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On 22nd June 1911, he provided the ox for the ox roast at Round Hill, Rastrick to celebrate the coronation of George V.
In 1878, he married Isabella Scott [1853-1898] at St Matthew's Church, Rastrick.
Children:
Allan Junior had butcher's shop at Commercial Street,
Brighouse and next to St Matthew's Church, Rastrick.
The family lived at East Street, Rastrick.
Children:
The children were all born in Norland.
After Allen's death [1850], Dinah married John Hollas
Born in Halifax.
He was
a physician at Leeds General Hospital [1901].
He tended his half-brother, John Tatham, in his final
illness.
In 1902, he married Martha Gertrude Smithies at Elland Parish Church.
The family lived at
He was buried at Elland Parish Church
In 1779, his wife encouraged the congregation to organise themselves
to build a new Chapel when finances ran out on their initial plans.
When the congregation at Bridge End declined during the ministry of
Rev William Northend, some of the members left Bridge End and met
at the Kiln, Slead Syke.
He was buried at Kirkheaton
On 21st February 1891, he married Alice Oade at Halifax
Parish Church.
They moved away from Brighouse.
They both died in Warrington
On 16th August 1824, he married Hannah Morton in Huddersfield.
Children:
David died in 1846.
In 1851, Hannah married William Moore [1800-1860]
Born in Elland.
He was a doffer worsted [1911].
During World War I,
he served with the
Royal Navy.
The Halifax Courier [22nd July 1916] reported that
In 1973, he murdered his neighbour, James Ellis
The last of family's potteries closed in the 1980s
He was a joiner.
On 24th December 1881, he married Ada Wood [1864-19??] at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Born in Halifax.
In 1841, he is listed as a Pot maker.
Later, he is living in Oldham with his brother, David.
Both are mechanics
Born in Lindley.
He was
a farmer of 10 acres employing 6 labourers [1851] /
an earthenware maker [1861].
He established Enos Morton & Sons, potters, at Salendine Nook.
On 16th June 1841, he married (1) Mary Walker [1822-1866] at
Huddersfield.
Children:
On 4th April 1873, he married (2) Ellen Beaumont [1830-1893]
at Lindley St Stephen.
Children:
The family lived at
He died at Salendine Nook [15th July 1880]
Born in Elland [30th June 1893].
He was
a member of St Paul's United Methodist Chapel, Elland, Sunday School & Boys' Brigade /
a member of Elland Liberal Club /
assistant manager & instructor at Elland Baths /
a woollen worker [1911].
During World War I,
he enlisted [4th October 1914], and
served as a Lance Corporal
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
After training in Doncaster, he was sent to France [April 1915].
He was killed in action [11th July 1916] (aged 24).
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [6A & 6B],
on Elland War Memorial,
on the Memorial at Southgate Methodist Chapel, Elland,
and on the Memorial at Elland Boys' Brigade
Son of William Morton, cloth finisher.
He was
a cloth finisher of Stainland [1871] /
a cloth finisher [1881] /
a woollen finisher [1891].
In [Q2] 1871, he married Rebecca Chadwick [1850-1908] at
Halifax Parish Church.
She was a worsted weaver [1881]
Children:
The family lived at
George died [Q1] 1901 (aged 49).
Rebecca died in 1908 (aged 58)
On 16th August 1824, she married David Morton in Huddersfield.
Children:
David died in 1846.
In 1851, she married William Moore [1800-1860].
She was landlady of the Swan Inn, Outlane [1861, 1871, 1882].
She died at the Swan [21st June 1882].
Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at £397 16/1d.
The will was proved by daughters
Mary Gledhill of Quarmby & Martha Hall of Quarmby
and
John Gledhill of Crosland Moor (weaver)
He was
a director of Enos Morton & Sons /
a director of Joseph Morton & Sons, Limited [1949].
On 24th February 1904, he married Florence Amy Edwards
[1780-1849] at St Philip's Church, Bloomsbury, London.
Weddings notices mentioned that their future home was to be Newbury,
Huddersfield Road, Halifax.
The family lived at Heath Crescent, Halifax [where Florence
Amy died 1949]
During World War II,
he served as a Leading Aircraftman
with the Royal Air Force.
He died 16th May 1940.
He was buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell
[4 1243].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He was a slater [1878].
In 1878, he married Ellen Longbottom [1845-1917] in Halifax.
Children:
In 1860, he was one of a number of publicans charged with the
adulteration of their beer by using grains of paradise in brewing.
He was fined £50.
Druggist Richard Toone was charged and fined £125 for
supplying the grains
Born in Dewsbury / Huddersfield.
He was
a blacksmith [1850] /
a whitesmith [1851] /
an engineer employing 7 men, 3 boys [1871] /
a mechanical engineer [1881] /
a beer house keeper at the Barley Mow, Elland [1890, 1891, 1893] /
a general mechanic machine tool works [1901]
In November 1893, he was fined £1 plus costs after being
charged with having his house opened during prohibited hours on the
afternoon of Sunday 15th October 1893.
He had given beer to a Mrs Robinson, whose son had married one
of Ramsden's daughters.
In 1850, he married Sarah Clay [1829-1907] at Halifax Parish
Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1881] were visitors Rebecca Tempest [aged
30] (clerk's wife), Fred Tempest [aged 9] Charly
Tempest [aged 7] William Hutchinson [aged 5] and Annie
Frances Hutchinson [aged 1].
Living with them at the Barley Mow, 86 Westgate, Elland in
1891 were 11 lodgers.
Living with them in 1901 was nephew Charles Edward Clay [aged
30] (engine maker boring machinist)
In November 1890, they conveyed the business to David Scott
He became an earthenware manufacturer at Cinderhills, Siddal which
he took over from Samuel Halliday.
In 1783, he bought
He married Unknown.
Children:
He lived at Clipster Hall, Siddal.
Around 1789, he purchased coal beneath the Clipster Hall estate.
See
Morton's John Morton & Sons
Children:
The family lived at Pot Ovens, Lindley [1841]
In 1862, he was one of the Three Greenhorns who went to Canada
He was
brickworks manager [1881] /
firebrick manufacturer [1901].
He established John Morton (Thornton Fireclay) Limited, at
Birks Fireclay Works, Thornton, Bradford.
In 1871, he married Maria Louisa Aspinall [1854-1???] in
Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
He qualified as a solicitor [1887].
He was
solicitor [1901] /
clerk to Southowram School Board /
one of the founders of the Sunday Lecture Society /
a member of St James's Lodge of Freemasons.
In 1897, he married Gertrude Mary Robertshaw.
Children:
The family lived at
An obituary notice [November 1908] read
He produced made black ware pottery at his pot ovens at Cinderhills.
He married Unknown.
Children:
In 1803, he married Ann Whitehead from Saddleworth.
Children:
He was
a pot manufacturer [1837] /
a brick maker [1841, 1851, 1864].
On 4th May 1837, he married Mary Tatham [1817-1888].
Children:
The family lived at
Mary died at Rhodes Street, Halifax [8th August 1888].
Joseph and Mary were buried at Elland Cemetery.
He was educated at Mr Farrar's School.
He was a firebrick manufacturer employing 27 men and 13 boys [1881].
In April 1863, he married (1) Elizabeth Ann, daughter of John Helliwell Fleming.
Children:
The family lived at Hardcastle Buildings, Siddal [1871].
Living with them [in 1871] was visitor Albert Fleming [aged
16] (boot maker)
In 1876, he married (2) Ann Armitage [1844-1906] from Dewsbury.
Children:
The family lived at
1 Mortons House, Siddal [1881];
Mortons Place, Siddal [1891];
6 Whinney Field, Halifax [1901]
Living with them in 1891 was visitor William M. Armitage [aged
23] from Dewsbury.
Living with them in 1901 was visitor Mary Armitage [aged 47].
He died 25th July 1889 [aged 48].
He was buried at Elland Cemetery
Born in Halifax.
He was
a firebrick manufacturer [1901] /
a firebrick maker (employer) [1911].
About 1898, he married Louisa Clara Caroline Gatley
[1877-19??] who was born in Malta.
Children:
He lived at Mount House, Siddal [1901, 1905, 1911].
Living with them in 1911 were lodgers
Francis W. Gatley [aged 32];
Walter V. Gatley [aged 22];
Edward H. Gatley [aged 8]
Born in Rastrick.
During World War I,
he served as a Corporal
with the 11th Battalion
Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
He died in Greece [20th March 1917].
He was buried at the Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece [D 868]
During World War II,
he served as an Engine Room Artificer
4th Class
with the Royal Navy.
aboard battleship HMS Barham
He died 25th November 1941 (aged 24)
when his ship was torpedoed by German Submarine
U-331
and sank in the Mediterranean Sea, off Alexandria,
with the loss of 862 of her crew of 1311.
He is remembered on the Plymouth Naval Memorial [51 2],
on Elland War Memorial,
and on the Memorial at Elland Boys' Brigade
Son of Elizabeth Ann & William Henry Morton of Halifax.
He was a salesman for Freeman, Hardy & Willis, Halifax.
During World War I,
he served as a Rifleman
with the 12th Battalion
Rifle Brigade.
He died from gas poisoning in Wimereux hospital [20th September 1918] (aged 19).
He was buried at the Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France [IV B 11].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Stannary Congregational Church, Halifax
She married Richard Hopwood.
She owned Lower Wat Ing, Norland.
There is a memorial to Richard and Mary in Halifax Parish Church
He married Sarah [1839-1???].
Children:
The family lived at Clover Hill Farm, Skircoat [1861]
He was a farm labourer of Broadroyd Farm, Stainland [1911].
On 23rd August 1911, he married Elizabeth (Bessie) Howe at Halifax Parish Church.
Her sister Florence Jane Howe was a witness to the marriage.
Around 1914, the Howe family left Halifax for Canada, except
for Elizabeth & Norman who stayed behind in Stainland
They lived at Sowood Green, Stainland [1917]
He was chief assistant solicitor at Halifax Town Clerk's Office.
In [Q3] 1912, he married Lily Smith
in Ormskirk.
They lived at 13 Part Street, Southport.
During World War I,
he enlisted [June 1916], and
served as a 2nd Lieutenant
with the 5th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was was one of about 15 men who were driven out of their position
by the enemy and took cover in a ruined farm house.
They lay flat in the farmyard for some time before 2nd
Lieutenant Morton got up to look around and was hit by a
machine gun bullet.
He died as a POW in a German Casualty Clearing Station [13th April 1918] (aged 36).
He was buried at the Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys, France.
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
on the Halifax Parish Church: Church Members (WWI) Memorial,
and on the Memorial at Halifax Freemasons
Born in Longwood.
He was an outworker [1871].
He married Eliza Gledhill (Hallas) [1837-1859].
Ruth was the daughter of Anthony Gledhill, & married
[1843] Martin Hallas
Children:
Eliza died in 1859.
In 1861, 1871, David was living with his Hallas
grandparents
He was
a cotton operative [1901] /
a cotton spinner of New Road, Stainland [1910] /
employed by R. & J. Holroyd Limited.
In [Q2] 1910, he married Esther Cooper [1887-19??] at Halifax
Parish Church.
She was a worsted twister [1911]
In 1911, they were living at 39 Saddleworth Road, Greetland
with Hannah & James Pitchforth
He was in the Territorials [1910].
During World War I,
he enlisted when War broke out, and
served as a Lance Corporal
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 20th December 1915 (aged 28).
He was buried at the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium [II C 23].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland
In [Q3] 1920, Esther married Alfred Garside and was
living at 41 Saddleworth Road, West Vale
Born in Rastrick [2nd November 1887].
He was a general labourer.
He married Ruth.
During World War I,
he served as a Stoker 1st Class
Royal Navy
Drake Battalion R.N. Div.
He died at Gallipoli [24th May 1915] (aged 27).
He was buried at the Skew Bridge Cemetery, Turkey
[Sp Mem B 53].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Brighouse Parish Church
Born in Elland.
He was
a woollen cloth finisher [1891] /
a gas worker [1901, 1911].
In [Q1] 1891, he married Alice Blackburn [1872-19??] at
Halifax Parish Church.
Could this be Joseph Blackburn landlord of the Town Hall Inn, Elland [1888-1900]?
Children:
The family lived at
In 1901, daughter Ruby was staying with her
grandparents Fred and Mary Ann Wadsworth, at 33
Elizabeth Street, Elland.
Living with them in 1911 was Walter's sister Martha
Morton [b 1868] (char woman)
He became a regular soldier [April 1895], and served in Malta [for 3
years].
He died of peritonitis in Wynberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa [13th July 1900] (aged 23).
On 4th February 1808, he married Sarah, only daughter of
Thomas Nicholl, at Bradford.
Children:
The family lived at Cinderhills, Siddal [1841].
Several members of the family were born, lived and/or died at Siddal Hall.
William may be dead by 1851.
Sarah, now a housekeeper, was living with two daughters at
Cinderhills [1851]
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 8th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment.
He died 28th September 1917 (aged 31).
He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [LXIV E 2]
Dinah was the daughter of Enoch Tattersall
he celebrated his 18th birthday last week, and was in the recent
North Sea battle on the flagship, and had a miraculous escape from
death
Ada was born in Brighouse
Rebecca, of Stainland, was the daughter of William
Chadwick, excavator
Florence Amy was the 4th daughter of H. W. Edwards of
John Street, Bedford Row, London
Ellen was born in Norland
Sarah, of Warley, was the daughter of piecemaker William
Clay
from Mrs Sarah Dearden and others two closes of land known as
Upper and Lower Mires and a close of land at Siddal Wells,
Southowram, with coal mines, veins and seams of coal, clay, etc.,
under the same
Gertrude Mary second was the daughter of Thomas
Robertshaw
John Tatham Morton [...] for a few years laid aside with a
serious illness.
For the last 2/3 years he was confined to bed with some spinal
trouble attended by Dr Alderman and his brother Dr Armitage Morton of Elland.
Elizabeth was the daughter of John Howe.
Eliza was the illegitimate daughter of Ruth Gledhill.
Esther, of Saddleworth Road, Greetland, was born in Bradford,
the daughter of Samuel Cooper (deceased, lock keeper).
Alice, of Elland, was born in Norland, the daughter
of Joseph Blackburn, inn keeper.
They chose the Salendine Nook area because there was a ready
supply of a particular type of clay which was good for making their
pottery.
The family went on to work as farmers, potters and clothiers.
In October 1689, Michael Morton registered his barn at
Salendine Nook as a meeting house for Dissenters – see
Salendine Nook Baptist Church.
Other members of the family have included
John Morton,
Joseph,
Joseph,
and
Enos.
It has been suggested that some branches of the family may originally
have been descended from Spaniards of the Armada who were shipwrecked
in Scotland.
Around 1858, one member of the family established a pottery at
Exley and then moved to Siddal.
The family were involved with several companies
some of which may be duplicated here.
Question:
Can anyone clarify the relationship between the various companies?
See
Samuel Brighouse and
Titus Kitson
Unattached BMDs for Morton:
Marriages
1859,
1877,
1888,
1907,
1937
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Malcolm Bull 2017 /
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Revised 09:39 on 4th December 2017 / mmm1174 / 63