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Alfred Ramsden [1827-1892]
Anthony David Ramsden [1932-1983]
Arthur Ramsden [1907-1940]
Arthur Ramsden [1913-1944]
C. Ramsden [18??-1???]
Charles Ramsden [1833-1893]
Charles Alfred Ramsden [1906-1970]
Clara Ramsden [1896-1918]
Clifford Ramsden [1880-1954]
Copley Ramsden [18??-18??]
Daniel Ramsden [1788-1865]
David Ramsden [1816-1881]
Rev Edward Ramsden [1791-1853]
Edward Ramsden [1890-19??]
Edwin Ramsden [1810-1???]
Mrs Elizabeth Ramsden [1???-1756]
Elizabeth Ramsden [1531-1595]
Elizabeth Ramsden [17??-18??]
Elkanah Ramsden [18??-1???]
Elkanah Ramsden [1898-1917]
Emsley Ramsden [1895-1916]
Ernest Ramsden [1898-1916]
Francis Ramsden [1???-18??]
Fretchvile Ramsden [1658-1679]
Geoffrey Ramsden [15??-1612]
George Ramsden [1???-1???]
George Ramsden [15??-16??]
George Ramsden [16??-17??]
George Ramsden [16??-1723]
George Ramsden [1674-1742]
George Ramsden [17??-1771]
George Henry Ramsden [1866-19??]
George Taylor Ramsden [1879-1936]
Gilbert Ramsden [15??-1629]
Grace Ramsden [16??-1714]
Grace Ramsden [1682-1735]
Mrs Harriet Ramsden [1794-18??]
Harry Ramsden [1869-1946]
Henry Ramsden [15??-162?]
Henry Ramsden [1585-1646]
Henry Ramsden [1597-1637]
Henry Ramsden [1628-1665]
Henry Morris Ramsden [1834-1903]
Hugh Ramsden [1594-1629]
Hugh Ramsden [16??-16??]
James Ramsden [1???-18??]
James Ramsden [1751-1824]
James Ramsden [1814-1853]
James Ramsden [1861-1???]
James Ramsden [1878-19??]
James Ramsden [1886-1918]
James Ramsden [1890-1917]
James Frederick Ramsden [1881-1916]
James Sutcliffe Ramsden [1838-1896]
James William Ramsden [1843-1???]
Jeremy Ramsden [16??-16??]
Jesse Ramsden [1735-1800]
John Ramsden [1???-1???]
John Ramsden [1???-16??]
John Ramsden [1???-16??]
John Ramsden [1???-1871]
John Ramsden [15??-1???]
John Ramsden [15??-1???]
John Ramsden [15??-1591]
John Ramsden [15??-16??]
John Ramsden [15??-16??]
John Ramsden [1581-1665]
John Ramsden [16??-1???]
John Ramsden [16??-1???]
John Ramsden [16??-1695]
John Ramsden [16??-1707]
John Ramsden [16??-1720]
John Ramsden [16??-174?]
John Ramsden [1667-1689]
John Ramsden [1695-1755]
John Ramsden [17??-1???]
Sir John Ramsden [17??-18??]
John Ramsden [17??-18??]
John Ramsden [1722-1799]
John Ramsden [1744-1815]
John Ramsden [1746-1805]
John Ramsden [1774-1861]
John Ramsden [1791-1815]
John Ramsden [1797-1871]
John Ramsden [18??-19??]
John Ramsden [1814-1884]
John Ramsden [1834-1???]
John Michael Ramsden [1931-1972]
John Rowland Ramsden [1872-1905]
John Taylor Ramsden [1835-1916]
John Watkinson Ramsden [1880-1943]
John William Ramsden [1872-19??]
Jonathan Ramsden [1834-1880]
Joseph Ramsden [16??-1684]
Joseph Ramsden [16??-1691]
Joseph Ramsden [16??-1698]
Joseph Ramsden [17??-18??]
Joseph Ramsden [18??-18??]
Joseph Ramsden [1852-1888]
Joshua Ramsden [1806-1870]
Lewis Ramsden [1869-19??]
Mary Ramsden [1???-1???]
Mary Winifred Ramsden [1886-19??]
Maud Ramsden [1883-19??]
N. Ramsden [18??-19??]
Nelson Ramsden [18??-19??]
Phyllis Ramsden [19??-19??]
Rayner Ramsden [1878-1962]
Richard Ramsden [16??-1723]
Rev Dr Richard Ramsden [1761-1831]
Richard Ramsden [1794-1861]
Richard Ramsden [1833-1894]
Robert Ramsden [1???-16??]
Robert Ramsden [1???-18??]
Robert Ramsden [15??-1???]
Robert Ramsden [15??-16??]
Robert Ramsden [15??-16??]
Robert Ramsden [16??-1???]
Robert Ramsden [16??-16??]
Robert Ramsden [16??-1689]
Robert Ramsden [16??-17??]
Robert Ramsden [1681-1760]
Robert Ramsden [1708-1767]
Robert Ramsden [1727-1770]
Robert Ramsden [18??-18??]
Robert Ingersoll Ramsden [1892-1918]
Rowland Ramsden [1759-1835]
Ruth Ann Ramsden [1871-1945]
Samuel Ramsden [1???-1682]
Samuel Ramsden [16??-1???]
Samuel Ramsden [1799-1848]
Samuel Ramsden [18??-18??]
Susannah Ramsden [16??-1734]
Thomas Ramsden [1???-15??]
Thomas Ramsden [16??-1698]
Thomas Ramsden [16??-17??]
Thomas Ramsden [16??-17??]
Thomas Ramsden [16??-1732]
Thomas Ramsden [1670-1691]
Thomas Ramsden [17??-1???]
Thomas Ramsden [17??-18??]
Thomas Ramsden [17??-18??]
Thomas Ramsden [17??-18??]
Thomas Ramsden [1733-1787]
Colonel Thomas Ramsden [1769-1851]
Thomas Ramsden [1771-1804]
Thomas Ramsden [1800-1882]
Thomas Ramsden [1828-1884]
Thomas Ramsden [1851-1927]
Thomas Ramsden [1882-1960]
Timothy Ramsden [16??-17??]
Tom Ramsden [1895-1918]
Tommy Ramsden [18??-1???]
Walter Ramsden [1???-17??]
William Ramsden [15??-15??]
William Ramsden [17??-18??]
William Ramsden [1829-1908]
William Crabtree Ramsden [1838-1887]
Willie Ramsden [1897-1916]
Zillah Ramsden [1802-1860] 


Ramsden, Alfred
[1827-1892] JP.

Son of John Ramsden.

Born at Popples School House.

He was a member of the Methodist New Connexion Conference, succeeding Edwin Lumby / a member of Salem Methodist New Connexion Chapel, North Parade.

He moved to Hanover Chapel when that was established in 1834 / a preacher and taught at the Hanover Chapel Sunday School for 20 years / a druggist with James Lofthouse – in a shop known as The House at the Maypole and later with Jabez Waterhouse in Broad Street.

He subsequently bought the Waterhouse business / a correspondent for the Leeds Mercury / a correspondent for the Halifax Courier [1857] / a governor of Heath Grammar School and of Crossley & Porter School [1880] / editor of the Halifax Courier [1882] / Mayor of Halifax [1883-1884] / a borough magistrate [1886] / manager of the Halifax Courier / part owner of the Halifax Courier / a founder and director of the Yorkshire Penny Bank / the founder of the Halifax Evening Courier [1892] / a director of the Halifax High Level Railway company.

General William Booth stayed with Ramsden on one of his journeys before he established the Salvation Army.

He encouraged Joseph Rideal Smith's artistic talents, and he was one of the people to whom Smith dedicated one of his prints.

In 1851, he married (1) Elizabeth Ramsden Gledhill [1824-1870].


Elizabeth was his cousin
 

Children:

  1. Arnold [1861-1919]

Elizabeth died in 1870.

In 1872, he married (2) Sarah Jane [1844-1924].


Sarah Jane was the daughter of Henry Oates of Prospect House
 

Children:

  1. Rayner [1878-1962]
  2. Clifford
  3. Edith Kingston [1873-1964] who married Dr Donald Joseph Macaulay


The children – Rayner, Clifford and Edith – all inherited a 10% share of the residual estate of their maternal uncle Arthur Donald Oates's estate, after the Bermerside Bequest & Oates Trust Fund
 

The family lived at Kingston, Halifax [1876].

He died 8th November 1892

Members of the family were buried at Warley Town Cemetery.

He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1892.

See Anthony Bancroft and Samuel Thomas Crook

Ramsden, Anthony David
[1932-1983] Son of Charles Alfred Ramsden.

He joined the Army and is listed at Lieutenant-Colonel Ramsden.

He was buried at Warley Town Cemetery with other members of the family

Ramsden, Arthur
[1907-1940] Son of Sarah Jane & John Ramsden of Halifax.

In [Q3] 1932, he married Doris Forrest in Halifax.

They lived at Siddal.

During World War II, he served as a Driver with the Royal Army Service Corps.

He died 13th December 1940 (aged 33).

He was buried at Bethesda Primitive Methodist Chapel, Bank Top

Ramsden, Arthur
[1913-1944] Born in Barnsley.

He worked for Halifax Corporation Water Works.

In [Q2] 1940, he married Alice Marshall in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Nora [b Q3/1940]

They lived at 15 St Mark's Street, Boothtown, Halifax.

During World War II, he served as an Aircraftman 1st Class with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

He died 18th September 1944 (aged 31).

He is remembered on the Singapore Memorial [441], and on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Ramsden, C.
[18??-1???] In 1870, he founded the omnibus and cab business which became John Marsh & Company

Ramsden, Charles
[1833-1893] Born in Clifton. He was a leather dresser [1861] / licensed victualler at the Armytage Arms, Clifton [1871] / a farmer / a dealer in horses.

Around 1848, he established Clifton Bowling Green behind the pub

In 1860, he married Ruth Morrison [1834-1907] from Clifton, at Halifax.

Children:

  1. Annie [b 1860]
  2. Jemmie or Jimmy [b 1863]
  3. Alfred [b 1865]
  4. Bertha [b 1872]
  5. Laura [b 1874]
  6. Ada [b 1870]

Charles died on 8th August 1893. After his death, Ruth took over as licensee of the Armytage Arms [1894, 1901].

After Ruth's death, her sons took over at the pub: Jemmie [1907] and Alfred [1917].

Ramsden, Charles Alfred
[1906-1970] Son of Clifford Ramsden.

He succeeded his father as Editor of the Halifax Courier & Guardian [from 1942]. He was succeeded by his son John Michael [1964].

In September 1930, he married Phyllis Margaret Crowther in Newport, Shropshire/Staffordshire.

Children:

  1. Anthony David
  2. Michael

The family lived at

Ramsden, Clara
[1896-1918] Daughter of S. E. & Mr Ramsden of 15 the Square, Northowram.

During World War I, she served with the Women's Royal Air Force.

He died 28th December 1918 (aged 22).

She was buried at Heywood's Chapel [E 22]

Ramsden, Clifford
[1880-1954] JP.

Son of Alfred Ramsden.

At the age of 16 he joined the staff of the Halifax Courier. In 1916, he became Editor and Managing Director of Halifax Courier Limited, taking over from his father. He was editor of the Courier & Guardian for 26 years.

He was succeeded by his son Charles Alfred [1942].

He was a director of the Halifax Building Society. He was a founder of the Halifax Rotary Club. He was President of the Yorkshire Newspaper Society [1932]

He and his siblings Rayner and Edith, all inherited a 1/10th share of the residual estate of their maternal uncle Arthur Donald Oates's estate, after the Bermerside Bequest & Oates Trust Fund.

He married Nellie Grandage Ward [1877-1953].


Nellie was from Charleston, West Virginia
 

Children:

  1. Elizabeth [b 1900] who married Cecil Collins
  2. Virginia [1908-2000] who married Ronald Murgatroyd
  3. Carolyn [1911-2002] who married Lascelles Morton Wood
  4. Charles Alfred

The family lived at

Ramsden, Copley
[18??-18??] Printer at Northgate, Halifax [1866].

He published the Halifax Almanack & Parish Year Book

Ramsden, Daniel
[1788-1865] Born in Horton, Bradford.

His father died and his mother and her 8 children moved to Boothtown.

He was self-taught. He worked in a cotton mill at Halifax.

In 1809, he became bookkeeper and manager of a corn mill at Luddendenfoot. He later established his own business as a corn merchant at Woolshops with a warehouse in 1 Broad Street [1837].

He was one of the Trustees appointed under the Halifax Improvement Act [1823].

In 1848, he was the first Chairman of the new Halifax Council. He was Mayor of Halifax [1860-1861] and laid the corner-stone of Halifax Town Hall. He was High Constable of the town [1861] He was Alderman, until he resigned the post a week before his death.

A promoter of the Halifax, Huddersfield & Keighley Railway [1863].

He married Lydia [1798-1861].

They lived at Kingston House, Halifax.

He died 21st August 1865.

See Halifax Temperance Hall

Ramsden, David
[1816-1881] Gentleman.

He died at his home, 8 Royal Parade, Cheltenham [8th July 1881] (aged 65).

He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [J 160 A]

Ramsden, Rev Edward
[1791-1853] AM.

Son of John Ramsden.

He was educated at St John's College Cambridge [1813], ordained Deacon (Chester for Lichfield) [5th April 1817], and appointed Perpetual Curate of Lower Darwen, Lancashire [1829-1839] before becoming Perpetual Curate of St John's Church, Ovenden [1838], the first incumbent of Bradshaw [1839-1853], and Curate of Illingworth [1841]

He wrote a number of collections of verse including The Christian Minister [1842] and Christ the Foundation [1844]

He married Margaret Wray [1802-1835] from Lower Darwen.

Children:

  1. child
  2. child
  3. child
all of whom died young and were buried at Illingworth Church.

The family lived at Jumples House.

Some cottages at Jumples Crag were dated ER 1819 for him.

Margaret died July 1835 (aged 33).

Edward died 6th June 1853.

The couple were buried at Illingworth Church: Margaret [15th July 1835] (aged 33); Edward [10th June 1853]. The epitaph on the headstone records

He belonged to a well to do local family who lived at Jumples

In 1877, the east window at Bradshaw church was installed in his memory by John Taylor Ramsden

Ramsden, Edward
[1890-19??] MC.

Son of John Taylor Ramsden of Jumples House, Mixenden.

He was educated at Eton and at the Royal Military College Sandhurst.

During World War I, he served with the 5th Royal Irish Lancers and was 3 times mentioned in despatched. He was awarded the Mons Star and the Military Cross. He was Brigade Major to the 1st Cavalry Brigade.

He was Chairman and Managing Director of the family firm Thomas Ramsden & Son Limited. He lived at Sedgefield, County Durham.

He married Geraldine Wilson.


Geraldine was the daughter of Colonel J. Wilson of Cliff Hall, Darlington
 

Children:

  1. James Edward [b 1923]

Ramsden, Edwin
[1810-1???] He was a currier [1837] / a farmer of 44 acres at Newland / Newlands, Warley [1851] / a master currier employing 8 men [1851].

On 2nd April 1837, he married Mary Hannah Crabtree at Halifax Parish Church.


Mary Hannah was the daughter of William Crabtree
 

Children:

  1. William Crabtree
  2. Sarah Ann [b 1842]

The family lived at Newlands, Warley.

Living with them [in 1851] was mother-in-law Sarah Liddle was living with the family.

By 1861, the Ramsdens had moved, and Sarah Liddle was living at Newlands, Warley, the home of James Sutcliffe

Ramsden, Mrs Elizabeth
[1???-1756] Née ??.: Wife of John Ramsden. They lived at Booth, Rishworth.

After John's death, she married Joseph Haigh. She drew up a prenuptial agreement which preserved all her rights in her goods and property at Rishworth. She was immediately separated from her husband and they lived apart.

She lived at Booth, Rishworth until her death. She bequeathed the house to various family members.

In 1737, when the new Ripponden Church was consecrated, she stood in the aisle throughout the service, protesting that her pew had not been replaced to her liking.

The local people seemed to have had a love/hate relationship with her. In 17??, she unsuccessfully demanded an exhumation in an attempt to discredit a local girl.

John Collier called her Queen at the Booth ...

a gallamaufry of a woman who was dressed as gay and airy as a girl of 16

Ramsden, Elizabeth
[1531-1595] Or Ellen. Daughter of Robert Ramsden.

She married Henry Savile

Ramsden, Elizabeth
[17??-18??] Daughter of John Ramsden.


Question: Can anyone help me attach Elizabeth to the appropriate John?

 

She married Richard Boulton [17??-1846] of Harrock Hall, near Wigan.

Children:

  1. son
  2. Alfred Ramsden Boulton [b 1818] who became a Magistrate for Lancashire

Ramsden, Elkanah
[18??-1???] He was engine tenter [1881].

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Sarah Ellen [1858-19??] who married James Brook
  2. Ruth Ann

Ramsden, Elkanah
[1898-1917] Illegitimate son of Ruth Ann Ramsden.

Born in Halifax [29th March 1898].

Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [24th April 1898].

He was a member of Range Bank Sunday School / a Sergeant in the Square Chapel Boys' Brigade / employed by Halifax Corporation Tramways.

In 1901, Elkanah was living with his aunt Sarah Ellen & her husband James Brook. Later, he lived with his mother and his stepfather James Tatham.

During World War I, he enlisted [January 1917], and served as a Private with the 10th Battalion Royal Fusiliers / London Regiment.

He died after being hit by a shell as he was returning to the lines after delivering a message to HQ [6th August 1917] (aged 19).

He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial [6 & 8], on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Range Bank Sunday School

Ramsden, Emsley
[1895-1916] BSc.

Son of George Henry Ramsden.

He was an engineering student [1911].

During World War I, he served as a 2nd Lieutenant with the Machine Gun Corps.

He was killed leading an attack between Bazentin & Longueval on the Somme [15th September 1916] (aged 21).

He was buried at the London Cemetery & Extension, Longueval [1A A 6].

He is remembered on the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Halifax Secondary School, and on the Memorial at Akroydon Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

Ramsden, Ernest
[1898-1916] Son of Lewis Ramsden.

Born in Halifax.

He was a worsted doffer [1911] / employed by Hollingrake & Clegg Limited.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 9th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.

He was killed in action [4th November 1916].

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial [10B, 11B 7 12B].

He is remembered on the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance

Ramsden, Francis
[1???-18??] He was Chairman of the Sowerby Bridge Local Board [15th April 1879-15th April 1881]

Ramsden, Fretchvile
[1658-1679] Of New Longley Hall, Almondbury.

Heywood writes of


a son of Esquire Ramsden of Longley, who had been a soldier, a wild, ranting, hectoring blade of no mean size, having been at Huthersfield October 30th 1679, having been drinking too liberally, went home about 12 o'clock to his mother's, was observed to sing and rant as he went out of the town, but in the morning was found dead in their own fields, a little beyond the bridge, much blood having issued from his body, whether slain by himself or some other it's not known, it was astonishing
 

The Annals of the Parish of Almondbury record


Fretchvile Ramsden, gentleman, killed by misfortune, no one being present, by a mastiff dog and buried on the 1st November 1679
 

Ramsden, Geoffrey
[15??-1612] Of Thick Hollins, Greetland.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Hugh
  2. Henry
  3. William who became rector of Edgmond, Shropshire

He was a member of a branch of the Ramsden family of Greetland

Ramsden, George
[1???-1???] Son of John Ramsden.

On 12th February 1615/6, he married Jenet Nore.

Children:

  1. Jeremy

Ramsden, George
[15??-16??] Third son of John Ramsden.

He married Sarah, daughter of John Riley.

Children:

  1. Jeremia
  2. Samuel
  3. John
  4. Joseph
  5. Nathan
  6. Hester
  7. Marie

The family lived at Booth, Rishworth [1617]

Ramsden, George
[16??-17??] Youngest son of Robert Ramsden.

Overseer of the Poor for Skircoat [1690]. He built Heath Hall, Halifax. It passed to his son, John Ramsden

Ramsden, George
[16??-1723] Son of Jeremy Ramsden. He was the first owner of Jumples which he bought in 1710. He was churchwarden of Illingworth Church [1696].

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. John [1669-1731]
  2. George
  3. Robert

He was buried at Illingworth Church [4th April 1723] like many of the family

Ramsden, George
[1674-1742] Son of George Ramsden, the first owner of Jumples. Yeoman of Ovenden. He was churchwarden of Illingworth Church [1733].

He married Elizabeth.

See Sod House Green

Ramsden, George
[17??-1771] He was a steward on the Armytage estate. He was the first master of Clifton Free School [1729-1765]. The school became known as Ramsden's School.

He was a trustee for Betty Nuttall Hill.

On 14th October 1748, he married Mrs Martha Law, a widow.

Martha died 3 months after her husband

Ramsden, George Henry
[1866-19??] Son of Henry Morris Ramsden.

Born in Halifax.

He was a cabinet maker of 11 Back Foundry Street [1893] / a cabinet maker [1901] / a cabinet maker (cash tills) [1911].

In 1893, he married Ada Nuttall Emsley [1867-19??] at All Souls' Church, Halifax.


Ada was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, and lived at 62 Boothtown Road [1893].

Her father was not recorded on the marriage record

 

Children:

  1. Emsley
  2. Harry [b 1897] who was a joiner apprentice [1911]
  3. Jack L [b 1901]
  4. Doris [b 1903]

The family lived at

  • 62 Boothtown Road, Akroydon [1901, 1911]
  • 49 Beverley Terrace, Akroydon [1916]

George Henry was dead by 1916

Ramsden, George Taylor
[1879-1936] MA.

Eldest son of John Taylor Ramsden of Jumples House, Mixenden. Born 6th April 1879.

He was educated at Eton and at Trinity Hall Cambridge / Mayor of Halifax [1911-1912 /] a Lieutenant in the 2nd West Riding Brigade [World War I] / Coalition Unionist MP for Elland [1918-1922] / Chairman of Thomas Ramsden & Son Limited / churchwarden of Illingworth Church.

During World War II, he served with the RFA Anti-Aircraft Force, reaching the rank of Captain.

On 29th June 1915, he married Elisabeth Juel Hansen at St George's Church, Hanover Square, London.


Elisabeth was born in Tanna, Norway
 

Children:

  1. Mary Elizabeth [b 1916]
  2. Robert George Taylor [b 1918]
  3. Elna Margaret [b 1920]
  4. Anne [1922-1923]

He bought Bramham House, Leeds. The family went to live there.

He died whilst out shooting at Redlish Moor, Thornthwaite [9th October 1936].

He was buried at Illingworth Church [13th October 1936].

Probate records show that he left personal effects valued at £287,598 19/8d, and

A sum sufficient to provide a set of tubular bells for the Parish Church of St Mary, Illingworth – if not already installed

and directed his trustees

provide a 36-gallon barrel of good ale for consumption by such persons as should attend his funeral

See George William Brear

Ramsden, Gilbert
[15??-1629] He owned Crawstone Hall, Greetland and Syke House, Greetland.

He was an early member of the Ramsden family of Greetland.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Joseph
  2. Mary [?] who married John Milner

Ramsden, Grace
[16??-1714] Of Northowram.

The Northowram Register records that


[she] had taken horse for Bradford on 14th July 1714. Rode but a few Roods from her own house, the Horse Struck to th' Gallop she could not hold him. Thinking to save herself, she slipt off, broke her leg, whereof she died 19th July. A very Pious, discreet, useful woman
 

Ramsden, Grace
[1682-1735] Born at Crowstone, Upper Greetland, the daughter of Joseph Ramsden. After the deaths of their brothers, Susannah and Grace went to live in Hawksworth.

Susannah, died before she was able to fulfil her own wish to found a school in Elland for teaching the English tongue to the poor boys of Elland and Greetland.

Grace then inherited all the family estate. In her will, dated December 1734, she gave money from her property in Bingley for the establishment of Grace Ramsden's School.

She died at Hawksworth and was buried in Elland Parish Church

Ramsden, Mrs Harriet
[1794-18??] Recorded in 1851, when she was innkeeper at premises in Lower Bowling Dyke, Halifax.


Question: Does anyone know which inn this may have been?

 

Her son John [b 1828] (corn miller) was living with her [1851]

Ramsden, Harry
[1869-1946] Born in Ovenden.

He was a machine tool fitter [1893] / a doffer (worsted mill) [1911].

On 8th July 1893, he married Emma Scott [1869-1942] in Halifax.


Emma was born in Mixenden
 

Children:

  1. Tom
  2. Albert [b 1898]
  3. Eveline [1899-1976] who married [1928] George C. Fleming

The family lived at

  • 6 Friendly Street, Ovenden [1901]
  • 40 Keighley Road, Ovenden [1911]

Ramsden, Henry
[15??-162?] Son of Robert Ramsden.

He was associated with Rastrick Chapel.

Around 1593, he married Alice, daughter of John Gybson

Children:

  1. William
  2. Richard

He was dead by 1625

Ramsden, Henry
[1585-1646] Second son of John Ramsden.

In December 1620, he married Esther Firth.

Children:

  1. John [1624-1664]
  2. Henry
  3. Samuel
  4. Joseph
  5. Elizabeth
  6. Susan
  7. Mary / Maria [16??-1717] who married Henry Dyson

Ramsden, Henry
[1597-1637] MA.

Son of Geoffrey Ramsden.

Educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford [1610] and became a Fellow of Lincoln College [1621], and preached in London before becoming Vicar of Halifax on the death of his elder brother Hugh [1629].

He was known for his Puritanical sermons. Some of these were published after his death

A Gleaning of God's Harvest [1639]

On 31st June 1630, he married Anna Foxcroft [16??-1682].

He died March 1637.

He was buried in Halifax Parish Church in the Chancel [28th March 1638].

The epitaph on his memorial, erected by his brother William, is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions.

Anna was buried at Elland Parish Church.

See William Aulte, Abraham Sunderland and Richard Sunderland

Ramsden, Henry
[1628-1665] Second son of Henry Ramsden of Booth, Rishworth.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. John

Ramsden, Henry Morris
[1834-1903] Born in Halifax.

He was a tradesman / a blacksmith [1881] / a general labourer [1901].

In [Q4] 1854, he married Elizabeth Clegg [1835-1???] in Halifax.


Elizabeth was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Mary E. [b 1856] who was a worsted weaver [1881]
  2. Susannah [b 1863] who was a worsted weaver [1881]
  3. George Henry

The family lived at

  • Chapel Lane, Skircoat [1871]
  • 11 Back Foundry Street, Halifax [1881]

Ramsden, Hugh
[1594-1629] Or Hugo.

Son of Geoffrey Ramsden.

He was educated at Merton College Oxford.

He married Mercia Hurst [1???-1635] from Huddersfield.

He was Rector at Methley before becoming Vicar of Halifax [1628].

He died of a fever at York the following year.

He was buried at Halifax Parish Church [19th July 1629].

The epitaph on his memorial, erected by his younger Henry, is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions.

He was succeeded at Halifax by his younger brother, Henry.

Mercia was buried at Halifax Parish Church [24th January 1635]

Ramsden, Hugh
[16??-16??] Of Stainland.

In 1670, he issued tradesmen's tokens worth 1d bearing the image of a rose

Ramsden, James
[1???-18??] Recorded in 1822, when he was an ironmonger at Cow Market [?], Halifax

Ramsden, James
[1751-1824]

On 3rd July 1776, he married Elizabeth (Betty) Bothamley at St Peter's Church, Bradford.


Elizabeth came from Great Horton
 

Children:

  1. John

James was buried at Slaithwaite Church, Huddersfield [18th February 1824]

Ramsden, James
[1814-1853] Son of John Ramsden of Halifax.

In May 1853, he accidentally drowned in an attempt to ford the river Patea near Petre, Wanganui District, New Zealand

Ramsden, James
[1861-1???] Born in Halifax.

He was a leather currier [1891] / a garden labourer [1901] / a leather currier [1911].

In 1887, he married Bridget Gilmartin [1868-1???] in Halifax.


Bridget was born in India
 

Children:

  1. Henry [b 1889] who was a cotton tueler [1901]
  2. James
  3. John [b 1892] who worked in the Health Department of the Borough Council [1911]
  4. Sarah [b 1894] who was a worsted spinner [1911]
  5. Thomas [b 1901]
  6. Joseph [b 1904]

The family lived at

  • 5 Fosters Yard, Halifax [1891]
  • 16 Victoria Street North, Halifax [1901]
  • 3 Range Lane, Haley Hill, Halifax [1911]
  • 9 Hemingway's Row, New Bank, Halifax [1917]

Bridget died in Halifax [1910] (aged 43) 

Ramsden, James
[1878-19??] Son of James Sutcliffe Ramsden.

He was an electrician of Tonge cum Bright?, Bolton [1906].

In 1906, he married Annie, daughter of Roger Akroyd at St George's Church, Sowerby

Ramsden, James
[1886-1918] Born in Birstall / Batley.

He was lodging with, and working for, Richard Habergham at Great House, Soyland [1911] / a carter for William Morris & Sons Limited.

On 12th October 1912, he married Clara Walker [1885-1947] at St John's Church, Cragg Vale.

Children:

  1. Selwyn [1913-1997]
  2. Irene Walker [1915-1989]

They lived at

  • 4 Stansfield Mill Lane, Triangle
  • 10 Hubberton, Sowerby

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 8th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment.

He died of pneumonia in Canadian General Hospital [23rd February 1918] (aged 32).

He was buried at the Mont Huon Military Cemetery [V E 4A].

He is remembered on Norland War Memorial, on the World War I Memorial in Sowerby Church, and on Triangle War Memorial

Ramsden, James
[1890-1917] Son of James Ramsden.

Born in Halifax.

He was a member of St Bernard's Catholic Church, Halifax / a labourer [1911] / employed at Smith's Wire Works.

He lived at 9 Hemingway's Row, New Bank / Range Bank.

During World War I, he enlisted [1915], and served as a Private with the 15th Battalion Notts & Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment.

He died in the Military Hospital from gunshot wounds to the head [25th August 1917] (aged 26).

He was buried at the Tincourt New British Cemetery [I E 19].

He is remembered on the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Saint Bernard's Catholic Church

Ramsden, James Frederick
[1881-1916] He was a wire drawer with Spencer & Company, Cleckheaton.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. child
  2. child
  3. child
  4. child

The family lived at 22 Clifton Road, Brighouse.

During World War I, he enlisted with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)  [September 1915], and served as a Private with the 1st/5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He died of wounds in the Casualty Clearing Station [23rd July 1916] (aged 35).

He was buried at the Puchevillers British Cemetery [II A 12].

He is remembered on Brighouse War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Saint John's Church, Clifton

Ramsden, James Sutcliffe
[1838-1896] He was a dyer.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. James

He died in Halifax [Q2 1896]

Ramsden, James William
[1843-1???] In 1860, he was working as an apprentice bookseller with Mr Palmer of Huddersfield. He was discharged after 2 incidents of embezzlement and purloining his master's money.

He then went to work as a clerk in a mercantile house in Brighouse.

His conduct led his employer to make enquiries about his earlier career, and Ramsden moved to Pontefract where he stayed at the principal hotel and passed himself off as a relative of Sir John William Ramsden of Huddersfield, and had cards printed with

James William Ramsden Esq, tragedian from the Theatre Royal, London

He then fled in turn to Goole and to Howden.

At his trial, it was reported that he was charged with embezzling tea and tobacco at the age of 12.

He was charged with embezzlement and obtaining money under false pretences

Ramsden, Jeremy
[16??-16??] Son of John Ramsden.

On 28th April 1638, he married Elizabeth Royde.

Children:

  1. George

Ramsden, Jesse
[1735-1800] Born at the Elephant & Castle, Salterhebble. Scientific instrument maker and inventor, and maker of the first effective screw-cutting lathes

Ramsden, John
[1???-1???] Of Rishworth. He was an early member of what became the Ramsden family of Jumples

On 10th February 1582/3, he married Alice Sladen from Elland.

Children:

  1. son
  2. George

Ramsden, John
[1???-16??] See Bowers Hall, Barkisland and High Trees Hall, Barkisland

Ramsden, John
[1???-16??] Crawstone Hall, Greetland was built for him in 1631. His family had been granted the land in 1619

Ramsden, John
[1???-1871] A member of Halifax Town Council [1848-1849].

He died 14th December 1871

Ramsden, John
[15??-1???] He married Isabel Bottomley [15??-1???].

Children:

  1. John

Ramsden, John
[15??-1???] Son of John Ramsden of Bowers.

In October 1579, he married Isabel, daughter of Thomas Bottomley.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Henry
  3. George
  4. Samuel
  5. Grace

His father bought Booth, Rishworth for him.

When his parents had died, he returned to Bowers. He left 40 oak trees in a wood at Bowers to his 4 grandsons John, Henry, Samuel, and Joseph

Ramsden, John
[15??-1591] Of Bowers Hall, Barkisland.

He married Janet.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Mychaell
  3. Henrye
  4. Grace
  5. a daughter

Ramsden, John
[15??-16??] Built Hoyle House, Warley

Ramsden, John
[15??-16??] In 1577, he built New Longley Hall, Huddersfield.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Ann who married Sir Samuel Saltonstall
  2. Fretchvile

Ramsden, John
[1581-1665] Son of John Ramsden.

He married Susan Meg, daughter of Richard Waterhouse.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Anne

He died in Elland [12th August 1665]

Ramsden, John
[16??-1???] Son of George Ramsden.

He inherited Heath Hall, Halifax. He sold it to James Graeme

Ramsden, John
[16??-1???] He was Constable of Northowram [1694, 1756]

Ramsden, John
[16??-1695] Son of Henry Ramsden.

He lived at Booth, Rishworth.

He married Sara or Sarah.

Children:

  1. John

Ramsden, John
[16??-1707] Of Siddal Hall and Mytholm in Hipperholme.

Oldest son of Robert Ramsden.

In 16??, he married (1) Sarah, daughter of John Illingworth.

In January 1706, he married (2) a daughter of Eli Dyson.

Children:

  1. Martha who married Joseph Wood

See Coldwell Hill, Southowram

Ramsden, John
[16??-1720] Of Southowram.

He was buried at Halifax [14th July 1720].

A record of his burial says he was


very rich tho' called poor John
 

Ramsden, John
[16??-174?] Son of John Ramsden.

He lived at Booth, Rishworth.

He married Elizabeth

Ramsden, John
[1667-1689] Eldest son of Joseph Ramsden.

He married Bridget Calverley


Bridget was the daughter of Walter Calverley of Calverley
 

Heywood comments that


he was very fat
 

Ramsden, John
[1695-1755] Born in Halifax.

In 1716, he married Hannah, daughter of Luke Hoyle.

Children:

  1. Mary [b 1717]
  2. Richard [b 1723]
  3. John [1724-1731]
  4. Luke [b 1726]
  5. Sarah [b 1727]
  6. Richard [b 1728]
  7. John [b 1731]
  8. Thomas

John and Hannah were buried at Halifax Parish Church

Ramsden, John
[17??-1???] Gentleman. Only son and heir of John RAMSDEN late of Wellhead, merchant,

He lived at Old Well Head, then Upper Calico Hall.

Between 1767-1770, he sold Old Well Head to John Kershaw

Ramsden, Sir John
[17??-18??] He was MP for the West Riding [1859-1865]

Ramsden, John
[17??-18??] Of Halifax.

Around 1790, he and John Ashford built one of the Swamp Mills, Sowerby

Ramsden, John
[1722-1799] Son of Robert Ramsden.

He married (1) Sarah Mitchell, daughter of Daniel Mitchell.

Children:

  1. John

He married (2) Mary Armitage.


She was about 18 years old, and he was approaching 70
 

Children:

  1. Edward
  2. Thomas [1792-1809]

Ramsden, John
[1744-1815] Son of John Ramsden.

He was (possibly) churchwarden of Illingworth Church.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Joseph

He was accidentally drowned whilst fishing in Cumberland and was buried at Wickham there

Ramsden, John
[1746-1805] Card maker of Halifax.

He married Elizabeth [1741-1813].

Children:

  1. Jane [1770-1831] who married John Ashworth from Elland
  2. Thomas
  3. Lydia [1773-1803]
  4. Robert [1774-1815]
  5. John [1780-1842]
  6. Elizabeth who married Richard Boulton of Harrock Hall in Lancashire
  7. William
  8. George

John died 9th July 1805.

William and George erected a memorial to the family in the Holdsworth Chapel where many of them were buried

The epitaph on the memorial is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions

Ramsden, John
[1774-1861] Son of John Ramsden.

He was of independent means [1841] / a landed proprietor [1851].

He married Mary [1778-1858].

Children:

  1. Thomas
  2. Grace [1802-1886]
  3. Sarah [1805-1874] who married William Brear
  4. Ann [1807-1827]
  5. Joseph [1809-1834]
  6. Jane [b 1816]

The family lived at

  • Bedford Street, Halifax [1841]
  • 2 Gerard Street, Halifax [1851]
  • Clough Head, Ovenden [1861]

At the age of 88, he was gored to death by a bull.

He was buried at Illingworth Church [26th July 1867]

Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £2,000. Probate was granted to his son Thomas.

Mary was buried at Illingworth Church [21st May 1858]

Ramsden, John
[1791-1815]

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. John

He died 18th June 1815 (aged 24)  at Waterloo

Members of the family were buried at St Thomas's Church, Greetland

Ramsden, John
[1797-1871] Son of James Ramsden.

He was school master at Popples School House, Bradshaw [1827] / a rent collector / an accountant / a town councillor for Halifax.

On 31st December 1818, he married (1) Sarah Scholefield [1776-1831] at St Peter's Church, Birstal.


Sarah came from Wyke
 

Children:

  1. Edwin [b 1821]
  2. James [b 19th June 1823]
  3. Emma [12th February 1825-7/2/1909] who married (1) Mark Walsh and (2) Robert Crossley
  4. Alfred
  5. Frederic [1828-1908] who went to Australia [1852], married, had a family & died there

On 21st August 1833, he married (2) Alice Priestley [1801-1873] at St Peter's Church, Bradford at Bradford St Peter.


Alice came from Low Moor
 

Children:

  1. Caroline Emily [1839-22nd December 1905] who married William Copley

The family lived at

  • Bradshaw
  • Wyke
  • Halifax

John died in Halifax [14th December 1871] (aged 75) 

Ramsden, John
[18??-19??] A tailor of Denton's Court, Lister Lane, Halifax.

On 7th June 1873, he rushed out of his house and attempted to strangle a small boy, he then tried to do the same to some other children.

The Chief Constable was quickly on the spot and took him to the Town Hall where he became very wild. He was finally taken to the Workhouse.

Ramsden had twice been confined in a lunatic asylum

Ramsden, John
[1814-1884] Son of John Ramsden.

He was a cordwainer [1871] / (formerly) a cordwainer [1881].

On 24th August 1835, he married Nancy Crowther [1815-1888] in Huddersfield.

They lived at Stainland Road, West Vale [1871, 1881].

John died in 1884.

Nancy died 22nd January 1886.

The couple were buried at St Thomas's Church, Greetland

Ramsden, John
[1834-1???] Born in Scammonden.

He was a joiner [1881].

He married Mary [1834-1???].


Mary was born in Rishworth
 

Children:

  1. Martha Ann [b 1853]
  2. Sarah Jane [b 1857] who married John Nichol
  3. Hannah [b 1860]
  4. Eliza [b 1870]

The family lived at Dyson Lane, Soyland [1881]

Ramsden, John Michael
[1931-1972] JP.

Son of Charles Alfred Ramsden.

He succeeded his father as Editor of the Halifax Evening Courier [1964]. He was Managing director of the Halifax Evening Courier, and Chairman of the Brighouse Echo and the Todmorden Times.

In 1956, he married Margery Ann Constable [1933-1984] from South Shields

Ramsden, John Rowland
[1872-1905] Son of Richard Ramsden.

He was a cotton doubler [1891].

In [Q1] 1900, he married Nancy Senior in Halifax.

John Rowland were buried at Brighouse Cemetery

Ramsden, John Taylor
[1835-1916] Son of Thomas Ramsden.

Born in Halifax [15th March 1835].

He was a common brewer / a driecotr of Thomas Ramsden & Son Limited [1894] / churchwarden of Illingworth Church / a governor of the Waterhouse Charity / a trustee of the Wadsworth Charity / a member of the Ovenden School Board / a member of the Ovenden Local Board / Chairman of the Illingworth Conservative Association

He built St Andrew's Mission Church, Holmfield which he gave to the parish.

In 1877, he installed the east window of Bradshaw Church in memory of Rev Edward Ramsden.

In 1878, he married Fanny Watkinson in Halifax.


Fanny was the daughter of George Watkinson
 

Children:

  1. George Taylor
  2. John Watkinson
  3. Thomas
  4. Maud
  5. Mary Winifred
  6. Edward

The family lived at

He died at Middleton Tower, Norfolk [2nd September 1916].

Probate records show that he left personal effects valued at £275,916 19/7d.

See Halifax White Swan Company Limited

Ramsden, John Watkinson
[1880-1943] JP.

Son of John Taylor Ramsden.

On 28th August 1906, he married Eleanor, daughter of John Murgatroyd, at Luddenden Church.

They lived at

He died at University College Hospital, London [15th June 1943]

Ramsden, John William
[1872-19??] Son of William Ramsden.

Born in Richmond.

He was a postman [1902].

On 2nd Aug 1902, he married Rachel Culpan [1870-1927] in Halifax.


Rachel was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Gertrude [b 1907]

Rachel was buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell [16th September 1927]

Ramsden, Jonathan
[1834-1880] Born in Ovenden.

He was licensed victualler & farmer of 13 acres [1871] / landlord of the Sun, Bradshaw [1874].

In [Q2] 1856, he married Zilpha Hooson [1838-1???] in Halifax.


Zilpha was born in Ovenden
 

Children:

  1. Alice [1864-1907] who was a weaver (worsted factory) [1881] and married John Newsome
  2. Albert [b 1866] who was a spinner (worsted factory) [1881]
  3. Sam [b 1869] who was a wool sorter [1891]
  4. Sarah Ann [1871-1874]
  5. Betsy [b 1873] who was a coating weaver [1891]
  6. Annie [b 1877] who was a worsted spinner [1891]
  7. Ada [b 1879] who was a worsted spinner [1891]

The children were born in Ovenden.

The family lived at

  • Soil Hill, Ovenden [1871]
  • New Fold, Soil Hill, Ovenden [1881]
  • 15 Bradshaw Lane, Ovenden, Halifax [1891]

Jonathan died in 1880 (aged 47).

Zilpha was a (domestic) housekeeper [1881]; a stay maker [1891]

Living with Zilpha & family in 1891 were her granddaughters Ida Newsome [b 1888] & Lilly Newsome [b  1889]

Ramsden, Joseph
[16??-1684] Son of Gilbert Ramsden. Of Crowstone Hall, Greetland.

In 1664, he married (1) Mary Sharp.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Thomas

In 1666, after Mary's death, he married (2) Dorothy Savile.

Children:

  1. Joseph
  2. Samuel
  3. Susannah
  4. Grace

When Thomas inherited the family estate, he sent the younger children to stay with his steward, John Jackson of Halifax.

After the deaths of their brothers, Susannah and Grace went to live in Hawksworth

Ramsden, Joseph
[16??-1691] Third son of Joseph Ramsden.

He inherited the family estate when his older brothers died

Ramsden, Joseph
[16??-1698] He lived at Crowstone Hall, Greetland.

He married Elizabeth Finch

Ramsden, Joseph
[17??-18??] Younger son of John Ramsden.

He emigrated to Canada

Ramsden, Joseph
[18??-18??] Manufacturer in Brighouse [1870]

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Sarah Elizabeth [1848-1912] who married Richard Sugden

Sarah Elizabeth were buried at Brighouse Cemetery

Ramsden, Joseph
[1852-1888] Son of Thomas Ramsden.

He was a retort maker.

He lived at Jubilee Street, Trooper Lane [1888]

He died 6th September 1888 (aged 36).

He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery [O 78 C]

Ramsden, Joshua
[1806-1870] Of Brighouse.

He married Martha [1806-1878].

The couple were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse

Ramsden, Lewis
[1869-19??] Born in Halifax.

He was a welded boiler maker [1901] / a carder in worsted factory [1911].

In 1896, he married Ada Booth [1865-19??] in Halifax.


Ada was born in Halifax
 

Children:

  1. Ernest

The family lived at

  • Brow Bridge, Greetland [1901]
  • 2 Arthur Street, Queen's Road, Halifax [1911]

Ramsden, Mary
[1???-1???] Butcher at Woolshops & Causway [1850]

Ramsden, Mary Winifred
[1886-19??] Younger daughter of John Taylor Ramsden

She married Anthony Knight from West Newton, Sandringham.

Children:

  1. Peter Fernley
  2. Edward
  3. John

Ramsden, Maud
[1883-19??] Elder daughter of John Taylor Ramsden.

She married Harold Patrick Martin from Alipore, Calcutta.

Children:

  1. Thomas Aquin
  2. Mervyn Harold

The family lived at Nether Hall, Pakenham, Suffolk

Ramsden, N.
[18??-19??] Built Ramsden's Baths, Rastrick

Ramsden, Nelson
[18??-19??] He was landlord of the Ship Inn, Brighouse [from 21st May 1915, 1916]

Ramsden, Phyllis
[19??-19??] Of Halifax. In the 1960s, she came across the journals of Anne Lister and prepared the publish these. A condition of releasing the documents and the code, Halifax Corporation had to have control over what she could publish, and they refused

Ramsden, Rayner
[1878-1962] Son of Alfred Ramsden.

He became a worsted spinner, and joined the family business – Oates Brothers – established by his maternal uncles: Arthur Donald and Edwin James Oates at Ryburne Mills in Hanson Lane.

He and his siblings Clifford and Edith, all inherited a 1/10th share of the residual estate of their maternal uncle Arthur Donald Oates's estate, after the Bermerside Bequest & Oates Trust Fund.

He married Rachel Ellen Wilkinson in Halifax [Q1 1902].


Rachel Ellen or Nellie was the daughter of a stuff dyer manager
 

They lived at Prospect House, Hanson Lane [where he lived until 1962].

He died at St Anne's on Sea, Lancashire

Ramsden, Richard
[16??-1723] of Siddal Hall.

He was buried at Halifax [12th September 1723]


22nd September 1716.

Articles of Agreement between Robert Ramsden of Clayhouse in Greetland and Richard Ramsden of Siddal Hall in Southowram concerning exchange of seats in Halifax Church

 

Ramsden, Rev Dr Richard
[1761-1831] Son of Thomas Ramsden.

Born in Halifax.

He was educated at Windsor and Eton [1780] / Trinity College Cambridge [1781-1807] / Deputy Regius Professor of Divinity at Trinity / curate in charge at Cleckheaton [1787-1790] / vicar of St Andrew's, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire [1808-1817] / rector of Grundisburgh, Suffolk [1817-1831].

In 1783, he won Sir William Browne's Medal for a Greek ode on the siege of Gibraltar.

He never married.

He died at his home at Grundisburgh, Woodbridge, Suffolk

Ramsden, Richard
[1794-1861] Born in Elland.

He was an organist, professor & teacher of music / (possibly) organist at Elland Parish Church.

On 7th August 1814, he married (1) Mary Mortimer [1796-1827] at Elland Parish Church.

Children:

  1. William Mortimer [1816-1826]

On 16th September 1829, he married (2) Jane Newby [1800-1866] at Elland Parish Church.

Children:

  1. Jane Margaret [1834-1920] who was a teacher [1861], and never married
  2. Victoria [1837-1905] who was an organist & teacher of music [1861], and never married

The family lived in Halifax/Elland, but shortly after the birth of daughter Victoria, they moved to Harrogate; Victoria was born in Halifax and baptised at Christ Church, Harrogate.

Richard and Jane were buried at Christ Church, Harrogate.

Members of the family were buried at Elland Parish Church

Ramsden, Richard
[1833-1894] He was a corn porter [1881] / a labourer at a corn mill [1891].

In [Q2] 1859, he married Jane Smith [1837-1???] in Halifax.

Children:

  1. Dick [b 1863] who was a blacksmith [1881]
  2. Smith [b 1864] who was a silk dresser [1881], a general labourer [1891]
  3. Ann [b 1868] who was a silk dresser [1881] who married Charles Gregson
  4. John Rowland
  5. Sarah Alice [1875-1941] who was a cotton doubler [1891] and never married
  6. Georgina [1878-1880] who died aged 1 year & 8 months
  7. Adeline [b 1880] who was a cotton doubler [1891] and married David Pendlebury
  8. John George who died in infancy
  9. Elizabeth Ann who died in infancy
  10. Susannah who died in infancy

The family lived at 23 Wakefield Road, Brighouse [1881, 1891].

Some members of the family were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse and remembered at Brighouse Cemetery

Ramsden, Robert
[1???-16??] Of Stoney Royd.

He was one of the electorate of 59 people when Jeremy Bentley was elected first MP for Halifax in 1654.

In 1657, he and his brother Paul, became entitled under the will of their uncle, Robert Ramsden,

of the messuage called the Birkes, and a close thereto adjoining, in Halifax on trust to sell the same for the payment of the testator's debts

See Birks Hall, Ovenden

Ramsden, Robert
[1???-18??] He was appointed Surveyor of the Highways for Southowram [1835]

Ramsden, Robert
[15??-1???] Of Longley.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Ellen
  2. Robert

In 1578, St Matthew's Church, Rastrick was illegally sold to Ramsden and used as a barn

Ramsden, Robert
[15??-16??] Of Almondbury and Rastrick.

Son of Robert Ramsden of Longley Hall, Huddersfield.

He married Joan Firth.


Joan was the daughter of Edward Firth of Rastrick
 

Children:

  1. Henry

Ramsden, Robert
[15??-16??] Of Back Hall, Exley. In 1607, he sold Haley Hill, Halifax to Henry Grime

Ramsden, Robert
[16??-1???] He was Constable of Northowram [1690, 1737]

Ramsden, Robert
[16??-16??]

In November 1673, he, James Brooksbank and Joshua Smith, were arrested and taken to York for refusing to take the churchwardens' oath,

although they had faithfully served the office

In York, they each paid £6 and were released

Ramsden, Robert
[16??-1689] Of Siddal Hall. The family may be related to the Ramsden family of Greetland.

In 1684/5, Henry Marsden sold the houses and farm at Upper Rookes to Robert

for a sum so small that it apparently amounted to a gift

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. John
  2. Robert
  3. George
Robert Ramsden died 1689 leaving three sons

Ramsden, Robert
[16??-17??] Of Quarry House, Northowram.

Son of Robert Ramsden

Ramsden, Robert
[1681-1760] Son of George Ramsden. He was churchwarden of Illingworth Church [1738].

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. John

Ramsden, Robert
[1708-1767] Of Osberton and Byrom.

On 13th January 1753, he married Elizabeth Smith

Ramsden, Robert
[1727-1770] Of Skircoat.

He married Mary [1726-1773].

Robert died August 1770. Mary died June 1773.

The couple were buried in Halifax Parish Church

Ramsden, Robert
[18??-18??] Of Southowram.

He married Maria [1816-1869].

Children:

  1. Robert who died in infancy
  2. Arthur who died in infancy
  3. Thomas [1839-1855]
  4. Richard [1844-1865]

Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram

Ramsden, Robert Ingersoll
[1892-1918] Son of Thomas Ramsden.

Born in Norland.

He was a member of St Luke's Church, Norland / a cotton piecer [1911] / employed by W. & R. K. Lee Limited.

He lived at Bethel Terrace, Norland.

During World War I, he enlisted [October 1914], and served as a Lance Corporal with the 2nd/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed by shellfire [26th August 1918].

He was buried at the Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension [IV G 9].

He is remembered on Norland War Memorial, and on the W. & R. K. Lee Limited Roll of Honour

Ramsden, Rowland
[1759-1835] Son of Thomas Ramsden.

Born in Halifax.

Halifax attorney. He lived and practised at Barum Top House.

On 3rd November 1789, he married Mary Alderson [1768-1794] in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire.

Children:

  1. Agnes Bickerstaff [1793-1858] who married John Rhodes Ralph

In 1785, he inherited £100 from his grandfather Rowland Watson.

He lived [1820], and died, at Gomersal

Ramsden, Ruth Ann
[1871-1945] Daughter of Elkanah Ramsden.

She was a domestic servant to the family of James Parkinson, School Board caretaker, at School House, Parkinson Lane, Halifax [1901].

She had 2 illegitimate sons:

  1. Elkanah
  2. Jack [b 30th January 1905; bapt at St Thomas's Church, Claremount 22nd February 1905]

Father unknown for either son.

She lived at

  • 6 Miles Street, Halifax [1898]
  • Range Bank, Halifax [1905]

In [Q4] 1906, she married James Tatham in Halifax

Ramsden, Samuel
[1???-1682] Son of Henry Ramsden. He built – or rebuilt – Stott Hall.

He married Grace

Ramsden, Samuel
[16??-1???] Son of Joseph Ramsden. He inherited the family estate, but died intestate and it passed to his sisters, Susannah and Grace

Ramsden, Samuel
[1799-1848] Of Brighouse.

He died 14th November 1848.

he was buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse

Ramsden, Samuel
[18??-18??] Lasting manufacturer at Forest Mills, Ovenden [1861]

Ramsden, Susannah
[16??-1734] Daughter of Joseph Ramsden and sister of Grace. After the deaths of their brothers, Susannah and Grace went to live in Hawksworth. She died before she was able to fulfil her own wish to found a school near Elland parish church for the poor boys of Elland and Greetland

Ramsden, Thomas
[1???-15??] He lived at High Trees Hall, Barkisland [1524]

Ramsden, Thomas
[16??-1698] He lived at Crowstone Hall, Greetland.

He married Elizabeth Finch and Judith Horton.

See Sod House Green

Ramsden, Thomas
[16??-17??] Son of Thomas Ramsden. He was High Sheriff of Yorkshire [1725-1726].

He married Frances Hawksworth.


Frances was the daughter of Sir Walter Hawksworth of Hawksworth
 

Children:

  1. Walter

Ramsden, Thomas
[16??-17??] He was Constable of Northowram [1723]

Ramsden, Thomas
[16??-1732] Halifax attorney

Ramsden, Thomas
[1670-1691] Second son of Joseph Ramsden. He inherited the estate after his father and older brother, John, died.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Thomas

Heywood comments that


he died young, having shortened his days by intemperance
 

After his death, his brother, Samuel, inherited the estate

Ramsden, Thomas
[17??-1???] He married Anne.

Children:

  1. Rowland [1759-1835]
  2. son
  3. son
  4. Anne [1764-1788] who married Thomas Harrison

There is a memorial to their children, Rowland and Anne in Halifax Parish Church, along with that of Thomas Harrison, where an inscription reads


Sacred to the Memory
of Anne, the wife of Thomas
Harrison and oldest daughter
of Thomas & Anne Ramsden,
who died April 5th 1788, aged
24 years.

Also of Thomas Harrison, formerly of Kendal, who died Jany 1st 1793, aged 32 years.
Also of their daughter Anne, who died Augt 24th 1790, aged 2 years.
Also to the memory of Rowland, eldest son of the above-named Thomas and Anne Ramsden, who died Decr 26th 1835, aged 76.

Ramsden, Thomas
[17??-18??] Cotton and wool card maker at Heath, Halifax [1809]

Ramsden, Thomas
[17??-18??] Cotton spinner at Winters Mill, Stansfield [1822]

Ramsden, Thomas
[17??-18??] Cotton spinner at Bowling Dyke Mills, Halifax [1801]

Ramsden, Thomas
[1733-1787] Son of John Ramsden.

Born in Halifax.

He was a merchant [1755] / a trustee in the will of Rowland Watson [1776].

On 9th November 1756, he married Ann, daughter of Rowland Watson, at Keighley.

Children:

  1. John [b 1757]
  2. Rowland
  3. George [1760-1786]
  4. Richard
  5. Ann [b 1763]
  6. Hannah [b 1765]
  7. Thomas
  8. Martha [b 1773]

Ramsden, Colonel Thomas
[1769-1851] Son of Thomas Ramsden.

He was educated at Peterborough / a partner in Ramsden, Harrison & Company / Colonel of the Halifax Local Militia / a member of a Committee supporting those affected by the Luddites [1813].

He carried on his business as a card maker for the cotton and woollen industry at his home, Heath Hall [1841] He had interests in Royston's wire mill and a wire mill in Brighouse.

He was one of the subscribers to John Horner's book Buildings in the Town & Parish of Halifax [1835]

On 23rd May 1799, he married Ann, daughter of William Simpson.

They lived at Heath Hall, Halifax [1841, 1851]

Ramsden, Thomas
[1771-1804] Son of John Ramsden.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. John [1800-1805]

Thomas died 20th August 1804.

Son John died 18th July 1805.

Members of the family were buried in Halifax Parish Church

Ramsden, Thomas
[1800-1882] Son of John Ramsden.

Established Thomas Ramsden & Son Limited.

He lived at Jumples House, Mixenden.

On 18th June 1833, he married Susannah Taylor [1804-1868] in Haworth; Rev Patrick Brontë conducted the ceremony.


Susannah was the eldest daughter of Stephen Taylor of Stanbury, Haworth
 

Children:

  1. John Taylor
  2. Mary [1837-1911] who married Wilson Midgley

The family supported Illingworth Church and financed the construction of Holmfield Mission Church.

Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at £7,605 4/2d

See Halifax White Swan Company Limited

Ramsden, Thomas
[1828-1884] He was a carter.

He married Mary [18??-1???].

Children:

  1. Joseph
  2. Sarah Elizabeth [1856-1878]
  3. Mary Hannah [1859-1879]
  4. William [1861-1868]
  5. Thomas [1864] who died aged 2 weeks

The family lived at Caddy Field.

Thomas died 2nd February 1884 (aged 56).

Members of the family were buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery

Ramsden, Thomas
[1851-1927] Son of John Ramsden, quarryman.

Born in Thornhill Lees, Dewsbury.

He was a quarryman of Wall Nook, Greetland [1880] / a stone delver [1881] / a stone quarryman [1891, 1901, 1911].

On 4th November 1880, he married Maria Throp [1851-1922] at Halifax Parish Church.


Maria, of Boothtown, was the daughter of
Edmund Throp
 

Children:

  1. Samuel [b 1879] who was an iron planer; [1911]
  2. George [b 1881] who was a cotton twiner [1891, 1901]
  3. Edmond [b 1883] who was a cotton twiner [1901]
  4. Mary Ann [b 1885] who was a wool twister [1901]
  5. Richard [b 1891] who was a farmer's man; [1911]
  6. Robert Ingersoll
  7. Ellen [b 1894] who was a cotton winder; [1911]
  8. child who died young [before 1911]

The family lived at

  • Moor Bottom, Norland [1891]
  • Hob Lane Top, Norland [1901]
  • Bethel Terrace, Norland [1917, 1911]

Ramsden, Thomas
[1882-1960] MA.

Third son of John Taylor Ramsden of Jumples House, Mixenden.

He was educated at Harrow and Christ Church Oxford.

He was Assistant Managing Director of the family firm Thomas Ramsden & Son Limited.

On 29th April 1920, he married Clare Ermyntrude Magdalene Taylor [1891-1953].


Clare Ermyntrude Magdalene was born in Kensington, London, the daughter of Robert Wright Taylor of Barton-upon-Humber and London.

Her parents were barristers at law [1891]

 

Children:

  1. Diana Mary [b 1921]
  2. June [b 1923]

He lived at Middleton Tower, Kings Lynn, Norfolk where Clare and Thomas died

Ramsden, Timothy
[16??-17??] Woolstapler. In 1724, he rebuilt Hazlehurst Hall, Ambler Thorn.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Elizabeth
  2. Martha

Both the children died of smallpox [1736]

Ramsden, Tom
[1895-1918] Son of Harry Ramsden.

Born in Ovenden.

He was a member of Providence Congregational Church, Ovenden / an apprentice boot maker for Halifax Co-operative Society [1911].

During World War I, he enlisted [July 1916], and served as a Private with the 1st/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

He was killed in action at Kemmel [15th April 1918].

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial [82-85 & 162A], on the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Providence Congregational Church, Ovenden

Ramsden, Tommy
[18??-1???] An itinerant bookseller for William Milner

Ramsden, Walter
[1???-17??] Son of Thomas Ramsden. He took the surname Hawksworth.

He married Unknown.

Children:

  1. Walter

Ramsden, William
[15??-15??] See Kirklees Priory, Brighouse

Ramsden, William
[17??-18??] Cotton spinner at Lee Bridge Mill, Halifax [1803]

Ramsden, William
[1829-1908] Born in Hipperholme.

He was a soldier.

After discharge from the Army, he worked for the Post Office.

On 26th November 1868, he married Mary Jane Hollas at St Thomas's Church, Claremount.


Mary Jane was the daughter of
John Hollas
 

Children:

  1. George [1869-1878]
  2. John William
  3. Alice [b 1874] who married William Ashman
  4. George Edward [1877-1926] who was a time keeper for the council
  5. Arthur [1879-1887]
  6. Sarah [1882-1894]
  7. Eva [1885-1892] who died at Howard Street, Halifax
  8. Wilfred [1887-1896] who died at 40 Kliffen Place, Halifax

William died in Halifax [8th January 1908].

Mary Jane died in Halifax [1892].

Members of the family were buried at St Thomas the Apostle, Claremount: Arthur [10th May 1887]; Mary Jane [21st July 1892]; Eva [19th November 1892]; Wilfred [10th August 1896]; George Edward [29th October 1926]

Ramsden, William Crabtree
[1838-1887] Son of Edwin Ramsden.

Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [1st April 1838].

He was a currier / an unemployed dyer living in Ovenden [1881]; a serial offender:

  • June 1863: Imprisoned for 6 months at Bradford Sessions for stealing leather
  • 5th October 1864: Imprisoned for 3 months for want of sureties
  • October 1866: Acquitted at Leeds Sessions for obtaining money by false pretences
  • April 1867: Imprisoned for 6 months at Leeds Sessions for obtaining money
  • December 1867: Acquitted at Durham Sessions for fraud
  • 17th August 1868: Imprisoned for 7 years at Wakefield Session for stealing leather
  • He was in Gillingham prison [1871]
  • He was in Pentonville on his release on license [1874]
  • 27th June 1881: Imprisoned for 18 months at Wakefield Session for
    Felonious Embezzlement

    • on 9th April 1881, the sum of 7/8d
    • on the 10th April 1881, the sum of 5/-
    • on 25th April 1881, the sum of 15/-, the property of his master, Frederick Jennings of Halifax

In 1859, he married Martha Binns

Children:

  1. James Henry [b 1862]
  2. Mary Ann Lydia [b 1869]
  3. Charles William [b 1876]

Ramsden, Willie
[1897-1916] Son of Mrs Hannah Ramsden of 1 William Henry Street, Brighouse.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 13th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.

He died 27th October 1916 (aged 19).

He was buried at the Bethune Town Cemetery [VI A 7]

Ramsden, Zillah
[1802-1860] She was the first person to be buried in the graveyard at St John the Evangelist, Clifton

 

The Ramsden family of Greetland
A branch of the family owned land and property in Greetland, Barkisland, Exley and Southowram.

Gilbert Ramsden was an early member of the family, and Geoffrey Ramsden was a member of another branch of the family.

Some of the family lived at Bowers Hall, Barkisland and Crawstone Hall, Greetland.

They are associated with – and possibly ancestors of – the Ramsden family of Huddersfield and the Ramsden family of Wheatley.

See Bowers Hall, Barkisland, Crawstone Hall, Greetland, Ye Farre Close, High Trees Hall, Barkisland, Hoyle House, Friendly, Jumples House, Mixenden, Kirklees Hall, Brighouse, Upper Rookes, Norwood Green, The Ramsden family of Greetland, The Ramsden family of Huddersfield and The Ramsden family of Jumples

The Ramsden family of Huddersfield
The family bought the manor of Huddersfield from Elizabeth I in 1599, and the manor of Almondbury in 1627.

See Ramsden family of Barkisland

The Ramsden family of Jumples
and Illingworth. Yeomen clothiers. The family established a considerable estate in the Illingworth and Jumples area and the name is still found in the district. John Ramsden of Rishworth was an early member of the family.

See Bowers Hall, Barkisland, Crawstone Hall, Greetland, Ye Farre Close, High Trees Hall, Barkisland, Hoyle House, Friendly, Jumples House, Mixenden, Kirklees Hall, Brighouse, Upper Rookes, Norwood Green, The Ramsden family of Greetland, The Ramsden family of Huddersfield and The Ramsden family of Jumples

The Ramsden family of Norwood Green
They owned Upper Rookes, Norwood Green [1684-1784]

Ramsden surname
Another form of the surname is Ramsdin.

Derived from rams and dene, meaning valley of the wild garlic.

There are over 150 entries on the Calderdale Companion for people with the surname Ramsden, as discussed in this SideTrack. This count does not include other forms of the surname.

Unattached BMDs for Ramsden:


Baptism 1856; Marriages 1810, 1858, 1861, 1873, 1887, 1901, 1907; Deaths 1805, 1812, 1906, 1907
 

See Ramsbottom




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