The entries for people & families with the surname Shackleton 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.
Children:
Members of the family were buried at Union Croft Chapel, Ambler Thorn
He was the illegitimate son of Mary Shackleton.
Baptised at Elland Parish Church [30th January 1814].
He was
a delver [1832, 1837] /
a stone delver [1841].
On 22nd March 1832, he married Mary Farrar at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at Upper Lane, Northowram [1841].
Absalom died [Q1] 1842.
In [Q1] 1845, Mary married James Jagger in Halifax
Born in Todmorden.
His parents were dead by 1896, and he and his older sister were
living with Mrs Sarah Shackleton [1901, 1911].
He was
a cotton weaver [1901] /
a lining cutter (fustian) [1911] /
employed by J. & R. Redman Limited at Foster Mill, Hebden Bridge.
In 1912, he married Elsie Walton in Todmorden.
Children:
The family lived at
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 90th Field Ambulance
Royal Army Medical Corps.
He died of wounds whilst bringing injured men from the fighting line to base [1st April 1917] (aged 29).
He was buried at the Foreste Communal Cemetery [II A 32].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Hope Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge
He was
a clerk (worsted mill) [1901] /
a cashier manager (worsted spinner) [1911] /
employed by Calvert's at Wainstalls Mill (like his son Harold).
In [Q2] 1897, he married Lily Sands [1876-19??] in Leeds.
Children:
The family lived at
In January 1970, at Leeds Assizes, 19-year-old Michael Fossitt
was found guilty of the – apparently motive-less murder – and
sentenced to life imprisonment.
Fossitt, who lived with his 16-year-old wife in Adelaide
Street, Hebden Bridge, was an apprentice motor-mechanic at Monteith
Garage, which was part-owned by Carol's uncle
He married Mary.
Children:
He was a tenant of the Savile Estate at Walshaw Dean [1572-1594].
On 5th October 1600, he bought a messuage in Alcomden from the Savile
Estate.
His will was dated 15th June 1625.
He was buried at Heptonstall Church
[5th November 1625]
Secretary of the West Riding Chartists.
He was one of a number of local Chartists who addressed the crowds
at Skircoat Moor, Halifax [1848].
He died 25th August 1853 (aged 45).
He was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot Number 3576]
next to the grave of fellow Chartist Ben Rushton who had died 2
months earlier [17th June 1853].
The epitaph on his grave was deliberately defaced.
Local mason Jon Albutt, produced and donated a replacement
stone which was installed 22nd September 2015
Born in Todmorden.
He was a member of Todmorden Cricket Club.
He played for England, and for Hampshire with Harold Dawson
He was
a cotton tackler [1871] /
a cotton loom tackler [1881, 1891].
In 1867, he married Elizabeth Jackson in Todmorden.
She was a cotton weaver [1871, 1881]
Children:
The family lived at
Elizabeth died in 1889 (aged 44).
Edmund died in 1896 (aged 52)
After the deaths of their parents, the children were living with
widowed Mrs Sarah Shackleton – relation unknown, possibly an aunt
by marriage
In December 1909, snow delayed the explorer getting to Halifax from
Keighley by road.
He was finally taken by sledge to the railway station and went on to
address a meeting at the Victoria Hall
He commanded the 1914-16 expedition to cross the Antarctic, when he
had to abandon his ship, the Endurance, which was crushed in the ice
of the Weddell Sea.
He died on his fourth expedition to the Antarctic [1921-22]
During World War II,
he served as a Flight Sergeant
with 49 Squadron
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
He died 26th July 1944 (aged 22).
He was buried at the Coignières Churchyard
[Collective Grave].
He is remembered on Bradshaw War Memorial
Born in Sowerby Bridge.
He was
a watchmaker and jeweller [1891] /
a partner in F. & J. Shackleton.
In 1906, he married Ruth Sykes [1881-19??] in Halifax.
The family lived at Belper, Derbyshire [1911]
Son of Arthur Shackleton.
Born at Saltaire.
He was
educated at Halifax Secondary School [until 1912] /
employed by Calvert's at Wainstalls Mill, like his father.
During World War I,
he served as a Corporal
then Sergeant, then Second Lieutenant [November 1916], and Lieutenant
[April 1917]
with the 9th Battalion
Tank Corps.
He went to France [April 1915].
In 1916, Lieutenant H. Shackleton of the Machine Gun
Corps, was awarded the Military Medal.
He won 3 stripes, and was mentioned in dispatches and recommended for
a commission.
He was killed at Monchy-le-Preux when his tank was hit by a shell
[26th August 1918] (aged 21).
He was buried at the Windmill British Cemetery, Monchy-Le-Preux [II B 11].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Halifax Secondary School
He was a postman of 30 Duke Street, Luddenden [1935].
He married (1) Unknown.
In 1935, he married (1) Hilda, daughter of Walter Saltonstall
He was a butcher of Luddenden [1896].
On 28th April 1896, he married Clara Murgatroyd.
On 23rd May 1827, after selling one his cows at Kebcote Fair [or
Colne Fair], he was attacked by 3 men who said they wanted to buy a
cow.
The men then demanded he hand over the money he got for the cow.
As they fled with the money, one of the gang heard Shackleton call
his nephew John, saying that he recognised one of the gang and
they returned to the house and shot him with his own gun.
5 men were arrested for the murder, but were later discharged.
Although no one was ever accused of the crime, local police kept a
watch on a local man who was reported to be suddenly affluent.
Mysteriously, over a period of 10 weeks, the suspected man's flesh
began to rot.
He eventually died and was buried in an unmarked grave at Heptonstall
He married Charlotte [17??-1844].
Children:
The children were baptised at at Heptonstall Church.
The family lived at
Charlotte died in 1844.
James died 1st April 1852 (aged 71)
He married Ann.
James died 3rd April 1885.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £1,115 1/6d.
Probate was granted to Maud Shackleton (spinster).
Ann died 14th January 1893.
Probate records show that she left effects valued at £1,780 14/3d.
Probate was granted to Maud Shackleton (spinster)
Born in Wadsworth.
He was
a manufacturer of Wood End, Wadsworth [1865] /
a merchant [1871] /
a cotton fustian merchant [1881] /
partner in James Shackleton & Sons.
In 1883, James retired from the firm, and the partnership was
dissolved.
In 1865, he married Ann Sutcliffe [1842-1???] at Heptonstall Church.
Children:
The family lived at
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1881] was niece Sarinia Sutcliffe [b
1874].
James died 3rd April 1885 (aged 43)
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £1,326.
Probate was granted to his widow Ann.
Ann died 14th January 1893.
Probate records show that she left effects valued at £1,762.
Administration was granted to daughter Maud
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the Army Service Corps.
He died at St Luke's War Hospital, Halifax [7th April 1917] (aged 48).
He is remembered on the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
Born in Hebden Bridge,
He was
a boarder at Chorlton High school, Withington, Chorlton, Lancashire [1891] /
a clerk in fustian trade [1901] /
a cotton general merchant fustian [1911] /
a well known Hebden Bridge manufacturer /
a sportsman /
a member of the Caldene Hockey Club /
the last of the family to have business at Machpelah.
Living with him at Southfields, Mytholmroyd [in 1901] were his sisters
Martha A Shackleton [b 1867],
Jessie Shackleton [b 1875],
and
Edith E Shackleton [b 1879].
In [Q2] 1907, he married Jessie Emma Andrews
in West Derby.
Children:
In 1911, he was staying with William Sutcliffe and family
at Stocks Hall, Mytholmroyd
James & Jessie lived at 6 Oaklands Road, Bedford [1917].
During World War I,
he served as a Lieutenant
with the 2nd/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was killed in action [16th April 1917] (aged 37).
He was buried at the H.A.C. Cemetery, Ecoust-St.Mein [IV H 7].
He is remembered on a memorial in St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd,
in the book Royd Regeneration,
on the Memorial at Saint Thomas the Apostle, Heptonstall,
and on the Memorial at Saint Michael's Church Institute, Mytholmroyd
He appears as Joah on the baptism record at Halifax Parish
Church [19th April 1835] and on the 1841 census, but he is recorded
as Joe thereafter.
He and his brother John Farrar Shackleton and their uncle Samuel Green were in partnership with Rufus Cook, trading as
Samuel Green & Company [until 1867].
He and his brother John Farrar Shackleton were in partnership with
their uncle Samuel Green, trading as Shackletons & Green
[until 1870].
In [Q3] 1859, he married Elizabeth Wooler in Halifax.
He died at 5 Salt Street, Manningham [5th February 1893].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £183 3/9d.
Probate was granted to his widow Elizabeth
Born in Cornholme.
During World War I,
he enlisted in Todmorden, and
served as a Gunner
with C Company
165th Brigade
Royal Field Artillery.
He died of wounds [1st May 1917] (aged 25).
He was buried at the Ste. Catherine British Cemetery [C 22].
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
He married Unknown.
Children:
He was
Parish Clerk at St Mary's Church, Todmorden /
Sexton at St Mary's Church, Todmorden /
a handloom weaver /
a newspaper agent /
a town crier
In 1776, he married (1) Susan, daughter of John Fielden.
Children:
In 1799, he married (2) Betty Jackson [1765-1825].
Children:
He started married life in Walsden then moved to Todmorden, where
they lived in a cottage at Todmorden Hall.
He enjoyed hunting on the moors.
He often spent too much time at the Royal George so much so
that his long-suffering wife used to haul him out and carry him home.
On Saturdays, he went to Wakefield, and later to Halifax, to collect
a supply of newspapers which he distributed to the townsfolk that
evening at a cost of about 10d.
He did this in all weathers; sometimes without a hat, clogs or
stockings.
Sundays, after the service, he stood in the churchyard giving notice
in a loud voice as to where a beast would be killed and the price per
pound so people could go for fresh meat.
He was frequently late for burials – not good as he was the sexton.
He was buried at St Mary's Church, Todmorden
with both of his wives
He was
one of the first trustees at Lanebottom Chapel [1818] /
Parish Clerk at St Mary's Church, Todmorden [1820] /
Assistant Overseer of the Poor for Todmorden & Walsden [1838].
In 1808, he married Sally Fielden [1787-1824].
Children:
Sally died after giving birth, and was buried the same day
that her son Robert Eli was baptised.
In 1825, he married Mary Crossley [1799-18??].
Children:
In 1820, when he replaced his father as Parish Clerk at St Mary's Church, Todmorden, he moved from Lanebottom, Walsden to Royd Bottom,
Todmorden.
He died at Dobroyd.
See
Todmorden & Walsden Select Vestry
He married Jane [1846-1???].
Children:
John died before 1883.
In [Q3] 1883, Jane married John Ball [1846-1???], stone quarryman, in Halifax.
They lived at 128 Booth Town Road, Northowram [1891] with the
children from Jane's first marriage
He was cloth finisher of Sowerby [1870, 1871].
In 1870, he married Fanny Maria.
They lived at Banks, Wadsworth [1871]
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 3rd September 1916 (aged 33).
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial [6A & 6B],
and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
Born at T' Cat i' th' Well, Luddenden Dean.
He was a worsted colour mixer [1915].
During World War I,
he enlisted [25th August 1915], and was originally
with the 29th Battalion
Northumberland Fusiliers,
then
served as a Private
with the 7th Battalion
East Yorkshire Regiment.
He went to France [24th November 1917].
He was killed in action [24th March 1918].
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial [4 & 5],
on the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Luddenden Dean Wesleyan Chapel
Born in Southowram [22nd May 1837].
Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [2nd July 1837].
Question:
Does anyone know if he and his business are connected to the Farrar family of Southowram – probably through his mother?
He was living and working with his aunt and uncle, Ann and
Samuel Green, in Northowram [1851].
He moved to Thornton.
He established a quarrying business in Bradford: John
F. Shackleton & Son Limited [1860].
He and his brother Joe Dixon Shackleton and their uncle Samuel Green were in partnership with Rufus Cook, trading as
Samuel Green & Company [until 1867].
He and his brother Joe Dixon Shackleton were in partnership with
their uncle Samuel Green, trading as Shackletons & Green
[until 1870].
He went to live in Goole and moved the business there.
In 1860, he married (1) Sarah Leggott [1836-1877] in Goole.
Children:
On 25th March 1879, he married (2) Sarah Nicholson [1837-1923]
at the Free Methodist Church, Goole.
In 1881, he was renting a house at 27 Marshfield Road, Goole (now
number 70).
He later bought Scotgate House, Marshfield Road, from Mrs
Emma Scott (could Mr Scott have been the builder?).
Shackleton faced the red-brick house in stone.
At 10:30 am on 10th November 1888, he was boarding the
schooner Courier in the Barge Dock at Goole, when he slipped
and fell into the hold.
He was knocked unconscious and taken home to Scotgate House
where he died from internal injuries about 5:00 pm.
A notice of his death in The York Herald described him as
Members of the family were buried at Goole
He married Mary Jane.
They lived at Cally Hall Farm, Blackshaw, Hebden Bridge.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 9th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 21st September 1918 (aged 32).
He is remembered on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France [6],
and on Blackshawhead War Memorial
Butcher's Fold is named for him
He took over from his father-in-law Joseph Alderson and was
landlord of the T' Cat i' th' Well, Luddenden Dean [1905, 1917]
On 13th January 1883, he married Grace Alderson in Halifax.
Children:
May & Hannah were born in Midgley, Richard
& John were born at T' Cat i' th' Well.
Joshua died at T' Cat i' th' Well [19th April 1930]
After his death, Grace took over at T' Cat i' th' Well
[1936].
She died at 76 Clough Lane, Mixenden [10th April 1945]
Born in Sowerby Bridge.
He was
a watchmaker and jeweller [1891] /
a partner in F. & J. Shackleton.
On 6th September 1905, he married Mary Elizabeth Gledhill in
Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at 47 Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge [1911].
Living with them in 1911 was Mary Elizabeth's
mother Sarah
He was a foreman at Marshall's stone quarry [1887, 1911].
He later became Marshall's first commercial traveller.
Before World War II, he ran a stone haulage business in Southowram.
In [Q3] 1900, he married Lilly Holroyde [1880-19??].
Children:
The family lived at 9 West Lane, Southowram [1911]
She married Edmund Garside.
She was schoolmistress at a Dame School at Upper Edge [1851, 1861].
In 1871, she was living with son-in-law Samuel Green.
She died at Goole [15th January 1877] and is buried with her grandson
John Farrar Shackleton and his family in Goole Cemetery
He was
a clockmaker in Sowerby Bridge /
a master watch maker [1871].
He established business in 1868.
In 1902, he was in business Under the Clock, Wharf Street.
Shackleton's Clock hung outside the shop
The business subsequently became F. & J. Shackleton when his sons,
Frank and Julian, took over.
In July 1869, he married (1) Mary Wood [1847-1891]
in Ormskirk / Southport.
Children:
Mary died (possibly) in childbirth [31st May 1891] (aged 42).
In November 1892, he married (2) Julia Gerrard [1845-1930] in Leeds.
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1871] was sister-in-law Elizabeth A Wood
[b 1840] (dress & mantle maker).
Percival died in Halifax [2nd June 1923] (aged 78).
Julia died 11th December 1930 (aged 85).
Members of the family were buried at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery
He was a manager (worsted mill) [1891]
In [Q3] 1858, he married
either Mary Duff
or Mary Molineaux
[1831-1902]
in Halifax.
Children:
Members of the family were buried at Church of the Holy Trinity Graveyard, Queensbury :
Percy [1st June 1897];
Mary [7th December 1902]
Born in Todmorden.
Linguist and scholar.
He studied French at Oriel College Oxford, and became an authority on
the 18th century French philosopher Montesquieu.
He was Fellow and then Dean of Brasenose College Oxford [1946-1966]
and was college librarian there [1948-1966].
He was director of the Bodleian Library [1966-1979].
He was Marshall Foch Professor of French Literature at Brasenose
[1979-1986]
In 1986, he was appointed
CBE.
He died in Ravello, Italy and was buried in Naples
He was a bus driver in Sowerby Bridge [1920s]
In [Q2] 1929, he married Edith A. Gledhill in Halifax
He was
a member of the Unitarian Church, Todmorden /
a weaver at Albion Mill, Todmorden.
He lived at 22 Bride Street, Harley Bank.
During World War I,
he enlisted in Halifax at the age of 16, but returned to civilian
life until he was 18, and then
served as a Private
with the 1st Battalion
Devonshire Regiment.
He was killed in action [14th April 1918].
He is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial [3],
on Todmorden War Memorial,
on the Memorial at Vale Baptist Church, Todmorden,
and on the Memorial at Todmorden Unitarian Church
She was widowed by 1901, and lived at
Living with her [in 1901, 1911] were Edith [b 1885]
and Albert [b 1888], the children of Edmund Shackleton
Born in Wadsworth.
He was baptised at Heptonstall Church [19th July 1811].
He was
a manufacturer of Wadsworth [1840, 1841] /
a fustian manufacturer [1851, 1861] /
partner in James Shackleton & Sons.
In February 1876, the partnership was dissolved.
Thomas continued the business.
In 1840, he married Mary Gill [1816-1886] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Mary died in 1886 (aged 70).
Thomas died 28th January 1889 (aged 77).
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £5,511.
The will was proved by son William
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/5th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 27th August 1917 (aged 19).
He was buried at the Coxyde Military Cemetery [III C 19].
He is remembered on Todmorden War Memorial,
on the Memorial at Todmorden Unitarian Church,
and on the Memorial at Oddfellows' Hall, Todmorden
He died December 1805, aged 61.
There is a memorial tablet for him in Heptonstall Church
erected by
He lived at Hollins, Hebden Bridge [1861]
In May 1869, he was fined £5 plus costs for permitting pitch
and toss to be played on the grounds on Whit Monday.
Inspector Ireland and PC Hustler had visited the
grounds in plain clothes, and saw betting going on and money freely
changing hands amongst the 200 to 300 who had paid 3d each to enter
the grounds.
Again in May 1869, he was fined £2 8/6d for playing pitch and
toss near the grounds on the previous Monday
In 1857, he (possibly) married Mary Ann Ramsden [1834-1910] in
Halifax.
Children:
Members of the family were buried at Blackley Baptist Graveyard
Baptised at Heptonstall [May 1746].
In 1767, he married (1) Susan Uttley.
Children:
Susan died in 1797.
In June 1797, he married (2) Sally Hay
Mary [1814-1???], of Southowram, was (possibly) the daughter
of John Farrar
Lily was born in Leeds
Elizabeth was born in Walsden, the daughter of Thomas Jackson.
Ruth came from Rishworth
Clara, of Luddenden, was the daughter of Enoch Murgatroyd
Ann, of Stones Hey Gate, Heptonstall, was the daughter
of George Sutcliffe, gentleman
Jane was born in Northowram
Fanny Maria was the daughter of James Beaver
one of the most prominent men in [Goole] in connection with
Nonconformity, a leading temperance advocate, with a most earnest
interest in the success of philharmonic and mutual improvement
societies
Grace was the daughter of Joseph Alderson
Mary Elizabeth was the only daughter of William Gledhill
Lily came from Rastrick, the daughter of Thomas Holroyde
Mary came from Haworth
Julia came from Salisbury
Mary was born in Glasgow
Her husband has not been identified, nor her relationship with the
Shackletons mentioned here
Mary, of Heptonstall, was the daughter of Jonathan Gill,
cotton spinner
his grateful scholars
The name originated in Shackleton
There are over 50 entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname Shackleton,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Unattached BMDs for Shackleton:
Marriages
1808,
1863,
1899,
1900,
1927
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