The entries for people & families with the surname King 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.
On 16th November 1838, during the Mankinholes Riots, he and
Constable Feather were attempting to arrest William Ingham
for refusing to pay fines when they were attacked by a mob of 2000
people
Restaurateur, grocer, confectioner and tea dealer at Gandy Bridge,
Burnley Road, Todmorden
Born 1st January 1899.
Baptised 5th March 1899.
He was
educated at Crossley & Porter School /
an apprentice tool maker.
During World War I,
he enlisted
with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment),
then
served as a Lance Corporal
with the 9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion
Highland Light Infantry.
He died of wounds at Poperinghe [17th April 1918] (aged 19).
He was buried at the Haringhe (Bandaghem) Military Cemetery, Belgium [V D 31].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
on the Memorial at Crossley & Porter School, Halifax,
on Copley War Memorial,
and on the Memorial at All Saints' Church, Dudwell
He was a visitor to the home of Champion Jack Dupree in Ovenden
He was a manager [1927]
He was
a worsted spinning doffer [1911] /
employed by Gledhill's.
During World War I,
he enlisted [September 1916], and
served as a Private
with the 15th Battalion
Royal Scots.
He was reported missing and assumed to have died [22nd October 1917] (aged 19).
He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [11-14 & 162],
and on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
The family lived at Walnut Cottage, Brighouse [1940s]
Curate at Lightcliffe [1884]
He was a general labourer [1873].
On 3rd February 1873, he married Mary Agnes Horner [1855-1924] in Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Hebden Bridge
During World War II,
he served as a Private
with the Durham Light Infantry.
He died 17th January 1945 (aged 18).
He is remembered with a CWGC headstone at St Peter's Church, Walsden
[48].
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
In June 1899, he and Rev George Edward Aspinall were nominated as
candidates for the Hipperholme Division of the West Riding County
Council
Born in Halifax.
Established F. King & Sons Limited [1857].
In 1887, Francis King was listed as
He was
chief of staff at the Courier [until 1857] /
a bookseller, stationer, bookbinder & printer [1891] /
a retired bookseller & stationer [1911].
In [Q2] 1889, he married Alice Bottomley [1846-1???] from
Ovenden.
Children:
The family lived at
His first novel was published in 1924, and he wrote many
more – averaging 3 per year
Born in Halifax.
He was
manager of a wool warehouse [1911] /
a wool merchant [1927].
In [Q1] 1901, he married Harriet Ann Ball [1867-1954] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
Harriet Ann died in Halifax [1954].
Frank died in Halifax [29th August 1966].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £9,658.
Probate was granted to
son Harold Frank Lister
and
Charles William Riley (accountant)
In 1870, he married the widowed Jane Seward Child in
Halifax
In [Q3] 1894, he married Edith Lunnh [18??-1???].
Children:
The family lived at Wood Cottage, Skircoat Green
During World War II,
he served as a Sergeant
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
He died 15th May 1941 (aged 21).
He was buried at Brighouse Cemetery,
[F Nonconformist 89]
on the Memorial at Halifax Building Society,
and on the Memorial at Rastrick Grammar School
He married Catherine [18??-19??].
Children:
The family lived in Brighouse
He was a baker at Gandy Bridge, Burnley Road, Todmorden [1915].
On 14th May 1890, he married Elizabeth Ann Stott [1870-1949] at St Peter's Church, Walsden.
Children:
Harry died at Belmont Nursing Home, Manchester [2nd June 1926]
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £3,900 17/-.
Probate was granted to
his widow Elizabeth Ann
and
children Alfred & Emily.
Elizabeth Ann died at Rawson Field, Todmorden [31st May 1949].
Probate records show that she left effects valued at £1,216 7/2d.
Probate was granted to children:
Alfred, Emily, & John.
Born in Hebden Bridge [19th February 1890].
On 27th May 1916, he married Miriam Midgley [1889-1924] in Halifax.
They had no children.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 18th Battalion
Durham Light Infantry.
He was killed in action [28th March 1918].
His body was brought back home and buried with his
father-in-law John Midgley at Heptonstall Church.
He is remembered on the Memorial at Saint James Church, Hebden Bridge,
and on the Memorial at Saint John's Mission Church, Hebden Bridge.
Miriam died in 1924
and was buried with her father and husband
Children:
The couple died in Giggleswick
Son of John King.
He and his brother Herbert joined their father in the
business which was formerly William Barker & Company
He and his brother Henry Whiteley joined their father in the
business which was formerly William Barker & Company
He attended Tuel Lane Sunday School
He entered the Free Methodist ministry in 1867 and served for 43
years.
He served at Norwich [1905]
He was President of the United Methodist Free Church Assembly [1905]
Son of Samuel King.
He married Marie Oldfield.
Children:
In his will of 1639, he left money to be distributed to the poor of
Skircoat on the first St Thomas's Day after his death.
Other members of the King family left money to be distributed on the
same date.
The epitaph on his memorial
in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in
the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions
He married Susan Naylor.
Children:
Heywood condemned him for
They owned King's Farm, Hebden Bridge
He married Sarah [d 1743].
Children:
There is a memorial tablet to members of the family in Heptonstall Church which was moved from the Old Church in 1873
Mill-owner.
He rebuilt Mytholm Hall, Hebden Bridge.
On 6th October 1810,
Alexander Turner
and
he
borrowed £7,000 for 1 year from
John Edwards of Northowram Hall.
The loan was secured as a mortgage against land and property owned by
the pair; much of this was at Blackshawhead.
By 1824, the loan had not been paid back, and
Thomas Fournis Dyson, Edwards's beneficiary, was pressing for payment.
When Turner's daughter Mary, wife of
Rev James Armytage Rhodes, inherited the estate, she insisted that her husband pay the debt
on her behalf.
Rev Rhodes paid back the loan in full – plus interest – out of
his own pocket, on the condition that all documentation relating to
the matter be destroyed.
He was one of a partnership of 4 who built Mytholm Mill, Hebden Bridge.
He married Sarah [1739-1810].
Children:
There is a memorial tablet to James, Sarah
and Mary in Heptonstall Church which was moved from
the Old Church in 1873.
See
James King & Company and
Noah Dale Dam, Colden
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/6th Battalion
Lancashire Fusiliers.
He died 5th June 1915 (aged 20).
He was buried at the Redoubt Cemetery, Gallipolli [IX A 3].
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
He occupied Excelsior Mills, Ripponden, trading as J. Mac
A. King and Company Limited, the first foam-plastic converter in
Britain
He was a potato merchant of Lightcliffe [1889].
In 1889, he married Alice Mary, daughter of Charles Kershaw.
Children:
He was granted permission to pursue his interest in the sport of
hawking.
There are many court records of his paying fees for hawking.
He bequeathed a book entitled Pupilla Oculi to the Parish Church library, and 100 shillings for the fabric of the church
Son of Samuel King.
He married Anna.
Children:
The epitaph on his memorial
in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in
the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions
He married Unknown.
Children:
The family lived at Bull Close, Halifax [1710].
The epitaph on the memorial for Samuel
in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in
the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions
and was summoned to the court of Charles I.
During the Civil War, he was employed to snipe at Roundhead
officers, and is said to have
At Manchester, he was a victor in the field and carried on the
shoulders of men crying
to which the republicans cried out
He lived at
the house which became the Horse Shoe Inn.
He was buried in Halifax Parish Church.
See
King's archer
He married Orpah [1770-1852].
Children:
The family lived at Lane House, Luddenden.
Elizabeth died 29th December 1852.
Her obituary records that
John died 15th February 1858.
Members of the family were buried at Butts Green Baptist Chapel, Warley
He was known as the cheap will-maker.
He was a Quaker and Freemason.
He lived in a house at the bottom of John King Lane,
near to the present Sunnybank Road/Prospect Place.
In 18??, he married Sarah [1777-1854].
John died 7th April 1853 (aged 75).
Sarah died 8th January 1854 (aged 77)
Children:
He inherited the business of his father-in-law William Barker & Company.
His sons – Henry Whiteley and Herbert – joined
the business
He died 30th October 1900.
He is remembered on the Halifax Parish Church South African War Memorial,
on West View Park War Memorial,
and on Hebden Bridge War Memorial
Born at Butts Green, Luddenden.
He was a waste and a shoddy merchant.
He married Rebecca.
Children:
John died in 1920 (aged 78).
Probate records show that he left effects valued at
around £5,000
Born in Giggleswick.
He was
a farmer of 8 acres & gardener [1861] /
a farmer of 15 acres [1881] /
a market gardener [1900].
In 1853, he married Elizabeth Lister [1832-1892]
in Settle.
Children:
By 1855, they had moved to Lightcliffe.
The family lived at Yew Trees, Lightcliffe [1861].
John died 3rd April 1900.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £5,273 18/1d.
Probate was granted to sons
Henry [b 1855], John Tate, and
Thomas
Born in Giggleswick.
He was
an ag.lab [1881] /
a market gardener [1900, 1901].
He and his brother Thomas were partners in John T. King & Thomas King.
On 3rd May 1888, he married (1) Sara Emily Harrison [1861-1896].
Her father was not shown on the marriage record
Children:
On 8th December 1900, he married (2) Elizabeth Waller [1857-1929] at Halifax Parish Church.
They had no children.
The family lived at
John died 10th March 1927.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £2,778 9/6d
[Resworn £2,693 9/6d].
Probate was granted to his brothers
Frank Lister King and Charles King
On 5th April 1788 he was executed at the Tyburn, York for uttering
a forged note at Halifax, with intent to defraud Samuel Roberts of
£8, the amount of the note
In [Q1] 1926, he married Audrey A. Shepherd in Todmorden.
Children:
The family lived at Walsden
After the marriage of his sister, Sarah to Francis Ramsbottom, he went to live at Birks Hall.
The epitaph on the memorial for Samuel & Sarah
in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in
the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions
He married Unknown.
Children:
There is a memorial to several members of the family in Halifax Parish Church
He lived at Lower Willow Hall, Cote Hill [1640-1655].
In 1691, he married Mary Cockcroft
Children:
He left Willow Hall to live at Mytholm Hall, Hebden Bridge.
This was the start of the King family of Mytholm
Son of James King.
He married Sarah Greenwood.
Children:
He died 5th February 1674.
The epitaph on his memorial
in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in
the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions
Born in Boothtown.
He married Sarah Jane.
They lived at 231 Cross Green Lane, Leeds.
During World War I,
he served as a Gunner
with the Royal Navy
aboard the
HMS Good Hope.
He was killed in action [1st November 1914]
when his ship sank with all hands off the coast of Chile at the
Battle of Coronel.
He is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, England [2],
and on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He was in office when Clifton became a parish separate from
Hartshead-cum-Clifton in 1886.
He was a member of the Halifax Board of Guardians
He married Rose Ann [1851-1???].
Children:
The family lived at Great Albion Street, Halifax [1891]
He was
an ag.lab [1881] /
a market gardener [1900, 1901]
He and his brother John Tate King were partners in John T. King & Thomas King.
On 30th September 1890, he married Ella Jane Hurst [1863-1936]
at St Augustine's, Wrangthorn, Leeds.
Children:
The family lived at
Thomas died 21st December 1936.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £3,465 13/2d.
Probate was granted to his children
Stanley Hurst Lister King and Marjorie Evelyn Mackintosh
He was injured – several cuts – in the Pye Nest Tram Disaster of
15th October 1907, but was treated at home
Born in Bottoms, Halifax.
He was
a joiner of Greece Field, Halifax [1880] /
a joiner [1881] /
a carpenter & joiner [1891] /
a joiner at dye house [1901] /
a carpenter at Fletcher's dye house [1911].
In 1880, he married Sarah Jane Heywood [1859-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1911] was grandson Walter Carter [b 1902].
Walter died in Halifax [Q1 1913].
In [Q4] 1913, Sarah Jane married Richard H. Summerfield in Halifax.
They lived at 80 Lister Lane, Halifax
He married Unknown.
Children:
On 7th May 1837, while in a state of intoxication, fell from the
straw loft of the Golden Lion, Todmorden, where he and a
companion had retired the previous evening, and landed on his head.
He died shortly afterwards
Mary Agnes was born in Pateley Bridge
dealer in school books, school materials, & manufacturer of school
stationery, printer, bookbinder, publisher of school books, Northgate
Harriet Ann was born in Leeds
Elizabeth Ann was born in Rochdale
Miriam was the daughter of John Midgley
Mary was the daughter of John Tate
his abominable profanity, his desperate swearing, and his defiance of
the devil
the best archer in England
won great wagers
A King, a King
Treason, treason, a plot
She had been a wife 62 years, and has left behind her a husband, 9
children, 30 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren
Elizabeth was born in Settle
Sara Emily, of Railway Terrace, Rastrick, was born in Clapham.
Elizabeth was the daughter of William Waller,
farmer, of Park View, Lightcliffe
Sarah Jane, of West Vale, Greetland, was born in Copper's Row,
Yorkshire, the daughter of George Heywood, cotton scutcher
A swearer, drinker and the most filthy adulterer, among others hee
kept longe one Dorothy Brigg a wydowe, in whose house and hand hee
was stricken with sudden deathe, his last words were othes and
curses, hee lyved after about 40 howers but never spake worde
Aka Kinge, Kynge.
In the 16th and 17th centuries, the family owned considerable
property in Skircoat and, later, in Warley.
Samuel King was an early member of the family.
King Cross gets its name from the family.
See
Butts Green Baptist Church, Warley,
James King,
William King,
King's Farm, Hebden Bridge,
Lower Bairstow, Sowerby Bridge and
Willow Hall, Cote Hill
See
Hamlet Bent,
James King,
Samuel King,
King Street,
King's Farm,
Mytholm Hall,
Mytholm Mill and
White Lion
The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District Surnames by George Redmonds.
There are over 60 entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname King,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Unattached BMDs for King:
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Malcolm Bull 2017 /
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