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Born in Stainland.
He was
a carder of Mount Pleasant, Greetland [1890] /
a carder [1891] /
a boiler maker [1901] /
a labourer [1911].
In 1890, he married Annie Davies [1867-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
He was
a shoemaker [1841] /
a boot & shoe maker [1851] /
a cordwainer [1861, 1871].
In [Q3] 1840, he married Mary Cummins [1818-1???] at Heptonstall Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1871] was grandson John Edward Ackroyd
[aged 8].
Barker was buried at Christ Church, Todmorden
[16th April 1883]
He was
a woollen spinner employing 3 boys [1881] /
a science teacher [1881].
In [Q4] 1867, he married Martha Stephenson [1846-1???].
Children:
The family lived at Langdale Street, Elland [1881]
Born in Sowerby Bridge.
He was
a member of Tuel Lane United Methodist Free Chapel /
a plumber's apprentice [1911] /
employed by J. H. Boocock..
He had been a Territorial for 4 years when war broke out.
During World War I,
he served as a Sergeant
with D Company
1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died as a result of gas fumes [19th December 1915].
He was buried at the Talana Farm Cemetery, Belgium [IV H 11]
Born in Holywell Green.
He married Hilda.
They lived at Holywell Green.
During World War II,
he served as an Able Seaman
with the Royal Navy
aboard HMS President III.
He was lost [23rd April 1945]
when the cargo ship SS Riverton was torpedoed by German Submarine U-2023 and sank off St Ives, Cornwall
with the loss of 3 of her crew of 38.
He is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, England [88 3],
and on Elland War Memorial
[as C. Ackroyd]
He lived at 10 Blackwall, Halifax [1936]
Son of Jonathan Akroyd.
He was probably the most distinguished member of the Akroyd family.
On the death of his father, Jonathan, in 1847, he inherited
the family business and estate
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
During World War I,
he enlisted [January 1915], and
he served as a Driver
with the Royal Field Artillery.
In October 1916, he went to Salonika.
He became ill and was hospitalised in Cherbourg.
He died in hospital [8th January 1919] (aged 30).
He was buried at the Tourlaville Communal Cemetery & Extension.
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
In 1878, Sarah married William Akroyd.
After the marriage, Fred became Fred Akroyd.
Like William, Fred became an iron founder's apprentice
and iron moulder at Halifax and worked alongside William.
Fred died of influenza & acute pneumonia [11th March 1895] (aged 18).
He was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot Number 869]
She was buried at Coley Church
[17th February 1686].
Three days later, grave robbers stole her body
He became a railway designer and locomotive engineer.
He married Florence.
Children:
Recorded in 1915 and 1952
at Pratt Street, Halifax
Son of Jonathan.
Baptised at Illingworth Church [11th May 1817].
With his brother Edward, he became a partner in Akroyd's.
He moved away to live in the south of England, leaving his brother in
charge of the family business.
He became a china merchant.
In 1881, he was in Shiplake, Oxfordshire.
He married Sophia Emma Bale [b 1819].
Children:
He lived at Henley-on-Thames [1887].
See
West Yorkshire Railway Company
He was
a member of St Thomas's Church, Greetland /
a cotton spinner [1901] /
a cloth finisher at wool dye works [1911].
During World War I,
he enlisted [25th May 1915], and
served as a Driver
with the 18th Division
Ammunition Col.
Royal Field Artillery.
He was killed by a shell
[15th July 1917] (aged 29).
His 2 animals were killed instantly.
He was buried at the The Huts Cemetery [I C 1].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Saint Thomas's Church, Greetland
Born at Brookhouse.
A yeoman manufacturer at Brookhouse.
He had a successful business as a putter-out in the district.
He and his sons – Jonathan, James
and Thomas – founded the family worsted
manufacturing firm.
He married Mary Bolland.
Children:
The family lived at Brookhouse, Ovenden.
See
John Bancroft
He went into partnership with his brother Jonathan and
founded the family business – James Akroyd & Son – when he started
a water-powered mill at Brookhouse Mill, Ogden.
In 1813, he began trading
in partnership with John Garlick.
The partnership was dissolved in 1818
James later left the partnership and moved to Halifax, and
installed a 60 horsepower steam engine at his Old Lane Mill.
In 1825, Akroyd supplied camlet material to Mr
Mackintosh of Manchester, for use in the production of
Mackintosh raincoats or Macs.
In 1827, after a visit to France, he installed the first Jacquard loom in Britain for weaving damask and worked in secret in
locked rooms.
In 1835, he was on the List of Electors
for the Ovenden Township of the Halifax Polling District
in the election for the MP for the West Riding.
The firm of James Akroyd & Son became one of the great industrial
forces in the district.
He and other members of the family were leaders at Mount Zion where they took the Kilhamite stance.
James also supported the Salem Methodists in Halifax,
contributing 10s towards the £6 furnishing cost of the rooms
behind Northgate, and
He was one of the Trustees of Salem's first chapel.
On 11th April 1809, he married Sarah (Sally) Walker
[1789-1835] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
See
Dewhirsts, Akroyd & Sutcliffe
In 1882, he married Lavinia Haley [1860-1945] in Bradford.
Children:
The family lived at Heathfield House, Elland [1905].
He became an electrical engineer.
He married Amy Hargreaves.
Children:
Son of William Akroyd.
He was a local stone-mason and a member of the Akroyd family of masons.
With his brother, Abraham Akroyd, he went to Oxford to work on the
Bodleian library for Sir Henry Savile.
He also worked on Merton College and the Tower of the Five Orders in
Oxford, and his only local work, Heath Grammar School.
He died at Oxford.
See
John Bentley and
Halifax house
He was one of the trustees of the Chapel Fold Meeting House, Halifax, and a founder member of Square Independent Chapel, Halifax.
He was buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax
He married Elizabeth [1826-1889].
Children:
The family lived at New Bank, Halifax [1889].
Elizabeth died 9th May 1889.
John died 11th October 1912.
Members of the family were buried at All Souls' Church, Halifax
Born 4th February 1827.
Baptised at Illingworth Church [2nd July 1827].
He married (1) Margaret Billington [1825-1852] at St John's,
Manchester [30th January 1850]
Children:
He married (2) Harriet Jones [1829-1879] at St George's,
Everton [3rd May 1858].
The family lived at 35 Walker Street, Liverpool.
In 1861, he was living apart from his wife in the West Derby Union
Workhouse.
He died at Everton, Liverpool [11th May 1866].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £200.
Probate was granted to widow Harriet
He married Betty Charnock [1764-1824] at Halifax Parish Church
[1st January 1783].
Children:
The family lived at
Jonathan died at Lanehead, Ovenden [14th December 1826].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £600.
Probate was granted to Sarah, wife of Jonathan Priestley [1873]
Members of the family were buried at Illingworth Church:
Sally [9th August 1819];
Betty [31st October 1828];
Jonathan [19th December 1826];
Martha [10th July 1848];
Hannah [Unknown date 1866]
With his brother James, he founded the family
business – James Akroyd & Son.
See
Buildings In The Town And Parish Of Halifax,
Michael Greenwood,
Halifax Board of Guardians,
Halifax, Bradford & Keighley Fire & Life Insurance Company,
Halifax Commercial Banking Company Limited,
Halifax General Cemetery Company,
West Yorkshire Railway Company and
David Tidswell
Born in Halifax.
He was
ordained deacon at Bishopthorpe [1828] /
ordained priest at Bishopthorpe [1827] /
curate at King Cross [1827].
He built Christ Church, King Cross for his own use [1826].
In 1835, he was on the List of Electors
for the Ovenden Township of the Halifax Polling District
in the election for the MP for the West Riding.
On 28th January 1816, he married (1) Susan Crawshaw [1794-1831] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
All the children were baptised at Illingworth Church.
Susan died
She was buried at Illingworth Church
[20th May 1831].
In 1840, he married (2) Mary Beaumont? [1811-18??] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
At Bury Petty Sessions, in January 1843, he was charged with (1)
being a rogue and a vagabond under the Vagrant Act, and (2) having
obtained money under false pretences.
In July 1848, he moved from the curacy of Lane End, Buckinghamshire
to become vicar of Grinton, near Richmond, Yorkshire.
In 1851, the family was living at Stepney, London and he was listed as
He died in Hounslow [16th March 1858].
He was buried at St Leonard's Church, Heston, Middlesex [27th March
1858].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £200.
Probate was granted to daughter Betty Backhouse
He married Hannah Wormald [1812-1875] at Halifax Parish Church
[2nd September 1833].
Children:
The family lived at
Hannah was buried at All Souls' Church, Halifax
[10 May 1875].
Living with the widowed Jonathan in 1881 was
brother-in-law Joshua Wormald [1824-1890].
Jonathan died at 4 Victoria Street [26th February 1887].
He was buried at All Souls' Church, Halifax
[3rd March 1887].
Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £587 0/2d.
Probate was granted to his daughters
He was
a carpet weaver [1851] /
a grocer & ale & porter dealer [1871] /
a retired grocer [1881].
He married (1) Hannah Eastwood [1818-1860] at Halifax Parish
Church [11th November 1834].
Children:
He married (2) Lydia [1820-1880] at Halifax Parish Church [9th
September 1865].
The family lived at
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot Number 3765]
He died at Christ Church Vicarage in the Parish of Maughold, Isle of
Man
He was
a carpet weaver [1851, 1861] /
an iron founder employing 3 boys and 2 men [1871].
He married Hannah Taylor [1817-1???].
Children:
The family lived at
He was a farmer's man [1871].
He married Harriet [1826-1???], born in Clayton.
Children:
The family lived at
Born in Greetland.
He was
a dyer of Greetland [1885] /
a dyer's labourer [1891] /
a dyer [1901] /
a general labourer for farmer [1911].
In 1885, he married Alice [1860-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.
She had a son by her first marriage: Edgar Brooke [b Heywood,
Lancashire 1883] who was a farmer's man [1901]
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1901] was father Ely Akroyd [b 1820]
(retired weaver)
Born in Barkisland.
He was
a mason of Ripponden [1880] /
a mason [1881] /
a stone mason [1891, 1901, 1911].
In 1880, he married Hannah Greenwood [1859-19??] at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Born in Greetland.
He was
a dyer's labourer [1911] /
a cotton spinner of Spring Lane, Greetland [1913] /
a spinner with Thomas Whiteley & Sons, cotton manufacturers.
In 1913, he married Sarah Ann Ogden [1890-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
During World War I,
he served as a Driver
with the 11th Division Ammunition Column
Royal Field Artillery.
He was killed by a shell as he was bringing ammunition to the battery
[6th May 1917].
He was buried at the H.A.C. Cemetery, Ecoust-St.Mein [III J 7].
He is remembered on Elland War Memorial.
His brother-in-law Percy Ogden also died in the War.
Sarah Ann married Mr Hayes.
They lived at 66 Park Road, Elland
Akroyd, L.: [19??-19??] He served in World War I.
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered on Elland War Memorial
He was
a mechanic [1891] /
a machine dealer of Alma Street, Halifax [1900] /
a machine broker [1901] /
a machinery merchant [1911].
He had many business interests.
He was a machine and metal broker at West Ward Iron Works, Halifax
[1905].
1912, he was one of a partnership who bought J. & J. Mallinson.
An advertisement for his business in 1912 announced
In 19??, he bought West Ward Iron Works.
In 19??, he bought Campbell's Gas Engines.
In 1952, machinery merchants Lewis J. Akroyd Limited were
listed at Hanson Lane.
He was
a town Councillor for Halifax;
a Freemason
In 1900, he married Ann Holmes [1873-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
He was widowed in 1927.
He married (2) Gertrude.
The family lived at
He retired to Southport where he died in 1954
See
Halifax house
She worked as a carpet piecer weaver.
She married William Horsfall
He was
an overlooker (worsted mill) [1871] /
a grocer [1881].
He married (1) Ann.
He married (2) Gertrude.
In 1863, he married (3) Jane Jagger in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
He was dead by 1891
Born in Stansfield.
He was
a railway porter [1871, 1877] /
a railway foreman porter [1881] /
a railway guard [1891] /
a railway passenger guard [1901] /
a L & Y railway guard [1911].
In 1877, he married Fanny Sutcliffe [1855-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
From 1898, he was Treasurer of the Elland Lighthouse Tent of the
Independent Order of Rechabites
He was
a commission agent for soap [1881] /
a commercial traveller [1884].
On 8th June 1861, he married Sarah Fisher [1842-1913] at
Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Thomas died 14th October 1884.
Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at £199 15/-.
Administration was granted to
his widow Sarah
He was
an accountant's clerk [1881, 1891] /
a local auctioneer and valuer.
He married the sister of T. W. Hanson and moved to Canada
Baptised at Illingworth Church [2nd February 1820].
In [Q3] 1877, he married Eliza Ann Hartley
in Southampton.
Thomas's sister Sarah Jane Akroyd married Thomas Hartley, becoming Eliza Ann's stepmother
In 17??, he married Mary Hanson.
Children:
He was one of the founders of Mount Zion Methodist Chapel.
He was one of the largest subscribers to the Chapel.
For over 40 years, he was a Class Leader of the Ogden Society.
He was buried at Mount Zion Methodist Chapel, Ogden
with his uncle James Riley
Born 6th August 1819.
Baptised at Illingworth Church [4th June 1820].
He died at Halifax [21st February 1868].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £200.
Probate was granted to
He qualified in October 1931.
He lived at 6 Rothwell Drive, Halifax [1941]
A bottle in the attached photos suggests that he took over the
business of F. Crossley
Born in Stainland.
He was
an overlooker in Stainland [1889] /
a woollen overlooker [1891] /
a power loom fuller [1901] /
a weaving overlooker [1911].
In 1889, he married Matilda Helliwell [1867-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The children were born in Stainland.
The family lived at
He married Unknown.
Children:
Members of the family worked on Heath Grammar School, and went to
Oxford to work on Merton College and the Tower of the Five Orders,
and on the Bodleian library for Sir Henry Savile.
They may also have produced many of the rose windows in the district
He was porter & coal merchant [1861].
He married Mary [1821-1???].
Children:
The family lived at Wharf Lodge, Sowerby Bridge [1861]
He was a pipe maker employing 6 hands [1851].
Around 1840, he married Frances [1820-1???].
Children:
The family lived at 12 Winding Road, Halifax [1851]
He became an iron moulder and a master iron founder at Halifax.
In 1878, he married Sarah Matthews [1857-18??].
After Sarah & William's marriage, Fred became
Fred Akroyd
Children:
The family lived at
He was
an apprentice butcher [1911] /
employed by Stainland Co-operative Society.
During World War I,
he enlisted soon after the outbreak of War, and
served as a Lance Corporal
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 3rd September 1916.
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial [6A & 6B]
Annie, of The Clough, Greetland, was born in Shropshire, the
daughter of Benjamin Davies, banksman
Mary was born in Kirby Lonsdale, Westmorland
Martha was born in Sowerby Bridge
5 children died in infancy.
after two days' severe illness [14th May 1831]
Mary came from Halifax
not having the cure of souls
Lydia [née Brear] was the widow of Mr
Thompson
Hannah came from Midgley
Alice, of Greetland, was born in Heywood, the daughter
of George Henry McCann, mechanic, and widow of Mr
Brooke.
Hannah, of Ripponden, was the daughter of Thomas
Greenwood, mason
Sarah Ann, of Park Road, Elland, was the daughter of Ralph Ogden, labourer
Have you Anything for Disposal
that Nobody Dare Buy?
If so, write, phone or wire
"The Sporting Buyer"
LEWIS J. ACKROYD
Hanson Lane Bottom, Halifax
Ann, of Burnley Road, Halifax, was the daughter of Thomas
Holmes (deceased), plumber
Fanny, of Littleborough, was born in Walsden, the daughter
of Samuel Sutcliffe, civil engineer
Sarah was born in Elland
Eliza Ann was the daughter of Thomas Hartley
Matilda, of Sowood, Stainland, was the daughter of James
Helliwell, contractor
Mary came from Warley
Frances was born in Halifax
Sarah had an illegitimate son: Fred Matthews [b 1877]
(father not recorded).
There was much rivalry between the Crossley family and
the Akroyd family
See
Akroyd's school,
Jonathan Akroyd,
Akroyd Place, Halifax,
All Souls' Cemetery, Halifax,
Ibbotroyd, Wadsworth and
Salem Methodist New Connexion Chapel, North Parade
Entries for people with this and similar surnames are shown in a separate Foldout
The name is recorded in 1381 and comes from the house Akroyd at Pecket Well.
There are over 50 entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname Akroyd,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Unattached BMDs for Akroyd:
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