The entries for people & families with the surname Bottomley are gathered together in this SideTrack.
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The individuals listed are not necessarily related to each other.
Children:
In 1851, Mary (who was a mangler), Sarah Ann (who was a
piecer in a silk mill), and John were living at High Street,
Heptonstall
He married Unknown [1780-1853].
Children:
He married Unknown.
Children:
Son of Lot Bottomley.
He was a senior official in the Amalgamated Engineering Union.
He the MBE for his work on Occupational Health.
In 1939, he married Bessie Bearder [1902-1990]
In 1880, he married Alice Yates [1861-1945].
Children:
He emigrated to Rustenberg, Transvaal, South Africa.
He was a partner in a store there.
He and his partner were forced to leave when the South African War
broke out.
He was at the
Siege of Mafeking.
He died of enteric fever in Johannesburg [31st March 1901].
He is remembered on the Halifax Parish Church South African War Memorial,
and on West View Park War Memorial
He was
a cigar manufacturer employing 70 hands [1881] /
a cigar manufacturer [1901]
He established Bottomley & Company.
In [Q3] 1863, he married Rebecca Chambers [1842-1891] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them in 1901 was William Jago [b 1875] (South
African merchant).
Alfred died at Fern Royd [1st November 1921].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £54,749 8/7d.
to children Harry & Hannah
He was a weaver [1876].
On 5th June 1876, he married Hannah Hollas in Halifax.
Children:
The children were all born in Huddersfield
Born 26th March 1727.
On 21st July 1755, he married Elizabeth Murgatroyd in Halifax.
Children:
He moved to Inchfield and became an early member of the Bottomley family of Walsden.
He was Constable at Todmorden & Walsden [1763].
He married (1) Betty Ogden [17??-1771].
Children:
He married (2) Sarah Crossley.
Benjamin died at Inchfield Fold, Walsden.
Members of the family were buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden
He married Ruth Hill [1838-1897] in Bradford [31st March 1860].
Children:
In [Q3] 1936, he married Edith Annie Hoyle in Halifax.
Children:
During World War II,
he served as a Trooper
with the 9th
Lancers.
He was killed in the Middle East [28th July 1942] (aged 30).
He is remembered on the Alamein Memorial, Egypt,
on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Saint Matthew's Church, Northowram
Born at Grove House, Shelf.
He moved to London where he became a lawyer.
In 1885, like his brother,
Moses Nathaniel, he changed his surname from Bottomley to Cautley by
Royal Licence, becoming
Cautley Holmes Cautley.
They were required to do this as beneficiaries of a will made by a
member of their mother's family.
He had no children.
In 1910, he wrote an article for the Cornhill Magazine entitled
in which he interviewed, amongst others, Mrs Tabitha
Ratcliffe, the sister of the Brontës' servant, Martha
Brown
He was ordained Deacon of Benwell on 25th September 1904
He was buried at Brighouse Cemetery
Born at Shelf [16th July 1866].
He and his father worked for Briggs Priestly & Company,
worsted manufacturers in Bradford.
In 1886, he moved to America, and worked with his brother
Herbert at A. Priestly & Company at Camden,
New Jersey.
On 20th January 1897, he married Lucy Mary Pickering.
Children:
In May 1897, he was appointed
designer for the American Mills Company in Rockville,
Connecticut.
In January 1900, he moved to Hockanum Mill in Rockville.
In August 1900, he was appointed
superintendent at the New England Mills.
In 1907, he was appointed
superintendent at Hockanum Mill.
The company was reorganised, and he was appointed director and
assistant general superintendent.
He was director of the Rockville Building & Loan Aqueduct
Company and worked for the Savings Banks of Rockville
He was a boiler maker [1899].
In [Q2] 1899, he married Sarah Ann Turner in Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Halifax.
The couple died in Halifax:
Sarah Ann [27th February 1939];
Charlie [4th March 1953]
Born in Halifax.
He was
a doffer worsted spinning [1911] /
a page boy at the Halifax Club /
a blacksmith's striker.
During World War I,
he enlisted [April 1915], and
served as a Private
with the 6th Battalion
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
He was wounded.
He died of wounds 2 days later in hospital [1st August 1916].
He was buried at St. Hilaire Cemetery, France [I F 1.]
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Halifax Parish Church Church Members (WWI) Memorial
His brother Robert served
with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Son of Mr Bottomley.
Shortly after World War II – with his brother-in-law Fred
Smith and son-in-law Jack Tunstall – he founded
Westercroft Coaches, after renovating an old bus
Born at Cockroyds Farm, North Bierley.
He was a grocer [1841, 1843].
On 25th June 1818, he married Rachel Asquith [1800-18??] in
Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at Club Houses, Shelf [1841].
He was buried at Wade House Primitive Methodist Chapel, Shelf
Or Dickson.
Son of Henry Bottomley.
Born in Soyland.
He was a cotton spinning mill piecer / millhand employed by Levi Sykes & Company [1901].
He enlisted in the Yorkshire Artillery in Bradford [April 1901], when
he was aged 15 or 16.
He was transferred to the Royal Field Artillery [September 1901].
He was discharged [March 1902] due to
He enlisted in the West Riding Regiment in Halifax later in 1902,
using the name George rather than Dixon.
He was promoted to Lance Corporal [June 1904], and was a serving
soldier [1905].
He was promoted to Corporal [November 1906].
He was transferred to the army reserves [July 1909].
He was a policeman in St Helen's, Lancashire [1911-1914].
On 26th January 1905, he married Ethel Helliwell [1879-1864] at Christ Church, Pellon.
Children:
The family lived at
He was serving with the St Helen's Constabulary, Lancashire, when
World War I broke out.
He enlisted [1915], and
served as a Company Quartermaster Sergeant
with the 8th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He served in the Dardanelles, in Egypt and in France.
Whilst helping a wounded comrade, he was wounded in the left hip and
had his pelvis smashed [26th September 1916].
He was recommended for the Military Medal for his action.
He died 7 months later [28th April 1917] (aged 32) at #3 General
Hospital, Stobhill, Midlothian, Scotland.
He was buried at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery
[F C 269] with the Band from the Halifax Depot in attendance and
accompanied by a firing party.
and on the Memorial at Zion Congregational Church, Ripponden
He is remembered on the Memorial at Saint George's Church, Sowerby,
On 2nd June 1923, he married Annie Stott in Halifax
Born in Ripponden.
He was
educated at Ripponden National School /
apprentice painter to Mr R. Moores /
a painter of Triangle [1905] /
a house painter [1901, 1911].
In 1905, he married Melissa Holroyde
at Christ Church, Barkisland.
The family left Ripponden, and lived at 4 Hull Road, Blackpool [1911].
During World War I,
he enlisted in Blackpool [July 1916], and
served as a Private
with the 7th Battalion
King's Own (Royal Regiment Lancaster).
He was killed in action in France / Flanders [22nd July 1917].
He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [12].
His half-brother Harold Broadbent also died in the War
He was
a member of St Matthew's Church, Northowram & Choir /
a bell ringer /
a Sunday School teacher /
a worsted comber [1911].
He lived at The Square, Northowram.
During World War I,
he served as a Rifleman
with the 2nd/7th Battalion
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).
He was killed in action in France [17th February 1917] (aged 24).
He was buried at Waggon Road Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, France [E 42].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
on the Memorial at Saint Matthew's Church, Northowram,
and on Brighouse War Memorial.
His brother-in-law Herbert Riley also died in the War
He was
a mason of Rastrick [1864] /
a stone mason [1871, 1881] /
beerhouse keeper at the Black Horse, Rastrick [1881, 1891]
In 1864, he married Ann Grace Walker [1836-1911] at Halifax
Parish Church.
Children:
After Edwin's death, Anne Grace was landlady at the
Black Horse [1894, 1901, 1911]
After Ann Grace's death, their son Jim took
over as landlord of the Black Horse [1911, 1912].
The family lived at New Road, Rastrick [1871].
Living with them [in 1871] was lodger William Walker [aged 26]
(stone delver).
Edwin died 6th May 1891.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £126 8/-.
Probate was granted to his widow Ann.
Ann died 30th September 1911.
Probate records show that she left effects valued at £865
On 18th November 1877, he married Clarinda Evers, daughter
of John Evers, at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
He died 9th July 1900.
After his death, Clarinda took over at the Oddfellows'
Arms.
Members of the family were buried at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery
He married Sarah [1782-1847].
Children:
Members of the family were buried at Stones Methodist Church, Soyland
At the same instant the gun went off and Mrs Bottomley fell
dead.
The shot entered the left side of her head, and but barely penetrated
the opposite side.
The young girl looked aghast for a moment, then ran out of the house
screaming.
Such was the effect on the poor girl that she had to be attended all
night, being almost frantic.
At the inquest at the Black Horse, Clifton, the Coroner's jury were
of opinion that the girl was not aware that the gun was loaded, and
returned a verdict of Accidental Death
He lived at Nether Royd, Soyland [1874]
He was a prominent personality in the early days of the Ripponden Commercial Company
Born in Greetland.
He was
a cotton twister [1861] /
a cotton twister of Barkisland [1862] /
a blacksmith [1871] /
an engine tenter of Stainland [1873] /
a general labourer [1881].
In 1862, he married (1) Hannah Rawnsley [1840-1???] at Elland Parish Church
Ely was a widower by 1871.
In 1873, he married (2) Mary Ann Mitten [1853-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.
She was a charwoman [1891], a widow [by 1901] and a furniture
broker/dealer [1911]
Children:
The family lived at
Mary Ann was widowed by 1901.
Sons Joe Leonard & William Dyson Atkinson died in World War I
He married Grace.
Children:
In October 1900, he married Alice Constant Morant
Born in Copley.
He was a clerk (worsted spinning) [1911].
In [Q3] 1911, he married Sarah Elizabeth Smith in Halifax.
They lived at 121 St Stephen's Street, Copley.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 21st November 1917 (aged 34).
He is remembered on the Cambrai Memorial, Nord France [6 & 7],
on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at All Saints' Church, Dudwell
In [Q2] 1911, he married Martha Eleanor Sutcliffe in Halifax.
They lived at 21 Tofts Grove, Rastrick.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Middlesex Regiment.
He died 22nd August 1917 (aged 32).
He was buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium [XVII K 11A].
He is remembered on Brighouse War Memorial,
and on Rastrick War Memorial
He lived with his parents in Churchfields Road, Brighouse.
He trained as a butcher.
In 1904, he enlisted in the 1st
King's (Liverpool Regiment).
He served in India.
Around 1908, he left the services and returned to work as a butcher,
and became the manager of Nelson's new and first shop in Commercial
Street, Brighouse.
In 1910, he went to work for the White Star Line and became a
steward on the ocean liner SS Arabic on the Liverpool-New York
route.
He appeared to stay in America for a couple of years.
During World War I,
he returned to England, aboard the RMS Lusitania and was one
of the 761 survivors.
In November 1956, he was working a trawler watchman at Fleetwood dock.
He suffered a heart attack and fell into the sea and died
In 1845, he and his brother Thomas used the Shibden Mill as a
worsted spinning mill.
When Thomas died, George carried on the business
Son of John Bottomley.
On 12th June 1683, he married Dorothy [1661-1716] at Coley
Church.
Children:
The family lived at
He was buried at Halifax Parish Church
He was
a cotton twister [1861] /
a twiner [1871].
He married Mary [1823-1???].
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1861] was nephew Charles H Sutcliffe [b
1847] (cotton twister)
He was a worsted weaver [1841].
Between 1841 and 1851, he went to America.
He fought on the side of the North in the American Civil War
His mother later married George Marshall.
He was
a stone mason of Southowram [1855] /
a mason/contractor employing 14 men and 2 boys [1871]
In April 1855, he married Fanny Crowther [1834-1???].
Children:
The family lived at New Street, Southowram [1871].
He died in April 1871 [aged 34].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £50.
In 1877, Fanny Bottomley married Abraham Henry Hey
He married Clara [1857-19??] from Brighouse.
Children:
In 1900, he married Elizabeth Hey [1876-1965] in Halifax.
Children:
Born in Halifax.
He was
a hairdresser of 46 Vickerman Street, Halifax [1907] /
a gents' hairdresser [1911].
In 1907, he married Minnie Laura Whitaker at St James's Church, Halifax
They lived at 9 West Grove Terrace, Halifax [1911, 1917]
He died of wounds [21st March 1918].
He is remembered on the Pozières Memorial, France [61-64],
and on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He was
a spinner [1891] /
a cotton manufacturer [1896] /
head of William Bottomley & Sons [1907]
He was a spinner & manufacturer.
He established Henry Bottomley & Company at Stone Chair Mills, Shelf.
He rented out 2 cottages at Stone Chair for use as Stone Chair Tabernacle
On 27th March 1854, he married Ruth Brear [1834-1915]
at St Peter's Church, Bradford.
Children:
The family lived at Spring Hall, Stone Chair.
Henry died 30th March 1912.
Ruth died 4th October 1915.
Members of the family were buried at St Michael & All Angels Church, Shelf.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £20.
Probate was granted to his son Isaac Henry
Born in Soyland.
He was
a carter of Soyland [1873] /
a cotton card room hand [1881, 1891, 1901] /
a brick yard labourer [1911].
In 1873, he married Martha Ann Dixon [1854-1903] at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Martha Ann died in 1903
He went to America.
He worked with his brother Herbert at A. Priestly
& Company at Camden, New Jersey
Son of Henry Bottomley.
Born at Spring Hall, Stone Chair [9th April 1855].
He played cricket for Yorkshire [1878-1890].
He was
a worsted spinning manufacturer [1911] /
a partner in Henry Bottomley & Company.
He lived in Ovenden.
He moved to Morecambe.
He lived at The Hollies, Furness Road, Heysham, Lancashire.
He died in Heysham [23rd April 1922].
He was buried at St Michael & All Angels Church, Shelf.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £13,460 11/6d.
Probate was granted to his nephew Henry Naylor Bottomley
He made and sold brooms made from bilberry stalks and collon bobs,
and
He never married
On 13th August 1770, he married Hannah Kellett [1751-1830] at
Bradford.
Children:
He lived at Cockroyds Farm, North Bierley
On 26th May 1806, he married Mary Parker in Bradford.
Children:
He married Leah [18??-1???].
Children:
After James's death, Leah ran a grocer's business in
New Hey Road, Rastrick
They lived at Ellis Bottom, Barkisland [1866].
Elizabeth, together with Charlotte Anne, Mary
Jane and Alfred, the children of James Kershaw,
were on their way to work in Ripponden, when they were washed away
and drowned as the plank bridge at Treadmill between Soyland and
Barkisland was swept away in the floods of
16th November 1866.
Their bodies were found later
He carried on his father's business at Railway Saw Mills, Brighouse.
His sons also joined the family business.
He was
a member of the Rastrick Local Board [1892] /
Overseer of the Poor for Rastrick [1893] /
Councillor for Rastrick West Ward /
a teacher and treasurer of Bridge End Congregational Sunday School
He married Unknown.
Children:
He and his brothers, Thomas and
Samuel, learned the art of weaving at their uncle's
firm Moses Bottomley & Sons.
The brothers later started business as S. Bottomley & Brothers
together with a few local handloom weavers.
James built Farfield House next to the firm's
Buttershaw Mills.
He was Chairman of the Local Board.
On 24th February 1839, he married Hannah Mortimer [1821-1???]
in Bradford.
Children:
The sons joined their father in the family business, S. Bottomley & Brothers
Born in Rastrick.
He was
a cloth fuller /
an innkeeper [1880] /
landlord of the Manchester House, Brighouse [1891].
On 30th September 1853, he married Jane Mallinson at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
He married Sarah Jane [1842-1899].
Children:
The family lived at Cliffe Field House, Rastrick.
Members of the family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery
Sarah Jane died 24th April 1899.
James died 25th December 1914
Born 9th February 1690/1.
On 26th October 1710, he married Jane.
Children:
On 1st November 1769, he married Rebecca Naylor.
Children:
Son of Benjamin Bottomley.
He was a farmer and piece maker.
Before Jeremiah married Sally Howarth, he had an affair
with Mary Dawson which resulted in the birth of a
daughter, Susan.
Jeremiah and Mary had to do penance at St Mary's
They were the last couple to suffer this punishment.
He married Sally Hauworth.
Children:
The family lived at Nicklety [1795]
On 19th July 1790, he married Joanna Roe at Bradford.
Children:
He died at Horton, Bradford
On 10th July 1803, he married Millicent Travers in Bradford.
Children:
He was
a stone mason [1891] /
landlord of the Star, Rastrick [1907].
He took over from his parents as landlord of the Black Horse, Rastrick [1911, 1912].
In 1894, he married Edith Alice Cupitt in Attercliffe,
Sheffield.
Children:
In [Q1] 1923, he married Phyllis Armitage in Halifax.
She went to the USA with her family [around 1905], returning to
England [by 1914]
In 1929, the couple went to the USA, and were (probably) living
with Phyllis's brothers in Firthcliffe.
They subsequently returned to England
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered on the Memorial at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland
Born in Stainland.
He was
a cotton mill hand [1891] /
a fettler & teaser in wool carding room (blanket making) [1911] /
(possibly) employed by John Maude & Sons at Bankhouse Mills, Stainland.
He fought in the Boer War and gained 2 medals..
In 1906, he married Mary Ellen Bell [1873-19??] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
During World War I,
he served as a Sergeant
with the 2nd Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was killed at Hill 60 [18th April 1915].
He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [20],
and on Barkisland War Memorial.
His brother William Dyson Atkinson also died in the War
He was a cripple and walked with the aid of 2 sticks.
On 28th June 1827, he was drinking in the Jolly Sailor, Elland
until 12 o'clock and was
2 men – Thomas Gledhill and James Dyson – were also
drinking in the pub, and began to make fun of Bottomley.
They followed him and as he began to climb the hill on his way home,
they knocked his sticks from under him, and turned him on his back.
One man held him by the throat, and the other took 2 half-sovereigns,
and 20/- in silver from.
Dyson kicked him almost senseless, and threw him into a ditch,
where they left him.
A man called Chadwick came up and helped him back to the pub.
At 1:30 am, Gledhill and Dyson went to another pub and
spent freely.
They were seen to have blood on their clothes.
Gledhill said that he had hurt himself with a stone the
previous day, and Dyson said that he had had a nose bleed.
The following morning, they were arrested.
At their trial on 4th August 1827, a judgment of death was record
against both men
In 1707, the property was acquired by the Stancliffe family
On 2nd June 1647, he married Judith Lister at Coley Chapel.
Children:
Heywood records that John
He was buried at Halifax Parish Church
Son of John Bottomley.
He married Unknown.
Children:
He was buried at Halifax Parish Church
He lived at Cockroyds Farm, North Bierley and was known as John of Cock
Royds.
On 6th October 1743, he married Mary
[or Martha] Hellewell [1727-1803].
Children:
Born in Kildwick.
A corn miller at Inchfield Corn Mill, Walsden.
He married Mally Bottomley.
Children:
Son of John Bottomley
He married Hannah Kellett at Leeds.
They had no children
He married (1) Hannah Walker.
He married (2) Frances Thorp.
On 6th September 1796, he married (3) Hannah Hudson at Leeds.
Children:
Rebecca was born in Halifax
Hannah was the daughter of Thomas Hollas
Ruth was the
daughter of Hannah & Lot Hill
Old Haworth Folk Who Knew the Brontës
Lucy Mary was the
daughter of Eliza & Jonathan Pickering
of Camden, New Jersey
Sarah Ann was the daughter of Abraham Turner
mis-statement of his age on enlistment
Ethel, of 7 Brier Street, Sowerby Bridge, was born in Halifax,
the daughter of Alfred Helliwell, joiner
Annie was the daughter of James Stott
Melissa / Malissa, of Mount Pleasant, Barkisland, was
the daughter of Luke Holroyde, farmer
Ann Grace, of Rastrick, was the daughter of delver John
Walker
On Sunday 2nd May 1864, Joseph Bottomley, a mason at Clifton,
loaded his gun, intending to shoot a rat.
After loading it he put the cap on, and placed it on the bed in
another room.
At the same time, a conversation was going on in the house about his
19-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, being a crack shot, her
father having been heard to say that he would match his daughter to
shoot with cups.
Elizabeth
went into the parlour to dress her hair, returning with the gun in
her hand, but ignorant that it was loaded.
At that time Mrs Ellen Bottomley was standing by the fire,
there being also 2 young women present in the room.
Elizabeth said to her mother,
I'll show you how to do it
Hannah, of Barkisland, was the daughter of Isaac
Rawnsley, labourer
Mary Ann, of Stainland, was born in Littleborough, the
daughter of Abraham Mitten, cloth miller.
Dorothy was the daughter of John Nalson of Methley
Mary was born in Huddersfield
Fanny, of Southowram, was the daughter of delver Joseph
Crowther
Minnie Laura, of 26 Pollard Street, Halifax, was born in
Halifax, the daughter of Henry Edwin Whitaker
Annie was the daughter of William Sharp
Ruth was born 20th January 1834, the daughter of Isaac
Brear
Martha Ann, of Soyland, was the daughter of George
Dixon, farmer
he charged a little more for those made from bilberry stalks
Hannah was the daughter of Moses Kellett
Hannah, a weaver, was the daughter of Eli Mortimer, of
Bierley, joiner
Jane was the daughter of John Clayton Mallinson
Rebecca was the daughter of James Naylor
They had to appear on separate Sundays and stand in the aisle covered
in a white sheet during morning service.
The parson then lectured them about sin.
Sally was the daughter of Jeremy Hauworth
Phyllis was born in Brighouse, the daughter of Fred Armitage.
Mary Ellen was born in Worsbrough Dale, Barnsley
touched with liquor
Judith was the daughter of John Lister
dyed suddenly
Mary [or Martha] was the daughter of Daniel
Hellewell