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Mr Fielding [18??-18??]
Abraham Fielding [1790-1859]
Abraham Fielding [1824-1877]
Albert Fielding [1881-1948]
Anne Fielding [1842-1917]
Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding [1787-1855]
Benjamin Fielding [1820-1898]
C. Fielding [18??-18??]
Charles William Fielding [1831-1899]
Clay Fielding [1855-1890]
Clement Fielding [1800-1944]
Daniel Fielding [1827-1892]
David Fielding [1838-1912]
Eli Fielding [18??-19??]
Eli Fielding [1846-1913]
Eli Fielding [1865-1954]
Ellis Fielding [18??-18??]
Ely Fielding [16??-17??]
Ernest Fielding [1862-1888]
F. Thomas Fielding [1870-1918]
Fred Fielding [1864-1941]
Frederick Fielding [1???-19??]
Frederick Felix Ferdinand Raphael Fielding [1784-1853]
Frederick William Fielding [1852-1917]
George Fielding [17??-18??]
Harold Fielding [1889-1918]
Rev James Fielding [1793-18??]
James Fielding [1812-1870]
John Fielding [17??-18??]
John Fielding [1759-1836]
John Fielding [18??-19??]
John Fielding [1822-1896]
John Fielding [1830-1897]
John Fielding [1841-19??]
John Thomas Fielding [1889-1915]
John William Fielding [1862-1922]
Jonas Fielding [1788-1843]
Jonathan Fielding [1836-1886]
Joseph Fielding [1797-1863]
Joseph Fielding [18??-18??]
Joseph Fielding [1834-1???]
Mary Fielding [18??-18??]
Mary Fielding [1801-1852]
Mercy Rachel Fielding [1807-1893]
Nathan Theodore Fielding [1746-1819]
Newton Smith Limbird Fielding [1799-1856]
Percy Fielding [18??-19??]
Richard Fielding [1828-1905]
Richard Allen Fielding [1925-1945]
Robert Fielding [17??-1???]
Robert Fielding [18??-1877]
Sam Longbottom Fielding [1899-1921]
Samuel Fielding [18??-1???]
Samuel Fielding [18??-19??]
Samuel Fielding [1839-1917]
Samuel Fielding [1849-1???]
Samuel Balme Fielding [1872-1945]
Sutcliffe Fielding [18??-1???]
Thales Angelo Vernet Fielding [1793-1837]
Theodore Henry Adolphus Fielding [1781-1851]
Thomas Fielding [18??-18??]
Thomas Fielding [1870-1918]
Thompson Fielding [18??-19??]
Willie Fielding [1895-1917] 


The names Fielding and Fielden are often confused.

If the Fielding you seek is not here, please check the list of Fielden names

 


Fielding, Mr
[18??-18??] He married Emma [1851-19??]


Emma was born in Essex
 

Children:

  1. Albert
  2. Leonard [b 1884] who was a joiner's apprentice [1901]

The family lived at Road Side Rishworth [next to the Royal Hotel, Rishworth].

Emma was widowed by 1901

Fielding, Abraham
[1790-1859] He was bookkeeper / wharfinger / coal, lime and salt merchant of Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge.

In 18??, he married Mary Hollingrake.

Children:

  1. Joshua
  2. James
  3. Jonathan Hollingrake [b 1814]
  4. Mary Ann [1816-1887] who was a dressmaker [1840] and married William Fox
  5. Emma [b 1820]
  6. Thomas [b 1822] who married Elizabeth
  7. Abraham
  8. Amelia [b 1826] who married [1850] Joseph Hirst
  9. Charles William

Fielding, Abraham
[1824-1877] Of Warley.

Son of Abraham Fielding.

He was a commercial traveller, coal merchant and drysalter.

On 19th July 1849, he married (1) Emma Dyson at Halifax Parish Church.


Emma was the daughter of Samuel Dyson
 

Children:

  1. Elizabeth [b 1850]
  2. Frederick William
  3. Mary [1854-1859]
  4. Arthur Edward [b 1865]
  5. Laura [b 1863]

Emma died 31st March 1866 (aged 39) 

On 24th December 1867, he married (2) Martha Wrathwell [1829-1873] at Halifax Parish Church.

The family lived at Claremont, Sowerby Bridge, Warley [1871].

Abraham died 17th May 1877 (aged 52) 

Members of the family were buried at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery

Fielding, Albert
[1881-1948] Son of Mr Fielding.

He was a mill engine fitter's apprentice [1901] / an engineer [1922].

He married Sarah Hannah Crowther


Sarah Hannah was the daughter of Daniel Crowther.

The Fieldings lived next door to the Crowthers who were at the Royal Hotel, Rishworth

 

Fielding, Anne
[1842-1917] Born at Foster Mill, Hebden Bridge [5th November 1842].

She was the only female member of the Calder Valley Poets.

She died 23rd July 1917.

She was buried at Heptonstall Slack Baptist Cemetery [25th July 1917]

Fielding, Anthony Vandyke Copley
[1787-1855] Known as Copley Fielding. Landscape water-colour painter.

Third son of Nathan Fielding.

Born in Sowerby.

He exhibited at the Royal Academy [1811]. He won a gold medal at the Paris Salon alongside John Constable [1824]. He was President of the British Water Colour Society [1831-1855]. He went to live in Worthing, where he died

Fielding, Benjamin
[1820-1898] Born in Elland.

He was a woollen manufacturer employing 10 men, 3 boys, 8 females & girls [1861], partner in James Nutton & Company [1869], a woollen manufacturer employing 24 men, 18 women, 1 girl & 7 boys [1871], a cotton manufacturer employing 14 men, 18 women, 2 girls & 17 boys [1871], and partner in Benjamin Fielding & Sons

He built Woodfield Mill, Greetland.

On 8th January 1853, he married Hannah Broadley [1824-1913] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. John Kaye [1853-1937]
  2. Albert [1857-1924] who was a woollen manufacturer [1898]
  3. Rachel [1860-1939] who married Charles Herbert Waller
  4. Mary Jane [1862-1949]
  5. Fred
  6. Martha Ann [1866-1954]

The family lived at

Benjamin died in Greetland [9th October 1898].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £7,366 14/-.

Probate was granted to son Albert, and daughter Rachel

Fielding, C.
[18??-18??] Beerhouse keeper at Halifax.


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

 

In December 1868, he was declared bankrupt

Fielding, Charles William
[1831-1899] Son of Abraham Fielding.

Born in Halifax.

He was a pianist, professor of music, ginger beer manufacturer, and [1881] During the winter, he worked at Sowerby Bridge Gas Works. He had done this for 23 years prior to his death.

On 19th December 1850, he married Sarah Elizabeth Cockroft at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Sarah A. [b 1852]
  2. Alice [b 1855] who was a cotton reeler [1881]
  3. Elizabeth [1857-1892]
  4. Jane [1859-1916] who was a cotton reeler [1881]
  5. Charles William [b 1860] who was a cotton spinner [1881]
  6. Thomas [1863-1865]
  7. John Cockroft [1865-1866]
  8. Margaret [b 1867] who was a pupil teacher [1881] and married Samuel Smith
  9. Betsy [b 1872]

The family lived at Clough Terrace, Skircoat, Sowerby Bridge [1881].

He was a widower by 1881.

On Friday 3rd March 1899, he left home at around 5:45 pm to start his night shift at Sowerby Bridge Gas Works. Just before 2:00 am on Saturday, 4th March 1899, he was throwing a bucket of water to slake the coke which had been taken out of the retort. Witnesses heard the bucket fall and found Fielding lying on the ground with his head against the wall, and he was bleeding from the nose and the mouth. Dr Paton was called and ordered Fielding to be taken home, where he died from a fracture at the base of the skull. At the Inquest on 7th March 1899, the Jury returned a verdict that Fielding

died from injuries to the head, caused by an accidental fall whilst at work

Fielding, Clay
[1855-1890] Son of Daniel Fielding.

Born 4th July 1855.

He was a brewer [1877]

On 17th January 1877, he married Mary Ellen Chatburn [1856-1877] at Halifax Parish Church.


Mary Ellen was born in Bradford, the daughter of Jonas Chatburn, grocer
 

Children:

  1. Frederick [1877-1925]

Mary Ellen died in 1877, (possibly) in childbirth.

Clay died 27th August 1890.

Members of the family were buried at Mount Zion Methodist Chapel, Ogden

Fielding, Clement
[1800-1944] Born in Halifax.

He was an auctioneer & valuer [1904].

In 1904, he married Jane Elizabeth Buckley.


Jane Elizabeth was the daughter of
Rev Abel Buckley
 

Children:

  1. Bernard [1913-1959] who was a solicitor

Clement died in Halifax [19th February 1944].

Jane Elizabeth died in Upper Norwood, London [29th November 1959]

Fielding, Daniel
[1827-1892] Son of Mary Fielding [1808-1873]; father unknown.

Born in Thornton

He established Daniel Fielding & Sons brewers.

Members of the family were buried at Mount Zion Methodist Chapel, Ogden

Fielding, David
[1838-1912] Born in Barkisland.

He was a cotton spinner [1881] / a partner in Holroyd & Fielding with his brother-in-law William Holroyd.

After the death of William Holroyd in October 1887, Fielding took over the business. One week later, he filed a petition for bankruptcy, having liabilities of £5,077 against assets of about £1,321.

He married Sarah from Ripponden.


Sarah was the daughter of Joseph Holroyd
 

Children:

  1. Holroyd [b 1866] who was a tinplate worker's apprentice [1881]
  2. Ann [b 1868]

In 1871, they were living at Shaw's Terrace, Soyland, with Sarah's widowed mother Mary Blackburn.

In 1881, they were living with David's widowed sister Martha Armstrong in Castleton

Fielding, Eli
[18??-19??] In 1866, he established a retail outlet for wools and woollen goods at 43-45 King Cross Road, Halifax

Fielding, Eli
[1846-1913] Of Wood Cottages, Walsden.

He was an employee of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway / a Methodist preacher (for almost 50 years) 

Fielding, Eli
[1865-1954] Son of Daniel Fielding.

Born in Bradshaw.

He was a brewer [1911].

He married Mary Jane Hirst [1860-1935].


Mary Jane, born in Cleckheaton [28th February 1865], was the widow of Mr Hirst, and had 2 children by her first marriage:

  1. George William Hirst [b 1891] who was a beer bottler (brewery worker) [1900]
  2. Mary Lee Hirst [b 1893]

 

They lived at

The family lived at

Mary Jane died 13th April 1935.

Eli died 5th November 1954 (aged 89).

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £136,177 14/6d.

Probate was granted to William Henry Fielding Sutcliffe (motor engineer), John Arthur Horsfield (accountant), and James Naylor (solicitor).

Members of the family were buried at Mount Zion Methodist Chapel, Ogden

Fielding, Ellis
[18??-18??] A delver.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. John

Fielding, Ely
[16??-17??]

Children:

  1. Nathan

Fielding, Ernest
[1862-1888] A teamster working for Robert Law of Whittaker Pits Farm, Clifton.

On Thursday, 27th September 1888, he was found lying unconscious in the road by Lightcliffe Post Office. He was taken to Lightcliffe Railway Station but died shortly afterwards. It is believed that a bottle of vitriol fell off the lorry, frightening the horses and then throwing him from the vehicle. The horses were found at Bailiff Bridge

Fielding, F. Thomas
[1870-1918] Son of Sarah & Eli Fielding.

Born in Halifax.

In [Q3] 1904, he married Lily Whitehead in Halifax.

They lived at 7 Bayswater Terrace, Halifax.

During World War I, he served as a Captain with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was mentioned in Despatches.

He died 31st October 1918 (aged 48).

He was buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell [3 435]

Fielding, Fred
[1864-1941] Son of Benjamin Fielding.

In [Q2] 1901, he married Ada Florence Heaton in Halifax.


Ada Florence was the daughter of Thomas Heaton
 

Children:

  1. Frederick Norman Henry [1903-1983] who married Ethel [1911-1993]
  2. Clifford Benjamin Heaton [1907-1989]

Fred died 10th January 1941 (aged 76).

Ada Florence died 27th February 1960 (aged 84).

Members of the family were buried at Elland Cemetery

Fielding, Frederick
[1???-19??] He was Mayor of Todmorden [1951-1952]

Fielding, Frederick Felix Ferdinand Raphael
[1784-1853] Son of Nathan Theodore Fielding.

Like others in his family, he became an artist.

More details can be found in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Fielding, Frederick William
[1852-1917] Of Skircoat, Yorkshire.

Son of Abraham Fielding.

He was a civil engineer and a mechanic

On 1st January 1877, he married (1) Sarah Hartwell at Halifax Parish Church.

On 18th August 1883, he married (2) Martha Nicholl at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Emma [1886-1888]

Daughter Emma was buried at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery with her Fielding grandparents

Fielding, George
[17??-18??] Born in Ripponden. About 1800, he moved to Hull. He became a surgeon. He wrote many articles on surgery, and he contributed to many medical journals. He was connected to the Hull Infirmary for 40 years. There is a bust of him at the Infirmary

Fielding, Harold
[1889-1918] Son of John William Fielding.

He was a worsted overlooker [1911].

On 23rd February 1918, he married Edith Luty [1890-1974] at St Augustine's Church, Pellon


Edith was the daughter of Wadsworth Luty
 

The family lived at 12 Victor Terrace, Pellon Lane [1918].

During World War I, he served as a Corporal with the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed in action [1st September 1918].

He is remembered on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France [6], on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Saint Augustine's Church, Pellon

Fielding, Rev James
[1793-18??] Son of John Fielding.

Born in Halifax.

Baptised at Square Chapel [1793].

He was a Methodist minister in Preston, Lancashire

Fielding, James
[1812-1870] Son of Abraham Fielding.

Born in Todmorden.

Drysalter and manufacturing chemist at Norland and Bolton. Around 1840, he established the business which became Fielding, Ball & Company.

On 14th March 1833, he married (1) Ann Cowell [1808-1860], from Harrogate, at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Jane [b 1834]
  2. Julia Ann [b 1836]
  3. Emily [b 1838] who married Salisbury Ball
  4. James Obery [b 1841]
  5. Albert [b 1843]

Ann died 21st April 1860 (aged 52).

On 2nd May 1861, he married (2) Nannette Shaw at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland.


Nannette was the daughter of Samuel Shaw
 

The family lived at

James died 1st April 1870 (aged 58).

Nannette died 5th December 1884 (aged 75).

Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot Number 403]

Fielding, John
[17??-18??] Innkeeper at Halifax.


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

 

In February 1801, he was declared bankrupt

Fielding, John
[1759-1836] Born in Halifax.

He married (1) Unknown.

On 16th September 1790, he married (2) Rachel Ibberson [1767-1828] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. John [bapt at Halifax Parish Church 1791]
  2. James
  3. Joseph
  4. Mary
  5. Mercy Rachel

In May 1794, the family left Halifax to become tenants on a farm in Honeydon, Bedfordshire which had been offered by one of John's relatives. They were reluctant to make the move, but were encouraged by a passage which John read when he opened the Bible, seeking guidance.

John became a Methodist preacher in Bedfordshire.

In 1832, Joseph and Mercy Rachel emigrated to Canada and established a farm north-west of Toronto. In 1834, they were joined by sister Mary

Fielding, John
[18??-19??] Millwright at Salem Mills, Hebden Bridge.

He lived at Heaton House, Hebden Bridge [1905]

Fielding, John
[1822-1896] Son of joiner Jonas Fielding,.

Born in Elland.

He was a joiner [1862] / an innkeeper at the Bird In Hand, Elland [1871, 1881, 1891]

In 1862, he married Martha Burbridge [1835-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.


Martha, born in Byfield, Northamptonshire, was the daughter of joiner William Burbridge
 

Children:

  1. Emily [b 1864] who was a worsted winder [1881]
  2. Estella [b 1865] who was a worsted rover [1881]
  3. John Henry [b 1868] who was an iron monger [1881]
  4. Arthur W. [b 1873] who was an assistant to his father [1891]

The family lived at Back New Street, Elland [1871]

Fielding, John
[1830-1897] Born in Chinley, Derbyshire.

He was a police officer West Riding Constabulary [16th May 1864 until 4th January 1887].

He retired [1887] as a Sergeant and received a pension of 2/10d per diem.

On 30th December 1849, he married Louisa Lois Naylor [1827-1890] at St Peter's, Birstall.


Lois was born in Hyde, Cheshire
 

Children:

  1. Ann [1850-1894]
  2. Mary [1852-1935]
  3. Eliza [1857-1925] who was a dress maker [1881]
  4. Ada Ellen [1861-1932] who was a woollen weaver [1881]
  5. Clara [1865-1884] who was a dress maker [1881]
  6. Hannah Elizabeth [b 1867]

The family lived at Sowerby Bridge Police Station [1881].

Living with them [in 1881] was granddaughter Hannah Fairbanks [aged 2]

John died in Baildon

Fielding, John
[1841-19??] Son of Ellis Fielding.

He was a joiner & carpenter [1871] / a partner in Fielding & Bottomley [1879] / a master carpenter employing 1 man and 2 boys [1881] / a carpenter & joiner [1891]. On 20th June 1863, he married Sarah Ann Heap.

Children:

  1. Mary H [b 1864]
  2. Ellen G [b 1866]
  3. William Arthur [b 1868]
  4. twins Ellis [1870-1873]
  5. Louisa Jane [1870-1873]
  6. Thomas Marshall [b 1873]
  7. John E [b 1876]
  8. Albert Heap [b 1878]
  9. Ernest James [b 1881]

The family lived at

  • Calderbank, Hebden Bridge [1871]
  • 9 Gaukroger Yard, Halifax [1881]
  • 13 Hope Hall Terrace, Halifax [1891]
  • 48 Union Street South, Halifax [1901, 1905]

Fielding, John Thomas
[1889-1915] He lived at 54 Haugh Shaw Terrace, Halifax.

He was a bandsman with the Bands of King Cross, Lee Mount, Sowerby Bridge, and Halifax Zoo.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 11th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died of wounds [15th March 1915] (aged 26).

He was buried at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France [III D 24].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Brunswick United Methodist Free Chapel, Halifax

Fielding, John William
[1862-1922] Born in Halifax.

He was a worsted overlooker [1889].

On 5th December 1885, he married Emma Bottomley [1860-1954] at St James's Church, Halifax.


Emma was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Ethel [1887-1944] who married Ernest Gibbs [1887-1956]
  2. Irving [1893-1934]
  3. Annie [1895-1969] who married Ernest Danetry [1897-1960]
  4. Ada [1898-1976] who married Henry Jagger [1897-1972]
  5. Harold

The children were born in Halifax.

The family lived at

  • 17 Naylor Street, Hanson Lane [1911]
  • 223 Gibbet Street, Halifax [1922]

John died 13th May 1922.

He & other members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Pellon

Fielding, Jonas
[1788-1843] Of Elland.

He married Ann [17??-1840].

Ann died 11th September 1840.

She was buried at Elland Parish Church.

Jonas died after falling from the 2nd floor of Spaw Mill, Elland [14th April 1843] (aged 55) 

He was buried at Bethesda Methodist New Connexion Chapel, Elland

Fielding, Jonathan
[1836-1886] He was a worsted singer in Northowram / landlord of the Duke of York, Rastrick [1887].

He married Ann.

Jonathan died 21st November 1886.

Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at £258 9/6d.

After Jonathan's death, Ann took over at the Duke of York [1891]

Fielding, Joseph
[1797-1863] Son of John Fielding.

Born in Honeydon, Bedfordshire [26th March 1797] after the family had moved from Halifax.

In 1832, Joseph and his sister Mercy Rachel emigrated to Canada and established a farm in Charleton, 9 miles north-west of Toronto. In 1834, they were joined by their sister Mary.

In 1836, the 3 joined a religious study group in Toronto and were baptised into the Mormon church. In 1837, they moved to Kirtland, Ohio to join a large Mormon community there.

Between 1837 and 1840, he returned to serve a mission in England.

On 11th June 1838, he married (1) Hannah Greenwood in Bolton.

Children:

  1. child
  2. child
  3. child
  4. child
  5. child
  6. child

In 1841, Joseph and his family settled in Nauvoo, Illinois.

Around 1845, he married (2) Mary Ann Peake Greenhalgh.

He died in Millcreek, Utah [19th December 1863]

Fielding, Joseph
[18??-18??] Minister at Wainsgate Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge [1921-1930]

Fielding, Joseph
[1834-1???] Born in Ovenden.

He was a publican at 10 Cheapside, Halifax [1891].


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

 

He married Mary [1831-1???].


Mary was born in Thornton
 

Fielding, Mary
[18??-18??] Worker at Crossley's Mill, Halifax.

She became pregnant by Joseph Moore [aged 21], a fellow worker whom she had met at a tea-party at Crossley's mill. Moore advised her to visit Auguste Wilhelm and Margaret Simpson with the intention of having an abortion.

On 10th March 1853, Auguste Wilhelm used – a syringe – which contained a liquid, like porter in appearance. At the subsequent trial, Wilhelm indicated that he used it to cure her of

a loathsome disease

from which Moore was suffering.

On 29th March 1853, Simpson gave Mary a bottle of liquid [containing oil of savin, catharides and pennyroyal] and a powder [colocynth]. Mary informed a solicitor of the events and Simpson was sent for trial

Fielding, Mary
[1801-1852] Daughter of John Fielding.

Born in Honeydon, Bedfordshire [21st July 1801] after the family had moved from Halifax.

In 1832, her brother Joseph and sister Mercy Rachel emigrated to Canada and established a farm in Charleton, 9 miles north-west of Toronto.

In 1834, Mary went to join them.

In 1836, the 3 joined a religious study group in Toronto and were baptised into the Mormon church.

In 1837, they moved to Kirtland, Ohio to join a large Mormon community there.

Mary became a teacher and governess to some of the large families there.

On 24th December 1837, she married Hyrum Smith, [1800-1844] brother of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormons, in Kirtland.

Hyrum had 6 children by his first wife Jerusha Barden [1805-1837] who had died in childbirth.

Hyrum and Mary had 2 children

Children:

  1. Joseph [1838-1918] who became the 6th President of the Mormons [1901]
  2. Martha Ann [1841-1923]

In 1838, Hyrum and Mary had to flee Kirtland for Missouri.

In 1843, Hyrum married Mary's sister Mercy Rachel.

In 1844, Hyrum and his brother Joseph, and other Mormons, were charged with riot and treason and imprisoned in the jail at Carthage, Illinois. During a rampage by a violent mob of 150 men, the 2 brothers were murdered [27th June 1844].

On 14th September 1844, she married Heber Chase Kimball [1801-1868], the 10th of his 43 wives. He had 65 children.

She migrated to Salt Lake City [24th September 1847], one of the Pioneers of 1847.

She died from pneumonia in Salt lake City [21st September 1852] and is buried there with her sister Mercy Rachel

Fielding, Mercy Rachel
[1807-1893] Daughter of John Fielding.

Born in Honeydon, Bedfordshire [26th March 1797] after the family had moved from Halifax.

In 1832, she and brother Joseph emigrated to Canada and established a farm in Charleton, 9 miles north-west of Toronto.

In 1834, they were joined by sister Mary.

In 1836, the 3 joined a religious study group in Toronto and were baptised into the Mormon church. In 1837, they moved to Kirtland, Ohio to join a large Mormon community there.

On 4th June 1837, she married the Mormon leader Robert Blashel Thompson in Kirtland, Ohio.

Children:

  1. daughter

Her husband died of tuberculosis [August 1841].

In August 1843, she was married to Hyrum Smith, [1800-1844] brother of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormons, in Kirtland. Hyrum was already married to her sister Mary.

She migrated to Salt Lake City [24th September 1847], one of the Pioneers of 1847.

She died in Salt Lake City [15th September 1893] and is buried there with her sister Mary

Fielding, Nathan Theodore
[1746-1819] Son of Ely Fielding.

Born in Ripponden.

Artist who painted a famous View of Halifax from Haley Hill [1784] and other local scenes.

In 1870, he married Elizabeth [Betty] Barker [d 1806] at Rochdale.

Children:

  1. Theodore Henry Adolphus
  2. Frederick Felix Ferdinand Raphael
  3. Anthony Vandyke Copley
  4. Thales Angelo Vernet
  5. Newton Smith Limbird
  6. Amelia Cleobulina [b 1790] a noted beauty

The family moved around England, living in Cumbria, Manchester and London.

See William Williams

Fielding, Newton Smith Limbird
[1799-1856] Son of Nathan Theodore Fielding.

Like others in his family, he became an artist.

More details can be found in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Fielding, Percy
[18??-19??] Halifax solicitor with Longbotham, Horsfield & Fielding [1934].

He qualified in August 1928.

See Frederick Fox Beaumont

Fielding, Richard
[1828-1905] He was a wheelwright.

He married Ann.


An Ann Dean married a Richard Fielding in Halifax [q1/1853]
 

Children:

  1. (possibly) Jonas who was a wheelwright [1905]
  2. Sarah Ann [1864-1934] who married John Thomas Heaton

They lived at Brooksbank Street, Elland.

Richard died 25th October 1905.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £2,208 8/3d.

Probate was granted to son Jonas, son-in-law John Thomas Heaton, and Edward Fairey Shaw (farmer) 

Fielding, Richard Allen
[1925-1945] Son of Jane (née Holden) & William E. Fielding of Mytholmroyd.

Born in Blackburn.

During World War II, he served as a Sergeant with 251 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

He died 17th March 1945 (aged 20).

He is remembered on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey [274], on a memorial in Mount Zion Methodist Church, Mytholmroyd and Scout Road Wesleyan Chapel, Mytholmroyd, and in the book Royd Regeneration

Fielding, Robert
[17??-1???] Of Stansfield.

Recorded in April 1785, when banns of marriage between him and Mary Horsfall were published at Heptonstall

Fielding, Robert
[18??-1877] Landlord of the Shears Inn, Halifax [1874].

On 14th September 1845, he married Sarah Uttley [1825-18??] at Halifax Parish Church.

After Robert's death, Sarah took over at the Shears Inn

Fielding, Sam Longbottom
[1899-1921] Born in Halifax.

On 28th August 1921, he was killed in a speed trial at Blackstone Edge

Fielding, Samuel
[18??-1???] Partner in Fielding & Jackson & Company

Fielding, Samuel
[18??-19??] Of Mytholmroyd.

On 9th October 1926, there was tree planting in his memory at Crimsworth Dean


Question: Can anyone tell me anything about the man, or why he should be remembered in this manner?

 

Fielding, Samuel
[1839-1917] Manufacturer at Scar Mills, Upper Greetland.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Thompson

The family lived at Crossfield House, Greetland.

Samuel died 5th December 1917 Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £7,158 19/9d

Fielding, Samuel
[1849-1???] Born in Heptonstall. As a child, he worked in the mill.

He went on to become a preacher, a teacher, a botanist, a poet, a worker in the co-operative movement, and a weaver with the Hebden Bridge Fustian Manufacturing Co-operative Society.

He was a member of the Calder Valley Poets and wrote mostly on nature and specific places

Fielding, Samuel Balme
[1872-1945] Son of Daniel Fielding

Born in Bradshaw.

He was a brewer (own account) [1911].

On 3rd March 1892, he married Elizabeth Midgley [1870-1941] at Halifax Parish Church.


Elizabeth was born in Queensbury
 

Children:

  1. Beatrice Emma [1894-1974] who never married
  2. Agnes Mildred [1896-1971] who never married
  3. Kathleen Elizabeth [1897-1986] who never married
  4. Daniel [1901-1977]
  5. Raymond [1904-1986]
  6. Gerald [1909-1974]

The children were born in Queensbury.

The family lived at White Castle, Bradshaw.

Elizabeth died 15th October 1941 (aged 71).

Sam died 22nd July 1945 (aged 74).

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £97,560 15/5d.

Probate was granted to children:

  • Daniel
  • Raymond
  • Gerald
  • Kathleen Elizabeth

Members of the family were buried at Mount Zion Methodist Chapel, Ogden

Fielding, Sutcliffe
[18??-1???] A bread baker of Heptonstall.

Partner in Chown & Fielding [1882]

Fielding, Thales Angelo Vernet
[1793-1837] Son of Nathan Theodore Fielding.

Like others in his family, he became an artist.

More details can be found in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Fielding, Theodore Henry Adolphus
[1781-1851] Son of Nathan Theodore Fielding.

Like others in his family, he became an artist.

More details can be found in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Fielding, Thomas
[18??-18??] A miller at Gauxholme.

In December 1857, he was charged with

adulterating flour with alum

Fielding, Thomas
[1870-1918]

On 18th September 1904, he married Lily Whitehead [1870-1954] at St Augustine's Church, Pellon.

Children:

  1. Frederick Donald [1905-1990]
  2. Mabel Winifred [1907] who died in infancy and was buried at Christ Church, Pellon

They lived at 7 Bayswater Terrace, Skircoat.

He was a regular soldier with the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)  [from 1897] / served in America, South Africa & India / retired as a Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant after 21 years' service.

During World War I, he re-enlisted, and served as a Captain with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died of pneumonia in the General Military Hospital, Grimsby [31st October 1918] (aged 48).

He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at All Saints' Church, Dudwell. Probate records show that he left effects valued at £753 19/1d.

Administration was granted to his widow Lily.

Lily died 31st March 1954

Members of the family were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell

Fielding, Thompson
[18??-19??] Son of Samuel Fielding.

He was a manufacturer

Fielding, Willie
[1895-1917] Son of Alice & Gaythorn Fielding [1872-1932] of 55 Smithy Carr Lane, Brighouse.

He was a cotton spinner [1901] / an employee of Firth's Carpets in Bailiff Bridge.

During World War I, he enlisted with the Brighouse Chums [October 1914], and served as a Lance Corporal with the 2nd/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died 3rd May 1917 (aged 22).

He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [6], on Firth's War Memorial, and on Bailiff Bridge War Memorial

 

The Fielding family of Elland-cum-Greetland

Fielding surname
A variant of the surname Fielden

Entries for people with this and similar surnames are shown in a separate Foldout

There are over 50 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Fielding, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.

Unattached BMDs for Fielding:


Baptism 1820; Marriages 1903, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1921, 1943; Death 1899
 




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