The entries for people & families with the surname Wilcock are gathered together in this SideTrack.
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Born 29th May 1860.
He was
a cotton weaver.
He married 1884 Sarah Hannah Greenwood [1865-1???].
Children:
The family lived at
Abimelech's father, David, died after a brawl in
the Robin Hood, Cragg Vale on 27th June 1869.
Possibly because of the nature of his father's
death, Abimelech became a strict Methodist, and raised his
children with the rule that going to the pub was forbidden.
One night, his youngest son, Herbert Wesley, got drunk and
rather than go home and face his father, he stayed outside all night
and, as it was early January, he became ill.
Herbert Wesley died on 5th January 1927, and Abimelech
died within a week – the story is that he died of a broken
heart.
Members of the family were buried at Scout Road Wesleyan Chapel, Mytholmroyd
He was a French polisher's apprentice at Thomas Simpson & Sons Limited [1911].
In [Q3] 1914, he married Adelia Tankard [1894-19??] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
In 1914, the family moved to Pudsey, where the children were born.
During World War I,
he enlisted with the West Yorkshire Regiment, and
served as a Private
with the 118th Company
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).
He died of gunshot wounds in the back, in the 3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station [13th February 1917]
(the Halifax Courier gives his death as 19th February
1917).
He was buried at the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery [XI A 20A].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Saint Mary the Virgin, Illingworth.
His brother Leonard also died in the War
He was
a cotton warehouse worker [1911] /
a cotton operative employed by Eli Whiteley & Sons at Hollins Mill, Sowerby Bridge /
a member of the Tuel Lane Wesleyan Methodist Church and Sunday School.
He lived at 28 Mitchell Street, Sowerby Bridge.
During World War I,
he enlisted [September 1914], and
served as a Private
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was sent to France in April 1915.
He was shot through the heart by a sniper [23rd
November 1915].
He was buried at the Talana Farm Cemetery [IV G 8].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Saint George's Church, Sowerby
Born in Luddenden [4th January 1893].
He was
a member of St Mary's Church, Luddenden /
a joiner [1916] /
employed by Brooke's.
During World War I,
he enlisted [21st July 1916], and
served as a Gunner
with the 145th Siege Battery
Royal Garrison Artillery.
He arrived in France [13th February 1917].
He was killed when a shell burst in the gunpit a few yards from him,
wounding him in the back.
He was unconscious and died before reaching the dressing station at
Ypres
[20th January 1918].
He was buried at St. Julien Dressing Station Cemetery, Belgium [I C 14].
He is remembered on the Roll of Honour at Saint Mary the Virgin, Luddenden
Stone-mason's labourer of Hollock Lee, Cragg Vale.
He married Nancy Oldfield [1836-1907].
Children:
On 27th June 1869, the landlord of the Robin Hood, Cragg Vale, Joseph Barrett, hit Wilcock with a poker.
Wilcock died on 30th June 1869 from the head injuries,
and Barrett was imprisoned for manslaughter
Born in Cragg Vale.
He was a cotton spinner [1901].
On 30th September 1876, he married Hannah Shepley [1855-1910] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at Lane Ends Farm, Norland [1913].
Hannah died in 1910.
Edmund died 24th May 1913.
They were buried at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £177 6/6d.
The will was proved by
Florence Ackroyd (wife of Oliver Ackroyd)
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered on the Roll of Honour at Patmos Congregational Chapel, Todmorden
Born in Norland.
He was a blanket raiser employed by James Riley Atkinson.
On 23rd May 1914, he married Ethel Beckwith [1889-1961] at St George's Church, Sowerby
They lived at 13 Sowerby Street, Sowerby Bridge [1918].
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 15th Battalion
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).
He died of wounds in France / Flanders [30th June 1918] (aged 27).
He was buried at the Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery [V C 29].
He is remembered on Norland War Memorial,
and on the Memorial at Saint George's Church, Sowerby
On 25th July 1925, Ethel married Harold Brunning [1899-1979] at St George's Church, Sowerby
In November 1839, he was declared bankrupt
He was a Private in the Durham Light Infantry, 84th Battalion
secondary unit: 369th Labour Corps.
He died 23rd October 1918.
He was buried at the Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension [IV J 3]
Born in Sowerby Bridge.
He was employed by W. & R. K. Lee Limited.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 84th Battalion
Training Reserve
- transferred to the 269th Area Employment Company
Labour Corps.
He died 23rd October 1918 (aged 22).
He was buried at the Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension [IV J 3].
He is remembered on the W. & R. K. Lee Limited Roll of Honour
He married Betty Helliwell [1794-1849].
Children:
He was
a labourer [1869] /
a farmer [1885].
He married Phanney (Fanny) Fields [1819-1876]
Children:
Members of the family were buried at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery
Abimelech's father, David, died after a brawl in
the Robin Hood, Cragg Vale.
Possibly because of the nature of his father's
death, Abimelech became a strict Methodist, and raised his
children with the rule that going to the pub was forbidden.
One night, Herbert Wesley, got drunk and rather than go home
and face his father, he stayed outside all night and, as it was early
January, he became ill.
Herbert Wesley died on 5th January 1927, aged 23 years, and
his father, Abimelech, died within a week – the story is that
he died of a broken heart.
He was buried at Scout Road Wesleyan Chapel, Mytholmroyd
with his parents and his brother Harry
He was a farmer of 23 acres.
On 30th January 1864, he married (1) Martha Barker [1841-1865] at Halifax Parish Church.
On 28th January 1871, he married (2) Jane Green [1844-1903] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at Great Greave, Soyland [1881].
The family moved to New Hey, Lancashire where James was a
farmer
The couple were buried at St James's Church, Milnrow:
James [7th November 1900];
Jane [17th November 1903]
The official notice of 1769 for his arrest described him as
He married Unknown.
Children:
He lived at Barkisland Hall [1904].
He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1904
Born in Cragg Vale.
He was
a cotton spinner of Warley [1869] /
a cotton spinner [1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911].
In [Q4] 1869, he married Mary Whiteley [1849-1917] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1911] were daughter Mary Alice & her
husband Frank Berry
Born in Wadsworth.
He was
a warp-dresser of Ovenden [1874] /
a worsted warp dresser [1881, 1891, 1911] /
a retired farmer [1901].
In 1874, he married Hannah Kershaw [1853-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The children were born in Halifax.
The family lived at
Sons Leonard & Arnold died in World War I
He was a tanner.
He married Isabella Jane Stott.
Born in Sowerby Bridge.
He was a skip maker (basket maker) [1911].
He lived in Rochdale.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the
Lancashire Fusiliers,
and the
with the 6th Battalion
Leicestershire Regiment.
He died of wounds at No.13 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne [9th May 1917] (aged 28).
He was buried at the Boulogne Eastern Cemetery [IV B 9]
He was a worsted mill hand [1891].
He married Annie.
They lived in Club House, Armitage Bridge, Huddersfield.
During World War I,
he served as a Lance Corporal
King's Own Scottish Borderers.
He died 20th July 1915 (aged 37).
He was buried at Hyde Park Cemetery, Doncaster [VX 139].
His brother Arnold also died in the War
During World War II,
she served with the Auxiliary Territorial Service.
She died 1st September 1942.
She is remembered on the Brookwood Memorial [Panel 23, Column 1],
and also mentioned on the grave of her aunt Flora Wilcock at
All Souls's Cemetery, Halifax
He was
Chairman of the Sowerby Bridge Local Board [15th April 1890-15th April 1891] /
a tanner, currier and leather merchant of Sowerby Bridge.
He acquired the business of John Walters & Company, and the
Hollins Tannery, Sowerby Bridge [around 1877].
His business was known for their leather driving bands.
On 22nd March 1876, he married Eliza Ann Walker [1850-1919] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Mark died 25th January 1915.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £16,067 5/6d
Eliza Ann died 12th March 1919.
Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Pellon
He was a mason [1872].
On 7th September 1872, he married Annie Elizabeth Brown
[1852-1929] in Halifax
Children:
The children were born in Midgley-Luddenden and baptised at St Mary's
Church, Luddenden.
The family lived at
On 13th February 1856, he married (1) Sarah Ann Dewhirst [1832-1879] at Halifax Parish Church.
In 1880, he married (2) Hannah Rebecca Stanley [1853-1909].
The family lived at 26 Victoria Street, Halifax [1892].
He died 13th April 1892.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £68
to his widow Hannah Rebecca.
Padgett & Sarah Ann were buried at St Thomas the Apostle, Claremount.
After his death, Hannah Rebecca married Linnaeus Tasker
Born in Dulesgate, Todmorden.
He was
a waste puller of Cragg Vale, Erringden [1885] /
a cotton skutcher [1891] /
an oil cloth labourer [1901] /
a Dyehouse labourer [1911]
In 1885, he married Emma Jane Newell [1864-1955] at Halifax
Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
He was a wire drawer [1899].
In 1899, he married Henrietta Hollas in Halifax
Children:
Born in Sowerby Bridge.
Leather merchant.
He took over the Hollins Tannery, Sowerby Bridge.
In 1913, He married Frances A. Carter in Halifax
Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £12,528
On 9th September 1929, he married Alice Walmsley
in Hebden.
Thomas Harold died in Hastings [1972]
See
John Ridehalgh
He became a Halifax attorney.
Between 1782 and 1804, he practised as Howarth & Wilcock.
He had offices in Cheapside, Halifax.
On 14th May 1808, he married Hannah Pickford, fourth daughter
of Sir Joseph Radcliffe.
He lived at Savile Hall, Halifax [1816].
He died 20th May 1823.
A few days afterwards, Anne Lister visited Hannah and her
sister Frances at Savile Hall
Children:
The couple were buried at Mytholmroyd Wesleyan Methodist Church
He married Jane Briggs [1850-1921].
After William's death, Jane married John Cardwell
He married Elizabeth Farrar [1870-1927].
Children:
The family lived at 20 Greenups Terrace, Tuel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
During World War I,
he served as a Driver
with the Royal Field Artillery.
He died 24th August 1919 (aged 28).
He was buried at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery
[E U 561]
Sarah Hannah was the daughter of Elizabeth & Thomaz
Greenwood, of Hall Gate, Sowerby
Adelia, of Ovenden Road Terrace, Halifax, was the daughter of
John Thomas Tankard, wire drawer
Hannah was born in Norland
Ethel was born in Silsden
Jane came from Keighley
JOHN WILCOCK, late of Keelliam, in Erringden, in the same Parish,
Weaver, about 30 years old, 5 ft 7 ins high, broad-set, black
complexioned, wears his own Hair, dark-coloured, and generally a
stripp'd Waistcoat and brown Coat
Mary, a cotton spinner of Warley, was born in Ovenden, the
daughter of William Whiteley, labourer
Hannah was born in Ovenden, the daughter of Aaron
Kershaw, miner
Isabella Jane was the daughter of Frederick William Stott
Eliza Jane [b 22nd March 1850] came from Rastrick
Annie Elizabeth was born in York
Emma Jane, of Cragg Vale, was the daughter of John
Newall, labourer
Henrietta was the daughter of William Hollas
has mowed for the Patchett family of the White Lion, Hebden Bridge
upwards to 60 years, and this year, he, his son, his grandson and his
great-grandson, cut down 10 acres of grass there
Alice was the daughter of Arthur Walmsley
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Malcolm Bull 2017 /
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