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He married Annie M.
She lived at Kilcullen, County Kildare, Ireland [1918].
During World War I,
he served as a Corporal
with the 13th Battalion
York & Lancaster Regiment.
He died 30th September 1918.
He was buried at the Strand Military Cemetery [VIII D 10]
He married Unknown at Elland Parish Church.
They lived at 32 Eldon Place, Hopwood Lane, Halifax.
During World War I,
he enlisted with the Household Battalion, then
served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Irish Guards.
He was killed in action [23rd April 1918] (aged 28).
He was buried at the Aval Wood Military Cemetery, Vieux-Berquin [I BB 48].
He is remembered on the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
On 20th January 1833, he married Margaret Charnock [1812-1842]
in Halifax.
Children:
Born in Birmingham.
He was adopted and the family moved to Halifax.
He attended Whitehill Primary School and Crossley & Porter school.
He trained to be a solicitor.
He played Rugby Union for England.
When he retired, he became a sports commentator for the BBC
He was
a factory worker [1861] /
a brewer's labourer [1871] /
a brewer of Ovenden [1874] /
a brewer's labourer [1881] /
a grocer [1891, 1901] /
a grocer in Mixenden [1903].
In 1874, he married Hannah Evans [1849-1???].
Children:
The family lived at
Calvert was murdered by William Aspinall [1903]
Primitive Methodist Minister at Sowerby Bridge [1873].
In 1882, he married Elizabeth Cherry [1845-1???] in Halifax
In 1910, he married Louisa Beaumont in Halifax.
Children:
Born in Queensbury.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 16th March 1918.
He was buried at the Aeroplane Cemetery [VII C 5]
Born in Sowerby Bridge.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with C Company
1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 11th October 1918.
He was buried at the Wellington Cemetery, Rieux-en-Cambresis
[Sp. Mem. B 3]
Daughter of George Moore, a weaver at Shaw Hill.
On Sunday, 24th September 1871, she was found in an exhausted state
after having cut her throat with a razor.
There was suspicion that she had recently given birth, but no child
could be found.
The following day, the partly-burnt remains of a full-grown child
were found in a tub in the cellar
In [Q2] 1917, he married Lenora Manger in Halifax.
They lived at 8 Boston Street, Gibbet Street [1940].
He was a civilian casualty of the Hanson Lane bomb which
fell on
22nd November 1940.
He died at the West Hill Hotel, Halifax on the following day.
Born in Leeds.
On 26th September 1862, The Leeds Mercury announced
He was Organist at Halifax Parish Church [1862-1868].
He was asked to resign the post.
He was Professor of music at
Lister Lane, Halifax [1863],
94 Lister Lane, Halifax [1871],
92 Lister Lane, Halifax [1874],
39 Rhodes Street, Halifax [1881],
Holdsworth House, Ovenden [1891, 1901],
and
22 Clare Road, Halifax [1905]
In 1863, he married Sarah Ann [1832-1910] at Christ Church, Barkisland.
She was a vocalist [1871]
Children:
The family lived at Holdsworth House, Ovenden [1891, 1901].
Living with them [in 1871] sister-in-law Hanna Shaw [aged]
(housekeeper).
Daughter Letitia was staying with her grandfather Edwin
Moore, in Leeds.
Living with them in 1891 & 1901 was sister Charlotte Moore
[aged 46] (living on own means)
Sarah Anne were buried at Christ Church, Barkisland
In 1911, the widowed Henry Edwin Moore (retired professor of
music) was living with daughter Annie Bowness Welch, in
Wandsworth, London
He was a watch repairer [1910].
In 1910, he married Emily Bentley in Halifax.
They had no children.
The couple died in Fleetwood:
Herbert Edward [25th January 1934];
Emily [18th December 1955]
During World War I,
he served as a Lance Corporal
with the Machine Gun Corps.
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered on the Memorial at Illingworth Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
He was
Lieutenant Colonel in the West Yorkshire Volunteers /
a merchant and manufacturer [1809].
In 1825, he was declared bankrupt.
He married Susannah, daughter of Elkanah Holroyd.
Children:
In 1873, Jane Ann Hodgson published a volume of poetry which she
dedicated to him
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Teachers'
Born at Shibden Head [3rd January 1846].
He was
educated locally and at hemsworth Grammar School /
articled to Thomas A. Watson JP of Bradford /
head of J. W. Wharton & Son, Market Street, Bradford.
He was interested in music and physical science.
On 21st March 1871, he married Frances Elizabeth Green.
The family lived at Ashfield, Bradford [1902].
He died in Leeds [Q2 1906]
In 1797, he surveyed and published maps of the township of Halifax
in his Terrier or Field Book
This was published by Edward Jacob [1797]
He was
writing master at Hipperholme Grammar School /
a land surveyor
In 1821, he married Mary Calvert [1802-1???]
of Midgley
Children
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1871] were grandchildren
Sarah A. Priestley [b 1848],
Reuben A. Priestley [b 1855],
and
Mary A. Priestley [b 1857]
In 1855, he was declared bankrupt
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the Highland Light Infantry.
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered on the Memorial at Illingworth Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
He was
educated at St Joseph's Catholic School, Claremount /
employed by Martin Sons & Company Limited.
During World War II,
he served as a Marine
with the Royal Marines
aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious.
He was lost when his ship was sunk with the loss of 1,207 of her crew of 1,247, as it was returning from Narvik [8th June 1940] (aged 23)
He is remembered on the Plymouth Naval Memorial [43 2],
on the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
on the Memorial at Christ Church, Pellon,
and on the Memorial at Saint Bernard's Catholic Church
Born at Northowram Hall [15th May 1853].
In 1881, he was a Magistrate of Leicestershire.
He died at Cheltenham
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 16th Battalion
West Yorkshire Regiment.
He was killed in action [1st July 1916].
He is remembered on the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He was innkeeper at the Old Pond, Hove Edge.
He married Harriet Chadwick [1879-19??].
Children:
Living with them [in 1911] was widowed mother-in-law Martha
Chadwick [b 1842].
Joseph died in 1912.
After his death, Harriet took over at the Old Pond
[1912, 1917]
She died at Sidmouth.
The notice of her death in The Times names her Mary
Harriette Dyson-Moore
Born in Mytholmroyd.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 6th Battalion
Cameron Highlanders.
He died 28th January 1916 (aged 18).
He is remembered on the Loos Memorial [119-124],
and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
In [Q2] 1883, he married Annie Goodall [1859-1950]
in Wharfedale.
Children:
Robinson died 5th October 1912.
Annie died 10th January 1950.
Members of the family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery
On the evening Sunday 1st June 1873. he was one of a group of 5
youths who attacked 50 year-old Jeremiah Swift after their
insolence had caused him to remonstrate with them.
Swift died as a consequence of the attack.
At the Inquest, a verdict of manslaughter was returned.
At the Assizes, the gang was acquitted, there being no evidence to
show that they contemplated a violent attack, to prove who delivered
the blow or blows which caused his death
Born in Halifax.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 15th April 1918.
He is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial [6]
In 1835, he was one of the subscribers to the Halifax Dispensary, giving 1 guinea.
He married Mary [1790-1868].
Children:
Mary took over at the Waterhouse Arms [1850].
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery
He was one of the subscribers to John Horner's book Buildings in the Town & Parish of Halifax [1835].
In 1835, he was on the List of Electors
for the Northowram Township of the Halifax Polling District
in the election for the MP for the West Riding.
He died after a long illness
Son of James Moore.
On 1st November 1810, he married Harriet Dyson at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Around 1840, he bought Northowram Hall from Nanny and
Maria Dyson, his sisters-in-law.
He was a keen huntsman and kept a pack of hounds at Landemere Syke
for hunting hares.
On
26th June 1815,
a fire caused considerable damage at his warehouse at Brockwell.
Members of the family were buried at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax
Children:
The family lived at 11 Farnborough Street, Walsden [1916]
Question:
Does anyone know which inn this may have been?
He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery
[K 174 D]
He worked in Crossley's G Mill.
During World War I,
he enlisted [January 1916], and
served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Hampshire Regiment.
He was killed in action [11th August 1918] (aged 19).
He is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial [6],
on the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Crossley's Carpets
Only son of William Moore.
On 5th September 1844, he married (1) Jane Dyson,
widow of his cousin, John Edwards Dyson, in London.
Children:
In 26th November 1851, he married (2) Mary Elizabeth Harbottle
[1828-18??] from Manchester.
Children:
On 22nd October 1862, he married Sarah Elizabeth Badger at
Leamington Priors.
The family moved to Milverton, Warwickshire.
On 6th January 1876,
he married (4) Cecilia [b 1837] at Hove
In [Q4] 1897, he married Ilvira Whitaker [18??-19??].
Children:
The family lived at 20 Senior's Buildings, Range Bank, Halifax
He lived at Shaw Mill House, next to the company's Shaw Mill [1905]
Hannah was born in Barnsley, the daughter of George
Evans, engine tenter
Louisa was the daughter of Richard Stead Beaumont
Mr. Henry E Moore, organist of the grammar schools, and deputy
organist of the parish church, Leeds, has been appointed organist of
the parish church of Halifax
Sarah Ann, of King's Mount, Barkisland, was the daughter of
farmer James Shaw.
Emily was the daughter of Robinson Bentley
Frances Elizabeth was the daughter of William Green of
Hebden Bridge
A Terrier or Field Book, the number and measurement of every close in
the Halifax Township, with names of the owners, &c, so that the
labourer with plough, scythe or sickle, will find the measurement of
every close
Harriet was born in Rastrick
Cecilia was the daughter of J. M. Vernon of Merton,
Surrey and widow of A. Brown
William was described as of Knightcott House, Leamington, late
of Northowram Hall
The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District Surnames by George Redmonds.
There are over 40 entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname Moore,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Unattached BMDs for Moore:
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