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Mr Pickles [18??-1???]
Mr Pickles [18??-18??]
Mr Pickles [18??-18??]
Captain Pickles [1847-1877]
A. Pickles [19??-19??]
A. T. Pickles [18??-1918]
Abraham Pickles [1827-1874]
Alec Pickles [1893-1964]
Ambrose Pickles [1827-1892]
Andrew Pickles [1881-1918]
Anthony Pickles [1845-1906]
Archie Jeffrey Pickles [1894-1916]
Arnold Thomas Pickles [1893-1917]
Arthur Pickles [1???-19??]
Arthur Pickles [1867-19??]
Arthur Pickles [1886-19??]
Arthur Pickles [1901-1984]
Arthur Rowland Pickles [1895-1916]
Benjamin Pickles [1811-1???]
Benny Pickles [1893-1918]
C. Pickles [1???-191?]
Carolyn Pickles [1952-]
Catherine Pickles [18??-19??]
Charley Pickles [1879-1941]
Christina Pickles [1935-]
Clement Pickles [1888-1946]
Crossley Pickles [1844-1894]
Crossley Pickles [1848-1883]
David Pickles [18??-1???]
David Pickles [18??-18??]
David Pickles [1823-1908]
David Arthur Cyril Pickles [1898-1918]
Donald Pickles [1916-1944]
E. Pickles [18??-19??]
Edward Pickles [1871-19??]
Ely Pickles [1820-1863]
Emsley Pickles [1886-1938]
Rev F. Pickles [18??-19??]
Frank Pickles [1876-19??]
Frank Pickles [1878-1945]
Frank Pickles [1886-19??]
Frank Pickles [1897-1917]
Fred Pickles [18??-19??]
Fred Pickles [18??-19??]
Fred Pickles [1879-1915]
Fred Pickles [1891-1917]
G. Pickles [19??-19??]
Geoffrey Pickles [1924-1944]
George Pickles [1796-18??]
George Pickles [18??-1???]
George Pickles [18??-1???]
George Pickles [18??-1916]
George Pickles [1829-1883]
George Pickles [1843-1878]
George Pickles [1849-1926]
George Pickles [1862-19??]
George Albert Pickles [1884-1916]
George William Pickles [1912-1943]
Gilbert Owen Pickles [1897-1976]
Greenwood Pickles [18??-1???]
Greenwood Pickles [18??-19??]
Halstead Pickles [1835-1907]
Hannah Pickles [1841-1???]
Harold Pickles [18??-19??]
Harold Pickles [19??-19??]
Harold Carey Pickles [1887-1952]
Harry Pickles [1???-19??]
Harry Pickles [1861-1906]
Harry Pickles [1876-19??]
Harry Pickles [1888-1918]
Harry Pickles [1892-1918]
Harry Pickles [1901-1954]
Hartley Pickles [1846-1904]
Henry Pickles [1799-18??]
Henry Pickles [18??-1870]
Henry Pickles [1821-1870]
Herbert Pickles [1869-1931]
Hiram Pickles [1840-1907]
Hiram Pickles [1845-1915]
Hiram Pickles [1876-1935]
Hiram Kalita Pickles [1870-1937]
J. W. Pickles [18??-19??]
James Pickles [17??-18??]
James Pickles [1802-18??]
James Pickles [1815-1???]
James Pickles [1816-1???]
James Pickles [1831-1885]
James Pickles [1867-1???]
James Pickles [1874-1961]
James Pickles [1886-1916]
James Pickles [1912-1926]
James Pickles [1925-2010]
Jesse Pickles [1821-1892]
Joah Pickles [1797-1871]
Johannis Pickles [1887-1919]
Sir John Pickles [1???-]
John Pickles [17??-18??]
John Pickles [17??-18??]
John Pickles [17??-18??]
John Pickles [1709-17??]
John Pickles [1783-1858]
John Pickles [1790-1874]
Rev John Pickles [18??-1???]
John Pickles [18??-1900]
John Pickles [18??-19??]
John Pickles [1806-18??]
John Pickles [1807-1885]
John Pickles [1810-1892]
John Pickles [1822-1???]
John Pickles [1822-1???]
John Pickles [1826-18??]
John Pickles [1828-1???]
John Pickles [1840-1904]
John Pickles [1854-1915]
John Pickles [1861-19??]
John Alfred Pickles [1???-1962]
John Gladstone Pickles [1898-1917]
John Henry Pickles [1894-1918]
John Norris Pickles [1876-1917]
John Thomas Pickles [1874-19??]
John William Pickles [1857-19??]
Jonas Pickles [1836-1879]
Joseph Pickles [1???-18??]
Joseph Pickles [18??-18??]
Joseph Pickles [1805-1868]
Joseph Pickles [1852-1923]
Joseph Pickles [1858-19??]
Joseph Pickles [1861-1???]
Joseph Pickles [1869-1918]
Joseph Pickles [1872-19??]
Joseph Henry Pickles [1861-1947]
Joseph Wilkinson Pickles [1891-1917]
Joshua Pickles [18??-19??]
Leonard Pickles [1862-1920]
Lewis Pickles [1862-1???]
Liley Pickles [1795-1866]
Liley Pickles [1816-1886]
Lionel Pickles [1882-1918]
Luther Pickles [1865-1935]
Mabel Pickles [1907-1989]
Mabel Elizabeth Pickles [1891-1982]
Mrs Mary Pickles [17??-1???]
Miss Mary Pickles [18??-19??]
Maurice Pickles [1895-1974]
Michael Pickles [1776-1817]
Rev Michael Pickles [1798-1877]
Misses Ada & Zillah Pickles
Paul Pickles [1798-1866]
Peter Pickles [17??-18??]
Peter Pickles [1827-1886]
Philip Pickles [1857-1934]
R. K. Pickles [18??-19??]
Robert Pickles [1759-1???]
Robert Pickles [1804-18??]
Robert Pickles [1853-1888]
Robert Pickles [1897-1918]
Robert Edward Pickles [1866-19??]
Robert Halstead Pickles [1905-1961]
Roger Pickles [1808-18??]
Rupert Henry Pickles [1885-1???]
Samuel Pickles [1835-1904]
Samuel Pickles [1845-1889]
Samuel Pickles [1870-1???]
Sutcliffe Pickles [1832-1???]
Sutcliffe Pickles [1857-1932]
Thomas Pickles [17??-1???]
Thomas Pickles [1793-18??]
Thomas Pickles [18??-19??]
Thomas Pickles [18??-19??]
Thomas Pickles [1804-18??]
Thomas Pickles [1806-18??]
Thomas Pickles [1810-1874]
Thomas Pickles [1817-18??]
Thomas Pickles [1840-1853]
Thomas Pickles [1844-1874]
Thomas Pickles [1881-19??]
Thomas Henry Pickles [1850-1920]
Tommy Pickles
Verney Pickles [1887-1951]
Walter Pickles [1858-1???]
Walter Pickles [1897-19??]
Wilfred Pickles [1904-1978]
Wilfrid Pickles [1884-1968]
Wilkinson Pickles [1855-1931]
William Pickles [1???-1???]
William Pickles [1???-1878]
William Pickles [17??-18??]
William Pickles [1780-1???]
William Pickles [1794-18??]
William Pickles [18??-1???]
William Pickles [18??-19??]
William Pickles [1807-1847]
William Pickles [1807-1884]
William Pickles [1810-1873]
William Pickles [1811-1???]
William Pickles [1817-18??]
William Pickles [1818-1893]
William Pickles [1834-1???]
William Pickles [1842-1???]
William Pickles [1850-1???]
William Pickles [1860-1923]
William Pickles [1864-1941]
William Pickles [1875-1900]
William Francis Pickles [1867-1944]
William Henry Pickles [1835-1908]
William Henry Pickles [1845-1909]
William Ward Pickles [1880-1???]
Willie Pickles [1888-1964]
Young Pickles [1853-1915]
Zachariah Pickles [1792-1849]


Pickles, Mr
[18??-1???]

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Harry
  2. Arthur

Pickles, Mr
[18??-18??]

He married Hannah [1832-1???].

Children:

  1. Sutcliffe

The family lived at

  • Little Learings, Heptonstall [1861]
  • Popples Side, Heptonstall [1871, 1881]

Pickles, Mr
[18??-18??] He had business at the Hope Hall Livery Stables [18??]

Pickles, Captain
[1847-1877] He was killed during the construction of the Queensbury Tunnel [17th June 1877] (aged 30), having been struck on the back of the head by a timber weighing half-a-ton

Pickles, A.
[19??-19??] Partner in Pickles & Company [1936]

Pickles, A. T.
[18??-1918] From Halifax.

Of Chaseley House, Pendleton.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the Royal Army Medical Corps.

He was killed 30th March 1918

Pickles, Abraham
[1827-1874] Son of George Pickles.

Born in Norland.

He was a woollen piecer [1841, 1851] / a labourer [1852] / a cart driver [1861] / Innkeeper of the Black Bull, Halifax [1871]

In 1852, he married Sarah Hirst [1830-1???] at Elland Church.


Sarah, of Norland, was the daughter of farmer Thomas Hirst
 

Children:

  1. Mary Alice [b 1853] who was a dressmaker [1871]
  2. George [b 1855] who was a woolstapler [1871]

The family lived at Sowerby Croft, Norland [1861]

Pickles, Alec
[1893-1964] Son of William Pickles.

Born in Sowerby [26th December 1893]

He was a clerk for worsted spinner [1911] / a commercial traveller [1919].

On 27th December 1919, he married Ida Frankland in Halifax.


Ida was born in Sowerby, the daughter of Albert Ainley Frankland
 

Children:

  1. Barbara M. [b 1925] who married [1950] Jack Parkin [1922-1994]

Alec died in Triangle [18th October 1964].

Members of the family were buried at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery

Pickles, Ambrose
[1827-1892] Son of John Pickles.

He was a cotton factory worker lodging at Sharneyford, Newchurch, Lancashire [1861] / a farmer of 10 acres [1881].

He died in Todmorden [Q4 1892] (aged 65)  !* INTO JEFFREY-KNOWLES(P) 

Pickles, Andrew
[1881-1918] Born in Todmorden.

In 1912, he married Clara Elsworth [1883-1914] in Todmorden.


Clara was born in Todmorden
 

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 7th Battalion Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).

He died 31st March 1918 (aged 36).

He is remembered on the Pozières Memorial, France [58 & 59], and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Pickles, Anthony
[1845-1906] Landlord of the Royal Oak, Sowerby Bridge [1905].

He died 12th May 1906

Pickles, Archie Jeffrey
[1894-1916] Son of Walter Pickles.

He was a member of West End Congregational School, Sowerby Bridge / a member of St George's School, Sowerby / a cotton spinner piecer [1911] / employed by Eglin & Son Limited, brassfounders [1914].

During World War I, he enlisted at Halifax in the 4th (Reserve) Battalion, West Riding Regiment [October 1914].

He was sent to the Front [October 1915].

He was hospitalised for 9 days with trench feet [November 1915].

He transferred to the Leicester Regiment [September 1916], and served as a Private with the 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment.

He was killed in action [18th October 1916] (aged 22).

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [2C & 3A], and on the Memorial at Saint George's Church, Sowerby

Pickles, Arnold Thomas
[1893-1917] Son of Mrs Ada Emily Pickles of Halifax.

His family came from Hipperholme.

He was educated at Holy Trinity School / a member of Rhodes Street Wesleyan Chapel, Halifax & Sunday School / employed at Halifax Town Hall / employed in the Birmingham Treasurer's Office.

He lived in Birmingham.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 38th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps.

He sustained a slight shell wound in the thigh at Latteau Wood [August 1917].

He died in Boulogne Hospital when the wound proved fatal [30th November 1917] (aged 24).

He is remembered at Coley Church on the Cambrai Memorial, Nord France [13], on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Rhodes Street Wesleyan Chapel

Pickles, Arthur
[1???-19??] Son of Mr Pickles.

He lived at Highfield Farm, Southowram [1920s]

Pickles, Arthur
[1867-19??] He was employed in dyeworks [1901].

He (possibly) married Mary Horsfall.

Children:

  1. Evelyn Mary [1888-1944]

Arthur was a widower by 1901.

The family lived at Hawking Bottom, Todmorden [1901]


In 1911, Evelyn, a wool rover, was boarding with Emma Robinson [b 1858] (charwoman) and her family at 19 Bangor Street, Halifax.

Later, she lived at 42 Belmont Road, Liverpool.

She died April 1944 (aged 56) 

She was buried at Christ Church, Pellon [13th April 1944]

 

Pickles, Arthur
[1886-19??] Born in Southowram.

He was a joiner & undertaker [1911].

Around 1910, he married Ethel [1889-19??] from Halifax.

They lived at 2 Battinson Place, Southowram [1911]

Pickles, Arthur
[1901-1984] JP, OBE.

Son of Fred Pickles and older brother of Wilfred Pickles.

He was educated at Parkinson Lane School and Rishworth School, until 1914 when he had to leave because his father joined the Royal Engineers in World War I.

He was an architect / a Liberal Councillor for Warley [1932-1966] / a magistrate [1939] / Chairman of the Civil Defence Committee / an Alderman [1949] / Vice-chairman then Chairman of the Housing Committee [1945] / he was unsuccessful Liberal candidate for Halifax [1950] / Mayor of Halifax [1951-1952]. He established the financial business, Ebor Securities [1962]

His wife, Gladys, was Mayoress, President of Halifax Women's Liberal Association, and President of Halifax Inner Wheel In 1957, Gladys bought the Russell Street shop of Walter Neaverson, and ran the business until 1970.

In 1924, he married Gladys Crampton in Halifax.


Gladys was the daughter of William Crampton
 

Children:

  1. James
  2. Christine
  3. Gwen [b 1927]
  4. June [1929-????]
  5. Angela who moved to New Zealand

The family lived at The Hill, Warley [1950s-1989].

See Harrison Road, Halifax

Pickles, Arthur Rowland
[1895-1916] Son of Joseph Pickles.

Baptised at St.Mark's Church, Siddal / All Saints, Salterhebble.

In 1901, he was living with his half-sister Jane Elizabeth Crossley and her husband.

He was employed by Morton's / a cotton twiner [1911].

During World War I, he enlisted [June 1915], and served as a Rifleman with the 12th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps.

He was posted to France [October 1915].

He was killed in action [8th October 1916] (aged 21).

He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Pickles, Benjamin
[1811-1???]

He married Hannah Pickles.


Hannah was the daughter of
John Baldwin
 

Children:

  1. Alice [b 1834]
  2. Ann [b 1835]
  3. John [b 1837]
  4. Ruth [b 1839]
  5. Thomas [b 1841]

In 1841, the family were living with Hannah's parents at Small Shaw, Todmorden

Pickles, Benny
[1893-1918] Son of Samuel Pickles.

He was a scholar at Salem Sunday School, Hebden Bridge / a clerk with Redman Brothers.

He married Elsie Joanna Law.


Elsie Joanna was the daughter of James Law
 

They lived at 4 Cleveland Street, Cornholme. During World War I, he served as a Sergeant with the 7th Battalion Royal Fusiliers.

His brother William [b 1889] also served in France.

He was wounded in July 1916 and in May 1917.

He died from a wound to the chest, in the Somme [6th April 1918] (aged 26).

He was buried at Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France [I J 15].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance and on his parents' grave at Slack Cemetery, Heptonstall

Pickles, C.
[1???-191?] He served in World War I.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered on Coley War Memorial

Pickles, Carolyn
[1952-] Daughter of Judge James Pickles. Actress. She has made many films and TV appearances

Pickles, Catherine
[18??-19??] Coal dealer at Thistle Hall, Todmorden.

In May 1871, he was declared bankrupt

Pickles, Charley
[1879-1941] Son of George Pickles.

He was a saw mill engineer [1911] / an engineer [1926] / an iron founder (employer) [1901].

In 1901, he was a patient in the Fielden Hospital, Todmorden

Pickles, Christina
[1935-] Born Christine Pickles in Halifax. Daughter of Arthur Pickles and sister of Judge James Pickles.

She was educated at Crossley & Porter School.

She is a naturalised US citizen.

She has played many film and TV rôles, notably that of Judy Geller, the mother of Ross and Monica, in the TV series Friends

Pickles, Clement
[1888-1946] Aka Clemmy.

Son of Leonard Pickles.

Born in Triangle.

He was a boot warehouse man [1924].

In [Q2] 1924, he married Gladys Evelyn Lister Goddard [1900-1996] in Barnsley.


Gladys Evelyn was born in Monk Bretton [23rd April 1900]
 

Children:

  1. Brenda R. [b 1929]

Clement died in Harrogate [11th January 1946].

Gladys Evelyn died in Lambeth [1996]

Pickles, Crossley
[1844-1894] Son of William Pickles, mason.

Born in Wadsworth.

He was a winder of Wadsworth [1865] / a self act cotton winder [1871] / a cotton winder [1881] / a mule spinner [1891].

In 1865, he married Selina Naylor [1842-1914].


Selina was the daughter of of Isaac Naylor, mason
 

Children:

  1. Eliza J. [b 1867]

The family lived at

  • High Hirst, Wadsworth [1871]
  • Bank Side, Stansfield [1881]
  • 118 Market Street, Heptonstall [1891, 1894]

Selina was buried at Lightcliffe

Pickles, Crossley
[1848-1883] Son of William Pickles, coal dealer.

He was a coal dealer of Luddendenfoot [1878] / a beer seller at the Poultry Dealers Arms, Stansfield [1881, 1883].

In 1878, he married Betty.


Betty was the daughter of Eli Crabtree, factory operative, & widow of Mr Stansfield.

She had 2 children by her first marriage: Tom Stansfield [b 1869] & Lucy Stansfield [b 1873]

 

Crossley died 1st April 1883.

Crossley was buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone [5th April 1883]. Betty took over at the Poultry Dealers Arms Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at £139 9/7d.

Administration was granted to his widow Betty

Pickles, David
[18??-1???] He was landlord of the Golden Plough, Halifax [1890, 1894].

He married Elizabeth.

Children:

  1. Mary Beatrice [1887-1888]

Members of the family were buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery

Pickles, David
[18??-18??] Of Haigh's Farm, Sowerby.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. son
  2. son
  3. son
  4. son
  5. son
  6. son
  7. Wilkinson

He and his wife were founder members of Boulderclough Methodist Chapel

Pickles, David
[1823-1908] Son of James Pickles.

He was grocer and sub-postmaster at St James's Road, Halifax [until 1901].

In 1846, he married Mary Hutchinson at Square Chapel.


Mary was the daughter of Charles Hutchinson
 

Children:

  1. Charles Waterhouse [1847-1866]
  2. Emily [1849-1884]
  3. Herbert [1851-1884]
  4. Julia [b 1854] who married [1901] Benjamin Johnson from Halifax
  5. Lily [1856-1914] who married Arthur Vincent Wild
  6. Minnie or Mary [b 1858]
  7. Carey [1860-1911] who died unmarried in British Columbia
  8. Luther

David died whilst staying with his daughter, Julia, and family at Wakefield.

He was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot Number 2378]

Pickles, David Arthur Cyril
[1898-1918] Son of Susannah & Wheatley Pickles of Low Moor.

Born in Norwood Green.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd/6th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment.

He died 26th April 1918 (aged 20).

He was buried at Hamburg Cemetery, Germany. [II G 7].

He is remembered on Norwood Green War Memorial, on the Memorial at Norwood Green Congregational Institute, and on the Memorial at Saint John the Baptist, Coley

Pickles, Donald
[1916-1944] Son of Joshua Pickles.

He was a member of St Augustine's Church, Pellon / a hardware merchant for Charles Watson at Cow Green, Halifax.

During World War II, he served as a Private with the 2nd/6th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment.

He died 8th July 1944 (aged 28).

He was buried at La Delivrande War Cemetery, Douvres, France [X F 7].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Saint Augustine's Church, Pellon, and on the Memorial at Halifax Bowling Club

Pickles, E.
[18??-19??] Recorded around 1918, when he was Captain of Brighouse Rangers

Pickles, Edward
[1871-19??] Son of John Pickles.

Born in Wadsworth [19th July 1871].

Baptised 3rd September 1871.

He was a Private Infantry of the Line at Bradford Barracks [1891] / a postman [1911].

On 19 July 1905, he married Sarah Hannah Widdop [1873-1???] at Birchcliffe Baptist Chapel.


Sarah Hannah was born in Wadsworth
 

Children:

  1. Jack [b 1909]

The family lived at Hebden Bridge [1911]

Pickles, Ely
[1820-1863] Son of Samuel Pickles, gardener.

He was a plasterer of Southowram [1842] / a plasterer [1851].

On 9th May 1842, he married Sophia Morris [1820-1???].


Sophia, a servant of Skircoat, was born in Wakefield, the daughter of George Morris, stocking weaver
 

Children:

  1. George [b 1844]
  2. Sarah Ann [b 1845]
  3. Mary Ann [b 1850]
  4. Samuel [b 1852] who was a plasterer [1871, 1882]
  5. John [b 1854] who was a plasterer [1871, 1882], widowed by 1881, a coal & lime merchant [1881]
  6. Walter [b 1858]
  7. Lewis
  8. William [b 1863] who was a plasterer [1881]

The family lived at

  • Pineberry Hill, Halifax [1851]
  • 14 Prospect Place, Bailey Hall Bank, Halifax [1871]
  • 14 Bailey Hall Bank, Halifax [1881]

Ely died in 1863 (aged 43).

Living with the family [in 1881] was nephew John H. Pickles [b  1865].

Sophia died 5th March 1882 (aged 61).

Probate records show that she left effects valued at.

The will was proved by sons Samuel & John, and John Cocker of Pleasant Place, Halifax (shuttle maker).

The couple were buried at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax: Ely [30th April 1863]; Sophia [9th March 1882]

Pickles, Emsley
[1886-1938] Son of Joseph Henry Pickles.

He was a warehouseman of Charlesworth Grove, Ovenden [1907] / a weaving overlooker [1911].

On 24th December 1907, he married Gertrude French.


Gertrude, of Irving Street, Halifax, was the daughter of Edward French
 

Children:

  1. (possibly) Frank [b 1912] who died aged 16 days

Frank was buried at Christ Church, Pellon

The family lived at

  • 12 Saxon Street, Halifax [1912]
  • 18 Causeway Head, Burnley Road, Sowerby Bridge [1938]

Emsley died at home [2nd May 1938].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £154 12/-.

Probate was granted to his widow Gertrude

Pickles, Rev F.
[18??-19??] He was at Cradley Heath before becoming Pastor of Wellington Road Baptist Church, Todmorden [1920]

Pickles, Frank
[1876-19??] Son of Halstead Pickles.

Born in Todmorden [Q1 1876].

He was a furnisher's assistant [1901] / a complete house furnisher [1911] / a member of H. Pickles & Sons.

On 31st August 1909, he married Kate Hodgins [1880-19??] at York Street Wesleyan Methodist Church.


Kate from Cross Street, Todmorden, was the daughter of Richard Hodgins, foreman
 

The family lived at

  • 50 Stansfield Road Cross Stones St Pauls Todmorden [1901]
  • 50 Claremont Street Todmorden [1911]

Pickles, Frank
[1878-1945] Born in Mixenden.

He was a worsted spinning overlooker [1902].

In 1902, he married Annie Elizabeth Hollas in Halifax.


Annie Elizabeth was the daughter of
John Hollas
 

Children:

  1. Florence May [1904-1969]

Pickles, Frank
[1886-19??] Born in Hebden Bridge.

On 7th July 1939, he departed Liverpool aboard the Scythia and arrived Boston, Massachusetts, USA [16th July 1939]

Pickles, Frank
[1897-1917] Son of Elizabeth Ann & Alfred Pickles of 33 Stansfield Street, Todmorden.

During World War I, he served as a Driver with D Battery 110th Brigade Royal Field Artillery.

He died 28th May 1917 (aged 20).

He was buried at Westhof Farm Cemetery, Belgium [I A 4].

He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance

Pickles, Fred
[18??-19??] Son of George Pickles.

He went into partnership with his son, Wilfred, as builders, but the business went bankrupt.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. George who died at the age of 4
  2. Arthur
  3. Wilfred
  4. Richard who became an architect

The family lived at

  • 24 Conway Street, Halifax [1901, 1904]
  • Warley [1913]

Pickles, Fred
[18??-19??] He was an Alderman and Mayor of Todmorden [1923-1924]

Pickles, Fred
[1879-1915] Born in Todmorden.

He was a weaver with Charles Crabtree Limited.

He lived at 19 Market Street, Shade.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st/6th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.

He was killed at Gallipoli [7th August 1915].

He is remembered on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli [58-72 / 218-219], on Todmorden War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Shade Council School

Pickles, Fred
[1891-1917] Son of Martha Jane (née Crabtree) [1856-1928] & Jacob Pickles [1855-1900] of 14 Closes Road, Rastrick.

Born in Rastrick.

During World War I, he served as a Rifleman with the 2nd/7th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He died 28th November 1917.

He is remembered on the Cambrai Memorial, Nord France [5], and on Rastrick War Memorial

Pickles, G.
[19??-19??] Partner in Pickles & Company [1936]

Pickles, Geoffrey
[1924-1944] Son of Harold Pickles.

He was educated at Crossley & Porter School & Halifax Tech / employed in the family business Pickles Brothers.

During World War II, he served as a Sub-Lieutenant with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve at the Royal Naval Air Station HMS Kestrel.

He trained as a pilot in Canada.

He died 7th July 1944 (aged 20).

He was buried at Warley Congregational Church [O 51].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Saint Hilda's Church, Halifax, on the Memorial at Crossley & Porter School, Halifax, and on the Memorial at Halifax Bowling Club

Pickles, George
[1796-18??] He was a husbandman [1841] / ag.lab [1851]

He married Sarah [1796-18??].

Children:

  1. Ruth [b 1821] who was a winder [1841]
  2. Eliga [b 1826] who was a woollen spinner [1841, 1851]
  3. Abraham
  4. Hannah [b 1829] who was a worsted spinner [1841], a seam loom weaver [1851]
  5. Mary [b 1831] who was a wool feeder [1851]
  6. Ann [b 1836]

The family lived at Pickwood Scar, Norland [1841, 1851]

Pickles, George
[18??-1???] He was a stonemason.

In 1869, he married Louisa Jane Cornaby from Bow, London, whom he had met whilst working on the Law Courts in London. They married in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Fred

Pickles, George
[18??-1???]

In 1867, he married Sarah Hebblethwaite.


Sarah was the daughter of
John Hebblethwaite
 

Children:

  1. Eli [b 1868] who married [1869] Sarah E [b 1869]
  2. Fred [b 1870]
  3. Annie S [b 1875]

Pickles, George
[18??-1916]

During World War I, he served as a Private with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.

He was reported missing and assumed to have died [24th June 1916].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Sion Branch Congregational Sunday School, Bank Top

Pickles, George
[1829-1883] (Possibly) son of Paul Pickles.

He was a cordwainer.

He lived at Pickles Yard, Gaol Lane, Halifax.

He died 16th April 1883 (aged 54).

He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [F 43 D]

Pickles, George
[1843-1878] He was a slater & plasterer.

He lived at Bailey Hall Bank.

He died 15th March 1878 (aged 35).

He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [F 43 D]

Pickles, George
[1849-1926] Son of John Pickles.

He was learning mechanics [1861] / with the family business John Pickles & Son / an engineer/machinist [1881] / an engineer/mechanic [1891] / a mechanical engineer / a saw mill engineer of Brigville, Hebden Bridge [1901] / a mechanical engineer [1911].

On 24th December 1872, he married (1) Sarah Jane Fielden [1852-1908] at Halifax Parish Church.


Sarah Jane was the daughter of Thomas Fielden of Heptonstall, coal merchant.

The surname may have been Fielding

 

Children:

  1. John Thomas
  2. Hiram
  3. Annie [1878-1974] who married Ernest Granville Diggle
  4. Charley
  5. Sarah Elizabeth [1881-1950]
  6. Frank [1884] who was an apprentice mechanical engineer [1901], an engineer [1926]
  7. Emily [1885]

All the boys worked in the mill as engineers and managers.

In 1901, George bought the entire Mytholm estate from Frederick William Horsfall and turned Mytholm Mill from a cotton mill into an engineering works where he and his sons designed and built wood-cutting equipment.

Sarah Jane died in 1908 (aged 56).

On 14th July 1909, he married (2) Emily Ann Uttley at Halifax Parish Church.


Emily Ann, of Balmoral Street, Wadsworth, was the daughter of Abraham Uttley
 

The family lived at

  • Royd Villas, Hangingroyd Lane, Heptonstall [1881]
  • Regent House, Hangingroyd Lane, Heptonstall [1891]
  • Brigville, Hebden Bridge [1901]
  • Mytholm Hall, Hebden Bridge [1901, 1905, 1908]

Living with them [in 1891] were sister-in-law Sarah Ellen Fielding [b 1856] (tailoress) and niece Florence J. Fielding [b 1884].

George died 2nd May 1926.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £20,495 9/11d.

Probate was granted to his sons Hiram, Charley, and Frank

Pickles, George
[1862-19??] Born in Norland.

He was landlord of the Black Boy, Halifax [1905] / a marine broker [1911].

In 1906, he married Sarah Jane Crossland [1910-1???] from South Crossland, in Huddersfield.

Children:

  1. Harry [b 1895] who was a doffer in a worsted mill [1911]

The family lived at 40 King Cross Street, Halifax [1911].

Living with them in 1911 was nephew Fred Beaumont [aged 25] (quarry man) born in Sowood

Pickles, George Albert
[1884-1916] Son of Joseph Pickles.

He was a brass finisher [1901, 1911] / employed by Edward Foster & Son Limited at Woolshops.

Around 1910, he emigrated to Canada.

During World War I, he enlisted [October 1914], and served as a Private with Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment).

He was reported missing and assumed to have died [4th June 1916] (aged 32).

He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [10]

Pickles, George William
[1912-1943] Son of Clara & Edgar Pickles.

In [Q2] 1940, he married Elsie Walker in Calder District.

They lived in Greetland.

During World War II, he served as a Gunner with the Royal Artillery.

He died 3rd June 1943 (aged 31).

He was buried at St Thomas's Church, Greetland [39]

Pickles, Gilbert Owen
[1897-1976] MM.

Son of William Pickles.

Born 5th August 1897.

He was employed by Walter Lumb, painter & decorator, Sowerby Bridge / a painter [1920].

On 14th January 1920, he married Elsie Sutcliffe in Halifax.


Elsie was born in Sowerby, the daughter of Wilson Sutcliffe
 

During World War I, he enlisted with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)  [9th November 1915], and served as a Private Leicestershire Regiment.

He was among the troops which helped quell the Irish rebellion, and came through uninjured.

He was sent to France [September 1916], where he was hospitalised after being wounded and gassed.

He was awarded the Military Medal [1917]


for gallantry and devotion to duty
 

He survived the War, but is remembered on the Roll of Honour at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge,

The couple died in Halifax

Pickles, Greenwood
[18??-1???]

He married Martha [18??-19??].

Children:

  1. John Henry

The family lived at 32 Slack Top, Heptonstall.

Martha was dead by 1918

Pickles, Greenwood
[18??-19??] Hebden Bridge Councillor. He was a weaver.

He was active in establishing the Eaves Self-Help Manufacturers' Society

Pickles, Halstead
[1835-1907] Son of Thomas Pickles.

Born in Hebden Bridge.

Baptised at Heptonstall [3rd January 1836].

He was a mechanic [1858] / a smith / mechanic [1861] / a linen draper [1871] / a furniture dealer [1881] / a house furnisher [1891] / a house furnisher-employer [1901].

He established H. Pickles & Sons.

In [Q4] 1858, he married Sarah Ann Helliwell [1838-1???] in Halifax.


Sarah Ann, of Langfield, was born in Heptonstall.

Her mother was Bessy Helliwell [b 1814].

Her father is not named on the marriage record

 

Children:

  1. Mary Ann [b 1859] who was a linen draper [1881]
  2. Charles [b 1861] who was an assistant furniture dealer [1881], a house furnisher [1907]
  3. Emily [b 1863] who was a dressmaker [1881]
  4. Sarah J [b 1865]
  5. Fred Helliwell [b 1866] who was a gas works manager [1907]
  6. Clara [b 1869] who was a school teacher [1891]
  7. Ellen [b 1872] who was an assistant draper [1891]
  8. Betsy [b 1874] who was a machinist [1891]
  9. Frank [b 1876] who was an assistant house furnisher [1891], a house furnisher [1907]

They lived at

  • Style Gate Bottom, Stansfield [1861]
  • 23 York Street, Langfield [1871, 1881, 1891]
  • 50 Stansfield Road, Todmorden [1901]
  • 50 Claremont Terrace, Todmorden [1907]

Living with them [in 1861] were sister Elizabeth Pickles [b  1840] and mother-in-law Bessy Helliwell (shopkeeper).

Living with them [in 1871] was mother-in-law Bessy Helliwell (linen draper).

Halstead died 7th February 1907.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £2,605 0/7d.

Probate was granted to sons Charles, Frederick Helliwell, and Frank

Pickles, Hannah
[1841-1???] Born in Rochdale.

She had an illegitimate son Joseph Pickles [b 1872], father unknown.

She was a paper flower maker [1881], when she and Joseph were living with Jonas Highley.

Jonas & Hannah married in Halifax [Q1 1884].

She died between 1891 & 1901

Pickles, Harold
[18??-19??] He was MD of Pickles Brothers [1944].

In [Q4] 1922, he married Mabel Grace Pickles [18??-19??] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Geoffrey

The family lived at 144 Trimmingham Lane, Halifax

Pickles, Harold
[19??-19??] He was Mayor of Halifax [1953-1954]

Pickles, Harold Carey
[1887-1952] Son of Luther Pickles.

In June 1914, he married Dora Sutcliffe

Children:

  1. Muriel
  2. Kenneth

Pickles, Harry
[1???-19??] Son of Mr Pickles.

He owned the land at Old Close Farm, Southowram [1940s]. The farm itself was derelict at this time.

He lived at 34 Bank Top [1936]

Pickles, Harry
[1861-1906] Son of Samuel Pickles.

Brush manufacturer at Halifax.

He took over the business from his father.

He married Jane [1866-1???].

Children:

  1. Samuel [b 1890]
  2. Minnie [b 1893]
  3. Amy [b 1894]
  4. Annie [b 1897]

The family lived at

  • 3 Briar Street, Northowram [1891]
  • 4 Yard, West View, Halifax [1901]
  • 1 Back Street, Halifax [1905]

Pickles, Harry
[1876-19??] Son of Joseph Pickles, mason.

Born in Southowram.

He was a joiner of Southowram Bank [1898] / publican at the Rawson's Arms, Elland Wood Bottom [1911].

In [Q2] 1898, he married Sarah Jane Whiteley at St Anne's Church, Southowram.


Sarah Jane, of Southowram, was the daughter of John Whiteley.

She was a mill hand of Dark Lane Head, Southowram [1898]

 

Children:

  1. Dorothy [b 1901]
  2. Lilian [b 1907]

Living with them [in 1911] were Sarah Jane's brothers Herbert Whiteley & Milton Whiteley

Pickles, Harry
[1888-1918] Son of Mrs Violet Pickles of 23 Carr House Lane, Shelf.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 1st/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died 30th April 1918 (aged 30).

He was buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium [XXVIII B 3A].

He is remembered on Coley War Memorial

Pickles, Harry
[1892-1918] Son of Mary & Henry Pickles.

Born in Hebden Bridge.

He was employed by Cockcroft's.

During World War I, he served as a Driver with D Battery 285th Brigade Royal Field Artillery.

He was reported missing and assumed to have died [9th April 1918].

He is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium [1], on a memorial in St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd, in the book Royd Regeneration, and on the Memorial at Mytholmroyd Church Lads' Brigade

Pickles, Harry
[1901-1954] Son of Herbert Pickles.

Born 23rd June 1901.

Partner in Herbert Pickles & Sons

In [Q3] 1934, he married Dorothy Vaughan in Fulham.

Children:

  1. Robert
  2. Richard

Harry died in Norway [?] [25th August 1954]

Pickles, Hartley
[1846-1904] Son of William Pickles.

Born in Wadsworth.

He was a cotton doubler [1891] / a general labourer [1901].

He married Sarah Maude [1848-1???].


Sarah was born in Midgley
 

Children:

  1. William [b 1875]
  2. Jane A [b 1879]
  3. Clara [b 1883] who was a cotton doubler's assistant [1891]
  4. Flora [b 1885] who was a weaver [1924].

    On 4th September 1924, she sailed from Liverpool to Quebec, Canada aboard the Carmenia.

    On 4th October 1924, she married Frederick William Fishwick [b Bingley 1872], son of John Fishwick.

    On 16th November 1925, she died in Vancouver Hospital

  5. Fred [b 1887] a cotton doubler's assistant

The family lived at

  • High Street, Elland [1881]
  • Ladywood Terrace, Halifax ) [1891]
  • 17 Ladywood Terrace, Halifax [1901]

Hartley died in 1904 (aged 56) 

Pickles, Henry
[1799-18??] He was a farmer of 4 acres & cart driver [1851].

On 4th February 1839, he married Betty [1807-18??].


Betty was the daughter of John Greenwood, and a widow.

She had 2 sons:

  • John Greenwood [b 1830]
  • Robert Greenwood [b 1833]

She was an oat bread baker [1861] / in bed [1881].

 

Children:

  1. Mary [b 1843]
  2. Ann [b 1846]
  3. Martha [b 1848]
  4. Elizabeth [b 1849]

The family lived at

  • Parrock Head, Wadsworth [1841, 1851]
  • Old Town, Wadsworth [1861, 1871]
  • Black Hill, Heptonstall [1881]

Henry does not appear on the Census returns after 1851.

Living with them [in 1851] was son-in-law James Greenwood [b  1820] (power loom weaver) 

Betty died

  • in 1881 (age 74) (possibly) at Mount Pleasant, and buried at Cross Stone, or
  • in 1882 (age 75) 

Pickles, Henry
[18??-1870] Farmer at Pitchett Farm, Lower Crimsworth, Heptonstall.

In January 1869, he was bitten on the hand by a strange dog. A doctor in Colne gave him a prescription but the hand did not heal. In January 1870, he became ill again and feared that his end had come. In spite of a thirst, he could not bear the sight of water. He died shortly afterwards

Pickles, Henry
[1821-1870] Born in Wadsworth.

He was a wool comber [1851] / a farmer of 20 acres [1861].

He married Betty Greenwood, [1824-1???]; banns were read at Holy Trinity, Thurgoland [1842].


Betty, of Wadsworth, was a weaver [1842], a worsted weaver [1851], a charwoman [1891]
 

Children:

  1. Charlotte [b 1845] who was a power weaver cotton [1861]
  2. Grace [b 1849] who was a back tender cotton [1861]
  3. Young
  4. Joseph
  5. Freeman [b 1863]
  6. Mary Jane [b 1865] who was a fustian tailoress [1891], & married Irwin Jagger
  7. Arthur [b 1880]

The family lived at

  • Duck Hill, Wadsworth [1851]
  • Small Shaw, Wadsworth [1861]
  • Plumpton, Wadsworth [1871]
  • Black Hill, Wadsworth [1881]
  • Pecket Well, Wadsworth [1891]

Pickles, Herbert
[1869-1931] Son of John Pickles.

Born 16th April 1869.

He was a fustian cutter [1891] / a fustian clothing manufacturer [1911]

He established H. Pickles & Sons [around 1895].

On 26th March 1888, he married Sarah Hannah Greenwood at Birchcliffe Baptist Chapel.


Sarah Hannah was born 26th February 1869, the daughter of Clegg Greenwood
 

Children:

  1. William [1888-1967]
  2. Willie
  3. Gertrude [1893-1964]
  4. Harry

The family lived at

  • Balmoral Street, Hebden Bridge [1891]
  • Marlborough Street, Hebden Bridge [1901]
  • Mason Street, Hebden Bridge [1911]

Herbert died 3rd May 1931.

Sarah Hannah died 16th May 1949.

The couple were buried at Wainsgate Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge

Pickles, Hiram
[1840-1907] Son of William Pickles

Born in Hebden Bridge

He was a locomotive engine cleaner [1861] / an engine tenter of High Hirst, Wadsworth [1862] / a locomotive engine driver [1881, 1891] / a night watchman [1901].

In 1862, he married Isabella Mitchell [1840-1894].


Isabella, of Warley, was born in Mytholmroyd, the daughter of Jonathan Mitchell, labourer
 

The couple may have parted.


Isabella was a servant, with William Coup (inn keeper) & John Crossley (waiter) at the Albert Hotel, Albert Street, Hebden Bridge [1891].

She died at Longroyd Farm, Sowerby [29th August 1894] (aged 54).

Probate records show that she left effects valued at £152 5/2d.

Probate was granted to John Crossley

 


Hiram was

  • A lodger with Sarah Wallace (aged 40) & 3 children: Stanley Wallace (aged 6) Frederick T Wallace (aged 4) & Ellen A Wallace (aged 2) at 45 Vine Street, Newton Heath, Lancashire
  • A boarder with Sarah Wallace (aged 50) a widow & 3 children: Stanley Pickles, Fred Pickles & Ellen A. Pickles at 18 Claremont Street, Newton Heath, Lancashire [1891]
  • A night watchman with 2 children: Fred Pickles Wallace (aged 24) & Ellen A. Pickles Wallace (aged 22) together with a servant Sarah Swan (aged 60) born Rishworth, were at Claremont Street, Newton Heaton [1901]

Hiram Pickles, of Crumpsall, Manchester, was buried at Newton, Lancashire [19th October 1907]

 

Pickles, Hiram
[1845-1915] Son of James Pickles.

Born in Warley.

He was a printer & compositor [1881, 1891, 1901].

In 1872, he married Sarah Sharp [1848-1???].


Sarah, of Ovenden, was the daughter of John Sharp, farmer
 

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 1873] who married Lawson Horsman
  2. Elizabeth [b 1876]
  3. John [b 1878]
  4. Mary Ann [b 1879]
  5. Clara [b 1882]
  6. Thomas W [b 1883]

The family lived at

  • 98 Chain Bar, Ovenden [1881]
  • 330 Ovenden Road, Halifax [1891]
  • Ovenden Road, Halifax [1901]
  • 330 Ovenden Road, Halifax [1915]

Hiram died 13th March 1915.

He was buried at St George's Church, Lee Mount [17th March 1915].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £126 14/6d.

Administration was granted to his widow Sarah.

Sarah died 13th December 1932.

Probate records show that she left effects valued at £534 13/6d.

Administration was granted to Clara Halliwell (wife of Arthur Halliwell

Pickles, Hiram
[1876-1935] Son of George Pickles.

He was an apprentice [1891] / an engineer [1926] / a mechanical engineer [1901, 1911].

In 1898, he married Florence Annie Helliwell [1876-1939].

Children:

  1. Phyllis Kathleen [b 1900] who married Gilbert Mallalieu Haworth
  2. George Ronald [1903-1970] who was an engineer [1939]
  3. Robert Halstead

The family lived at

Hiram died 24th May 1935.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £16,118 6/10d.

Probate was granted to his widow Florence Annie.

Florence Annie died 1st September 1939 (aged 63).

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £14,763 6/-.

Probate was granted to her 3 children

Pickles, Hiram Kalita
[1870-1937] Born in Wakefield.

He was publican at the Reed, Sowerby Bridge [1906, 1911].

In [Q3] 1897, he married Ellen Gibson [1870-19??].


Ellen came from Sowerby Bridge
 

They had no children

Pickles, J. W.
[18??-19??] Halifax solicitor with Pickles, Horsley & Company [1934].

He qualified in August 1899

Pickles, James
[17??-18??] He married Sarah.

Children:

  1. Thomas
  2. (possibly) John [b 1816]
  3. (possibly) Jane [b 1821]
  4. (possibly) James [b 1826]

Pickles, James
[1802-18??] (Possibly) son of John Pickles, dyer.

Baptised 26th September 1802.

He was a comber of Warley [1823] / a woolcomber [1851, 1861, 1871].

On 11th September 1823, he married Hannah Waterhouse.


Hannah of Norland, was the daughter of
David Waterhouse
 

Children:

  1. David
  2. John [b 1826]
  3. Sarah [b 1832]
  4. Samuel [b 1836]
  5. Mary Hannah [b 1839]

The family lived at

James died 17th January 1885 (aged 82).

Hannah died between 1871 & 1881

Pickles, James
[1815-1???] Born in Stansfield.

He was a pig dealer [1881].

In [Q2] 1853, he married Susey Greenwood [1829-1???] in Halifax.


Susey was born in Stansfield.

She had a daughter Elizabeth Greenwood [b 1849] who was a cotton weaver [1900]

 

Children:

  1. James [b 1857] who was a finisher of ready-made clothes [1881]
  2. Mary [b 1861] who was a cotton weaver [1881]
  3. Robert [b 1864] who was a cotton weaver [1881]
  4. Amos [b 1867] who was a reed maker's apprentice [1881]
  5. John [b 1869]
  6. Rebecca [b 1854] who was a cotton weaver [1881] and married Fred Ogden

The family lived at 9 Omsga Street, Langfield [1881].

Living with them [in 1881] was widowed daughter Rebecca and her children

Pickles, James
[1816-1???] He was a stone mason [1871].

He married Hannah [1817-1???].

Children:

  1. James [b 1839]
  2. Elizabeth [b 1841]
  3. Hiram
  4. Jonathan [b 1846]
  5. Ellen [b 1849]
  6. John H [b 1855]

The family lived at

  • Salterhebble [1851]
  • Utleys Buildings, Skircoat Green [1871]

Pickles, James
[1831-1885] Born in Sowerby.

He was a weaver [1856].

On 3rd August 1856, he married Sophia Lumb in Halifax.


Sophia was the daughter of
David Lumb
 

Children:

  1. Mary Hannah [1857-1938] who married William Barrett
  2. Emma [1858-1924] who married Joseph Siddall
  3. Elizabeth Ann [1860-1946] who married James Kitchen
  4. Leonard
  5. Claudine [1865-1940] who married William Pickles
  6. Sarah [1870-1931] who married Wilson Saltonstall
  7. James
  8. Sophia [1876-1948] who married Wilson Sharp

The children were born in Sowerby.

Members of the family were buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby

Pickles, James
[1867-1???] Son of John Pickles.

Born 25th May 1867.

Baptised 4th August 1867.

He was a printer's apprentice [1881] / a printer/compositor [1891] / a journeyman letterpress printer [1901] / a letterpress compositor [1911].

In [Q1] 1890, he married Annie Dickinson [1868-1???] in Todmorden.


Annie was born in Hulme, Lancashire
 

Children:

  1. Harold [b 1893]
  2. John E [b 1894]
  3. Wilfred [b 1896]
  4. Edith [b 1900]

The family lived at

  • 1 Freedom Street, Halifax [1891]
  • 200 Springmill Street, Bradford [1901]
  • 17 Salisbury Street, Armley, Leeds [1911]

Pickles, James
[1874-1961] Son of James Pickles.

He was a farmer [1895].

In [Q3] 1895, he married Sophia Marsden [1873-1938] in Halifax.


Sophia was born in Norland, the daughter of Henry Marsden
 

Children:

  1. Laura [1896-1985] who married [1921] Sidney White
  2. Lilian [1897-1987] who married Arthur Foulds

The children were born in Sowerby.

Sophia died at Halifax Workhouse [8th December 1938].

James died in Keighley [1961]

Pickles, James
[1886-1916] Son of Robert Pickles.

Born in Todmorden.

He was a cotton weaver [1911] / a weaver with Fielden's at Waterside Mill / a player with Halifax Town & Halifax RFC / a player with Todmorden & Portsmouth AFC.

In 1911, he married Sarah Annie Heyworth in Todmorden.

They lived at 13 Brook Street, Todmorden.

During World War I, he enlisted with the Northumberland Fusiliers [June 1916], then he served as a Private with the 1st/8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry.

He was killed in action in France / Flanders [5th November 1916] (aged 30).

He was buried at Warlencourt British Cemetery, France [VI F 30].

He is remembered on Todmorden War Memorial, (possibly) on the Memorial at Todmorden Unitarian Church, and (possibly) on the Memorial at Shade Council School

Pickles, James
[1912-1926] Of Hebden Bridge.

On Saturday, 3rd April 1926, the 14-year-old was crushed to death after his bicycle collided with a Todmorden Corporation bus which then ran over him

Pickles, James
[1925-2010] Son of Arthur Pickles.

Born in Warley.

He was educated at Worksop College / Leeds University / Christ Church College Oxford.

He was a Barrister in Bradford [1949-1976]; Crown Court Recorder [1972-1976]; a Circuit Judge [1972-1991]

Well-known for his controversial and outspoken views, he achieved national fame when he claimed that

  • Cannabis was not harmful, alongside alcohol and tobacco, and later called for the legalisation of all drugs [July 1988]
  • Brothels should be legalised
  • Immigration should be halted
  • The judiciary should be more accountable

He was also known for his remarks when he

  • Called for the release of Myra Hindley, the moors murderess
  • Described Sarah, Duchess of York as a scrubber
  • Called Freddie Mercury a greedy bisexual
  • Called Lord Chief Justice Lord Lane a dinosaur

He was a member of the Thespians and of the Halifax Authors' Circle. He was a member of the Halifax Authors' Circle. He wrote several books including

  • Straight from the Bench [1987]
  • Judge for yourself [1992]
  • Off the Record [1993]

In 1948, he married Sheila Ratcliffe [1924-1995] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Roger
  2. Carolyn
  3. Simon

The family lived at Hazelwood, Halifax

Pickles, Jesse
[1821-1892] Born in Wadsworth.

He was a weaver [1846] / a worsted stuff weaver [1851] / a mason's labourer [1881] / a cloth worker [1891].

In 1846, he married Nancy Middleton [1813-1885].


Nancy, of Bancroft, was born in Bingley, the daughter of William Middleton, overlooker
 

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 1848]
  2. Benjamin [b 1851]
  3. Matilda [b 1854]

The family lived at

  • Lees Hill, Bingley [1851, 1861, 1871]
  • New Road Side, Haworth [1881]
  • 11 Earl Street, Haworth [1891]

Nancy died in 1885 (aged 72).

Jesse died in 1892 (aged 71) 

Pickles, Joah
[1797-1871] Son of Martha & William Pickles, weaver.

Baptised at Ripponden [4th June 1797].

He was a farmer [1851] / a farmer of 9 acres with 1 man [1861].

He married Martha [1796-1875].

They lived at Small Lees, Soyland [1841, 1851, 1861, 1871].

Living with them [in 1851] were Joah's sister Hannah [b  1797] & nephew Charles [b 1817] (farm labourer).

Joah died 8th January 1871 (aged 74).

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £450.

His will was proved by his nephew Joseph Pickles of Small Lees (clogger & farmer ), & his great nephew John Pickles of Small Lees Cottage (twister),

In 1871, Martha was listed as a landowner at Small Lees, Soyland.

Living with her [in 1871] was lodger William Henry Pickles [b  1845].

Martha died 5th April 1875 (aged 79).

Probate records show that she left effects valued at under £100.

Administration was granted to widowed niece Sarah Pickles of Small Lees

Pickles, Johannis
[1887-1919] Son of Leonard Pickles.

Born in Triangle.

In [Q2] 1914, he married Florence Emily Taylor in Lincoln.

Johannis died in Eastleigh, Sheffield [30th December 1919]

Pickles, Sir John
[1???-] He was educated at Todmorden Grammar School. He became Chairman of the South of Scotland Electricity Board

Pickles, John
[17??-18??] Of Crimsworth Dean. Partner in Lawrence Moorhouse & Company

Pickles, John
[17??-18??] He and Samuel Jennings were manufacturers at Higgin Mill, Luddendenfoot [1800?]. The partnership was dissolved in 1805

Pickles, John
[17??-18??] Of Norland.

He married Betty.

Children:

  1. Ann
  2. Charles [bapt Norland 3rd February 1805]
  3. Mary

The Bradford Sessions [23rd July 1807] heard


Quick & Norland

Hearing the Appeal of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the township of Quick in the said Riding against adjudication and Order under the Hands and Seals of Joseph Priestley, Esquire, The Reverend Henry William Coulthard, Doctor in Divinity, two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the said Riding, bearing date twentieth day of June last made for the Removal of John Pickles and Betty his wife, and Ann, Charles and Mary their children, from the township of Norland in the said Riding to the said township of Quick. It is ordered that the said Order of Removal be Discharged

 

Pickles, John
[1709-17??] Aka Jack o' Matts, Jack o' Pecket Well. A handloom weaver and coiner of Wadsworth Banks, Hebden Bridge.

He married Mary. They had a large family.

In 1769, he was arrested by William Deighton and charged – with his wife – with clipping and diminishing coins. At the time of his arrest, he was in possession of a pair of scissors and

an instrument for milling the edges of gold pieces

They were imprisoned at York [5th September 1769]

Pickles, John
[1783-1858] He was a hand loom cotton weaver [1850s].

He married Grace [1782-18??].

Children:

  1. Thomas [1815-9th May 1886] who was a power loom weaver (cotton) [1858]
  2. Jesse [b 1820]
  3. Susannah [b 1821] who was a power loom weaver [1839] & married Richard Holdsworth
  4. Joseph [b 1823]
  5. Rachel [b 1825]
  6. Grace [1833-1899] who was a weaver [1853] & married Sutcliffe Helliwell

The family lived at Winters, Stansfield [1841, 1851]

Living with them [in 1841] was daughter Susannah & family, and Hannah Barker [b 1836]

Grace was dead by 1858.

John died at Winters [8th February 1858] (aged 75).

Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £50.

Letters of Administration were granted to son Thomas

Members of the family were buried at Mount Olivet Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge

Pickles, John
[1790-1874] Born in Wadsworth.

He was a farmer [1856] / a farmer of 10 acres [1871].

He married Grace [1790-1867].

Children:

  1. Thomas [b 1815]
  2. Sally [b 1817]
  3. John [b 1820]
  4. Betty [b 1822]
  5. William [b 1824]
  6. Ambrose
  7. Richard [b 1830]
  8. Sutcliffe
  9. Samuel [b 1835]
  10. Grace [b 1839]

The family lived at

  • Broadstone, Heptonstall [1841]
  • Higher Smithy, Heptonstall [1851]

Grace died in 1867 (aged 77).

John died in 1874 (aged 84) 

Pickles, Rev John
[18??-1???] Minister of Christ's Chapel, Elland [1884-1896]

Pickles, John
[18??-1900]

During the South African Wars, he served as a Private with the Saint John's Ambulance Brigade.

He died 2nd July 1900.

He is remembered on the Halifax Parish Church South African War Memorial, on West View Park War Memorial, and on Hebden Bridge War Memorial

Pickles, John
[18??-19??] He was an officer of the Ripponden Commercial Company Limited: director for 37 years and president for 17 years

Pickles, John
[1806-18??] Tailor at Halifax.

He married Sarah [1811-18??].

Children:

  1. Samuel
  2. Ann [b 1837]
  3. Mary [b 1839]
  4. Joe [b 1842]
  5. Caroline [b 1847]
  6. Walker Lewis [b 1849]

The family lived at 4 King Cross Road, Halifax [1841, 1851]

Pickles, John
[1807-1885]

He married Sarah [1814-1894].

They lived at 29 Bath Street, Halifax [1881].

The couple were buried at St Thomas the Apostle, Claremount

Pickles, John
[1810-1892] He was a cotton loom weaver [1851] / a farmer of 20 acres [1871] / a retired farmer [1881, 1891] / a yeoman [1892].

In 1833, he (possibly) married Mary Ann Wadsworth [1813-18??].


Mary Ann was born in Britcliffe / Burnley, Lancashire.

She was a cotton loom weaver [1851]

 

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 1835] who was a cotton loom weaver [1851]
  2. Thomas [b 1836] who was a cotton loom weaver [1851], a farmer [1892]
  3. Sarah Ann [b 1841] who was a cotton loom weaver [1851]
  4. Henry [b 1845] who was a farmer [1892]

The family lived at

  • Noah Ark(or Oak) Heptonstall [1851]
  • Smithy, Stansfield [1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1892]

Living with them [in 1891] was granddaughter Hannah Greenwood [b 1888].

John died 12th March 1892 (aged 82).

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £352.

Probate was granted to sons Henry and Thomas

Pickles, John
[1822-1???] Son of John Pickles, weaver.

He was a carter of Heptonstall [1856] / a cart driver [1861] / a carter [1871] / a farmer of 11 acres [1881] / a farmer [1891].

In 1856, he married Jane Greenwood [1826-1???].


Jane, of Heptonstall, was the daughter of William Greenwood, carter
 

Children:

  1. Betty [b 1858] who was a tailoress [1881, 1901]
  2. Greenwood [b 1861]
  3. Grace [b 1862] who was a tailoress [1881, 1901]
  4. Mary [b 1863] who was a tailoress [1881]
  5. Ellen [b 1865] who was a tailoress [1881, 1901]
  6. John [b 1868]

The family lived at

  • Long Edge, Heptonstall [1861]
  • Old Chamber, Erringden [1871]
  • Fields, Heptonstall [1881, 1891]
  • Heptonstall Slack [1901]

Living with them [in 1871, 1881, 1891] was lodger / brother-in-law William Greenwood [b 1817].

John was dead by 1901.

Jane died in 1927 (aged 76) 

Pickles, John
[1822-1???] He was a last maker [1871] / a clogger [1881].

He married Sarah [1822-1???].

  1. Liley [1845-1876] who was a mechanic [1964], & married [1864] Martha Ann Mitchell [1845-1???] of Northowram, daughter of James Mitchell, engine tenter
  2. William [b 1849]
  3. Hannah [b 1852]
  4. John [b 1860]
  5. James [b 1865]
  6. (possibly) Polly / Mary [b 1866]

The family lived at

Pickles, John
[1826-18??] Born in Warley.

He was a master tailor [1861] / a master tailor/draper employing 2 men and 2 women [1871] / a master tailor & draper [1881] / a tailor [1891].

In 1857, he married Ann Eliza Stewart [1829-1920].

Children:

  1. Walter
  2. John W [b 1860] who was a piece looker in dyehouse [1881]
  3. Samuel [b 1865] who was a fishmonger's apprentice [1881]
  4. Lucy A [b 1867] who was a mill hand spinner [1881]
  5. Annie [b 1869] who was a mill hand
  6. Florence [b 1878] who was a tailoress
  7. Wallace Percival [1878-1941] who married [1906] either Elizabeth Cartlidge or Amy Hirst

The family lived at

  • 20 Mount Street, Halifax [1861]
  • 45 Swine Market, Halifax [1871]
  • Woolshops, Halifax [1881]
  • 56 Woolshops, Halifax [1891]
  • 30 Darley Street, Halifax [1901]
  • 58 Haigh Street, Halifax [1911]

John is not shown on the 1901/1911 census returns, and may have died between 1891 & 1901.

Ann Eliza died in 1920 (aged 91) 

Pickles, John
[1828-1???] Son of Thomas Pickles, clogger.

He was a blacksmith of Hebden Bridge [1848] / a mechanic [1851] / a mechanic / smith [1861] / an engineer and millwright employing 9 men and a boy [1871] / a wood cutting machine maker employing 27 men and 4 boys [1881] / an engine & machine maker [1891].

He established John Pickles & Son.

On 21st April 1848, he married Sarah Anne Cockroft at Heptonstall Church.


Sarah Ann, a frame tenter of Bridge Lane, Heptonstall, was the daughter of John Cockroft, weaver
 

Children:

  1. George
  2. Hiram [b 1853]
  3. Mary Hannah [b 1857] who was a tailoress [1881]
  4. Emma [b 1863] who was a milliner [1881]

The family lived at

  • Heptonstall [1851]
  • 15 Union Street, Wadsworth [1861]
  • Hanging Royd Lane, Heptonstall [1871]
  • Royd Villas, Hangingroyd Lane, Heptonstall [1881]
  • 32 Princess Street, North Moels, Lancs [boarders staying with Martha Greenhalgh 1891]
  • Royd Villas, Hangingroyd Lane, Heptonstall [1901]

Sarah Ann was a widow by 1901

Pickles, John
[1840-1904] Son of Thomas Pickles.

Born 17th April 1840.

Baptised 3rd September 1848.

On 8th February 1862, he married Elizabeth Sutcliffe [1841-19??] at Hebden Bridge.


Elizabeth was the daughter of Richard Sutcliffe, and living in Pecket Well, Wadsworth [1861]
 

Children:

  1. Mary Alice [b 23rd December 1862] who was a fustian weaver [1891] & married Whitely Varley
  2. Susannah [b 4th April 1865] who was a tailoress [1891] & married Aquila Brown
  3. James
  4. Herbert
  5. Edward
  6. Grace [b 12th July 1873] who married John William Varley
  7. Ann [b 7th September 1875] who married James Henry Tennant
  8. Eva [b 8th May 1878] who married John Henry Taylor
  9. Thomas

The family lived at

  • Chiserley Hall [1871, 1881]
  • Industrial Street [1891]
  • 5 Unity Street [1901]

John died [Q4] 1904 (aged 64) 

Pickles, John
[1854-1915] Coal & lime merchant of 14 Bailey Hall Bank, Halifax.

He died 14th July 1915 (aged 61) 

Pickles, John
[1861-19??] He was a tailor [1861, 1871] / a master tailor [1881] / a tailor [1891].

In 1854, he married Amelia Halstead [1829-1903].

Children:

  1. Emily [b 1855]
  2. Joseph [b 1857]
  3. George Henry [b 1859]
  4. Ellen [b 1863]
  5. John William [b 1864]
  6. Charles Frederick [b 1867]
  7. Albert [b 1870]

The family lived at

  • 5 Marvells Gallery, Halifax [1861]
  • Marvells Gallery, Halifax [1871]
  • 9 & 11, Hanson Lane, Halifax [1881]
  • 3 Back Alfred Street, Halifax [1891]


In 1901, a John Pickles (aged 72), a tailor, was a pauper inmate in Halifax Union Workhouse
 

Amelia died in 1903 (aged 74) 

Pickles, John Alfred
[1???-1962] Of Lightcliffe.

In his will, he left bequests for various organisations and institutions in Hipperholme, Lightcliffe and Norwood Green

Pickles, John Gladstone
[1898-1917] Son of Sarah & John Pickles, a woollen manufacturer of Bury, Lancashire, and later of Holly Bank, Stainland.

He was educated at Bury Grammar School, Lancashire / a member of the OTC at the School / a member of Providence Congregational Church, Stainland.

During World War I, he was called-up [February 1917], and served as a Private with the 1st/4th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

On Tuesday, 18th October 1917, he was shot in the leg and fell into a shell hole. He found his way into a concrete German shelter where he was found and tended by RAMC men. On account of the operations which were going on at the time, they were unable to move him until Sunday, during which time pneumonia had set in.

He died in hospital in Rouen [26th October 1917] (aged 19).

He was buried at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France [P III Q 8A].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Saint Andrew's Church, Stainland, and on the Roll of Honour at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland

Pickles, John Henry
[1894-1918] Son of Greenwood Pickles.

He was a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church, Heptonstall Slack / employed by the Colden Manufacturing Company Limited.

During World War I, he served as a Private / transport driver with the 23rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers.

He died of influenza in hospital in Rouen [18th November 1918] (aged 24).

He was buried at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France [S III O 19].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Mount Zion Baptist Church, Heptonstall Slack

Pickles, John Norris
[1876-1917] He lived at Queens Road, Halifax and 1 Sunnybank, Wheatley.

During World War I, he served as a Lance Corporal with the 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He died of wounds at No.3 Casualty Clearing Station [16th August 1917] (aged 41).

He was buried at Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Belgium [XXIX C 5].

He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Park Congregational Church

Pickles, John Thomas
[1874-19??] Son of George Pickles.

Of John Pickles & Son.

He was an apprentice [1891].

He lived with his family at Mytholm Hall, Hebden Bridge [1905]

Pickles, John William
[1857-19??] Born in Halifax.

He was a boot maker.

In [Q2] 1877, he married Rachel Wylde [1857-19??] in Halifax


Rachel was born in Queensbury
 

They adopted a son John Valentine Richardson.

They lived at 196 Savile Park Road, Halifax [1901]

Pickles, Jonas
[1836-1879] Son of Joseph Pickles

Born June 1836.

He was a tailor & draper [1868] / a master tailor & draper [1871].

In 1859, he married Maria Jane Roper [1838-1922].

They lived at

  • 19 York terrace, Northowram [1871]
  • North Parade, Halifax
  • Thompson Street, Pellon Lane, Halifax [1879]
  • 6 Clement Street, Halifax [1922]

Living with them [in 1871] was sister-in-law Ann Kenworthy [b  1834] (tailor's assistant) 

Jonas died 9th August 1879.

He was buried at Christ Church, Pellon [13th August 1879]. Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £1,000.

The will was proved by his executors George Wilson of 34 Gerrard Street, Halifax (leather merchant)  and William Smith Teal (machine maker) 

Pickles, Joseph
[1???-18??] He and his sons, George, John & Robert, were handymen and gardeners at Shibden Hall in the time of Anne Lister

Pickles, Joseph
[18??-18??] Gent.

He lived at Rooks Mount, Hipperholme [1874]

Pickles, Joseph
[1805-1868] Son of Mary & Joseph Pickles.

Born in Northowram.

Baptised 6th October 1805.

He was a tailor [1835, 1841] / a tailor & draper employing 5 men [1851] / (possibly) a councillor [1861] / a tailor & draper [1861, 1868].

In 1835, he married Sarah Mitchell [1816-18??].


Sarah was born in Northowram
 

Children:

  1. Jonas
  2. Jane Elizabeth [b 1840]
  3. Alice [b 1842]
  4. Joseph [b 1859]

The family lived at

  • Northgate, Halifax [1841]
  • North Bridge, Halifax [1851]
  • North Parade, Halifax [1861]

Living with them [in 1861] was mother-in-law Alice Mitchell [b  1786]

Joseph died in Halifax [18th November 1868] (aged 63).

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £800.

The will was proved by son Jonas

Pickles, Joseph
[1852-1923] Son of George Pickles, mason.

Born in King Cross, Halifax.

He was a farmer of Southowram [1871] / a stone mason [1881, 1891] / a mason [1901] / a stone mason [1911].

In [Q2] 1871, he married Priscilla Peel [1852-1929] at Halifax Parish Church.


Priscilla was born in Southowram, the daughter of Joshua Peel, farmer
 

Children:

  1. Harriet [b 1873] who was a worsted twister [1891] and never married
  2. Sarah [b 1874] who was a worsted rover [1891]
  3. Harry [b 1876] who was a cabinet maker's apprentice [1891]
  4. Joe W [b 1878] who was a worsted doffer [1891], a hosier [1901], a tailor's traveller [1911]
  5. Mary Hannah [b 1881] who was a stocking knitter [1901], an underclothing machinist [1911]
  6. Priscilla Ann [1883-1900]
  7. George
  8. Arthur [b 1886] who was a boring piler (worsted mill) [1901], a joiner [1911]
  9. Arnold [b 1891] who was a joiner [1911], a fish fryer [1923]
  10. Herbert [1892-1893] who died aged 9 months
  11. Hubert [1896-1900] who died aged 4 years

The children were born in Southowram.

The family lived at

  • Crossleys B D, Common Lane, Southowram [1881]
  • 1A Blaithroyd Lane, Southowram [1891]
  • Blaithroyd Farm, Southowram [1901, 1911, 1923]

Joseph died 4th November 1923 (aged 72).

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £385.

Probate was granted to his widow Priscilla, children Arnold & Harriet, and Tempest White Best (joiner) 

Priscilla died 11th June 1929.

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [A 16]

Pickles, Joseph
[1858-19??] Son of Henry Pickles.

Born in Wadsworth Parish.

He was a cotton weaver [1891, 1901, 1911].

In [Q4] 1878, he married Mary Hannah Redman [1862-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.


Mary Hannah was born in Wadsworth Parish, the daughter of Robert Redman

She was a fustian tailoress [1891]

 

Children:

  1. Arthur [b 1880] who was a worsted spinner [1891]
  2. Edward [b 1883] who was a cotton weaver [1901, 1911]
  3. Bertie [b 1891] who was a grocer's assistant [1911]
  4. Beatrice [b 1896] who was a dressmaker's assistant [1911]

The family lived at

  • Black Hill Bottom, Pecket Well, Wadsworth [1891]
  • 29 Windsor Road, Hebden Bridge [1901]
  • 30 Windsor Road, Hebden Bridge [1911]
Living with them in 1901 was nephew Edwin Kilita Jagger.

Living with them in 1911 were nephew Edwin Kilita Jagger, and widowed mother-in-law Hannah Redman [b 1839]

Pickles, Joseph
[1861-1???] Son of Thomas Pickles, delver.

Born in Denby Dale, Yorkshire.

He was a stoker of Hopwood Lane, Halifax [1892] / a cotton mill stoker [1901] / a delver's labourer [1911]

In 1892, he married Sarah Ellen Haley at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Ellen Ann [b 1893] who was a worsted winder [1911] and married [1917] Ernest A. Statham
  2. Arthur
  3. Doris [b 1899] who was a part-time worsted doffer [1911]

The family lived at

  • 1 Stoney Royd Terrace, Halifax [1901]
  • 7 Holts Terrace, Siddal, Halifax [1911]
  • 11 Whitegate, Siddal

Living with them in 1911 was nephew Johnny Clarkson [b 1905]

Pickles, Joseph
[1869-1918] Born in Oxenhope.

On 9th June 1894, he married Annie Bottomley [1866-1918] at Halifax Parish Church.


Annie was born in Ripponden
 

Children:

  1. Selwyn [1895-1918]

The family lived at South Holme Farm, Southowram [1911, 1918].

Members of the family died in the influenza epidemic of 1918: Joe [20th November 1918] (aged 49); Annie [21st November 1918] (aged 52); Selwyn [21st November 1918] (aged 23).

Probate records show that Joe left effects valued at £1,751 8/7d. Administration was granted to Annie's uncle Walker Greenwood.

Probate records show that Selwyn left effects valued at £1,229 4/5d. Administration was granted to Walker Greenwood.

They were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram: Joseph [23rd November 1918]; Annie & Selwyn [26th November 1918].

Walker Greenwood took charge of the farm

Pickles, Joseph
[1872-19??] Illegitimate son of Hannah Pickles, father unknown.

Born at Garden Street, Halifax.

He was a iron foundry labourer [1891] / a iron moulder labourer [1901] / a labourer (iron) [1911].

In [Q1] 1895, he married Clara Blunt in Halifax


Clara had an illegitimate son Arthur [b 1891].

She was a carpet printer [1901], a worsted winder [1911]

 

Children:

  1. Lily [b 1896] who was a bobbin winder [1911]
  2. Mary Ann [b 1900]
  3. Willie [b 1903]
  4. Alice [b 1905]

In 1901, the family were living with Jonas Highley.

The family lived at

  • 5 Range Lane, Haley Hill, Halifax [1911]
  • 4 Albert Street, Haley Hill, Halifax

Living with them [in 1911] was widowed stepfather Jonas Highley

Pickles, Joseph Henry
[1861-1947] Son of William Pickles.

He was a warehouseman / a warehouseman [1891] / a grocer's warehouseman [1891] / a coal agent [1918].

On 17th September 1881, he married Alice Ann Holland [1859-1946]


Alice Ann, of Field House, Sowerby, was the daughter of William Holland, mechanic
 

Children:

  1. Emsley
  2. Verney
  3. Norah [b 1889] who married Clement Barraclough
  4. Maurice

The family lived at

  • Dean Lane, Sowerby [1881]
  • Binns Buildings, Dean Lane, Sowerby [1891]
  • Sowerby Croft, Sowerby [1911]

Alice Ann died June 1946 (aged 87).

Joseph Henry died 6th October 1947 (aged 86).

Pickles, Joseph Wilkinson
[1891-1917] Son of Philip Pickles.

Born in Sowerby [26th July 1891].

Baptised at St Peter's, Sowerby [18th October 1891].

He was a member of St Peter's Sunday School, Sowerby / a dyer's labourer [1911] / employed by C. W. Mattock Limited [for 3 years].

On 12th April 1913, he married Alice Marie Glassbrook [1893-19??] at St Peter's Church, Sowerby.

They had no children.

They lived at 6 Mill Hill, Brearley.

During World War I, he enlisted [12th April 1916], and served as a Private with the 11th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.

He died of wounds [10th July 1917] (aged 25).

He was buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium [XIV B 16A].

He is remembered on a memorial in St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd, on the World War I Memorial in Sowerby Church, and in the book Royd Regeneration

Pickles, Joshua
[18??-19??]

In [Q2] 1911, he married Nellie Robinson [18??-19??].

Children:

  1. Donald

The family lived at Newstead Terrace, West End, Halifax

Pickles, Leonard
[1862-1920] Son of James Pickles.

Born in Sowerby.

He was a boot maker [1885] / a shoe maker [1901] / a farmer [1901]

In [Q1] 1885, he married Hannah Pickles [1863-1???] in Halifax.


Hannah was born in Sowerby
 

Leonard died in Sowerby [24th May 1920] Children:

  1. Johannis
  2. Clement

Pickles, Lewis
[1862-1???] Son of Ely Pickles.

He was a coal merchant [1887].

On 25th September 1887, he married Margaret Ella Starling.


Margaret Ella was the daughter of John Starling, dyer
 

Pickles, Liley
[1795-1866] Son of Elias Pickles, weaver.

Baptised 1st January 1797.

He was a pattern maker [1829] / a clogger [1851, 1861].

He married Mary [1798-18??].

Children:

  1. Hannah [bapt 1819] who was a stocktaker [1841] and married [1841] George Turner (cabinet maker), son of John Turner (cabinet maker) 
  2. Liley [bapt 1822]
  3. Sarah Ann
  4. Mary Ann [b 1825] who married Nathaniel Wilson
  5. Sarah Jane

The family lived at

  • Thomas Street, Halifax [1841]
  • 42 Albion Street, Halifax [1851]
  • 15 Great Albion Street, Halifax [1861]

Living with them [in 1851,1861] were John Pickles & family.

Liley died in 1866 (aged 71) 

Pickles, Liley
[1816-1886] (Possibly) son of Mary & Enoch Pickles.

He was an iron moulder staying with William & Frances Balshaw & family at Dale Street, Liverpool [1851] / an iron moulder [1871].

He married Alice [1815-1???].


Alice was born in Todmorden
 

They lived at

  • 13 East Street, Bury [1871]
  • 5 Edmond Street, Ratcliffe [1886]

Liley died 28th April 1886.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £372 10/-

Pickles, Lionel
[1882-1918] Born in Brighouse.

In 1908, he married Annie Laura Scott [1880-1965] in Halifax.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died 9th January 1918.

He was buried at Monchy British Cemetery, Monchy-Le-Preux, France [II B 15].

He is remembered on Brighouse War Memorial

Pickles, Luther
[1865-1935] Aka Luther Wild. Youngest son of David Pickles.

He was a bookkeeper for a trunk manufacturer [1914] / a builder's clerk for Fred Pickles in Lancashire He took photographs of several local sites and scenes.

In 1887, he married Elizabeth Greenwood [1865-1933] at Trinity Road Baptist Church, Halifax.

Children:

  1. Harold

The family lived at

  • 21 Richardson Street, Halifax
  • 23 Belmont Place, Halifax
  • Ainsdale, Lancashire

Pickles, Mabel
[1907-1989] Née Myerscough. Wife – manager and financial adviser – of Wilfred Pickles. The couple met at an amateur church drama group in Southport. They had a son, David, who died at the age of 7. She urged Wilfred to audition for the BBC. The couple worked together on the Have a Go radio programme.

She wrote

  • Married to Wilfred [Odhams Press 1956]

She died in a York nursing home

Pickles, Mabel Elizabeth
[1891-1982] Aka Elizabeth Burgoyne. Author & musician of Halifax and Devon

Pickles, Mrs Mary
[17??-1???] Coiner and wife of John Pickles. She was a well-known dealer and was described as
a most noted vendor and procurer in these parts

In 1769, she and her husband were arrested by William Deighton.

She was taken on horseback through Halifax with her hands tied behind her back and her bag of coining tools at her side. She was imprisoned at York.

She had made it known that, if her husband were captured, she would give information to hang 40 other coiners. Many local men left the district shortly afterwards

Pickles, Miss Mary
[18??-19??] She was cashier at Willis & Bates Limited, a member of Halifax Town Council for 14 years, a member of the Education Committee, and an Alderman [1955], and the second Lady Mayor of Halifax [1959-1960]. The Mayoress was Edith Annie Oakley

Pickles, Maurice
[1895-1974] Son of Joseph Henry Pickles.

Born 30th September 1895.

During World War I, he served as an Able Seaman Royal Navy.

His first service was aboard Victory 1 [10th November 1916]. His last service was aboard Colossus [26th February 1919].

In December 1922, he (possibly) married Nellie Whiteley.

Maurice died March 1974 (aged 78) 

Pickles, Michael
[1776-1817] Aka Old Mike. A weaver.

He and John Greenwood married two sisters.

He was known to be a strong man.

He lived at Northwells, Heptonstall.

Every morning, he walked from Heptonstall to read the Bible to his uncle Samuel Sutcliffe.

He and Greenwood were tried at York [8th March 1817], and hanged at York [24th March 1817] for their part in the Hardcastle Crags Murder, having strangled Samuel Sutcliffe in order to keep him quiet during the robbery.

Their bodies were taken to the Halifax Dispensary for dissection

Pickles, Rev Michael
[1798-1877] Born in Haworth.

He moved to Halifax.

From 1829, he was a Methodist missionary in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

He was the first saddlebag preacher and travelled widely on horseback, covering 37 communities.

In 1832, he married Abigail Hayward [1812-1???].


Abigail was a 2nd generation immigrant
 

Children:

  1. a son, F. H. W.

He was Resident on the Pointe de Bute Methodist Circuit [1861-1863]. His son held the same post in 1891.

He died in Halifax when he returned for a brief visit.

He was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot Number 140]

Pickles, Misses Ada & Zillah
Misses Ada & Zillah Pickles were Milliners at Church Lane, Brighouse [1861] and at Commercial Street, Brighouse [1874]

Pickles, Paul
[1798-1866] He was a shoemaker.

He lived at Pickles Yard, Gaol Lane, Halifax.

He (possibly) married Sarah [1802-1864].

Children:

  1. (possibly) George

He died 23rd January 1866 (aged 68).

He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [C 156 C]

Pickles, Peter
[17??-18??] Woollen spinner at Hand Carr Mill, Luddendenfoot [1795]

Pickles, Peter
[1827-1886] Son of James Pickles, mason.

He was a mason of Skircoat [1865] / a mason [1871, 1881].

On 6th March 1865, he married Elizabeth Frances Ward [1840-1???].


Elizabeth Frances, of Skircoat, was born in Harpurhey, Lancashire, the daughter of John Ward, gardener
 

Children:

  1. John [b 1868]
  2. Newman Smith [1869-1905]
  3. Martha [b 1871]
  4. Gertrude [b 1875]

The family lived at

  • 7 Warwick Street, Halifax [1871]
  • New Mill, Warley [1881]
  • Penuel Place, Siddal [1891]

Peter was buried at St Thomas's Church, Greetland [29th December 1886]

Pickles, Philip
[1857-1934] Born in Sowerby.

He was a duler [1911].

On 27th September 1890, he married Mary Hannah Crowther [1865-19??] at St Peter's Church, Sowerby.


Mary Hannah was born in Triangle
 

Children:

  1. Joseph Wilkinson

They had an adopted son: Joseph Moore [b 1892] who was a twiner piecer [1911].

The family lived at

  • 4 Rawbottom Terrace, Sowerby [1911]
  • 71 Hollings Mill Lane, Sowerby Bridge
  • 69 Hollings Mill Lane, Sowerby Bridge [1917]

Pickles, R. K.
[18??-19??] Ironmonger of Mytholmroyd.

In July 1918, he bought Crow Nest, Lightcliffe together with Hoyle House Farm & laundry

Pickles, Robert
[1759-1???] Son of Martha (née Dewhurst) & John Pickles.

He was a webster.

In 1779, he married Betty Mitchell [1763-1???].

Children:

  1. John [bapt 1781] whom married [Heptonstall 1799] Mally Collings
  2. William [bapt 1784] who married [1803] Debora Woods
  3. Betty [bapt 1785] who married Abraham Moses
  4. Sally [bapt 1792] who married [Heptonstall 21st August 1814] James Dewhurst (soldier) 
  5. Henry [bapt 1792] who married [Heptonstall 12nd July 1810] Sarah Bloomer
  6. Thomas (Tommy) [bapt 1792] who married (1) [30th May 1809] Barbara (Barbary) Greenwood and (2) [1823] Elve Pickles (widow) 
  7. Mally [bapt 1793-1795]

He died at Blackhill, Wadsworth [January 1796]

Pickles, Robert
[1804-18??] He was a worsted weaver [1841].

In 1826, he married Betty Midgley [1800-18??].

Children:

  1. Hannah [b 1828]
  2. William [b 1829] who was a coal pit hurrier [1841], a coal miner [1851]
  3. Ambrose [b 1830] who was a coal pit hurrier [1841], a coal miner [1851]
  4. Robert [b 1833]
  5. John [b 1835]
  6. Midgley [b 1838]
  7. Thomas

The family lived at

  • Hall Houses, Northowram [1841]
  • Four Lane Ends, Hipperholme [1851]

Pickles, Robert
[1853-1888] Born in Langfield.

He was a weaver [1881].

On 27th March 1872, he married Sarah Ann Whipp [1853-1916] at Christ Church, Todmorden.


Sarah Ann was born in Ripponden
 

Children:

  1. Florence [b 1882] who was a cotton winder [1911]
  2. James
  3. Harry [b 1893] who was a cotton weaver [1911]
The family lived at Cannon Street, Todmorden [1881]

Robert died in Todmorden [1888].

In 1898, Sarah Ann married James William Grindrod in Todmorden.

Sarah Ann died in Todmorden [1916].

Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Todmorden: Robert [5th April 1888]; Sarah Ann [6th April 1916]

Pickles, Robert
[1897-1918] Son of Robert Edward Pickles.

Born in Buttershaw [4th August 1897].

Baptised at St Michael and All Saints, Shelf [7th November 1897].

He was a doffer (worsted factory) [1911].

During World War I, he served as a Gunner with the 66th Division Ammunition Col. Royal Field Artillery.

He died 3rd September 1918.

He was buried at Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium [XIV G 10].

He is remembered on Bradshaw War Memorial

Pickles, Robert Edward
[1866-19??] Born in Bradford

He was a mechanical engineer (wosrted factory) [1911].

On 19th May 1888, he married Sarah Ann Seymour [1869-1927] at St Peter's Church, Bradford (Bradford Cathedral).


Sarah Ann was born in Bradford
 

Children:

  1. child who died young [before 1911]
  2. child who died young [before 1911]
  3. Fred [b 1893] who was a baker's apprentice at the Co-Op [1900]
  4. Robert
  5. Daughter [b 1901]

The family lived at

  • 5 West View Terrace, Bradshaw [1901, 1911]
  • Grantham Road, Bradford [1918]
  • 501 Idle Road, Bradford [1939]

Pickles, Robert Halstead
[1905-1961] Son of Hiram Pickles.

He was an engineer [1939].

In [Q2] 1936, he married Ella Maude Helliwell in Todmorden.

The family lived at Carr House, Hebden Bridge [1961].

Robert died in the Royal Halifax Infirmary [16th July 1961].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £23,907 11/9d.

Pickles, Roger
[1808-18??] Or Rodger.

Son of Sally (née Greenwood) & William Pickles of Ridge Nook.

Born at Heptonstall [13th March 1808].

He was a hand loom weaver [1851].


Rodger had a son
Daniel Greenwood [b 1832]
 

In 1834, he married Hannah Crossley [1808-18??].


Hannah had a daughter Mary Crossley [b 1830]
 

Children:

  1. Sally [b 1835]
  2. Betty [b 1839] who married [Heptonstall 26th May 1860] William Alfred Craven [1836-1???], (mechanic of Lydgate), son of John Craven (overlooker) 
  3. William [b 1842]
  4. Anthony [b 1844]
  5. John [b 1845]
  6. Ellen [b 1847]

The family lived at

  • Edge Hey Green, Todmorden [1841]
  • Acre Lane, (near Greenwood Lee), Heptonstall [1851]

Living with them [in 1841] were Hannah's daughter Mary Crossley, and Abel Pickles [b 1815].

Rodger may have died in either 1853 or 1858

Pickles, Rupert Henry
[1885-1???] Son of Thomas Henry Pickles.

He was an iron founder [1911, 1920].

He (possibly) served in the Boer War and is named on a memorial plaque in Hebden Bridge Town Hall

In April 1910, he married Mary Hannah Helliwell [1884-19??].

They lived at Rose Villas, Mytholmroyd [1911]

On 22nd September 1920, Rupert Henry left Liverpool aboard SS Baltic, and arrived in New York on 1st October 1920, bound for Columbus, Ohio. Mary Hannah stayed behind, living at Brooklands, Mytholmroyd

Pickles, Samuel
[1835-1904] Son of John Pickles.

Born in Huddersfield.

He became a brush manufacturer at Halifax. He established the business in 1856. In 1861, he employed 2 men, 3 boys and 6 girls. In 1871, he employed 17 men.

The business was taken over by his son, Harry

He married Mary Catherine [1834-1892].

Children:

  1. Sarah [b 1858]
  2. Clara Amelia [b 1859]
  3. John Frederick [b 1860]
  4. Harry
  5. Courtney [b 1869]

By 1901, he had married Sarah [1858-19??] from Thornton.

The family lived at

  • 14 Back Street, Halifax [1861, 1871]
  • 10 Bull Green, Halifax [1881]
  • 1 Back Street, Halifax [1891, 1901]

Pickles, Samuel
[1845-1889] He was grocer.

He lived at Chatham Street, Halifax.

He died 22nd January 1889 (aged 44).

He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [O 112 D]

Pickles, Samuel
[1870-1???] In [Q4] 1887, he married Mary Jane Cockcroft [18??-1???] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Benny

The family lived at Hebden Bridge [1918]

Pickles, Sutcliffe
[1832-1???] Son of John Pickles.

He was a weaver of Higher Smithy, Heptonstall [1856] / a cotton loom jobber [1861] / a loom tackler of Heptonstall [1878].

In 1856, he married (1) Mary Greenwood [1835-18??].


Mary, a weaver of Broad Holme, Heptonstall, was the daughter of Henry Greenwood, weaver
 

Children:

  1. Henry [b 1856] who married [1878] Mary Pickles [b 1858] daughter of Thomas Pickles, farmer
  2. Grace [b 1862] who married [1878] John Greenwood Sutcliffe [b 1857] (spinner), son of William Sutcliffe
  3. Susannah [b 1864] who married [1891] Joseph Sutcliffe [b 1860] engine Tenter of Nook, Wadsworth, son of George Sutcliffe, weaver
  4. Sam [b 1868] who was a wheelwright [1888] & married [1888] Mary Webster [b 1865] daughter of Thomas Webster, farmer

Mary died between 1871 and 1878.

In 1878, Sutcliffe married (2) Betty Mitchell [1842-1???].


Betty, of Heptonstall, was the daughter of James Mitchell, weaver
 

The family lived at Spink House, Heptonstall [1861].

Sutcliffe died in 1890 (aged 57) 

Pickles, Sutcliffe
[1857-1932] Son of Mr Pickles.

He was a cotton weaver [1871] / a cloth weaver [1881] / a wholesale clothier [1891] / a fustian manufacturer/wholesale clothier [1901] / a wholesale clothier (fustian) [1911].

In 1884, he married Mary Hannah Greenwood [1861-19??].


Mary Hannah appears on the 1901 census, but not on the 1911
 

Children:

  1. Evelyn [b 1885] who was a company secretary [1911], a clothier [1932]
  2. Harold [b 1887] who was a commercial clerk [1911], a clothier [1932]
  3. Herbert [b 1890] who was a commercial clerk [1911], a clothier [1932]
  4. Sarah Hannah [b 1892]
  5. Hilda [b 1895]
  6. Ada Grace [b 1897]
  7. Ethel [b 1899]

The family lived at

  • Brockholes [1891]
  • Slater Bank, Hebden Bridge [1901, 1911]

Sutcliffe died 9th December 1932.

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £8,701 10/10d.

Probate was granted to sons Evelyn, Harold and Herbert

Pickles, Thomas
[17??-1???] Of Wadsworth Bank. He was a witness at the trial of the coiners

Pickles, Thomas
[1793-18??] Son of William Pickles, weaver.

Born in Wadsworth.

He was a farmer of 25 acres [1851] / a farmer of Wadsworth [1860] / a farmer [1861, 1870] / a retired farmer [1871].

He married (1) Betty [1790-18??].

Children:

  1. William [b 1818]

In 1860, he married (2) Susey [1808-18??].


Susan / Susey, of Wadsworth, was the daughter of William Farrar, labourer, and the widow of
James Beaver
 

The family lived at Banks, Wadsworth [1851, 1861, 1871].

Living with them [in 1871] were Susey's children from her first marriage: daughter Mary, and 3 granddaughters Ada Pickles [b 1861], Julia Pickles [b 1862], & Betty Pickles [b 1865], daughter Emma Jane Thorp, and son-in-law Samuel Thorp [b 1846]

Pickles, Thomas
[18??-19??] In the 1890s, he bought Grange Mill, Mytholmroyd and set up an iron foundry

Pickles, Thomas
[18??-19??] Established Pickles Iron Foundry at Mytholmroyd

Pickles, Thomas
[1804-18??] Son of xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.

Born in xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.

He was a weaver of Stansfield [1828] / a stone getter [1841] / a quarryman [1851] / a stone cutter [1861] / a stone getter [1881].

In 1828, he married Grace Pickles [1807-18??].


Grace came from Stansfield
 

Children:

  1. John [b 1831]
  2. William [b 1834]
  3. James [b 1835]
  4. Bridget [b 1836] who married [1863] James Crossley [1835-1???], son of John Crossley of Heptonstall
  5. Sally [b 1837]
  6. Thomas [b 1841]
  7. Robert [b 1844]
  8. Betty [b 1847]
  9. Mary [b 1850]

The family lived at

Pickles, Thomas
[1806-18??] Son of John Pickles, shop keeper.

Born in Hipperholme.

He was a clogger [1841] / a clog & patten maker [1851] / a clogger of Wadsworth [1860] / a clogger [1861].

In 1827, he married Betty Halstead [1811-18??].


Betty was born in Langfield
 

Children:

  1. John [b 1828]
  2. Marianne/Mary Ann [b 1833]
  3. Halstead
  4. Hiram [b 1838]
  5. Elizabeth [b 1840]
  6. Sarah [b 1843] who was a dress maker [1881]
  7. Thomas [b 1845]

Betty (possibly) died in 1859.

In 1860, Thomas married Isabella Sutcliffe [1813-1???].


Isabella, of Wadsworth, was the daughter of Joseph Sutcliffe, weaver
 

The family lived at

  • St George's Square, Hebden Bridge [1841]
  • 13 Lees Yard, Wadsworth [1851]
  • Hebden Bridge [1861]
  • Lower High Lees, Midgley [1881]

Living with them [in 1841] was mother [?] Betty Pickles [b  1776].

Living with the widowed Isabella [in 1881] were daughter Sarah and 4 grandsons: Thomas Pickles [b 1868], Joseph Pickles [b 1872], Charles Henry Pickles [b 1873], and William Pickles [b 1878].

Thomas died after 1861.

Isabella died in 1871 (aged 78) 

Pickles, Thomas
[1810-1874] Son of James Pickles.

Born 9th October 1810.

Baptised 3rd September 1837.

He was a weaver [1841] / an innkeeper and farmer [1851] / landlord of the Hare & Hounds, Old Town [1851, 1861, 1871].

On 2nd October 1834, he married Susannah Parker at Heptonstall Church.


Susannah was baptised at Heptonstall [28th February 1814]
 

Children:

  1. Ann [1835-1902] who (probably) never married
  2. Henry [1837-1889] who was a weaver [1874], & married Sarah Greenwood [1842-1???]
  3. John
  4. Sarah [b 1844]
  5. Grace [b 1847]
  6. William
  7. Mary [1854-1915] who was a cotton weaver [1871], a dairymaid [1881], & married Abraham Webster

The family lived at

  • Small Shaw [1841]
  • Lane Ends [1851, 1861]

Thomas died at Lane Ends, Warley [25th April 1874].

After his death, son William took over at the Hare & Hounds [1881] Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £800.

The will was proved by his widow Susannah and sons Henry & William, all of Lane Ends

Pickles, Thomas
[1817-18??] Son of John Pickles of Winters.

Born in Wadsworth.

He was a farmer of 12 acres/Weaver [1851, 1861] / a farmer [1881, 1891].

He married Alice.

Children:

  1. Mary [b 1839]
  2. Charity [b 1844]
  3. Charles [b 1845]
  4. Cecilia / Sissey / Cissey [b 1847] who married William Crabtree
  5. Joseph [b 1850]
  6. Sarah [b 1852]

Alice died in 1856

In 1861, Thomas married Betty Sutcliffe [1816-1???].


Betty was a widow and had children by her previous marriage:

  • William Sutcliffe [b 1850]
  • Elizabeth Sutcliffe [b 1850]
  • Ellen Sutcliffe [b 1858]
 

The family lived at Broad Shaw, Wadsworth [1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891].

Living with them [in 1891] was grandson Arthur Jackson Bradshaw [b 1878].

Living with them [in 1871] was granddaughter Sarah Alice Crabtree [b 1870].

Thomas died in 1886 (aged 70).

He was buried at Mount Olivet Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge

Pickles, Thomas
[1840-1853] Son of Robert Pickles.

In May 1853, 13-year-old Thomas had been working at Quarry House Colliery, Northowram for 3 or 4 months, when he was killed – and several others were injured – in an explosion at the mine. He suffered burns to the head, face and back, and was dead on arrival at Halifax Infirmary

Pickles, Thomas
[1844-1874] He was a coal dealer [1874]

In 1863, he married Angelina Hardman


Angelina was the daughter of
Dr James Hardman
 

They lived at White Platts, Todmorden [1871, 1874].

Living with Angelina [in 1871] – Thomas is not mentioned – was lodger James Pickles [b 1851] (coal depositor).

Thomas died at Wellington Road, Todmorden [7th August 1874] (aged 30).

Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £300.

Administration was granted to his widow Angelina.

On 16th March 1881, Angelina married (2) Edward Midgley

Pickles, Thomas
[1881-19??] Son of John Pickles.

He was a tailor's cutter (fustian) [1901] / a weaver (cotton mill) [1911].

Born 27th February 1881.

Baptised 3rd July 1881.

On 23rd March 1901, he married Lucy Jane Reynolds [1880-19??] at Wellington Road Baptist Chapel, Todmorden.


Lucy Jane was born in Oakengates, Shropshire, the daughter of Thomas Allen Reynolds
 

Children:

  1. child who died young [before 1911]
  2. child who died young [before 1911]
  3. child who died young [before 1911]
  4. Nellie [b 1902]

The family lived at

  • 6 High Hirst, Hebden Bridge (?) [1901]
  • 4 Balmoral Street, Hebden Bridge [1911]

Pickles, Thomas Henry
[1850-1920] Born in Wadsworth [7th January 1850].

He was an iron moulder [1881, 1891] / an iron Founder (employer) [1901, 1911] / an iron founder at Grange Mill, Mytholmroyd [1905].

In 1874, he married Susy Clegg [1848-1925] in Todmorden.


Susey was born in Hebden Bridge
 

Children:

  1. George Herbert [b 1876]
  2. Edgar [b 1878] an iron founder [1901]
  3. Edith Annie [b 1880]
  4. Alice Maud M [b 1882]
  5. Arnold [b 1883] a core maker in iron foundry [1901], an iron founder [1911]
  6. Rupert Henry
  7. Arthur [b 1886]
  8. Frederick Thomas [b 1888] an iron founder's clerk

The family lived at

  • 17 Nut Clough, Hebden Bridge [1881]
  • Nut Clough, Hebden Bridge [1891]
  • 11 Keighley Road, Hebden Bridge [1901]
  • Nut Clough, Hebden Bridge [1911, 1920]

Thomas Henry died 18th January 1920 (aged 70).

Probate records show that he left personal effects valued at £1,521 1/5d.

Probate was granted to his widow Susey, son Rupert Henry, and Henry William Greenwood (wholesale clothier) 

Pickles, Tommy
The pseudonym of a minor poet from Ripponden around 1885


Question: Can anyone tell me anything about the man/woman?

 

Pickles, Verney
[1887-1951] Son of Joseph Henry Pickles.

He was a pupil of Halifax Technical College & Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne / training with Pollit & Wigzell of Sowerby Bridge & then with the Electrical Supply Company, Newcastle upon Tyne / in South Africa with System Control Engineering at Victoria Falls Power Station [1910] (where he was recorded as an outstanding electrical & mechanical engineer) / Chief Engineer at Victoria Falls & Tul Power (South Africa) / a member of the South Africa Institute of Electrical Engineers becoming President in 1926 / retired in 1948.

On 24th June 1913, he sailed from Liverpool aboard the Franconia for Boston, US.


He married either Alice Isabel Clara (Molly) Denny [1896-19??] [15th December 1915] or Alice Isabel Clara Backhouse in Halifax [1911]
 

Children:

  1. Leonard
  2. Bernard

On 15th October 1921, the family sailed from Glasgow aboard the Aeneas for Las Palmas & Cape Town.

On 6th June 1927, they arrived at Southampton aboard the Kenilworth Castle from Natal via Cape Ports & Madeira.

On 24th September 1937, they arrived Southampton aboard the Athlone Castle from Durban/Natal via Cape Town & Madeira.

A Clara Pickles in Todmorden [1914] (age 30) or in North Bierley [1915] (age 49) 

Verney died at Lidgetton, Natal, South Africa [2nd June 1951] (aged 64).

The family lived at

  • Montague Street, Sowerby Bridge [1913]
  • 168 Rochdale Road, Halifax [1927]
  • 2 London Wall Buildings [1937]

Pickles, Walter
[1858-1???] Son of John Pickles.

Born in Halifax.

He was a general labourer [1881] / a pedlar [1891] / a labourer (flour mill) [1901].

In 1876, he married Emma Jeffrey [1855-1???] in Halifax.


Emma was born in Newark, Nottinghamshire.

She was a servant at the Pine Apple Inn, 2 New Bank, Northowram, run by George Emmett Wright Robinson [1881]

 

Children:

  1. Wallace Percival [b 1878] who was a cotton spinner [1891], a cotton spinner piecer [1901]
  2. John William [b 1880] who was a nurse child staying with Sarah Pickering (nurse) in Middle Street, Halifax [1881], a cotton spinner [1891], a cotton spinner piecer [1901]
  3. George Arthur [b 1882] who was a bar fitter (fender works) [1901]
  4. Samuel [b 1884] who was a cotton spinner piecer [1901, 1911]
  5. Lucy Annie [b 1887] who was a worsted spinner [1901]
  6. Archie Jeffrey
  7. Nellie May [b 1901]

The family lived at

  • 56 Woolshops, Halifax [living with Walter's parents 1881]
  • 6 St Ann's Square, Sowerby Bridge [1891]
  • 10 Road End, Greetland

Pickles, Walter
[1897-19??] Born in Luddenden.

He was a piece percher [1905].

In 1905, he married Emma Hollas in Halifax.


Emma was the daughter of
Sidney Hollas
 

Children:

  1. Sydney [b 1911]

Pickles, Wilfred
[1904-1978] Actor and broadcaster born in Halifax. In the 1940s/1950s, he was famous throughout Britain for his popular Have a Go radio series, playing to a listening audience of 26 million

Pickles, Wilfrid
[1884-1968] Son of William Pickles, publican.

Born in Luddenden.

He was a design assistant (worsted) of the Grove Inn, Brearley [1909] / a textile design assistant [1911].

On 7th September 1909, he married Nora Habergham at Luddendenfoot.

They lived at 18 Market Street, Hebden Bridge [1911].

Living with them [in 1911] was Nora's brother Edgar Habergham [b 1891].

From 1914, they travelled widely


  • 25th June 1914: Nora sailed from Liverpool aboard the Adriatic for New York
  • 1922: They both emigrated to Australia
  • 30th March 1923: Nora arrived in Southampton from Wellington, New Zealand aboard the Arawa
  • 20th August 1927: Wilfrid sailed from Liverpool aboard the Ceramic for Australia
  • 10th February 1933: Nora arrived in London aboard the Strathaird from Brisbane, Australia
  • 5th May 1933: Nora arrived in Freemantle (or Brisbane) from London aboard the Maloja
  • 29th May 1936: They both sailed from Liverpool
  • 5th June 1936: They both arrived in Quebec aboard the Duchess of Richmond from Liverpool
  • 1936: Nora, Wilfrid, Leslie Pickles [b 1907] and Norman Pickles [b 1913] were recorded as US Alien Arrivals at Canadian Atlantic & Pacific Seaports
  • 20th June 1938: Nora, resident of Geelong, Australia, arrived at Seattle, Washington, USA aboard the D.Y.H.R.R
  • February 1940: Nora arrived in Freemantle aboard the Deminican Monarch from London
  • 12th January 1950: Nora sailed from UK aboard the Himalaya to Melbourne, Australia
  • 26th October 1954: They both sailed from London aboard the Arcadia to Sydney, Australia
  • 22nd December 1956: They both sailed from Liverpool aboard the Ixion to Melbourne, Australia
  • 25th April 1959: Nora arrived in Port Everglades, Miami, USA aboard the William Ruys from Southampton


Nora died at Geelong, Australia

Wilfrid died 14th August 1968 (aged 85).

They were buried at Geelong, Greater Geelong City, Victoria, Australia

Pickles, Wilkinson
[1855-1931] Born at Haigh Farm, Sowerby.

Entrepreneur, traveller and writer

Pickles, William
[1???-1???]

See John Astin

Pickles, William
[1???-1878] Of New Bridge, Hebden Bridge. He was well known as a local geologist, botanist, and naturalist

Pickles, William
[17??-18??] He married Hannah [17??-18??].

Children:

  1. Mary [1816-18??] who married Edward Hall

Hannah was widowed by 1871, and living with daughter Mary and her family at West Green, Warley

Pickles, William
[1780-1???] He married Elizabeth Harrison.

Children:

  1. Tabitha who married Thomas Whitley

Pickles, William
[1794-18??] He served with the 2nd Battalion 84th Foot York & Lancaster Regiment in the Peninsular War

Pickles, William
[18??-1???]

In 1859, he married Mary.

Children:

  1. Ada [b 1860]
  2. Julia [b 1862] who was a fustian tailoress [1891]
  3. Betty [b 1866]

The family lived at

  • Banks, Wadsworth [with Mary's mother & stepfather Thomas Pickles 1871]
  • Foster Fold, Wadsworth [where Mary was head of the household 1881]
  • Butts Gale [1891]

Pickles, William
[18??-19??] Of Roger Shackleton & Company.

He lived at Alexandra Road, Hebden Bridge [1905]

Pickles, William
[1807-1847] He was a cotton manufacturer [1841].

On 5th August 1828, he married Sarah Anne Horsfall at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Mary Ann [1832-1848]
  2. Sarah Ellen [b 1834]
  3. William Thomas [1839-1889] who lived at Churchtown, Lancashire [1882]
  4. John Horsfall [1844-1876]

The family lived at

Sarah Anne died at Churchtown, Lancashire [19th December 1882].

Probate records show that she left a personal estate valued at £282 17/10d.

Administration was granted to son William Thomas.

Members of the family were buried at St Paul's Church, Cross Stone: William [1st April 1847]; Mary Ann [12th May 1848]; John Horsfall [] (aged 1876); Sarah Anne [23rd December 1882]; William Thomas [20th February 1889]

Pickles, William
[1807-1884] Born in Hebden Bridge.

He was landlord of the White Lion Hotel, Hebden Bridge [1864, 1875] / innkeeper & cabinet marker [1871] / landlord of the White Lion Hotel & farmer of 4 acres [1881]

Advertisements for the Hotel indicate that he was also an undertaker.

On 1st July 1834, he married Ellen Hargreaves [1803-1872] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Mary [1837-1916] who was assisting in the pub [1881]
  2. Sarah [1838-1923]
  3. John [1842-1887]
  4. Elizabeth [b 1843]
  5. Jane [1847-1932]

William died 2nd January 1884.

Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at £287 17/2d.

His will was proved by his daughters Mary & Jane.

After his death, his daughter Mary took over as landlady at the White Lion [1887, 1894]. Between them, father and daughter held the license for 36 years

Pickles, William
[1810-1873] (Possibly) son of Sarah & Jeremiah Pickles, cloth draper.

Born in [28th July 1810].

He was a tailor [1841, 1861, 1871].

In 1830, he married Isabella Arter / Arton [1800-18??].


Isabella was born in Skipton
 

Children:

  1. Jeremiah [b 1831]
  2. George [b 1833] who was a boot maker [1861], a French polisher [1873]
  3. Sarah [b 1835]
  4. Joseph [b 1839]

The family lived at

  • Cavalry Fields, Halifax [1841]
  • Milk Street, Halifax [1861]
  • 41 Back Rhodes Street, Halifax [1871]

William died in Halifax [12th May 1873].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £100.

The will was proved by his son George and nephew Samuel Pickles (brush manufacturer) 

Pickles, William
[1811-1???] Son of David Hitchen, weaver.

He was a cotton reeler of Foster Mill Lane, Wadsworth [1838] / a weaver [1841] / a mason [1861] / a stone mason [1871].

He married Ellen Horsfall [1815-1???].


Ellen, a weaver of Birchcliffe, Wadsworth, was the daughter of Jonathan Horsfall, weaver
 

Children:

  1. Hiram
  2. Crossley [b 1844] who was a Sunday Scholar [1851]
  3. Hartley
  4. Frances [b 1849]
  5. Eliza [b 1853]

The family lived at

  • Hebden Bridge Lanes [1841]
  • High Hirst, Wadsworth [1851, 1861]
  • Birchcliffe, Wadsworth [1871]

Living with them [in 1861] were widowed father-in-law Jonathan Horsfall [b 1787], and visitor Selina Horsfall [b 1844]

Pickles, William
[1817-18??] He was a cart driver [1851] / an agricultural labourer [1861] / a farm servant [1871] / an agricultural labourer [1881] / a retired coachman [1891].

He married Mary [1818-19??].

Children:

  1. Elizabeth [b 1844]
  2. John Henry [b 1847]
  3. Mary [b 1849]
  4. Susy Ann [b 1852]
  5. Ellen [b 1855]
  6. Jane Lydia [b 1856]
  7. William [b 1859]
  8. Arthur [b 1864] who was a blacksmith [1881, 1891]

The family lived at

Pickles, William
[1818-1893] Son of Zachariah Pickles.

He was a millwright [1861, 1871] / a mechanic [1881, 1891] / a wheelwright [1911].

On 31st August 1840, he married Elizabeth Mitchell [1821-1892] at Elland Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Mary [b 1839]
  2. Sarah Ann [b 1841]
  3. Joseph [b 1844]
  4. Eliza Jane [b 1850]
  5. Elizabeth Ellen [b 1853]
  6. Emma [b 1856]

The family lived at Pickwood Scar, Norland [1841].

William died at Holywell Green [11th January 1893].

Probate records show that he left effects valued at £239 12/10d. Probate was granted to Henry Alan McKenzie (tarpaulin manufacturer) 

Pickles, William
[1834-1???] He was a dyer's labourer [1871] / a dyer [1881].

He married Elizabeth.

Children:

  1. Mary E [b 1859]
  2. Joseph Henry
  3. Harriet [b 1864]
  4. Martha [b 1867]
  5. Emily [b 1870]
  6. William [b 1875]

The family lived at Dean Lane, Sowerby [1871, 1881]

Pickles, William
[1842-1???] Born in Haworth.

He was a farmer [1871] / a cattle dealer/farmer of 34 acres with 1 man [1881].

He married Betty [1845-1???].


Betty was born in Keighley
 

Children:

  1. Betty [b 1869]
  2. Zillah [b 1870]
  3. Willie [b 1874]

The family lived at Peacock House, Warley [1871, 1881].

Living with them [in 1871] was John Hartley [b 1845] (servant).

Living with them [in 1881] was David Greenwood [b 1859] (servant) 

Pickles, William
[1850-1???] Son of Thomas Pickles.

He was a weaver [1874] / licensed victualler at the Hare & Hounds, Old Town [1881] (having taken over from his father).

Living with him [in 1881] were his sisters Ann Pickles [b 1835] (barmaid)  and Mary Pickles (dairymaid) 

Pickles, William
[1860-1923] He married Elizabeth [1860-1942].

Children:

  1. George William [1886-1914]

son George William was buried at St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd. The epitaph mentions the Grove Inn, Brearley though it is unclear whether father or son was landlord there

Pickles, William
[1864-1941] Born in Sowerby.

He was a painter [1886] / a retired painter [1911].

In [Q4] 1886, he married Claudine Pickles in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Ethel [b 1889] who was a tailoress [1911]
  2. Alec
  3. Gilbert Owen

The children were born in Sowerby.

The family lived at 3 Dale Street, Sowerby Bridge [1911].

Claudine died in Sowerby [31st March 1940].

William died 31st October 1941

Pickles, William
[1875-1900] He was a dyer with W. Grandage & Company / in the militia (for 4 years).

He lived at Baines Row, Mill Lane, Brighouse.

During the South African Wars, he enlisted [1898], and he served as a Private with the 1st Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He died of enteric fever in hospital in Bloemfontein, South Africa [22nd April 1900] (aged 25).

He was buried at Bloemfontein (In Memoriam) Cemetery, Africa South [17].

He is remembered on the Halifax Parish Church South African War Memorial, and on West View Park War Memorial

He died 22nd April 1900 (aged 25).

Pickles, William Francis
[1867-1944] Son of William Henry Pickles.

He was a buildings architect [1891] / an electrical instrument maker [1901] / an electrical fitter [1911].

In 1891, he married Frances Adeline Parrish [1871-19??].

Children:

  1. James [b 1892]

The family lived at Parkinson Lane, Halifax [1901].

In 1911, William Francis was living at 17 Salt Avenue, Stafford [1911].

He (possibly) died in 1944 (aged 77) 

Pickles, William Henry
[1835-1908] Son of George Pickles, builder.

Born in Cote Hill, Halifax.

He was a schoolmaster [1859, 1861] / a hackney coach proprietor [1871] / a cab proprietor [1881] / a coach & cab proprietor [1891].

On 10th March 1859, he married Mary Ann Braithwaite.

Children:

  1. Mary Elizabeth [b 1862]
  2. John [b 1864]
  3. William Francis
  4. Ellen [b 1869]
  5. Mabel [b 1872]
  6. Samuel [b 1873]
  7. Percy [b 1877]

The family lived at

  • St Andrews Garth, Beverley [1861]
  • 2 George Street, Halifax [1871]
  • 5 George Street, Halifax [1881]
  • Clare Road, Halifax [1891]
  • 5 Akeds Road, Halifax [1893]
  • (possibly) 26 Haugh Shaw Road, Halifax [1908]

Mary Ann died in 1893 (aged 54).

William Henry (possibly) died 12th May 1908 (aged 73).

He was buried at at King Cross

Pickles, William Henry
[1845-1909] Son of Joseph Pickles, farmer

He was a clogger of Soyland [1873] / a clogger lodging with Mary Pickles (aged 75) [1871] / a clogger [1881] / a farmer [1891] / a clog maker & farmer [1901].

On 15th April 1873, he married Sarah Podmore [1838-1???].


Sarah, of Soyland, was the daughter of James Podmore, labourer
 

They lived at

  • 2 Small Lees, Ripponden (with a clogger's lock-up shop next door) [1881]
  • Small Lees, Ripponden [1891]
  • 160 Oldham Road, Soyland [1901]
  • Lower Small Lees, Ripponden [1909]

William Henry died 7th June 1909 There appear to be 2 probate records:

  • Effects valued at £2,840 3/7d to Miss Lillian Whiteley
  • Effects valued at £3,179 10/6d to Sarah Pickles (widow) Allen Whiteley (insurance agent) 

Pickles, William Ward
[1880-1???] Son of Henry Pickles, mason.

He was a bricklayer of Wilson Road, Halifax.

In [Q4] 1911, he married Margaret Wright at Halifax Parish Church.


John William Wright and Lilian Pickles were witnesses
 

They lived at 66 Park Street, Sowerby Bridge [1917]

Pickles, Willie
[1888-1964] Son of Herbert Pickles.

Born [Q3] 1888.

He was a partner in Herbert Pickles & Sons.

In [Q3] 1919, he married Eleanor Porter.

Children:

  1. Margaret [b 1920]
  2. Jean [b 1923]

Willie died 18th June 1964

Pickles, Young
[1853-1915] Son of Henry Pickles.

He was a power loom weaver cotton [1871] / a weaver of Pecket Well, Wadsworth [1880] / a cotton weaver [1881] [1891] [bapt 1901] / a baker's assistant [1911].

He married Mary Sutcliffe [1850-19??].


Mary, of Pecket Well, Wadsworth, was the daughter of John Sutcliffe, winder-in
 

Children:

  1. Henry [b 1882]
  2. John [b 1883]
  3. Frank [b 1884] who was a baker [1911]

The family lived at

  • Black Hill Side, Wadsworth [1881]
  • Black Hill Side, Wadsworth [1891]
  • Ivy Bank, Hebden Bridge [1901]
  • 16 Unity Street. Hebden Bridge [1911]

Living with them [in 1901] was nephew Harry Jagger [b 1894].

Young died in 1915 (aged 62) 

Pickles, Zachariah
[1792-1849] He was schoolmaster at Mount Pleasant Chapel, Norland [1849].

On 26th December 1814, he married Ann Barrowclough [1791-1851] at Halifax Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Delilah [b 1816]
  2. William
  3. Sarah [1824-1901] who married William Habergham

He lived at Pickwood Scar, Norland [1841, 1849].

He died 27th September 1849 of

gangrene of the mouth and throat 4 weeks

William Habergham was the informant of the death

 

Pickles surname




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