The entries for people & families with the surname Blackburn are gathered together in this SideTrack.
This Page does not include people with other forms of the surname.
The individuals listed are not necessarily related to each other.
In 1900, he married Sarah Elizabeth Clegg [1876-1933] in Halifax.
They lived at 21 John Street, Elland.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 16th December 1920 (aged 41).
He was buried at Elland Cemetery
[C 1628]
Born at Pineberry Hill, Southowram [14th July 1800].
He and his family – 7 boys and 3 girls – moved to Northowram.
He worked in the office of William Knight.
He decided to train for the church, although Rev Samuel Knight
tried to persuade him to enter the established church.
He trained at Idle Academy [1818] and was one of 2 students who were
overpowered by wind and rain as they crossed the moor at Pateley
Bridge travelling to preach at local churches.
He became an Independent Minister of
Halifax,
Northowram
and
Myrtle Grove Chapel, Eastwood [1822, 1845].
A new chapel – Eastwood Congregational Church – was built at
Eastwood during his ministry there.
He married Hannah Horsfall.
Children:
The family lived at Duke Street [1845].
On
28th January 1864,
he was killed at Mutterhole crossing near the Chapel at
Eastwood.
He had been pastor there for 42 years.
In 1868, a memorial tablet was placed at the east end of Eastwood Congregational Church in his memory.
See
Mally Blackburn
Born in Hebden Bridge.
She had 2 sons (father unknown):
The family lived at 9 Cliffe Street, Hebden Bridge [1891].
In 1901, Anne – retired tailoress (fustian) - was living with
son David Arthur and his family
He lived at 6 South View, Brighouse [1900].
He married Unknown.
They lived at 3 Clarence Square, Clarence Street, Halifax.
During World War I,
he enlisted [June 1915], and
served as a Private
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was wounded twice.
He was reported missing and assumed to have died at the Battle of Lys [10th April 1918] (aged 21).
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Pellon Lane Particular Baptist Church
Baptised at St Peter's Church, Leeds [16th July 1758].
He was a clothier/merchant in Leeds, and established Benjamin
Blackburn & Son.
On 31st January 1790, he married Hannah Naylor at St Peter's Church, Leeds.
They had several children, notably:
Benjamin died at Holbeck, Leeds [5th October 1827] (aged 69)
Born 9th April 1792.
In April 1821, he went to Sydney, Australia to set up a branch of the
business Benjamin Blackburn & Son.
He received a 400-acre land grant and had retail premises at
O'Connell Street, Sydney.
He died in Sydney [5th November 1827] (aged 35)
Born 11th May 1914.
Partner in Thomas Blackburn & Sons.
He bought land on Clifton Common and built 32 houses on Victoria Street, Albert Street and Edward Street.
He also built retail premises in Commercial Street, Brighouse.
He owned the Old Foundry, Brighouse.
He never married.
They lived at Wilkin Royd House, Brighouse
with his unmarried sister, Grace.
In his latter years, he was an invalid.
He died 7th March 1891.
Benjamin and his sisters, Grace and
Mary were buried in the family vault at Brighouse Cemetery.
His nephew, John Edward Blackburn Howe inherited considerable
property in Brighouse and Clifton.
He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1891
In 1921, he married Doris Deakin [1901-1955]
in Prescot, Lancashire.
Children:
Members of the family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery
Born in Hebden Bridge.
He was a fustian cutter.
On 26th December 1908, he married Phoebe Stott [1886-1944] at St Mary's Church, Luddenden.
The children were born in Hebden Bridge.
The family lived at
During World War I,
he served as a Gunner
with the Royal Garrison Artillery.
He died 15th May 1918,
as a result of contracting acute bacillary dysentery in Egypt.
He was buried at the Gaza War Cemetery, Palestine [XXXII B 6].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Hebden Bridge Methodist Church
Born in Liverpool.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 3rd Battalion
Royal Fusiliers.
/
London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers).
He died 6th October 1918.
He was buried at the Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay, France [III B 3]
Born in Brighouse.
He was
a cotton spinner [1871, 1881] (possibly) with Thomas Blackburn & Sons /
a cotton spinner & manufacturer [1911] /
President of the Brighouse Permanent Orchestral Society.
On 1st January 1907, he married Bertha Delacour Smith [1882-1972]
at St Michael's Church, Grassington.
She was aged 24, Clement was 60
Children:
The family lived at Toothill Hall, Rastrick [which he bought in
1887].
In 1870, his father bought Manor Farm and 75% of the property
in the village of
Foggathorpe,
East Yorkshire.
Thomas died in 1879.
Clement bought more property in the village: Oak Farm
[1896], Grange Farm [1904] and Willow Farm [1913].
Altogether, they owned about 1100 acres and created what was
virtually an estate village.
He also owned property in Grassington.
Clement died 15th November 1915.
Members of the family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery.
After Clement's death, Bertha never remarried, probably
because he put a clause in his will that if she did she would lose
any entitlement to support from his estate.
She lived in Surrey.
She died at Haslemere, Surrey [9th December 1972].
It is said that her ashes were scattered on the Blackburn family
grave but there is no memorial inscription
She was raised by her aunts Hannah Elizabeth
and Sarah Ann.
In 1923, she married Arthur E. Fox [1863-19??] of 60 St John's
Wood Road, London.
Children:
Cora died in Northamptonshire [1962]
Born in Hebden Bridge [3rd August 1864].
He was
a commercial traveller [1891] /
a fustian clothing manufacturer (employer) [1901, 1911] /
a partner in Broadbent Brothers & Blackburn /
Liberal candidate in the Hebden Bridge Division for the West Riding Council election [1911] /
re-elected as a Liberal County Councillor for Hebden Bridge (now in his 11th year as County Councillor) [1928] /
appointed as a magistrate [1930] /
an alderman [1937] /
head of D. A. Blackburn & Sons Limited [1941].
On 14th May 1891, he married Priscilla Bennett
at Cross Lanes United Methodist Chapel, Hebden Bridge.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1901] was David Arthur's mother Anne Blackburn.
David Arthur died 20th February 1946 (aged 81).
He was buried at Heptonstall Slack Baptist Cemetery
[23rd February 1946] after a service at Cross Lanes Methodist
Church
He was inn keeper at unidentified premises at 447 Upper Park,
Stainland [1851].
Question:
Does anyone know which inn this may have been?
He married Sarah [1804-1???]
Born 23rd November 1804.
On 16th January 1837, he married Sarah Cookson.
One of their sons emigrated to New Zealand
Born in Hebden Bridge.
He was
educated at Hebden Bridge Central & Secondary Schools /
a member of Cross Lanes United Methodist Chapel /
a member of Hebden Bridge Liberal Club /
a teacher at the Sunday School /
a trainee at Beehive Works, Hebden Bridge /
employed in the office of the family firm Broadbent Brothers & Blackburn.
During World War I,
he enlisted with the Public Schools Battalion [May 1915], and
served as a Private
with the 12th Battalion
London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers).
The Leeds Mercury [24th April 1917] published his account – written
whilst he was hospitalised in Cheltenham – of taking German trenches
on the 18th February 1917.
He was wounded east of Ypres.
He died of wounds in an Australian Field Ambulance [12th September 1917] (aged 20).
He was buried at the Menin Road South Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium [II B1 9].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Hebden Bridge Methodist Church,
and on the Memorial at Hebden Bridge United District Secondary School
During World War I,
she served 4 years as a nurse at the front in France and in Egypt.
She was awarded the RRC 2nd Class in the King's Birthday
Honours List [1917].
She died 3rd September 1957.
She & other members of the family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery
He was
a cotton spinner [1861] (possibly) with Thomas Blackburn & Sons /
a partner in Blackburn & Ormerod.
He lived at Brow Lee, Brighouse [1870].
He was buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse
in the grave of Thomas Blackburn with a memorial on the
family grave in Brighouse Cemetery
Born in Dewsbury.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 10th Battalion
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).
He died 21st May 1918.
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [4]
She never married.
She lived at Wilkin Royd House, Brighouse
with her unmarried brother, Benjamin.
Grace and her siblings Benjamin and
Mary were buried at Brighouse Cemetery.
An obituary described Grace as
She never married.
She and her sister Sarah Ann, raised their niece Cora Catherine.
In 1911, she was head of the household Bonegate Cottage, Brighouse.
Living with her [1911] were
sister Sarah Ann [1854-1937]
and
Joseph and
Grace Hannah, the children of
brother Samuel.
She was buried at Brighouse Cemetery
in the family grave
Born in Clifton.
He was a traveller for his father's cotton spinning business [1911].
He had a cycle shop and motor engineering business at Huddersfield
Road, Brighouse.
On 25th November 1912, he married Evelyn M. Robinson at St Matthew's Church, Rastrick.
They had no children.
He was buried at Brighouse Cemetery
In September 1840, he was declared bankrupt
He lived at Bank Villas, 6 Jerry Lane, Sowerby Bridge [1905]
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
South Staffordshire Regiment.
He died 10th December 1917.
He was buried at the Lebucquière Communal Cemetery Extension, France [I E 13].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
In 1935, he was imprisoned for 6 months and suspended from driving
for 5 years for the manslaughter of Elsie May Healey
and Maurice Eastwood of Sowerby Bridge who were passengers in
his car when it was travelling at 60 mph and crashed into a lamp
standard
Born in Soyland.
He was
a cotton spinner [1841, 1851] /
a master cotton spinner [1861].
On 16th January 1837, he married (1) Sarah Gaukrodger
[1805-1847] at Halifax Parish Church.
They had no children.
On 13th April 1856, he married (2) Mary at Halifax Parish
Church.
They had no children.
They lived at
James was dead by 1871
He died at Shaw's Terrace [8th March 1868].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £8,000.
Probate was granted to his brother
Joseph, James Holroyd Charles Webster Shaw
He was a master machinist employing 7 men & 3 boys [1871].
In 1864, he married Fanny Isabella Ambler [1842-1???], born in
Bingley, in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at 10 Stead Street, Halifax [1871]
He was a fustian cutter.
On 26th August 1876, he married Mary Jane Greenwood [1856-1928].
Children:
The children were born in Hebden Bridge
On 25 Sept 1797, he married Rebecca Riley [1780-1852] at
Elland Parish Church.
Children:
The first 8 children were baptised at Ripponden Church, the others
were baptised at Stones Wesleyan Chapel.
John died [Jul 1837].
Members of the family were buried at Stones Methodist Church, Soyland:
John [9th July 1837];
Rebecca [14th October 1852]
After John's death, the family lived at
Pleasant Row, Soyland [1841];
Lower Bridge Royde (Lower Brig Royd), Soyland [1851]
In September 1841, he was declared insolvent
Born 1st August 1805.
He was
a solicitor /
in partnership with his brother Samuel brother John as solicitor /
Leeds Coroner at 62 Albion Street, Leeds [for 29 years].
He married Maria.
Children:
The family lived at
John died at Allerton Lodge [10th May 1865] (aged 60)
Born in Soyland.
He was
a steam engine tenter at a cotton mill [1851] /
a master cotton spinner [1861] /
a master cotton spinner employing 120 men and 30 children [1871].
On 18th January 1835, he married (1) Mary Ann Jackson
[1811-1850] at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
He married Elizabeth Crowther? [1827-1883] from Barkisland.
Children:
The family lived at
Many of the children died in infancy.
His first wife Mary Ann and all his children
(except Rebecca & James) were buried at Rishworth Particular Baptist Chapel
He died at Walton Street [14 Sep 1874].
John & his 2nd wife Elizabeth were buried at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery
Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £8,000.
Probate was granted to
Benjamin Hirst, Top of the Hill, Warley Cotton Spinner and
Francis Berry
He married Unknown.
Children:
He was buried at Hebden Bridge Parish Church
He was
a grocer's assistant [1881].
He married Hannah [1845-1???].
Children:
The family lived at
John was dead by 1891 when Hannah was listed as head of
the household
He was a lithographic printer [1881].
In [Q2] 1867, he married Grace Ann Lupton in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
He was
a cigar merchant [1891] /
a stone quarry man [1901]
In 1889, he married Florence Grace Wright [1869-1???] from
Warley, in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
Son John Henry suffered from fits, and was in the habit of
going to Park Road Baths, Halifax.
On 1st September 1907, he drowned at the Baths.
The Inquest returned a verdict of Died from drowning, having had a
fit whilst bathing
Born in Halifax.
He was
a member of the Salvation Army /
a warehouseman for Riley's of Pellon.
During World War I,
he enlisted [1915], and
served as a Rifleman
with the 2nd/6th Battalion
King's (Liverpool Regiment).
He was killed in action [4th October 1918].
He was buried at the Anneux British Cemetery, France [I E 19].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance.
His death was reported in the Halifax Courier [26th October 1918]
He was a partner in Thomas Blackburn & Sons.
He married Sarah Pollard [1819-1884] from Brierley.
Children:
The family lived at Bonegate Cottage, Brighouse.
Members of the family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery
Born in Soyland.
He was
a cotton spinner /
a retired cotton spinner [1881].
On 26th February 1856, he married Grace Stott [1818-1887] at Halifax Parish Church.
They had no children.
The family lived at
Joseph died 15th February 1887.
Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at £5,039 10/8d.
The will was proved by
Charles Webster Shaw, and William Ward of Soyland (shoe
maker)
On 2nd May 1863, he married (1) Ann Wild [1841-1866] at Elland Parish Church.
On 26th June 1869, he married (2) Elizabeth Lever [1844-1916] at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
Joseph died in 1900.
After his death, his wife Elizabeth took over at the Town
Hall Hotel until her death [1900-1916].
Elizabeth died 6th March 1916.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £496 16/9d.
Probate was granted to
her daughter Florrie, and Harriet Wilkinson.
After Elizabeth's death, daughter Florrie took over at
the Town Hall Hotel [1916-1937]
Born in Bradford.
He was a cotton spinner (employer) [1911].
In 18??, he married Annie [18??-1908].
Children:
The family lived at Holly Royd, Southowram [1911].
Joseph and Annie were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram
Born in Southowram.
In 1914, he married Harriet Whitaker in Halifax.
They lived at 70 Holly Bank, Catherine Slack, Halifax.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 10th April 1918 (aged 27).
He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [82-85 & 162A]
In 1909, he enlisted for 4 years
with the York & Lancaster Regiment
/ West Riding Regiment.
His entry papers were signed by Major E. P. Chambers.
After a couple of years, he became a Territorial and was a clerk
with the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway [1911].
In 1913, he signed-up for a further 4 years as a Corporal.
It has been suggested that Joseph may have been one of the
first men to be called-up in 1914, and that he was only in the army
for a fairly short time.
He received the Victory Medal.
He never married.
He died at his home in Littlehampton, Sussex.
He died in Littlehampton [October 1968] (aged 77)
and is buried there
Born in Bradford.
In 1901, after his mother's marriage, he was living with his
grandmother Hannah Blackburn.
He was
a member of Bolton Brow Wesleyan Methodist Chapel /
a spinner (worsted mill) [1911] /
employed by Alfred Brearley & Company.
During World War I,
he enlisted [March 1915], and
served as a Private
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was killed 29th October 1916 (aged 23),
having been shot whilst he was a battalion scout near the German
lines.
He was buried at the Foncquevillers Military Cemetery, France [I J 16]
He was ordained to the Parish of Heptonstall when St John's Mission Church was under the care of the Rev J. V. Haswell, Vicar of
Heptonstall.
In 1931, when St John's began again to be worked as part of the
Parish, he was appointed Curate at Hebden Bridge.
He left to become Curate at Halifax.
In September 1936, he was appointed Vicar of St Peter's Church, Walsden
He was
a member of Ovenden Methodist Church /
educated at Sunnyside & Moorside Schools /
employed by I. & I. Calvert.
In [Q1] 1934, he married Florence Annie Ford in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at Bottesford, Wiltshire.
During World War II,
he enlisted [1931], and
served as a Gunner
with 324 Battery
94 Lt. A.A. Regt
Royal Artillery.
He died 17th July 1943 (aged 30).
He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery
[E 20].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
She married Richard Farrer
He owned the Blackburn estate.
Much of the land was used for mining and quarrying.
After his death, the estate was sold off and acquired by Joseph Rayner.
See
Rev Amos Blackburn,
Mally Blackburn,
Blackburn Road, Brighouse,
Harriet Street,
Pond Quarry, Brighouse,
Rayner Road and
Slead Hall, Brighouse
She married Benjamin Howe
Mary and her siblings, Benjamin and
Grace were buried at Brighouse Cemetery
He was
a cotton spinner /
a partner in Thomas Blackburn & Sons /
a director of the Albert Hall Company Limited /
involved in the management of the Parish Church day schools in Brighouse /
vice-president of Rastrick Constitutional Club /
a member of the executive of Elland Division Conservative Association /
a member of Brighouse Borough Club.
He never married.
He lived at Brow Lee, Huddersfield Road, Brighouse [1905].
He died of cancer of the liver.
He was buried at Brighouse Cemetery
In 1877, he married Harriet Morris
in West Derby, Lancashire.
Children:
In 1911, children Joseph and Grace Hannah [b 1896] were
living with aunt Hannah Elizabeth Blackburn at Bonegate Cottage, Brighouse
He was landlord of the Wellington Hotel, Brighouse [1894,
1901].
He was retired in 1911.
In 1872, he married Hannah Sarah Mellor [1846-19??] from
Bradford, in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at 29 Bryn Terrace, Brighouse [1911]
He married Unknown.
Children:
Born 1st January 1756.
He was
a cloth merchant & dealer /
a member of the White Cloth Hall, Leeds.
In 1756, he was one of a number of woollen workers in Leeds whose
petition
was published in local newspapers.
On 10th November 1776, he married Hannah Parker [1750-1789] at St Peter's Church, Leeds.
Children:
Hannah died at Cad Beeston [28th February 1789].
She was buried at St Peter's Church, Leeds.
Thomas died 30th September 1810 (aged 54).
He was buried at Ebenezer Chapel, Leeds
Born in Cad Beeston, Leeds [1st September 1779].
He was a forebear of the Blackburn family of Brighouse.
In 1820, he moved to Scholes, where he was a woollen manufacturer.
He later moved to the Old Water Mill, Clifton Bridge.
He had a rope walk alongside Clifton Beck there.
From the early 1800s, he had business, Thomas Blackburn & Son at
Phoenix Mill, Brighouse where he was a cotton spinner and
manufacturer, maker of all descriptions of cotton mill bands, ropes
for driving purposes, and tapes suitable for worsted, silk and cotton
machinery.
He employed 100 workers [1890].
In 1862, he built Atlas Mill, Brighouse.
He owned the neighbouring Broad Holme Mill, Brighouse.
He married Hannah Robinson [1780-1849].
Children:
The family lived at
He and members of the family were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse
Question:
A portrait of Thomas, seated at his desk, used to hang in
Wilkin Royd House.
It was amongst a number of paintings sold off in the 1940s.
Does anyone know where it is now?
Can you send me a photo of the work?
Born in Leeds.
In 1835, he began cotton spinning in Hightown.
He moved to Victoria Mill, Brighouse.
He built mills in Brighouse:
Phoenix Mill [1841]
and then
Atlas Mill
and
Broadholme Mill.
He built housing on Wakefield Road and George Street
primarily for his workers at Phoenix Mill.
He was
a cotton band spinner [1851] /
a cotton manufacturer employing 30 hands [1861] /
a land owner, mill owner and cotton spinner [1871] /
a partner in Thomas Blackburn & Sons /
Chairman of the Brighouse Local Board [for a term 1870].
On 13th September 1831, he married Elizabeth Kitson [1812-1889] in Dewsbury.
Children:
The family lived at
Members of the family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery
In 1870, Thomas bought Manor Farm and 75% of the
property in the village of
Foggathorpe,
East Yorkshire.
In 1873, he bought Foggathorpe House Farm and built the
present Black Swan to accommodate his hunting parties.
The Black Swan opened in 1874.
The same year, he created Bell Farm from land that had
belonged to the pub.
He also
bought land in other parishes.
Thomas died in 1879.
His son Clement; bought more property in the
village: Oak Farm [1896], Grange Farm [1904]
and Willow Farm [1913].
Altogether, they owned about 1100 acres and created what was
virtually an estate village
Born 2nd September 1818.
He was
a general dealer in Halifax /
a long established Hardware merchant at 2 [?] Union Street, Halifax
He married Sarah
Children:
Born 5th June 1858.
He was
a cotton band manufacturer /
partner in Thomas Blackburn & Son.
Photographs suggest that he may have been a member of the 2nd West Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry.
On 8th November 1880, he married Mary Ellen Sutcliffe.
Children:
In 1897, he left Thomas Blackburn & Son and went to live in
Ainsdale, Stockport.
He took up a post with Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company at
Hunts Cross, Manchester.
He retained his property interests in Brighouse.
He died at Ainsdale, Southport [4th June 1909].
After his death, his wife and children returned to live at Wilkin Royd House, Brighouse.
Members of the family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery
Born in Halifax.
In 1932, he and his mother Bertha went to live at The
Grange, in the village of
Foggathorpe,
East Yorkshire.
They were the first Blackburns to live in Foggathorpe where his
father and grandfather had acquired about 1100 acres of land and
created what was virtually an estate village.
He was the last Lord of the Manor before he sold the lot in 1973.
His interests were country sports and polo.
He was Master of the Foxhounds of the York and Ainsty
Hunt [1946 to 1951].
In [Q4] 1950, he married Edwina Mary Piercy [1924-1986] in
York District.
Children:
He was buried at Bubwith
Born 10th September 1777.
On 28th February 1805, he married Isabella Render at St Peter's Church, Leeds.
Children:
Most members of the family remained in Leeds.
Isabella died 16th January 1832
He was a worsted spinner (employer) [1911].
In [Q2] 1869, he married Ruth Holt [1847-19??] from Northowram.
Children:
The family lived at Fern Bank, Halifax [1911]
He was the proprietor of the Temperance Hotel, Halifax [1895],
taking over from his uncle, Robert Maude
He married Unknown.
Children:
Baptised at St Martin's Church, Brighouse [9th September 1832].
He was
a cotton spinner [1861, 1871, 1881] /
partner in Thomas Blackburn & Sons.
In 1881, he married Jane Mann [1834-1924] in Caistor,
Lincolnshire.
They lived at
The couple and other members of the family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery
Hannah was the daughter of John Horsfall
Phoebe was born in Warley
Bertha, from Ellesmere, was born in America, of British
parents: Mrs C. I. Smith & Professor Walter
Smith, of Ellesmere, Grassington.
Arthur was the son of Edwin S. Fox, a merchant with the
East India Company
Priscilla, of Ashley Place, Hebden Bridge, was born in Snaith
/ Cowick, Yorkshire [29th December 1861], the daughter of Joseph Bennett
a lady of a most kind disposition and helper of the poor
Mary [née Pogson] was the widow of Joseph Holroyd
Mary Jane was born in Hebden Bridge
Hannah was born in Baildon
Grace Ann was the daughter of George Lupton
Grace was born in Soyland
Ann was born & died in Norland
against the increasing number of scribbling machines which was
proliferating in the Leeds area
Hannah was born 23rd July 1750
Elizabeth was the daughter of William Kitson
Mary Ellen was the daughter of William Sutcliffe
Thomas Blackburn was an early member of the family.
The Blackburn Family Trust was wound up in 1977, when the
family's property – including Phoenix House – was sold.
Mark Blackburn is not directly linked to the Blackburn family of
cotton spinners.
See
Blackburn Buildings, Brighouse
The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District Surnames by George Redmonds.
There are over 60 entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname Blackburn,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Unattached BMDs for Blackburn:
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