The entries for people & families with the surname Rawson 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.
When interviewed for Crabtree's Tour of Calder Dale of 1832,
Mr Rawson of Sowerby Bridge
said that
and
One of Priestley's employees, Mary Holland, said
that
She was born at Brockwell.
She served with the WRNS in World War II.
She married Wilfred John Arthur Watkins
Born 17th September 1818.
In 1848, he married Charlotte Elizabeth Clay.
Children:
He was ordained.
He was vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Bromley Common, Kent for 39
years.
He was curate at Bowness-on-Windermere.
He died at Fallbarrow, Windermere [18th May 1891]
Born in Manningham.
His twin brother Currer Benjamin had died at the age of 6.
He was
educated at Heath Grammar School [1860] /
an articled clerk [1871] /
a solicitor [1901].
In 1876, he married (1) Emily Holdsworth in Halifax.
Children:
After Emily's death [1883], he installed a clerestory window
in the south arcade chancel of Halifax Parish Church in her memory.
In 1891, he married (2) Ann Sussmann
in Kensington.
Children:
The family lived at
Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [10th April 1745].
She was an acquaintance of Anne Lister.
She never married.
She (possibly) died in Caistor, Lincolnshire [Q2 1841].
Catherine was buried at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax
[13th May 1841]
He married Unknown.
Children:
The family lived at Cross Street, Horton Street, Halifax.
He was killed when he tried to recover the Volunteer balloon
In 1872, he married Catharine Hendry.
By Rawson standards, he probably married beneath his station
Children:
He joined the Royal Navy.
Like his brothers –
Lancelot Bernard
and
Edmund Stansfield
- he went to live in Australia.
He returned to England
On 21st August 1897, he married Emma Jane Sutcliffe of Sowerby
Bridge, at the Unitarian Chapel, Halifax
In 1884, he married Alice Cruikshank
Second son of Stansfield Rawson.
In 1840, he married (1) Octavia Collinson.
Children:
In 1854, he married (2) Eleanor Charlotte Berkeley.
He lived at Spring Grove, Huddersfield and Wasdale Hall, Cumberland
After his father died in 1719, his mother, Catharine, married
John Crossley of Kershaw House, Luddenden and the
family moved to Halifax, although 2 brothers stayed in Bradford.
He was the first of the Rawson family to settle in Halifax.
In 1738, he bought land at Stoney Royd, Halifax.
He built Stoney Royd House with bricks made in the grounds.
In 17??, he married Grace Rawson.
Children:
In November 1769, he attended the enquiry which had been
called by the Marquis of Rockingham to discuss the problem
of the coiners and the murder of William Deighton.
He was strongly against Anne's relationship with Ann Walker, and he raised a drunken mob to make effigies of the ladies
and burn them in Halifax.
He was a subscriber to the publication of Watson's History.
He died 12th August 1780.
He was buried in Halifax Parish Church.
See
Law Hill House,
Northowram Hall and
Walker pit
See
Christopher Rawson Penfold
Son of Thomas Samuel Rawson.
He lived in Woolwich, London.
He became a Captain and Paymaster for Lower Canada.
In 1840, he married Ellen Frances Wright.
Children:
He was a Master of the Clothworkers Company in the City of
London.
He was Master of the Company of Watermen & Lightermen of the River
Thames.
In 1961, he was Sheriff of the City of London
In 1865, he married Janie Forsythe Grant.
Children:
Born in Midgehole.
He was
a fustian cutter of Heptonstall [1895] /
a fustian cutter [1901] /
a general outdoor stone mason's labourer [1911]
In 1895, he married Barbara Walton [1873-1???] at Heptonstall Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Sons Wilfred & Richard served in World War I;
Richard was killed
Only daughter of William Henry Rawson.
In 1895, she and other members of the Rawson family gave £5000
for the creation of the Rawson Children's Ward at the Royal Halifax Infirmary.
The ward was named in memory of her father.
In 1905, she married Henry Hale MacDougall.
She and other members of her family were buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby:
Constance Ellen [18th February 1925].
See
St Chad's Mission Church & School
Eldest daughter of John Selwyn Rawson.
She married William A. C. Lloyd
He was a Lieutenant in the
Royal Engineers.
He served in India.
In 1881, he married (1) Rose Tippett [18??-1896].
In 1899, he married (2) Constance Sophia Pickney Simpson
Born at Haugh End House [30th January 1893].
She married Colonel Walter Vyvian Nugent [1911].
She died 11th July 1993 (aged 100).
She was buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby
with her husband & father-in-law
Like his brothers –
Charles Collinson
and
Lancelot Bernard
- he went to live in Australia.
He returned to England
In 1831, he married Elizabeth Sarah Clarke.
Children:
He was a Commissioner of Land & Assessed Taxes [1845].
He died in Clavedon, Somerset
In 1881, he married Marian Emma Duffield.
They had 3 sons, one of whom was killed in World War I
She married Thomas Shaw.
She died at her residence, Porchester Terrace, Hyde Park, London
She married Amaziah Empson
Born 3rd March 1809.
She married Rev Alexander Bean.
There is a brass memorial to her in Sowerby Church, and 2 mosaics
placed in the apse by her husband
She married her cousin, Christopher Saltmarshe.
She was a friend of Anne Lister, although Anne considered
her vulgar
She never married.
She and her sisters lived at Skircoat House, Skircoat Green for a
time.
She died at Old Well Head.
She is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1905
She died at Llandudno.
She and other members of her family were buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby:
Florence Harriet Marianne [25th October 1861].
The font at St Peter's Church, Sowerby is inscribed in her memory
He lived at Savile Green, Halifax [1845]
On his death, Stoney Royd House was demolished
Fifth son of Samuel Rawson.
He went to Uganda and worked for the Uganda Railway
Born in West Vale.
He married Annie.
They lived at 79 Langdale Street, Elland.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st Battalion
Lincolnshire Regiment.
He died 21st August 1918.
He was buried at the Queens Cemetery, Bucquoy [I O 1].
He is remembered on Elland War Memorial,
on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland,
and on the Memorial at West Vale Baptist Chapel
Son of William Henry Rawson.
Born 25th July 1821.
In 1843, he married Harriet Susanna Priestley.
Children:
He followed his father-in-law, John Priestley, into Thorpe House, Triangle.
He was manufacturing woollens at Thorpe Mill, Sowerby Bridge
as F. E. Rawson & Company.
He was churchwarden at St Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden.
He gave the font and a new organ [1868] to the Church.
There is a window in his memory in the Church
He died 16th May 1879.
He had set about building the church of St John the Divine, Thorpe, but died before the foundation stone was laid.
His widow completed the work.
Members of the family were buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby:
Frederick Edward [21st May 1879];
Harriet Susanna [30th November 1901].
Eldest son of Frederick Edward Rawson.
He raised prize-winning geese and poultry.
He was President of Sowerby Free Wanderers Football Club.
On 9th October 1897, he married Dora Hoggarth
in Marylebone, London.
They had no children.
He served as a Lieutenant with the Queen's Bay Regiment.
He was taken ill whilst on active service and discharged.
He was buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby
[14th November 1911].
Second son of Commander Selwyn Gerald Caygill Rawson.
In 1956, he married Marion Brisbane Oliphant from Stirling.
Children:
He was a Lieutenant in the Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment.
In 1914, serving as Colonel because all his seniors had been killed
or wounded, he was wounded and spent 2 years as a complete invalid.
He was
Chairman of Edwards & Rawson /
a Director of the Calder & Hebble Navigation Company.
In 1924, whilst on holiday in Cornwall, he saved 2 people from
drowning and was awarded the medal of the Royal Humane Society.
In 1914, he married Sarah Katharine Mitchell.
Children:
The family lived at Brockwell.
He died at Marsh Green, Exeter.
The couple were buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby:
Frederick Philip Selwyn [29th July 1947]
She was buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby
[28th December 1859].
Rawson's Almshouses were built as a memorial to her.
See
Sowerby Well
She married John Waterhouse.
She died 19th February 1849.
There is a memorial to John and Grace in Halifax Parish Church
The epitaph on the memorial
is recorded in
the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions
He joined the Royal Navy.
He was promoted to Captain.
Whilst serving in Australia, he married Dorothy Mitchell.
Children:
He died in the European Hospital at Tanga, Kenya
He had a distinguished naval career and was an ADC to Queen
Victoria.
In 1897, he led the successful Punitive Expedition to Benin
In 1882, he married Isabel Ada Capel-Hanbury.
They had 2 sons
Born 26th September 1816.
She never married.
She died 13th May 1882.
She is buried in the family grave at St Peter's Church, Sowerby
[16th May 1882].
There is a window in her memory at Sowerby Church
He was a draper in Australia [1896].
On 25th April 1894, he married Minna Alice Schwartz
[1867-19??] at St George's Cathedral, Perth.
Children:
In 1923, his widow and sons are listed as Second Class passengers
aboard the SS America, sailing from Southampton to New York,
and giving New Zealand as their intended future permanent
residence.
Later, they are residents of Auckland, New Zealand.
Minna's birthplace is given as Wellington, New Zealand;
Arthur's as Perth, Australia;
John's as Upper Hutt, New Zealand
He married Mildred Paley.
He was Captain in the Queen's Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry.
He was killed in action [15th November 1916].
He was buried at the Munich Trench British Cemetery [C 18]
He was
a detective officer with Halifax Borough Police /
Deputy Chief Constable at Halifax Police Office in Horton Street [1845] /
landlord of the Waggoners Inn, Halifax [1852].
On 6th August 1852, he died from Cholera
He was a worsted weaver [1841], and joiner and cabinet maker at
Halifax [1861].
On 23rd May 1838, he married Sarah Greenwood [1817-18??].
Children:
The family lived at
By 1861, he had married Zilpha Feather [1827-1903].
Children:
In [Q2] 1908, he married Edna Elizabeth Wood [1877-1964] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
During World War I,
he served as a Gunner
with the 346th Brigade
Royal Artillery.
He died in Winter Street Military Hospital in Sheffield [10th January 1918] (aged 41).
He was buried at Christ Church, Pellon
[K 13].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Saint Augustine's Church, Pellon
Edna Elizabeth died 27th June 1964 (aged 87).
She is remembered on James's grave
On 4th August 1707, he married Grace, daughter of Jeremiah Rossendale
Around 1836, he became a cloth manufacturer at Old Lane Mill, Halifax.
He was one of the subscribers to John Horner's book Buildings in the Town & Parish of Halifax [1835].
On 25th January 1810, he married Hannah, daughter of Thomas Preston.
Children:
The family lived at Shay House and then at Green Royde
At All Saints' Church, Dudwell, there is a window inscribed in his
memory
And in remembrance of their beloved mother, Hannah Rawson, of Green
Royde, who died on 16th April 1861, aged 71 years
In 1841, he married (1) Sarah Stead [18??-1845].
Children:
Sarah died in 1845.
In 1853, he married (2) Mary Sankey.
Children:
In 1???, he married Catharine Lister.
Children:
He married Mary Swaine.
Children:
Son of Jeremiah Rawson [16??-1736] of Beckfoot, Cottingley.
He married Sarah Dobson from Bingley [16??-1725].
Children:
He married Elizabeth Bowers from Manchester.
They had no children
Born 1st December 1744.
Like his father, he was a trustee of the Halifax to Rochdale turnpike
which was constructed in the 1820s.
He inherited Stoney Royd House.
He owned
Whitegate, Siddal,
Copperas House, Siddal,
and
property at Ashday, Southowram
In 1777, he married Nelly Stansfield.
Children:
In 1813, he sold the Manor of Southowram.
He died 15th July 1815.
See
Rawson, Rhodes & Briggs and
Rawson's Bank
Son of John Rawson.
He was in banking with his brothers Christopher and
William Henry.
He was
Deputy Lieutenant of the West Riding /
a Commissioner of Land & Assessed Taxes [1845] /
a Commissioner of Property & Income Tax [1845].
In October 1806, he married Elizabeth Markland [17??-1821] of
Leeds.
Children:
Around 1820, he lived at Ash Grove, Southowram.
In 1823, after the death of his first wife, John married
Elizabeth Preston.
They had no children
See
West Yorkshire Railway Company
Born 21st November 1813.
He lived at Brockwell, Sowerby Bridge between 1840 and 1899.
He was the first of the family to live there.
He subsequently bought several local properties including
Ball Green, Soyland,
Bentley Royd,
Castle Hill Farm,
Sowerby Hall,
Sowerby Well,
Star Inn,
Town End Farm and
White Windows
He planted much of the woodland – 100,000 trees – seen in the
Ryburn valley.
He was elected president of the Halifax Choral Society when he was
80 years old.
On 19th April 1873,
he and his brother,
William Henry, paid off the Vicar's rate for the township of Sowerby, at a cost
of £3,200.
He was a partner in W. H. Rawson & Company.
He was known by his employees as Johnny Lad.
He inherited High Sunderland.
On 2nd September 1840, he married Elizabeth Marianne Priestley.
Children:
John died 8th February 1899.
He and his wife were buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby
where he was churchwarden for 35 years:
Elizabeth Marianne [14th January 1876];
John [11th February 1899].
See
St Peter's Church, Sowerby and
Sowerby Well
Born 28th April 1915.
On 30th January 1939, he married (1) Elizabeth Mary Whitaker.
During the Second World War, he served in Malaya and worked on a
rubber plantation there.
His wife was a nurse attached to the British Red Cross in Singapore.
She was wounded but the couple escaped to Java, and then to Bombay.
Children:
They divorced.
In 1965, he married (2) Marjorie Louise Bories.
He died 22nd September 1996 (aged 81).
He is remembered on the family grave at St Peter's Church, Sowerby
His father erected a memorial by Westmacott in the south aisle of
Halifax Parish Church
He was
JP for the West Riding /
a trustee of Rishworth Grammar School /
a trustee of Bairstow's Charity School /
Chairman of the Sowerby School Board [1896] /
a partner in F. E. Rawson & Company /
Chairman of Edwards & Rawson /
a director of the Calder & Hebble Navigation Company /
one of the subscribers to The Old Halls & Manor Houses of Yorkshire [1913],
and he was on the Committee of
the Halifax Tradesmen's Benevolent Society /
the Blue Coat School
He kept beagles and bloodhounds, and raised Channel Islands cattle
which won prizes at agricultural shows.
He married Annie Constance Dwyer.
Children:
The family lived at
Members of the family were buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby:
John Selwyn [9th March 1925];
Annie Constance [19th March 1949].
Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £47,482.
See
Church Stile, Sowerby,
King's Head, Sowerby and
White Horse, Triangle
Like his brothers –
Charles Collinson
and
Edmund Stansfield
- he went to live in Australia.
He remained in Australia, but his brothers returned to England.
He died at Rockhampton, Queensland
She married James Inglis.
She died at Scarborough.
See
Skircoat House, Skircoat Green
Born in Halifax
He was President of the Flyfishers Association.
He was a Master of the Clothworkers Company in the City of London
In 1881, he married Joyce Henry.
Children:
Born in Oldham.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 16th November 1914 (aged 31).
He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [20],
on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Saint Hilda's Church, Halifax
In 1863, he married Grace Spencer [b 1840] in the Bradford
district.
They lived at 66 George Street, Thornton [1871]
He was
a member of Heptonstall Church & School /
who was a wark? remover fustian ready made clothing [1911] /
employed by R. B. Brown & Sons.
During World War I,
he was called up as a Derby recruit [May 1916], and
served as a Private
with the 13th Battalion
Northumberland Fusiliers.
His brother Wilfred also served in the War.
Richard died 28th September 1916 (aged 18).
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial [10B, 11B & 12B],
and on the Roll of Honour at Heptonstall Church
In 1847, he married Frances Anne Smelt.
Children:
He was promoted to Captain.
In 1850, he married Elizabeth Dougall.
Children:
Third son of John Selwyn Rawson.
Born at Haugh End House [8th March 1902].
He served in both World Wars.
He was a Commander in the Royal Navy, and was awarded the King
Haakon VII Liberation Medal.
He was awarded the OBE for his efforts in World War II.
From 1952, he was President of the Loyal Georgean Society.
On 8th April 1926, he married Doris Brown.
Children:
The family lived at
He was buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby
In 1905, he married Althea Goodrich Tuspie
Son of John Rawson.
Born at Stoney Royd.
He was
a wealthy banker /
in charge of the Huddersfield branch of Rawson's Bank /
JP /
Deputy Lieutenant for the West Riding /
a member of a Committee supporting those affected by the Luddites [1813].
In 1802, he married Elizabeth Leach.
Children:
They lived at Ovenden Hall until 1803,
when the family moved to Gledholt Hall, Greenhead,
then to Savile Green,
and then to Wasdale Hall, Cumberland
which was built for him in 1829.
On the death of Christopher Rawson in 1849, he inherited a
life interest in Stoney Royd, but he released this to his
eldest son, Francis William.
In 1846, along with his brothers, John and Thomas Samuel, he invested £27,000 in a railway venture
In 1814, he married Sarah Colbeck Holdsworth.
Children:
The family moved to Kent
he could not conscientiously sign [the petition supporting the Ten
Hours Bill]
he would not allow the petition to enter the premises [of his works],
for it would appear that he countenanced the thing
They break their heads at Rawson's factory ... they clean the mill
during meal times ... they stop their wages for going late or doing
anything wrong
Charlotte Elizabeth was the daughter of Castel William
Clay of Liverpool
3 other daughters died in infancy.
Catharine was the daughter of a Winchester boot-maker
Grace was the daughter of John Rawson of Beckfoot,
Cottingley
Ellen Frances was the daughter of John Naylor Wright of
Liverpool and Beaumaris
Barbara was born in Heptonstall, the daughter of Nathaniel
Walton, labourer
Rose was the daughter of John Tippett of Hanham,
Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Sarah was the daughter of John Clarke of
Dublin
Dora came from Kendal, the daughter of John Hoggarth of
Westmorland, and sister of Margaret who married Rev Edward Brierley
Minna Alice was the daughter of G. W. Schwartz of
Bazaar Terrace, Perth
Mildred was the daughter of Algernon Paley
Erected by Emma Sophia Rawson, Christiana Rawson and Louisa Inglis in remembrance of their beloved father Jeremiah
Rawson, of Green Royde, who died on 6th September 1839, aged 52 years.
Sarah was the daughter of Samuel Stead
Mary was the daughter of Anne Swaine
Elizabeth was the second daughter of Edward Markland
(merchant) of Westminster and Leeds
He was married on the same day as his brother
William
Frances Anne was the daughter of Rev Charles Smelt
Rector of Gedling, Nottinghamshire
Elizabeth was the daughter of William Dougall RN