The entries for people & families with the surname Fryer are gathered together in this SideTrack.
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Born in Rastrick.
He was head of a sugar-refining company, Fryer, Benson &
Forster, in Manchester and Antigua.
In 1865, he invented the Concretor to solidify cane sugar for
shipping.
He invented the Refuse Destructor to convert refuse into
cement and paving blocks.
He wrote several books, including
He married Unknown.
Children:
He went to live in Wilmslow, Cheshire, where he died
Born in London.
She and her sister, Phoebe, ran Fryer's School, Brighouse.
Living with Amelia (retired governess) at Prospect House, Brighouse in 1881 were sister Phoebe (governess),
nephew Joseph W. Fryer [aged 28] (hosier) and Jessie
M. Thompson [aged 32] (governess) from Glasgow.
Living with Amelia (retired governess) at Halifax Road, Brighouse in 1891 were sister Phoebe (schoolmistress),
niece Eliza B. Fryer [aged 31] (governess) and Jessie
M. Thompson [aged 41] (governess)
In 1839, he married Sarah Woodhead.
Children:
In 1845, he and Joseph Jowett Fryer were listed as fancy
manufacturers at Rastrick.
The family lived at
In 1937, she married Edward Carew-Shaw.
Children:
Born in London.
She married the artist Lumb Stocks.
She died at Calmington Rectory, Shropshire
They lived at
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 9th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 1st February 1917 (aged 19).
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial [6A & 6B],
on Clifton War Memorial,
on the Memorial at Saint John's Church, Clifton,
and in the book Clifton War Memorial
She married William Clay.
The marriage brought the Clay family to Rastrick
In 1865, his sister, Mary Ann, went to live with him at
Elmwood Terrace, Huddersfield.
In 1872, he married Lucy [d 1879], widow of Simeon Dyson Fryer
He was commonly known as John, the Elder.
In 1813, he was a member of a Committee supporting those affected by the Luddites.
In 179?, he married Lucy, daughter of Simeon Dyson.
Children:
He owned much property in Rastrick, including
Rastrick Hall
He left his estate to his wife and his nephew, Joseph Jowitt
His family moved to Sowerby Bridge.
He was a teacher.
He became a Primitive Methodist preacher, and preached his first
sermon at Greetland [7th October 1883]
He was a trustee of the Quakers [1770].
In 1754, he married Hannah Simpson [1724-1792].
Children:
The family lived at The Poplars, Rastrick
He was
a Quaker /
a yeoman /
a stuff maker /
a woollen manufacturer /
a partner in Joseph Fryer & Company /
an apothecary and surgeon
at Rastrick.
On 30th March 1780, he married Amelia, daughter of Simeon Dyson, at Brighouse.
Children:
The family lived at Poplars, Rastrick.
He was about marry Mary Bleckley when he died [1816]
On 23rd September 1805, he married Ann Jowett at the Friends'
Meeting House in Leeds.
Children:
In 1805, he bought the Toothill Grove, Rastrick estate from his
wife's uncle, Joseph Firth.
Partner in Joseph Fryer & Company
In 1896, he married Annie Matilda Bigland at Darlington.
Children:
He died in the Tyrol
Son of Thomas Fryer
In [Q1] 1849, he married Sarah Beatson [1826-1886] in Dewsbury.
Children:
Members of the family were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse
Son of Joseph Fryer.
In 1836, he married Rachel Coates [1806-1846] from
Stockton-on-Tees.
Children:
In 1845, he and Charles Fryer were listed as fancy
manufacturers at Rastrick.
The family lived at Holly Bank, Rastrick
In 1842, she married Thomas Pease.
Children:
She never married.
She lived at Toothill Grove until her mother died.
In 1865, she went to live with her brother, Henry, at
Elmwood Terrace, Huddersfield.
Around 1872, she visited her niece Katharine – daughter of
sister Lucy – as the Hanbury Botanical Gardens were being built in Italy.
Mary Ann were buried at the Quaker Burial Ground, Rastrick
See
Recollections of a Beloved Sister
Born in London.
She and her sister, Amelia, ran Fryer's School, Brighouse.
In 1881, she was a governess, living with sister Amelia
(retired governess) at Prospect House, Brighouse, and
nephew Joseph W. Fryer [aged 28] (hosier) and Jessie
M. Thompson [aged 32] (governess) from Scotland.
In 1891, she was a schoolmistress, living with sister Amelia
(retired governess) at Halifax Road, Brighouse, and niece Eliza
B. Fryer [aged 31] (governess) and Jessie M. Thompson
[aged 41] (governess).
In 1901, by which time her sister Amelia had died, she
was living on own means at 6 Halifax Road, Brighouse, with
boarder Jessie M. Thompson [aged 52] (living on own
means), and 2 other boarders (both headmistresses)
In 1911, she was a retired schoolmistress living at 6 Halifax Road, Brighouse, with friend Jessie M. Thompson [aged 62]
(living on own means)
On 21st February 1878, she married Edward Backhouse Mounsey
[1840-1911] at the Society of Friends Meeting House in Darlington.
Her husband was the son of John Mounsey of Sunderland, and
involved with the banking firm of Backhouse & Company, of
Darlington.
Children:
In 1819, he married Mary, daughter of William Barber.
Children:
The family lived in [a part of] Castle Hill House, Rastrick
He owned several properties in Rastrick, including
Bowling Green,
Rosemary Mill and
Rosemary Park.
In 17??, he married Nancy, daughter of Simeon Dyson.
They had no children.
In 1802, the year of his death, he gave £10 10/- towards the
rebuilding of Mary Law's Charity School.
Nancy died on 28th February 1839 [aged 76]
In 1845, she married William Harvey [1812-1884] a druggist of
Leeds.
Children:
Mrs Harvey wrote a volume of reminiscences
entitled Recollections of a Beloved Sister which described the
Toothill district in the time of Queen Victoria
Son of Dr Joseph Fryer.
He succeeded to his father's practice.
He married Ann Cooper.
Children:
The family lived at The Poplars, Rastrick.
See
James Diggles
In 1841, he was an apprentice living with John Hunter, tea
dealer, of St Ann's Square, Manchester.
He became a tea dealer [1851].
On 21st March 1849, he married Lucy Hall [1826-1???] at St
Bartholomew's, Manchester.
Children:
An obituary in The Leeds Intelligencer [15th December 1855] recorded
In 1861, his widow and the children were living with her father at
Hattex, Bolton-le-Sands, Lancaster
After his death, his widow married Henry Fryer
In 1791, he married Elizabeth Dickinson.
Children:
He was a partner in Joseph Fryer & Company
In 1845, he was listed as fancy manufacturer at Rastrick.
On 9th August 1813, he married Elizabeth Binns [1795-1879].
Children:
The family lived at
In 1851, the widowed Elizabeth is listed as proprietor of
houses
Living with them [in 1851] were grandson Thomas Fryer [aged 4]
and visitor Mrs Charlotte Broadley [aged 36]
Partner in Fryer's Joseph Fryer & Company.
He carried on business in London.
On 16th July 1812, he married Maria Carter at Halifax Parish
Church.
Children:
In 1873, he married Anna Maria Whiting [1851-1934].
Children:
He lived in Bradford.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/6th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was killed in action [1st November 1918].
He was buried at the Valenciennes (St. Roch) Communal Cemetery [III C 6].
He is remembered on the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
Hannah was the
daughter of Jane & William Simpson
of Sheepridge
Thomas was from Leeds and Bristol
Lucy was the youngest daughter of manufacturer James
Hall [1789-18??] of Manchester
DEATHS
On the 10th December 1855, in his 31st year, at Sydenham, where he
was residing on account of his health, Mr. Simeon Dyson Fryer, son of
the late Simeon Fryer, surgeon, Rastrick, and partner in the firm of
F. and S. D. Fryer, tea dealers of this town
Elizabeth was born in Pannel, Yorkshire
Maria was the daughter of John Carter
Joseph ffryear of Quarmby was an early member of the family
See
Castle Hill House, Rastrick,
History On Your Doorstep,
Holly Bank House, Rastrick,
Quakers in Brighouse and
Rastrick House
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