The entries for people & families with the surname Spencer 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 Unknown.
Children:
He lived at White Hill, Illingworth
He was living with his grandparents Margaret Ann & William
Spencer in Cornholme [1891, 1901].
He was
educated at Cornholme Council School /
a member of Mount Zion United Free Methodist Church, Cornholme.
In [Q1] 1909, he married Ada Walton Forrest [1888-1921] in Burnley.
Children:
The family lived at
During World War I,
he enlisted in Hurlingham, Middlesex [1914], and served as a Private
with the 2/3rd County of London Yeomanry, then transferred and
served as a Private
with 20 Squadron
Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry).
He served in the Dardanelles & Palestine.
He died of haemoptysis in Alexandria [28th July 1918] (aged 32).
He was buried at the Gaza War Cemetery [XXXII C 2].
He is remembered on Todmorden War Memorial,
and on Cornholme War Memorial.
His aunt Hannah Maria Rayner (née Gorton)
[1867-1933] applied for his War Medals
She ran a school at Pellon [1851]
In December 1860, he was declared insolvent
Baptised at St Bartholomew's Church, Colne [4th May 1719].
He was a tailor.
On 9th May 1737, he married Hannah Knight [16??-17??] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
He was a neighbour and friend of Abraham Kershaw, and he was
visiting Kershaw when he first heard of John Wesley.
He became an active Methodist in the district.
Around 1750, he was chased by an angry mob and almost thrown into the
Ryburn at Stirk Bridge.
He was buried at South Parade Methodist Chapel, Halifax
See
Gainest Cottage Sunday School
In 1772, he married Elizabeth [Betty] Brigg [1752-1836].
Children:
to listen to Titus Knight preach, subsequently married one
of Blakey Spencer's sons, and died at the age of 84 in 1836
Question:
Can anyone confirm that Betty and Walker's Mrs
Spencer are one and the same?
Both his parents died in their early 40s and within 5 days of each
other.
It is said that he was 12 when they died, but he was born in 1766 and
they died in 1788, so this cannot be correct.
Caleb went into Ovenden Workhouse for 1 year until he was
apprenticed out to a local farmer, Isaac Brear.
He stayed with Brear for 8 years until he was 21.
He married Unknown.
Children:
The family lived at Small Clough [1835].
Throughout his life, he acquired land at Oxenhope, and he and his
son, Henry, were landlord of the Dog & Gun at Oxenhope.
Caleb started mining clay on the land next to the Dog &
Gun.
His daughter, Sarah, married David Parkinson,
and Caleb and David founded Parkinson & Spencer
Caleb was buried at Mount Zion, Ogden, and his epitaph
describes him as
Born in Ovenden.
He was landlord of the Malt Shovel, Ambler Thorn [1861, 1864].
In 1853, he married Rachel Stocks [1831-1917] in Halifax.
Children:
He died at the Malt Shovel [30th August 1871].
After his death, his wife Rachel took over at the Malt
Shovel [1871]
Born in Halifax.
He was
a worsted mill hand [1881] /
a dyer's labourer [1901].
In 1890, he (possibly) married Mary Emily Crapper [b 1868]
from Halifax.
Children:
He was an accountant.
On 9th February 1902, he married Florence Elizabeth Woodhead
at St Jude's Church, Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Halifax.
Charles Frederick died in Chelsea [7th March 1940]
He was a farmer (employer) [1901].
He lived at
Born in Sowerby Bridge.
He was
an apprentice butcher [1901] /
landlord of the Coach & Horses, Luddendenfoot /
landlord of the Coach & Horses, Haley Hill, Halifax [1920, 1922] /
landlord of the Shepherds' Rest, Sowerby Bridge.
He married Ethel.
Children:
He married Susannah [1743-1788].
Children:
David and Susannah died within 5 days of each other.
Susannah and her son Caleb were buried at Mount Zion Methodist Chapel, Ogden
He was landlord of the Granby, Queenshead [1840?, 1845, 1864].
On 4th March 1826, he married Hannah Priestley [1811-18??],
born in Ovenden, at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The first 5 children were baptised at Illingworth Church;
Susannah was baptised at Holy Trinity, Queensbury.
David was landlord of the Granby from about
1840 untl his death there [6th October 1864].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £450.
After his death, Hannah took over at the Granby [1874]
He married [1871] Faith Hillas [b 1842] in Bradford.
Children:
He and his brother Jonathan established a
mineral water business, trading as F. & J. G. Spencer.
On Jonathan's death, Fred became sole owner of the
business.
He married (1) Florence Lydia Gibson [1881-1909] at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge.
She died in childbirth [1909]
On 17th May 1919, he married (2) Jessie James [1885-1971] in Halifax.
Children:
Fred, Florence and Jessie were buried at King Cross
He was
schoolmaster in Halifax /
Editor of the Halifax Guardian [1837] /
an accountant.
He wrote several works including
The Vale of Bolton and other Poems,
The Ladye of Eland,
and
The Maid of Crag Hall
He was a promoter of Exley Zoo.
He and his sister, Viola, ascended from the Zoo in an airship.
On 12th August 1909, he gave a demonstration at the Zoo in which he
was to go up to 5,000 ft in a small airship and then parachute back
to earth.
He landed across the valley at North Dean Woods.
For a time, he and his assistant, Lt Frank Gooden, gave
sightseeing trips over the district, flying at a height of 1,000 ft.
In 1910, he invited aviator Claude Grahame-White to Halifax.
In 1931, he gave a collection of (stuffed?) wild birds to the new
Elland Museum.
He lived at Park Road, Elland
He lived at 23 Woodside Place, Boothtown [1905]
He was
a beerseller [1861] /
a beerseller at the Abbey, Luddenden and shoemaker [1871] /
a waggoner [1881, 1891] /
a cart driver [1901]
He married Sarah Hargreaves [1839-1899].
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1881] was mother-in-law Mary Hargreaves
[aged 64] (formerly servant)
He was landlord of the William the 4th, Sowerby Bridge
[1897-1929].
On 6th December 1898, he married Susan Greenwood at Halifax
Parish Church
They had no children.
He died at the William the 4th [8th January 1929].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £1,299 18/5d.
Probate was granted to Amy Louisa Spink
and Henry Greenwood pattern maker
Born in Wadsworth [15th October 1892].
On 16th November 1912, he married Margaret Ann Ayrton [1891-1937]
at Burnley Register Office.
Children:
The family lived at 188 Southfield Street, Nelson.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st Battalion
Border Regiment.
He was killed in action [20th November 1917].
He is remembered on the Cambrai Memorial [7]
He was
a Freemason /
a Halifax Councillor [mid-1890s] /
a master linen-draper [1881] /
the Proprietor of the Halifax Comet from his offices in Waterhouse Street, Halifax.
In [Q3] 1873, he married Mary Eliza Illingworth in Halifax.
They lived at
He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1905
See
Henry Backhouse
On 2nd November 1716, he married Anne Smith [16??-17??]
at St Bartholomew's Church, Colne.
Children:
The children were born in Colne.
The family moved to Skircoat Green after 1729
Baptised 23rd December 1744.
He was a stonemason in Halifax.
A Methodist, he gave classes at Bank Top, Sowerby Bridge.
He and Thomas Calverley Riley were involved in establishing
Gainest Cottage Sunday School.
On 27th September 1767, he married Mary Cragg at Halifax
Parish Church.
Children:
He died on 2nd July 1811, five days after his wife.
He was a stonemason.
In 1794, he married Mary Broadbent at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
John, Mary and several of their children were buried at
South Parade Wesleyan Chapel
He was a printer and stationer employing 2 men [1851].
On 19th September 1849, he married Mary Ann, daughter of
Timothy Fawthrop in Halifax Parish Church.
Mary Ann was a dressmaker [1881].
Children:
The family lived at
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/7th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died of wounds [25th April 1918] (aged 27).
He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [82-85 & 162A],
on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Mount Tabor Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
Born in Ambrey.
He was a dyer [1851, 1881].
He married Isabella [1834-1???] from Heywood, Lancashire.
Children:
The family lived at
In 1861, he listed as Fawthrop, born Burnley, and is living
with Eliza and her mother Sarah, widow of Timothy Fawthrop.
In 1871, he is listed as Spencer and is living with Mary
Ann and her mother Sarah.
He was a bookseller's assistant [1881].
He worked with F. King for 18 years before setting up his own
business as bookseller, bookbinder, printer, die-sinker, stationer
and librarian at 9 Commercial Street, Halifax.
He specialised in foreign periodicals and publications.
His French section was established under the guidance of
M. Poiré, an authority on French literature.
He introduced a novel exchange where used books could be
exchanged for a small cost
He lived at 8 Pine Street, Halifax [with his mother 1881]
He was an aerated water manufacturer.
He and his brother Fred estabished a mineral water
business, trading as F. & J. G. Spencer.
On Jonathan's death, Fred became sole owner of the
business.
On 5th October 1905, he married Mary Tew [1880-19??] at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge.
Mary had a son, Willie (father unknown)
Children:
Jonathan died in Calder district [Q3 1943] (aged 68)
Baptised 10th April 1748.
He married Betty [1751-1836].
Betty died 26th January 1836 (aged 84)
In September 1857, he was declared bankrupt
Question:
Could he be the Joseph Blakey Spencer (cabinet maker) to whom
James Christopher Cunningham was indentured [25th October 1854]?
He married D.
They lived in Todmorden.
During World War II,
he served as an Able Seaman
with the Royal Navy
aboard the corvette HMS Fleur de Lys.
He died 14th October 1941 (aged 28)
when his ship was torpedoed by German Submarine U-206, and
sank west of Gibraltar,
with the loss of 70 of her crew of 75.
He is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial [49 3]
During World War II,
he served as a Warrant Officer
with 7 Squadron
Royal Air Force.
He died 5th May 1944 (aged 24).
He was buried at All Souls' Church, Halifax
[b 183]
Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [April 1738].
He was a cloth-dresser.
On 20th March 1757, he married (1) Ann Cragg at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
On 9th June 1785, he married (2) Hannah Norcliffe [1750-1833].
Children:
The family lived at Copley Hall.
He died 25th September 1803
He was landlord of the Perseverance Inn, Dewsbury [1901].
He married Mary A. [b 1856]
He was
a journeyman weaver [1841] /
a dyer [1851].
On 25th November 1838, he married Mrs Nancy Crabtree,
née Beaumont [1809-18??] at Kirkheaton.
Children:
Samuel died in Halifax
She married David Parkinson.
She died 18 days after her husband
He married Mary [1796-18??].
Children:
The family lived at Bull Close, Halifax [1841]
He became Priest-in-charge of St Martin's, Brighouse and St John's, Clifton [2010].
In 2003, he became a tutor with the Northern Ordination Course and
has been responsible for Methodist Foundation Training.
He is currently [2009] coordinator of the Yorkshire Regional Training
Partnership and will remain part-time tutor and lecturer on the
Yorkshire Ministry Course, Mirfield.
He married Sally, a Methodist preacher.
Children: 3
He was one of the Cragg Vale Coiners who – on the instigation of
Isaac Hartley – approached Matthew Normington and Robert Thomas
in
October 1769 to murder William Deighton.
After the acquittal of the two for the murder, Spencer gave
fresh evidence which led to their execution for highway robbery.
On Saturday, 7th June 1783, he and
Mark Saltonstall – along with a great number of riotous persons – were involved in
the Halifax Corn Riots and were accused of
high treason,
breaking the peace,
breaking into a bread shop,
ransacking corn warehouses,
ambushing carriers of grain
and
selling this cheaply.
The pair were arrested, tried and hanged in chains on Beacon Hill
at midday on
16th August 1783.
Theirs were the last public hangings in Halifax.
Crowds of mourners followed their coffins back to Mytholmroyd and
Hebden Bridge.
Spencer's body was taken to Hall Gate,
Mytholmroyd where it was put on public display.
They were both buried at Heptonstall Church
on 19th August 1783
See
Corn Riots
He was a stone mason.
He lived Woodhouse Scar, Skircoat and quarried stone on the scar,
near Wakefield Gate.
He married Ann Washington.
Children:
He was a dealer in men's ready-made clothes at 9 Woolshops, Halifax
[1851].
He married Sarah [1796-18??].
Children:
The family lived at Woolshops, over the shop [1851]
He married Lydia [b 1846] from Cleckheaton.
Children:
He was a beerhouse keeper at the Star Hotel, Halifax [1905,
1911].
In [Q3] 1894, he married Annis Sutcliffe [1873-19??] in Halifax.
Children:
During World War I,
he served as a Second Lieutenant
with the 2nd Aircraft Engine Depot
Royal Air Force.
He died of peritonitis in Wimereux Hospital, Boulogne
[24th August 1918] (aged 20).
He was buried at the Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille [II E 2].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Halifax Secondary School
Uncle of George Smithers
Born in Todmorden.
He was
a member of Mankinholes Wesleyan Sunday School /
a member of Todmorden [?] Conservative Club /
a butcher at Bridge End Co-operative Store, Todmorden [1902].
In 1902, he married Sarah Dawson [1882-1949] in Todmorden.
Children:
The children were born in Todmorden.
The family lived at
During World War I,
he enlisted [November 1916], and
served as a Private
with the 7th Battalion
North Staffordshire Regiment.
He was killed in Russia (or Mesopotamia) [14th September 1918] (aged 38).
He is remembered on the Tehran Memorial [4 2],
on Todmorden War Memorial,
and on the Memorial at Mankinholes Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
He lived at Plainfield, Nelson Street, Sowerby Bridge [1905]
He was
a dyer's labourer [1881] /
an aerated water manufacturer /
a mineral water manufacturer [1901].
He established Walter Spencer & Sons in the 1860s.
By 1874, Walter had sold the business to the Halifax Aerated Water Company, and – Walter having made a sworn statement
that he would not make any mineral or brewed products within 50 miles
of the centre of Halifax – his sons Jonathan and Fred
started business as F. & J. G. Spencer.
On 11th October 1874, he married Fanny Hanson at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Walter, Fanny and daughter Betsy were buried at King Cross
He married Unknown.
They lived at 17 James Street, Great Albion Street, Halifax.
During World War I,
he enlisted [October 1914], and
served as a Private
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 15th April 1918 (aged 34).
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He was landlord of
the Prince of Wales, Salterhebble [1931-1932] /
the Prince of Wales Feathers, Halifax [1932-1938]
He died in Halifax [Q4 1975]
In [Q3] 1857, he married Sarah Dickenson Keighley [1820-1904]
in Boston, Lincolnshire.
Sarah was Matron of the Blue Coat School [1881].
Wesley died in Halifax [Q4 1881] (aged 48).
Sarah died in Bridlington [Q2 1904] (aged 84)
During World War I,
he served as a Corporal
with the 1st Battalion
Rifle Brigade.
He died 30th April 1915.
He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial [46-48 & 50],
on Bailiff Bridge War Memorial,
on the Memorial at Saint Aidan's Mission, Bailiff Bridge,
and on the Memorial at Saint Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe
He married Mary [1787-1857].
Children:
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot Number 2139]
He married Mary.
He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1905
In [Q3] 1855, he married Hannah Baines [1809-1858] in Halifax.
Children:
The dates suggest that Hannah died in childbirth, and her
infant son shortly afterwards.
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot Number 2139]
On 2nd May 1879, he married Hannah Greenwood [1853-1937]
in Haslingden.
Children:
The children were born in Wadsworth
He was a member of Halifax Town Council.
He lived at Rose Cottage, 76 Lee Mount Road [1905].
He retired to Blackpool.
Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £16,205
He was
landlord of the Brown Cow, Halifax [1874] /
landlord of the Western, Halifax [1881] /
landlord of the Druids' Arms, Halifax [1891]
He was
a steam engine maker turner [1901] /
an Army regular.
He died in America
During World War I,
he served as a Guardsman
with the Grenadier Guards.
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He married Unknown.
Children:
Hannah was the daughter of John Knight and sister of Rev Titus Knight
It is possible that Betty was the Mrs [Elizabeth]
Spencer referred to in James Uriah Walker's book The history of Wesleyan Methodism in Halifax, who was a source for his history
and the young woman who used to steal away from Church
unbeknown to her parents who strongly disapproved
A kind father of nine children
Florence Elizabeth was the daughter of Rufus Woodhead
Florence Lydia was the daughter of engineer Wallace
Gibson.
Jessie came from Halesowen
Susan was the daughter of William Greenwood
Mary was the daughter of cotton spinner Joseph Tew.
Ann was the daughter of Thomas Cragg
Annie was born in Halifax
Sarah was born in Todmorden
Fanny was the daughter of Charles Young Hanson from
Dukinfield
Hannah was born in Wadsworth
The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District Surnames by George Redmonds.
There are over 70 entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname Spencer,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Unattached BMDs for Spencer:
Marriages
1808,
1860,
1872,
1880,
1891,
1896,
1898,
1907,
1915,
1916,
1917,
1933,
1940,
1941;
Deaths
1899,
1900,
1907
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