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He married Judith [1778-1862].
She was listed as worsted manufacturer widow [1851]
Children:
The family lived at
3 Colbeck Street, Halifax [1851].
Judith died 6th December 1862 (aged 84),
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 347]
with Elizabeth Ashton [1786-1850]
& Hannah Pollard [1782-1850]
Question:
Does anyone know the link between the Hitchen, Ashton
& Pollard families?
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered on Coley War Memorial
He was
a boot repairer's assistant [1911] /
a bootmaker [1915].
During World War I,
he enlisted [November 1915].
He embarked from Folkestone [5th May 1916].
He was admitted to hospital at Étaples [30th December 1916].
He was shipped home with Debility & Bronchitis aboard Hospital
Ship Brighton [5th February 1917].
He recovered in the UK
and was posted back to France via Dover [30th April 1917], and
served as a Gunner
with the 253rd Siege Battery
Royal Garrison Artillery.
He was killed in action [22nd August 1918].
His death was reported in the Halifax Courier [28th September 1918].
He was buried at Wailly Orchard Cemetery, France [Grave Ref IV D 5].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
on the Halifax Parish Church Church Members (WWI) Memorial,
on the Blue Coat School Memorial,
and on the Memorial at Saint George's Church, Sowerby
He was a stuff piece stover [1881].
He married Mary J. [1837-1???].
Children:
They lived at 2 Melrose Street, Ovenden [1881]
He was a gardener [1891, 1901].
In [Q4] 1868, he married Emma Siddal [1849-19??].
Children:
They lived at Stile, Triangle, Sowerby [1891, 1901].
Living with them [in 1891] was granddaughter Nania Foster [b
1890].
Living with them [in 1901] were grandchildren Irwin Hitchen
& Sam Hitchen [b 1901]
He was a carpet finisher at Firth's Carpets in Bailiff Bridge.
He joined the Territorial Force
4th Battalion
the West Riding Regiment for 4 years' UK service [7th March 1913].
During World War I,
he served as a Sergeant
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He embarked from Folkstone for France aboard the SS Invicta
[14th April 1915].
He was killed in action [3rd September 1916] (aged 26).
He was buried at Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval, France. [Grave Ref I F 7].
He is remembered on Norwood Green War Memorial,
on Firth's War Memorial,
and on Bailiff Bridge War Memorial
During World War I,
he served as a Lance Corporal
with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme [1st July 1916].
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6A & 6B],
on Ripponden War Memorial,
and on the Roll of Honour at Zion Congregational Church, Ripponden
He was a designer [1891].
In [Q2] 1872, he married Elizabeth Ann Farnell [1847-1???] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at 124 Gibbet Street, Halifax [1891]
Born in Brearley.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 8th Battalion
Leicestershire Regiment.
He died 3rd May 1917 (aged 28).
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 5],
and on Luddendenfoot War Memorial
Son of William Hitchen.
Born in Brearley.
He was
a woollen piecer [1901] /
a duler (blanket makers) [1911].
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 8th Battalion
Leicestershire Regiment.
He died 3rd May 1917 (aged 28).
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 5],
on a memorial in Brearley Particular Baptist Church,
and in the book Royd Regeneration.
His brother James Selwyn also died in the War
Hatter in Halifax [1784-1791]
He married Unknown.
Children:
He died 23rd November 1886 (aged 51),
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 714]
He was a wood turner [1880].
On 17th October 1880, he married Ann Hollas in Halifax.
Children:
Ann died in Boothtown [20th October 1889].
The couple were buried at St Thomas the Apostle, Claremount:
Ann [23rd October 1889];
David [6th March 1929]
In the 1860s, he gave land for the construction of Mount Zion Primitive Methodist Chapel, Norland
He took over from his father-in-law Levi Taylor as inn
keeper at the Grand View, Lee Mount [1950-1960]
In 1937, he married Dora Taylor in Halifax.
George Edward died in Halifax in 1977
He was
a member of St George's Sunday School, Lee Mount & Choir /
a football player at Lee Mount School & Boothtown /
a worsted doffer [1901] /
a winding overlooker [1911] /
employed in the design department at Crossley's /
a tram driver.
In [Q2] 1912, he married Lily Sutcliffe in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at 27 Livingston Street, Halifax.
During World War I,
he enlisted [November 1916], and
served as a Gunner
with the 275th Brigade
Royal Field Artillery.
He died in the Casualty Clearing Station [28th May 1918] (aged 30).
His photograph appears with reports of his death in the Halifax Courier [8th June & 15th June 1918].
He was buried at Pernes British Cemetery, France [Grave Ref II D 34].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Saint George's Church, Lee Mount
On 19th August 1882, he married Love Sugden [1859-1946] at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
They lived at 11 Vale Street [1911]
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd/7th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 17th April 1916.
He was buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone
[9 41].
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
Son of Edna Hitchen [1876-1948]; father unknown.
Born in Stile, Triangle.
Baptised at St Peter's Church, Sowerby [6th April 1898].
In [Q2] 1908, His mother married George Henry Law in Halifax.
Irwin was
a machine tenter at dyeworks [1911] /
employed by Siddall & Hilton Limited in Sowerby Bridge.
He lived at 115 Haugh Shaw Road, Halifax.
During World War I,
he enlisted [August 1914], and
served as a Driver
with D Battery
38th Brigade
Royal Horse Artillery & Royal Field Artillery.
He went to the Front in January 1915.
He was killed in action at Ypres as ammunition was being unloaded
[10th September 1917] (aged 20).
He had volunteered to go, rather than let another man ride his horses.
All the horses were killed.
The Halifax Courier [22nd September 1917] reported his death with a photograph.
He was buried at Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No.3, Belgium [Grave Ref I G 13].
He is remembered at St Peter's Church, Sowerby,
in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
on Triangle War Memorial,
on the Triangle Roll of Honour,
and on the Memorial at Triangle Wesleyan Methodist Church
In [Q3] 1858, he married (1) Martha Ann Rushworth [1834-1865] in Halifax
Children:
Martha Ann died 19th May 1865 (aged 31).
In [Q4] 1865, he married (2) Priscilla Ann Lockwood [1836-1868] in Halifax
Children:
Priscilla Ann died 19th July 1868 (aged 32).
In [Q4] 1870, he married (3) Hannah Bories [1840-1876] in Halifax.
Children:
Hannah died 15th February 1876 (aged 36).
They lived at 9 High Street, Halifax [1871].
Isaac died 10th March 1909 (aged 70).
Members of the family were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell
with Elizabeth Ellen [1851-30th May 1947]
Children:
Born in Sowerby.
He was
a woollen piecer [1851] /
a wood sawyer [1861] /
an omnibus driver [1871] /
a cab driver [1875] /
a bus driver [1881] /
a hostler's foreman [1891] /
Manager of John Marsh's livery stables [1896] /
a horsekeeper [1896].
In 1875, he married Sarah Hamer Wood [1841-1???] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1881] were Isaac's father Nathaniel Hitchen [aged 73] and nephew James Hitchen [aged 23]
(horse keeper).
Living with the widowed Sarah [in 1901] was niece Martha A
Naylor [aged 33] (worsted warper).
Isaac died at Altcarr, Southport, when on holiday at Formby
[19th February 1896].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £152.
Probate was granted to his widow Sarah
He was injured – contused head – in the Pye Nest Tram Disaster of
15th October 1907, but was treated at home
He was a journeyman cloth miller [1851]
and worked at Marshall Hall Mills, Elland.
He and his brother John were killed in a boiler explosion at the Mill on
16th November 1854
He was
a smallware dealer [1871] /
a general dealer fancy goods [1881] /
a general fancy dealer [1891, 1901].
In [Q2] 1865, he married (1) Emma Robertshaw [1839-1873] in Halifax.
Emma died 4th July 1873 (aged 34).
There are no records of any children
In [Q3] 1874, he married (2) Priscilla Wilkinson [1847-1924] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at
James died 5th December 1902 (aged 65).
Priscilla died 8th February 1924 (aged 76).
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1070]
Born in Halifax.
He was
a millwright of Skircoat [1862] /
a mechanic iron turner [1871, 1881] /
an engineer turner [1891].
In 1862, he married Susannah Crossley [1843-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
They lived at
Born in Luddendenfoot.
He was
a hairdresser's assistant [1911].
On 27th December 1915, he married Lena Helliwell [1898-19??]
at Luddendenfoot United Methodist Church.
They lived at New Road, Mytholmroyd.
During World War I,
he enlisted in Hebden Bridge, and
served as a Gunner
with the 266th Siege Battery
Royal Garrison Artillery.
He was killed in action [20th April 1917].
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 1],
on a memorial in St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd,
and in the book Royd Regeneration.
His brother Clares Milton also died in the War.
In [Q1] 1923, Lena married William Priestley in Halifax.
Born 3rd August 1832.
He was an engineer.
He married Clarissa [1831-1904].
They lived at Hall Street, Halifax.
John died 7th February 1901 (aged 69),
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3412]
with his parents.
He is also remembered his wife's grave at Lister Lane Cemetery.
Clarissa died 4th January 1904 (aged 73).
She was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 1110]
He was publican at the Ring O' Bells, Halifax [1861].
He married Elizabeth [1829-1???].
Children:
He was a journeyman cloth miller [1851]
and worked at Marshall Hall Mills, Elland.
He and his brother James were killed in a boiler explosion at the Mill on
16th November 1854
Born in Norland.
He was
a plasterer of Stainland [1862, 1871, 1881, 1891] /
a slater & plasterer [1901].
In 1862, he married Martha Townsend [1840-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1891] was nephew Ernest Townsend [aged
20] (dyer's labourer)
On 13th May 1898, daughter Elizabeth was found drowned in the
canal near Sterne Mills, Copley.
The Jury returned a verdict that she had committed suicide by drowning
He was
a member of Holy Trinity Church & Boys Scouts /
educated at Holy Trinity School & Heath Grammar School /
a rugby player with Halifax Collegians & Halifax Tech /
employed by Churchill-Redman Limited.
During World War II,
he served as a Sergeant
with the 101st Squadron
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
He was killed in action in a bombing raid over Germany [30th October 1940] (aged 21).
He was buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell
[5 103A].
He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on Heath Grammar School Memorial Gates
He married Zilpah [1819-1875].
Children:
Zilpah died 19th August 1875 (aged 56).
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3159].
He was a whitesmith.
He married Hannah [1811-1867].
Children:
Joseph died 27th April 1851 (aged 43).
Hannah died 24th September 1867 (aged 56).
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 3412]
In [Q3] 1915, he married Priscilla Gray in Rochdale.
They lived at 45 Commercial Street, Todmorden.
During World War I,
he served as a Gunner
with the 16th Trench Mortar Battery
Royal Field Artillery.
He died 14th November 1917 (aged 26).
He was buried at Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France [Grave Ref VI F 29]
He was
a wool comber of Sowerby [1833] /
a sawyer [1841, 1851] /
a wood sawyer [1861] /
a sawyer [1871].
He married (1) Unknown.
In 1833, he married (2) 1806-1850? at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1841] were Joshua Naylor [aged 35] (wool
comber), Mary Naylor [aged 40] (bobbin winder), John
Helliwell [aged 15] (wool comber) and Nicolas Helliwell
[aged 13] (worsted tenter).
Living with them [in 1851] sister-in-law Mary Naylor [aged 51]
(servant) and lodger David Pratt [aged 28] (sawyer).
Living with them [in 1861] were daughter Anne, her husband
Henry Naylor, and grandson James [aged 3].
Living with Nathaniel [in 1871]
were son Isaac, daughter Betty and grandson James
Hitchen [aged 13] (woollen piecer).
Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge
During World War II,
he was a Civilian, and served with the Civil Defence.
He died at Royal Victoria Yard at Deptford Dockyard [19th March 1941] (aged 34).
He was buried in the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford, London.
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
He was a dyer's labourer [1863].
On 31st October 1863, he married Sarah Ann Hollas in Halifax.
Children:
The children were all born Sowerby
He was
an overlooker at worsted mill [1851] /
a manufacturer.
He (possibly) established Samuel Hitchen & Son.
He married Ann Clay [1812-1873].
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1851] was mother-in-law Mary Clay [b
1784] (pauper).
On 26th January 1871, Samuel was travelling by train into
Bradford Exchange Station when 2 carriages collided with a salt van
on a goods train, knocking in the end of Hitchen's carriage.
He sustained a fractured leg, bruising and shock.
He died 5 days later from
Living with the widowed Ann [in 1871] was her
brother William Clay [1814-11th June 1878] (without
occupation).
Ann died 24th August 1873 (aged 61).
The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 626]
with Ann's brother William Clay (woolcomber)
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 12th Battalion
Manchester Regiment.
He died in France/Flanders [21st July 1918].
He was buried at Harponville Communal Cemetery Extension, France [Grave Ref E 23].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge
He married (1) Mary [1781-1809].
Children:
Mary died 23rd April 1809 (aged 28).
He married (2) Sarah.
Children:
Thomas died 5th November 1838 (aged 58).
Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax
He lived at Burnley Road, Mytholmroyd.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was in the Agricultural Company of the Labour Battalion, and had
been working on a farm at Malton when he was stricken with
influenza.
He died after 12 days, from septic poisoning [November 1918] (aged 30).
He is remembered on a memorial in
Mount Zion Methodist Church, Mytholmroyd and
Scout Road Wesleyan Chapel, Mytholmroyd,
and in the book Royd Regeneration
Born in Sowerby.
He was
a factory boy [1851] /
a cloth finisher [1861] /
a woollen cloth finisher & draper [1871] /
a farmer of 14 acres [1881] /
a farmer [1891] /
a retired farmer [1901] /
a member of the Local Board /
a member of the Halifax Board of Guardians.
In 1866, he married Ann Law [1846-1???] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
Timothy died at Cribb Farm, Sowerby, after a lingering illness
[8th November 1907].
Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £1,155.
Probate was granted to
his widow Ann,
son Fred Hitchen (farmer),
and
Arthur Fielding Longbottom (worsted coating manufacturer)
In [Q2] 1841, he married Harriet Bedford in Halifax.
Children:
He was
Halifax attorney /
attorney at law [1823].
In 1823, he married Ann, daughter of James Royston at
Halifax Parish Church.
He worked for Anne Lister.
They lived at 3 Clare Hall Road, Halifax [1851]
Born in Halifax.
He was
an iron moulder [1901, 1911] /
secretary of the Halifax Rugby Junior League /
president of the Halifax Charity Cup Committee /
an unemployed iron moulder [1936].
In [Q1] 1901, he married Maria Coombes [1883-19??] at Christ Church, Pellon.
She was a coating weaver [1901]
Children:
They lived at
William was found drowned in the Marine Lake at Southport
[20th June 1936].
His body was discovered after his clothing had become entangle in the
propeller of a small speed boat in which there were 3 holidaymakers.
The Inquest found that there was nothing to suggest suicide or foul
play
He married Ursula Metcalfe.
Ursula died 16th May 1883 (aged 51),
and was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot 2410]
with her parents
He was
a cloth miller [1841] /
a journeyman cloth miller [1851] /
a woollen cloth fuller [1861].
Around 1825, he married Mary [1795-18??].
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1861] was daughter Mary & her
son John [b 1857].
Sons John & James were killed in a
boiler explosion at the mill on
16th November 1854
He was
a comber of Sowerby [1835] /
a wool comber [1841] /
a farmer of 9 acres [1851, 1861].
In 1835, he married Sally Howarth [1818-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
They lived at
Born in Sowerby Bridge.
He was
a cotton twiner of Cotton Stones, Sowerby [1886] /
a cotton twiner / a cloth furrier [1891] /
an iron foundry worker [1901] /
a mechanic labourer (engineers) [1911].
In [Q1] 1886, he married Mary Greenwood [1860-1928] at Halifax Parish Church.
She was a woollen weaver [1901]
Children:
The children were born in Brearley.
The family lived at
Sons Clares Milton & James Selwyn died in World War I
Born in Halifax.
He was
a warehouseman [1881, 1891] /
a factory warehouseman [1901] /
a timekeeper [1911].
In 1880, he married either Mary Hannah Buckley or Mary Farrar [1860-19??] in Halifax.
She was a mantle knitter [1881]
Children:
They lived at
Hitchen, Mr Ref 240-23
Judith was born in Halifax.
Hitchen, A. Ref 240-1265 
Hitchen, Albert Ref 240-124
Hitchen, Amos Ref 240-9
Mary was born in Stockton on Tees, Durham
Hitchen, Amos Ref 240-2
Emma was born in Sowerby
Hitchen, Austin Arthur Ref 240-140
Hitchen, Charles Ref 240-921
Hitchen, Charles Whiteley Ref 240-6
Elizabeth Ann was born in Bradshaw
Hitchen, Clares Milton Ref 240-5
Hitchen, Clares Milton Ref 240-819
Hitchen, Daniel Ref 240-1975
Hitchen, Daniel Ref 240-349 Hitchen, David Ref 240-10
Hitchen, David Jackson Ref 240-108
Ann was the daughter of John Hollas
Hitchen, Eli Ref 240-3946 Hitchen, George Edward Ref 240-12
Dora was the daughter of Levi Taylor
Hitchen, Harold Wilson Ref 240-1329
Hitchen, Harry Ref 240-168
Love was born in Ripponden
Hitchen, Herbert Ref 240-731
Hitchen, Irwin Ref 240-1189
Hitchen, Isaac Ref 240-13
Hitchen, Isaac Ref 240-4108
Hitchen, Isaac Ref 240-7500
Hitchen, J. Ref 240-131 Hitchen, James Ref 240-21 
Hitchen, James Ref 240-17
Emma was born in Halifax [26th September 1839]
Priscilla was born in Warley [21st March 1847]
Hitchen, James Ref 240-15
Susannah, of Halifax, was the daughter of James
Crossley, grocer
Hitchen, James Selwyn Ref 240-828
Hitchen, John Ref 240-16
Clarissa was born 20th December 1831
Hitchen, John Ref 240-24
Elizabeth was born in Halifax
Hitchen, John Ref 240-19
Hitchen, John Ref 240-4106
Hitchen, John Gregson Ref 240-667
Hitchen, Joseph Ref 240-11
Details of Joseph's death / burial place are not yet known
Hitchen, Joseph Ref 240-22
Hitchen, Joseph Ref 240-1694 Hitchen, Leonard Ref 240-1308
Hitchen, Miss Mona Ref 240-2914 Hitchen, Nathaniel Ref 240-4131
Hitchen, Oswald Ref 240-775
Hitchen, Phinehas Ref 240-589
Sarah Ann was the daughter of Sampson Hollas
Hitchen, Samuel Ref 240-3914
Ann was born in Halifax
shock to the system caused by his injuries
Hitchen, Theodore Ref 240-4
Hitchen, Thomas Ref 240-14
Hitchen, Thomas Henry Ref 240-821
Hitchen, Timothy Ref 240-162
Ann was a dairy farmer [1911]
Hitchen, Uriah Ref 240-7
Hitchen, Ward Dyson Ref 240-346
Hitchen, William Ref 240-1153
Maria, of 18 Ashley Street, was born in Halifax, the daughter
of George Coombes, dyer's labourer.
Hitchen, William Ref 240-18
Ursula was the daughter of Thomas Metcalfe
Hitchen, William Ref 240-20
Mary was born in Soyland
Hitchen, William Ref 240-164
Sally came from Sowerby
Hitchen, William Ref 240-3
Mary, of Bond Street, Halifax, was born in Sowerby, the
daughter of James Greenwood, woollen carder.
Hitchen, Wilson Ref 240-8
Mary was born in Halifax.
The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District Surnames by George Redmonds.
There are
51
entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname Hitchen,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Marriages
1860,
1874,
1885,
1892,
1895,
1906,
1907,
1911,
1915,
1936;
Deaths
1899,
1900
Unattached burials at Lister Lane Cemetery: Plot 3412
Hitchen surname Ref 240-1
Unattached BMDs for Hitchen
Page Ref: MMH46
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