The entries for people & families with the surname Milner are gathered together in this SideTrack.
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The individuals listed are not necessarily related to each other.
On 8th June 1740, he married Mary Fielding.
Both he and his wife were buried on 28th August 1748
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered on the Memorial at Blackley Particular Baptist Church
Children:
In 1885, he moved to the nearby Woodside Flour Mill, Elland.
The firm employed about 70 workers.
They produced 33 distinct types of flour including
On
4th March 1892,
there was a dispute in the corn-milling trade between the management
and workers of the company.
There were popular demonstrations against the new workers whom Milner
recruited to fill the strikers' places at the mill
On 30th December 1810, he married Ann Gooder.
Children:
Son of Joseph Milner.
He was
a card maker [1871, 1881] /
an engineer [1891, 1901].
On 25th December 1853, he married (1) Martha Ann Gledhill [1836-1867] at Halifax Parish Church.
On 15th April 1869, he married (2) Ann Dalgleish
See
Robert Mallinson
Children:
He married Mary, daughter of Gilbert Ramsden.
Children:
Second son of John Milner.
Educated at Heath Grammar School and Christ's College Cambridge
[1642].
He married Sara [1627-1667], sister of John Lake.
Children:
He became Curate at Sowerby Bridge [1650].
He was vicar of St John's Leeds [1673], of Leeds Parish Church
[1677], and of Ripon [1681].
He was unhappy with oaths imposed when William III became
king, and he resigned and retired to St John's, Cambridge.
He spent his time
and produced many theological works
He married Unknown.
Children:
He married Susannah, who was a bookseller with premises in
Corn Market, Halifax.
In 1788, he sold Bolton's History of Fungusses.
In 1789, he issued the book History of the town and parish of Halifax.
In September 1789, he was declared bankrupt.
He died 21st May 1801
In August 1856, he was picking loose wool off a roller when he was
caught in the machinery, mangling his hand and a part of his arm.
About a week earlier, another young worker, Sarah Smith, had
died following an accident at the same mill
He was cemetery registrar for Brighouse Borough Council [1911].
In [Q4] 1903, he married Edith Emma Briggs [1880-19??] from
Rastrick.
Children:
The family lived at Cemetery Lodge, Brighouse [1911]
Born in Elland.
He was
a woollen spinner of Elland [1894] /
a dyer's labourer [1901] /
a mechanic labourer [1911].
In 1894, he married Sarah Jane Hartley at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at 29 Bowman Place, Hanson Lane, Halifax [1901,
1911, 1917].
Sons Wilfrid & Walter died in World War I
Born in Brighouse.
He was a card maker employing several men.
On 1st November 1830, he married (1) Emma Clegg [1812-1852] in
Birstall.
Children:
His wife Emma died at Bedford Terrace, Halifax [11th February
1852].
On 25th August 1852, he married (2) Mary Jenkinson at Farnley.
On 8th May 1871, he married (3) Sophia Connell [1834-1876] at
Halifax Parish Church.
In 1876, he married (4) a widow Mrs Mary Scott [1824-1910].
Joseph died at 9 Belmont Terrace, Savile Park, Halifax [27th
February 1891].
They are mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1891.
In his will, he left 25 houses to his children after the death of his
wife
In 1863, he married Sarah Burford [1846-1???].
Children:
Recorded around 1796, when
he officiated at the funeral of Nan Beverley.
On
1st July 1813,
he and 2 others were killed and several others injured when
the Jubilee Mail Coach overturned after the reins broke and
the coachman lost control of the horses coming down Haley Hill.
His staff of office is kept at Halifax Parish Church.
See
Forestall
Curate at Elland [1566]
He died 24th August 1900 [aged 56]
Bookseller and circulating library at
4/13 Causeway, Halifax [1845]
and
22 Ann Street/Square, Halifax [1850]
He was
educated at St Augustine's School /
a half-time cotton spinner [1911] /
employed in the dyehouse of J. & J. Baldwin & Partners Limited.
During World War I,
he enlisted [December 1916], and
served as a Private
with C Company
2nd Battalion
Leinster Regiment.
He was reported missing and assumed to have died [31st July 1917] (aged 19).
His family had to wait nearly a year for confirmation of his death.
He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial [44],
on Elland War Memorial,
on the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
on the Memorial at Saint Augustine's Church, Pellon,
and on the Memorial at Rhodes Street Wesleyan Chapel
His brother Wilfrid also died in the War
He was
educated at St Augustine's School /
a cotton spinner [1911] /
employed in the dyehouse of J. & J. Baldwin & Partners Limited at Clark Bridge Mills, Halifax.
During World War I,
he enlisted
with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
[October 1914].
He went to France [April 1915] and was invalided home [February 1916]
with trench feet.
He transferred and
served as a Private
with the 1st/4th Battalion
York & Lancaster Regiment.
He returned to France [August 1916].
He died of wounds at No.62 Casualty Clearing Station [15th April 1918] (aged 22).
He was buried at the Haringhe (Bandaghem) Military Cemetery [II C 8].
He is remembered on Elland War Memorial,
on the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
on the Memorial at Saint Augustine's Church, Pellon,
and on the Memorial at Rhodes Street Wesleyan Chapel.
His brother Walter also died in the War
He went on to publish his popular Cottage Library series of books
which claimed to be the cheapest books in England, at one time
printing 15,000 copies per day for sale at 6d or 1/- per copy.
See
John Drake,
Tommy Ramsden and
Thomas Tiffany
On 26th August 1860, he married (1) Maria Robinson [1830-1895] at Halifax Parish Church.
On 29th April 1895, he married (2) Emma Haigh at Halifax Parish Church
His son, Willie, joined the business.
Snow Flake
Elland XL
Elland MMM
Ann came from Brighouse
Martha Ann was the eldest daughter of William Gledhill,
butcher
Ann came from Scotland
in writing learned books
Sarah Jane, of Elland, was born in Leeds, the daughter of
Hartley Whiteley
The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District Surnames by George Redmonds.
There are over 30 entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname Milner,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Unattached BMDs for Milner:
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