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Miss Freeman [1???-18??]
Alfred Freeman [18??-18??]
Alfred Freeman [1824-1871]
Alfred Freeman [1832-1???]
Anna Maria Freeman [1821-18??]
Benjamin Freeman [17??-18??]
Benjamin Freeman [1817-1889]
Charlotte Freeman [1826-1891]
Edith Emma Freeman [1879-1958]
Edward Freeman [1823-1893]
Edward Freeman [1869-1941]
Elizabeth Freeman [1844-1925]
Ellis Lawrence Freeman [1892-1972]
Ernest Freeman [1870-1938]
Frederick Freeman [1838-1908]
Frederick Freeman [1867-1917]
George Freeman [1882-1947]
Gilbert Freeman [1908-1956]
Hanson Freeman [1817-1884]
Harold Freeman [1902-1929]
Henry Freeman [1822-1865]
James Freeman [1773-1840]
James Freeman [1790-1840]
James Freeman [1806-1883]
James Rhodes Freeman [1826-1906]
James William Freeman [1882-1945]
Job Freeman [1810-1875]
John Freeman [1754-1???]
John Freeman [1847-1895]
John Freeman [1876-1962]
John Joseph Freeman [1851-1937]
Joseph Freeman [1712-1777]
Joseph Freeman [18??-19??]
Joseph Freeman [1802-1???]
Joseph Freeman [1815-1895]
Joseph Laurence Freeman [1841-1870]
Josiah Freeman [1842-1929]
Lawrence Freeman [1???-1???]
Margaret Matilda Freeman [1815-1874]
Moses Freeman [1849-1919]
Philip Garforth Freeman [1907-1995]
Rachel Freeman [1839-1904]
Rebecca Freeman [1871-1926]
Russell George Freeman [1862-1893]
Samuel Freeman [1786-1858]
Samuel Freeman [1820-1871]
Samuel Freeman [1874-1959]
Samuel Sowden Freeman [1833-1905]
Stanley Freeman [1904-1975]
Thomas Freeman [1819-1883]
Thomas Freeman [1841-1902]
Thomas Henry Freeman [1876-1949]
Tristram Freeman [1891-1915]
Walter Freeman [1856-1931]
Walter Hanson Freeman [1891-1949]
William Freeman [17??-18??]
William Freeman [1744-1819]
William Freeman [1771-1837]
William Freeman [1788-1837]
William Freeman [1812-1877]
William Freeman [1845-1918]
William Job Freeman [1873-1958]
Willie Josiah Freeman [1881-1957]
Wilson Freeman [1874-1923] 


Freeman, Miss
[1???-18??] Popular Brighouse singer. In 1853, she was praised for a recital which she gave at London's Royal Academy

Freeman, Alfred
[18??-18??] He married Ann Cockroft.

Children:

  1. Walter

Freeman, Alfred
[1824-1871] Son of Samuel Freeman.

He was a solicitor's clerk [1845].

On 25th July 1845, he married Ann Cockroft [1828-1871] by licence in Halifax.


Ann was born in Southowram
 

Children:

  1. Mary Ann [1846-1898] who married James Maude Stott
  2. Louisa [1849-1913] who married Frederick Parkin
  3. Samuel [1852] who died in infancy
  4. Arthur [1853] who died in infancy
  5. Walter
  6. Alfred [1861-1870]

Samuel died at Brookfoot [30th March 1853].

Arthur died at Southowram [22nd February 1856].

Alfred (junior) died in Liversedge [22nd October 1870].

Alfred (senior) died in Liversedge [24th January 1871].

Ann died in Liversedge [14th February 1871].

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [O 15]

Freeman, Alfred
[1832-1???] Son of James Freeman.

Born 17th January 1832.

He sailed from London to Sydney [25th October 1854].

Some researchers have his name Alfred Clark Freeman, though there seems to be nothing to support this

Freeman, Anna Maria
[1821-18??] Daughter of William Freeman.

Born 13th December 1821.

Baptised 27th January 1822.

In 1853, Anna had an illegitimate daughter Hannah Maria who was born in Bradford.

In 1871, Anna was still a spinster living with her daughter whom Anna was passed off as her niece

Freeman, Benjamin
[17??-18??] Son of William Freeman.

The family lived at Brier Lodge, Southowram [1820]

Freeman, Benjamin
[1817-1889] Son of William Freeman.

Born 22nd April 1817.

Baptised 18th May 1817.

He was a grocer [1841, 1851, 1861] and a retired grocer [1871, 1881].

He never married.

They lived at

  • Brighouse [1841, 1851, 1861]
  • Milton Place, Halifax [1871]
  • 30 Milton Place, Halifax [1881]

Living with him [in 1841] were his mother [?] Mary Freeman [aged 55+] (independent), his sisters Ellen [aged 34] & Alice [aged 29], Hannah Freeman [aged 15+], and Freeman Newell [aged 9]

Living with him in 1851 were his sisters Ellen [aged 45] & Alice [aged 39].

Living with him in 1861 were his sister Alice [aged 50] (housekeeper) and nephew Thomas Freeman [aged 19] (apprentice grocer).

Living with him in 1881 was visitor Mary Schofield [aged 14].

Benjamin died in Halifax [30th April 1889].

He was buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram. Probate records show that he left effects valued at £8,195 1/11d to his brothers Edward & James Rhodes

Freeman, Charlotte
[1826-1891] Daughter of Samuel Freeman.

She never married.

In 1861, she was living with her widowed sister Ann at Hightown, Liversedge.

In 1871, she was living at Hightown, Liversedge with 2 servants.

In 1891, Charlotte – a retired gentlewoman – was living at Middleton Cottage, Liversedge.

Living with her in 1891 were visitor / companion Annie Watkinson [b 1839], and boarders/servants Lucy Ann Jackson [b 1855] and Esther Frudd [b 1851].

Charlotte died [Q2] 1891 (aged 65).

Probate records show that she left an estate valued at £12,742 10/2d

Freeman, Edith Emma
[1879-1958] Daughter of Josiah Freeman.

Born in Southowram.

She was a milliner on own account at home [1901] / a milliner (employer) [1911].

She never married.

She died in Grange-over-Sands [14th February 1958].

Probate records show that she left an estate valued at £17,527 2/9d to Margaret Hodgson (spinster), and her brother Samuel

It is possible that Margaret Hodgson was Edith's full-time carer

Freeman, Edward
[1823-1893] Son of William Freeman.

Baptised 18th January 1824.

He was a wine & spirit merchant.

He never married.

He died in Huddersfield [31st October 1893].

He was buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [4th Nov 1893].

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £4,644 5/6d to his brother James Rhodes, Margaret Appleyard and John Henry Bell

Freeman, Edward
[1869-1941] Son of Joseph Laurence Freeman.

Born in Southowram.

He was a warehouseman [1901]. In 1901, he married Annie Elizabeth Eyre [1872-1950] from Sheffield, in Sheffield.

Children:

  1. Harold
  2. Stanley
  3. Lawrence [1905-1976]
  4. Gilbert

Freeman, Elizabeth
[1844-1925] Daughter of Job Freeman.

Born in Southowram.

She had an illegitimate daughter Rebecca Freeman whom she passed off as her niece.

In 1880, she married John Wadsworth who was 22 years older than she

Freeman, Ellis Lawrence
[1892-1972] Son of Frederick Freeman.

Born 1st June 1892.

He was a boot warehouseman [1923]. In 1923, he married Hilda May Mitton [1893-1986] in Halifax


Hilda May was the daughter of William Mitton
 

Children:

  1. Mavis [b 1931]

Freeman, Ernest
[1870-1938] Son of William Freeman.

Born in Southowram.

He was a cotton spinner [1901].

On 5th January 1901, he married Eliza Watson [1873-1???] in Halifax.


Eliza was the daughter of Ellen (née Cooper) [1843-1924] & Aaron Watson [1839-1912], a gas works labourer
 

The couple had no children

Freeman, Frederick
[1838-1908] Son of Joseph Freeman.

He was a rector [1869].

In 1869, he married Martha Hannah Radcliffe [1846-1927] in Settle.


Martha Hannah was born in Haslingden
 

Children:

  1. Mary Radcliffe [1870-1953]
  2. George Frederick Radcliffe [1874-1924]
  3. Reginald De Wyckersley [1881-1954] who died in Canada

Frederick died in Wickersley [3rd November 1908]

Freeman, Frederick
[1867-1917] Son of Joseph Laurence Freeman.

Born in Southowram.

He was a grocer [1889].

In 1889, he married Emily Whiteley in Halifax.


Emily was the daughter of Ellis Whiteley
 

Children:

  1. Hannah Rebecca [1890-1967] who married Lewis Redman
  2. Ellis Lawrence
  3. Marjorie 1904

Freeman, George
[1882-1947] Son of John Freeman.

Born in Southowram.

He was an accountant [1910].

In 1910, he married Annie Elizabeth Balls in Halifax.


Annie Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry Balls.
 

Children:

  1. John Gilbert [b 1914]
  2. Donald [b 1917] who was a commercial clerk [1972]

George died 26th September 1947

Freeman, Gilbert
[1908-1956] Son of Edward Freeman.

Born in Halifax.

In 1933, he married Annie Elizabeth Wilson in Halifax

Children:

  1. Pamela [b 1938]

Gilbert died in Leeds General infirmary [7th October 1956].

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £1,118 12/6d to Annie

Freeman, Hanson
[1817-1884] Of Brier Lodge, Southowram.

Son of Samuel Freeman.

Born in Southowram [28th Sep 1817].

He was a stone merchant [1858, 1861, 1863] / a land owner [1871].

He gave the organ to St Anne's in the Grove Church, Southowram.

On 24th January 1861, he married Mary Dunn [1831-1883] at Howden Parish Church.


Mary was the eldest daughter of Mary & Robert Dunn of Howden
 

They had no children.

They lived at Bilton Court, Harrogate [1871].

Living with them [in 1871] was niece Mary Elizabeth Hartley [aged 18].

In 1881, Mary Freeman [born in Howden, aged 59] was listed as a lunatic in an asylum in Bradford.

Mary died in Bedford [20th May 1883].

Probate records show that she left an estate valued at £1,665 9/10d to Hanson.

Hanson died in Knaresborough [24th May 1884].

He was buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram.

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £142,303 2/6d to his two nephews Rev George Edward Aspinall & Walter Freeman.

See James Sunderland

Freeman, Harold
[1902-1929] Son of Edward Freeman.

Born in Halifax [24th November 1902].

In 1929, he married Ethel Maud Kendall [1904-1994] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Dorothy [b 1930]
  2. Donald [b 1932]

Freeman, Henry
[1822-1865] Son of Samuel Freeman.

Born 18th January 1822.

He was a stone merchant [1858, 1889].

In [Q2] 1850, he married Jane Hoyle [1826-1892] in Haslingden, Lancashire.


Jane was born in Haslingden, the daughter of Henry Hoyle, yeoman
 

Children:

  1. twins Mary [b 1851]
  2. Margaret Matilda [1851-21st April 1865] who left an estate of £8000 to her mother
  3. Edith Annie [1855-1910] who married her cousin Walter Freeman
  4. Samuel [1861] who died aged 5 days

The family lived at

Henry died at Grove House, Southowram [2nd January 1865].

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £35,000 to Jane

The widowed Jane was living at Brier Lodge, Southowram [1891].

Jane died at Brier Lodge, Southowram [30th December 1892].

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram

Probate records show that she left an estate valued at £36,666 0/6d to Rev George Edward Aspinall & Walter Freeman

Freeman, James
[1773-1840] Son of William Freeman.

Born in Elland.

He was a farmer [1802].

On 1st November 1802, he married Bertha Haley [1778-18??] in Halifax.


Bertha was born in Northowram
 

Children:

  1. Joseph
  2. Mary [1804-1870] who never married
  3. James
  4. Ellen [b 1809] who married Jonas Sowden

James died 21st January 1840.

He was buried at Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram

Freeman, James
[1790-1840] Son of Lawrence Freeman.

Born in Elland.

In 1809, he married Elizabeth Rhodes [1791-1853] in Halifax.


Elizabeth was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. William
  2. Samuel [1815-1817]
  3. Hannah [b  1817]
  4. child
  5. Caroline [1822-1852] who never married
  6. child

Some of the children were born at Cromwell Bottom.

The family lived at

  • Cromwell Bottom [1815, 1817, 1822 1841]
  • Brunswick Street, Halifax [1851]

Living with the widowed Elizabeth (annuitant) in 1851 was granddaughter Fanny [b 1844].

Members of the family were buried at Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram

Freeman, James
[1806-1883] Son of James Freeman.

Born in Southowram [3rd September 1806].

Baptised in October 1806.

He was a worsted manufacturer [1827] / a farmer [1841] / a farmer of 40 acres with 2 men [1851] / a farmer of 38 acres with 2 men [1861] / a farmer of 40 acres [1871] / a retired farmer [1881]

On 1st September 1827, he married Mary Clark [1807-1870] at Bradford Cathedral.


Mary was born 5th May 1807
 

Children:

  1. Charles Clark [22nd September 1828-9th October 1833] who was buried at Coley [October 1833]
  2. Henry [b 27th April 1830]
  3. Alfred
  4. Maria [8th December 1833-1906] who married (1) Dr William Ellis and (2) Junius Hardwick
  5. Joseph Clark [b 25th September 1835]
  6. Charlotte Sophia [2nd October 1837-1900] who married James Stuart Wortley Whitehead
  7. Emma [24th August 1840-1922] who married Alfred Sykes
  8. Mark [b 14th October 1843]
  9. Ellen [b 17th January 1846]

The family lived at

  • Scout Hall [1841, 1851, 1861, 1868, 1871]
  • New Kell, Northowram [1881]

Members of the family were buried at Coley Church

Freeman, James Rhodes
[1826-1906] Son of William Freeman.

Born in Southowram.

Baptised 22nd January 1826.

He was a draper [1855] / a linen draper employing 7 hands [1861] / a retired draper [1871, 1891] / living on own means [1901]

In 1855, he married Mary Newell [1834-1904] in Halifax.


Mary was born in Luddenden
 

Children:

  1. Agnes [b 1856] who married [25th October 1898] Lieut. Col. Charles Armstrong (widower of Prospect View, Ilkley son of John Armstrong, gentleman) 
  2. Alice Mary [b 1858]

The family lived at

  • Market Place, Heckmondwike [1861]
  • Ilkley [1871]
  • Tivoli Place, Ilkley [1881, 1891]
  • 2 Tivoli Place, Ilkley [1901]

Living with them [in 1861] were 3 apprentices.

Mary died in Ilkley [11th August 1904] Probate records show that she left effects valued at £2,584 15/4d to husband James & daughter Agnes.

James died in Ilkley [6th May 1906] Probate records show that he left effects valued at £8,158 10/-.

Probate was granted to his widowed daughter Agnes Armstrong

Freeman, James William
[1882-1945] Son of Moses Freeman.

Born in Halifax.

He was a boiler plater [1909].

On 29th December 1909, he married Sarah Jane Clark in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Willie [b 1910]
  2. John [b 1919]
  3. Mary [b 1923]

The family lived at 3 Exley Bank, Halifax [1945].

He died in Halifax [28th January 1945].

He was buried at Christ Church, Pellon [31st January 1945]

Freeman, Job
[1810-1875] Son of William Freeman.

Born at Cromwellbottom.

He was a delver [1841] / chapel keeper at Southowram Wesleyan Chapel [1845] / a worsted mill manager [1851] / Registrar of Births and Deaths for Southowram [1865, 1871, 1874] / a road surveyor [1871] / a local preacher [1871].

On 29th March 1837, he married Amelia Rayner [1812-1880].


Amelia came from Southowram
 

Children:

  1. Rachel
  2. Joseph
  3. Josiah
  4. Elizabeth
  5. William
  6. John
  7. Samuel [1852-1872] who was an apprentice joiner

The family lived at

Job died in Southowram [13th September 1875].

He was buried at Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram.

In 1876, the Trustees of Southowram Wesleyan Chapel agreed to have

a Memorial Organ erected in the Chapel to commemorate the Christian character and valuable service rendered to the Church by the late Mr Job Freeman

The organ was bought by the steward and friends at a cost of £90 and opened on 25th April 1876

Freeman, John
[1754-1???] Son of Joseph Freeman.

Born in Elland.

He was a butcher [1777].

On 16th June 1777, he married Betty Priestley in Halifax.


Betty was born Southowram
 

John died in Fixby.

He was buried at Elland Parish Church [6th October 1824]

Freeman, John
[1847-1895] Son of Job Freeman.

Born in Southowram.

He was a quarryman [1871] / a stone flag facer [1873].

In 1873, he married Eliza Jane Taylor in Halifax.


Eliza Jane was the daughter of Joseph Taylor
 

Children:

  1. Helena [1876-1953] who married Frank Shaw
  2. Sarah [1879-1962] who never married and left an estate valued at £1,463 13/0d to her nephew commercial clerk Donald Freeman
  3. George

Freeman, John
[1876-1962] Son of John Joseph Freeman.

Born in Leeds.

He was a bacteriologist [1908].

In 1908, he married Violet Alice Leslie Hadden [1882-1972] in Shepperton.


Violet Alice was born in Aberdeen
 

Children:

  1. John M [b 1909]
  2. Richard [b 1911]
  3. Tristram [b 1924]

John died in Marylebone [18th January 1962]

Freeman, John Joseph
[1851-1937] BA.

Son of Joseph Freeman.

Born in Paddington.

He was a law student [1871] / a stock broker

On 30th March 1875, he married Helen Caroline Field [1853-1906] at St James's, Paddington.


Helen Caroline was born in Paddington
 

Children:

  1. John
  2. Helen Beatrice [b 1877] who married George Anderson Stebbing
  3. Edith Mary [1879-1949] who married Charles Lewis Evans
  4. Dorothea Joan [1880-1967] who married Norman Donaldson
  5. Ethel Gillian 1881
  6. Cecil Margaret 1884
  7. Zoe Sophia [1887-1973] who never married
  8. Phyllis Juliet [1890-1965] who never married
  9. Tristram

He died in Shepperton, Surrey [2nd August 1937]

Freeman, Joseph
[1712-1777] Born in Fixby.

On 31st August 1740, he married Eleanor (EllenIngham [1718-1797] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Mary [b 1741]
  2. Joseph [b 1743]
  3. William
  4. Sarah [b 1749]
  5. Lawrence
  6. John

He was buried at Elland Parish Church [13th August 1777]

Freeman, Joseph
[18??-19??] On 23rd Dec 1889, he married Ellen Riley in Halifax.


Ellen was the daughter of
George Riley
 

Children:

  1. John [b 1889]
  2. Norman [b 1890]
  3. Elsie May [b 1893]
  4. Edith Alice [b 1898]
  5. Fred [b 1900]

Freeman, Joseph
[1802-1???] Son of James Freeman.

Baptised at [12th September 1802]

He was a tanner [1824].

On 10th February 1824, Rachael Sowden in Halifax.


Rachael was the daughter of Samuel Sowden
 

Children:

  1. Harriet [1827-1881] who never married
  2. Emma 1830
  3. Samuel Sowden
  4. Joseph Haley [1836-1918]
  5. Frederick
  6. Sophia [1841-1898] who never married

The children were all born in Horton, Bradford

Freeman, Joseph
[1815-1895] Son of William Freeman.

Born 14th May 1815.

Baptised 17th April 1815.

He was a stone merchant [1839].

On 29th May 1839, he married Elizabeth Letitia Burt [1818-1889] in Swanage


Elizabeth Letitia was born in Swanage
 

Children:

  1. Susanna [b 1842]
  2. Letitia Mary [1845-1918] who married William Paton
  3. Alice [b 1847]
  4. William Robert [b 1849] who was a stone merchant [1871]
  5. John Joseph
  6. Ellen Maria [b 1852]
  7. Charles [b 1854]
  8. Russell George
  9. Ernest [1864] who died aged 2 months

The family lived at

  • 62 Cambridge Terrace, Paddington, London [1851]
  • 15 Radnor Place, Paddington [1861, 1871, 1881, 1891]

Living with them [in 1871] was niece Emma Burt [b 1849].

Living with the widowed Joseph in 1891 was granddaughter Elizabeth A. Dunn [b 1867]

Joseph died in Tunbridge Wells [25th December 1895]

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £242,202 6/3d. to sons William Robert & John Joseph

Freeman, Joseph Laurence
[1841-1870] Son of Job Freeman.

He was a domestic coachman [1866].

In 1866, he married Rebecca Bates [1839-1871] from Southowram, in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Frederick
  2. Edward

Freeman, Josiah
[1842-1929] Son of Job Freeman.

Born in Southowram.

He was a tea dealer's assistant [1871], a tea warehouseman [1881], a coffee roaster [1891], a tea/coffee merchant's assistant [1901], a coffee roaster [1911], and a tea warehouseman/coffee roaster [1929]

On 14th Jun 1871, he married Martha Garforth [1841-1913] in Halifax.


Martha was the daughter of Elizabeth (née Birtwhistle) [1805-1871] & Thomas Garforth [1798-1863], a gardener.

Martha had been in service since she was 11 years old to the day she married Josiah

 

Children:

  1. Sarah Elizabeth [b 1872] who was an elementary teacher [1891], an assistant schoolmistress [1901]
  2. Samuel
  3. Thomas Henry
  4. Edith Emma
  5. Willie Josiah

The family lived at

  • East View, Southowram [1881]
  • 5 Merrion Street, Southowram [1891]
  • 23 Woodbine Terrace, King Cross Road, Halifax [1901, 1911]

Living with them [in 1881] were nephew Edward Freeman [b 1870] and boarder Sally A. Clarkson [b 1862] (assistant teacher).

Living with them in 1891 was nephew Edward Freeman [b 1870].

Living with them in 1901 was nephew Edward Freeman [b 1870] (provision merchant).

Martha died 28th March 1913.

Josiah died 10th October 1929

Freeman, Lawrence
[1???-1???] Son of Joseph Freeman.

Baptised at Elland Parish Church [10th June 1750].

He was a delver [1771].

On 16th December 1771, he married Ellen Micklewhite [1750-1839] at Elland Parish Church.


Ellen was born in Elland
 

Children:

  1. John [b 1774]
  2. Sarah [b 1777]
  3. Martha [b 1779] who married Luke Settle
  4. Benjamin [1782] who died in infancy
  5. Eleanor [b 1784] who married Mark Settle
  6. Joseph [1786-1787]
  7. William
  8. James
  9. Mark [1797] who died in infancy

Lawrence died in Southowram [1819].

He was buried at Elland Parish Church [31st December 1819]

Freeman, Margaret Matilda
[1815-1874] Daughter of Samuel Freeman.

Born 12th October 1815.

She never married;

She died at West House, Elland [20th January 1874] (aged 58).

Probate records show that she left an estate valued at under £4,000 to her younger brother Hanson

Freeman, Moses
[1849-1919] Born in Colidle.

He married Caroline Buffett [1859-1910].

Children:

  1. James William

The family lived at 18 Back Brinton Terrace, Halifax [1919].

The couple were buried at Christ Church, Pellon

Freeman, Philip Garforth
[1907-1995] Son of Thomas Henry Freeman.

Born in Derby [25th August 1907].

He was an architect.

Recorded in 1959, when he was mentioned in the will of his uncle Samuel Freeman.

He died in Falmouth [1995]

Freeman, Rachel
[1839-1904] Daughter of Job Freeman.

Born 9th January 1839.

She worked as a servant (possibly) for her cousin Eliza Wood née Freeman [1871-1891].

She married Abraham Nettleton who was 19 years her senior.

Rachel died at 26 Park View, Halifax [26th March 1904] Probate records show that she left an estate valued at £20 to her daughter Amelia Ann, and her brother Josiah

Freeman, Rebecca
[1871-1926] Illegitimate daughter of Elizabeth Freeman.

Born in Southowram.

Elizabeth passed Rebecca off as her niece.

Rebecca was a worsted twister [1897] and married Squire Chadwick

Freeman, Russell George
[1862-1893] Son of Joseph Freeman.

Born in Paddington [11th January 1862].

He never married.

He died in Canada [5th September 1893].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £1,171 18/2d to his father

Freeman, Samuel
[1786-1858] Son of William Freeman.

A member of the Freeman family.

Born in Southowram.

He was a member of a Committee supporting those affected by the Luddites [1813] / a stone merchant [1841] / a stone quarrier & farmer (employing workers).

On 19th October 1809, he married Mary Ann Hanson [1788-1858] at Elland Parish Church.


Mary Ann was born in the City of London and lived in Rastrick
 

Children:

  1. Ann [1812-1864] who married (1) John Hargrave Jackson & (2) George Anderton
  2. Sarah Elizabeth [1813-1887] who married Edward Aspinall
  3. Margaret Matilda
  4. Hanson
  5. Samuel
  6. Henry
  7. Alfred
  8. Charlotte
  9. Frances [1829-1890] who married William Wightman

The family lived at

The couple died at Brier Lodge: Samuel [19th May 1858]; Mary Ann (16 days later) [5th June 1858].

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram.

Probate records show that Samuel left an estate valued at under £120,000.

Probate records show that Mary Ann left effects valued at under £800, and administration was granted to sons Hanson Freeman and Henry Freeman.

In 1861, the unmarried sisters, Margaret Matilda and Frances – both shown as Proprietress of Land and Homes and Fund Holder – were at 7 Harrison Road, Halifax

Freeman, Samuel
[1820-1871] Son of Samuel Freeman.

Born 23rd August 1820.

He was an accountant [1860].

On 30th August 1860, he married Hannah in Halifax.


Hannah was the daughter of Thomas Chambers and widow of Mr Fearnley
 

The couple had no children.

He died in Huddersfield [24th November 1871].

He was buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram

Freeman, Samuel
[1874-1959] Son of Josiah Freeman.

Born in Southowram.

Baptised 20th September 1874.

He was a junior clerk [1891] / a solicitor's articled clerk [1901] / a solicitor in Halifax [1909]. He qualified in November 1902.

He took over the practice of John Corrin Bell at Town Hall Chambers, Sowerby Bridge and at Southowram [1905].

He was at Imperial Chambers, Halifax [1934]

On 25th Nov 1909, he married Harriet Edith Eastwood [1871-1951] from Luddenden at St Pauls King Cross.


Harriet Edith was the daughter of Samuel Eastwood
 

They had no children.

Samuel died in Halifax [16th February 1959].

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £11,769 7/- to Margaret Hodgson (spinster)  and his nephew Philip Garforth Freeman (architect) 

Freeman, Samuel Sowden
[1833-1905] Son of Joseph Freeman.

He was a machine broker [1855].

On 2nd May 1855, he married Sarah Rhodes [1833-1899] in Manningham.


Sarah was born in Bradford
 

Children:

  1. James [b 1856]
  2. Tom Rhodes [b 1858]
  3. Rachel Sowden [b 1864]

The children were all born Bradford

Samuel died in Bradford [31st May 1905]

Freeman, Stanley
[1904-1975] Son of Edward Freeman.

Born in Halifax [21st July 1904].

On 2nd November 1930, he married Annie Elizabeth Baldwin in Halifax.


Annie Elizabeth was born in Durham
 

Children:

  1. Ann C [b 1939]
  2. Janet [b 1941]

Freeman, Thomas
[1819-1883] Son of William Freeman.

Born 20th April 1819.

Baptised 6th June 1819.

He was a draper [1848].

On 6th September 1848, he married Fanny Beech in Newington.

They had no children.

He died in Huddersfield.

He was buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [27th November 1883]

Freeman, Thomas
[1841-1902] Son of William Freeman.

Born in Southowram.

He was a grocer [1875, 1871, 1881] / a retired grocer [1891] / a lodging house keeper [1901]

On 24th June 1875, he married Mary Elizabeth Hemingway [1854-19??] at St Martin's Church, Brighouse.


Mary Elizabeth was the daughter of Abraham Hemingway, a carrier
 

Children:

  1. Kathleen [1876-1876]
  2. Lilian Gertrude [b 1877] who married [Q2 1898] either David Illingworth or Harry Herbert Hall
  3. Thomas Hemingway [b 1878]
  4. Kate Lucy [b 1880]
  5. twins Daisy [1882-1892]
  6. Violet [b 1882]
  7. William Benjamin [b 1885]
  8. Frederick James [b 1886]
  9. Rosie [1889-1893]
  10. Percy [b 1891]

The children were all born Brighouse.

The family lived at

  • 7 Briggate, Brighouse [1871, 1881]
  • Cliffe Road, Rastrick [1891]
  • 5/7 Cliffe Road, Rastrick [1901]

Thomas died in Brighouse [9th September 1902] Living with him [in 1871] was his sister Fanny Freeman [b  1845] housekeeper , and 2 apprentices John Warhurst [b 1855] and Samuel Baines [b 1856].

Living with them in 1881 were 2 apprentices Alfred Driver [b  1864] and Charles Haigh [b 1864]

Freeman, Thomas Henry
[1876-1949] Son of Josiah Freeman.

Born in Southowram.

Baptised 31st December 1876.

He was a pupil elementary teacher [1891] / an assistant teacher [1905].

In 1905, he married Emma Holstead [1877-1956] in Halifax


Emma was the daughter of Edwin Holstead
 

Children:

  1. Philip Garforth

Thomas Henry died in Eastbourne [22nd July 1949].

Emma died in Paddington General Hospital [24th February 1956]

Freeman, Tristram
[1891-1915] Son of John Joseph Freeman.

Born in Shepperton.

During World War I, he served as a Lieutenant with C Company 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment.

He died in Flanders [12th March 1915].

He was buried at the Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, Belgium

Freeman, Walter
[1856-1931] JP.

Son of Alfred Freeman.

Born in Southowram [13th October 1856].

Baptised in Brighouse [18th January 1857].

He was educated privately and at Trinity Hall Cambridge / Justice of the Peace for the West Riding [1888] / member of the West Riding County Council (Knaresborough) [1894] / director of Knaresborough & Claro Banking Company / living on own means [1901].

On 30th September 1884, he married (1) Mary Dunn [18??-1885] in Clifton Church, York.


Mary was born in Howden, the daughter of John Dunn of Howden
 

Children:

  1. Margaret Hanson [1885-1965]

Mary died of consumption [1885].

On 1st August 1889, he married (2) Edith Annie Freeman at St Anne's Church, Southowram.


Edith Annie was the daughter of Henry Freeman and Walter's cousin
 

Children:

  1. son [1890] who was stillborn
  2. Walter Hanson
  3. Henry [1893-1955] who was a solicitor [1931]
  4. Mary [b 1897] who married [1922] Rev A. L. E. Williams

The family lived at Bilton Court, Harrogate [1885, 1901, 1930].

Edith Annie died in Knaresborough [22nd September 1910].

Probate records show that she left an estate valued at £110,230 12/2d to her husband Walter & Rev George Edward Aspinall.

Walter died in Harrogate [24th April 1931].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £314,629 5/1d to sons Walter Hanson and Henry

Freeman, Walter Hanson
[1891-1949] Son of Walter Freeman.

He was a solicitor [1931].

In [Q4] 1927, he married Dr Mary Russell [18??-1937] in Sheffield.

Children:

  1. Anne [b 1928]

Mary died in Cheltenham [1937]

Freeman, William
[17??-18??] He married Hannah [17??-1???].

Children:

  1. Job

Freeman, William
[1744-1819] Son of Joseph Freeman.

Born in Elland.

He was a delver [1768].

On 23rd May 1768, he married Alice Walker [1744-1813] at Elland Parish Church.


Alice was born in Elland
 

Children:

  1. Eleanor / Ellen [1769-1929] who married Thomas Pearson
  2. Joseph [bapt 1770]
  3. William
  4. James
  5. Alice [1775-1808] who married Jonathan Richardson
  6. Mark [bapt 1782]
  7. Susanna [b 1785]
  8. Samuel
  9. Benjamin

William died in Southowram [5th February 1810].

The couple were buried at Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram

Freeman, William
[1771-1837] Son of William Freeman.

Born in Fixby.

Baptised at Elland Parish Church [10th November 1771].

He was a farmer [1804] / one of the trustees of Sir William Staines's School

On 25th August 1804, he married Mary Rhodes [1783-1857] at Southowram.


Mary was born in Southowram
 

Children:

  1. Elizabeth [b 1805]
  2. Ellen [b 1806]
  3. Mary [b 1807]
  4. William [b 1809]
  5. Alice [b 1811]
  6. John [b 1813]
  7. Joseph
  8. Benjamin
  9. Thomas
  10. Anna Maria
  11. Edward
  12. James Rhodes

The children were all baptised at St Anne's Church, Southowram.

William died at Brookfoot.

William & Mary were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram: William [26th October 1837]

Freeman, William
[1788-1837] Son of Lawrence Freeman.

Born in Southowram.

He was a delver 1809.

On 10th August 1809, he married Hannah Schofield [1791-1814] at Southowram.


Hannah was born in Hipperholme
 

Children:

  1. Job
  2. Rachel [1812-1814]

Hannah was buried at Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram [21st March 1814].

William died in Halifax [1837]

Freeman, William
[1812-1877] Son of James Freeman.

Born in Southowram [6th December 1812].

He was a farmer [1837] / an innkeeper of Salterhebble [1839] / a farmer [1841] / a farm servant [1851].


Question: Does anyone know which inn this may have been?

 

On 12th April 1837, he married (1) Martha Pollard [1811-1839] in Bradford Cathedral


Martha was born in Bradford
 

Children:

  1. Elizabeth Ann [b 1838]
  2. George Rhodes [b 1839]

Martha died after the birth of her son.

On 3rd November 1840, he married (2) Ann Holden [1812-1879] in Halifax.


Ann was born in Ovenden
 

Children:

  1. Thomas
  2. James [b 1842]
  3. Frances (Fanny) [b 1844] who married David Taylor
  4. Jane [b 1846]
  5. Frederick [b 1847]
  6. Lucy [b 1850]
  7. Caroline [b 1852]
  8. Emily [b 1855]

The family lived at

  • Exley [1841]
  • Valley Top, Southowram [1851]

William and Ann and many of their children emigrated to New Zealand.

The couple died in Otago, New Zealand: William [14th September 1877]; Ann [27th November 1879]

Freeman, William
[1845-1918] Son of Job Freeman.

He was an accountant [1867].

On 4th September 1867, he married Emma Jane Clegg in Halifax.


Emma Jane was born in Southowram, the daughter of William Clegg
 

Children:

  1. Charles [1868-1896] who was a tapestry weaver and never married
  2. Ernest
  3. William Job
  4. Wilson
  5. Evelyn [1877-1908] who was a blacksmith's striker and never married
  6. Sarah Amelia [1884-1975] who married Harry Stainsby
  7. Lily [1889-1963] who never married and moved to Cleveland where she died

Freeman, William Job
[1873-1958] Son of William Freeman.

Born in Southowram.

He was an electrician.

In 1902, he married Harriet Helliwell [1862-1940] in Halifax.


Harriet was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Laura [1902-1941] who married Ernest Berry

The family lived at 22 Woodhead Terrace, Halifax [1958].

Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Pellon: Harriet [13th July 1940]; Laura [4th July 1941].

William Job died in St John's Hospital, Halifax [18th January 1958] Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £186 16/9d to Harold Ibbotson Bates (master joiner) 

Freeman, Willie Josiah
[1881-1957] Son of Josiah Freeman.

Born in Southowram.

Baptised 31st October 1881.

He was an architect's pupil [1901].

He never married.

He died in Easterbrooke Nursing Home, Reading [24th March 1957].

Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £16,604 0/6d to his brother Samuel

Freeman, Wilson
[1874-1923] Son of William Freeman.

Born in Southowram.

He was a cotton twiner [1902].

On 25th October 1902, he married Mary Ann White at St Augustine's, Halifax.


Mary Ann was the daughter of Alfred White
 

Children:

  1. Cyril [b 1907]

 

The Freeman family of Southowram
They were influential in the local stone quarrying business.

They constructed Freeman's Cut, and had a facility at Brookfoot Wharf where barges were loaded for passage to the Humber.

They also had an office and merchant's stone yard on the Thames to receive stone, not just from Southowram, but from Portland to serve the growing London market.

Members of the family included

There was a branch of the family at Knaresborough

See Freeman's Mills, Brookfoot, Freeman Road, Southowram, Freeman's Bridge, Brighouse, Freeman's Estate, Brighouse, Freeman's Lodging House, Brighouse and Freeman's Wood, Brighouse

Freeman surname
There are over 60 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Freeman, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.

Unattached BMDs for Freeman:


Marriages 1811, 1919
 




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