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He married Unknown.
Children:
In 1920, he married Noel Lindsay Swire from Shrewsbury
He was
a yeoman /
an overseer and tutor.
He was recorded as Abraham of Howroyd.
His will shows that he owned lands at Dean, Howroyd and
Swineshead.
In 1655, he married Grace Wilkinson.
Children:
He died at Middle Swineshead.
He was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden
He married Unknown.
Children:
Son of Nicholas Fielden.
He married Elizabeth Fielden from Bottomley.
Children:
He was a yeoman.
In 1698, he married Susan Fielden [16??-1708].
Children:
In 1711, he married Mary Wardle.
Children:
The family lived at Knowltop Farm, Walsden.
He died at Knowltop.
He was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden
He died without issue
Born at Bottomley.
In 1735, he married (1) Mary Merrick [17??-1750].
In 1757, he married (2) Elizabeth Moss [17??-1774].
He went to work with his uncle John Fielden at Todmorden Hall.
After the deaths of his uncle and his aunt, their property and
business passed to Abraham
He married Mary [1764-1828].
He died at Knowlwood Bottom [2nd December 1840].
The couple were buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden
Born in Walsden.
He was
a stone cutter,
a stone mason [1841],
and
a farmer of 30 acres employing 2 lab [1851]
He married Sarah/Sally Howorth? [1812-1???].
Children:
Question:
The families of this man and of Abraham Fielden look very
much alike.
Can anyone clarify any confusion here?
The family lived at
He died at Higher Woodfield Farm, Todmorden where he farmed 30
acres.
He was buried at Christ Church, Todmorden
He was
a weaver /
a beerhouse keeper /
a shopkeeper /
a grocer /
landlord at the Dusty Miller, Walsden [1837, 1856] which he took over from Samuel Crossley who had married Abraham's cousin Sally Fielden
His brother-in-law, Abraham Law, husband of his late
sister Susan, ran the Cloggers' Arms beerhouse next door.
He married Betty Crossley.
Children:
He was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden
After his death, the Dusty Miller was taken over by his
nephew Samuel Fielden
He was
a stone mason /
a farmer /
balloted for the Militia [March 1827]
In 1828, he married Sally Howarth.
Children:
Question:
The families of this man and of Abraham Fielden look very
much alike.
Can anyone clarify any confusion here?
The family lived at Scout Top Farm, Walsden.
In 1836, he built 2 cottages at the bottom of Scout Meadow and moved
downhill.
By 1851 he had moved to New Barn Farm on Todmorden Edge, farming 30
acres
Son of Enoch Fielden.
He was a foreman at Fielden Brothers and worked there all his life.
He was a Chartist, an active Radical and a local thinker.
In 1836, he married (1) Alice Jackson [18??-1859].
Children:
In 1866, he married (2) Grace Stevenson.
They had no children.
He died at Burnley.
Alice and Abraham were buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden.
His son, Sam, wrote an autobiography which contained details
of his father's life
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 16th Battalion
Lancashire Fusiliers.
He died 28th February 1918 (aged 22).
He was buried at the Canada Farm Cemetery [III G 7].
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
She married Henry Brocklehurst.
Both Ann and her husband died in 1870.
After their deaths, their 2 youngest
children – Ernest and
Constance – were fostered by John and
his wife, Ruth
In 1764, she married Simeon Lord
Son of Nicholas Fielden
He was
a member of Lanebottom Wesleyan Methodist Church, Walsden & Sunday School /
employed by Robert Fielden & Sons.
He lived at Top o' th' Close, Walsden.
During World War I,
he enlisted in Todmorden, and
served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Highland Light Infantry.
He died of wounds at No.11 Stationary Hospital [7th April 1918].
He was buried at the St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen [P IX F 1A].
He is remembered on Todmorden War Memorial
On Tuesday 1st August 1848, the Manchester Times & Gazette
reported
On Saturday last, Mr Clark, Deputy Coroner of Rochdale, and a
respectable jury, held an inquest on the remains of a boy, BARKER
FIELDEN, son of George Fielden of Clough, at the house
of Mr James Pearson of Hollins.
It appeared that on Thursday last, Mr James Hardman, a surgeon
of Todmorden, was called to visit a patient and while doing so he had
engaged a boy to hold his horse.
The deceased, a boy of from 6 to 7 years of age, was playing at the
time and came behind the horse who gave him a kick on the bottom of
his belly.
He lingered until Friday morning in great agony, when he then died.
The jury found a verdict of Accidentally killed.
A rather curious affair happened during the time Mr Clark was
writing down the depositions; no less than three of the jurors fell
asleep;
a fault Mr Clark punished by a fine on each slumberer
He was an early member of the Fielden family of Todmorden
He married Unknown.
Children:
He had an illegitimate son, Nicholas
Son of Nicholas Fielden.
He married Martha
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered on the Roll of Honour at Patmos Congregational Chapel, Todmorden
In 1888, she married Sir John Mackintosh MacLeod Bt
[1857-1934], son of Rev Normal MacLeod.
Children:
He and his brother Robert ran the family business,
Lord Fielden & Son Limited at Salford Mill, Todmorden
Second son of Joshua Fielden.
He was
Chairman of Fielden Brothers [1889-1939] /
Conservative MP for the Middleton Division /
High Sheriff of Shropshire [1911]
By the will of his uncle John Fielden, he acquired much
property, including
Dobroyd Castle
and
the Fielden Coffee Tavern, Todmorden.
In 1884, he married Mary Ellen Knowles, at Northwich.
Children:
Several including
The family lived at
The couple were buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden
She married Abraham Fielden
Son of Samuel Fielden.
In 1799, he married Betty Fielden.
Children:
Question:
Can anyone resolve the question of his parentage?
Born in Walsden.
He was
a factory hand [1861] /
a weaver cotton [1871] /
a drysalter [1881] /
a quarryman [1881, 1887] /
quarryman & publican at the Bird-i-th-Hand, Warland [1891].
In 1881, he married (1) Betsy Hannah [18??-1885] at Walsden
Parish Church.
Betsy died in 1885.
She was buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden
In 1887, he married (2) Mary Jane Pickles, at Walsden Parish
Church.
Children:
He was educated at the University of Mining (now the Imperial College
London).
He became an official in the Patent Office in London.
He married Edith Emma Siddall from Bridlington [1913].
Children:
The family lived at St Albans, Hertfordshire
In [Q3] 1888, he married Annie Haigh in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at Claremont Place, Todmorden [1915].
Fred died 17th June 1915.
Anne died 1st August 1920.
Members of the family were buried at Steep Lane Baptist Chapel, Sowerby
He married (1) Alice.
Alice died in childbirth [1890].
In 1919, he married (2) Alice.
Alice was landlady at the Bird-i-th-Hand, Warland.
Fred took over at the pub [1922].
Children:
After Fred's death, Alice carried on at the
Bird-i-th-Hand until her own death in 1935.
After Alice's death, James took over at
the Bird-i-th-Hand
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 6th Battalion
Lancashire Fusiliers.
He died 21st March 1918 (aged 27).
He was buried at the Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension [V O 22].
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
He was a railway worker.
He was
Mayor of Todmorden [1951-1952]
Born in Ovenden.
In [Q1] 1911, he married Catherine Canning [1888-1967] in Halifax.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 10th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died of wounds in the UK [6th September 1918].
He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery
[K C 660].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
Born in Bradford.
He was
employed by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank Limited in Todmorden /
a civil servant [1914].
During World War I,
he enlisted with the Inns of Court Regiment [June 1915], then
he served as a 2nd Lieutenant
with the 9th Battalion
King's Own (Royal Regiment Lancaster).
He died in Salonika of blood poisoning after an insect bite on his face [18th July 1917] (aged 23).
He was buried at the Sarigol Military Cemetery, Kriston [D 657].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Rhodes Street Wesleyan Chapel
She married Joseph Whalley
During World War II,
he served with the Royal Armoured Corps.
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
Of Todmorden.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 26th November 1917 (aged 23).
He is remembered on the Cambrai Memorial [6 & 7],
and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
Of Todmorden.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 13th Battalion
York & Lancaster Regiment.
He died 10th November 1918 (aged 21).
He is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial [8],
and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
He married Sarah Gledhill [1730-1798].
Children:
After his death, Sarah married James Beard.
He was buried at Elland Parish Church
[20th June 1762] with Sarah and her Beard family
He was Manager of the Queens Road Branch of the Halifax Joint Stock Banking Company Limited
Born in Walsden.
He was
a picker maker [1861, 1871, 1881] /
a picker manufacturer [1901] /
picker manufacturer at Clough Mill, Walsden [1905] /
a picker manufacturer [1911].
He married Unknown.
The family lived at
During World War II,
he served as a Private
with the Royal Army Service Corps.
He died 3rd March 1946 (aged 18).
He is remembered at Rochdale Crematorium [Panel 3],
and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
produced by the Todmorden Flour Mill Society at Gauxholme Corn Mill
Son of Mr Fielden.
He married Cisley.
Children:
Recorded in 1561.
He was dead by 1594
He married Isabel [15??-1610].
Children:
He married Agnes.
After the death of his mother Alice, James took over at
the Bird-i-th-Hand, Warland.
He and Agnes ran the pub until 1957.
Children:
William took over at Bird-i-th-Hand
He was a handloom weaver and a farmer.
He married Hannah Law.
Children:
He married Unknown.
Children:
He married Unknown.
Children:
They had no children.
He lived at Dobroyd Castle.
He died suddenly.
He went to bed in good health, but was found dead by his wife shortly
afterwards.
He had been suffering from heart disease.
The couple were buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden.
See
Thomas Gaukroger and
Todmorden & Walsden Select Vestry [1838]
He became a picker maker.
He is credited with having made the first hand picker with a bit of
flat wood and the ends of hide for runners.
In the 1820s, he and his nephew William Holt were credited
with manufacturing a machine-compressed leather picker,
In the 1840s, he rented space at Clough Mill, Walsden.
James, his brother Robert, and
nephew William Holt, produced pickers at Clough Mill and Inchfield Picker Works
He married Susan Sutcliffe.
Children:
He was
a stone cutter [1841] /
a farm labourer [1851, 1861] /
landlord of the Black Bull, Gauxholme [1871]
He married Mary Hollows [1814-1889] born in Watty, Lancashire.
Mary was a cotton weaver [1841].
Children:
The family lived at Speakedge, Todmorden & Walsden [1841, 1851, 1861].
Living with them [in 1851] was lodger James Lord [aged 27]
(farm labourer).
Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Todmorden
Born in Walsden.
He was
a farmer [1841] /
a farmer & owner of 22 acres [1851].
He inherited property at Higher Allescholes.
He never married.
He had 2 illegitimate
children:
He lived at Allescholes, Todmorden & Walsden [1841, 1851].
Living with him [in 1841] were his widowed brother
Samuel and his daughter Mary, John
Fielden [aged 45] (ag.lab), Hannah Baron [aged 70]
(independent), and Mary Cryer [aged 15] (female servant)
Living with him in 1841 were his widowed brother Samuel and
his daughter Mary, and 2 servants.
He died at Higher Allescholes.
He was buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden
She married James Ramsbotham.
Children:
The family lived at Crowborough, Sussex.
She died at the home of her son in London
He married Alice.
Children:
Recorded in 1586.
He married Unknown.
Children:
Son of Nicholas Fielden.
He was a yeoman of Hartley Royd.
He married (1) Unknown.
He married (2) a widow with at least 2 daughters: Agnes
and Janet.
John's children (mothers unknown):
His mother Christobel, daughter of John Stansfield,
originated from Hartley Royd, and John inherited the
property.
The family lived at Hartley Royd [where he died 1646].
Recorded in 1838, when
he was considered a proper person to be a Constable for the hamlet of Walsden
See
Todmorden & Walsden Select Vestry
He lived at Todmorden Hall.
He owned the New Inn, Todmorden.
In 1707, he married Tamar Halstead.
They had no children.
He established a flourishing business as a woollen clothier which
the couple ran from their home at Todmorden Hall.
His brother, Samuel, went to work with him.
After his and Tamar's deaths, the property and business passed
to his nephew, Abraham.
He left his farm at Allescholes to brothers
Thomas and Samuel Fielden
In 1640, he married Margaret Lord.
Children:
He lived at Hartley Royd, although his father left it to him
for his lifetime only, then it was to pass to his son
John.
He was a Quaker, and allowed Hartley Royd to be used for Quaker
gatherings, marriages etc.
John & Mary were buried at Shoebroad Quaker Burial Ground
He married Unknown.
Children:
He was a yeoman of Hartley Royd Farm in Stansfield.
He inherited Hartley Royd on the death of his father by virtue of the
will of his grandfather John Fielden.
In 1693, he married Mary Crossley.
Children:
He was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden
He was a yeoman householder of Hartley Royd Farm in Stansfield
which he inherited from his father.
Their names are engraved over the door of Hartley Royd.
John Fielden and his wife, Elizabeth AD 1724
He married Elizabeth Travis.
Children:
Born in Langfield.
Yeoman of Winterbutlee.
In 1728, he married Elizabeth Emmot.
Children:
Of Winterbutlee, Walsden.
He died at Winterbutlee.
He was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden
He was a stuff maker and farmer.
He married Dorothy Travis.
They had no children
Son of Samuel Fielden.
In 1766, he married Elizabeth Rhodes.
They had no children
In 1754, he married Mary Crossley.
Children:
The family lived at Warland Farm, Walsden [1799].
John & Mary were buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden
He married Mary Crossley.
Children:
The family lived at North Hollingworth Farm, Walsden.
Members of the family were buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden
Son of Samuel Fielden.
Born 14th September 1741.
Butcher, farmer and stuff-maker of Bottomley.
He established a Sunday School in his home.
In 1818, he gave land for the construction of Bottomley Lane Foot
Chapel.
He also gave the land for the school, on condition that he could send
1 scholar to the day school free of charge.
In 1764, he married Betty Wood [1741-1819].
Children:
Mentioned in Walsden families in Olden Times by John Travis
See
Bottomley Lane Foot Chapel
He made fustian at his home, putting-out tasks such as spinning,
weaving, warping and sizing to local people.
In 1785, he built Clough Mill on the land and went into
partnership as Fielden & Travis.
In 17??, he married (1) Martha.
In 17??, he married (2) Sally Wood.
He had 3 sons:
Samuel,
John
and
William.
They took over the business at Clough Mill
He married Hannah Fielden.
Children:
There was a large age gap between John and Hannah.
He was still fathering children into his 60s.
He was a farmer, shepherd and piece maker at Warland Farm, of which
he was initially the tenant.
He let part of his land to Robert Stevenson who opened
(Warland Quarry).
John built himself a small spinning mill – Warland Mill – on
his land and became a fustian manufacturer
He succeeded so well that he was able to purchase the Warland estate.
He was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden
with 2 of his children.
Hannah remained at Warland most of her long widowhood, she was
an annuitant.
She died at Top of All Farm, Walsden, the home of her married
daughter Mary and son-in-law John Haigh.
Hannah was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden
with members of the Haigh family
Born at Bottomley.
He was amongst the first group of trustees at Lanebottom Chapel
[1818].
He inherited Bottomley from his father [1822].
About 1807, he married (1) Betty [1757-1815] from Saddleworth.
Children:
About 1816, he married (2) Sally [1796-1823].
Children:
About 1824, he married (3) Hannah Crabtree.
Children:
In 1835, he sold the Bottomley farm estate and lands to
John Fielden, and went to live at Wadsworth Mill, Todmorden
so that his children might be nearer to where they worked.
He died at Wadsworth Mill.
He was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden
He was a farmer at Pighill Farm (all his life).
He married Betty.
Children:
He married (1) Betty [1771-1820].
Children:
He married (2) Jane.
He died at Pex House
Third son of Joshua Fielden.
Born at Millbrook House, Todmorden.
He began working in the family cotton business at Todmorden, and
went on to become a wealthy businessman, social reformer and
benefactor.
See
Fielden Society,
Fielden Monument and
Statue of John Fielden
Born at Clough Mill.
He was a cotton manufacturer at Clough Mill, Walsden.
After he and his brother Samuel died, their brother
William carried on the family business.
He married Susan Walton.
Children:
John was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden
with his grandfather.
After his death, his widow Susan continued to live at Clough
Mill with her young son.
Susan was buried at St Peter's Church, Walsden
Sarah/Sally came from Walsden
Sally was the daughter of Jeremiah Howarth
FATAL ACCIDENT
Sarah Jane was the daughter of Stansfield Gibson
Mary Ellen was the daughter of Thomas Knowles MP for
Wigan.
Her sister Martha married Thomas Fielden Edward Brocklehurst Fielden
Betty was the daughter of Thomas Fielden
Betsy Hannah was the widow of James Rogers Dawson
Mary Jane, from Burnley, was the daughter of mason Henry
Pickles
Annie was the daughter of Rev William Haigh
Alice was (possibly) Alice Sheldon who married Fred
Fielden in Todmorden [Q3 1890]
Alice was the daughter of James Bulcock, and widow of
Martin Jackson
with eating Gauxholme flour
Hannah daughter of John Law
the first picker suitable for using on power looms
Mary was the daughter of Anthony Crossley
John Fielden et Elizabeth Uxor ejus Ann: Dom. 1724
Elizabeth was the daughter of John Travis
Dorothy was the daughter of John Travis
Jane was the daughter of John Haigh, and widow
of Luke Hamer
Susan was the daughter of William Walton