The entries for people & families with the surname Pollard are gathered together in this SideTrack.
This Page does not include people with other forms of the surname.
The individuals listed are not necessarily related to each other.
He married Margaret.
They lived in Todmorden.
During World War II,
he served as an Able Seaman
with the Royal Navy
aboard the cruiser HMS Neptune.
He died 19th December 1941 (aged 25)
when his ship struck 4 mines and sank in the Mediterranean, off Libya.
He is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, England [49 1],
and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
Son of Dr Tempest Pollard.
He wrote a number of books including
English Miracle Plays,
Select from and Annotations of Chaucer [1868],
and
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales [1886]
He was educated at St Peter's School, York and at Wadham College
Oxford.
In 1878, he was appointed
6th form master at Dulwich College.
He was
the first headmaster of the Oxford City School [1881-1887, 1888] /
vice-master at Manchester Grammar School [1889] /
headmaster at the City of London School [1890-1905] /
President of the Modern Language Association.
He never married.
He died at Bournemouth
He was educated at Epsom and London.
He was surgeon to the North-Western Hospital for Children [1885-1897].
He was Professor of Clinical Surgery at University College, London
[1896].
He was interested in the surgery of gall stones and diseases of the
pancreas.
He edited 6 editions of Heath's textbook Minor Surgery.
He died in Bournemouth
In July 1873, she married Rev William Bishop de Moleyns
[1821-1908] from St Levans, France, in Burrington, Somerset.
They lived – and died – in Long Ashton, Somerset
After her father's death, her mother Emma married
William Crabtree.
When William became Mayor of Halifax, Elizabeth was
Mayoress.
She lived with her mother and stepfather at
48 Prescott Street, Halifax [1901, 1901]
and continued to live there after their deaths [1947].
Elizabeth was found dead [3rd April 1947].
She was last seen alive the previous day.
Probate records show that she left effects valued at £7,247 0/6d.
Probate was granted to
William Pollard (assistant editor),
Richard Pollard (Café proprietor),
and Alfred Herbert Richardson
In 17??, he married Sally Mitchell [1754-1783].
Children:
Of Stannary Hall, Halifax [1844].
Son of George Pollard.
Born 17th July 1782.
He was
a Magistrate of the West Riding [1830] /
a Deputy-Lieutenant of the West Riding /
Commander of the Second West Yorkshire Yeoman Cavalry [1843] /
Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant [1844] /
a Commissioner of Land & Assessed Taxes [1845].
He married (1) Sally [1754-1783].
Sally was buried at Illingworth Church
[30th November 1783].
On 21st October 1805, he married (2) Charlotte Horton.
Children:
On 16th July 1863, at the annual dinner of the 2nd West York Yeomanry
Cavalry in the Halifax Mechanics' Hall, he was presented with a
silver salver – weighing 275 ozs – by Sir Henry Edwards on behalf
of the regiment.
The salver bore the following inscription
On the reverse of the salver was inscribed the name of every member
of the regiment, each of whom had subscribed to the testimonial.
He died 26th May 1866.
He was buried at St James's Church, Halifax.
See
Railway companies and
West Yorkshire Railway Company
Of Stannary Hall, Halifax, Hundhill, Pontefract, and Ashfield,
Cheltenham.
Son of Colonel George Pollard.
He was
a Commissioner of Land & Assessed Taxes [1845] /
a Commissioner of Property & Income Tax [1845] /
a Lieutenant in the Second West York Yeomanry Cavalry [1845]
On 31st August 1835, he married Clara Royds [1818-1896] from
Congleton, in Witton, Cheshire.
Children:
On 17th April 1866, she married Thomas Maitland Reid
[1835-1894] from Manchester, at Christ Church, Cheltenham.
Children:
She died in Cheltenham
He established Pollard's Donation
During World War I,
he served as a Lieutenant
with the 134th Army Troops Company
Royal Engineers.
He was killed in action [26th June 1917] (aged 33).
He was buried at the Ferme-Olivier Cemetery, Belgium. [2 A 10]
During the South African Wars,
he served as a Private
with the 1st Volunteer Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
On 23rd December 1901, he was reported to be dangerously ill with
enteric fever at Warms Baths, South Africa.
He died presumably of the fever.
He is remembered on the Halifax Parish Church South African War Memorial,
and on West View Park War Memorial
On 18th February 1790, he married Mary Hoyle.
Children:
Born in Midgley.
He married Sarah Amy E..
They lived at 7 Liverpool Road, Fratton, Portsmouth.
During World War I,
he served as a Chief Stoker
with the Royal Navy
aboard
HMS Hampshire.
He died [5th June 1916] when his ship, on its way to Russia, struck a
German mine, and sank with heavy loss of life.
Those on board included the Secretary of State for War, Field Marshal
Lord Kitchener
and his staff who were on the way to a military meeting in Russia.
Of the 655 men and 7 passengers, only 12 men survived.
100 officers and men were recovered and buried in a common grave at
at Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery, Hoy, Orkney.
550 bodies were not recovered.
He died 5th June 1916 (aged 45).
He is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, England [15]
She became a close friend of Dorothy Wordsworth.
In 1795, she married John Marshall [17??-1845] – (possibly) MP
for York.
She died at Hallsteads in Cumberland [25th January 1847]
Question:
Can anyone identify her father?
She died at Aked's Road, Halifax [26th November 1856]
He married Ann.
Children:
He is remembered on the Pollard Lea family tomb at St Peter's Church, Sowerby
He was a soldier in the 23rd Foot.
He bought his release from the army and became a local Independent
preacher.
He was ordained at Booth and became Minister at Booth Congregational Church [1802].
He married Martha [1769-1840].
Joseph died at Booth [27th October 1825].
Martha died 1st April 1840 [aged 71]
The couple were buried at Booth Independent Church
On 30th January 1866, she married Joseph Armitage Armitage
[1841-1898] JP from Huddersfield, in Cheltenham.
She died in Long Ashton, Somerset
He was
a cotton spinner [1901] /
an employee of Firth's Carpets in Bailiff Bridge.
In [Q4] 1907, he (possibly) married Beatrice Hanson in Halifax.
The family lived at 45 Warburton Place, Wibsey.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 4th Battalion
Seaforth Highlanders.
He died 4th December 1916 (aged 29).
He was buried at the Contay British Cemetery, Contay, France [VIII C 22].
He is remembered on Firth's War Memorial,
and on Bailiff Bridge War Memorial
In 1886, he married Ada Shackleton [1861-1932] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
Lewis died 10th October 1931 (aged 67).
Ada died 5th November 1932 (aged 71).
They were buried at All Souls' Church, Halifax
Children:
He was buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby
[10th February 1806]
The chest tomb for members of the Pollard family is a
scheduled monument and stands in the churchyard at St Peter's Church, Sowerby
Born in Heckmondwike.
He was a wool comber [1916].
In 1916, he married Ruth Annie Dale in Halifax.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 7th Battalion
North Staffordshire Regiment.
He married Ruth Annie.
He died 12th November 1918 (aged 29).
He is remembered on the Tehran Memorial, Iran [4 2],
and on Southowram War Memorial.
In [Q4] 1919, Ruth Annie married Robert T. Sykes in Huddersfield.
They lived at 12 Marsh Lane, Southowram
Children:
Richard died in 1874.
In [Q3] 1885, Emma married William Crabtree.
When William became Mayor of Halifax,
Elizabeth was Mayoress
He married Susanna [d 1722]
Son Lewis Pollard.
He was
organist at All Souls' Church, Halifax [1904] /
organist at the Victoria Hall, Halifax [1904] /
a fellow of the Royal College of Organists /
accompanist for the Halifax Choral Society /
conductor for the Halifax Choral Society [1940] /
organist at Halifax Parish Church [1941-April 1963] /
organist at St Andrew's Methodist Church, Huddersfield Road [1963] /
professor of organ and harmony at the Royal Manchester College of Music.
In December 1920 he married Elsie Mitchell [18??-1953] at All Soul's Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Elsie died 9th April 1953.
She was buried at All Souls' Church, Halifax
alongside her husband's parents.
Shackleton died in Bristol [1984]
On Sunday 21st February 1897, Sarah [1846-1897] went to bed
after attending Harley Wood Church.
Early on the following morning
and was found by her son.
Stephen died 2 years later
Born in Pontefract.
He was a surgeon at
Rastrick Common [1851]
and
Commercial Street, Brighouse [1861].
In [Q1] 1846, he married Sarah Bilton [1823-1893]
in Selby.
Children:
His wife died in Harley Street, London
He was
a dyer [1871] /
landlord of the Fleece, Halifax [1881] /
landlord of the Golden Plough, Halifax [1885, 1887] /
a pork butcher [1891].
On 1st March 1870, he married (1) Tamar Sladdin [1850-1883] at
St Thomas's Church, Halifax.
On 4th March 1884, he married (2) Elizabeth, daughter of John Bradley at Coley Church.
The family lived at
He was an asphalter lodging at 19 & 21 Winding Road, Halifax [1911].
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was killed in action near Zillebeke [19th March 1915].
He is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium [6],
and on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
Baptised at St John the Baptist, Coley [13th October 1799]
He married Sarah [1794-18??].
In 1851, Sarah was a lodger at the Malt Shovel with Samuel Cooper who took over from William
He was a bookkeeper to John Royds.
He was a partner in Hainsworth, Holden, Swaine & Pollard Bank.
By 1802, he had withdrawn from the firm, which was then Swaine Brothers & Company.
He married Unknown.
Children: 2.
He joined the Connaught Rangers when they were recruiting in
Halifax in 1796.
He was killed at the Battle of Busaco, in the Peninsular
War, on Sept 27th 1810.
His death is described by Lieutenant William Grattan, in
his Adventures with the Connaught Rangers
He was
a merchant /
occupant of Room 17 on the Arcade gallery at the Piece Hall [1787] /
(probably) a member of John Pollard & Company [1780s] /
one of the founders of the Halifax Circulating Library /
a trustee of Northgate End Chapel /
a founder member of Square Independent Chapel.
He had an interest in the Calder & Hebble Navigation.
He married Ann Leach.
Children:
The family lived at
He was buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax.
There is a memorial to him in Halifax Parish Church.
See
Sod House Green
He is remembered on the Pollard family tomb at St Peter's Church, Sowerby
He married Annie Oates.
After Annie's death, he went to live at 59 Rayner Road,
Brighouse
He lived at Esps Farm, Pellon [1844]
Presented to Lieutenant-Colonel Pollard on his retirement from the
command of the Second West Yorkshire Yeomanry regiment, after twenty
years' service, by the officers, non commissioned officers, and
privates, as a testimonial of their high appreciation of his conduct
as an officer and a gentleman, of his indefatigable exertions in
promoting the discipline and high standing of the regiment, and of
their affectionate remembrance of his uniform courtesy and kindness,
and of his constant endeavours to promote the welfare and happiness
of all its members.
Cui honor honorem
April 1863
Florence was the daughter of Lockwood Hall
Mary was the daughter of Elkanah Hoyle
Gertrude was the daughter of Charles Edward Holt
Emma was the daughter of Elizabeth Dickenson
she became a corpse
Sarah was born in Selby
A soldier of Bury's company, of the name of Pollard was shot through
the shoulder; but seeing his captain, though wounded, continue at the
head of his men, he threw off his knapsack, and fought beside his
officer; but this brave fellow's glory was short; a bullet penetrated
the plate of his cap, passed through his brain, and he fell dead at
Bury's feet
George Pollard was an early member of the family.
During the 19th century, they developed the Wheatley Dye Works at
Dapper Mill, Ovenden.
In the 1800s, they specialised in the production of scarlet cloth for
military uniforms.
At the end of the 19th century, they merged with the Yorkshire Indigo, Scarlet and Colour Dyers Limited
The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District Surnames by George Redmonds.
There are over 40 entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname Pollard,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Unattached BMDs for Pollard:
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