The entries for people & families with the surname Knowles 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 lived at 406 Gibbet Street [1905]
Son of James Knowles.
He was
one of the most successful barristers on the Northern Circuit /
Treasurer of the Middle Temple.
His cases were prominently reported in the Halifax Courier
Born in Cornholme.
He was a bobbin finisher (varnishing bobbins) [1911].
During World War I,
he enlisted in Todmorden, and
served as a Private
with the 9th Battalion
Cheshire Regiment.
He was killed in action [21st October 1917].
He was buried at the Hooge Crater Cemetery [XXI G 12].
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/5th Battalion
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).
He died 9th October 1917 (aged 24).
He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial [XXXI D 17]
He married Jessie Ainley.
The couple were buried at Elland Cemetery
In 1804, he was declared bankrupt
He was a wool buyer & manufacturer [1861].
Around 1843, he married Elizabeth [1824-1???].
Children:
The family lived at 3 Ryburn Terrace, Sowerby Bridge [1861]
Born in Gomersal.
Poet
Son of Lionel Knowles.
He married Elizabeth Phillips.
Children:
The children were orphaned at an early age:
James died in 1805
He was a labourer (bobbin manufacturer) [1911].
In [Q3] 1880, he married Jane Harvey [1853-1935]
in Settle.
Children:
The family lived at
He farmed at Snydal Farm, Southowram [1908 to 1948].
In 1889, he married Sarah Heaton.
Children:
In 1891, the family were living with Sarah's father at Siddal Wells
He married Mary Wilkinson [1775-1848].
Children:
He was a cotton spinner.
He operated and extended Bents Mill after his father-in-law's
death.
He took his eldest son – John Wilkinson Knowles – into
partnership and they made calicoes for the Manchester market.
The firm was
They were declared bankrupt in 1825.
Hallas Mill was destroyed by fire [1895].
Bents Mill was still in use as a warehouse [1960s].
The family lived at
Son of Lionel Knowles
Born in Gomersal.
He was
a graduate of Peterhouse, Cambridge /
Curate at Halifax [1852-1858] /
vicar in Glossop [for 23 years] /
author of Pastoral Comforts, Gold & Pearls & other works.
On 17th May 1859, he married Mary Louisa Orange at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at Glossop [1871, 1881].
He died in Glossop
Son of Rev John Dickenson Knowles.
Born in Rawdon.
He was
a graduate of Peterhouse, Cambridge /
Rural Dean of Glossop [1906-1920]
He was a corn dealer at New Bank, Halifax.
On 8th February 1853, he married Elizabeth Cowap.
On 30th April 1853, The Leeds Mercury reported
He had emigrated to America by 1861 and died there
Of Halifax.
His father operated and extended Bents Mill, Hallas Bridge
after the death of his father-in-law William Wilkinson of Pye
Bank.
He took John Wilkinson into partnership and they made calicoes
for the Manchester market.
They were declared bankrupt in 1825.
He resumed cotton spinning at Bents Mill [1827-1840].
He was a partner in the Thornaby Cotton Spinning Company,
Stockton-on-Tees [1840-1850].
On 19th December 1822, he married Mary Pollard.
Children:
The family lived at
John Wilkinson died 25th October 1865.
Mary died 10th December 1865.
There are memorial windows to the couple in Halifax Parish Church
Born in Todmorden.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd/6th Battalion
South Staffordshire Regiment.
He died 16th February 1918 (aged 19).
He was buried at the Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension [II E 17].
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Oddfellows' Hall, Todmorden
Born at Undercliffe, Bradford.
As a youth, he lived in Queenshead where his
stepfather William Hargreaves – previously of the Bowling
Green Inn, Bridge Street, Bradford – kept the Queen's Head Inn.
He was
owner of the Black Horse public house in Thornton [1819] /
a farmer and innkeeper at Denholme Gate /
proprietor of the Denholme Gate Brewery / He commenced brewing there and built new premises for this purpose in 1837 /
one of the founders of St Paul's Church, Denholme /
chairman of the Church building committee [1843-1846].
He established Knowles & Sons, in partnership with his
sons Jonathan and George.
In 1815, he married (1) Martha Briggs
Children:
Martha died in 1840.
The Leeds Intelligencer of 19th December 1840 reported
On 9th October 1845, he married 2 . at Halifax Parish Church
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st Battalion
Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
He was killed in action [25th August 1918] (aged 33).
He was buried at the L'Homme Mort British Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mein, France [II C 10]
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance.
His brother Thomas also died in the War
Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [March 1695/6]
He and his son were well-established as white cloth dressers in
Gomersal [1760s].
In 1726, Lionel, of Halifax Parish, married Jane Laverack.
Children:
The family moved and settled in Gomersal [around 1740].
He was an early member of the Knowles Family of Gomersal.
Lionel died in Gomersal [1779] (aged 83)
He married Mary Rangsley.
Children:
A member of the Knowles Family of Gomersal
He married Ann Hartley.
Children:
Son of Lionel Knowles.
He was a member of the Knowles Family of Gomersal, and third in
descent from Lionel Knowles.
He married Lucy Dickenson.
Children:
He was adopted by Rev Philip P. Carpenter BA PhD of Warrington.
Rev Carpenter was known as a conchologist.
In 1857, he went to live in Manchester.
He became a printer and publisher.
He settled in Sale.
He wrote a quantity of prose and poems including
Every Band of Hope Boy's Reciter [in 7 volumes]
and
Laughable Dialogues
During World War I,
he served as a Lance Corporal
with the 2nd Battalion
Manchester Regiment.
He died 21st March 1921.
He was buried at Brighouse Cemetery
[E C 145]
He married Mary [18??-19??].
Children:
The family lived at 11 Grove Row, Heath Hill Road, Mount Tabor,
Halifax.
Sons Thomas E. & Joseph died in World War I
He married Elizabeth [1806-18??].
Children:
Thomas died in early 1851.
In the 1851 census, the widowed Elizabeth Knowles was
innkeeper at 36 Wool Shops, Halifax
Question:
Does anyone know which inn this could have been?
Could it still be the Britannia Inn?
Daughter Elizabeth
was buried at All Souls' Church, Halifax.
Living with Elizabeth in 1851 was widowed aunt Mary
Bottomly [aged 90]
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 5th May 1915 (aged 33).
He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial [20],
and on the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance.
His brother Joseph also died in the War
He was a farmer.
He married Annie P. Beever.
On the 21st June 1949, he was seriously injured when he was gored by
a bull at the family's Snydal Farm, Southowram.
He was paralysed and confined to bed until his death
He established W. T. Knowles & Sons [1906]
In 1928, he was presented with a clock for his work with the
Southowram Subscription Band
In [Q3] 1898, he married Leah Louisa Rawkins [1876-19??]
in Preston, Lancashire.
Children:
The family lived at
See
Knowles's Dairy
Born in Walsden.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 3rd May 1917.
He was buried at the Brown's Copse Cemetery [I F 17].
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
Jessie was the daughter of Henry Ainley
Elizabeth was born in Oldham
Jane was born in Redruth, Cornwall
Sarah was the daughter of Andrew Heaton
Mary was the daughter of William Wilkinson [1735-1820]
of Pye Bank, who built Bents Mill at Hallas Bridge [1810]
their waggons went to and fro over Blackstone Edge constantly
perhaps the largest maker of cotton goods in this part of the
country, putting out handweaving at twenty different stations
extending from Skipton to Cleckheaton
Mary Louisa was born in Eckington, Derbyshire, the daughter of
Colonel John Edward Orange
At the Town Hall on Tuesday last, Mary Crawshaw, aged 33,
produced 2 female illegitimate children, stating that John Pollard
Knowles, late a corn dealer in New Bank, was the father of them.
She stated that she was servant to Thomas Barraclough, who is
a [nephew] of Knowles's, and that Knowles was in the habit of coming
to the house, where an illicit intercourse took place between them.
Her sister Martha confirmed the evidence as to familiarities
which she had seen.
The Magistrate decided that the plaintiff should have paid, for the
lying-in of one of the children, £2 14/6d, and for the other
£2 10/6d, and that she should have 2/- per week for each child
till they attained the age of 13 years
Mary came from Northowram, and was the youngest daughter
of William Pollard of Spring House, near Halifax
Martha was the daughter of Abram Briggs
She fell a victim to typhus fever which she caught while attending
with maternal solicitude the last illness of one of her sons whose
death took place on the 1st instant
Mary was the daughter of Rev Thomas Crowther
Jane came from Birstall
Mary came from Heckmondwike
Ann came from Grassington
Leah Louisa came from Preston
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