of pile or nap fabrics

Crossley, James WilliamRef 36-2277
[1828-1???]
Born in Halifax.

He was a master dyer employing 30 men [1851].

In 1849, he married Sarah Ann Brook [1831-1???] in Halifax.

Child: Herbert [b 1850]

They lived at Spring Gardens, Brighouse [1851]

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Crossley, James WilliamRef 36-188
[1844-1902]
Son of
George Crossley.

Born in Halifax.

He was a dyer's assistant [1861] / a dyer [1875] / a dyer's foreman [1881] / a labourer [1884] / a dye works padder [1891] / a dyer's labourer [1901].

In [Q4] 1870, he married Martha Anne Liversedge [1848-1913] in Halifax.


Marth Anne was born in Huddersfield
 

Children:

  1. Hannah Elizabeth [b 1871] who was a worsted mill winder  [1891], a carpet winder [1901], a winder Brussels worsted [1911],  married [Halifax Q4 1895] Samuel Ackroyd Sharp & had a son  Louis A. [b 1898] who was a butcher's errand boy [1911]
  2. Lavinia [b 1873] who was a worsted mill twister [1891]
  3. Cora [1874-1875] who was a worsted mill winder [1891]
  4. Rosa [b 1875]
  5. George [b 1878] who was a brush maker [1901, 1911]
  6. Joe [b 1880] who was a worsted mill bobbin setter [1891],  a factory hand yarn packer [1901], a woollen dyer's labourer [1911]
  7. Lily [1882-1884]
  8. Frank [b 1886] who was a wool warehouse worker [1901], a  metal finisher [1911]
  9. Walter [b 1888] who was a boot factory worker [1901], a  cotton warehouseman [1911]
  10. May [b 1890]

The family lived at

  • 11 School Street, Halifax [1881]
  • 21 Raglan Street, Halifax [1891]
  • 61 Church Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 34 Hanson Lane, Halifax [1911]

James William died 7th June 1902 (aged 58).

Martha Anne died 17th November 1913 (aged 65).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2793] with James William's parents

Crossley, James WilliamRef 36-30
[1859-1901]
Son of John Crossley, labourer.

Born in Sowerby Bridge.

He was a joiner [1883, 1891].

In [Q1] 1883, he married Mary Ann Lumb [1862-1???] at Elland Parish Church.


Mary Ann was born in Sowerby.

Her father was not recorded on the marriage record

 

Children:

  1. Harriett Hannah [b 1883] who was feeble-minded from  childhood
  2. Edward
  3. Florence May [b 1892]
  4. William [b 1895]
  5. Alfred [b 1900]

They lived at

  • 9 Canal Road, Skircoat, Sowerby Bridge [1891]
  • Brick Field, Norland [1901]

He died [Q1] 1901 (aged 41) 

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Crossley, James WilliamRef 36-99
[1886-1918]
Born in Hebden Bridge [5th July 1886].

In 1911, he married Sarah Elizabeth Naylor in Todmorden.

They lived at

  • Stock Villas, Heptonstall
  • 52 Main Street, Heptonstall

During World War I, he served as an Able Seaman with the Royal Navy aboard HMS Sceptre.

He was accidentally drowned [4th December 1918] (aged 32).

He is remembered on the Plymouth Naval Memorial [Grave Ref 27]

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Crossley, JaphethRef 36-68
[1837-1883]
Born at Lower Snape Farm, Sowerby.

He was a wool sorter & spinner / one of the original members of Steep Lane Baptist Chapel.

In 1861, he married Mary Helliwell [1841-1900] at Halifax Parish Church.


Mary's surname is recorded as Hallowell & Helliwell on documents
 

Children:

  1. James Jim
  2. Sarah [b 1863]
  3. Mary Jane [1866-1941] who married John William Holmes
  4. Thomas
  5. Johnson
  6. (possibly) Hellowell [b 1872]
  7. twins Ernest [b 1875] who died at birth
  8. Cora [b 1875] who died at birth

They lived at

  • Snape Wood [1837-1861]
  • New Barton, Hubberton [1865-1883]

Japheth died 13th April 1883 (aged 46).

Mary died at New Barton [13th August 1900] (aged 59).

Members of the family were buried at Steep Lane Baptist Chapel, Sowerby in the family grave

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Crossley, JeremiahRef 36-2157
[1832-1907]
Born in Halifax [15th January 1832].

In 1855, he moved to Todmorden & set up business as a boot & shoe manufacturer and dealer in Cheapside, then in York Street.

He attended Bridge Street (Central) Methodist Church, Todmorden and was a supporter of Todmorden Cricket Club. He was active in local religious, sporting and philanthropic life.

He was involved in discussions with the railway company for the sale of the old Castle Grove United Free Methodist Church, Todmorden, and for the acquisition of a site for the new church.

In 1854, he married (1) Margaret Ann Smith [1830-187?] in Halifax.


Margaret Ann was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Emily [b 1855] who was a dressmaker [1881]
  2. Clara [b 1860] who was a saleswoman in shoe shop [1881]
  3. Rose [1863-2nd March 1934] who was a shop assistant &  married Mr Gibson
  4. Walter [b 1866] who was a pupil-teacher [1881]

In 1888, he married (2) Harriet Milne [1836-1915] in Halifax.

They lived at

  • Cheapside, Walsden [1861]
  • 17 York Street, Langfield [1871, 1891]
  • 15 York Street, Langfield [1901]

Jeremiah died 26th March 1907 (aged 75).

Harriet died 7th March 1915 (aged 79).

Members of the family were buried at Lumbutts United Methodist Free Church with James Earnshaw

See Crossley & Whiteley

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Crossley, JerryRef 36-180
[1826-1899]
Born in Todmorden.

He was an iron moulder [1871, 1881] / a retired iron moulder [1891].

He married Mary [1822-1907].


Mary was born in Todmorden
 

Children:

  1. Susy Ann [1852-1933] who was a woollen weaver [1871], a  worsted weaver [1881], a worsted coating weaver [1891] & never married
  2. Ada [1855-1905] who was a woollen weaver [1871], a  worsted weaver [1881], a worsted coating weaver [1891] & never married

They lived at

  • 20 Clement Street, Halifax [1871]
  • 16 St Augustine's Terrace, Halifax [1881, 1891, 1901]
  • 16 St Augustine's Terrace, Halifax (Susey Ann living  alone on private means) [1901]

Jerry died 3rd May 1899 (aged 73).

Mary died 23rd October 1907 (aged 85).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1085]

Crossley, JimRef 36-71
[1862-1919]
Son of
Japheth Crossley.

He was a carter on the L&Y Railway at Sowerby Bridge.

In [Q3] 1889, he married Olive Barrett in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Arthur
  2. Minnie [b 1891]
  3. child who died at birth

Olive died with her youngest child.

She was buried at Sowerby Green Congregational Chapel in an unmarked grave.

Jim died 19th June 1919 (aged 57)  and was buried at Steep Lane Baptist Chapel, Sowerby in the family grave

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Crossley, JoeRef 36-2588
[1849-1906]
Son of
Henry Crossley.

Born in Skircoat.

He was a spinner in a worsted mill [1861] / beerseller at the West Bottom Tavern, Norland [1881] / landlord of the Sportsman, Sowerby Bridge [1891, 1901, 1906]

In 1870, he married Eliza Summerscales [1870-1916] at Halifax.

Children:

  1. Amanda Jane [1870-1935]
  2. Mary Ann [1873-1897]
  3. Lucy [1876-1951]
  4. Harry [b 1880] who was a district council clerk [1906]

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £2,772 8/7d. Probate was granted to his children: Amanda Jane, Lucy and Harry.

After his death, the licence at the Sportsman was transferred to Eliza

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Crossley, JoeRef 36-134
[1873-1940]
Son of
John Crossley.

Born in Sowerby Bridge.

He was a woollen warper [1891] / a woollen mill warper [1901] / a woollen warper [1911].

In [Q1] 1908, he married Emma Howe in Halifax.


Emma was the daughter of Alfred Howe.

Her sister Fanny Beatrice married Joe's brother Matthew

 

They lived at 14 Hoults Lane, Greetland [1911].

Joe died 13th November 1940 (aged 67).

Emma died 2nd August 1946 (aged 75) 

The couple were buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: M12]

Crossley, JoeRef 36-88
[19??-1942]
Son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Crossley of Lane Head, Brighouse.

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

He died 8th February 1942 and was buried at Brighouse Cemetery [F C 73]

Crossley, Joe E.Ref 36-1346
[18??-19??]
Manufacturer at
Marshall Hall Mills, Elland [1905]

Crossley, Joe FranklinRef 36-126
[1853-1934]
Also recorded as Frank & Crosley.

Son of Joshua Crossley.

Born in Almondbury.

He was a stone mason [1871] / a mason [1881] / licensed victualler at the Manor House, Southowram [1891] / innkeeper at the Clothier's Arms, Brow Bridge, Greetland  [1896-1908] / innkeeper at the Yew Tree Inn, Northowram [1911].

In [Q4] 1874, he married (1) Mary Ellen Mellor [1855-1883] in Huddersfield.


Mary Ellen was born in Kirkburton
 

Child: Emily [b 22nd December 1877; bapt 28th January 1877]

Mary Ellen Huddersfield in died Q1 1883 (aged 28).

On 25th September 1883, he (possibly) married (2) Annie Mitchell [1856-1905] at St Martin's Church, Brighouse.


Annie / Ann was born in Almondbury
 

Child: 2. Percy Victor [b 21 June 1887; bapt 31 July 1887] who was a butcher's apprentice [1901]

Ann died Q1 1905 (aged 48).

On 19th June 1905, he married (3) Victoria [1852-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Victoria, of Elm Cottage, Brighouse, was born in Marsden, the daughter of James Broadbent, mechanic, and widow of Mr Waterhouse
 

They lived at Almondbury [1881].

Living with them [in 1891, 1901, 1911] was nephew Horace Sturgess [b 1885] who was a cloth finisher [1901] / a general labourer [1911]

Victoria died Halifax at the age of 82 [Q3 1933]

Joe died in Halifax [Q3 1934] (aged 81) 

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Crossley, JohnRef 36-183
[1???-1???]
Recorded in 1859, when
Thomas Walton & Lars Peter Nicholie Ernst were found guilty of burglary at Crossley's house in Skircoat, Halifax, and stealing several articles of plated goods


Question: Can anyone identify this John Crossley?

 

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Crossley, JohnRef 36-2596
[1???-1???]
Of Inchfield Fold.
Constable at Todmorden & Walsden [1751]

Crossley, JohnRef 36-2601
[1???-1???]
Constable at Todmorden & Walsden [1767]

Crossley, JohnRef 36-1281
[1???-16??]
Of Small Lees. He was
Constable of Sowerby [1665]

Crossley, JohnRef 36-739
[1???-1760]
Woolstapler of Skircoat.

Son of Eli Crossley.

On 27th January 1750, he married Martha Riley.


Martha was a widow from Skircoat
 

Children:

  1. John [bapt 1750]
  2. Anne [bapt 1752]
  3. Luke

He was buried at Halifax Parish Church

Crossley, JohnRef 36-44
[1???-18??]
Son of
Mr Crossley.

He was a clog maker of Blackwood Hall.

He had an illegitimate son Sutcliffe Ormerod by Ann, daughter of Robert Ormerod

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Crossley, JohnRef 36-406
[15??-16??]
Eldest son of
Anthony Crossley of Scaitcliffe Hall.

In 1615, he married Dorothy Lord.


Dorothy was the daughter of Richard Lord of Godpleye in Honorsfield
 

Child: son

He fought on the Royalist side at the Battle of Marston Moor. He had to pay decimation.

His sword was in the Scaitcliffe armoury and museum

Crossley, JohnRef 36-416
[1589-1621]
He lived at
Small Lees, Soyland

Crossley, JohnRef 36-417
[16??-1685]
Brother of
Michael Crossley.

He was Constable of Sowerby.

He married Martha.

They rebuilt Small Lees, Soyland

Crossley, JohnRef 36-303
[16??-17??]
Of
Kershaw House.

He married (1) Unknown.

Children:

  1. Sarah
  2. (possibly) John

In 1722, he married (2) Catharine, the widowed mother of Christopher Rawson

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Crossley, JohnRef 36-1078
[16??-1745]
Of
Scaitcliffe.

Son of Anthony Crossley.

He was High Constable of Salford Hundred [1724].

He married (1) Sarah Sutcliffe.


Sarah was the daughter of William Sutcliffe
 

In 1700, he married (2) Mary Halstead [1680-1743] from Burnley Bridge End.

Child: Anthony

Crossley, JohnRef 36-345
[1688-17??]
Of
Blackwood House, Skircoat.

(Possibly) son of John Crossley.

He moved to Southowram. He was an early member of the Crossley family of Halifax.

On 13th March 1709, he married Hannah Longbotham at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. John [1709] who died in infancy
  2. Mary [b 1710] who died between 1713 and 1719
  3. twins John [b 1711]
  4. Abraham [b 1711]
  5. Hannah [b 1713]
  6. twins Thomas [b 1717]
  7. Eli [b 1717]
  8. Mary [b 1718]

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Crossley, JohnRef 36-839
[17??-1???]
Coiner of Westfield

Crossley, JohnRef 36-167
[17??-18??]
Of Halifax.

He married Martha [1793-1852].

Children: James [1822-18th September 1852] who was buried with his mother

Martha died 11th June 1852 (aged 59)  & was buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax.


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

Crossley, JohnRef 36-381
[1741-1820]
A weaver of Warley.

Son of Thomas Crossley.

He worked for Richard Webster.

On 1st December 1763, he married Bethiah Webster at Halifax Parish Church.


Bethiah was the daughter Richard Webster
 

On their marriage record, the couple signed themselves


Bethiah Webster and John Crosley
 

Children:

  1. Dorothy [1763-1815] who married Michael Gaukroger
  2. Elizabeth / Betty [1768-1838] who married John Whitaker
  3. Thomas
  4. James [b 1770]
  5. John
  6. Mary [1774-1827]
  7. Hannah [1780-1849]
  8. Isaac [b 1782]

Bethiah died 1st January 1788 (aged 45).

John died 17th February 1820.

Members of the family were buried at Warley Congregational Church [E 19]

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Crossley, JohnRef 36-766
[1766-1840]
Son of
William Crossley. Of the Crossley family of Hebden Bridge.

Born at Grain Farm, Pecket Well [25th June 1766].

He established cotton spinners and merchants, John Crossley & Sons at Crossley Mill, Hebden Bridge.

On 21st May 1786, he married Ann Knowles [1765-1832] at Heptonstall.

Children:

  1. Henry
  2. John
  3. William
  4. Thomas [b 1790] who married Betty Cockcroft
  5. Betty [b 1792] who married Henry Cockcroft
  6. Hannah [b 1798] who married John Wheelhouse
  7. Jimmy [1800-1838] who was buried at Birchcliffe
  8. Richard [1802-1804] who was buried at Heptonstall
  9. Sally [1804-1849] who married John Cousin
  10. Grace [1806-1808] who was buried at Heptonstall
  11. Robert
  12. Joseph [1811-1815] who was buried at Heptonstall with his  great grandparents William and Grace

His sons lived at Crossley Terrace, Hebden Bridge.

John died at Fallingroyd, Hebden Bridge [27th March 1840].

John & Ann were buried at Birchcliffe Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge

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Crossley, JohnRef 36-C199
[1772-1837]
Son of
John Crossley of Warley.

He was an apprentice carpet weaver with his uncle John Webster [1788] / a journeyman carpet weaver / manager of Job Lee's carpet works in Lower George Yard.

He was the founder of the carpet manufacturing business at Dean Clough – which was to become John Crossley & Sons after his death – and he was subsequently joined by his sons.

See The Courtship of John Crossley & Martha Turner and James Wild

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Crossley, JohnRef 36-1079
[1778-1830]
Son of
Mr Crossley. Brother of Anthony Crossley Born at Scaitcliffe Hall.

Because his brother Anthony had no male heir, he sold Scaitcliffe to John.

On 20th May 1800, he married Sarah Lockwood.


Sarah was the daughter of John Lockwood
 

Children:

  1. John
  2. Matilda who married Christopher Edward Dampier

He was

  • A Lieutenant in the Lancashire Provincial Cavalry [1797-1802]
  • An Ensign with the West Halifax Volunteers commanded by  Colonel Moore [1807]
  • Captain in the Oldham Regiment of Local Militia [1809]
  • Treasurer of the Rochdale Canal Company [1815]
  • A Magistrate [1819]
  • Deputy Lieutenant for Lancaster [1827]
  • A Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries [1827]

Crossley, JohnRef 36-967
[1778-1850]
Son of
Luke Crossley.

He was a master dyer at Halifax.

He married Elizabeth Priestley [1777-1857].

Children:

  1. James
  2. Hannah [1799-1885] who married Richard Bates Simpson
  3. Luke [1801-1802]
  4. Thomas
  5. Joseph [1806-1807]
  6. Elizabeth [b 1809] who married Francis Taylor
  7. Jane [1811-1844]
  8. William Henry [1814-1844]
  9. John
  10. Richard
  11. Anne who married [1849] Rev Joseph Garrett, a  Methodist minister of Holmfirth

Most of the children became dyers or drysalters and were buried at South Parade Wesleyan Methodist Chapel.

They lived at

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Crossley, JohnRef 36-168
[1780-1833]
Of Wheatley.

He died 7th December 1833 (aged 53)  & was buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax

Crossley, JohnRef 36-6
[1793-1861]
Butcher of King Street, Hebden Bridge.

He married Grace Mitchell.

Child: William

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Crossley, JohnRef 36-1090
[1794-1861]
Son of
John Crossley.

He married Mary Cockcroft.

He and his brothers lived at Crossley Terrace, Hebden Bridge.

He was buried at Birchcliffe Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge

Crossley, JohnRef 36-2238
[1794-1864]
Worsted weaver of New Road Bottom, Hebden Bridge.

In 1819, he married Hannah Varley [1803-18??] at Heptonstall Church.

Children:

  1. Edmison [b 1819]
  2. Mary [b 1820]
  3. Pamela [b 1827]
  4. Sarah [b 1830]
  5. James
  6. John

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Crossley, JohnRef 36-129
[1795-1???]
Illegitimate son of Mary Crossley of Hipperholme.

Baptised at St John the Baptist, Coley [4th October 1795]

Crossley, JohnRef 36-204
[18??-1???]

In [Q3] 1878, he married Dinah Spencer [1854-1930] in Halifax.


Dinah was born in Elland, the daughter of
Hugh Spencer.

She was a confectioner & baker [1891] / a bread maker [1901]

 

Children:

  1. Rhodes [b 1881; bapt Elland 1st May 1881; d Q2/1902] who  was a cotton operative [1901]
  2. Stanley [b 1888] who was a cotton operative [1901], a  wood grid maker (gas purifier) [1911]

They lived at

  • 26 Huddersfield Road, Elland [1891]

    Could this be the Sweet Shop shown in Photo 2605?

  • 26-17 Huddersfield Road, Elland [1911]
  • 50 Park Road, Elland (Dinah living with her siblings Isaac, Elizabeth & Hugh) [1921]

Dinah was a widow by 1891.

Dinah died in Halifax [Q2 1930] (aged 75) 

Crossley, JohnRef 36-2080
[18??-1???]
Carpet merchant at 31 Square Road, Halifax [1881].

His advertisements described him as

Late with John Crossley & Sons Limited


Question: Can anyone tell me anything?

 

Crossley, JohnRef 36-155
[18??-18??]
He was a tripe dresser.

In [Q4] 1874, he married Priscilla Pearson [1851-19??] in Halifax.


Priscilla was born in Elland.

She was a tripe dealer [1901]

 

Children:

  1. Mary Elizabeth [1876-1943] who married John Campbell Bell
  2. Ellen [b 1881] who was a waitress in tripe shop [1901]

They lived at 9 Jepson Lane, Elland [1901].

John was dead by 1895.

Living with the widowed Priscilla [in 1901] were daughter Mary Elizabeth & family

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Crossley, JohnRef 36-1649
[18??-18??]
Established
John Crossley & Company.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. daughter
  2. daughter
  3. Rose [b 1859] who married George McWilliams Henry

They lived at Hopwood Hall [1874, 1882]

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Crossley, JohnRef 36-1269
[18??-19??]
Partner in
John Crossley & Sons [1905]

Crossley, JohnRef 36-196
[1806-18??]
Born in Sowerby.

He was a millwright [1841, 1851].

He married Mary [1806-18??].

Children:

  1. Grace [b 1823] who was a worsted drawer [1841]
  2. Betty [b 1826] who was a worsted spinner [1841]
  3. Samuel [b 1827] who was a worsted spinner [1841], a wool  sorter [1851]
  4. Vincent
  5. Hannah [b 1832] who was a carpet pattern setter [1851]
  6. daughter Beary (?) [b 1835]
  7. Mary Ann [b 1840] who was a nurse [1851]

The family lived at

  • Crib Lane, Halifax [1841]
  • 20 Lower Crib Lane, Halifax [1851]

Crossley, JohnRef 36-C523
[1807-1864]
MA, JP.

Son of John Crossley.

Born 20th March 1807.

He was educated at Christ's College Cambridge.

He was a Magistrate. He was a barrister-at-law and a JP for the County of Lancaster and for the West Riding of Yorkshire.

After the Todmorden Turnpike was built, he was one of a number of local people – including the landlord of the Golden Lion – who raised money for the Manchester-Halifax coach service.

He lived at Scaitcliffe Hall, Todmorden and inherited Ewood House, Todmorden through his mother. He owned other properties, including Stannery End and Thymeley Bent.

On 27th September 1834, he married Mary Ramsbotham..


Mary was the daughter of Thomas Ramsbotham
 

They had no children.

John died 4th June 1864.

He was buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden. He left his estate to his nephew Croslegh Dampier-Crossley, the son of his only sister Matilda, on condition that he took the name of Crossley and the Crossley coat of arms

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Crossley, JohnRef 36-C213
[1812-1879]
JP.

Son of John Crossley.

He was senior partner in John Crossley & Sons [from 1837] and Chairman [1864-1877].

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Crossley, JohnRef 36-198
[1813-1???]
Born in Northowram.

He was an excavator [1861].

He married Ellen [1815-1???].


Ellen was born in Northowram
 

They lived at 10 Bowling Dyke, Halifax [1861].

Living with them [in 1861] was James Crossley & family

Crossley, JohnRef 36-2415
[1813-1886]
He was a merchant.

He married Grace 1816-1898..

Children:

  1. Rosa who married George Henry McWilliams
  2. Mary Ann [1838-8th February 1914] who was buried with her  parents
  3. Emma Jane [1842-23rd February 1855] who was buried with  her parents
  4. Edwin

They lived at Milton Place, Halifax [1855].

John died 8th January 1886 (aged 72).

Grace died 2nd September 1898 (aged 82).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 352] with Abram Ingham [1845-1861]

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Crossley, JohnRef 36-121
[1815-18??]
Born in Sheffield.

He was a beer seller at an unidentified beerhouse at 28 Gaol Lane, Halifax [1851]


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

 

Around 1839, he married Mary [1815-18??].


Mary was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Charlotte [b 1839] who was a brace maker [1851]
  2. Mary Hannah [b 1848]
  3. John William [b 1851]

Crossley, JohnRef 36-2248
[1816-1884]
Born in Southowram.

He was a master tailor & draper employing 2 men at Woolshops, Halifax [1851].

In 1848, he married Emma Foster [1815-1878] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Susan [1853-1878]
  2. Edward [1855-1879]
  3. John William [1857-1879]

The family lived at 12 Woolshops (living over the shop) [1851].

Living with the family [in 1851] were Emma's mother, Sarah [1785-18??], niece Sarah, and nephew John

Emma died 10th September 1878 (aged 63).

John died 6th September 1884 (aged 68).

The couple & the children () were buried at Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram

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Crossley, JohnRef 36-1982
[1817-1890]
Son of
Thomas Crossley.

He was a dyer employing 50 men (possibly) in a partnership [1851] / a dyer employing 200 men [1861] / a dyer employing 120 men [1871] / a master dyer employing 60 men & boys [1881].

He married Mary Priestley [1816-1895].

Children:

  1. Thomas
  2. Sarah Ellen [1839-1912] who never married
  3. Joseph
  4. Lavinia [1843-1915] who married John Smith
  5. George [1845-1902]
  6. Herbert
  7. Lewis
  8. Agnes [24th March 1852-20th October 1923] who married  Tom Harrison Farrar
  9. Cuthbert [1854-1858] who was a mechanic
  10. John Edgar

They lived at

  • Bailey Hall [1851]
  • 29 Milton Place, Halifax [1861]
  • 8 Milton Place, Halifax [1871]
  • 82/83 Pellon Place, Halifax [1881]

John died 7th January 1890 (aged 73).

Mary died 24th July 1895 (aged 79).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 617]

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Crossley, JohnRef 36-1039
[1818-1898]
Son of
John Crossley.

He was a merchant, (possibly) in the dry goods business.

On 4th July 1846, he married Ann Irving in Boston, Massachusetts.


Ann was the daughter of Thomas Irving
 

They emigrated to Toronto, Canada.

In the Toronto city directory [1846/7], Richard Bates Simpson is listed as being with

J. Crossley & Company

which is possibly the business established by this John Crossley.

Children:

  1. James [1847-19??] who married a daughter of Dr  Macey of West Town, Somerset
  2. Mary Elizabeth [b 1848]
  3. Jane [b 1849]
  4. Irving [b 1853]
  5. William [b 1855]
  6. John [b 1857]

All the children were born in Ontario.

John was a significant member of The Plymouth Brethren in Hamilton, Ontario.

John and Ann died in Hamilton, Ontario

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Crossley, JohnRef 36-43
[1820-1871]
Landlord of the
Jolly Sailor, Sowerby Bridge [1871]

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Crossley, JohnRef 36-33
[1820-1885]
Born in Brighouse.

On 8th September 1844, he married (1) Jane Collings [1822-1871] at Elland Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Emma [b 1845]
  2. Ann [b 1848]
  3. William [b 1850]
  4. John [b 1853]
  5. Thomas [b 1855]

Jane died in 1871.

On 6th July 1873, John married (2) Maria [1822-1899] in Halifax.


Maria (née West), was born in Ripponden.

She was the widow of Mr Whiteley

 

John died in 1885.

Maria died in Brighouse [4th December 1899].

They were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse

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Crossley, JohnRef 36-190
[1822-1848]

He married Hannah [1825-1900].

John died 20th April 1848 (aged 26).

Hannah died 8th April 1900 (aged 75).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2834]

Crossley, JohnRef 36-28
[1822-1869]
Of Halifax.

He married Sarah [1822-1894].

Children:

  1. Ann [1851-1900]

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1704]

Crossley, JohnRef 36-142
[1828-19??]
Born in Northowram.

He was a farmer of 8 acres [1871] / a farmer of 17 acres employing 1 son [1871] / a farmer & butcher [1891] / a farmer [1901].

He married Sarah Ann [1827-1???].


Sarah Ann was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. George [b 1851]
  2. Walter [b 1854]
  3. Hannah Maria [b 1859] who was a copp winder (cotton)   [1881]
  4. Lewis
  5. Emma [b 1863] who was a copp winder (cotton) [1881]
  6. Martha Ann [b 1865] who was a worsted winder [1881], a  wool reeler [1891], a wool picker [1871]
  7. Margaret [b 1868]
  8. John Henry
  9. Rose [b 1900]

They lived at Colburn Farm, Southowram [1871, 1891, 1901]

Crossley, JohnRef 36-176
[1832-1891]
Born in Warley.

He was a warehouseman (carpets) [1871] / a foreman packer [1881] / a yarn packer [1891]

He married Sarah [1832-1902].


Sarah was born in Heptonstall
 

Children:

  1. John William [1864-17th April 1873]
  2. Albert [b 1866] who was a carpet packer [1881]
  3. Joseph [b 1868] who was an errand boy [1881], a wool  sorter [1891]
  4. Thomas [b 1871] who was a rug finisher [1891]
  5. Harry [b 1873] who was a yarn packer [1891]
  6. John Edward who died in infancy
  7. Mary Hannah who died in infancy
  8. Leah Ann who died in infancy
  9. Mary Elizabeth who died in infancy

They lived at 10 Milton Terrace, Halifax [1871, 1881, 1891].

John died 9th May 1891 (aged 59).

Sarah died 29th November 1902 (aged 70).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3992]

Crossley, JohnRef 36-25
[1837-1875]
Son of
Thomas Crossley.

On 22nd August 1861, he married Mary Collier at Halifax Parish Church.


Mary was the daughter of George Collier
 

Children:

  1. Stanhope [1865-1914]
  2. Mary [b 1867]
  3. Edith [b 1869]

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Crossley, JohnRef 36-2355
[1837-1878]
Son of
Thomas Critchley Crossley.

He was a carpet merchant.

In 1859, he married Martha Senior [1841-1911].

Children:

  1. Thomas Crossley
  2. daughter who died in infancy
  3. daughter who died in infancy
  4. daughter who died in infancy
  5. Fred who died 15th February 1867 (aged 8 months) 
  6. Sarah [b 1867]
  7. James [1872-1874]
  8. Margerison
  9. Walter
  10. Arthur
  11. Thomas who married [1900] Florence Mary Walker
  12. John

They lived at 3 Back Rhodes Street, Halifax [1871].

John died 28th September 1878 (aged 42).

Martha died 9th April 1911 (aged 70).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2151] with grandson Clement Arthur [1882-1883]

Crossley, JohnRef 36-135
[1842-1???]
Born in Sowerby.

He was a woollen loom overlooker [1881] / a woollen loom tuner [1891] / a woollen mill loom tuner [1901].

Around 1864, he married Jane [1848-1???].


Jane was born in Holmfirth
 

Children:

  1. Mary [b 1864] who was a woollen weaver [1881, 1891]
  2. Henry [b 1865] who was a woollen warp tyer-on [1881], a  woollen weaver [1891]
  3. Fred [b 1867] who was a cotton piecer [1881]
  4. Mary H. [b 1869]
  5. Joe
  6. Sam [b 1876]
  7. Matthew [b 1878]
  8. Arthur [b 1880] who was a woollen mill finisher [1901]

They lived at

  • 20 Greenups Terrace, Warley [1881]
  • Langdale Street, Elland [1891]
  • 7 Albert Street, Elland [1901]

Crossley, JohnRef 36-2239
[1843-1908]
Son of
John Crossley.

He was a cotton spinner / a cotton mill manager in Elland.

On 18th February 1865, he married (1) Jane Taylor [1844-1882] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Fred [1866-1930]
  2. Sarah Ellen [1871-1934] who married [1896] Thomas  Crowther in Halifax

In 1883, he married (2) Sarah Ann Hadfield [1845-1920] in Halifax

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Crossley, JohnRef 36-124
[1857-19??]
He was a waiter at the
Albert, Hebden Bridge [1891] / hotel manager at the Albert, Hebden Bridge [1894] / landlord of the Albert, Hebden Bridge [1917] / (possibly) landlord of the White Swan, Hebden Bridge [1917]

See Isabella Pickles

Crossley, JohnRef 36-73
[1864-1???]
Son of William Crossley.

He was a stationer [1907].

On 5th January 1890, he married Hannah Maria Murgatroyd.


Hannah Maria was the daughter of
Enoch Murgatroyd
 

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Crossley, JohnRef 36-203
[1881-19??]
Born in Todmorden.

He was a farmer [1911, 1921].

In [Q4] 1903, he married Hannah Uttley [1877-19??] in Todmorden.


Hannah was born in Todmorden
 

Children:

  1. Young [b 1905]
  2. Emma [b 1906] who was a cotton weaver [1921]
  3. James [b 1908]

They lived at Todmorden Edge Farm Todmorden [1911, 1921].

Living with them [in 1921] was nephew Sidney Uttley

Crossley, JohnRef 36-60
[1894-1917]
Son of
William Henry Crossley.

Of Todmorden.

He was a cotton weaver [1911].

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.

He was killed in action [22nd December 1917].

The Halifax Courier [5th January 1918] reported his death.

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [11th January 1918] published an In Memoriam


In loving memory of Private John Crossley, 26776, Loyal North Lancs. Regiment, of Charlestown, Hebden Bridge, who fell in action in France, December 22nd 1917.

From his sister Eleanor and family – 16 George Street, Todmorden

 

He was buried at Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref XLVIII D 19].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

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Crossley, JohnRef 36-59
[1897-1917]
Son of
Charles Albert Crossley.

Born in Walsden.

In 1906, the family went to live in Canada.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 21st Battalion Canadian Infantry.

He died 3rd November 1917 (aged 20).

He was buried at Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref IX D 3].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance.

His brother Harry Crossley. also died in the War

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [17 November 1916] reported Harry's death and added that


his father and brother John recently returned to England and are in training with the 154th (Canadian) Highland Regiment. His father, C. A. Crossley, holds the rank of corporal and formerly worked at Inchfield Fold picker works
 

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Crossley, JohnRef 36-115
[1897-1919]
Son of Ada & John Crossley of Halifax.

He lived at 40 St James's Road, Halifax.

He was engaged to Miss Effie Ingle.

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

He died of bronchial pneumonia at 32 Stationary Hospital, Wimereux [7th March 1919] (aged 22).

He was buried at Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France [Grave Ref XV B 1].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Crossley's Carpets

Crossley, JohnRef 36-84
[1925-1944]
Son of
James Whiteley Crossley.

Born in Halifax.

During World War II, he served as a Private with the 7th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died 26th June 1944 (aged 19).

He was buried at Hottot-Les-Bagues War Cemetery, France [Grave Ref VIII G 13]

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Crossley, Captain John de BatheRef 36-1019
[1893-1935]
Younger son of
Sir Savile Brinton Crossley. During World War I, he served with the 108th (Suffolk & Norfolk Yeomanry) RA Field Brigade.

On 10th September 1918, he married (1) Dorothy Frances Cayley from Brompton Hall, Yorkshire.

Children:

  1. Anthony Everard Savile [b 1920]
  2. Charles John [b 1921]

On 27th November 1930, he married (2) Mrs Sybelle Winifred Louisa Pixley Drummond.

Child: 3. A. daughter

He died at Somerleyton Hall after a long illness

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Crossley, John EdgarRef 36-1983
[1857-1932]
Son of
John Crossley.

Born in 15th May 1857.

He was a commercial clerk in a carpet works [1881]

He married Charlotte Hopkinson.


Charlotte was born 24th June 1858, the daughter of William Hopkinson
 

Children:

  1. Mabel [b 1883] who married Ernest Winslade
  2. Elsie [b 1884] who married Horace Bertram Nash  [18??-1958]
  3. Cuthbert [1886-1961] who married Sarah Ellen Kippak
  4. Roland [1886-1943] who married Muriel Bullivant [b   1895]
  5. Sidney [b 1887]

John Edgar died 18th April 1932.

Charlotte died 16th April 1940.

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 570]

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Crossley, John EdwardRef 36-1042
[1827-1883]
Son of
James Crossley.

He appears to have got into financial difficulties. His father's will left him an annuity of £40 which was to be withdrawn and given to his wife

if he goes astray

He was in debt to his father whilst his surviving brothers were in business with their father. He seems to have pulled himself together although moving away from the family.

He was buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby [12th January 1883] with his parents

Crossley, John EdwardRef 36-1046
[1834-1898]
Son of
Luke Crossley.

He was a worsted spinner at Elland [1865] / a worsted spinner employing 190 people [1871].

He never married.

He died 1st December 1898.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £38,050 1/1d [Resworn £39,793 15/3d]. Probate was granted to his brother Thomas Henry

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Crossley, John F.Ref 36-109
[18??-19??]
He served in World War I.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered on the Roll of Honour at Patmos Congregational Chapel, Todmorden

Crossley, John GrahamRef 36-1579
[1895-19??]
Son of
Charles W. Crossley.

He was Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.

In 1918, he married Sybil Frances Baldwin


Sybil Frances was the daughter of John Herbert Lacy Baldwin
 

Crossley, John HaighRef 36-78
[1897-1917]
Son of Elizabeth & Haigh Crossley. Born in Luddenden.

The family moved to Huddersfield.

During World War I, he enlisted in Huddersfield and served as a Private with the 11th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.

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

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 19-23 & 162]

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Crossley, John HenryRef 36-146
[18??-19??]
Born in Halifax.

He was a butcher (own account) [1911]

He married Mary Ann.


Mary Ann was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Harold [b 1900]
  2. Henrietta [b 1901]
  3. Alice [b 1902]

They lived at 216 Bank Top, Southowram [1911]

Crossley, John HenryRef 36-145
[1871-1951]
Son of
John Crossley.

Born in Halifax.

He was a butcher [1891] / a money collector [1901] / a woolsorter [1911].

In [Q2] 1892, he married Mary Ann Lawson [1871-1921] in Halifax.


Mary Ann was born in Halifax [2nd January 1871].

She was an egg collector (own account) [1901]

 

Children:

  1. Wilfrid [b 1895] who was a woolsorter's apprentice [1911]

The family lived at

  • 2 Cemetery Bridge, Bradford [1901]
  • 6 High Street, Thornton [1911]
  • Bank Top Farm, Southowram [1921]

Mary Ann died 19th September 1921.

John Henry died 4th February 1951 (aged 80).

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-B40] with Louisa Crossley [1881-7th September 1936]

Crossley, John HenryRef 36-91
[1898-1914]
Son of J. H. Crossley of 5 Mount Pleasant, Southowram

Born in Halifax.

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

He died 11th November 1914.

He was buried at Aldershot Military Cemetery, Hampshire [Grave Ref AF 1751]

Crossley, John Nicholas (Nick) PiersRef 36-1829
[1955-2013]
Son of
Jonathan Patrick Crossley, and gt-gt-gt-gt-grandson of John Crossley.

Born 10th February 1955.

In the 1970s, he worked as a laboratory assistant at Glaxo SmithKline. His work exposed him to asbestos dust which led to his being diagnosed with mesothelioma.

He was a director of Avena Carpets Limited.

When Avena went into liquidation, Nick bought the business and set up John Crossley Carpets Limited at the Avena site to continue production of Wilton and Brussels carpets.

Nick died 25th April 2013, and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 149]

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Crossley, John W.Ref 36-1306
[18??-19??]
Tool maker at
Ridge Mill, Todmorden [1905]

Crossley, John WilkinsonRef 36-631
[1865-19??]
Son of
Wilkinson Crossley.

Ripponden attorney.

He lived at Brian Royd Hall, Greetland. Recorded in 1916

Crossley, John WilliamRef 36-186
[1844-1895]
Born in Halifax.

He was a mechanic [1871] / a machine maker [1881].

In [Q4] 1864, he married Clara Graydon [1844-1???] in Halifax.


Clara was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Willie Graydon [1865-1929]
  2. Herbert [1867-1871]
  3. James Nathan [b 1870]
  4. Mary Annie [b 1873]
  5. Lily [b 1875] who was a cotton reeler [1901]
  6. Ernest [1877] who died aged 6 months
  7. Lewis [b 1879] who was a card machine tenter [1901]
  8. a still born child [buried 21st October 1884]  
  9. Harold Greenwood Clayton [1887-1953] who was a grocer's  assistant [1901, 1911]

The children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2133].

The family lived at

  • West Brook Terrace, Halifax [1871]
  • 47 Peel Street, Halifax [1881, 1901]
  • 34 Green Terrace, Halifax [1911]

John William died Q3 1895 (aged 51) 

Crossley, John WilliamRef 36-5040
[1852-1906]
Landlord of the
Black Lion, Halifax [1894]

Crossley, John WilliamRef 36-106
[1878-19??]
MM.

Son of Sarah & William Crossley, wire drawer.

Born in Woolwich, Kent.

He was a mason [1901, 1905] / a coal merchant in Siddal [1911].

In [Q1] 1905, he married Blanche Bradley Langley [1884-19??] at St James's Church, Halifax.


Blanche, of 7 South Bank Street, was born in Halifax, daughter of Henry Bradley Langley, publican
 

Children:

  1. William [b 1906]
  2. Walter [b 1907]
  3. Maud [b 1909]
  4. John [b 1911]

They lived at 127 Oxford Lane, Siddal, Halifax [1911, 1916].

He enlisted with the West Riding Regiment – the Old Volunteers – at Halifax [February 1901].

He was posted to South Africa [March 1901].

He was awarded the South Africa Medal.

He was discharged [June 1902].

During World War I, he served as a Sergeant with the 1st/4th Battalion West Riding Regiment.

He was awarded the Military Medal [1916].

His photograph appears with a report of his award in the Halifax Courier [9th December 1916].

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Crossley, John WillieRef 36-57
[1896-1918]
Son of
Willie Crossley

Born in Todmorden.

He was a motor driver for Councillor J. H. Sutcliffe.

During World War I, he enlisted in Todmorden and served as a Private with the 1038th M. T. Company Royal Army Service Corps.

He died of pneumonia at a clearing station in Egypt [25th October 1918] (aged 22) 

The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [8th November 1918] reported his death.

He was buried at Beirut War Cemetery, Republic Lebanese [Grave Ref 9].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

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Crossley, JohnsonRef 36-72
[1871-1929]
Son of
Japheth Crossley.

He was a machinist for a machine tool manufacturer in Halifax (possibly Swifts).

He lived at Boothtown.

He died 17th May 1929 (aged 58)  and was buried at Steep Lane Baptist Chapel, Sowerby in the family grave

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Crossley, JonasRef 36-169
[1793-1823]
Son of
Squire Crossley.

He was a tinplate worker of Bell Hall, Halifax [1823].

Jonas died 25th February 1823 (aged 30)  & was buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax with his sister Ann and her husband John Brearley

Crossley, Jonathan PatrickRef 36-1002
[1929-2003]
Son of
Charles Patrick Crossley and gt-gt-gt-grandson of John Crossley.

Born 4th June 1929.

He was Director of John Crossley & Sons Limited [1958-1981] / Chairman of John Crossley & Sons Limited [1976-1981] / Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.

On 12th August 1950, he married Audrey Rosaline Sawrey-Cookson.


Audrey Rosaline was the daughter of Mr Justice Sawrey-Cookson of HM Colonial Service
 

Child: Nick

Jonathan Patrick died in Ulverston [14th October 2003] (aged 74).

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Crossley, JosephRef 36-690
[16??-17??]
Son of
Eli Crossley.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Martha who married James Pool

Crossley, JosephRef 36-132
[18??-1???]
Of Stones Grange, Todmorden.

In [Q2] 1845, he married Mary Midgley [1823-1891] in Halifax.

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Crossley, JosephRef 36-38
[18??-19??]
Confectioner recorded at 40 St James's Road, Halifax [1905]

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Crossley, JosephRef 36-2399
[1807-1868]
Son of
William Crossley.

He married Elizabeth [1807-1857].

Child: John [1832-1836]

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Crossley, JosephRef 36-C240
[1813-1868]
Son of
John Crossley.

His particular skills lay in dyeing, and he was effectively managing director of the family's mill. His attention to the family business enabled his brothers – John and Frank – to devote much of their time to charity and good works. His son, Edward, followed him into the family business.

He founded the Arden Road Almshouses which were completed by his son, Edward.

He never involved himself with public affairs.

On 12th June 1839, he married (1) Hannah Smith.


Hannah was the daughter of Joseph Smith
 

Children:

  1. Frances Mary / Fanny [1840-1847]  
  2. Edward
  3. Walter
  4. Henry
  5. Catherine
  6. Isabella / Isabel [1847-1932] who married [1872]  Frederick William Fison [1847-1???]
  7. Clement
  8. Edith Augusta [1850-1852]
  9. Arnold
  10. Margaret [1853-1928] who married (1) Charles John Cunningham and (2) Arthur V. Lister
  11. Herbert

The children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 227].

Hannah died 3rd September 1863 (aged 44).

She was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 150].

On 31st August 1865, he married (2) Elizabeth at Park Chapel, Hornsey, London.

Children:

  1. Ethel Frances [b 1864] who married [23rd January 1890]  Herbert Morley Fletcher
  2. Mary Winifred [b 1868] who married Athelstan Price

They lived at

He died at Broomfield House [14th September 1868], following a fall from a carriage while on holiday in the Lake District.

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 150] and remembered at Plot 147

See Samuel Laycock and Range Bank Day School, Halifax

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Crossley, JosephRef 36-182
[1838-1913]
Born in Warley.

He was a gardener [1871] / a gardener (domestic service) [1881] / a landscape gardener [1891, 1901] / a jobbing gardener [1911].

In [Q3] 1864, he married Catherine Elizabeth Ingham [1834-1911] in Halifax.


Catherine Elizabeth was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Hannah Elizabeth [b 1866] who was a milliner [1891],  married [Halifax Q4 1891] Albert Pearson, had a son  Percival [b 1896] & was widowed [by 1901]
  2. Louis [1868-1941] who was a traveller for a waste dealer  [1891], a landscape gardener [1901], a jobbing gardener [1911]  
  3. Harry [b 1870] who was a clerk for a wool & waste dealer  [1891]

They lived at

  • 33 Grosvenor Terrace, Halifax [1871]
  • Hopwood Lane, Halifax [1881]
  • 27 Craven Terrace, Halifax [1891]
  • 301 Parkinson Lane, Halifax [1901]

Living with them [in 1901, 1911] was unmarried sister-in-law Mary Ingham [b 1830].

Living with them [in 1911] was grandson Percival Pearson [b  1896] (clerk).

Catherine Elizabeth died 19th August 1911 (aged 77).

Joseph died 6th April 1913 (aged 75).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 971]

Crossley, JosephRef 36-2402
[1841-1878]
Aka Joe.

Son of John Crossley.

He married 1840-1898..

Children:

  1. Edith who married Harry Byrnet
  2. Emma
  3. Ethel
  4. Charlie
  5. John Edward
  6. Mary Hannah who married George Stocker

Joseph died 23rd July 1878 (aged 36).

Harriet died 20th October 1898 (aged 58).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1741]

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Crossley, Joseph BaronRef 36-31
[1871-19??]
Son of
James Crossley.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a solicitor's clerk [1891] / a clerk [1895, 1901] / publican at the Craven Heifer, Hawksclough, Mytholmroyd [1900,  1901, 1905] / unemployed, late publican [1911].

In 1895, he married Clara Gibson at Heptonstall Church.


Clara was the daughter of Stansfield Gibson
 

Child: Will Baron [b 1898] who was a buttoner (ready-made clothing factory) [1911]

They lived at 40 King Street, Hebden Bridge [1911].

Living with them at the Craven Heifer [in 1901] were visitors father-in-law Stansfield Gibson and his wife Maria Ann

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Crossley, Joseph HarryRef 36-116
[189?-1914]
Son of J. H. Crossley of 5 Mount Pleasant, Southowram.

He was educated at Halifax Secondary School.

He lived at 17 Ripon Street, Halifax.

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

He died 11th November 1914.

He was buried at Aldershot Military Cemetery, Hampshire [Grave Ref AF 1751].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Halifax Butchers' Association, and on the Memorial at Halifax Secondary School

Crossley, Joseph ShoreRef 36-151
[1839-1881]
Son of Amelia Shore [1819-1890], father unknown.


Amelia married
James Greenwood.

Joseph was listed as their son in 1861

 

He was a fruiterer & confectioner (living with James & Amelia  as their son) [1861].

In [Q3] 1864, Joseph married Sophia Thompson in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Albert Shore who died 28th November 1876 (aged 3 years), & was buried with his father

Joseph died 15th April 1881 (aged 42).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3404]

Crossley, JoshuaRef 36-610
[16??-17??]
Son of
Eli Crossley.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. John

Crossley, JoshuaRef 36-53
[1798-1881]

He married Ann [1808-1881].

Ann died 6th January 1881 (aged 73).

Joshua died 30th April 1881 (aged 83).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2562] with Ellen Elmer

Crossley, JoshuaRef 36-137
[1808-1???]
Born in Almondbury.

He was a mason [1861] / a builder [1871].

He married Jane [1812-1???].


Jane was born in Almondbury
 

Children:

  1. Alfred [b 1840] who was a mason [1861]
  2. Angela [b 1842] who was a cotton piecer [1861]
  3. Sarah Ann [b 1847] who was a cotton minder [1861], a  cotton piecer [1871] & married [Bedford 18th February 1882] Joseph  Sturgess of Charnbrook, Bedfordshire, & had a son Horace  who went to live with his uncle Joe Franklin
  4. Emma Sophia [b 1850] who was a dress maker [1871]
  5. Joe Franklin
  6. Tom [b 1855] who was a house painter [1871]
  7. Fred [b 1857] who was a woollen piecer [1871]

They lived at

  • Newsome, Almondbury [1861]
  • 1079 Newsome, Almondbury [1871]

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Crossley, LeahRef 36-162
[1801-1876]
Born in Scammonden.

She was a laundress [1871].

She never married.

She lived at 3 Wiscombe Bank [1871].

Living with her [in 1871] was boarder Martha Ann Berry.

Leah died 22nd August 1876, and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 436] with Betty Brook & Martha Ann Berry

Crossley, LeonardRef 36-95
[1887-1917]
Son of Henry Crossley of Brighouse.

He married Maud.

They lived at 4 Chiswick Terrace, Burley Lodge Road, Leeds.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.

He died 2nd December 1917 (aged 30).

He is remembered on the Cambrai Memorial, Nord France [Grave Ref 5 & 6]

Crossley, LewisRef 36-2389
[1850-1901]
(Possibly) a cousin of the family of
John Crossley.

He was a dry salter's traveller / a Royal Arch Mason.

He was involved in the financing of The Crossley lifeboat

He married Charlotte Leadbeatter.

Children:

  1. Ellen (Nelly) who married Charles Mitchell
  2. John Leadbeatter who married Annie Lobley
  3. Joe
  4. Charlotte who married George Crook
  5. Frank
  6. Robert
  7. Edith May
  8. Herbert
  9. Lewis
  10. Harry [1879-1951] who married Constance Helena  Brooke [18??-1949]

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Crossley, LewisRef 36-147
[1861-1906]
Son of
John Crossley.

Born in Southowram.

He was an agricultural labourer working for his father [1881] / working for his father [1891].

He married Mary Ann [1865-1939].


Mary Ann was born in Southowram
 

They lived at 49 Trooper Lane, Halifax [1901].

Lewis died 20th February 1906 (aged 45).

Mary Ann died 9th March 1939 (aged 74).

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-F20]

Crossley, LewisRef 36-125
[1868-1???]
Born in Bradford.

He was a joiner [1891, 1901] / a journeyman joiner [1911].

In 1889, he married Jane Shaw [1865-1???] in Halifax.


Jane was born in Stainland
 

Children:

  1. Willie
  2. Florence Emily [b 1895] who was a chenile weaver [1911]
  3. Beatrice Victoria [b 1897]

They lived at

  • Hainsworth Court, Halifax [1891]
  • 8 Stannary Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 5 Swaine's Terrace, Halifax [1911]
  • 7 Westbourne Terrace, Salterhebble [1917]

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Crossley, LewisRef 36-2440
[1883-1965]
Son of
Lewis Crossley.

He married Helen (Nellie) Elizabeth Wood [1890-1980].

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Crossley, LewisRef 36-117
[1887-1918]

He married Unknown.

They lived at 16 West Parade, Sowerby Bridge.

During World War I, he served as a Corporal with the 1st/6th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He was reported missing [25th April 1918].

He died of catarrh & weakness as a POW [17th October 1918] (aged 31).

He was buried at Niederzwehren Cemetery, Germany. [Grave Ref IV F 12].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Saint Paul's Church, King Cross, and on the Memorial at Saint Hilda's Church, Halifax

Crossley, Louis JohnRef 36-C315
[1842-1891]
Son of
John Crossley.

He was a director of Crossley's Carpets. He was a keen scientist.

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Crossley, LukeRef 36-909
[1???-17??]
Of
Scaitcliffe Hall, Todmorden.

He married a daughter of Radcliffe Scholfield

Crossley, LukeRef 36-885
[1755-1798]
A dyer at Wheatley.

Son of John Crossley.

On 19th May 1776, he married Susan Wilkinson [1756-1838].

Children:

  1. Wilkinson
  2. Hannah [1785-1786]
  3. Isaac [1786-1797]
  4. Luke [1791-1796]
  5. Mary [1793-1844]
  6. William
  7. Martha [1797-1798]
  8. James [1776-1793]
  9. John
  10. Michael [1780-1798]
  11. Thomas

He was buried at South Parade Methodist Chapel, Halifax

Crossley, LukeRef 36-659
[1806-1865]
Son of
Thomas Crossley.

He was a dyer [1841] / a dyer master employing 19 men [1851] / a woollen dyer employing 15 men & 12 women [1861].

He had business at Albert Mill, Elland

On 9th September 1824, he married Sarah Wilkinson at Halifax Parish Church.


Sarah was born in Elland, the daughter of Ely Wilkinson
 

Children:

  1. Wilkinson
  2. Ely [1829-1829]
  3. Hannah [1831-1910] who married Edward John Wood  Waterhouse from Lindley
  4. John Edward
  5. Frederic
  6. Mary [18th August 1839-27th January 1893] who married  Rev Robert Gill Irving
  7. Ely [1841-1873]
  8. Thomas Henry

They lived at

Luke died in Elland [2nd January 1865].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £7,000.

His will was proved by his sons Wilkinson, John Edward and Frederic.

Sarah died 28th August 1881 (aged 76).

Members of the family were buried at Elland Cemetery

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Crossley, MargerisonRef 36-2335
[1828-1895]
Son of
Thomas Critchley Crossley.

Born in Halifax.

He was a wool warehouseman [1865] / landlord of the Clarence Hotel, Halifax [1887, 1891, 1894].

On 1st July 1865, he married Mary Crossley [1835-1???] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Hephzibah [b 1866]
  2. Annie [b 1867]
  3. Leah [b 1870] who married [1896] Fred Thorp in  Halifax
  4. Francis
  5. Margerison

He died at the Clarence [6th May 1895].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £1,173 0/8d.

They are mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1895

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Crossley, MargerisonRef 36-2351
[1860-1940]
Son of
John Crossley.

Born in Halifax.

He was a carpet salesman [1881] / a carpet planner [1914].

On 15th February 1880, he married (1) Sarah Ellen Greenwood [1860-18??] at Trinity Road Baptist Church, Halifax.


Sarah Ellen was the daughter of the late Joseph Greenwood
 

Child: John [b 1880]

On 14th March 1914, he married (2) Sarah Louise Cooke [1871-19??] in Chorlton, Manchester.

They lived at 126 Green Lane, Halifax [1880].

In 1911, he was living at the Halifax Union Workhouse, Gibbet Street.

He died in Manchester

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Crossley, MargerisonRef 36-2337
[1873-1908]
Son of
Margerison Crossley.

He succeeded his father as landlord of the Clarence Hotel, Halifax [1901, 1905].

In 1901, he married his cousin, Margaret Ann Balmforth [1877-1971] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Mary Irene [1902-1987]
  2. John Balmforth [1904-1922]

They lived at Pear Street, Halifax [where he died 24th December 1908].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £502 4/2d

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Crossley, MargerisonRef 36-2350
[1900-1967]
Son of
Francis Crossley.

In 1911, he was living at the Halifax Union Workhouse, Gibbet Street

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Crossley, MarianRef 36-2408
[1915-1???]
Daughter of
Charles Crossley.

She married (1) William Cole.

She married (2) Jack Clayton.

She married (3) Jack Holt

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Crossley, MarkRef 36-2
[18??-19??]
He was manager of
Lower Mill, Wainstalls / a Councillor / Chairman of Halifax Corporation Waterworks Committee.

He designed the new mill which Calvert's built after demolishing Upper Mill, Wainstalls [1907]

Crossley, MarkRef 36-22
[1882-1968]
Son of
Henry Crossley.

Born in Walsden.

During World War I, he wrote several papers for the Labour Party regarding food production, food control, food vigilance.

He was Secretary of the Sowerby Division of the Labour Party / a Political Secretary of the Sowerby Bridge Labour Club [1917].

He had personal political ambitions which came to nothing.

In 1930, he married Elsie J. Cameron – an incomer from London – in Todmorden.

Child: Betty

They lived at Bottoms in Walsden (Rochdale Road).

After his marriage, the family moved to Blackpool and remained for the rest of his life

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Crossley, MarthaRef 36-378
[1803-1828]
Eldest child of
John Crossley.

She married Rice Lewis from Ireland.

She was buried at Nenagh

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Crossley, MaryRef 36-89
[1841-1897]
Daughter of
James Crossley.

Born in Elland.

On 5th November 1866, she married Thomas Readyhough at Halifax Parish Church.


Mary already had a son Joe [1861-1933] who appears as Joe Readyhough (green grocer) [1881 census], and on Mary's probate record as Joe Crossley (fish merchant) 
 

They had 3 sons:

  1. Jimmy [1868-1925] who was a farmer [1881], beerhouse  keeper [1897]
  2. Herbert [1869-1906]
  3. Tom

Thomas died in 1884.

Mary took over at the Fleece, Elland [1881];

In 1889, Mary married William Etherington Mary again took over at the Fleece, Elland [1894-1897];

Mary died at the Golden Fleece, Blackley in 1897, where her son Jimmy Readyhough was (possibly) landlord Probate records show that she left effects valued at £150.

Probate was granted to sons: Joe Crossley (fish merchant)  and Jimmy Readyhough (beerhouse keeper) 

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Crossley, MatthewRef 36-2395
[1817-1???]
Son of
William Crossley.

He married Sarah Ann Fleming.

Children:

  1. Benjamin
  2. May who married Mr Wood
  3. Judith who married Arthur Howard
  4. Martha who married Charles Nicholson
  5. Sarah
  6. Emma who married Mr Tidswell
  7. Joseph William

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Crossley, MatthewRef 36-133
[1878-1???]
Son of
John Crossley.

Born in Sowerby Bridge.

He was a woollen loom overlooker [1901] / a weaver overlooker [1911].

In [Q1] 1898, he married Fanny Beatrice Howe in Halifax.


Fanny Beatrice was the daughter of Alfred Howe.

Her sister Emma married Matthew's brother Joe

 

Children:

  1. Mildred [b 1911]

In 1901, 1911, they were living with Fanny Beatrice's parents

Crossley, MaxRef 36-2108
[1928-2010]
Born in Rastrick.

He was educated at Longroyd School, Rastrick and Askham Brian College, York where he studied agriculture.

He worked for the Milk Marketing Board.

He became a Halifax greengrocer. He sold fresh fruit and produce on the local markets. In 1956, he opened a shop in King Street, Brighouse. In 1966, he bought his first stall in Halifax Borough Market. In 1976, he moved to his well-known position under the clock in the Market. He subsequently owned his own working farm.

In 1950, he married Dorothy.

Children:

  1. Philip [b 1951]

He retired in 1998 to concentrate on his beef herd.

His son, Philip, carried on the family business and subsequently acquired several other premises within the Market

Crossley, MichaelRef 36-419
[16??-16??]
Brother of
John Crossley

Crossley, MichaelRef 36-1036
[1815-18??]
A
drysalter at Halifax.

Son of Thomas Crossley

Crossley, MildredRef 36-1100
[1???-19??]
She lived at
Langdale House, Elland. She ran a dancing school for children. She was a pianist and also organised concert parties and entertainment at Sunny Bunce's which starred many of her pupils. She was described as one of the finest female producers in Britain.

She married Norman Teal, a professional xylophonist. They had a daughter, Maureen.

See Roy Castle

Crossley, NathanRef 36-208
[1790-1862]
Born in Southowram; baptised in Halifax [12th June 1791].

He was a school master [1841] / a grocer [1851].

He married Ellen [1796-1862].


Ellen (possible Ellen Hainsworth) was born in Southowram
 

Children:

  1. James [bapt 30th March 1823] who was a shoe maker's  apprentice [1841]
  2. Ann [bapt 7th May 1826; d 1881]
  3. Alice [b 1829; bapt 17/1/1830; d 1896]

They lived at

  • New Street, Southowram [1841]
  • Town Street, Southowram [1851]

Nathan 28/6/1862 died (aged 72).

Ellen died 10th August 1862 (aged 66).

The couple & the children () were buried at Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram

Crossley, Percival ChildRef 36-667
[1876-19??]
Son of
Louis John Crossley.

He was educated at Clifton College Bristol [Jan 1890-Dec 1893]

During World War I, he was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Army Service Corps.

On 11th December 1901, he married Annie Winifred Marsden-Smedley. They went to live near Southampton

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Crossley, PeterRef 36-153
[1834-1896]
Son of
Abraham Crossley.

Born in Walsden.

He was a picker maker [1851] / a hide tanner [1881] / a general labourer [1891].

In [Q1] 1862, he married Betty Law [1834-1890] in Todmorden.


Betty was born in Walsden, the daughter of John Law
 

Children:

  1. Emma [b 1859] who was a cotton winder [1881]
  2. Mary Hannah [b 1863] who was a throstle piecer [1881], a  card room hand [1891], a cotton drawer [1901, 1911]
  3. Betsy Alice [b 29th April 1873] who was a card room hand  [1891] & married Charles May

They lived at North Hollingworth, Todmorden [1881, 1891].

Living with them [in 1881] was brother-in-law Robert Law.

Betty died in Todmorden in 1890 (aged 56).

Peter died in Todmorden [Q1 1896] (aged 62) 

Crossley, R.Ref 36-1885
[18??-18??]
Attorney at Halifax. He qualified in June 1838

Crossley, RichardRef 36-1710
[14??-14??]
On 5th November 1458, a gang of 3 captured Crossley and demanded a ransom of £2. The leader of the gang,
Laurence Utlay, was executed

Crossley, RichardRef 36-1040
[1821-1???]
Son of
John Crossley.

He was a dyer at Northowram / a woollen dyer employing 200 men [1861].

In 1853, he married Mary Grimshaw [1828-1867] in Burnley.


Mary was born in Lancashire
 

Children:

  1. Katherine [1856-1860]
  2. a daughter
  3. Edith Mary [1859-1862]
  4. John Arthur [b 1857]

They lived at 21 Milton Place, Halifax [1861].

Mary died 12th June 1867 (aged 39)  and was buried with other members of the family () at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 160]

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Crossley, RichardRef 36-97
[1877-19??]
He was a mason's labourer [1901].

In 1896, he married Jane Elizabeth Haley in Halifax.


Jane Elizabeth was the daughter of
Sarah Ellen Haley.

Jane was a worsted drawer [1901]

 

Child: Harry [b 1898]

They lived at 35 Whitegate Terrace, Southowram [1901].

Living with them [in 1901] were Jane's brother Thomas W Haley [b 1886] (general labourer) and half-brother Arthur

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Crossley, Richard NicholasRef 36-1020
[1932-19??]
Younger son of
Francis Savile Crossley. He served with the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers.

On 30th April 1958, he married Alexandra Anne Maitland Welch from Sussex

Crossley, RobertRef 36-C853
[1???-18??]
A Halifax wool merchant and worsted spinner.

On 6th August 1839, as they returned from Doncaster wool market, he and Thomas Cockcroft were attacked by a gang of highwaymen at Lower Brear

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Crossley, RobertRef 36-8
[1807-1877]
Son of
John Crossley.

He married Hannah Crabtree.

He was buried at Wainsgate Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge

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Crossley, RobertRef 36-680
[1810-1888]
Second son of
John Crossley.

Born 13th July 1810.

He was a member of Halifax Town Council [1852-1864] / an Alderman [until he resigned in 1864].

He was a worsted spinner and dyer and had a mill in Lilly Lane [1840].

He went into partnership with woollen manufacturers George Stansfield of Idle and William Thomas of Windhill, Bradford.

He built Albion Mill, Halifax.

In 1831, he married (1) Sarah Holdsworth [1809-1870].


Sarah was the daughter of George Holdsworth
 

Children:

  1. Elizabeth who died 12th February 1835 (2 years 7 months)   
  2. William Henry
  3. George Holdsworth
  4. John who died 4th December 1838 (aged 2 years)   
  5. Robert who died 28th May 1839 (aged 11 months)   
  6. Sarah Jane [1840-1942]
  7. Francis Charles
  8. Samuel who died 14th March 1844 (aged 15 months)   
  9. Martha [b 1845]
  10. Lois [b 1847]

Sarah died 16th February 1870 (aged 61).

On 7th February 1872, he married (2) Emma.


Emma was the daughter of John Ramsden, and widow of Mark Walsh
 

They had no children.

They lived at

Robert died 20th September 1888.

Robert, Sarah & children and other members of the family, were buried at Square Chapel, Halifax. When the Chapel became derelict, the gravestones were taken to a yard at Dean Clough. They disappeared in 1982, and in 2010 they were found by Council workers in undergrowth in Exley Cemetery. It is proposed to return the gravestones to the Square Chapel. Photographs of the gravestones can be seen on a separate page 

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Crossley, RobertRef 36-201
[1815-1903]
Son of
William Crossley.

Born in Walsden.

He was a cotton power loom weaver [1851] / a cotton twister [1871, 1881] / a gardener [1891] / a retired cotton weaver [1901].

He married Betty [1827-1906].


Betty was born in Walsden
 

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 1855] who was a throstle piecer [1871]
  2. William [b 1856] who was a doffer [1871], a railway  porter [1881, 1891]
  3. Thomas [1861-8th August 1916] who was a doffer [1871], a  cotton spinner [1881], a cotton weaver [1891, 1901] & was buried with  his parents
  4. Mary [b 1864] who was a cotton throstle spinner [1881], a  cotton spinner [1891], a cotton yarn winder [1901]

They lived at Knowsley, Walsden [1871, 1881, 1891, 1901].

Robert died 23rd January 1903 (aged 88).

Betty died 6th February 1906 (aged 79).

The couple were buried at Lumbutts United Methodist Free Church with George William Gill

Crossley, Robert WallisRef 36-37
[1857-1???]
Only son of
George Holdsworth Crossley

He was a law student [1877]

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Crossley, RufusRef 36-787
[19??-19??]
Of Hebden Bridge. He was sailing with one of the British cruisers which sank the German pocket battleship Graf Spee in December 1939

Crossley, SamRef 36-13
[1858-1911]
Son of
Samuel Crossley.

He was a cotton warehouseman.

He took over the Masons' Arms, Gauxholme when his father died [1901].

He married Lydia.

Children:

  1. Fred
  2. Frank

He died at the Masons' Arms

Crossley, SamuelRef 36-5
[1667-1719]
Of
Grain.

Son of David Crossley.

Of the Crossley family of Hebden Bridge.

He married Mary Wadsworth.

Child: William

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Crossley, SamuelRef 36-2512
[1788-1840]
Popularly known as Sam Penn'orth.

He was a husbandman of Travis Mill [1815] / a labourer of Square [1821] / a corn miller at Inchfield Mill, Walsden [1825] / a beerhouse keeper at the Dusty Miller, Walsden [1830, 1837] / landlord of the Black Bull, Gauxholme [1833, 1840, 1851, 1861].

In 1810 he married Sally Fielden [1792-1868] at St Mary's, Todmorden.


Sally was daughter of Abraham Fielden of north Hollingworth, and niece of James Fielden. When her mother died, Abraham came to live with Sally and Samuel at the Dusty Miller
 

Children:

  1. Mary [bapt 1815]
  2. John [bapt 1818] who was a labourer at canal warehouse  [1851], a brewer [1861]
  3. Margaret [bapt 1821]
  4. Sarah [bapt 1825]
  5. Samuel [1833] who was a cabinet maker [1851]
  6. Abraham [bapt 1837] who was a tailor [1861]

He was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden.

When Samuel left the Dusty Miller, Walsden, it was taken over by his wife' cousin Abraham Fielden.

After his death, Sally took over at the Black Bull, Gauxholme [1851, 1861].

Living with the widowed Sally [in 1841] was William Schofield [aged 60] (labourer).

Living with Sally [in 1851] were grandchildren Fielden Crossley [aged 7] and Thomas Crossley [aged 4].

Living with Sally [in 1861] were grandchildren Ann Crossley [aged 26] (servant), Fielden Crossley [aged 18] (weaver cotton) and Thomas Crossley [aged 15] (weaver cotton) 

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Crossley, SamuelRef 36-1185
[1803-1854]
Wool dealer at
Lob Mill, Todmorden [1854].

He died at Nottingham

Crossley, SamuelRef 36-173
[1818-1871]
He was a carter [1871].

He married Mary Ann [1821-1903].

Children:

  1. Elizabeth A. [b 1849] who was a worsted warper [1871]
  2. James Taylor
  3. Joseph [b 1852] who was a wire drawer [1871]
  4. Emily [b 1857] who was a worsted twister [1871], a  worsted weaver [1881], a worsted coating mender [1891]
  5. Frank [b 1860]

They lived at

  • 6 Leafland Street, Halifax [1871]
  • Gibbet Street, Halifax [1871]
  • 20 Rose Street, Halifax [1881, 1891]

Living with them [in 1881] was lodger Andrew Edgar [b 1852] (book keeper).

Samuel died 17th December 1871 (aged 53).

In 1901, Mary Ann was living son James Taylor.

Mary Ann died 23rd February 1903 (aged 82).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4246]

Crossley, SamuelRef 36-12
[1833-1901]
Son of
Samuel Crossley.

Born at Square in Walsden.

He was a joiner and cabinet maker / landlord of the Masons' Arms, Gauxholme, Walsden [by 1881].

He married Sarah Scholfield.

Children:

  1. Scholfield
  2. Elizabeth
  3. Sam
  4. Helliwell
  5. Mary Ellen
  6. Ann
  7. Frank
  8. Elizabeth

He died at the Masons' Arms.

After his death, his son Sam took over at the Masons' Arms

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Crossley, SamuelRef 36-197
[1842-1???]
Son of
James Crossley.

Born in Northowram.

He was a spindle maker [1861, 1868].

In [Q2] 1863, he married Amelia Quarmby [1839-1868] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Amelia [b 1868] who died in infancy and was buried with her mother

Amelia died (possibly of perinatal complications) [19th March 1868] (aged 29)  and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2325] with Samuel's parents & John Crossley [1833-1889].


Samuel's burial place is not yet known
 

Crossley, SamuelRef 36-2616
[1854-19??]
Son of William Crossley, woolsorter.

Born in Midgley.

He was a cloth finisher of Midgley [1874, 1881] / a cloth cutter [1891] / a cloth cutter woollen [1901] / beerseller at the Bridge, Luddenden [1911].

In 1874, he married Grace Broadbent [1854-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Grace, of Midgley, was the daughter of woolsorter George Broadbent
 

Children:

  1. Annie [b 1878] who was a mill hand [1891]
  2. Herbert [b 1880] who was a mill hand [1891] a finisher  woollen [1901]
  3. Harry [b 1882] who was a finisher woollen [1901]
  4. Lottie [b 1885] who was a burler woollen [1901]

They lived at

  • 1 Green Royd, Midgley [1881]
  • 15 Sassey Gate, Town Gate, Midgley [1891]
  • 3 Paradise, Midgley [1901]

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Crossley, SarahRef 36-556
[1683-1702]
Daughter of
John Crossley.

She married Dr Richard Richardson.

She died in childbirth.

The child, Richard, survived her by 27 days

Crossley, Sir Savile BrintonRef 36-C203
[1857-1935]
PC, GCVO, DL.

The only son of Sir Francis Crossley

Crossley, Savile William FrancisRef 36-589
[1928-2012]
KCVO, JP, DL.

Third Baron Somerleyton. Elder son of Francis Savile Crossley.

He was educated at Eton / with the Coldstream Guards [1948-1956] / Lord-in-waiting to Elizabeth II [1978] / Master of the horse [1991].

On 14th October 1963, he married Belinda Maris Loyd.

Children:

  1. Hugh
  2. Isabel [b 1964]
  3. Camilla [b 1967]
  4. Alicia [b 1969]
  5. Louisa [b 1974]

He died at Herringfleet

The title of Fourth Baron passes to his son, Hugh

Crossley, SelwynRef 36-107
[1918-1942]
Son of Annie & Fred Crossley of Sowerby Bridge.

During World War II, he served as a Private with the Pioneer Corps.

He died 15th December 1942 (aged 24).

He was buried at Labuan War Cemetery, Malaysia [Grave Ref F C 5].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge

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Crossley, SimeonRef 36-420
[1???-1679]
Son of
Simeon Crossley

On 13th September 1628, he married Grace Firth.

Children:

  1. Mary [bapt 1629]
  2. Henry [1632-1632]
  3. Simeon

He was buried at Halifax Parish Church

Crossley, SimeonRef 36-403
[15??-1622]
An early member of the
Crossley family of Soyland.

He married Unknown.

Child: Simeon

He was buried at Halifax Parish Church

Crossley, SimeonRef 36-465
[1634-16??]
Son of
Simeon Crossley.

In September 1655, he married Mary Hole

Child: Eli

Crossley, Sister Phyllis G.Ref 36-955
[1???-1935]
Youngest daughter of
Edward J. Crossley

Crossley, Dr SmithRef 36-1108
[1829-1893]
Son of
Benjamin Crossley.

In 1861, he was a dentist practising at Calder House, Rastrick.

In 1863, he married Hannah Hill? at Bradford.

He later moved to Alverthorpe, Wakefield where he died

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Crossley, SolomonRef 36-139
[1827-1???]
Born in Southowram.

He was a grocer [1851] / a railway porter [1861].

He married Mary Ann Greenwood [1828-1???].


Mary Ann was born in Stansfield
 

Children:

  1. Henry worker in cotton mill [1861]
  2. Matthew [b 1855]
  3. Alfred [b 1859] who was a cart driver [1881]
  4. Arthur [b 1861] who was a wire drawer [1881]
  5. Mary Ann [b 1864] who was a flax drawer [1881]

They lived at

  • 3 Blackledge, Halifax [1851]
  • Hall Royd Railway Hut, Stansfield [1861]

Crossley, SquireRef 36-170
[17??-18??]

He married Mary [17??-18??].

Children:

  1. Ann [1782-1861] who married John Brearley
  2. Jonas

Crossley, T. WillRef 36-111
[18??-19??]
He served in World War I.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered on the Roll of Honour at Patmos Congregational Chapel, Todmorden

Crossley, ThomasRef 36-364
[1???-1???]
Continued
Job Lee's carpet business with his brother John Crossley

Crossley, ThomasRef 36-41
[1???-18??]
Tenant of the
Peeping Tom of Coventry, Todmorden.

In the 1840s, he built a new pub which he called the Peeping Tom.

The original pub was renamed the Staff of Life, Cornholme

Crossley, ThomasRef 36-1860
[17??-18??]
Dyer at Elland.

In May 1827, he was declared bankrupt

Crossley, ThomasRef 36-343
[1717-1797]
Son of
John Crossley.

He lived at Blackwood House, King Cross.

His grandson John Crossley wrote that


Thomas was fond of hunting & shooting
 

In 1740, he married Elizabeth (Betty) Holden.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Thomas
  3. Betty [1746-1808] who married William Webster  [1734-1808]
  4. Isaac [b 1749]

He & his wife were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax

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Crossley, ThomasRef 36-341
[1743-1827]
Fifth son of
Thomas Crossley, and uncle to John Crossley.

Born at Sowerby Bridge.

He was a cloth miller at Ovenden.

In 1774, he married Sarah Holdsworth.

Children:

  1. Sarah [1775-28th January 1817] who died unmarried
  2. William

Sarah died 5th June 1809 (aged 66) 

& & her children were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax [Grave Ref: 1111]

Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax. Thomas is said to have died in Ireland [4th January 1827]

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Crossley, ThomasRef 36-2354
[1769-1843]
Son of
John Crossley.

On 27th May 1798, he married (1) Susannah Critchley [1772-1813] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Thomas Critchley
  2. Margaret [1806-12th March 1879] who married John  Walker
  3. Sarah [1810-30th December 1886] who never married
  4. John

On 24th November 1814, he married (2) Mary Foxcroft [1771-1851] at Sandal Magna

Children:

  1. Martha Foxcroft [1818-27th January 1893] who never  married
  2. John
  3. James

The children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 462]

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Crossley, ThomasRef 36-1018
[1781-1856]
A dyer at Ovenden.

Son of Luke Crossley.

On 11th November 1804, he married Anne Brearley [1782-1844].


Anne came from Rochdale
 

Children:

  1. Rebecca [1808-1820]
  2. James
  3. Michael
  4. Isaac
  5. Thomas [b 1822] of Paisley
  6. Martha Ann [b 1817] who married William Law from  Glasgow
  7. Luke
  8. Elizabeth [b 1819] who married accountant William  Crawfield
  9. Hannah [1824-1824]

He moved to Paisley, Scotland and died there

Crossley, ThomasRef 36-2416
[1797-1871]
Son of
William Crossley.

He married Sarah Leach [1797-1839].

Children:

  1. John
  2. William [b 1818]
  3. Mary [b 1819]
  4. George
  5. Ellen [b 1823] who married John Sunderland
  6. Mary [b 1826] who married Mr Standeven
  7. Sarah Jane [b 1829] who married John Best
  8. Lydia [b 1831]
  9. Lavinia [b 1833] who married John Crowther
  10. Beet Robinson
  11. Sarah [b 1838]
  12. Harriet [b 1839]

He married (2) Elizabeth Farrer [1806-1869].

Child: 13. Elizabeth [b 1844]

Crossley, ThomasRef 36-165
[1798-1871]
Born in Northowram.

He was a woollen dyer employing 53 men [1851] / a master dyer employing 60 men [1861].

He married (1) Sarah [1797-1839].

Children:

  1. Sarah [b 1829] who was a bonnet maker [1851]
  2. Lavinia [b 1834]
  3. Benjamin [b 1836]
  4. Harriet who died 30th December 1839 (aged 1 month) 

Sarah died in childbirth [12th December 1839] (aged 42) 

He married (2) Elizabeth [1804-1867].

Elizabeth died 4th October 1867 (aged 63) 


Elizabeth was born in Ovenden
 

They lived at

  • Wheatley Bottom, Ovenden [1851]
  • 5 Hebble House, Ovenden [1861]

Living with them [in 1851] was grandson Robert Crossley [b  1846].

Thomas died 6th April 1871 (aged 73) 

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

Crossley, ThomasRef 36-C204
[1803-1843]
Poet known as the Ovenden Bard or Bard of Ovenden.

Son of John Crossley.

Born in Ovenden [2nd December 1803].

He was educated by Thomas Steele Swale. His poetic talents were first developed at the school.

His first published poems appeared in The Imperial Magazine and for many years he wrote for other local papers and magazines. His published works include

  • Poems Lyrical, Moral and Humorous [1828]
  • Halifax – a poetical sketch [1831]
  • The Flowers of Ebor [1837]
  • Be still, ye howling winds
  • Mary's Rose

He married Emilie.

Children:

  1. Emily [b 1932]
  2. Edward [b 1834]
  3. Jane [b 1836]
  4. Harriet [b 1837]
  5. Fanny
  6. child

They lived at Park Lodge, Ovenden where he died.

The play Dennis & the Gibbet Law has been attributed to Crossley.

Thomas died 2nd September 1843

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Crossley, ThomasRef 36-179
[1804-1???]
Born in Halifax.

He was a labourer (cart driver) [1851].

Around 1828, he married Mary [1809-1870].


Mary was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Margerison [b 1828] who was a carpet weaver [1851]
  2. Hannah [b 1833] who was a worsted weaver [1851] who  married William Sutcliffe [1831-1912]; the couple were buried  with Hannah's mother
  3. John [b 1838] who was a warehouse boy (carpet) [1851]
  4. Hephzibah [b 1841]
  5. Margaret [b 1843]
  6. Sarah [March 1845-30th November 1845] who was buried with  her mother
  7. Emily [b 1848]

They lived at 10 Albert Street, Halifax [1851].

Mary died 8th October 1870 (aged 61), and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4656].


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

Crossley, ThomasRef 36-24
[1808-1874]
Son of
John Crossley.

Born 9th October 1808.

He did not go into the family's carpet manufacturing business – John Crossley & Sons Limited.

On 4th November 1830, he married Rebecca Driver.

Children:

  1. Martha Anne [b 1831]
  2. James Driver [1833-1834]
  3. Jonas Driver [1835-1837]
  4. John
  5. Hannah Elizabeth [b 1839]
  6. Rebecca [b 1841] who married George Appleyard
  7. Arthur James [1845-1847]

They lived at Kent House, Halifax [1861].

Thomas died 30th December 1874 (aged 66).

Rebecca died 15th November 1880 (aged 72).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 149]

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Crossley, ThomasRef 36-11
[1811-1870]
Son of
William Crossley

Born at Square, Walsden.

He was a twist maker-up / a warehouseman.

He married Hannah Jackson [1807-1869].

They had no children.

The family lived at

Hannah died of chronic bronchitis, having suffered from it for several years. Thomas died at Prestwich Lunatic Asylum of diarrhoea ending in general paralysis.

The couple were buried at Heptonstall Church

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Crossley, ThomasRef 36-1874
[1814-1863]
An iron founder at Gauxholme.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. child
  2. child
  3. child
  4. child

In February 1863, he was found in Swineshead Clough and died shortly afterwards

Crossley, ThomasRef 36-171
[1817-1881]
Born in Salterhebble.

He was a mechanic [1851] / a machine maker [1861, 1871] / a mechanic in factory (fitter & turner) [1881].

He married Martha [1819-1895].


Martha was born in Huddersfield
 

Children:

  1. William Henry [1842-28th August 1863] who was a worsted  machine maker [1861]
  2. Mary [b 1844]
  3. Eliza who died 17th February 1856 (aged 3 years & 9  months) 
  4. Walter [1857-16th November 1920]  who was a bookbinder [1871] & married Eliza Ann [1858-20th  January 1944]

They lived at

  • 6 Salterhebble, Halifax [1851]
  • Hoyle's Buildings, Skircoat [1861]
  • 29 Smith Street, Halifax [1871]
  • 24 Hope Street, Halifax [1881]

Thomas died 4th June 1881 (aged 64).

Martha died 2nd February 1895 (aged 76).

The couple & the children were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3463]

Crossley, ThomasRef 36-205
[1827-1???]
Born in Walsden.

He was a manufacturing chemist [1851, 1861].

In [Q2] 1850, he married Susan Barker [1820-1???] in Rochdale.


Susan was the daughter of
Robert Barker
 

Children:

  1. Alfred [b 1851]
  2. Mary Ellen [b 1855]
  3. Frank [b 1860]

They lived at

Crossley, ThomasRef 36-2286
[1827-1876]
Son of
Abraham Crossley.

He and his father were partners in Abraham & Thomas Crossley

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Crossley, ThomasRef 36-2401
[1837-1903]
Son of
John Crossley.

He married Mary Ann (Polly) Deverill.

Children:

  1. John Ennis
  2. Florence who married Mr Simpson

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Crossley, ThomasRef 36-122
[1859-19??]
Born in Sowerby.

He was a wool sorter [1891, 1901, 1911, 1916].

Around 1883, he married Mary Eleanor [1865-19??].


Mary Eleanor was born in Kirby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
 

Children:

  1. (possibly) Clement Arthur [b 1883] who died in his 2nd  year & was buried with his Crossley grandparents at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2151]
  2. John William [b 1884] who was born in the USA, and was an  apprentice engineer's fitter [1901]
  3. Arnold
  4. Emma [b 1888] who was a wool spinner [1901], a carpet  sewer [1911]

They lived at

  • 24 Fife Street, Ovenden [1891]
  • 10 Heath Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 10 Health Street, Commercial Road, Halifax [1911]
  • Dale Street, King Cross, Halifax

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Crossley, ThomasRef 36-149
[1868-19??]
Born in Sowerby.

He was a cotton twiner [1901, 1911].

In 1892, he married Miriam Haigh [1866-19??] in Halifax.


Miriam was born in Sowerby
 

Children:

  1. Edith [b 1894] who was a student teacher [1911]
  2. Arnold [b 1896] who was a printers clerk [1911]
  3. George Crossley
  4. Mary Jane [b 1899] who was a part-time cotton cop pointer  [1911]

They lived at 27 Gladstone Buildings, Sowerby New Road, Sowerby Bridge [1901, 1911]

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Crossley, Thomas CritchleyRef 36-2353
[1803-1874]
Son of
Thomas Crossley.

On 4th February 1827, he married Mary Mitchell in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Margerison
  2. John
  3. Emily [1847-1899] who married [1873] John Holt  Balmforth [1841-1889]
  4. Susannah
  5. Sarah
  6. Hannah who married [1852] William Sutcliffe
  7. Leah
  8. Hephzibah
  9. Margaret who married Birch Smith and had a son  Herbert

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Crossley, Thomas HenryRef 36-49
[1844-1913]
Son of
Luke Crossley.

He was a worsted spinner [1871].

He never married.

He lived at Oak Villa, Elland [1913].

He died 10th August 1913.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £109,942 16/11d. Probate was granted to his nephews Ely Wilkinson Crossley and John Wilkinson Crossley

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Crossley, Thomas IrvineRef 36-87
[1892-1921]
Son of J. H. Crossley, of 4 Turnpike Street, Elland Lane, Elland.

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

He died 7th May 1921 (aged 29)  and was buried at Elland Cemetery [U A 1482]

Crossley, Tom W.Ref 36-110
[18??-19??]
He served in World War I.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered on the Roll of Honour at Patmos Congregational Chapel, Todmorden

Crossley, Ursula Gertrude WilkinsonRef 36-1052
[1906-1938]
Second daughter of
Ely Wilkinson Crossley.

She married Rev Reginald Brittain [1908-19??], Vicar of Birstwith.

Children:

  1. Anthony Wilkinson Brittain [b 1941]

Crossley, VincentRef 36-102
[1829-1???]
Son of
John Crossley.

Born in Halifax.

He was a worsted spinner [1841] / a millwright [1851].

In [Q4] 1851, he married Ann Nicholl [1830-1895] in Halifax.


Ann was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Ellen [1853-1854]
  2. Emily H. [b 1856]
  3. Harriet [b 1859] who married John Enoch Hanson
  4. John W. [b 1861]
  5. James Nicholl [1864-1899]
  6. (possibly) Minnie [1867-1932] who married George Granger

The family lived at 5 Chester Lane, Kidderminster [1861].

Ann died 30th April 1895 (aged 65)  and was buried with other members of the family at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 4132] with an unidentified Elizabeth Ann Brown [1862-1863]

Crossley, W.Ref 36-1861
[18??-19??]
Broker at Halifax.

In May 1882, he was declared bankrupt

Crossley, WalterRef 36-42
[18??-1???]
He married Mary Ann Mallinson.


Mary Ann was the daughter of
George Mallinson
 

Crossley, WalterRef 36-2065
[1842-1862]
Son of
Joseph Crossley.

He died in Melbourne, Australia

Crossley, WalterRef 36-140
[1854-1923]
Born in Northowram.

He was a butcher [1891, 1901].

In [Q4] 1880, he married Alice Crossley [1856-1927] in Halifax.


Alice was born in Butterworth, Lancashire
 

Children:

  1. Clement
  2. Joe [b 1887] who was a butcher's apprentice [1901]

They lived at

Walter died 24th February 1923 (aged 69) 

Alice died 10th April 1927 (aged 71).

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-B42]

Crossley, WalterRef 36-105
[1892-1916]
Son of
Fred Crossley.

He was a spring maker (bedstead makers) [1911] / employed by Siddall & Hilton Limited.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 13th Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment.

He died of wounds about 2 hours after being hit [3rd November 1916] (aged 24).

The Halifax Courier [2nd December 1916] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, France [Grave Ref I E 37].

His brother Wilfred also served with the York & Lancaster Regiment

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Crossley, Walter EdwinRef 36-2413
[1842-1916]
Son of
Charles Crossley.

In 1878, he married Sarah Wardrope [1843-1897].

Children:

  1. Charles
  2. Arthur Benjamin [b 1881]
  3. Walter Edwin [b 1883]
  4. Fanny Rebecca Hartley [b 1886] who married Arthur Thursby Whalley

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Crossley, WesleyRef 36-123
[1847-1915]
He was a railway clerk [1891]

In [Q2] 1914, he married Selina Hitchen in Halifax.

They lived at Washington House, Sowerby [1891].

He died 27th October 1915.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £1,275

Crossley, WilkinsonRef 36-896
[1783-1???]
A dyer at Ovenden.

Son of Luke Crossley.

He married Hannah.

Children:

  1. Robert [b 1808]
  2. Ellen [b 1811]

Crossley, WilkinsonRef 36-1049
[1826-1869]
Son of
Luke Crossley.

He was a cloth manufacturer at Broad Carr, Elland [1865].

On 16th March 1863, he married Sarah Elizabeth Wheelwright.


Sarah Elizabeth was the daughter of John Wilkinson Hoyle Wheelwright
 

Children:

  1. John Wilkinson
  2. Horatio Nelson
  3. Ely Wilkinson

Wilkinson died 13th June 1869 (aged 42).

Sarah Elizabeth died 30th November 1920 (aged 85).

Members of the family were buried at Elland Cemetery

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Crossley, WilliamRef 36-131
[1???-18??]
Constable of Sowerby in 1830, when the inhabitants & ratepayers of Sowerby petitioned for the erection of a lockup in the township

Crossley, WilliamRef 36-19
[1???-18??]
Recorded in 1839, when he was
Overseer of the Poor for Todmorden & Walsden.

In March 1839, he was charged with having refused to account to the auditor of the Todmorden Poor Law Union

Crossley, WilliamRef 36-148
[17??-18??]
Of Longroyde, Sowerby.

He was Steward of Sowerby Sunday School [1807-1820].

He took over from John Haigh as President of the Sunday School [1820-1830]

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Crossley, WilliamRef 36-721
[17??-18??]
Of Brighouse. He was assistant to John Rennie and was resident engineer with the
Rochdale Canal Company during the construction of the canal.

See Jessop & Crossley

Crossley, WilliamRef 36-7
[1701-1777]
Of
Grain Farm, Pecket Well.

Son of Samuel Crossley. Of the Crossley family of Hebden Bridge.

He married Grace Shackleton [1703-1764].

Child: William

Members of the family were buried at Heptonstall Church

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Crossley, WilliamRef 36-1216
[1740-17??]
Of
Grain Farm, Pecket Well.

Son of William Crossley of the Crossley family of Hebden Bridge.

He married Mary Ashworth.

Children:

  1. Grace [1763-1830] who married Richard Ashworth
  2. John
  3. Sarah [1768-1847] who married Thomas Eastwood
  4. William

The family were committed Baptists and attended Wainsgate Chapel

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Crossley, WilliamRef 36-9
[1744-1861]
Aka Old Squire.

He married Betty Howarth.

Child: Abraham

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Crossley, WilliamRef 36-10
[1771-1853]
Son of
William Crossley.

Born at Grain Farm, Pecket Well [Christmas Day 1771].

He was a carter / a weaver / a gardener / a match maker.

Had a small annuity from his brother John.

He married Betty Haigh [1779-1854].


Betty came from Walsden
 

Children:

  1. James
  2. John
  3. William
  4. Hannah
  5. Thomas
  6. Robert
  7. Richard
  8. Henry

They lived at Knowsley, Walsden [1851].

William died at Knowsley in 1853 (aged 82) 

Crossley, WilliamRef 36-353
[1775-1827]
Son of
Thomas Crossley.

A cloth miller of Northowram.

In 1814, he moved to Wheatley.

On 16th May 1796, he married Mary Brearley (or Brierley) [1777-1826] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Mary? [b 1796]
  2. Thomas
  3. twins Benjamin
  4. Joseph [1799-1806?]
  5. Sarah [b 1802]
  6. Charles
  7. William
  8. Joseph
  9. James
  10. George who died 27th June 1812 (aged 9 months)   
  11. John
  12. Matthew
  13. Jesse [1819-23rd January 1823]

He died 4th January 1827

Mary died 14th January 1826 (aged 48).

William died 4th January 1827 (aged 51).

The couple & other members of the family () were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax with William's parents

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Crossley, WilliamRef 36-1092
[1788-1838]
Son of
John Crossley.

He married Grace Thomas.

He and his brothers lived at Crossley Terrace, Hebden Bridge.

The following report of his death [on 20th December 1838] appeared in The Leeds Mercury of 5th January 1839

Distressing Occurrence: On Friday morning week, the body of William Crossley of Hebden Bridge, cotton spinner, was found in the River Hebden at the foot of a precipice more than 60 feet in height, over which he must evidently have fallen. The unfortunate gentleman left his house the preceding evening. The verdict at the inquest was Found drowned

He was buried at Birchcliffe Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge

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Crossley, WilliamRef 36-937
[1796-1859]
Schoolmaster of King Cross.

Son of Luke Crossley.

He never married

Crossley, WilliamRef 36-2287
[1796-1876]
Son of
Abraham Crossley.

He married (1) Unknown.

He married (2) Jane.

After his father's death, he took over at Knowlwood Mill [1817].

He went bankrupt in 1840, and he was forced out of the vicinity, whether in shame or in fear is not recorded.

Initially, he moved to Manchester where he ran a beerhouse on Hanover Street with his wife and second set of children.

Interestingly, his first set of children remained behind but all ties with the mill and foundry were cut.

In 1842, William, Jane and their children sailed from Liverpool aboard the Packet Ship Sheridan, arriving in New York on 16th August 1842. They settled in Ohio.

See Todmorden & Walsden Select Vestry [1838]

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Crossley, WilliamRef 36-1377
[18??-18??]
Partner in
Rawson & Crossley [around 1856]

Crossley, WilliamRef 36-46
[18??-18??]

In 1862, he married Ellen Oates in Halifax.


Ellen was the daughter of
John Oates
 

Child: Ada [b 1865] who was a cotton doubler [1881] & married Peter Wogan

In 1871, the widowed Ellen (a warper) and daughter Ada were living with Ellen's parents.

In 1872, Ellen married Abraham Parker

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Crossley, WilliamRef 36-2398
[1806-18??]
Son of
William Crossley.

He married (1) Mary Ann [1807-1842].

He married (2) Martha [1817-1851]

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Crossley, WilliamRef 36-1873
[1817-1859]
Son of
John Crossley.

He was a butcher / landlord of the White Hart, Todmorden [1858].

On Wednesday, 20th January 1858, he took part in a horse race along Halifax Road which caused much excitement in Todmorden. His competitor was William Greenwood, a manufacturer at Gauxholme, and the winner was to take both horses. When Crossley's horse reach a point on the road where it usually halted, it swerved and allowed Greenwood to pass him and win the race by several lengths

He was 4th husband of Jinny Haigh.

The couple were buried at Hebden Bridge Parish Church

Crossley, WilliamRef 36-70
[1845-1911]
Hebden Bridge
bell-ringer.

He collapsed and died at Calder Holmes Park during the coronation celebrations for George V

Crossley, WilliamRef 36-2352
[1850-19??]
Builder and contractor at Brighouse.

Recorded in 1881, when he bought land at Smith House Lane from Richard Kershaw.

He built property which became Bryn Terrace

In 1887, he married Elizabeth [1856-19??] from Leeds.

They lived at 23 Bryn Terrace, Brighouse [1911]

Crossley, WilliamRef 36-193
[1850-1909]
Son of John Crossley, sawyer.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a joiner of Goshen Terrace [1870] / a joiner [1871, 1881, 1891, 1901].

In 1870, he married Betty Howorth [1849-1???] at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone.


Betty, from Shade, was born in Todmorden.

She was cotton weaver [1870, 1871].

Her father was not named on the marriage records

 

Children:

  1. John [b 1872] who was a cloth warehouseman [1891], a  cotton warehouseman [1901], a cotton weaving warehouseman [1911]
  2. Sarah Ann [b 1873] who was a cotton weaver [1891, 1901]
  3. Ada [b 1875] who was a throstle spinner [1891], a cotton  card room hand [1901]
  4. Sam [b 1878] who was a throstle spinner [1891], a picker  maker [1901]
  5. Arthur [b 1880] who was a throstle spinner [1891], a reed  maker [1901]
  6. Frank
  7. Henry / Harry

The family lived at

  • 18 Shade, Todmorden [1871]
  • 6 Lock Street, Todmorden [1881, 1891]
  • 228 Rochdale Road, Todmorden [1901, 1911, 1918, 1926]

William died in Todmorden in 1909 (aged 58) 

Sons Frank & Harry died in World War I.

Betty died at home [18th October 1926] (aged 77) 

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Crossley, WilliamRef 36-192
[1856-1???]
Son of Robert Crossley, weaver.

Born in Walsden.

He was a signalman of Knowsley, Walsden [1895] / a railway signalman [1901] / a railway signalman for the L & Y Railway Company [1911].

In 1895, he married Betsy Binns [1872-1???] at St Peter's Church, Walsden.


Betsy, of Brown Road, Walsden, was born in Cragg, the daughter of John Binns, farm servant
 

Children:

  1. Ethel [b 1897] who was a cotton ring spinner [1911]
  2. Edgar
  3. Nora [b 1903]

The family lived at

  • 2 Fair Mount, Walsden [1901]
  • 5 Granville Street, Walsden [1911]

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Crossley, William C.Ref 36-62
[1???-194?]
Of Todmorden.

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

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Crossley, William HenryRef 36-26
[1834-1900]
Eldest son of
Robert Crossley

He married Anne Beckett.

Children:

  1. William Edward
  2. Francis Ann
  3. Mary Armer Beckett

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Crossley, William HenryRef 36-58
[1855-1910]
Son of James Crossley, mechanic.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a weaver of Langfield [1882] / a cotton weaver [1901].

In 1882, he married Ellen Cockshott [1858-1???] at Heptonstall Church.


Ellen, of Langfield, was born in Preston, Lancashire, the daughter of Hugh Cockshott, spinner
 

Children:

  1. Martha J. [b 1884] who was a cotton weaver [1901]
  2. Eleanor [b 1888] who was a cotton weaver [1901]
  3. James [b 1891] who was a cotton weaver [1911]
  4. John
  5. Ruth [b 1897] who was a cotton weaver [1911]
  6. Emily [b 1901]

The family lived at

  • 354 Halifax Road, Todmorden [1901, 1911]
  • Pleasant View, Charlestown, Hebden Bridge [1918]

William died in Todmorden in 1910 (aged 55) 

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Crossley, William J.Ref 36-1275
[18??-19??]
Barkisland quarry owner and stone merchant [1905]

Crossley, William JosephRef 36-2397
[1842-1897]
Son of
Matthew Crossley.

He married Ann Mitchell [1840-1934].

Children:

  1. Alfred Matthew [1867-1944] who married Ann Jessie
  2. Joseph Mitchell [1868-1945]
  3. Annie Clara [1873-1963]

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Crossley, WillieRef 36-80
[1874-1???]
Son of William Crossley, labourer.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a labourer of Mills Street, Todmorden [1895] / a general outdoor labourer [1901] / a p???layer L. & Y. railway [1911].

In 1895, he married Christiana Johnson [1874-1???] at Christ Church, Todmorden.


Christiana, of Mills Street, Todmorden, was born in Heywood, Lancashire, the daughter of Thomas Johnson, blacksmith.

She was a cotton card room hand [1901]

 

Children:

  1. John Willie
  2. Walter [b 1904]
  3. Ben [b 1909]
  4. Arthur [b 1915]

The family lived at

  • 8 Back Ridge Street, Todmorden [1901]
  • 6 Meadow Street, Todmorden [1911, 1918]

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Crossley, WillieRef 36-127
[1890-19??]
Son of Lewis Crossley, journeyman joiner.

He was a cartwright of 41 Commercial Road, Halifax [1913].

In 1913, he married Emily Gooch at St Thomas's Church, Claremount.


Emily was the daughter of
Alfred Gooch
 

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Crossley, WillieRef 36-96
[1891-1917]
Son of
Lewis Crossley.

He was a patent implement maker [1911] / employed by Crossley's at Dean Clough Mills.

In 1913, he married Emily Goach.


The banns were read [1913] at St Thomas, Charlestown. for Willie Crossley, bachelor, of the parish of St James, Halifax, and Emily Goach, spinster of the parish of St Thomas, Charlestown
 

Child: Irene [b 1914]

They lived at 8 Senior Buildings, Range Bank.

During World War I, he served as a Sapper with the 67th Field Company Royal Engineers.

He was killed by a shell [14th July 1917] (aged 26).

He was buried at Essex Farm Cemetery, Belgium. [Grave Ref I L 7].

He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Rhodes Street Wesleyan Chapel, and on the Memorial at Crossley's Carpets

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Crossley, Willie GraydonRef 36-185
[1865-1929]
Son of
John William Crossley.

He was a carpet weaver [1881] / a worsted weaver [1891] / a carpet weaver [1901] / a weaver [1911].

He married Mary Ellen [1869-1941].


Mary Ellen was born in Northowram.

She was a wool comber [1901]

 

They lived at

  • 21 Taylor Street, Halifax [1891]
  • 12 Lower Hope Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 17 Hall Street, Halifax [1911]

Willie died 24th November 1929 (aged 64).

Mary Ellen died 25th November 1941 (aged 72).

The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2133] with Willie's siblings

Families

The Crossley family of HalifaxRef 36-1276
A family of 19th century industrialists and philanthropists.

John Crossley was an early member of the family.

The family carpet business – John Crossley & Sons – was founded by Martha and John Crossley, and carried on by their sons Joseph, Francis, and John. A baby – John – was born in 1804 and died at the age of 4 in 1809. A fourth son, Thomas, did not follow his brothers into the family business.

The family motto is

Everything that is good comes from above

There was much rivalry between the Crossley family and the Akroyd family.

Some members of the family were buried at Halifax General Cemetery and others at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax. When the Square Chapel became derelict, the gravestones were taken to a yard at Dean Clough. In 1982, when the mills had closed and the yard was being cleared, the stones were found to have disappeared. In 2010, they were found by Council workers in undergrowth in Exley Cemetery. In August 2011, the stones were relaid at Square Chapel. A memorial plate is fixed to the wall of the Chapel.

See: Avena Carpets Limited / Belle Vue Mansion / Roger Ives / Manor Heath Mansion / Park Road Baths / Park Road, Halifax / Crossley family coat of arms

The Crossley family of Halifax: ArmsRef 36-368
The arms of the Crossley family appears in several places around the district, including on the pedestal of the statue of Frank Crossley in People's Park.

An enquiry about the 2 distinct halves on the arms at the Arden Road Almshouses received the following reply from The Baronage Press

[We] have traced them to a family whose name is Baymyn.

[The description is]

Ermine on a chief indented Sable three fleurs de lys Argent

The cross hatching of the chief represents sable, which means that the fleurs de lys must be or or argent. [There are] no hatched spots that would indicate or and thus argent is the only alternative

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The Crossley family of Halifax: Lister Lane BurialsRef 36-178
The following members of the Crossley family of Halifax were interred at Lister Lane Cemetery, Halifax

They may be remembered on the headstone of other graves

The Crossley family of Hebden BridgeRef 36-763
The family built much property in Hebden Bridge, including Crossley Mill, Hebden Bridge, Crossley's Houses alongside the canal, and Crossley Terrace

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The Crossley family of SoylandRef 36-1265
Members of the family lived at Small Lees, Soyland.

Simeon Crossley was an early member of the family.

The family extended to branches in Halifax and Elland.

The family is discussed in the book Yorkshire Pedigrees

The Crossley family of Todmorden & WalsdenRef 36-1283
Early members of the family included Adam del Croslegh and Roger de Crosselegh.

See Anthony Crossley, John Crossley and Scaitcliffe Hall

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Surname

Crossley surnameRef 36-1
Other forms of the surname include Crosle, Croslegh, Crosley and Crossleghe.

Entries for people with this and similar surnames are shown in a separate Foldout

Recorded in 1309.

George Redmonds writes that Geoffrey Crossleghe is recorded in Halifax in 1456, John Crosle is recorded at Langfield in 1545 and John Crosley is recorded at Stansfield in 1638.

Derived from cross and ley and means a clearing with a cross.

There are 401 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Crossley, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.


Unattached BMDs for Crossley

Marriages 1824, 1855, 1857, 1858, 1867, 1871, 1872, 1886, 1888, 1893, 1895, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1903, 1905, 1907, 1915, 1923, 1931, 1932, 1940, 1941, 1942; Deaths 1808, 1835, 1899, 1900

Unattached burials at Lister Lane Cemetery: Plot 2437, Plot 4652

 



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