The entries for people & families with the surname Heap are gathered together in this SideTrack.
This Page does not include people with other forms of the surname.
The individuals listed are not necessarily related to each other.
Question:
Does anyone know anything about the man or his life in the Army?
He was a soldier, went to war and was presumed dead.
Rachel married Samuel Lumb.
Heap was not dead and returned to find his wife remarried.
Heap sold his wife to her new husband, and delivered her
to Lumb in a halter at Halifax Cross.
Heap died in 1827.
On 1st October 1827, at the age of 83, Lumb
married Rachael for a second time at Halifax Parish Church.
See
Wife selling
He married Unknown.
Children:
The family lived at 12 Bubwith Grove, Halifax.
Three sons served in World War I;
Fred was killed on the Italian front
He married Fanny Swaine [18??-1???].
Children:
He was a boot & shoe dealer in Tuel Lane, Sowerby Bridge.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the West Riding Regiment.
He was killed on the Italian front [3rd November 1918] (aged 31).
Two brothers also served in the War.
Born in Todmorden.
He was a cotton turner piecer [1911].
During World War I,
he enlisted [November 1914], and
served as a Corporal
with the 10th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He went to France [August 1915].
He was killed by a shell, along with 6 comrades [23rd May 1917] (aged 20).
He was buried at the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Belgium [D 2].
He is remembered on Ripponden War Memorial,
on the Memorial at Saint Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden,
and on the Memorial at Ripponden Conservative Club
He was
a butcher [1881] /
inn keeper at the Clifton Arms, Habergham Eaves, Lancashire [1891] /
landlord of the Black Bull, Heptonstall [1897].
On 21st March 1887, he married Sarah Jane Frances Allen
[1861-1900] from Gargrave, Yorkshire, at St Peter's, Burnley,
Lancashire
They had no children.
The family lived at
He died at the Black Bull, Heptonstall [6th May 1897].
He was buried at Heptonstall Church
[16 May 1897]
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £123.
Probate was granted to his widow
Sarah Jane Frances died at the Black Bull, Heptonstall
[19th October 1900].
Probate records show that she left effects valued at £119 10/-
to Joseph Allen (draughtsman)
He died 17th January 1839
He was
a cotton spinner [1841] /
licensed victualler at the Hole in the Wall, Hebden Bridge [1845, 1851].
On 22nd February 1835, he married Sarah / Sally Dawson
[1818-1874] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at Green Springs, Stansfield [1841].
He died at the Hole in the Wall [November 1856].
He was buried at Heptonstall Church
[28th November 1856].
After his death, Sally married Abraham Crabtree
He was
landlord of the Odessa House, Soyland [1904-1908] /
licensed victualler at the Sportsman, Cragg Vale [1910-1913] /
landlord of the Cunning Corner, Rishworth [1917-1924] /
landlord of the Old Bridge, Ripponden [1933-1940].
On 6th February 1897, he married Emily Haley [1875-1957] at St
Mary's Church, Cottonstones.
Children:
He married Sarah [1749-1801].
The couple were buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby
with inscriptions on William Drake's tomb
He married Unknown.
Children:
Born in Stansfield.
He was
an apprentice joiner [1851] /
a joiner & victualler at the Hole in the Wall, Hebden Bridge [1861] /
licensed victualler at the Hole in the Wall, Hebden Bridge [1864, 1871, 1881, 1891] /
Well Holes farm, Stansfield. Farmer [1901] /
Knowle Top, Heptonstall. Retired Publican [1911]
On 26th June 1860, he married Susannah Parker [1840-1907] at
Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
On 28th July 1823, he,
Rev Joshua Fearnside,
Rev Jagger,
Rev John James,
Rev Edward B. Lloyd,
Rev Zachariah Yewdall,
Rev Matthew Lumb and
Stephen Wilson of Holmfirth,
were amongst the passengers travelling by The Fleece coach
from Halifax to Sheffield which overturned near Shepley.
Rev Sergeant of Scarborough died of his injuries.
Edward Smith, the driver of the coach was accused of
Rev Heap received several contusions on the head
On 14th August 1880, he was found hanging in the attic at his home.
He was said have been
He was
a fishmonger [1891] /
a coachman (domestic) [1901].
In 1890, he married Annie Sumner [1865-19??] in Rochdale.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1891] was cousin Amy Lawson [b Todmorden
1877]
In the 1911 census, the family were living at Maud Lane, Soyland,
with Annie (married) as head of the household,
but the census for
shows
all born in Birmingham
Question:
Does anyone know whether this is a coincidence, or was John
Frederick Heap leading a double life?
Born in Norland.
He was
a cloth miller or fuller [1851] /
a woollen fuller [1861] /
a cloth fuller [1871] /
a woollen finisher living at the Albion Inn, Norland [1881] /
a cloth fuller [1891]
In 1846, he married Elizabeth Greenwood [1825-1???] at Elland
Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1881] were lodgers
Samuel Hollas [aged 73] (widower, dyer's labourer
wool), Mary Hollas [aged 74] (worsted spinner) and Hannah
Hollas [aged 9].
He died 12th April 1899
Born 4th June 1897.
Baptised at St John the Divine, Thorpe [8th July 1897].
He and his sister Annie were boarders at the Bluecoat School, Halifax [1911].
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 32nd Battalion
Royal Fusiliers.
He died 6th August 1917.
He was buried at the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium [XVII D 4A].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
on the Halifax Parish Church Church Members (WWI) Memorial,
on the Memorial at Saint Hilda's Church, Halifax,
on the Blue Coat School Memorial,
and on Norland War Memorial
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £61 14/8d.
Administration was granted to
his sister [?] Annie
He was a cotton spinner (worker) [1891].
In [Q3] 1874, he married Mary Hannah Stott [1846-1???] in Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Soyland.
The family lived at 15 Lane Head Soyland [1891]
Born in Heptonstall.
He was
a printer of Heptonstall [1865] /
a printer & compositor [1871] /
a letter press printer [1881] /
a fish & potato merchant [1891] /
a shoe maker [1901] /
a fried fish dealer [1911]
In 1865, he married (1) Mary Elizabeth Avery [1844-1885] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
Mary Elizabeth died in 1885 (aged 40).
In 1888, he married (2) Elizabeth Hannah Cockcroft [1849-1???] at Heptonstall Church.
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1891] were nephew George Manton [aged 15]
(fish cleaner) and niece Florence Amelia Manton [aged 11]
(general domestic servant)
He enlisted in the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1901].
He served in the South African Campaign.
During World War I,
he served as a Private.
In a letter home, he described how his group had been in a struggle
for 4 days
and how he had been wounded (in the groin, back and arm) in action
[13th September 1914], and lay on the battlefield until the following
morning.
He died from the wounds in hospital at Esbelon, France [27th
September 1914] (aged 32).
He was buried at the Bois-Guillaume Communal Cemetery, France. [I A 16A]
He was a cotton spinner [1901].
In [Q2] 1896, he married Elizabeth Whiteley [1865-1908] in
Halifax.
She was a loom weaver [1901]
Children:
The children were baptised at St John the Divine, Thorpe.
Living with them in 1901 was Elizabeth's widowed
mother Elizabeth Whiteley [b 1823].
In 1911, the children were boarders at the Bluecoat School, Halifax
She was a grocer [1911]
Children:
The family lived at Lumb's Buildings, Mill Bank [1901].
Living with the widowed Mary Ellen in 1901 was grandson John William Bottomley
He lived at Pinfold, Sowerby [1881-1901]
On 8th January 1902, he married Bertha Stansfield from Leeds,
formerly of Sowerby Bridge
Born in Soyland.
He was
a cotton spinner of Ripponden [1890] /
a cotton spinner [1891] /
a carter on farm [1901] /
a brewery labourer [1911].
In 1890, he married Elizabeth Ann Taylor [1867-19??] at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Born in Soyland.
He was
a member of St Bartholomew's Church & School Ripponden /
a cotton spinner [1911] /
a member of Slaithwaite Socialist Club /
employed by Joseph Dyson & Son, Milnsbridge.
He lived at Bank View, Blackmoor Street, Linthwaite.
During World War I,
he enlisted [August 1916], and
served as a Private
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He went to France [December 1916].
He died 9th October 1917.
He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [82-85 & 162A]
He died 19th March 1866
He married Unknown.
His wife was the sister of his partner Samuel Naylor
He was a dyer [1832].
On 18th March 1832, he married Sarah Thorp of Sowerby, at
Halifax Parish Church
Born in Hebden Bridge.
He was
a tailor's apprentice [1881] /
innkeeper at the Lord Nelson, Midgley [1891] /
tailor & cornet player [1901] /
a musician (brass band conductor) [1911].
In 10th March 1887, he married Mary Greenwood [1864-1956] at
St Thomas the Apostle, Heptonstall.
Children:
He moved to Bradford and made a living as a Musician & Brass Band
Conductor.
The family lived at
He died in Bradford
Sarah was born in Erringden
Emily was from Sowerby Bridge
Susannah was born in Heptonstall
wanton behaviour and shameful perversity, on account of the peril to
which his furious driving subjected his passengers.
in a desponding state of mind for some time
According to successive Census returns, Annie was born in
Liverpool / Maltham / Craven in Skipton
Back of 35 Lower Essex Street, Birmingham
John Frederick Heap [b Todmorden 1869] (coachman) as head of
the household
with wife of 11 years Mabel [b Almholme 1879]
and children:
Elizabeth, from Warley, was the daughter of weaver Isaac
Greenwood
Mary Hannah was born in Soyland
Mary Elizabeth, of Erringden, was born in Stamford,
Lincolnshire, the daughter of William Avery, servant
Elizabeth Hannah, of Hebden Bridge, was the daughter
of Thomas Cockroft, overlooker
which I shall not forget if I live 100 years
Elizabeth was born in Norland.
Mary Ellen was born in Sowerby.
Elizabeth Ann, of Ripponden, was born in Barkisland, the
daughter of Joseph Taylor, farmer
Mary was born in Wadsworth
The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District Surnames by George Redmonds.
There are over 30 entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname Heap,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Unattached BMDs for Heap:
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