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She lived at Willowfield, Sowerby Bridge
Second son of Ely Dyson.
He married Dorothy Hanson
On 12th July 1626, he married Dorothy Crowder at Elland.
Children:
He died 15th February 1680
He lived at Cromwell Terrace, Halifax [1874]
He was a boot store manager [1911].
In [Q3] 1907, he married Ethel May Goose [1884-19??] from
Great Yarmouth, in Paddington.
Children:
The family lived at 11 Corn Market, Halifax [1911]
Born in Halifax.
He was
a member of Bradshaw Primitive Methodist Sunday School /
a doffer [1911] /
a clay miner [1915] /
employed by Parkinson & Spencer.
During World War I,
he enlisted in Halifax [16th October 1914] and
served as a Private
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He arrived in Le Havre [13th October 1915].
He was killed in action at Ypres [21st November 1915].
He was buried at the Talana Farm Cemetery [III E 3].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on Bradshaw War Memorial
Dyson, Albert: [19??-191?] He served in World War I.
He was killed in the conflict.
He is remembered on Bradshaw War Memorial
He was a commercial clerk [1926].
On 3rd April 1926, he married Doris May Furness in
Huddersfield.
The couple died in Leeds
He married Unknown.
Children:
Born in Rastrick.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died in Belgium [5th May 1915].
He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial [20]
In 1966, the business moved to Canal Works, Sowerby Bridge.
In 1980, the business moved to Clough Works, Bolton Brow
He was a steel & ironwork erector.
In 1896, he married Emily Helliwell [1864-1916] in Halifax.
Children:
Between 1820-1829, she and her brother Samuel built Abbots Royd.
In 1829, she bought the adjoining farm Cut Hedge.
Later, an area of over 13 acres – the Gallipole allotment – was
taken from Cut Hedge and added to the Abbots Royd estate.
She died at Abbots Royd
She was a singer.
In 1913, she married Norman Magson Bishop in Halifax.
She died in Bolton [12th December 1951]
Born at King Cross.
He was
a cloth finisher of Bank Bottom, Elland [1886] /
a cloth finisher [1891] /
a mason's labourer [1901] /
a labourer at boiler works [1911].
In 1886, he married Susannah Holdroyde [1864-1925] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Five sons and a son-in-law served in World War I.
Sons Leonard & Ewart Gladstone were in
the same regiment, and died on the same day, in the same battle
Son of John Dyson.
He went into partnership with Charles Crossland at Bull Green
During World War I,
he served as a Driver
with A Battery
170th Brigade
Royal Field Artillery.
He died 21st October 1916 (aged 17).
He was buried at the Hebuterne Communal Cemetery [II A 3].
He is remembered on the war memorial at Barkisland
Son of James Dyson.
He inherited all his father's estate.
In December 1891, he married 19-year-old Mary Annie Kathleen
Browne in London.
The couple went to live in Rylstone, and then Augill Castle near
Brough.
Children:
Charles died 10th December 1920 (aged 53).
He was buried at Christ Church, Barkisland
He married Unknown.
Children:
He married Agnes.
Children:
In 1756, he married Mary Holroyd at Halifax.
Recorded in 1789
at Making Place, Soyland
Son of Eli Dyson.
Born in Elland.
Baptised on 27th January 1743 at Elland.
In 1764, he eloped with Sarah Edwards in an attempt to ease his
father's financial situation.
Sarah was the only daughter of John Edwards, his
father's chief creditor.
He married Sarah at the English Episcopal Church in East
Lothian, Scotland [19th July 1764].
Children:
Baptised on 15th Nov 1738 at Elland.
A David Dyson, woollen manufacturer at Barkisland, is listed
in 1809.
He owned Barkisland Hall around 1800 where he died.
He bought the land at Abbots Royd in 1800.
He lived in Barnsley.
On 15th June 1761, he married Martha Hanson [1739-1809].
Children:
She was the first wife of Thomas Aked
On 29th January 1690, he married Mary Gledhill in Huddersfield.
Children:
On Sunday 30th May 1847, The Era (of London) announced
EDMUND DYSON of Walsden, Ostler, will quoit any man in the
world his own age, fifty-seven years, 16 yards and 8 inches on the
green sod for any sum from 10 to 15 sets aside but not for less than
the former sum.
If anyone pleases to accept the above challenge, the money is ready
at a moment's notice at the house of Joseph Perth, Waggon & Horses Inn, Walsden.
If not accepted within one month he will retire and consider himself
the champion of his age
He was a bookseller [1871].
On 24th August 1871, he married Hannah Whiteley [1850-1925] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at 19 Great Albion Street, Halifax
Born at Willow Hall, Halifax.
In 1857, he married Caroline Agnes Jerdan [1834-1870] at
Marylebone, London.
Children:
Born in Dumbarton, Scotland.
He was a Second Lieutenant in the 24th Regiment of Foot.
He was killed at the Battle of Isandhlwana during the Zulu War
He was
an office boy [1901] /
an employee of Firth's Carpets in Bailiff Bridge.
He married Alice.
They lived at Ivy House, Lower Wyke.
During World War I,
he joined the Army in 1916, and
served as a Private
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Northumberland Fusiliers.
He died 23rd March 1918 (aged 29).
He was buried at the Aval Wood Military Cemetery, Vieux-Berquin [III D 4].
He is remembered on Firth's War Memorial,
on Bailiff Bridge War Memorial,
and on the Roll of Honour at Lower Wyke Moravian Church
Son of Eli Dyson
He married Susannah Hall.
There is a memorial to members of the family in Halifax Parish Church
Son of Edmund Dyson.
Born in Huddersfield.
An early member of the local Dyson family.
He had paper mills in Halifax.
In 1766, he became insolvent and was forced to assign over his
Halifax paper mills and all his other properties to his chief
creditor, John Edwards.
Further, Edwards had Eli imprisoned in York Castle for
debt.
Eli's son, Daniel temporarily saved the situation by
eloping with Edwards's only daughter, Sarah, and
marrying her in Scotland.
On 26th June 1730, he married Barbury / Barbara Fourness [1705-1766] in Halifax.
Children:
Born in Skircoat [18th April 1874].
On 2nd April 1904, he married Emily Brook at St Stephen's
Church, Copley
He was
a farmer of 1 acre [1851] /
a beerhouse keeper at an unidentified beerhouse at 92 Wapp Nook, Stainland [1851].
Question:
Does anyone know which beerhouse this may have been?
He married Harriet [1812-18??].
Children:
Born in Rastrick [5th November 1860].
On 20th September 1882, she married (1) Francis John Whatmough in Bradford.
The couple ran Stott's Arms, Brighouse.
Frank died at Rastrick [3rd June 1904].
On 16th July 1905, Ellen married (2) William Holmes
[1857-1907] at Elland Parish Church.
Ellen was beerhouse keeper at the Greyhound, Rastrick [1911]
She died at the Greyhound [16th December 1925].
Probate records show that she left effects valued at £5,624 18/9d.
Probate was granted to Sam Marsden (sales manager) and
James Henry Morton (power loom tuner)
He was one of the original trustees of the Wheelwright's Charity.
He married Rose Ramsden.
Children:
See
Mr Dyson
He married Jennet Rooke [1652-1???].
Children:
several including
He was buried at Elland Parish Church
In 1842, he married Elizabeth Dyson.
He was Pastor at Rishworth Particular Baptist Chapel [1853-1862].
He left to become pastor at Long Crendon Baptist Church,
Buckinghamshire
Born in Greetland.
He was
a cotton spinner employing 16 men, 38 boys, 33 women, and 38 girls (total 125) [1861] /
a cotton spinner employing 40 males and 45 females [1881].
He never married.
He and his brother, John, lived at Brian Royd Hall, Greetland from about 1822 until their deaths.
He left a personal estate of £61,942 17/8d.
Born in Elland.
He was
a worsted spinning oiler [1911] /
employed by Dempster's.
During World War I,
he volunteered [29th November 1915], and
served as a Private
/ Bomber
with the 2nd/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died in the arms of his brother Willie (of the RAMC) [3rd May 1917].
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial [6],
on Elland War Memorial,
and on the Memorial at All Saints' Church, Elland.
His brother Leonard also died in the War.
They were in the same regiment, and died on the same day, in the same
battle
Between 1885 and 1889 he sailed around the world.
In Central America, he acquired a terracotta head of the Gulf Coast
Classic Period which is now in the Museum and Art Gallery in Exeter.
In 1910, he was vicar of Holy Trinity, Hereford.
In 1910/1911, he and Arthur Henry Daniels of Hereford, filed a
patent relating to
On 3rd November 1891, he married Mabel Edith Lovatt
in Canterbury.
Children:
Born 11th January 1863.
He served
with the 2nd Battalion
East Yorkshire Regiment.
He died 12th September 1884,
and was interred with military honours at The Cemetery, Baroda, East
India.
He is remembered on the family grave at St Stephen's Church, Copley
He was a farmer of 14 acres [1911].
After his parents' deaths, he took over at the Thornhill Arms, Rastrick [1st September 1911].
Frank died at the Greyhound, Rastrick [1st February
1915]; his sister Ellen was the landlady there.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £2,005 6/8d.
Probate was granted to Ellen Holmes (widow).
Members of the family were buried at Rastrick Church
During World War I,
he served as a Gunner
with the Royal Field Artillery.
He died 22nd October 1916 (aged 17).
He is remembered on Barkisland War Memorial,
and on the Memorial at Christ Church, Barkisland.
Born in Leicestershire.
He was educated at Heath Grammar School, Bradford Grammar School,
and Cambridge University.
He was a mathematician and an astronomer and worked on stellar
motion – providing the first evidence for the rotation of the
galaxy – and time determination.
He was Chief Assistant at the Royal Greenwich Observatory
[1894-1904], and travelled abroad to observe eclipses in Portugal
[1900], Sumatra [1901] and Tunisia [1905].
He was Astronomer Royal for Scotland 1906-10 and Professor of
Practical Astronomy at Edinburgh University.
On 10th September 1910, he was appointed 9th Astronomer Royal for
England and held the post until 1933.
He was Fellow and Vice-President of the Royal Society and President
of the British Astronomical Association [1916-1918].
He was knighted for his observations of stars near the Sun,
supporting Einstein's prediction of the bending of light in a
gravitational field [1919].
He was made a KBE [1926].
He introduced the public broadcasting of time signals by the
BBC on radio [1924].
He died whilst travelling from Australia to England, and is buried at
sea.
A crater on the moon is named Dyson for him
He became a theoretical physicist and mathematician.
He moved to the USA.
He became a professor at Princeton University.
In 1950, he married (1) Verena Esther Huber.
Children:
In 1956, he married (2) Imme Jung.
Children:
In 1760, he married Jane Ramsden
He was landlord of the Stirk Bridge Inn, Norland until 1826,
when his son, Thomas took over.
He then moved to the Green Man, Sowerby Bridge, where he
stayed for the rest of his life.
On 27th October 1778, he married (1) Mary Simpson [17??-1787].
Children:
On 31st October 1787, he married (2) Elizabeth (Betty) Simpson [1761-1834].
Children:
Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge
He married Mary [18??-1???].
Children:
The family lived at Church Street, Rastrick
Halifax lawyer.
Recorded in 1850
at George Street, Halifax.
He was in partnership with Samuel Stead as Stead & Dyson.
He was Coroner for the Honour of Pontefract and an area including
Halifax, Huddersfield and Bradford and other parts of the county.
He lived at
He died at home after a long and lingering illness [11th December
1874]
He was
a farmer /
landlord of the Upper George, Rastrick [1871, 1874]
He married Unknown.
Children:
He died on 27th October 1877.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £450.
His executors were his nephew John Exley Dyson and Joah Pearson
He married Unknown.
Children:
Children:
Members of the family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery
Halifax-born composer.
See
George Dyson Man and Music and
Azubah Ann Greenwood
Born at Abbotsroyd, Barkisland.
He was a chemist's manager for a limited company [1911].
In [Q3] 1896, he married (1) Emily Florence Maude.
Children:
Emily Florence died at Storthes Hall.
She was buried at St Luke's Church, Norland
with her parents.
In [Q2] 1917, George married (2) Annie Gertrude Maude
in Rotherham.
The family lived at 94 High Street, Mexborough [1911].
He married Unknown.
Children:
Born in Everton, Lancashire.
He married (1) Unknown.
He married (2) Mary Henderson [b 1833] from Windsor
He was a cotton spinner.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st Battalion
Royal Fusiliers.
He died 31st July 1917 (aged 19).
He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial [6 & 8],
on the Memorial at Hope Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge,
on the Memorial at Saint Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd,
in the book Royd Regeneration,
and on the Memorial at Mytholmroyd Church Lads' Brigade
He married Elizabeth.
Children:
Born at Small Lees, Ripponden.
He was a compositor at the Halifax Guardian [1911].
Around 1899, he married Martha [1880-19??] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at 21 Great Albion Street, Halifax [1911].
During World War I,
he enlisted
with the Northumberland Fusiliers,
and
he served as a Private
with the 9th Battalion
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
He was killed in action [4th October 1917].
He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial [108-111],
and on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
She married William Moore
Son of Christopher Dyson.
He married Isabella [15??-15??].
Children:
He married Alice [1529-1576].
The couple were buried at Elland Parish Church
Son of Simeon Dyson.
Quaker.
He petitioned that his house be licensed as a meeting house [1689].
He also petitioned that the house of Robert Duckworth be licensed
as a meeting house.
On 21st January 1660/1, he married Mary / Maria Ramsden at
Shibden Hall.
Children:
He married Mary / May Overend [1719].
Children:
He was a cotton maker-up [1881].
He married Sarah Alice Crowther.
Children:
The family lived at 5 Timber Street, Elland [1881]
Born in Halifax.
In 1920, he married Margaret Ann Barker.
They had no children
On 21st March 1810, he married Charlotte Dyson
Children:
All the children were baptised at St Matthew's Church, Rastrick.
Ervin was buried at Rastrick Church
He moved to live at Rishworth Hall [12th July 1573].
On 28th July 1600, he married Jane Whitely from Soyland, at
Elland Parish Church.
Children:
He was awarded the Military General Service Medal
He became a brass founder in Hoxton, London.
In December 1771, he married (1) Sarah Dyer in Bethnal Green,
London.
Children:
He married (2) Susannah Noden
They followed Bottomley and as he began to climb the hill on
his way home to Rastrick.
They knocked his sticks from under him, causing him to fall
to the ground, 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.
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
Born at Shaw, near Oldham.
He and his brother William were tea dealers at The Tower,
Rochdale.
Between 1861 & 1864, James moved to Abbotsroyd, Barkisland.
He still retained his business interests in Rochdale.
On 4th November 1864, he married (1) Elizabeth Simpson Jessop
at St Michael's Church, Wragby, Yorkshire.
Children:
Elizabeth died [November 1867] after giving birth to their
son Francis.
On 8th January 1871, he married (2) Emma Elizabeth Lee [1848-1929]
at St Cuthbert's Church, Ackworth.
Children:
All the children were born at Abbotsroyd, Barkisland.
In 1875, he bought the Lower Wat Ing estate at Norland for
£900.
He left the estate to his wife, his son, Charles Jessop, and
his nephew William Dyson.
James died 8th February 1889 (aged 74).
Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Barkisland
On 20th May 1839, he married Mary Saynor [1817-1906] at St
Mary's Church, Mirfield.
Children:
He was involved with the construction of
Atlas Mill, Brighouse,
the Rastrick Gas Works,
and
Brighouse Town Hall
He was Captain of the Yorkshire Amateur Bowling Club [1893],
and a member of Lane Head Bowling Club.
He was elected Councillor in the Brighouse Municipal Elections of 1893.
In 1897, he lost his seat on Brighouse Council.
On 17th August 1858, he married (1) Ann Garside [1836-1883] at
Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
On 25th July 1892, he married (2) widow Maria Richards
[1857-19??] [née Hinchliffe] from Holmfirth, at Halifax
Parish Church.
The family lived at
He left Brighouse to go to the New Inn, Marsden.
His son James took over at the George.
He died in Marsden [26th December 1906].
Members of the family were buried at Rastrick Church.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £2,438 10/4d.
Probate was granted to his children
Mary, James and Joshua
He married Jane [1842-1924].
Children:
He died 17th February 1912.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £160.
Members of the family were buried at Blackley Baptist Graveyard
On 13th July 1868, he married Mary Saville [1845-1929] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The children were baptised at Christ Church, Barkisland.
The family lived at
He died in the Royal Halifax Infirmary [8th February 1915] (aged 70).
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £3,305 11/-.
Probate was granted to his sons John William and James Irvin Dyson.
Mary died 28th November 1929 (aged 84).
Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Barkisland
He took over from his father as landlord of the George, Brighouse.
He was there [1903, 1911, 1915].
On 23rd April 1903, he married Eliza Ann Maloney [1882-19??],
born in Wakefield, in Brighouse.
Children:
He died at the George [13th February 1915].
He was buried at Rastrick Church.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £8,328
Dorothy was the daughter of John Hanson
Doris May was the daughter of Frank Furness
Susannah, of Elland Lane, Elland, was the daughter of James
Holroyde, overlooker
Mary Annie Kathleen was the daughter of George Augustus
Browne of Shropshire
Mary was the daughter of Benjamin Holroyd
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Hannah was born in Sowerby
Susannah was the daughter of Samuel Hall
Harriet was born in Lindley
William was a gardener
Jennet, born 31st December 1652, was the daughter of Mr
Rooke of Crow Nest, Birstall
Elizabeth was the
daughter of Harriet & George Dyson
saddle tool-bags for cycles
Mary was the daughter of Thomas Simpson
Elizabeth was the daughter of George Simpson
Mary Ann was the daughter of Henry Barrass
Emily Florence was the daughter of Isaac Maude
Annie Gertrude was the daughter of Isaac Maude and
younger sister of his first wife
Martha was born in Halifax
Mary / Maria was the daughter of Henry Ramsden
Sarah Alice was the daughter of John Bedford Crowther
Charlotte was the daughter of Phineas Dyson
touched with liquor
Emma Elizabeth was the daughter of Joshua Lee, a farmer