The entries for people & families with the surname Lister 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.
During World War II,
he served as a Flight Sergeant
with 464 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
He died 8th August 1944 (aged 21).
He was (possibly) buried at Menil-Hubert-sur-Orne Communal Cemetery, France
[D 7 1]
She was housekeeper at Shibden Hall for her brother.
From 1819, she made several trips to Paris with her niece,
Anne.
She suffered from arthritis and used what is now the New Buttery at Shibden Hall, as a bedroom
She inherited Shibden Hall from her uncle James and
she made many alterations to the building.
Her lesbian life-style – detailed in her journals – shocked 19th
century Halifax.
See
Miss Lister's Mine, Shibden,
Books about Anne Lister,
Mr Etherington,
Godley Cutting,
Mr Gray,
Literary & Philosophical Society,
John Harper,
Ward Dyson Hitchen,
James Holt,
Horses of Anne Lister,
New Church, Halifax,
Northgate House,
Old Church, Halifax,
Mary Prescott and
St James's Church
She was the unmarried sister of John Lister.
She and her brother lived – quite separately – at Shibden Hall.
She did much charity work.
She died at Shibden Hall [10th March 1929].
Her funeral service was held at St Thomas's Church, Claremount and
she was buried at St Anne's in the Grove Church, Southowram
Born in Stainland.
He was
a member of Providence Congregational Church, Stainland /
a cloth presser (woollen) [1911] /
employed in the finishing department of Joseph Hoyle's, Longwood.
In 1915, he married Jessie Hammond in Halifax.
They lived at New Street, Stainland.
During World War I,
he enlisted [12th September 1914], and
served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He left for France [26th August 1915], and was invalided home, and
returned to his unit [April 1916].
He was reported missing and assumed to have died [3rd May 1917].
He was previously reported to be a POW.
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [6],
on the Memorial at Saint Andrew's Church, Stainland,
and on the Memorial at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland
He was a member of St Paul's Mission Church, Pye Nest.
He lived at 13 Green Terrace Square, Savile Park, Halifax.
During World War I,
he served as a Rifleman
with the 1st/8th Battalion
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).
He died in the arms of his uncle [20th July 1918]
after being hit by machine-gun fire in an attack on Marfaux in the
Ardre Valley, in eastern France.
He is remembered on the Soissons Memorial, France,
on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
on the Memorial at Saint Paul's Church, King Cross,
and on the Roll of Honour at Pye Nest Mission Room
He was educated in Keighley.
In 1910, he entered Cadet School Ship Conway, and was there
for 2 years after which he went into the Merchant Navy.
During World War I,
he joined the 11th Border Regiment [March 1915].
He fought in France, and was wounded at the
Battle of the Lys
[April 1918].
He was discharged from the army in 1919.
He gained his Royal Society of Teachers Certificate and went on to
teach maths at Heath Grammar School [1923-1935].
At the beginning of World War II, he worked at RAF Milton Abingdon,
the Central Ordnance Depot Didcot, obtaining a commission [1941] in
the Training Branch of RAF Volunteer Reserve with the rank of Acting
Pilot Officer.
In 1940, he joined Bradford Grammar School as a maths teacher and
rugby coach etc., covering teachers who were away at war.
In January 1946, he joined Greaves County Modern School, Lancaster.
Later, he moved to Skerton School, Lancaster, where he remained until
he retired in 1958.
He died 10th May 1980.
He is one of the first recorded members of the local Lister family.
Halifax dyer [1298].
He is recorded at a dye house near North Bridge as
and again becomes
He married Unknown.
Children:
He was
a gas stoker [1877] /
a gas stoker at gas works [1911]
On 28th January 1877, he married Alice Parker [1857-1931] in Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Elland and baptised at Elland Parish Church.
The family lived at 34 George Street, Elland [1911].
Benjamin died in 1917 (aged 65)
She married (1) John Rawson.
After John's death in 1719, she married (2) John Crossley of Kershaw House, Luddenden.
She and her younger son – Christopher – moved to
Halifax, and the 2 older sons – John and
William – stayed in Bradford
Younger son of Dr John Lister, and brother of John
and Anne.
He died near Santa Ana, Bolivia [6th November 1889].
He was buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram
Question:
Does anyone know how he fits into the Shibden Hall family?
He was buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram
He built Grove Houses
She was the first wife of Joseph Lister, her
cousin
He lived at Commercial Road, Halifax.
During World War I,
he served
with the 1st Battalion
Royal Scots Fusiliers.
He was with the Expeditionary Force.
He was killed in action at Ypres [11th November 1914].
He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [19 & 33],
and on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
Born at Coldwells Hill, Stainland.
He was employed in the stereotyping department of the Halifax Courier.
He lived at Shibden.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/5th Battalion
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
He died from multiple shell wounds [3rd February 1917] (aged 19).
He was buried at Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, France [IV G 10].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He was
educated at Siddal Council School & Halifax Secondary Modern School /
employed by Rushworth & Firth, plasterers.
During World War II,
he served as a Sergeant
with 78 Squadron
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
He was reported missing and assumed to have died [27th September 1942] (aged 22).
He is remembered on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey [88],
and on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered on the Roll of Honour at Patmos Congregational Chapel, Todmorden
Born in Elland.
He was
a woollen piecer [1891] /
a woollen manufacturer of Princess Street, Greetland [1898] /
a woollen manufacturer (employer) [1901, 1911].
In 1898, he married Hannah Gill at Halifax Parish Church.
She had a son:
Herbert Edward Gill [b Q2 1896]
(father unknown).
By 1911, his name became Herbert Edward Lister
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1901] was Hannah's sister Elizabeth A
Gill [b 1881] (woollen weaver) who had been a witness
at Hannah's wedding)
He married May Buxton [18??-19??],
Her sister Kate married Fred's brother Thomas Edward Lister
Children:
He married Unknown.
Children:
See
Thomas Uttley
On 24th May 1839, he tied a handkerchief over his eyes and threw
himself into the canal at the bottom of Water Lane, Halifax, and
drowned.
No motive was found and had saving of £20.
On 10th April 1870, PC Blackburn visited the house at
9:30 pm and found several boys under the age of 16 drinking there.
The house was in a dirty and disorderly state,
Lister was fined £2 7/6d for keeping a disorderly house,
and his licence was endorsed.
The police gave the house a very bad character
He was charged with assaulting constables Hoyle
and Johnson at Stainland on 2nd May 1889, with damaging
constable Hoyle's uniform, and with being drunk and disorderly.
He was fined a total of £3 17/6d, but in default, he was
committed to 2 months' imprisonment with hard labour
Baptised at St John the Baptist, Coley [11th August 1854]
In 1886/1887, he filed a patent for
In July 1887, he filed another for
During World War II,
he served as a Trooper
with the 22nd Dragoons
Royal Armoured Corps.
He died 3rd December 1944 (aged 25).
He was buried at Mierlo War Cemetery, Nederlands [V D 1]
He was
educated at St Augustine's School /
employed in the greengrocery department of Halifax Co-operative Society.
In [Q1] 1940, he married Ida Wilson in Halifax.
They lived at
During World War II,
he enlisted [January 1940], and
served as a Private
with the 5th Battalion
East Yorkshire Regiment.
He was in the evacuation at
Dunkirk.
He was killed in action with the 8th Army [20th March 1943] (aged 25).
He was buried at Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery, Tunisia [16].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
On 25th November 1857, he married Elizabeth Birkby in Dewsbury.
Born in Halifax.
In 1891, he was living with his widowed aunt Jane Savile.
His widowed father and siblings were living with grandfather Thomas Lister.
In 1901, he and his siblings were living with grandfather Thomas
Lister.
In 1911, he and his sister Elizabeth were living with
unmarried aunt Sarah Jane Lister.
He was
a house painter [1911] /
employed by Mr Jackson of Lee Mount and Mr Stainton of Queens Road /
a member of St George's Church, Lee Mount, School & Institute.
During World War I,
he enlisted
with the 2nd/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
[October 1914], and was drafted to the
1st/4th Battalion
where
he served as a Private.
He was gassed at Hill 60 [May 1915].
He was killed in action when a shell burst [19th December 1915] (aged 26).
He was buried at Talana Farm Cemetery, Belgium [IV H 5].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Saint George's Church, Lee Mount
At a Memorial Service at St George's Church, Lee Mount, there
was a token of love from Miss Priestley, South Darley Street,
Halifax
Born in Halifax.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 25th April 1920 (aged 19).
He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery
[K B 82]
Born in Greetland [Q2 1896].
Between 1901 & 1911, his name became Herbert Edward
Lister
He was
a member of Greetland Wesleyan Chapel /
a worsted operative [1911] /
a worsted spinning overlooker at Hollins Mill, Greetland (?) [1914].
He lived at 142 Cheapside, Greetland.
He had a sweetheart, Nellie.
During World War I,
he enlisted [27th October 1914], and
served as a Lance Corporal
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was killed in action during a bombardment of the trenches at Lambertzyde [5th August 1917].
He was buried at Ramscappelle Road Military Cemetery, Belgium [I BA 6].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland,
on the Memorial at Saint John the Evangelist, West Vale,
and on the Memorial at Greetland Methodist Church
Born in Leeds.
He was cotton spinning mill owner [1893].
He joined his brother Thomas Edward in the family
business – J. & H. Stott.
In 1893, he married Margaret Annie Baxter [1870-1964]
in Wharfedale.
Children:
He lived at The Knowle, Rastrick.
He was buried at Brighouse Cemetery
He married Unknown.
Children:
He died after 1586
Son of Samuel Lister.
He was an apothecary and made and sold medicines at his shop near
Hall End, Halifax.
He inherited Shibden Hall from his great-grandfather, Samuel Lister.
The case was challenged by the Sterne family, but James
obtained rightful possession in 1709.
On 25th May 1699, he married Mary Issot.
Children:
With his sons Thomas and William, he
emigrated to America in the 1730s, although he returned later.
On his death, the estate passed to his son John.
He and his wife were buried at Halifax Parish Church.
The epitaph on their memorial
is recorded in
the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions
He died unmarried [31st July 1763].
He was buried in Halifax Parish Church
He inherited Shibden Hall from his father.
In 1817, he succeeded his brother Joseph at Lower Brea, Shibden which is dated 1818 JL for him.
He never married and lived at Shibden Hall with his sister,
Anne, as housekeeper.
On his death, he left the Hall to his niece, Anne,
rather than to his brother Jeremy, because he feared
that Jeremy would leave it to Anne and Marian
jointly.
St James's Church, Halifax was named for him
In March 1858, he was declared insolvent
In 1842, he was declared insolvent
Born in Halifax.
He was
a stover [1845] /
a stover of stuffs.
He married (1) Unknown.
On 9th February 1845, he married (2) Sarah Noble of Halifax,
at Halifax Parish Church.
They lived at Bell Hall, Halifax
He was
a timber merchant [1838] /
a timber merchant and quarry owner at Hebden Bridge [1851]
He had business at Hebden Wharf.
On 25th January 1838, he married Maria Ingham [1819-1855] at
Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
Around 1855, he built Croft Terrace, Hebden Bridge.
He lived at Croft House which was Number 4, Croft Terrace.
Maria was buried at ? [22nd March 1856]
He was
a master clock maker [1851] /
a clock maker [1861, 1871].
In [Q1] 1856, he married Hannah Isles.
Children:
They lived at
He was landlord at the Freemasons' Arms, Brighouse [1901,
1917].
He married Mary Anne North [1856-19??].
Children:
Born 21st July 1888.
He was a farmer in Silverdale.
He lived with Councillor Thomas Ashton at Stocks Hall, Mytholmroyd
During World War I,
he enlisted in 1915, and
served as a Private
with the 10th Battalion
Royal Fusiliers.
He was killed 11th July 1916 (aged 27).
He was buried at Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbé, France [II A 71],
He is remembered on a memorial in St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd
and in the book Royd Regeneration
He married Unknown.
Children:
Son of James Lister.
In April 1747, he married Elizabeth Wainhouse.
Children:
He acquired Broadgates through his wife's family and owned it until
1796.
He owned the Pye Nest estate which he sold to John Edwards in 17??
Son of James Lister of Lower Brea.
In June 1735, he followed his brother, Thomas to
Virginia.
They were unsuccessful and Jeremy returned to England in
December 1736.
In 1745, he was a tenant of Lower Brea, Shibden.
In 1764, he inherited Shibden Hall on the death of his brother.
In 1744, he married Anne Hall.
Children:
He had many coal mines in the Shibden area.
On his death, the estate passed to his eldest son,
James, with some properties to his sons
Joseph and Jeremy, and money to his
daughters Martha and Anne
The epitaph on the memorial for Jeremy & Anne
in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in
the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions
He joined the British army.
In 1770, his aunt Mary Rose, brought news that
he was commissioned as an Ensign in the 10th Regiment of Foot.
The date of his commission was 26th December 1770.
He was posted to America.
In 1774, his company was sent to Boston in the American War of Independence.
He saw action in Lexington and Concord on 19th April 1775.
He was wounded at the Battle of Lexington, the first battle in
the war.
He wrote an account of the war – his journal – a personal narrative
written in 1782, which remains one of the few first-hand accounts of
the fighting at Lexington and Concord, and the ensuing retreat to
Boston. He later
served as a Captain.
In 1783, he resigned his commission and began farming on the
family estate in Skelfler in East Yorkshire.
In 1808, he left the Skelfler estate and brought the family to
Halifax where they lived at St Helen's House, Halifax.
On 2nd August 1788, he married Rebecca Battle.
Children:
All the boys died in infancy or youth.
He had interests in France.
In her journals, Anne frequently mentions her father's tangled
financial affairs, and that he was constantly in debt due to his bad
management.
She also writes that she regarded him a social embarrassment
He and his father were recorded as clockmakers at 13 Russell
Street, Halifax [1881]
In 1829, a Joseph Lister was listed as a clockmaker at
Petticoat Lane, Halifax
Born in New Street, Stainland.
He was
a cloth finisher of Stainland [1895] /
a grocer's carter [1901] /
a greengrocer [1911].
In 1895, he married Annie Willis [1871-19??]
at St Lawrence's Church, Pudsey.
Children:
The family lived at
Son of John Lister.
He married Unknown.
Children:
See
John Bateson
Son of William Lister.
He married Unknown.
Children:
He married Unknown.
Children:
He died after 1507
He married Anne Geyton [15??-1621] from Hull.
Children:
Younger son of Samuel Lister.
Baptised 18th July 1602.
In 1624, he married his cousin, Phoebe Hemingway.
Children:
In 1626, he was required to pay £13 6s 0d composition for not
attending to receive Knighthood at the Coronation of King Charles
I.
In 1636, he was Church-warden for Northowram.
His Accounts are a useful source for information about the district.
He was one of the electorate of 59 people when Jeremy Bentley was
elected first MP for Halifax in 1654$1
John died 18th July 1662
He married Unknown.
Children:
He attended Dame Gibson's School, Lightcliffe.
He was a life-long friend and correspondent of David Hartley
with whom he had attended Dr Hall's School.
He read divinity at St John's College Cambridge.
He was curate at Doncaster Parish Church [1727].
In 1729, he inherited Shibden Hall.
In 1749, he erected a weather-vane on Shibden Barn.
He was headmaster of Bury Grammar School, Lancashire [1730-1749].
He did not marry and had no children.
On 4th September 1759, he was out riding with William Walker on the
road between Keighley and Cullingworth when he was
and fell dead from his horse.
On his death, the Shibden Hall estate passed to his brother Jeremy and then to his nephew James, who
lived there quietly with his sister Anne.
His portrait hangs in The Study, Shibden Hall.
Son of Jeremy Lister
Children:
The epitaph on the family memorial
in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in
the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions
He married Anne Morris [1780-1870].
Children:
Around 1833, Anne Lister bequeathed the Shibden Hall estate to
him and his son
He was
a Halifax surgeon /
surgeon at Halifax Infirmary & Dispensary [1845] /
a GP [1851].
He married Ellen [1821-18??].
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1851 was his nephew John Lister Pool Pugh
He married Unknown.
Children:
Children:
Born in London.
Around 1833, Anne Lister bequeathed the Shibden Hall estate to
him and his father.
He sailed as a ship's surgeon.
He was a practising doctor in Sandown, Isle of Wight.
On 11th April 1844, he married Louisa Ann Grant [1816-1892]
in Kensington.
Children:
The family lived at
Around 1855, and after the death of Ann Walker, he and his family
moved between Sandown and Shibden Hall which they inherited from
Anne Lister.
In 1856, he sold the Northgate Hotel, Halifax to George Watkinson and Mr T Parker.
Charles Phillips was the family's coachman [1859] and gardener
[1861], and several members of Charles's family – including his
granddaughter, Jane – worked for the Listers.
He was a county magistrate.
He was a Fellow of the Geological Society, and a Fellow of
the Zoological Society.
For several years, he was curator of Zoology in the Halifax Literary & Philosophical Society
He died 6th August 1867.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £14,000.
An obituary recorded
Louisa Ann died 4th April 1892.
Probate records show that she left effects valued at £5,300 1/11d.
Probate was granted to son John
Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram
He was a woollen manufacturer (employer) [1891].
He married Mary [1839-1???].
Children:
The family lived at Prospect Terrace, 152 Rochdale Road, Greetland
[1891]
Elder son of Dr John Lister.
Local antiquarian.
He was the last member of the Lister family of Shibden Hall.
See
Halifax Cocoa House Company,
Alphonsine Jarry,
Shelf Old Hall and
Stone quarrying
Born in Stainland / Ovenden.
He was
a wool extractor of Stainland [1887, 1891, 1901] /
a rag grinder [1911].
In 1887, he married Mary Hannah Jackson at Halifax Parish Church.
She was a cloth weaver (worsted)
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1891], was Mary Hannah's sister Annie
E Jackson [b 1870] (card loom hand)
Baptised at St John the Baptist, Coley [20th April 1800]
Bate the tinctor [1308]
Bate the lister [1311]
Alice was born in Elland
Hannah, of Cheapside, Greetland, was the daughter of James Gill.
May was the daughter of Richard Buxton of Richard
Buxton & Son, Hunslet Linen Works of Leeds.
an improved manufacture of sealskin and other pile fabrics, and in
the means or method of producing patterns or figures thereon
a new and improved machine for battering or raising the pile of
sealskin or other woven pile fabrics
Elizabeth was the 2nd daughter of John Birkby of
Cleckheaton
His birth was registered as Herbert Edward Gill.
Margaret Annie was born in Huddersfield
Mary was the daughter of William Issot
Sarah was the daughter of William Noble, farmer
Maria, of High Gate, Heptonstall, was the daughter
of Thomas Ingham, farmer
Mary Anne came from Clifton
Elizabeth was the daughter of John Wainhouse
Anne was the daughter of Joseph Hall
Annie, of Fartown, Pudsey, was born in Nun Monkton, Yorkshire,
the daughter of James Willis, farrier
Banns for the marriage were read at St Andrew's Church, Stainland
Phoebe 3rd daughter of Robert Hemingway of Upper Brea
seized by an apoplexy
Elizabeth was the daughter of William Pool
Ellen was born in Halifax
Louisa Ann was born in the West Indies [16th September 1815],
the daughter of Major Charles Grant, a slave-owner at the
Adelphi Estate on St Vincent in the Caribbean.
Her parents divorced in 1828
In private life he was a worthy descendant of a worthy race;
to his peasantry he was kind, considerate, and his zeal for the
welfare of his work people was shown by the establishment and
maintenance and supervision of a Sunday School in Shibden Dale, for
the education and religious training of their children
Mary was born in Greetland
Mary Hannah, of Barkisland, was the daughter of Joseph Jackson.