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Womersley, MrRef 243-39
[1???-18??]
Local singer. He sang at the opening of
Todmorden National School in May 1845

Womersley, MrRef 243-2798
[17??-18??]
He married Elizabeth [1795-18??] from Clifton.

Child: Sarah [b 1825] who married William Rushworth

The widowed Elizabeth was a beerhouse keeper in Brighouse [1851].


Question: Does anyone know which beerhouse this may have been?

 

Living with Elizabeth [in 1851] were daughter Sarah and family.

In 1871, Elizabeth was living with daughter Sarah and family at 9 Mount Street, Halifax

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Womersley, MrRef 243-21
[18??-18??]

He married Sarah [1822-1???].


Sarah was born in Castleford
 

Children:

  1. Ellen [b 1847] who was a card feeder [1871]
  2. John Lee [b 1854] who was a card dresser [1871]
  3. Mary [b 1856] who was a card filler-up [1871]
  4. George Boyes
  5. Harriet [b 1860] who was a part-timer / spinner [1871]
  6. David [b 1863] who was a bobbin setter [1871]
  7. Sarah E. [b 1870]

They lived at 3 The Square, Bank Top, Southowram [1871].

Sarah was widowed by 1871

Womersley, AaronRef 243-36
[1836-1902]
Son of
David Womersley.

Born in Southowram [4th October 1836]; baptised [25th December 1836].

He was a farmer [1871] / a farmer of 33 acres [1881] / a farmer [1891, 1901].

In [Q1] 1861, he married Mary Ann Mitchell [1839-1913] in Halifax.


Mary Ann was born in Southowram
 

There are no records of any children.

They lived at

  • Park Nook Farm, Southowram [1871]
  • 9 Park Nook Farm, Southowram [1881]
  • Park Nook Farm, Southowram [1891, 1901, 1902]

Aaron died 4th August 1902 (aged 65).

Mary Ann died 13th November 1913 (aged 74).

The couple were buried at Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram

Womersley, AbrahamRef 243-10
[1854-1928]
Son of
Edward Womersley.

Born in Southowram.

He was a railway stoker [1879].

On 30th June 1879, he married (1) Sarah Ann Fox in Halifax.


Sarah Ann was born in Southowram, the daughter of John Fox
 

Child: Walter [b 1880]

Sarah Ann died in Southowram [26th October 1882].

She was buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-N2].

On 9th December 1893, Abraham married (2) Emma Broomhead, in Halifax.


Emma was born in Southowram, the daughter of Jonah Broomhead
 

They had no children.

Emma died 13th June 1890.

Abraham died in St Luke's Hospital [6th June 1928].

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Q 50]

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Womersley, Alfred StanleyRef 243-201
[1927-2010]
Born in Rastrick [26th August 1927].

Educated at Victoria Secondary School, Brighouse. In 1944, he volunteered and served in the East Yorkshire Regiment.

He was a Labour Councillor for Brighouse, and the last Mayor of Brighouse [1973-1974], before the town became a part of Calderdale, although he had declined the office several times previously.

He married Audrey [19??-2010].

Children:

  1. Karen
  2. Julie

He died 25th June 2010

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Womersley, ArthurRef 243-770
[1870-1920]
Born in Halifax.

He was a mill manager [1895].

On 4th February 1895, he married Lily Helliwell [1869-1937] in Halifax


Lily was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Doris [1896-1985]
  2. Raymond
  3. William [1902-1989]
  4. Eddie [1904-1984]
  5. Ronnie [b 1908]

They lived at 58 Hare Street, Pellon [1901, 1911, 1918]

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Womersley, BenjaminRef 243-430
[1795-1862]
Born in Hipperholme.

He was a farmer [1841] / a farmer & calf dealer [1851].

On 19th October 1820, he married Ann Avison [1800-1869] in Halifax.


Ann was born in Clifton
 

Children:

  1. Charles
  2. Mary [1826-1843] who never married & was buried with her  parents
  3. William
  4. Elizabeth [b 1831] who never married & was buried with  her parents
  5. Ann [b 1836]
  6. George [b 1837]

They lived at Bonegate, Brighouse [1841, 1851].

Living with them [in 1851] was grandson Benjamin [b 1848]

Benjamin died in Brighouse [25th April 1862].

Ann died in Brighouse [6th June 1869].

They both died in Brighouse and were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse [Grave Ref: I46]

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Womersley, CharlesRef 243-188
[1821-1893]
Son of
Benjamin Womersley.

Born in Brighouse.

He was a wheelwright [1841, 1851, 1861] / a cattle dealer [1871, 1881] / a retired farmer [1891].

He married Zillah [1826-1894].


Zillah was born in Clifton
 

Children:

  1. Benjamin [b 1848] who was a currier [1861, 1891]
  2. Samuel [b 1850] who was a card maker
  3. Mary [1853-1907] who was a cotton frame tenter [1878] and  married Joseph Holroyd
  4. John [b 1855] who was a silk dresser [1871, 1881]
  5. James [b 1858] who was an assistant to his father [1871],  a setting machine tenter [1881], a machine tenter [1891]
  6. Harriet [b 1860] who was a silk spinner [1881]
  7. Henry [1866-1922] who was a clark (silk warehouse) [1891]

They lived at

  • Bonegate, Brighouse [1851, 1861]
  • 1 Bonegate, Brighouse [1871]
  • 8 Well Street, Brighouse [1881]

Members of the family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery

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Womersley, CharlesRef 243-14
[1834-1???]
Born in Clifton.

He was a groom [1881, 1891].

Around 1869, he married Sarah Ann [1840-1???].


Sarah Ann was born in Marsden
 

Children:

  1. Ruth [b 1869] who was a silk spinner [1881], a silk  winder [1891]
  2. Alfred [b 1870] who was a cotton piecer [1881], a silk  dresser [1891]
  3. Benjamin [b 1872] who was a wire drawer [1891]
  4. Ernest [b 1875]
  5. Horatio [b 1877] who was a cooper's apprentice

The children were born in Brighouse / Clifton.

They lived at

  • 15 Clifton Road, Clifton [1881]
  • Clifton Common [1891]

Womersley, DavidRef 243-37
[1814-1???]
Son of Hannah & James Womersley.

Born in Halifax; baptised in Southowram [22nd May 1814].

He was a weaver [1841].

On 1st November 1835, he married Martha Wilkinson [1816-1???].

Children:

  1. Aaron
  2. Mary [b 1840]

They lived at Park Nook, Southowram [1841]

Womersley, DavidRef 243-16
[1832-1???]
Illegitimate son of Zillah Womersley of Hove Edge.

Baptised at St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe [7th October 1832]

Womersley, DavidRef 243-721
[1862-1936]
Son of
Luke Womersley.

Born in Lindley.

He was a warehouseman [1881] / landlord of the Maypole, Warley [1910-1914] / landlord of the Woolpack, Sowerby Bridge [1914-1922].

In [Q1] 1891, he married Clara Murgatroyd [1864-1949] in Halifax.


Clara was the daughter of George Murgatroyd
 

They had no children.

Members of the family were buried at King Cross Methodist New Connexion Chapel with Clara's parents [Grave Ref: 855]: David [7th January 1936]; Clara [28th March 1949]

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Womersley, DavidRef 243-20
[1885-1955]
Son of
George Boyes Womersley.

Born in Halifax.

He was an apprentice mechanic (tool works) [1901] / a driver (coal merchant) [1911].

In [Q4] 1907, he married Mary Hannah Rae [1884-1949] in Halifax.


Mary Hannah was born in Oldham
 

Child: Mary Elizabeth [b 1910]

They lived at 31 Clive Street, New Bank, Halifax.

The 1911 census shows that they had had 2 children of whom 1 was still alive at that time.

Mary Hannah died 4th December 1949 (aged 65).

David died 24th January 1955 (aged 70).

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-L3]

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Womersley, David GlendenningRef 243-7
[1894-1917]
Son of
Eli Womersley.

He was a poultry fancier & won many prizes in local shows / a worsted spinner [1911] / employed at Denham's.

He lived at Prospect Farm, Illingworth.

During World War I, he enlisted [January 1916] and served as a Private with the 1st/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed in action by shellfire at Passchendaele [9th October 1917] (aged 23).

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

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 82-85 & 162A], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Saint Mary the Virgin, Illingworth

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Womersley, EdgarRef 243-24
[1887-1954]
Son of
William Carver Womersley.

He was an assistant manager (letterpress & litho printing company) [1911] / a printer [1915].

On 8th September 1915, he married Bessie Greenwood at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge.


Bessie was the daughter of Alfred Greenwood
 

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Womersley, EdwardRef 243-6
[1817-1900]
Son of Joshua Womersley.

Born in Southowram.

He was a farmer of 26 acres [1881].

On 21st February 1842, he married Ann Dyson Hamer [1821-1900] in Halifax.


Ann came from Scammonden
 

Children:

  1. Ruth [1843-1925] who married John Dearden
  2. Frederick
  3. Simeon
  4. Edwin
  5. William
  6. Abraham
  7. Emily [1855-1925] who married John Carter
  8. Susannah [1859-1943] who married Charles Fox
  9. Minnie [b 1871]
  10. Laura [b 1873]

They lived at

The couple died at Upper Clay Royd Farm: Ann [3rd July 1900]; Edward 10 days later [13th July 1900] (aged 83).

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: F-Q3]

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Womersley, EdwinRef 243-8
[1850-1926]
Son of
Edward Womersley.

Born in Southowram.

He was a messenger [1861] / a railway engine driver [1874, 1911].

On 10th December 1874, he married Sarah Ellen Holgate [1850-1921] in Halifax.


Sarah was born in Southowram, the daughter of Margaret & Thomas Holgate
 

Children:

  1. Margaret [b 1878] who was a certified school teacher  [1911]
  2. Gertrude [1879-5th June 1881]
  3. Bertha who died 13th December 1885 (aged 3 weeks) 

They lived at

  • Low Moor [1881]
  • 27 Railway Street, Low Moor, Bradford [1911]

Sarah Ellen died in Halifax [28th December 1921] (aged 72).

Edwin died in Halifax [7th October 1926] (aged 76).

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-K5]

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Womersley, EliRef 243-34
[1816-1???]
He was a weaver [1841].

Around 1836, he married Esther [1816-1???].

Children:

  1. Jesse [b 1836]
  2. Joshua [b 1838]
  3. Isaac

They lived at Park Nook, Southowram [1841]

Womersley, EliRef 243-15
[1866-1948]
Son of David Womersley, wire drawer.

Born in Halifax.

He was a wire drawer of Lee Mount [1888] / a hawker [1891] / a horseman's groom [1901] / a carrier [1911].

In 1888, he married (1) Zilpah Glendenning [1863-1???] at St Augustine's Church, Pellon.


Zilpah, of Eton Street, was the daughter of
David Glendenning.

She was a worsted weaver [1891]

 

Children:

  1. Ethel [b 1889] who was a worsted twister [1911]
  2. Albert [b 1892]
  3. David Glendenning
  4. Harold [b 1896]
  5. Joseph Mitchell [b 1898] who was a cotton piecer [1911]
  6. Mary Ann [b 1900]
  7. Zilpha [b 1902]

They lived at

  • Eton Street, Halifax [with Zilpha's parents 1891]
  • 3 Concrete Street, Ovenden [1901]
  • 15 Tennyson Street, Halifax [1911]
  • 535 Gibbet Street, Halifax [1948]

Zilpah died 16th September 1905.

She was buried at St George's Church, Lee Mount

In 1906, Eli married (2) Adelaide Farrar [1867-19??] in Halifax.


Adelaide was born in Shelf
 

In 1911, son Harold was staying with the Farrar family in Holmfield

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Womersley, EllenRef 243-1293
[1???-18??]
Aka the Wibsey Goose. The
Halifax Guardian described her as

one of the nymphs of the pave

when it reported that, on 11th November 1836, she was committed to the House of Correction for three months for a felony at the Dyer & Miller public house

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Womersley, Empsall FletcherRef 243-3
[1853-1934]
Born in Hipperholme.

In 1871, he was a gardener living with his widowed grandfather George Womersley.

He was a farm servant [1891] / a market gardener [1901] / a jobbing gardener [1911].

In 1878, he married Mary Ann Emsley [1858-1???].


Mary Ann was the daughter of Joseph Emsley
 

Child: Walter Fletcher

They lived at

  • West Field, Cleckheaton [1881]
  • Westfield Lane, Scholes, Cleckheaton [1891]
  • Birkby's Buildings, Huddersfield Road, Wyke [1901]
  • 14 Gibbet Street, Halifax [1911]

Living with them [in 1881] was William Emsley [b 1861] (labourer in coal mine).

Living with them [in 1891], was visitor Elizabeth Emsley [b  1865].

Living with them [in 1901], was adopted daughter Martha Morton [b 1883] (silk worker).

Living with them [in 1911], was son Walter and family.

Empsall died in 1934 (aged 81).

He was buried at Saint Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe [28th May 1934]

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Womersley, ErnestRef 243-13
[1884-1918]
Son of
John Lee Womersley.

Born in Clifton.

He was a member of St Anne's Choir, Southowram / a wire drawer [1891] / a carpet creeler [1901] / a starcher of Queens Road, Halifax [1905] / a labourer in the manufacture of cotton belts [1911] / employed by Cooke & Sons, Milnsbridge.

In [Q3] 1905, he married Alice Broadbent at Halifax Parish Church.


Alice was the daughter of Joseph Broadbent
 

Children:

  1. Arthur [b 1906]
  2. Sarah Elizabeth [b 1910]
  3. Frank E. [b 1916]

They lived at

  • Common Bottom, Hartshead
  • Hirst's Buildings, Hightown, Liversedge, Dewsbury [1911]

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 7th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment.

He was killed in Mesopotamia [31st August 1918].

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

He is remembered on the Tehran Memorial, Iran [Grave Ref 4 2].

In [Q3] 1919, Alice married Ramsden Firth in Halifax

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Womersley, FrederickRef 243-12
[1845-1926]
Son of
Edward Womersley.

Born in Southowram.

He was a locomotive driver [1877].

On 25th December 1877, he married Sarah Turner [1854-1910] in Chorlton.


Sarah was born in Salford.

She was a grocer

 

Children:

  1. Edith [b 1879]
  2. Edward [b 1881]
  3. Cecil [b 1882]
  4. Fanny [b 1888]
  5. Robert Turner [b 1891]
  6. Wilfred Arthur [b 1894]

The children were born in Chorlton cum Hardy.

Sarah died in Prestwich in 1910.

Frederick died in Chorlton cum Hardy 17/4/1926

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Womersley, GeorgeRef 243-4
[18??-1???]
He was a gardener [1871].

He married Unknown.

Child: George [b 1843] who was a woolsorter [1871] & married Jane [1846-1???].

They lived at Norwood Green.

Living with the widowed George [in 1871], were son George and his wife Jane and grandchildren Empsall Fletcher Womersley & Ann Womersley  (aged 4 month) 

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Womersley, GeorgeRef 243-22
[1849-1894]
He was landlord of the
Three Pigeons, Halifax [1891, 1894].

He died 10th September 1894 and was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [H202b]

Womersley, George BoyesRef 243-2
[1858-1910]
Son of
Mr Womersley.

Born in Lindley.

He was a bricklayer [1871] / a mechanic in a spinning mill [1880] / a mechanic's fitter [1891] / a mechanic in a worsted mill [1901].

On 3rd January 1880, he married Mary Ann Helliwell [1860-1910] in Halifax.


Mary was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Eliza Ann [b 1882] who was a finisher (worsted mill)   [1901]
  2. David
  3. Harriet [b 1887] who was a spinner (worsted mill) [1901]
  4. Ada [b 1898]

They lived at 31 Clive Street, New Bank, Halifax [1891, 1901].

George died 22nd March 1910 (aged 52).

Mary died in the Royal Halifax Infirmary [6th May 1910] (aged 50).

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-L3]

Womersley, HarryRef 243-64
[1866-1951]
Born in Brighouse.

He was landlord of the Empress of India [1898-1902] / landlord of the Rising Sun, Rastrick [1905, 1908] / landlord of the Vulcan, Rastrick [1909, 1911].

On 28th October 1893, he married Alice Brindle [1860-1910] at Halifax Parish Church.


Alice was the daughter of Richard Brindle, landlord of the Empress of India [1891, 1898]
 

They had no children.

Alice died in 1910.

Living with him [in 1911] were boarders Mrs Clark and her sons Thomas Arthur and Robert Victor Clark.

Harry died in the Royal Halifax Infirmary [7th December 1951].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £47 11/-.

Probate was granted to Edna Clark (spinster) 

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Womersley, HarryRef 243-701
[1896-1917]
Son of Hannah & Alfred Womersley, of Common-side, Clifton,

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd/6th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment.

He died 29th October 1917 (aged 21).

He was buried at Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension, France, on Brighouse War Memorial, on Clifton War Memorial, and in the book Clifton War Memorial

Womersley, HenryRef 243-31
[1850-1918]
Son of
Samuel Womersley.

Born in Southowram; baptised 28th July 1850.

He was a worsted spinner [1861] / a carpet weaver (unemployed) [1871] / a wool washer [1891, 1901, 1911].

In [Q4] 1888, he married Elizabeth [1850-1906] in Halifax.


Elizabeth was born in Halifax.

She was the widow of Harry Sykes and had a daughter Lucy Emma [1876-1923] who married Joseph Greenwood

 

There are no records of any children.

They lived at

  • Marsh Lane, Southowram [1891, 1901]
  • Bank Top, Southowram [1906]
  • 1 Merrion Street, Southowram (the widowed Henry living  with Lucy Emma & her husband) [1911]

Elizabeth died 12th August 1906 (aged 56).

Henry died 15th August 1918 (aged 68).

The couple were buried at Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram with Lucy Emma

Womersley, HerbertRef 243-313
[19??-19??]
JP.

He was Mayor of Brighouse [1940-1942]

Womersley, IsaacRef 243-3320
[1839-1898]
Son of
Eli Womersley.

He was born in Southowram [31st August 1839].

He was a woolsorter [1871] / landlord of the Shoulder of Mutton, Southowram [1887] / landlord of the Wharf, Brookfoot [1891, 1894] / landlord of the Dusty Miller, Hove Edge [1894].

On 10th March 1866, he married (1) Ann Lister [1841-1892] at Halifax Parish Church.


Ann was born in Skircoat [21st November 1841]
 

Child: Mary Hannah [1866-1927]

Ann died 7th February 1892.

On 10th November 1892, he married (2) Alice Ann Greenwood [1854-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Alice Ann came from Heptonstall
 

They had no children.

They lived at Oxford Lane, Southowram [1871].

Isaac died 28th July 1898.

and was buried at Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram with his first wife, and (as yet unidentified)  Emma Womersley [1848-1902] & Selina (née Womersley) [1844-1911], wife of Henry Harewood.

In 1901, the widowed Alice was publican at the Elephant & Castle, Hawksclough.

Living with her [in 1901] was her widowed mother Elizabeth Greenwood [aged 73]

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Womersley, JacobRef 243-2189
[1834-1866]
Of Halifax.

He joined the army and served for 11 years with the 38th Regiment of Foot, 8 years in India.

In July 1866, he had been discharged. On 30th July 1866, having travelled from the Isle of Wight, he was on his way to his father's house in Southowram Bank when he leaned against a wall, collapsed and died. A medal inscribed India 1857-8 was found on his body

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Womersley, JamesRef 243-29
[1???-18??]
Collector of the highway rate for the Southowram township.

Recorded in 1848, when he was the tenant of Lower Park Gate Farm, Southowram

Womersley, JamesRef 243-4902
[1804-1857]
Of Norwood Green.

He married Betty [1807-1857].

The couple were buried at Mount Zion Chapel, Lightcliffe

Womersley, JamesRef 243-35
[1806-1878]
Born in Southowram.

He was a farmer of 16 acres [1851] / assistant overseer [1871].

On 1st September 1828, he married Rachel [1808-1871] in Halifax.


Rachel was born in Southowram
 

Children:

  1. John [b 1828; bapt 1st March 1829; d 1878] who was a wool  sorter [1851], a wool buyer [1871]
  2. Sarah [bapt 6th March 1831] who was a dress maker [1851]
  3. Emma [bapt 4th March 1838; d 1845]

They lived at

  • Siddal Top Farm, Southowram [1851]
  • Within Field, Southowram [1871]

Rachel died 13th July 1871 (aged 63).

James died 28th March 1878 (aged 72).

The couple & the children () were buried at Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram

Womersley, JoeRef 243-632
[18??-1???]
Shortly after Christmas 1865, he got into a drunken fight with
Tom Yeadon at the Royal Hotel, Brighouse which resulted in Yeadon's death.

Womersley was a strong man, but no charges of murder were brought

Womersley, JoeRef 243-28
[1869-1933]

In [Q4] 1893, he married Maria Wadsworth [1867-1939] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Rose [1900-11th July 1914]

Joe died 21st August 1933 (aged 64).

Maria died 13th January 1939 (aged 72).

Members of the family were buried at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland [Grave Ref: S3/448] with Elizabeth Jackson [1863-9th March 1927]

Womersley, JohnRef 243-1541
[1812-1860]
A boatman from Elland.

He was a witness in the inquest into the death of James Smith

He married Mary Schofield [1813-1879].

Child: Sybella [1843-1922] who married Simeon Womersley

John died 18th February 1860 (aged 48).

Mary died 24th July 1879 (aged 66).

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: F-Q5]

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Womersley, JohnRef 243-26
[1826-1???]
Born in Hipperholme.

He was a mason's labourer [1871].

In [Q1] 1851, he married Mary Carver [1826-1???] in Halifax.


Mary was born in Hipperholme
 

Children:

  1. William Carver
  2. Ann [b 1860] who was a cotton reeler [1881]

They lived at

  • 2 Godley Lane, Halifax [1871]
  • 28 St Augustine's Terrace, Halifax [1881]

Mary was widowed by 1881

Womersley, John KirkRef 243-2261
[18??-18??]
He ran a
school in Halifax [around 1850]

Womersley, John LeeRef 243-27
[1852-19??]
Son of Luke Womersley, wire drawer.

Born in Lindley.

He was a small wire drawer [1881] / a wire drawer [1901].

In 1873, he married Sarah Green [1853-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Sarah, of Southowram, was the daughter of William Green, delver
 

Children:

  1. Ellen [b 1874] who was a servant at the Priory School in  Fulford, York [1891]
  2. Arthur [b 1876] who was a patient at the General  Infirmary, Great George Street, Leeds [1891]
  3. Harriet A. [b 1879]
  4. Willie [b 1882] who was a steel moulder [1901]
  5. Ernest
  6. Bertha [b 1886] who was a woollen spinner [1901]
  7. Lillie / Lilly [b 1889]
  8. Frank E. [b 1891]

They lived at

  • 27 Wilson Street, Halifax [1881]
  • 17 Willis Street, Fulford, York [1891]
  • 18 Stead Street, Halifax [1901]

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Womersley, JosephRef 243-1307
[1???-18??]
He was appointed
Surveyor of the Highways for Southowram [1835]

Womersley, JosephRef 243-30
[1786-1864]
Born in Southowram.

He was a stone merchant & farmer of 24 acres employing 27 men [1851].

On 16th May 1825, he married Rachel Aspinall [1798-1870] in Halifax.


Rachel was born in Southowram
 

Children:

  1. Mary Ann [1826-1891] who married John Mackintosh
  2. Susanna [b 1830]
  3. John [1832-1866] who was buried with his parents

The children were born & baptised in Southowram.

The family lived at

  • Lower Marsh, Southowram [1851]
  • Little Marsh Farm, Southowram [1864]

Joseph died 16th June 1864 (aged 78).

Rachel died 26th August 1870 (aged 72).

The couple were buried at Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram

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Womersley, JosephRef 243-1810
[18??-18??]
Wire manufacturer at
Canker Dam Mill, Southowram.

He lived at Kent Street, Halifax [1845]

Womersley, JosephRef 243-785
[1870-19??]
Son of George Womersley, clay miner.

Born in Halifax.

He was a labourer of Siddal [1891] / a Police officer [1901, 1911] / a Police Sergeant [1916].

In [Q4] 1891, he married Alice Spencer [1870-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Alice, of Elland, was born in Huddersfield, the daughter of James Spencer, potter
 

Children:

  1. Hannah Elizabeth [b 1892] who was a piece mender worsted  [1911]
  2. Tom
  3. Ruth [b 1897] who was a worsted twister [1911]

They lived at

  • 164 New Bank, Halifax [1901]
  • 4 Claremont Terrace, Boothtown, Halifax [1911]
  • 88 Keighley Road, Ovenden [1916]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Womersley, Joseph CliffordRef 243-18
[1832-1???]
Illegitimate son of Grace Womersley of Norwood Green.

Baptised at St John the Baptist, Coley [5th August 1832]

Womersley, LukeRef 243-859
[1820-1869]
Born in Clifton.

He was a wire drawer.

On 12th June 1842, he married Sarah Lee [1822-1894] in Dewsbury.


Sarah was born in Castleford
 

Children:

  1. Ellen [b 1846]
  2. Lavinia [b 1850]
  3. John Lee [b 1853]
  4. Mary [b 1856]
  5. George Boyes
  6. Harriet Ann [1860-1894] who married Edward Carter
  7. Ruth Ann [1862-1871]
  8. David
  9. Sarah Elizabeth [1870-1871]

They lived at 3 The Square, Bank Top, Southowram [1881, 1894].

Luke died in Southowram [21st January 1869].

Living with the widowed Sarah [in 1881] were daughter Harriet, her husband and son

Sarah died at The Square, Bank Top [3rd October 1894].

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram:
Luke, Ruth Ann, Sarah Elizabeth & Sarah [Grave Ref O 6];
Harriet Ann [Grave Ref F 7];
George Boyes [Grave Ref E 3]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley & Glynn Helliwell

Womersley, MaryRef 243-17
[1834-1???]
Illegitimate son of Zillah Womersley of Hove Edge.

Baptised at St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe [3rd August 1834].

See David Womersley

Womersley, MatthewRef 243-33
[1791-1870]
Born in Southowram.

He was a weaver [1810, 1841] / a worsted weaver [1861].

On 11th June 1810, he married Ann Wood [1790-1880] at Halifax Parish Church.


Ann was born in Lightcliffe.

She was listed as a pauper

 

Children:

  1. Mary [b 1810]
  2. Grace [b 1813] who married Joshua Wells
  3. Job [1816-1821]
  4. John [1820-1880] who was a weaver [1841]
  5. Ellen [b 1826]
  6. David [1834-1874] who was a flag facer [1861], a carpet  dresser [1871] & never married

They lived at

  • Marsh, Southowram [1841]
  • 6 Withenfields, Southowram [1861]
  • Withenfields, Southowram (Ann & David living  together) [1871]

Matthew died 26th January 1870 (aged 79).

Ann died 24th August 1880 (aged 90).

The couple & the children () were buried at Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram

Womersley, NormanRef 243-533
[1899-1974]
Born in Halifax [28th December 1899].

On 11th June 1935, he married Mary Turner in Halifax.


Mary was the daughter of
Harry Turner
 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Womersley, RaymondRef 243-766
[1898-1918]
Son of
Arthur Womersley.

Born in Halifax.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 5th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

He was killed in action at Gommecourt [28th March 1918].

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 7], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Womersley, RobertRef 243-1305
[1???-18??]
He was appointed
Surveyor of the Highways for Hipperholme [1835]

Womersley, SamuelRef 243-32
[1822-18??]
Born in Halifax.

He was a carpet weaver [1861, 1871].

In [Q3] 1846, he married Abigail Smith [1822-1888] in Halifax.


Abigail was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Henry
  2. Elizabeth [b 1853] who was a worsted reeler [1871], a  worsted spinner [1861]
  3. Caroline [b 1863]

They lived at

  • 18 Bank Top, Southowram [1861]
  • 4 Higgin Lane, Bank Top, Southowram [1871]

Abigail died in Halifax [Q3 1888] (aged 66) 

Womersley, SimeonRef 243-9
[1846-1918]
Son of
Edward Womersley.

Born in Southowram.

He was a railway passenger guard [1867].

On 6th October 1867, he married (1) Agnes Mary Pawson [1848-1878] at St Philip's Church, Leeds.


Agnes was born in Tadcaster
 

Child: Fred Pawson (Womersley) [b 1869] who died aged 14 weeks

Agnes died in Bradford in 1878.

On 9th May 1881, Simeon married (2) Sybella Womersley [1843-1922] in Halifax.


Sybella was born in Brighouse, the daughter of John Womersley
 

Child: 2. John [b 1884]

Simeon died at Low Moor [25th May 1918] (aged 72).

Sybella died in Clayton [24th April 1922] (aged 79).

The couple were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: F-Q5] with Sybella's parents

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Womersley, Thomas EdwardRef 243-19
[1865-1936]

In [Q4] 1891, he married Clara Jennings in Halifax.


Clara was the daughter of
Thomas Jennings
 

Clara died 23rd March 1934 (aged 69).

Thomas Edward died 7th January 1936 (aged 71).

The couple were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-H27]

Womersley, TomRef 243-827
[1895-1916]
Son of
Joseph Womersley.

He was a wire temperer [1911].

He lived at 40 Green Lane, St James's Road.

During World War I, he enlisted [April 1915] and served as a Private with the 4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

On 27th April 1916, he married Lily Steele [1892-19??] at Halifax Parish Church when he was home on leave at Whitsuntide [1916].


Lily, of 40 Green Lane, Halifax, was the daughter of John Steele, labourer
 

He was summoned to rejoin his regiment the day of the wedding; he never saw his wife again.

He was wounded on the Somme.

He died in No.2 Stationary hospital, Abbeville [22nd August 1916] (aged 22).

The Halifax Courier [2nd September 1916] reported his death with a photograph.

He was buried at Abbeville Communal Cemetery, France [Grave Ref V H 8]

He is remembered at Stoney Royd Cemetery, and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Womersley, UriahRef 243-W2210
[17??-1827]
A warden responsible for watching the game of
Sir George Armytage at Kirklees Park.

He was killed during an incident near Robin Hood's grave at Kirklees Park.

This & associated entries use material contributed by Deirdre Linton

Womersley, W. C.Ref 243-1337
[18??-19??]
Printer and stationer.

He worked for Joseph Nicholson and then John Nicholson at J. & J. Nicholson for 18 years.

In 1884, he acquired the Nicholson's business.

In 1889, he moved to Exchange Works, Halifax

Womersley, W. E.Ref 243-796
[18??-19??]
Curate at
Brighouse [1921-1922]

Womersley, Walter FletcherRef 243-5
[1879-1950]
Son of
Empsall Fletcher Womersley

He was a fruit salesman [1901] / a greengrocer [1911] / a horseman/ a salesman [before 1915] / a wholesale purchaser [1921].

In 1902, he married Martha Jowett Carter [1880-1920].


Martha, of Painter's Court, Halifax, was the daughter of Abraham Carter, mason
 

Child: Elsie [b 1903]

During World War I, he enlisted on short service attestation [1915] (age 35), with the Royal Horse Artillery & Royal Field Artillery.

Martha died Q2 1920 (aged 40).

In 1921, he married Edith Justice [1891-19??].


Edith, of Spring Farm, Warley Edge, was the daughter of Henry Justice, labourer.

Elsie Womersley was a witness to the marriage

 

Walter Fletcher died Q1 1950 (aged 70) 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Jeffrey Knowles

Womersley, WilliamRef 243-2660
[18??-1???]
He was a coal miner.

On 23rd January 1853, he married Elizabeth Barraclough at Halifax Parish Church.


Elizabeth was the daughter of
Nathan Barraclough
 

Child: Lydia Ann [b 1853]

Though Elizabeth presents herself as married, William seems absent from records for many years. Elizabeth (greengrocer) and Lydia Ann (silk reeler)  were living with Elizabeth's sister Mary Butterworth and family [1861, 1871, 1881]

This & associated entries use material contributed by Carolyn Wood

Womersley, WilliamRef 243-191
[1830-1907]
Of Brighouse.

Son of Benjamin Womersley.

He was a carter [1861] / a farmer of 12½ acres employing 1 man [1871] / a farmer [1881] / a farmer (employer) [1901].

He married Esther [1829-1899].


Esther was born in Penistone / High Flats, Yorkshire
 

Children:

  1. Horatio [1858-1934]
  2. Louisa [b 1861]
  3. Arthur [b 1864]
  4. Emily [b 1867]
  5. Elizabeth Ann [1869-1909]

They lived at

Living with them [in 1901] were grandchildren Beatrice Lupton [b 1887] and John William Bentham [b 1887].

Members of the family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery

This & associated entries use material contributed by Carole Edwards Caruso

Womersley, WilliamRef 243-11
[1852-1923]
Son of
Edward Womersley.

Born in Southowram.

He was a farm labourer

He died at 5 Binns Top, Southowram [11th April 1923] (aged 70).

He never married.

He was buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: F-Q3] with his parents

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Womersley, William CarverRef 243-23
[1857-1922]
Son of
John Womersley.

Born in Hipperholme.

He was a carpet printer [1871] / a printer compositor [1881] / a master printer [1891] / a letterpress printer [1901] / manager of letterpress & litho [1911].

On 11th January 1884, he married Celia Ann Dobson at Elland Parish Church.


Celia Ann was born in Elland, the daughter of Joseph Dobson
 

Children:

  1. John [1885-1921] who was a clerk to chartered accountants  [1911]
  2. Edgar
  3. William Dobson

The family lived at

  • 29 Wade Street, Halifax [1891]
  • 2 Cresswell Terrace, Hipperholme [1901, 1911]

Womersley, William DobsonRef 243-25
[1890-1960]
Son of
William Carver Womersley.

He became Professor of Engineering at Peterhouse College Cambridge, where he tutored Christopher Cockrell, the inventor of the hovercraft

This & associated entries use material contributed by Derrick Habergham

Surname

Womersley surnameRef 243-1
The surname may originate outside the Calderdale district.

George Redmonds writes that John Womersley is recorded at Lightcliffe in 1672

There are 59 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Womersley, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.


Unattached BMDs for Womersley

Marriages 1876, 1884, 1907, 1919, 1935; Deaths 1876, 1897, 1907

 



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