The entries for people & families with the surname Laycock are gathered together in this SideTrack.
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The individuals listed are not necessarily related to each other.
Born in Todmorden [4th March 1887].
He was a well-known cornet and trombone player.
After his 9th birthday, his parents bought him a second-hand cornet,
and arranged for him to visit Arthur Hirst, the conductor of
the local Cornholme Band, for private lessons.
He gained considerable fame with various brass bands in the district
and around Britain.
After the death of their parents, his elder brother, Ellis
took care of the family.
On 27th November 1913, Arthur played before King George V
and Queen Mary at Lambton Castle.
In June 1914, he married Maggie Cowgill.
At the outbreak of World War I, he joined the 16th Durham Light
Infantry and played in the regimental band.
Later, he suffered facial burns from a domestic accident – when he
tried to take a flaming chip pan outside – and Harry Mortimer had
to deputise for him.
Harry remembers Arthur as an immaculate, if pedantic, man paying
painstaking attention to his appearance and to his playing, and was
once heard to say
to which someone replied
During World War II,
he served as a Sergeant
with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
He died 30th March 1943 (aged 20).
He was buried at Queensbury Cemetery
[A 131]
Baptised at St George's Church, Barnsley [16th July 1848].
He died in Chelsea [28th November 1891].
He was buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram
with his parents
Born in Southowram.
He was
a stone mason [1851] /
a warehouseman [1861] /
a tea dealer [1871, 1881, 1891] /
a draper [1881].
In later years, he was member of the school board for Southowram
School.
In 1852, he married Hannah Balmforth [1830-1???] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at Common Lane, Bank Top, Southowram [1871].
He was buried at Bethesda Primitive Methodist Chapel, Bank Top
Baptised at St Mary's Church, Barnsley [20th November 1839]
On 13th March 1884, he married Frances Sach
in Lambeth.
He died at St Pancras [31st August 1900]
Born in Todmorden.
Like his brother, Arthur, he played in several local
bands – playing tenor horn and later the trombone
Born in Halifax.
He was a veterinary assistant [1914].
In [Q2] 1914, he married Charlotte Ethel Powell [1886-1971] in
Rotherham.
The couple died in Sheffield
Baptised at St John the Baptist, Coley [20th November 1804]
Born in Southowram.
He was
a stone mason [1851] /
a stone dresser [1861].
In 1846, he married Elizabeth Sheard [1814-1852].
Children:
In 1853, he married (2) Ruth Myers née Walker
[1816-1868].
In 1845, he witnessed the marriage of his brother Samuel Laycock
Born in Todmorden.
He lived at 1 Back Der Street, Todmorden.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd/5th Battalion
Lancashire Fusiliers.
He died in France [23rd June 1918] (aged 21).
He was buried at the Pernes British Cemetery, France [V C 12].
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £165 17/6d.
Administration was granted to
Sarah Ellen Laycock (spinster)
He was
a stone mason [1881, 1891, 1901].
In [Q2] 1880, he married Susannah Carlton [1861-19??] in Halifax
She was
a worsted winder [1891] /
a white worsted winder [1901].
They lived at
James William died in Halifax [Q4 1907] (aged 47).
The widowed Susannah was innkeeper at the Prospect, Halifax [1911]
He married Patricia Mary Holdsworth.
Children:
The family lived at Shaw House until the 1960s, and then above
the practice at his Park Road surgery
He married Martha.
Children:
The children were baptised at St John the Baptist, Coley
He was a silk drawer [1889].
On 19th October 1889, he married Sarah Elizabeth Hollas in
Kirkheaton.
The couple went to live in Huddersfield.
Children:
He was a cloth finisher or cloth dresser.
In 1839, he married Mary Barker.
Children:
He was
educated at St Mary's Catholic School /
employed at the Economic Stores.
During World War II,
he enlisted [1939], and
served as a Private
with the Royal Army Medical Corps,
attached to the
Lincolnshire Regiment.
He was at the Dunkirk evacuation, and served in the Middle East.
He was killed in action in France [19th September 1944] (aged 26).
He was buried at the Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, Belgium [IV D 4].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He was a wool manufacturing overlooker [1880].
On 4th November 1880, he married Mary Ann Appleyard in Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Halifax.
The couple died in Harrogate:
John William [20th March 1927];
Mary Ann [16th January 1947]
Son of Joshua Laycock.
He was a Quaker, and meetings were held at his house in 1689.
In 16??, he married (1) Mary, daughter of David Hemingway.
Children:
Mary died [16??].
Jonathan married (2) Elizabeth [?] [16??-1703].
Jonathan and Elizabeth were buried at the Quaker Burial Ground, Halifax
[Graves 4 and 5]
He was buried in the family's garden at Elm Wood, Shaw Hill.
Heywood tells us that
His gravestone there was reconstructed in 1816
In 1873, there was a
He married Mary.
Children:
The family lived at Pasture House, Southowram [1871]
He was baptised Joseph Sunwood Laycock at Coley Church [18th
February 1854].
The Church record of the baptism shows
Farrar is crossed out and Laycock written in
At the foot of the page is written
Farrar is crossed out and Laycock written in
He was a commercial clerk [1885].
In [Q3] 1885, he married Lydia Murgatroyd in Halifax.
He lived at Shaw Hill, Halifax.
He was a Quaker and held meetings at his house.
He married Elizabeth [16??-1704].
Children:
Elizabeth was buried at Quaker Burial Ground, Highroad Well
Heywood records that he
He was a quarry owner and stone merchant at Pump Lane Quarry, Southowram [1905].
He lived at
Higgin Lane, Southowram
Born in Halifax.
Singer and musician.
In 1895, he was appointed superintendent of singing in the schools at
Gateshead, and later at Sunderland.
He had a genial nature and worked well with children.
He was a fine bass singer, and did excellent work as a teacher, being
honorary chorusmaster with the Gateshead Choral Society and later
with the Sunderland Philharmonic Society.
He was also choirmaster for many years at churches in Sunderland
He was landlord of the Pear Inn, Sowerby Street [1895-1902].
In [Q1] 1902, he married Bella Bedford [1860-1947] in Halifax.
Children:
Richard died 23rd May 1902.
After his death, Bella took over at the Pear Inn
[1902-1907]
Born at Bank Top, Southowram.
At the age of 15, he attended Sunday evening cottage prayer meetings,
and joined his father's classes.
He was
a quarryman /
a wool comber [1841, 1845, 1851] /
a town missionary [1861] /
a dissenting minister [1865] /
a Methodist minister [from 1871].
He was instrumental in the construction of the Bethesda Primitive Methodist Chapel, Bank Top.
On 11th December 1845, he married (1) Roseanne (or Rose
Ann) Jagger [1828-1846] at Halifax Parish Church.
His brother James made his mark as a witness.
Children:
On 2nd September 1846, Roseanne died of typhus at Spring
Hall, Southowram, with Samuel present at the death.
William Henry was raised by his grandparents Mary and
William Laycock at Common Lane, Bank Top.
In 1850, Samuel married (2) Hannah Sykes [1826-1???] of
Southowram.
Children:
He became one of the most popular preachers of the district, and was
in great demand for special services and public meetings.
After his marriage he became a hired local preacher for a time in the
Halifax circuit, and was subsequently engaged by the Reformers as an
evangelist.
Joseph Crossley heard him preach whilst he was sheltering from a
rain shower in the chapel porch, and was so struck with Samuel's
power over men, his deep insight into human nature and needs, that he
waited to the end of the service, and with his usual generosity
engaged him for mission work and employed him as a town missionary.
This engagement continued for 5½ years, until Crossley
suggested to Rev John Simpson that steps should be taken for his
introduction to the work of the ministry, undertaking to supplement
his income as a probationer so as to remove any difficulty on
financial grounds.
This was achieved 1863, even though Samuel was then 38 years old when
the usual age for probationers was 25.
For the next 35 years he served at various places across Yorkshire.
He settled at Great Horton, where he hoped to end his days, but he
moved to Gateshead, with his son, Newton, who had secured
an important position under the School Board.
He died shortly afterwards and was buried at Bradford
Son of Rev William Laycock.
Born in Ecclesfield, Barnsley [17th December 1842].
Baptised 1st September 1844.
He was
educated at St John's College Cambridge [1863],
ordained priest [1859],
and
ordained deacon at Manchester [1866]
and served at
Christ Church, Salford [1866-1868],
St Mary's, Droylsden [1868-1870],
and
St John's, Workington [1871-1873]
before becoming
Vicar of St George's, Sowerby [1873-1906].
He was a member of the Committee of the Sowerby Bridge Evening Continuation Schools [1896].
On 13th July 1871, he married (1) Margaret Robotham [1850-1889]
at Christ Church, Salford.
Children:
In 1895, he married (2) Maria Russell Anderson [1851-1904]
in Birkenhead.
In April 1906, he was taken ill as he was going to the early morning
service.
Some time later, it was thought that he was fit enough to go to
Southport, but, as he was going to the railway station, he felt
worse and was taken home, where he died shortly afterwards [14th May
1906].
Members of the family were buried at St George's Church, Sowerby
Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £2,001 3/9d.
Probate was granted to his children
Charles William and Mary.
In 1907, a stained glass window was installed at
St George's, Sowerby
in his memory
He was
a school master [1934].
On 19th May 1934, he married Dorothy Tidswell at All Saints'
Church, Dudwell.
The family lived at
The couple died in Sutton-in-Craven:
Sidney [] (aged 1979);
Dorothy [] (aged 1998)
Children:
After the death of Thomas and Mary, Ellis took
care of the family
Born in Southowram.
He was
a flag tracer [1851] /
a shiper of stone [1861] /
a stone mason [1871, 1881, 1891].
In 1859, he married Hannah Priestley [1831-1???].
Children:
The family lived at
He was a quarry owner and stone merchant at Sunny Bank Quarry, Southowram [1905].
He lived at
12 Higgin Lane, Southowram.
He married Unknown.
Children:
He was buried at Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram
He married Mary Jane Oldfield.
Children:
Thomas Henry died in Halifax [January 1893].
Mary Jane died in Halifax [December 1930]
He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 8th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 14th September 1916 (aged 23).
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [6A & 6B],
and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
He was
a cloth dresser [1841] /
a local Methodist preacher and class leader in Halifax.
On 31st January 1813, he married Mary Bentley at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
He died at Bank Top from bronchitis, with his son Samuel in
attendance [31st December 1859].
He was buried at Wesleyan Chapel, Southowram
Baptised at St Cuthbert's Church, York [12th April 1812].
Vicar of Southowram [1853, 1874].
He edited the St Anne's Southowram Quarterly Messenger & Record.
He was said to be very broad-minded towards Nonconformists
On 7th May 1838, he married Elizabeth Shaw [1818-1891]
in Ecclesfield.
Children:
Rev Laycock died 5th July 1882 (aged 70).
Elizabeth died at Southport [24th March 1891] (aged 73)
Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram
Baptised on 9th July 1815.
He was a cloth dresser.
He married (1) Charlotte.
Children:
In 1854, he married (2) Mary Chadwick [1822-1890].
Children:
Children:
William died April 9th 1903 [aged 84]
Emily died February 8th 1904 [aged 86].
The couple were buried at St John's Church, Dewsbury Moor.
The children were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse
Perhaps one day I might be as good a cornet player as Arthur Laycock
Yes, you might, but you will never look as well-dressed as he does
Hannah was born in Southowram
Charlotte Ethel was born in Rotherham
Susannah was born in Halifax.
Patricia Mary was the daughter of Hugh Reginald Holdsworth
Sarah Elizabeth was the daughter of John Hollas
Mary Ann was the daughter of Samuel Appleyard
[Jonathan] was felling a tree near the Free School when he
was taken up almost dead, he hath no sense or feeling of them at all,
strike, prick, punch them he cannot feel, there he lyes still as a
sad spectacle.
He dyed and was buried in their own garden [Jan 8 1680-81]
Sale by Auction of Farm Stock and Household Items for Joseph
Laycock
February 18th Joseph Sunwood Farrar.
Father and mother not known.
This child was found by a man named Edward Farrar when
gathering sticks in Sun Wood
Lydia, of Bedford Street, Halifax, was the daughter of John Murgatroyd
died May 15, a Quaker very rich
Bella was born in Sowerby Bridge
Dorothy was the daughter of Sidney Tidswell
Mary Jane was the daughter of Samuel Oldfield
Mary was born in Southowram
Elizabeth was born in Carlton
There are over 30 entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname Laycock,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Unattached BMDs for Laycock:
Marriages
1899,
1934
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