The entries for people & families with the surname Whitehead 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:
His son carried on the business
He carried on his father's cotton spinning business at Upper Lumb Mill.
In 1812, he was declared bankrupt
His obituary in The Leeds Mercury of 20th June 1835 reported
In [Q1] 1915, he married Emily Winifred Cox
in Edmonton, London.
During World War I,
he served as a Lance Corporal
with C Company
1st/11th Battalion
London Regiment
(Finsbury Rifles).
He was killed in action in the Dardanelles [31st August 1915] (aged 29).
He was buried at Seventh Field Ambulance Cemetery, Turkey [SP MEM C 3].
There is a memorial to him in Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot Number 1042].
He is remembered on All Saints' War Memorial, Dudwell
He was
a labourer at a woollen mill [1861] /
licensee of the Waggon & Horses, Sowerby Bridge [1860-1866].
In February 1860, he was fined 30/- for selling at illegal hours on
Monday 31st January 1853.
On 1st January 1852, he married Caroline Nicholl [1830-1915] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
Anthony died in Sowerby Bridge [23rd June 1866] (aged 41).
He was buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £200.
The will was proved by
John Taylor of Corporation Street, Halifax (spindle maker)
On 27th May 1867, Caroline married (2) John Maude at Halifax Parish Church
He was a tin plate maker working with his brothers
William,
Howarth,
Frank,
and
Sam
trading as George Whitehead & Sons and Whitehead brothers, at
Crescent Mill and Salford Old Foundry.
He was Worshipful Master of the Prudence Lodge of Freemasons [4th
January 1907].
He married (1) Nancy Ann Travis.
Children:
In 1900, he married (2) widow Hannah Wolfenden (née
Crabtree) at Todmorden Unitarian Church.
The family lived at Dawson Weir [before 1896 to after 1901].
He later retired to Southport.
He died at 190 York Street, Southport
Born in Halifax [13th November 1896].
In 1910, he arrived in the USA [3rd June 1910]
aboard Friesland bound for Mrs Goodhall, his sister in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In 1917-18, his World War 1 Draft Registration Card, was
recorded in Philadelphia City, Pennsylvania, USA.
In the US Federal Census [1920], Anthony (an operative in a
cigar factory) and his father Joe were living in rented
property in Philadelphia.
He married Mary [1901-1???].
By 1930, his mother Lucy was recorded with them in Philadelphia
He died 1st July 1944.
He was buried at Chateaudun Eastern Communal Cemetery, France [2 599-601]
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
He was a mechanic.
In [Q1] 1874, he married Elizabeth Goodyear [1841-1914] in
Halifax.
Children:
In 1884, he went to Sydney, Australia – possibly via New Zealand.
In 1889, he married Esther Nugent.
Children:
On 17th May 1919, he married Sarah Jane Furness in Halifax.
Born in Halifax
He was a mechanic [1898].
On 10th September 1898, he married Clara Turner in Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Halifax
He was
Mayor of Calderdale [1981-1982]
and Mayor of Halifax [1968-1969]
He died in World War I.
He is remembered on the Memorial at John Mackintosh & Sons Limited
He was a tin plate maker working with his brothers
William,
Howarth,
Anthony,
and
Sam
trading as George Whitehead & Sons and Whitehead brothers, at
Crescent Mill and Salford Old Foundry.
He married Hannah Crossley.
Children:
The family lived at Stansfield Street, Todmorden [1893].
On 8th December 1893 he died suddenly at the age of 42.
He was Grand Master of the Oddfellows in the District.
On the Sunday following, 100 members of the Independent Order of
Oddfellows met at the Oddfellows Hall, Todmorden, and walked in
procession to Christ Church
He was an engineer of Bentley Street, Halifax [1916].
On 12th August 1916, he married Constance Emily Sladdin at Halifax Parish Church.
He was innkeeper of an unidentified pub at St Georges, Sowerby [1906].
Question:
Does anyone know which hostelry this may have been?
In 1906, he married Adelaide Chadwick [1878-19??].
Born in Hipperholme.
In 1907, he married Louisa Ingleby.
They lived at 443 Broad Oak, Hipperholme
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with D Company
9th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 26th August 1918 (aged 37).
He is remembered on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France [6].
His death was reported in the Halifax Courier [21st September 1918]
During World War II,
he served as a Private
with the General Service Corps.
He died 27th March 1943.
In [Q3] 1933, he married Winifred Gertrude Binns in Halifax.
They lived in Lightcliffe.
He was buried at Brighouse Cemetery
[E Nonconformist 803]
Born in Todmorden.
In 1841, he was an apprentice tinner at Sutcliffe Buildings,
Todmorden, with his father and brother William.
In 1851, he was an iron and tin plate worker in a partnership with
his brothers Henry and William, trading as Whitehead Brothers, and employing 2 apprentices.
About 1890, he started up George Whitehead & sons without his
brothers but with his sons and occupied the foundry at Salford Old Foundry and also Hall Ing.
He married Ellen Howarth.
Children:
Members of the family were buried at Unitarian Chapel, Todmorden
He married Ada, daughter of Jonathan Mallinson.
Children:
The family lived at 20 Belmont Street, Claremount [1911].
Living with them in 1911 were Ada's parents Betty and
Jonathan Mallinson
Born in Todmorden.
In 1851, he was at Hall Ing, in partnership with his brothers
George and William, employing 2
apprentices and trading as Whitehead Brothers.
He married Isabella.
Children:
The family lived at Waterfield Cottage, Patmos, Todmorden
He was a tin plate maker working with his brothers
William,
Frank,
Anthony,
and
Sam
trading as George Whitehead & Sons and Whitehead brothers, at
Crescent Mill and Salford Old Foundry.
He married (1) Ada.
Children:
He married (2) Mary Grace Hitchen.
Children:
He married (3) Betty.
They had no children.
The family lived at 8 Victoria Road, Todmorden [1905].
Members of the family were buried at The Unitarian Sunday School graveyard, Todmorden
In 1819, he (possibly) married Hannah Brownridge [1794-18??].
Children:
Isaac (possibly) died in 1860
The family lived at Sowerby Street, Sowerby [1841, 1851]
He worked at James Akroyd & Sons Limited.
He had been an overlooker, but he was sent back to work on the looms
on account of his inefficiency.
3 weeks earlier, he had been dismissed when he refused to take on
another warp.
On 15th November 1872, he was outside the Coach & Horses, Halifax when he shot – at a range of 3 yards – and wounded John Edward Champney, a director of Akroyd's, whom he had been
following down Haley Hill.
The injuries were not serious.
A bullet – crudely made by Whitehead from an iron weaving rod – was
found lodged in Champney's skin, and another between his
waistcoat and braces.
On 6th December 1872, he was indicted for feloniously shooting
at Champney, with intent to kill and murder, at Halifax.
He was sentenced to 15 years' penal servitude
This is discussed in the book
Halifax Murders
On 9th June 1858, he married Charlotte Sophia Freeman in Bradford.
Children:
James Stuart died in Halifax [Q4 1894] (aged 59).
Charlotte Sophia died in Scarborough [Q1 1900] (aged 62)
He was
a cotton maker-up [1881] /
a maker-up of New Road, Sowerby [1886] /
a cotton maker-up [1901].
On 5th July 1886, he married Lucy Ann Simpson [1863-19??].
Children:
The family lived at
In the US Federal Census [1920], Joe & Anthony (an
operative in a cigar factory) were living in rented property in
Philadelphia.
By 1930, Lucy was recorded with them in Philadelphia
In the 1830s, he joined his father in cotton spinning at Upper Lumb Mill
In the 1830s, it was recorded that they employed 58 workers, and
their young employees did not work overtime.
He married Unknown.
Children:
Born in Bury
He was
a brazier and tinner at Sutcliffe's Buildings, Todmorden [1837] /
a tinner at Sutcliffe Buildings, Todmorden, with sons George and William (his apprentices) [1841] /
a journeyman iron & tin plate worker at Hall Ing, Todmorden [1851]
He married Mary
Children:
He died in Todmorden [after 1861]
He took over from his father-in-law John Horsfall as
landlord of the Sun Inn, Halifax [1869, 1874].
He was a wine merchant (employer) [1901]
On 24th September 1867, he married Emma Horsfall [1844-1909] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
Born in Lightcliffe.
Baptised at Lightcliffe [6th June 1830].
She was engaged as a nursemaid to the children of Edward Armytage after his wife's death.
In 1846, Lydia – then a 15½ year-old servant girl – had
an illegitimate son – William Edward Armytage Axon – fathered by
Edward Armytage.
The child was born in Manchester and adopted by the Axon family, and
he took their surname.
Lydia kept in touch with her son, and he spent holidays with
her on the family farm.
She married (1) Elijah Mitchell.
Family stories tell how, after Edward Armytage's business
failed and he fell on hard times, Lydia returned and nursed
him on his deathbed
Elijah died January 1887.
After his death, Lydia continued to farm.
She left Highfield Farm [April 1891] and went to live with her
daughter Grace.
On 13th May 1896, Lydia married (3) Samuel Wood
She died less than 2 months after marrying Samuel
She was buried at St Thomas the Apostle, Claremount
He lived at Hope Street, Halifax.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the Northumberland Fusiliers
in France, and
with the 2nd Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
in Ireland.
On 20th September 1920, he was involved in an ambush in Church
Street, Dublin, and was shot in the stomach by Sinn Fein.
He died 2 hours later.
He is remembered with a CWGC headstone at Stoney Royd Cemetery.
Kevin Barry [aged 18], a medical student, was court martialled
and hanged on 1st November 1920 for the shooting
Educated at Brasenose College Oxford.
Curate at Todmorden [1699]
He was a tin plate maker working with his brothers
William,
Howarth,
Frank,
and
Anthony
trading as George Whitehead & Sons and Whitehead brothers, at
Crescent Mill and Salford Old Foundry.
He married Zillah Barker
He married Hannah [1802-1???].
Children:
The family lived at Pullman's Buildings, Haugh Shaw Road [1851]
He gave evidence in the trial of his servant Mary German.
In 1860, he was one of a number of publicans charged with the
adulteration of their beer by using grains of paradise in brewing.
Whitehead claimed that the offence had been done by his
brewer Shoesmith.
The bench considered that the defendant was liable for the act of his
servant.
He was fined £50.
Renewal of his licence was challenged because his offence.
Druggist Richard Toone was charged and fined £125 for
supplying the grains
He lived at Savile Park Road, Halifax [1874]
He was killed in an explosion at the works on
9th October 1879.
He left a wife and 4 children
Woolstapler at Halifax.
In [Q2] 1852, he married (1) Margaret Stansfield [1823-1873] in Halifax.
Children:
Margaret died 22nd September 1873.
In [Q4] 1874, he married (2) Ellen Mitchell [1838-1913]
in Camberwell.
The family lived at
Thomas Charles died 21st April 1897.
Ellen died 27th October 1913.
Members of the family were buried at St Paul's Church, King Cross
He was
an iron moulder [1881, 1891] /
an iron moulder engines [1901] /
a lamplighter & shop keeper general dealer [1911].
An article in the Sowerby Bridge Chronicle [24th May 1907],
celebrating the anniversary of Bolton Brow Wesleyan Sunday School,
noted that he was
choirmaster there for 12 years,
teacher for 9 years,
book steward for 6 years,
secretary for 6 years,
a member of the Band of Hope for 39 years,
connected with the chapel choir for 36 years,
and
secretary to the Free Church Council of Sowerby Bridge for 6 years
In 1878, he married Martha Ann Helliwell [1858-19??] in
Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1891] was visitor Maud Lilian Gledhill
[aged 5].
Living with them in 1911 was a boarder John Thomas Orme [aged
45] (bazaar decorator, clerk)
He married J.
They lived at 477 Rochdale Road, Walsden.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 13th Battalion
York & Lancaster Regiment.
He died 23rd July 1916.
He was buried at Merville Communal Cemetery, France [XI A 25]
Born in Sowerby Bridge.
He was a dyer's labourer [1911].
On 28th December 1907, he married Ellen [1874-1955] at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge.
In [Q4] 1894, she married Thomas Davies [1874-1902]
in Liverpool.
They had 3 children:
Thomas died in 1902.
Ellen was a wire weaver [1911]
Children:
The family lived at 2 Industrial Place, Sowerby Bridge [1911].
He served with the Gordon Highlanders during World War I.
Corporal Whitehead was awarded the DCM ...
He was promoted to Sergeant.
Wallace died of wounds to the back and arm [30th July 1918]
He was buried at Senlis French National Cemetery, France [II B 53].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Saint George's Church, Sowerby,
and on the family grave at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery.
Ellen died 23rd March 1955 (aged 80)
Born in Halifax.
He was
a dyer's finisher piece examiner [1901] /
a woollen cloth dyer's warehouseman [1911] /
employed at Washer Lane Dye Works.
In April 1909, he enlisted at Halifax for four years as a Territorial
with the Yorkshire Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance.
He was discharged at end of his term [April 1913].
During World War I,
he enlisted [March 1916], and
served as a Private
with the 10th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was invalided home with trench feet [January 1917], and returned
to the Front [February 1917].
He was killed by a sniper consolidating the ground captured at
Inverness Copse, at the Battle of Passchendaele [20th September 1917].
He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [82-85 & 162A],
on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
on the Memorial at Saint Paul's Church, King Cross,
and at King Cross Cemetery
He married Grace Mitchell [1805-18??].
Children:
William died in 1864.
In 1872, Grace married W. J. Fearnley
On 17th October 1862, he married Mary Smith at Halifax Parish Church.
Born in Todmorden.
In 1841, he was an apprentice tinner at Sutcliffe Buildings,
Todmorden, with his father and brother George.
In 1851, he was an iron and tin plate worker at Hall Ing, Todmorden
in partnership with his brothers Henry and
George, employing 2 apprentices, and trading as
Whitehead Brothers.
Partner in Whitehead Brothers.
He lived at Ridge Street, Todmorden [1905]
He married Sarah.
Children:
He was a tin plate maker working with his brothers
Howarth,
Frank,
Anthony,
and
Sam
trading as George Whitehead & Sons and Whitehead brothers, at
Crescent Mill and Salford Old Foundry.
He never married.
He was buried at Unitarian Chapel, Todmorden.
On 27th January 1912, a portrait of William was unveiled at
the Unitarian Sunday School
Educated at St John's College Cambridge.
He was Usher at Heath Grammar School [1862]
He was
a woolsorter of Washer Lane, Skircoat [1884] /
a wool sorter [1891] /
a dyeing machine minder in piece dyehouse [1901] /
a woollen cloth dyer's labourer [1911].
In 1884, he married Julia Ann Kenyon [1862-1900] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Julia Ann died in Halifax [1900] (aged 37)
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered on the Roll of Honour at Patmos Congregational Chapel, Todmorden
died in the prime of life
He had for a great number of years been a steady and consistent
member and leader in the Wesleyan Methodist Society.
He has left a family of 16 children to lament their loss
Caroline was born in Sowerby, the daughter of John
Nicholl, cloth dresser
Mary was born in Pennsylvania
Elizabeth was the widow of Joah Smith Goodyear
Sarah Jane was the daughter of John Furness
Clara was the daughter of Abraham Turner
Constance Emily of Milton Terrace, Halifax, was the daughter
of Frank Sladdin, tailor
Adelaide was the daughter of Thomas Chadwick, labourer
Charlotte Sophia was the daughter of James Freeman
Lucy Ann, of King Cross, Skircoat, was the daughter
of Benjamin Simpson, mason
Emma was the daughter of John Horsfall
Martha Ann was born in Cragg Vale
Ellen was born in Liverpool.
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty as a stretcher-bearer
fo over 24 hours without rest.
He carried in 2 wounded officers unaided, after other
stretcher-bearers had become casualties in attempting to do so [6th
February 1918]
Mary was the daughter of Whitehead Smith
Julia Ann, of King Cross, was the daughter of James
Kenyon, dyer
The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District Surnames by George Redmonds.
There are over 40 entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname Whitehead,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Unattached BMDs for Whitehead:
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