The entries for people & families with the surname Ogden 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.
No-one was ever charged with the murder.
Calderdale Police revived the case in December 2001
Born in Greetland [1st November 1893].
He was a cotton rope maker.
During World War I,
he served as a Rifleman
with the 9th Battalion
Rifle Brigade.
He was killed in action [24th June 1915].
He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [46-48 & 50]
Born in Warley [7th October 1893].
He was
a member of St Mary's Church, Luddenden /
a woollen spinner [1911] /
employed at Riley's Mill.
During World War I,
he enlisted
with the Scottish Horse.
[1916], then transferred and
served as a Private
with the 15th Battalion
Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
He was killed in action [26th October 1917].
He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [23-28 & 163A],
on Luddenden & Midgley War Memorial,
and on the Memorial at Saint Mary the Virgin, Luddenden.
His brother Jesse also died in the War
He was
a member of Halifax Parish Church /
a member of St Michael & All Angels' Church, Southowram Bank /
an upholsterer with Almond's.
In [Q3] 1912, he married Laura Dunning in Halifax.
Children:
They lived at 4 Dean Street, Pellon Lane, Halifax.
During World War I,
he enlisted [June 1916], and
served as a Private
with the 1st/5th Battalion
Northumberland Fusiliers.
He died 14th November 1916 (aged 29).
He was buried at the Warlencourt British Cemetery, France [IV E 10].
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 Saint Michael & All Angels' Church, Southowram Bank
Born in Booth.
He was
a worsted spinner [1891] /
a photographer [1901].
He was proprietor of Palace Studios at 66 Southgate, Halifax
[1936].
In [Q4] 1910, he married Marion [1886-19??] in Halifax.
They lived at
He died in Middleton, Lancashire [Q3 1961] (aged 82)
Baptised at All Saints's Church, Dudwell [19th November 1893].
He was a parcel carrier (Corporation) [1911].
He emigrated to the USA [24th June 1913].
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 24th Battalion
Canadian Infantry.
He died 27th August 1918 (aged 25).
He was buried at the Québec Cemetery, Cherisy, France [C 30].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
on the Memorial at All Saints' Church, Dudwell,
and on the Halifax Parish Church Church Members (WWI) Memorial.
His death was reported in the Halifax Courier [21st September 1918].
His brother Fred also died in the War
Born in Halifax.
He was
a reeler in dyehouse [1911] /
employed by Blackburn Brothers, Asquith Bottom Dye Works.
He served 4 years in the Territorials.
During World War I,
he served
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was drafted to France on 14th April 1915.
He was promoted to Lance Corporal in September 1915.
On 21st October 1915, he was hit in the legs by shrapnel from a
German shell.
He died of wounds in hospital in Belgium [24th October 1915] (aged 23).
He was buried at the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium [I B 30A].
He is remembered at All Souls' Burial Ground, Halifax,
on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at United Reformed Church, Carlton Street
Could he be connected to
Booth & Ogden and
Joseph Ogden & Son
?
He and his brother, Isaac Ogden bought Small Lees, Soyland in
1769.
He married Unknown.
Children:
He devised Small Lees to his son, Isaac
Children:
Fred died [Q4] 1880 (aged 26).
In 1881, Rebecca and the children were living with her parents
Born in Copley.
He was
a gardener of 27 Lower Skircoat Green [1900] /
a gardener (domestic) [1901] /
a tram conductor Halifax Corporation (working on the Brighouse section) [1911].
In 1900, he married Ellen Ann Dunnington at All Saints' Church, Dudwell.
Children:
The family lived at
During World War I,
he enlisted in January 1915, and
served as a Private
with the 9th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was reported missing and assumed to have died on the Somme [7th July 1916] (aged 36).
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [6A & 6B],
on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at All Saints' Church, Dudwell
His brother Christopher also died in the War
Born in Copley.
He was
a gas stoker [1881, 1891] /
a labourer [1900].
On 17th February 1872, he married Ellen Holdsworth [1852-1917] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Sons Fred & Christopher died in World War I.
Members of the family were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell:
Ellen [13th September 1917];
Frederick [2nd December 1929]
He was a pipe fitter [1880].
On 14th March 1880, he married Charlotte Bottomley [1862-1921] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
Born in Todmorden.
He was a weaver.
During World War I,
he served as a Lance Corporal
with the 12th/13th Battalion
Northumberland Fusiliers.
He was killed in action [4th October 1917].
He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium,
and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers).
He died 8th August 1918.
He was buried at the Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-Les-Pernois, France [III E 22].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Saint Matthew's Church, Northowram
He inherited Small Lees, Soyland from his father
He lived at Upper Longbottom.
He was one of the original trustees of Warley Grammar School
He married Unknown.
Children:
He married Unknown.
Children:
He was
a wool warehouseman [1851] /
a waste dealer [1861].
He married Ann [1810-1???] from Gloucestershire.
Children:
The family lived at
He was a cloth cooker [1896].
In 1896, he married Betsy Pickles [1873-1968] in Todmorden.
Children:
The children were born in Todmorden.
The family lived at 8 River Street, Halifax Road, Todmorden [1911].
James died in Todmorden [1929].
Betsy died in Blackpool [1968]
Born in Halifax.
He was a blacksmith of Matlock Street, Ovenden [1903].
In 1903, he married Mary Hannah Highley at Halifax Parish Church.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 8th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 10th October 1917.
He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [82-85 & 162A],
on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Halifax Parish Church Church Members (WWI) Memorial
Born in Halifax.
He was
a reporter and shorthand writer in Halifax [1881] /
a printer compositor [1871]
He worked as chief reporter and sub-editor for the Halifax Guardian
for 36 years, and wrote a long series of articles for a local history
column under the pen-name Graptolite.
Some of his work can be seen at the links below.
He was Editor of the Halifax Guardian for a short time.
He was the editor of the Transactions of the Halifax Antiquarian Society and contributed to their publications.
In 1867, he married Annie Moxon Wadsworth [1845-1???] from
Barnsley, in Huddersfield.
Children:
The family lived at
He was drowned when he accidentally fell into the canal at Hebden
Bridge on a foggy night.
He was electioneering at the time.
His body was found by a boatman in the mill goit at Callis Mill, Charlestown the following morning.
After his death, his column in the Halifax Courier was taken over
by John Lister writing under the name Tom Halifax
Born 10th May 1896.
He was a woollen piecer [1911].
During World War I,
he served as a Trooper
with the Yorkshire Dragoons Yeomanry (Queen's Own).
He died in Germany [3rd March 1919].
He was buried at the Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany [III B 6].
He is remembered on Luddenden & Midgley War Memorial,
and on the Memorial at Saint Mary the Virgin, Luddenden.
His brother Albert also died in the War
Baptised at Elland church [1665].
He was
a Quaker /
a clockmaker.
He married Unknown.
Children:
He moved to Askrigg.
His sons stayed in Ripponden
A Luddite.
He was executed for his involvement at Rawfolds Mill.
Shillitoe visited his widow
He was an engineer.
He married Mary Ann [18??-1???].
Children:
John was dead by 1900
He married Unknown.
Children:
The family lived at 2 Clare Road, Halifax.
During World War I,
he enlisted in Consett, County Durham
with the Durham Light Infantry,
then
served as a Private
with the 9th Battalion
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
He was reported missing and assumed to have died [16th September 1916].
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [11C 7 12 A],
and on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
Born in Walsden.
He was
a butcher [1900] /
a butcher at Sowerby Bridge Co-Op [1911].
On 8th December 1900, he married Betsy Stansfield [1876-1960]
at St Peter's Church, Walsden.
Children:
They lived at
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 8th Battalion
York & Lancaster Regiment.
He died 15th July 1917 (aged 39).
He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [35-56],
and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
Born in Hebden Bridge.
He worked for R. Sutcliffe & Company in Hebden Bridge.
He was engaged to Miss F. Collinge.
During World War I,
he enlisted [November 1914], and
served as a Lance Corporal
with the 1st/7th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was gassed twice and suffered from trench foot.
He was wounded in the head and hospitalised in Chester, and then in
Llandudno.
He died 26th May 1918.
His parents arrived at the hospital on the following day.
He was buried at Heptonstall Church
(30th May 1918) [b 31] .
He is remembered on Luddendenfoot War Memorial,
and on the Memorial at Hebden Bridge Methodist Church
He was
a brick carrier [1911] /
employed by Morton's at Siddal.
He lived at Browning Avenue, Siddal.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 19th Field Ambulance
Royal Army Medical Corps.
He was killed in France whilst carrying a wounded soldier to safety
[26th September 1917] (aged 22).
He was buried at the Bedford House Cemetery, Belgium. [2 I A 26].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He was educated at Trinity College Cambridge.
Perpetual Curate at of Sowerby for 30 years [1797].
He was involved with the establishment of Sowerby National School.
He lived at Lane Ends [1827].
He died 25th February 1827.
He was buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby
[2nd March 1827]
He lived at 9 Union Street South [1874]
Partner in Booth & Ogden
Born in Mount Tabor.
He was
a pointsman of Luddenden [1892] /
a railway signalman [1901, 1911].
In [Q3] 1892, he married Mary Ellen Murgatroyd at St Mary's Church, Luddenden.
Children:
The family lived at
Sons Albert & Jesse died in World War I
On 28th January 1862, he married Frances Tonge
at St Paul's Church, King Cross
Joseph Henry died in 1868.
Frances married John Graham Wheelwright
In March 1884, he was declared bankrupt
He was a worsted spinner bobbin setter [1911].
During World War I,
he volunteered (aged 17], bu was rejected until he was old enough; he
subsequently
served as a Rifleman
with the 2nd/7th Battalion
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).
He died 12th April 1917 (aged 20).
He was buried at the Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, France [I B 17].
He is remembered on Elland War Memorial,
and on the Memorial at Saint Mary the Virgin, Elland.
His brother-in-law Leonard Akroyd also died in the War
In 1860, he was a charged with gross neglect after his
sergeant – Sgt Pearson – missed him for an hour or 2
whilst Ogden was on the Stannary beat.
He was found asleep and drunk in a stable.
The Bench at Halifax Borough Court imposed a penalty of 20/- plus
9/- cost, or a month's imprisonment
Born in Bradford.
He was
a wool comber of 8 Lorne Street, Shipley /
a drapery warehouseman [1891] /
a stone mason [1901] /
a worsted warehouseman [1911] /
a labourer [1913].
In 1888, he married Rosa Hannah Bosher [1866-1933]
at St Paul's Church, Shipley.
Children:
The family lived at
The family lived at
He married Mary.
Children:
Son of James Ogden.
Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [January 1670].
Clockmaker of Ripponden who worked on the clocks at Halifax Parish Church and Elland Parish Church [1693-1701].
He was famous for his long-case clocks.
He married Sara [16??-1712].
Children:
Born in Ripponden.
He was in business at Ripponden with his brother Thomas.
He married Sara [16??-1812].
Children:
He lived at Alnwick, Northumberland [1712-1728], and Benwell,
Newcastle-on-Tyne.
He died at Benwell [1765 or 1773]
Son of dyer Thomas Ogden [1690-1766].
Born in Manchester.
He was educated at Manchester Grammar School, Kings College Cambridge
[1733] and St John's College Cambridge [1736].
He was
a preacher, geologist, scholar and orientalist /
Vicar of Coley [1740-1747] /
Curate of Elland [1747-1762] /
Headmaster of Halifax Free School [1744-1753].
In 1753, he resigned and left to become a tutor at Cambridge
University.
He was also vicar of Damerham, Wiltshire.
He later exchanged the living to become
rector of Stansfield, Suffolk,
then rector of Lawford, Essex,
and
then of St Sepulchre's Church, Cambridge.
In 1764, he was appointed Woodwardian Professor of Geology at
Cambridge.
2 volumes of his sermons – with a biography – were published [1780].
He is remembered for remarking that
He had a stroke and died at Cambridge and was buried in St
Sepulchre's Church there
He was in business at Ripponden with his brother Samuel.
He made the clock for Northgate End Chapel in 1720, and also worked
on that at Halifax Parish Church.
There is a lantern clock by Thomas in The Dining Room, Shibden Hall
He lived at 10 Trinity Place, Halifax.
In 1879, he was charged with offences under the Debtor's Act when he
bought wool from Wayman & Company knowing that Ogden Brothers & Company were in financial difficulties.
He was found guilty, but the jury recommended him to mercy
He was
a spindle & fly manufacturer [1881] /
a spindle manufacturer [1891].
He married Grace Rawnsley [1844-19??].
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1891] was widowed mother-in-law Grace
Rawnsley [b 1813]
He was a beer bottler [1911].
Around 1907, he married Sarah Elizabeth [1876-19??] from
Oxenhope.
Children:
The family lived at 40 Bradford Road, Brighouse [1911].
Living with them in 1911 was Thomas Henry's
mother Elizabeth Ogden [aged 78]
Born in Halifax.
He was
a blacksmith of Clipstone Hall, Southowram [1892] /
an engine stoker at brickyard [1901] /
a labourer of Siddal [1910] /
a boiler tenter at brickyard [1911].
In 1892, he married (1) Hannah Clegg [1858-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
Hannah died in Halifax [1907] (aged 49).
In 1910, he married (2) Mary Hannah at Coley Church.
She had 3 children by her first marriage:
Children:
The family lived at 13 Lower Clipston Hall, Southowram, Halifax
[1901, 1911].
Living with them [in 1901] was William's brother Tom
Ogden [b 1875] (labourer at mechanic's)
He was warehouseman / millhand of 1 Old Lane, Pecket Well.
He married Hannah Jane.
A William Ogden married a Hannah Jane Eyre in Todmorden
[Q2/1886]
Children:
William (senior) was one of 5 people who were killed in a
charabanc accident at Cockhill
30th October 1920.
He, his wife & daughter-in-law were buried at Wainsgate Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge
[Plot 902]
He was a council gas stoker.
In 1891, he married Mary Ellen Helliwell [1860-19??] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
Born in Ovenden.
He was
a clogger of 6 Clay Street [1889] /
a clogger [1891] /
a dyer's cart driver [1901] /
a cobbler [1911].
In [Q4] 1889, he married Hannah Gornald [1869-1???] at Christ
Church, Pellon.
Children:
The family lived at
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the No. 4 Company 1st Battalion
East Surrey Regiment.
He died 2nd November 1917 (aged 19).
He was buried at the Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium [IX E 17].
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance,
on the Memorial at Vale Baptist Church, Todmorden,
and on the Memorial at Oddfellows' Hall, Todmorden
Marion was born in Halifax
Rebecca was the daughter of James Pickles
Ellen Ann, of 24 Clifton Road, was born in York, the daughter
of John Dunnington, farmer
Ellen, of Skircoat, was born in Marston Shetton, Bedfordshire,
the daughter of Samuel Holdsworth, labourer
Charlotte was born in Brighouse
Mary Hannah, of Hampden Place, Halifax, was the daughter of
Edward Highley
Betsy was born in Walsden, the daughter of Greenwood
Stansfield (deceased), weaver
Mary Ellen, of Luddenden, was the daughter of Thomas Murgatroyd
Frances was the daughter of James Fletcher Tonge
Rosa Hannah, of 8 Lorne Street, Shipley, was born in Hendred,
Berkshire, the daughter of Daniel Bosher
the goose is a silly bird: too much for one, and not enough for two
Grace was born in Halifax
Hannah, of Hardacre Street, Southowram, was the daughter
of James Clegg, mechanic
Mary Hannah [née Varley], of Northowram, was the
widow of Walter Reynolds.
Hannah Jane was born in Manchester.
Mary Ellen, a widow, was born in Hebden Bridge
Hannah, of Southowram, was born in Dewsbury, the daughter
of Richard Gornald (who was dead by 1889)
George Redmonds writes that
the surname probably originates in Ogden in Rochdale, rather than
Ogden in Ovenden.
Hancok de Okedene is recorded at Sowerby in 1309 and
John Okedene of Bradford is recorded at Fixby in 1472.
There are over 60 entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname Ogden,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Unattached BMDs for Ogden:
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