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Born in Clifton.
Baptised at Hartshead [3rd May 1795?].
He was
a wire drawer in Northowram [1817 ... 1837] /
a shop keeper [1841] /
a farmer of 30 acres [1851] /
a farmer 40 acres employing 1 man [1871]
On 26th January 1817, he married Ann Tidswell [1798-18??] from
Northowram at Halifax Parish Church.
Ann was dead by 1871.
Children:
The family lived at
Born in Rastrick.
In 1886, she married Lieutenant John George Haggard RN
[1850-1908] at Fulham.
She travelled widely after her marriage.
Children:
The family lived at
She wrote poetry, literary criticisms, and several books under the
pseudonym of John Berwick
Some of her verses were used in books by Sir H. Rider Haggard,
including Allan Quatermain.
She did some calligraphy which appears on the drawing of a potsherd
in She and which baffled a British Museum expert in Greek.
She also drew the map written in blood on a shirt-tail which
illustrated King Solomon's Mines.
In 1920, she co-authored a biography of her sister, Margaret Fairless Barber, entitled Michael Fairless, her life and
writings.
She died at the age of 100
He married Mary [17??-1753].
Mary was buried at Hartshead Church
In January 1854, he was declared insolvent
Baptised at St John the Baptist, Coley [23rd April 1830]
Son of William Barber.
He was a card maker [1881, 1891].
In 1870, he joined his brother William in the family's
card making business at their mill at Barker Royd, Southowram.
On 29th March 1871, he married Emma Farrar [1848-1930] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
Charlton died 1st July 1894.
Emma died at Savile Park Street [12th February 1930].
Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram
[U 29]
He married Edith Evitts from Oxford.
Children:
Son of Sarah Ann & William Barber of Tring,
Hertfordshire.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st Battalion
Grenadier Guards.
He died 12th March 1915 (aged 22).
He is remembered on the Le Touret Memorial [2],
and on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He was awarded the Victoria Cross
In 1871, she married John Armitage Atherton.
Her death was registered at Wetherby
Born in Thornhill Briggs, Brighouse.
He was
a plasterer journeyman [1851] /
a plasterer [1861, 1871, 1881].
He and his brother Absalom were both plasterers [1869].
In 1848, he married Hannah Harrington [1825-1915] from
Keswick, Cumberland, at Brighouse.
Children:
The family lived at
Members of the family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery
Born in Southowram.
In 1901, she was a hospital nurse at the Leeds General
Infirmary.
On 15th December 1908, she was made a provisional Staff Nurse
in Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service.
In 1911, she was a trained sick nurse at the McGregor Barracks,
Aldershot.
In 1917, she was awarded the Royal Red Cross, First Class, by
King George V
Second son of Joseph Barber.
He was a solicitor.
His interests included antiquarian topics, archæology, and he was
connected with the Brighouse Mechanics' Institute, the Penny Savings Bank, and other institutions.
He was a worker for the temperance cause.
On 10th August 1859, he married Maria Louisa Musgrave
[1833-1???] from Finsbury, London, at Brighton.
Children:
The family lived at Castle Hill House, Rastrick [1861].
He built South Lodge, Rastrick
He was
a farmer [1891] /
a farmer and landlord of the Punch Bowl, Boothtown [1901]
In 1897, he married (1) Emily Barlow.
Children:
In 1910, he married (2) Elizabeth Jane Robinson.
Children:
Born in Southowram [3rd November 1891].
He was
a quarryman [1911] /
employed by James Casson Limited at Norton Mills, Elland.
He lived at 5 Park Road, Elland.
During World War I,
he enlisted [March 1916], and
he served as a Private
with the 2nd/6th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was killed in action at Cambrai [26th November 1917].
He is remembered on the Cambrai Memorial [6 & 7],
on Elland War Memorial,
on Southowram War Memorial,
and on the Memorial at Saint Anne's Church, Southowram
He married Martha [1816-1853].
George died 2nd August 1868 and was interred at the Stockport
Borough Cemetery.
There is a memorial to the couple in Mount Zion Chapel, Lightcliffe
He was a green grocer [1891].
He married Grace [1840-1???].
Children:
The family lived at 190 Boothtown Road, Halifax [1891].
Living with them [in 1891] was grandson Tom Parker [b 1887]
In April 1863, he was declared bankrupt
Children:
The family lived at Hartshead-Clifton [1795]
He married Mary [1806-1862].
The couple were buried at Bethesda Primitive Methodist Chapel, Bank Top
He was a farmer [1851]
He was a greengrocer at
Copper Street, Halifax [1861],
Swine Market, Halifax [1871],
and
Gibbet Street, Halifax [1861]
He married Jane [1822-1890] from Northowram.
Children:
The family lived at
Brother of Fairless Barber.
He was born at 12 Church Lane, Brighouse [9th October 1846].
Baptised at St Martin's Church, Brighouse [1st November 1846].
He was a solicitor [1881,1891].
He founded the West Yorkshire Fire Brigade Friendly Society and was
a member of the Brighouse Brigade from 1864 to 1884,
becoming Chief Officer at the age of 18.
He was also involved in the Royal Insurance Volunteer Fire
Brigade for Brighouse and district.
The Henry Barber fire engine was named for him.
He wrote several pamphlets: Salvage Corps [1873] and Fire
inquests [1883].
He was a keen amateur naturalist and kept several kangaroos in a
paddock behind his house on Church Lane.
Around 1880, he was involved with the Brighouse Corps of the St John's Ambulance Brigade.
He died at 12 Church Lane, Brighouse [3rd October 1899].
See
Brighouse Subscription Fire Escape
Born in Brighouse.
On 7th February 1914, he married Gertrude Broadbent [1894-1967] at Halifax Parish Church.
They lived at 31 Half House Lane, Hove Edge [1916].
During World War I,
he enlisted in Halifax, and
served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Northumberland Fusiliers.
He died in the Balkan theatre [10th September 1916].
He is remembered on the Doiran Memorial,
on Brighouse War Memorial,
and on the Memorial at Zion Methodist Free Chapel, Hove Edge
He was a child care officer in Strathclyde and in Lincolnshire.
In 1985, he became lay clerk at Coventry Cathedral.
In 1993, he became the warden of Catherington House, Portsmouth
Diocesan Retreat and Conference Centre.
In 1996, he was appointed
lay minister of St James Clansfield in the Portsmouth Diocese.
After ordination he was appointed curate at St John's, Moston,
Manchester.
From 2000, he was Vicar at St Clement Church, Chorlton-cum-Hardy
He was a quarryman fettler [1901].
In [Q2] 1891, he married Emily Oates [1868-1950] in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at 77 Half House Lane, Hove Edge [1911]
Baptised at Cleckheaton Independent Chapel [30th July 1727].
He married Sarah Schofield.
Children:
The children were all baptised Cleckheaton Independent Chapel.
Question:
In 1820, a Mrs Barber [1724-1820] died at Barker Royd aged 96.
Could this be his wife Sarah?
Card maker at Larkfield, Brighouse and Victoria Mills, Brighouse.
He lived at
Slead Cottage [1845].
In 1874, John & William Barber were listed as card makers at
Southowram.
He bought Bonegate Hall from William Ledgard.
He married Sally / Sarah Swinden [1793-1881].
Children:
He was
a boiler maker [1891] /
a striker for a blacksmith [1901] /
a stoker (stationary engine) [1911]
In 1884, he married Fanny Hopkins [1862-19??] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them in 1901 were boarders Martha Elizabeth
Hinnings [aged 20] (worsted twister) and Mary Francis A
Hinnings [aged 13] (worsted spinner).
Living with them in 1911 was niece D. Wilde [aged 12] (setter
worsted)
He was
an attorney at law in Brighouse [1846] /
a card manufacturer and landowner.
He subscribed £100 to the formation of the Brighouse Town Hall Company [1866].
He was one of a number of attorneys who were
In January 1830, he married (1) Dorothy Aspinall
[18??-1831].
In October 1832, he married (2) Marianne Thackeray [1811-1875]
from Knaresborough.
Children:
The family lived at
He died 19th March 1862.
His heirs were his wife Marianne, son William
and Eliza Thackeray.
There is a memorial to members of the family in St Martin's Church, Brighouse.
See
William Kershaw
Born in Halifax.
He was
a coal dealer [1871] /
a grocer (master) [1881] /
a master grocer at Pellon Lane [1888-1890] /
landlord of the Punch Bowl, Boothtown [1890, 1894] /
a licensed victualler & farmer [1891].
In 1869, he married Elizabeth Greenwood [1839-1898] in Halifax.
She was a worsted weaver [1871]
Children:
The family lived at
Elizabeth died at the Punch Bowl [15th October 1898].
Joseph died at the Punch Bowl [2nd January 1899]
Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £2,207
to his son Fred.
The couple were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram
[A 19] with son Aaron
He married Unknown.
Children:
The children were all baptised at Cleckheaton Independent Chapel
Born in Halifax.
On 15th August 1883, she married Joseph Oliver, a solicitor of
Littlehampton at St Martin's Church, Brighouse.
Her uncle, Rev Edward Barber conducted the ceremony
Born in Rastrick [7th May 1869].
She worked in the Kilburn Sisterhood hospital at Bermondsey in
London.
She entered the Mildmay Deaconess Institute.
She was a chronic invalid as a consequence of a long-term spinal
problem.
She wrote books under the pen-name Michael Fairless:
You can read the text on
Project Gutenberg
You can read the text on
Project Gutenberg
The story of a 14th-century novice who is sent out from the Monastery
to discover life and love.
He sees life as England is ravaged by the Black Death
A sentimental book of the reflections of a Kent roadmender on his own
life and death.
The book comprises 3 sections: The Roadmender, Out of the
Shadow, and At the White Gate.
It ends with the sentence
She completed the book 3 days before her death in 1901
You can read the text on
Project Gutenberg
She died in Sussex and was buried in the churchyard at St James's
Church, Ashurst, Sussex.
A biography entitled Michael Fairless, her life and writings
was published [Rastrick March 1920] by William Scott Palmer
and Agnes Marion Haggard, her sister
He was
Mayor of Halifax [1954-1955].
He was a Freeman of the Borough of Halifax.
He died 26th January 1971
Born in Northowram.
He was Innkeeper of the Albion Hotel, Claremount [1898].
He married Mary A. [1832-1???] from Oldham.
Children:
The family lived at
He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1898
In [Q1] 1851, he married Mary Ann Gaukrodger [1829-1873] in
Halifax.
Children:
Thomas Henry died 22nd June 1867.
Mary Ann died 4th August 1873.
Members of the family were buried at Bethesda Primitive Methodist Chapel, Bank Top
He married Unknown.
Children:
He came to Halifax around 1797.
In 1797, he married Ann Charlton from Dewsbury.
Children:
The family moved to Barker Royd, Southowram.
He became a card maker
He was
a plasterer [1841, 1851] /
a plasterer employing 2 men & 1 boy [1861]
He married Mary [1801-184?].
Mary was dead by 1851.
Children:
The family lived at Thornhill Briggs, Brighouse [1841, 1851]
Born in Southowram.
He was
a card maker [1841] /
a farmer of 60 acres employing 5 labourers [1851] /
a card maker employing 10 men [1851].
He carried on the family's card making business at their mill at
Barker Royd, Southowram.
He married Ann Taylor [1809-18??] from Barkisland.
Children:
In 1851, Alice Ann, Mary Eliza and Charlton
were at Miss Elizabeth Hardy's school in Bonegate, Brighouse.
The family lived at
He committed suicide, hanging himself in the Counting House at their
Barker Royd mill
He was one of the gang who attacked Thomas Cockcroft and
Robert Crossley in 1839.
He was arrested in Dublin and called himself William Thompson.
A loaded pistol was found on him, together with a dagger and some
sand-paper.
At the trial on 5th March 1840, he was transported to Van Diemen's
Land for life.
He was one of 330 convicts who left England on the Lady
Raffles [30th November 1840]
Eldest son of Joseph Barber.
He was educated at St Peter's, York and Worcester College Oxford.
In 1859, he married Elizabeth Birch.
In 1862, he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn.
He was Professor of Real and Personal Property to the Council of
Legal Education.
In 1882, he was appointed
one of Her Majesty's Counsel.
In 1889, he was appointed
Judge of the Derbyshire County Court.
He was interested in antiquarian topics
Born in Southowram.
On the death of his father in 1859, he took over the family's card making business at their mill at Barker Royd, Southowram.
He was later joined by his brother Charlton.
He was
a farmer 35 acres employing 2 men [1871] /
a wire card manufacturer employing 15 men [1871] /
a land owner [1871] /
a card manufacturer employing 10 men [1881] /
a retired card manufacturer [1891].
In 1862, he married Lavinia Stott [1837-1901] from Greetland,
in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
Lavinia died at Manor House, Hatfield Woodhouse, Doncaster
He was a stone miner [1889].
On 30th November 1891, he married Martha Ann Maude Ainley
[1870-1938] at St Anne's Church, Southowram.
Children:
The children were born in Southowram & baptised at St Anne's Church,
Southowram.
The family lived at
William was buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram
Born in Gloucester.
He moved to Halifax between 1872 and 1876.
He was
Principal of Crossley Orphanage [1881-1910] /
President of the Halifax Choral Society.
He was an authority on Shakespeare.
In 1864, he married Mary Maria Milton Starr [1842-1914]
in Gloucester.
Children:
He died 11th February 1910.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £1,002 6/6d.
Probate was granted to his widow Mary Maria Milton
He was a cotton spinner [1906]
He lived at North Park House, Halifax [1936]
He was in practice with James Mallinson at George Street, Halifax
He married Mary.
They lived at Rastrick.
During World War II,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Royal Scots.
He died 23rd September 1944 (aged 28).
He was buried at the Faenza War Cemetery [III C 17]
He was
scoutmaster at St Hilda's Church, Halifax /
an apprentice to a joiner [1901] /
a toffee boiler at Mackintosh's [1911] /
conductor of Mackintosh's works glee-club.
In [Q3] 1911, he married Elizabeth Chandler in Halifax.
They lived at
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 7th Battalion
East Yorkshire Regiment.
He died of sickness at the Front [19th January 1918] (aged 32).
He was buried at the Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt [VII D 25].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
on the Memorial at Saint Hilda's Church, Halifax,
and on the Memorial at John Mackintosh & Sons Limited
Her husband was the brother of Sir H. Rider Haggard
Emma was born in Southowram, the daughter of James Farrar
For most conspicuous bravery on 12th March, 1915, at Neuve Chapelle.
He ran speedily in front of the grenade company to which he belonged,
and threw bombs on the enemy with such effect that a very great
number of them at once surrendered.
When the grenade party reached Pte. Barber, they found him quite
alone and unsupported, with the enemy surrendering all about him
Emily was the daughter of Telemachus Barlow
Grace was born in Stalybridge, Lancashire
Emily was born in Crawshawbooth, Lancashire
Fanny was born in Castleford
commissioned for taking acknowledgements of deeds executed by married
women
Elizabeth came from Southowram.
At the gateway then I cry you farewell
Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry Birch, and niece of
Rev Joseph Birch
Martha Ann Maude Ainley [1870-1938] from Marsh Delves,
Southowram, in Halifax
Mary Maria Milton the eldest was the daughter of James
Starr of Gloucester
Unattached BMDs for Barber:
Death
1897
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