The entries for people & families with the surname Kendall 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.
He was
a railway servant [1891] /
a waggon driver [1901] /
a farmer [1911, 1913].
He married (1) Elizabeth [1861-1898] born in Somerset.
Children:
In 1899, he married Elizabeth Tordoff [1874-1955] born in
Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
During World War I,
he served as an Air Mechanic 2nd Class
with the Royal Flying Corps.
he died 31st December 1917 (aged 19).
He is remembered on a memorial in
Mount Zion Methodist Church, Mytholmroyd and
Scout Road Wesleyan Chapel, Mytholmroyd,
and in the book Royd Regeneration
Born in Queensbury.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st Battalion
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).
He died 21st March 1918 (aged 20).
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial [4]
His grandparents lived at 88 Gibraltar Road, Halifax.
Born in Bingley.
He was educated at Halifax Secondary School [until 1912].
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 23rd Battalion
Middlesex Regiment.
He died 27th June 1917 (aged 21).
He was buried at the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery [XIV C 7].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
on the Memorial at Halifax Secondary School,
and on the Memorial at Saint Hilda's Church, Halifax
He was
educated at Lee Mount School /
a member of Shroggs Park Bowling Club /
employed by Stott's Printers.
During World War II,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders.
He was killed in action in the Middle East [16th June 1941] (aged 27).
He was buried at the Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery [2 G 5-9].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He lived in Brighouse.
He had a sweetheart, Phyllis of 12 Northcastle Street, Halifax.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was killed in action [3rd June 1917].
He was buried at the Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, France [I N 48].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Norwood Green Congregational Institute,
and on the Memorial at Saint John the Baptist, Coley
On 23rd March 1826, Grace Greenwood was charged with the
willful murder, by poisoning, of Grace.
Kendall, a single woman, was pregnant and asked Greenwood to obtain
a liquid containing wood sage to cause her to miscarry.
On 6th December 1826, Kendall took the liquid, and a
neighbour, Betty Howard, found her very ill in bed.
Kendall died on the 10th December 1826.
In [Q2] 1908, he married Violet Corney [18??-1???] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at 13 Melrose Street, Lee Mount, Halifax
Born in Sowerby Bridge.
He was
a mechanical engineer /
a steam engine fitter [1891] /
one of the founder members of the Halifax Antiquarian Society /
President of the Halifax Photographic Society /
President of the Sowerby Bridge Prosecution Society [1900, 1906] /
a subscriber to The Old Halls & Manor Houses of Yorkshire [1913].
Through his mother, his family had interests in Wood Brothers
at the Valley Iron Works.
In 1900, he married Mary Ellen Farrow [1860-1950] in Halifax.
He retired to Whitby [1927].
He died in Whitby [1st May 1937] (aged 62).
Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at £5,639.
He left his books, photographs, drawings & lantern slides to the
Yorkshire Archæological Society
Born in Queensbury.
He was
a member of Queensbury Cricket Club /
a member of Queensbury Allotments Association /
a member of the Home Guard.
He married Frances Eileen.
Children:
The family lived at 16 Kenyon Lane, Highroad Well.
During World War II,
he served as a Private
with the 6th Battalion
Lincolnshire Regiment.
He was killed in action [24th January 1944] (aged 35).
He was buried at the Minturno War Cemetery [V E 6].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He was
educated at West Vale Board School /
employed by James Casson Limited.
In [Q4] 1941, he married Mavis Mitchell in Halifax.
They lived at
During World War II,
he served as a Sapper
with the 237th Field Company
Royal Engineers.
He died of wounds in the Middle East [12th August 1943] (aged 29).
He was buried at the Tripoli War Cemetery [7 B 11]
He is remembered on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland
Son of Charles Scott Kendall.
Born 5th April 1893.
Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [31st July 1893].
He was a warehouse man (woollen spinning) [1911].
During World War I,
he enlisted [September 1914] and
served as a Private
in the Labour Corps [1914-1918].
On his discharge, he became a coal miner, living at 1 Park View,
Kingston, Barnsley.
In 1920, he founded Kendall's Ices at Hipperholme.
It is said that he won the ice cream business from Luigi de Luca in
a game of cards.
On 26th September 1914, he married (1) Lilian Thompson
[1892-1945] at St John's Church, Barnsley.
Children:
Lilian died in Halifax General Hospital [17th October 1945].
Probate records show that she left effects valued at £710 14/5d.
In July 1946, he married (2) Clara in Halifax.
Clara had 3 children from her previous marriages:
He died 27th July 1967 in Halifax General Hospital.
When Jimmy died, the business passed to his
son, John – aka Johnny Pedlar – and his
stepsons, Kenneth and Eric.
Reader John Firth, his grandnephew, remembers Jimmy ...
Children:
Born in Shipley [13th July 1877].
He married Unknown.
Children:
He died in Lytham-St-Annes
When his father died, the ice cream business passed
to John – aka Johnny Pedlar – and his
stepbrother, Kenneth and Eric Walmsley.
Later, John sold his shares to Kenneth and Eric.
He married Margaret.
They lived at Birdholme, Hipperholme
He was a teenager when he started to work for Richard Kershaw Lumb
as a groom, and later becoming his butler.
He moved to Cheltenham with Lumb.
After Lumb's death, he continued to work for Mrs Lumb when she
remarried and moved to Bath.
He died in Liverpool [4th June 1894]
He was
a cotton spinner [1911] /
a labourer [1913].
On 28th June 1913, he married Miranda Walsworth [1889-19??] at
Cleckheaton.
He was killed in an explosion at the laundry on
1st March 1920
Born in [?] Brightlington, Yorkshire.
In 1873, she married Frederick Bell at Halifax Parish Church.
Frederick died [Q1] 1874.
Children:
In 1878, George Henry Bell [b 1876] was baptised at Christ
Church, Staincliffe – parents Frederick Bell, miner of Chapel
Fold, and Malinda – but Frederick had died in 1874, so
could not be the father.
A possible father is Joseph Waring who was lodging
with Malinda in 1881.
In 1881, Malinda was a housekeeper living at 9A Mary Street,
Skircoat, Halifax.
Living with her were
Malinda had other children (father not named, but
probably Joseph Waring):
In 1891, she was living at 10 Lombard Street, Halifax.
Living with her at that time were
He was General Manager of the Halifax Flour Society from 1888.
He married Unknown.
Children:
He died in Halifax [15th January 1914]
Born in Malton.
He was
a policeman.
In [Q2] 1906, he married Lily Farrar.
Children:
He fought in the South African Wars.
During World War I,
he served as a Sergeant
with the 1st/5th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment.
He died in hospital in France [27th January 1916].
He was buried at the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery [II B 36].
He is remembered on Brighouse War Memorial
[where he is wrongly listed as Private],
and
at Malton
on the war memorial
&
in a stained glass memorial
window for those who fell in the Great War
Curate at Brighouse [1928-1932].
He played for Brighouse Rangers.
He was later Archdeacon and Bishop.
His personal memoirs entitled
were published in North Queensland [1988]
He was a druggist & chemist.
On 23rd April 1872, he married Rachel Wood at St Peter's Church, Sowerby.
Children:
The family lived at 1 Beech Villas, Sowerby Bridge [1892].
Living with them [in 1891] was mother Charlotte Kendall [b
Louth, Lincolnshire 1817].
Robert died 12th October 1892.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £2,546 5/11d
[Resworn £2,695 5/7d].
Probate was granted to William Wood
Children:
The family lived at 5 Pall Mall, Mytholmroyd
Primitive Methodist Minister at Halifax [1841]
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered on Coley War Memorial
He married Elizabeth [1782-1861].
Elizabeth survived Welbury and died at Skipton
Son of Joe Willie Kendall.
He was
educated at Halifax Technical College /
a director of Citroën, Paris [1929-1938] /
Independent MP for Grantham [1942-1950] /
publisher of the Grantham Guardian [1945].
In 1952, he married Margaret Hilda Irene Burden.
In 19??, he moved to America and died in Los Angeles
He was a railway signalman [1911]
In 1878, he married Annie [1855-19??].
Children:
The family lived at 63 Delph Hill, Halifax [1911]
Living with them [in 1911] were daughter Martha Ann Astin and
family
Elizabeth was a tapestry weaver [1911]
sitting outside the factory in the sun, a little plump chap with bow
legs and always wearing clogs
Miranda was the daughter of Randolph Walsworth (miner)
and she was a twister at the time of their marriage
Not forever in green pastures
Rachel was born in Sowerby Bridge, the daughter of Richard Wood
Annie was born in Biggin, Yorkshire
The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District Surnames by George Redmonds.
There are over 20 entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname Kendall,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Unattached BMDs for Kendall:
Marriage
1907
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