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He married Unknown.
Children:
In August 1866, Rhoda was working in her father's shop when
she stooped near a machine and caught her hair in the mechanism.
She was literally scalped and was not expected to recover
Question:
Is he the same person as
William Walker?
In January 1881, she opened a School for Little Boys at
Halifax.
In 1905, Miss Walker had a school at 87 Savile Park Road, Halifax
Born in Midgley [6th August 1879].
He was a coal merchant of Midgley.
On 5th June 1911, he married Minnie Elizabeth Holmes at St
Augustine's Church, Pellon.
In 1912, he bought Lacey Hey Farm, Midgley from Richard Whitaker.
He died in Halifax [9th March 1937]
On 31st October 1724, he married Alice Walker at St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe
Son of William Walker.
On 25th July 1629, he married Susan Horsfall in Halifax.
He died in 1633.
He was buried at Birstall [25th July 1633]
Yeoman.
They were non-conformists.
In 1654, his father bought Upper Walterclough, and Abraham
went to live there.
On 12th September 1663, he married Ann Langley.
Children:
The family went to live at Lower Walterclough.
He lived at
Crow Nest Mansion [1692].
Their second son, Richard inherited the Walterclough Hall from his father, and – after Richard's death – the hall passed
to his son John
He was a delver of Stainland.
On 4th September 1834, he married Mary Edwards at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
Bell's London Life of 20th March 1840 reported
She married John Lane.
In April 1599, she was found guilty of causing the death of Richard Stansfield by
He was
a fustian garment examiner [1901];
a warehouseman [1911].
Around 1893, he married Elizabeth [1869-19??].
She was a cotton spinner [1901]
Children:
The family lived at
23 Sunny Bank, Hebden Bridge;
149 Knowlwood Road, Walsden [1911]
Youngest daughter of William Walker.
In Anne Lister's journals, she identifies the lady as
There was a memorial tablet for her in Eastfield Chapel
She was a neighbour of Anne Lister.
Ann joined Anne at Shibden Hall in September 1834 and
became her life-long partner.
See
Mr Brown and
Smith House, Brighouse
Aka Blondie.
Son of Edgar Walker.
Born at Warley Edge [4th April 1917].
He was educated at Heath Grammar School.
He left school in 1932 to work in the family stone mason and building
business – Joseph Walker & Son – and took over the business in 1935.
He married 3 times.
During World War II,
he was a Hurricane fighter pilot, and flew 169 sorties.
He served in the Middle East and the Mediterranean.
He was shot down 3 times; on one occasion he was marooned on a small
island where he survived on biscuits and barley sugars.
He won the Distinguished Flying Cross twice.
He survived the War.
In 1946, he returned to the family business.
In later years, he divided his time between the UK and Australia.
He died in Perth, Western Australia [9th November 2008]
Born at Old Lane, Northowram [31st December 1848].
He was a master worsted spinner, and was in partnership with his
brother Walter, and others, as Walter Walker & Company.
On 24th June 1884, he married Jane Hoyle
at Park Congregational Church.
Children:
The family lived at
He died [18th May 1915], shortly after his son, Samuel.
Arthur and Jane were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell
[Extension 870 & 888]
Baptised at St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe [5th September 1875]
He married Elsie.
They lived at 51 Lawrence Street, Princeville, Bradford.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 3rd May 1917 (aged 26).
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [6]
In 1878, he left for reasons of health, becoming Curate at
Babbacombe, Devon.
He died suddenly in London in 1889, and was buried in the Brompton
Cemetery
He turned King's Evidence for the £2,000 reward.
Mellor, William Thorpe and Thomas Smith were tried for the murder and executed [January 1813].
Shillitoe visited him and suggests that he never received the money
and was reduced to a life of beggary
He built a school in Highmoor Lane for his younger workers.
The brothers built the Clifton colliery railway.
His brother died [1855] and he surrendered the mining lease.
The mines were subsequently worked by the Low Moor Iron Company
He lived at Mount Pleasant, Mytholmroyd [1845]
He was
relieving officer [1874, 1894] /
registrar for births and deaths at Ripponden [1874, 1881, 1894].
In 1856, he married Elizabeth Stott in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at Prospect House, Soyland [1871, 1881].
Benjamin died 15th April 1894.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £448 15/-.
Probate was granted to
his widow Elizabeth
and
Samuel Whiteley (grocer)
He was a coal merchant.
On 15th March 1873, he married Emma Walton [1845-1916] in
Halifax.
Children:
Benjamin died in Halifax [16th May 1897].
Emma died in Halifax [22nd November 1916]
Born at Walterclough Hall, Southowram.
She was educated at Mr Lumley's Boarding School for Ladies, York,
where she met
Anne Lister,
Elizabeth Patchett and
Elizabeth Wadsworth.
She admired a family friend, Lord Evelyn Stuart, who fought a duel
on Beacon Hill with an officer, Captain Collington, who had
made threats to John, Caroline's younger brother.
See
Mr Etherington and
Jonathan Walsh
Born 3rd May 1844
He was a Church of England minister.
On 15th October 1879, he married Elizabeth Tindall in Chatton,
Northumberland
Son of Frederic Walker.
He qualified as a solicitor in October 1899.
He was
Halifax solicitor /
partner in Frederick Walker & Son [1934] /
Clerk to the Calder & Hebble Navigation /
Clerk to the Governors of the Waterhouse Charities [1941].
On 28th September 1904, he married Kathleen Marian Holdsworth at Halifax Parish Church.
They lived at
Kathleen Marian died 19th November 1946.
Charles died 23rd September 1955
Children:
The family lived at Pellon Lane, Halifax [1879].
Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Pellon
Born in Stainland.
He was
a bottler [1911] /
a conductor on the Halifax trams [1913].
In [Q3] 1914, he married Alice Squires in Halifax.
They lived at 1 Lower Hope Street, Halifax [1915].
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was killed (shot through the spine by a sniper) [31st May 1915] (aged 22).
He was buried at Voormezelle Cemetery Enclosures No.1 and No.3, Belgium [I A 4.]
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
on the Memorial at Trinity Road Baptist Church, Halifax,
on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland,
and on the Memorial at Saint Thomas's Church, Greetland.
His brother William also died in the War
They had no children.
They lived at Hazelwood, Halifax
He was Governing Director of John Walker & Sons (Halifax) Limited.
He was associated with C. H. Walker & Company
He married Ethelle Kate Wright [b 1879].
Children:
Born in Elland.
He was a gas engineer [1903].
In 1903, he married Ethel Scholey Waring [1882-1940] at Elland Parish Church.
Children:
The children were born & died in Worthing.
Ethel died in Worthing.
Edgar died in Chichester
He & his father established Joseph Walker & Son.
On 6th January 1909, he married Sarah Elizabeth Hoyle [1885-1954] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
During World War I,
Edgar enlisted [11th December 1915] and was mobilized into the
Royal Engineers (Inland Water Transport Section).
He was a Corporal [1917].
He was discharged with the rank of acting Sergeant [11th February
1919].
Edgar died of septicæmia from a burst appendix [3rd October 1935] (aged 49).
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £6,964 19/-.
Probate was granted to his widow Sarah Elizabeth.
Sarah Elizabeth died 10th May 1954 (aged 69).
Members of the family were buried at Warley Town Cemetery
The brothers built the Clifton colliery railway
Born in Halifax [26th May 1817].
Local journalist and antiquarian.
He was Editor of the Halifax Guardian [from 1838] for about 50
years.
He compiled a pedigree of the Akroyd family.
On 2nd May 1842, he married Mary Hannah Ibbetson [1819-1874]
in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at 11 Brunswick Street, Halifax [1845].
Edward died in Halifax [20th May 1880]
See
Edmond Hoyle
He was an accountant.
On 24th August 1871, he married Eliza Edwards Haigh
[1840-1927] from Halifax, in Halifax.
Children:
Edward Johnson died in Halifax [29th November 1942]
He married Unknown.
Children:
Fanny Penfold was her companion.
She married John Priestley.
She lived at Thorpe House.
She died at Kebroyd, the home of her son Walker
[1829].
There is a marble tablet in memory of members of the family in
Sowerby Church
Born 10th November 1801.
With her sister Ann, from 1830, she was co-heiress to the
Walker family estates of Crow Nest Mansion and Cliffe Hill Mansion.
She married Captain George Sutherland.
She died 28th December 1844
He lived at Stannary House, Stainland [1851, 1887].
He was one of the people involved in the move of the Methodists from
the shared chapel at Stainland to their own
Stainland Wesleyan Chapel.
He laid the foundation stone at the new chapel.
Established Ely Walker & Sons.
He married Unknown.
Children:
He died at Surbiton [7th March 1887]
Born in Elland.
He married Amelia Milly.
She lived at Blackpool.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 8th Battalion
King's Own (Royal Regiment Lancaster).
He died 19th December 1916.
He was buried at Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, France [IV Q 7]
He was a mechanical engineer [1901].
In 1904, he was one of the first people to be granted a motor cycle registration
In [Q2] 1891, he married Edith Ambler in Halifax.
He died in 1892.
Edith never remarried
Born in Elland.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the Machine Gun Corps
(Infantry).
He died of wounds [3rd April 1918].
He is remembered on the Pozières Memorial, France [90-93],
on Elland War Memorial,
and on the Memorial at Upper Edge Baptist Church
He served during World War I.
He (possibly) died in the conflict.
He is remembered on the Baldwin & Walker Roll of Honour
He was a stone hewer [1896].
In [Q3] 1896, he married Matilda Gledhill [1893-1949] in
Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Elland.
The family lived at 3 Common Road, Elland Edge [1901]
Born in Outwell, Norfolk.
He was a weaver [1911].
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 12th Battalion
Northumberland Fusiliers.
He was killed in action [3rd July 1916].
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [10B, 11B & 12B]
His brother Hugh also died in the War
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 7th Battalion
East Yorkshire Regiment.
He was killed in action [19th April 1917] (aged 21).
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [4 & 5],
on Brighouse War Memorial,
and on Rastrick War Memorial
He was
a solicitor [1871, 1881, 1891] /
a solicitor – law (employer) [1901] /
President of Lee Mount Band.
On 11th April 1867, he married Ada Atkinson [1847-1930] in Dewsbury.
Children:
The family lived at
He drowned after falling from the pier at Bridlington, whilst talking
to a fisherman [21st April 1908].
Ada died at 46 Prescott Street, Halifax [22nd December 1930].
The couple were buried at St George's Church, Lee Mount
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £420 10/4d.
Probate was granted to Charles Selborne Walker
Partner in
F. Walker & Son,
Frederick Walker, Son & Dickie,
and
Finn Gledhill & Company
He was
a newspaper clerk [1861]
and
(possibly) a printer [1881].
He lived at
He lived at Bankfield Farm, Southowram
Born in Fixby.
He was
a flag dresser [1871, 1877] /
a stone delver [1881] /
landlord of the Black Bull, Elland [1883-1896].
In 1877, he married Mary Pearson [1857-1???] at Halifax Parish
Church.
Children:
The family lived at
He died 26th October 1896.
Probate was granted to Fred Brook and Richard Pearson, stone merchants
Living with the widowed Mary in 1901 was he widowed
sister Catherine Cookson [aged 49]
He married Unknown.
Children:
He and his son are recorded at a fulling mill near North Bridge
[1200s]
He was at Cambridge [1893]
A ward was named after her at the Holiday Home at Norland.
A stained glass window was dedicated to her memory at Charlotte
Street Congregational Chapel, Carlisle.
The window was designed in the arts & crafts movement style
by Louis Davis, a stained glass artist, illustrator and
watercolourist
On 16th February 1684, she married (1) John Mitchell of Crow Nest
of whom Heywood writes
After John's death, she married (2) Richard Scarborough
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 7th Battalion
Leicestershire Regiment.
He died 24th October 1918 (aged 19).
He was buried at Awoingt British Cemetery, France [I E 22]
He married Elizabeth Llewellyn [b 1915].
They emigrated to Canada
Born in Stainland.
He was
educated at Elland Grammar School /
employed by the West Yorkshire Bank Limited [1907] /
a bank clerk [1911] /
a banker with Beckett & Company [1914].
In January 1917, he married Marjorie Hirst
in Fylde, Lancashire.
The family lived at 30 Manor Road, Blackpool [1917].
During World War I,
he enlisted
with the Royal Horse Artillery,
but following a severe accident which affected his horsemanship, he
transferred and
served as a 2nd Lieutenant
with the 295th Siege Battery
Royal Garrison Artillery.
He was killed in action at Armentières [28th July 1917] (aged 27).
He was buried at Cité Bonjean Military Cemetery, France. [VIII C 15].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Saint Andrew's Church, Stainland,
on the Memorial at Providence Congregational Church, Stainland,
and on the Memorial at Stainland Wesleyan Chapel
He married Sarah Ann [18??-1???].
Children:
He married Unknown.
Children:
He was
a worsted manufacturer [1841] /
a worsted spinner [1851] /
a worsted spinner employing 25 males and 108 females [1861] /
a partner in Baldwin & Walker Limited /
retired [1871].
He married Ellen [1812-1???] from Manchester.
Children:
The family lived at
At the 1871 census, Ellen was living at Park Road, Halifax
with her sons, Baldwin and Christopher,
and Henry was at Southport with his daughter, Eleanor
Born in Midgley.
After the death of his brother James
[1886], Henry took over as landlord of the Dusty Miller, Halifax [1886, 1894].
He married Mary Elizabeth [1841-19??].
They had no children.
Henry was retired and the couple lived at 13 Woodbine Terrace,
Halifax [1911].
He died 5th April 1911.
He was buried at Christ Church, Pellon
[2 AA 19]
He wrote about 40 books, mainly boys' romantic fiction.
His daughter was an editor of The Lady magazine
Born in Outwell Isle, Cambridgeshire.
He was a spinner [1911].
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st Company
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).
He was killed in action [29th August 1916] (aged 20).
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [5C & 12C].
His brother Fred also died in the War
In 1844, he and
Mr Mallinson
were involved in a law case brought by Mr Wainwright
following the coach accident in which a coach driven by William Smith overturned, injuring Wainwright and killing John Dearden.
Mallinson and Walker had been involved in organising the coach and
the excursion, and the jury found that they were partners in the
transaction.
Wainwright was awarded 40/- damages
He was attending the boilers at the mills as a replacement for
Joseph Hellewell when the explosion at Lilly Lane Mill occurred.
He was critically injured in the explosion.
He was a coal merchant [1861].
He married Mary Hirst [1809-1867].
They had no children.
They lived at 3 Wesley Street, Halifax [1861].
Son of John Walker of 12 Sladden Street, Boothtown, Halifax.
Born in South Shields
During World War I,
he served as a Corporal
with the Royal Field Artillery.
He died 4th July 1917 (aged 32).
He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.
He was buried at Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France [IV C 45].
He married Mary [1763-1808].
Mary died 16th August 1808 [aged 45].
James died 14th March 1820 [aged 70].
The couple were buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby:
Mary [18th August 1808];
James [17th March 1820]
He married Ruth.
Children:
Members of the family were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse
He was landlord of the Dusty Miller, Halifax [1861, 1864,
1874, 1881].
He lived at Lower Hope Street, Halifax [1886].
He died 6th March 1886.
He and his parents were buried at Christ Church, Pellon.
After his death, his brother Henry took over as
landlord of the Dusty Miller
Born in Stainland.
He was
a mason at Rob Royd, Stainland [1886] /
a mason [1891, 1901] /
publican at the Branch Road Inn, Greetland [1911-1912].
On 4th September 1886, he married Mary Alice Priestley [1867-1943] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Minnie Elizabeth Holmes was the
daughter of Martha (née Ingham) [1851-1928] & John Adam Holmes [1853-1920],
grocer & butcher
Alice came from Lightcliffe
Ann was the daughter of Richard Langley
Mary was the daughter of John Edwards
Isaac Townsend of Midgley, Yorkshire, states that Acquilla Walker
knows very well that he will not throw more than 15 stones, and that
if he (Walker) means throwing he can be accommodated for any
sum above £25; or Townsend will throw 15 stones against
any man in England, either most scores or farthest throw.
His money is ready at the Shoulder of Mutton Inn, Midgley, near
Halifax
a diabolical sorcery
Elizabeth was born in Manchester.
Miss Walker of Crow Nest
Jane was the daughter of Thomas Hoyle
Elizabeth was born in Greetland, the daughter of Joseph Stott
Emma was born in Midgley
Kathleen Marian was the daughter of Clement Holdsworth
Ethel was born in Elland
Edith was the daughter of James Ambler
Matilda was born in Elland
Ada was born in Cleckheaton
Mary, of Rastrick, was the daughter of woollen
spinner Simeon Pearson
[He] stole Hannah away & married her on 16th February 1684
Marjorie was the daughter of J. Duncan Hirst of
Huddersfield
Mary Elizabeth was born in Bishop Wearmouth
Mary was born in Mirfield
Mary Alice, of Lindwell, Greetland, was the daughter
of Jonathan Priestley, overlooker