The entries for people & families with the surname Wainhouse are gathered together in this SideTrack.
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Born in Halifax.
Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [22nd July 1810]
He was a surgeon in Halifax.
He lived at
In June 1853, he was in a depressed state of mind and bought 2 ounces
of tincture of opium from James Bancroft, a
druggist.
He took all the tincture and went to bed.
He died the following day.
On 1st July 1853, an inquest heard that
No blame was apportioned to James Bancroft as he had quite
legally sold the drug, which was commonly administered and used as a
remedy for pain and sleeplessness.
The Huddersfield Chronicle & West Yorkshire Advertiser [Saturday
July 9th 1853] reported
Deceased was a gentleman of somewhat eccentric habits, and at the
time he took the fatal draught was labouring under the delusion that
an inquest was about to be held upon the body of a patient who died
under his hand sixteen years ago, and if the verdict went against him
he would be hanged.
On the evening previous he purchased two ounces of laudanum, which he
swallowed at intervals during the night, and from the effects of
which he died on Wednesday evening.
An inquest was held on the body yesterday week, when the above facts
having briefly proved by witnesses, the jury returned a verdict to
the effect that deceased died from the effects of laudanum taken
during a fit of temporary insanity
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot Number 4412]
with Ellen and Amelia, 2 daughters of his brother
Thomas Wainhouse
He married Unknown.
Children:
See
St Peter's Church, Sowerby Benefactions
In 1686, he bequeathed land and cottages in Norland for the
poor
Son of John Wainhouse.
On 28th April 1746, he married Judith Walker at St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe
In his will dated 29th June 1746, he bequeathed
He was buried in Halifax Parish Church
He became a stuff merchant.
He had business at Number 1, Horton Street, Halifax.
He was a subscriber to Warley Grammar School.
On 27th August 1804, he married Frances Ann Nicholson
[1783-1829] in Wakefield.
Children:
The children were baptised at Halifax Parish Church.
The family lived at
Frances Ann were buried at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax
[13th July 1829].
Edward died 30th December 1852.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £100.
The will was proved by
his son John Edward;
She lived at Norland Hall [1845]
He was a pupil at Rishworth School.
In April 1863, he drowned whilst he and a group of boys were bathing
in a dam or pool at Rishworth
During World War II,
he served as a Flight Sergeant
with 211 Squadron
Royal Air Force.
He died 13th April 1941 (aged 21).
He was buried at Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece
[Coll Grave 4 D 14]
He died in Palermo, Sicily.
Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £3,500
He was
Overseer of the Poor for Norland /
a reed maker [1818] /
a farmer [1841, 1851, 1856] /
a farmer of 33 acres [1861] /
a commission agent for healds and slays.
In 1854, he – along with Ely Smith and Edmund Hallawell – were sued for
£43 12/- by William Eagle Bott, a civil engineer, for
services rendered to the town of Norland for which Hellawell,
as surveyor, and Wainhouse and Ely, as overseers, were
liable.
They were sent to York Castle, as insolvent debtors, where Ely
died [1855].
In April 1856, he was
was recorded as out of business and his creditors were paid
1½d in the pound.
In 1818, he married Mary Atkinson of Norland, at Halifax
Parish Church.
Mary died between the census of 1831 and 1841.
Children:
The children were baptised at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge.
The family lived at
Question:
There is a possible confusion of the various halls in Norland here.
Please email me if you can clarify where James lived and when
His unmarried sister Susey / Susan [1796-18??] was
living with James [1841, 1851, 1861]
He owned Brockwell.
In 16??, he married Elizabeth Cockett.
Children:
He was killed by his horses as he was returning from delivering a
load of pieces at Leeds
On his death, Hindley left Washer Lane House, Halifax to his
daughter
He married (1) Sarah, daughter of Samuel King,
or
In 1681, he married (2) Sarah Greenwood.
Children:
His wife brought her family's Trimmingham estate as her dowry.
In 1674, he bought
Broadgates and
Mearclough Bottom Mill
from Abraham Crowther.
John inherited Broadgates
He inherited Broadgates and made alterations to the property.
On 9th September 1714, he married Mary Oldfield [1692-1737].
Children:
Members of the family were buried in Halifax Parish Church
By his will of 12th August 1725, he ordered
He married Elizabeth [1808-1855].
John was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot Number 3365]
with Nathaniel Wainhouse
Born in Halifax [20th August 1916].
Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [14th January 1817].
After his mother's death [1829], he was raised by his
aunt Hannah and uncle Robert Wainhouse.
He started work at Robert's dye-works in Washer Lane.
When his uncle died [1856], John Edward inherited the
business, becoming owner of the Washer Lane Dye Works.
He did not involved himself with the business, but left this to
Henry Mossman.
He sold the business to Mossman [1873].
He was listed as
a proprietor of houses [1851, 1861]
and
a landowner / following no occupation, and an employer of 60 men and some boys [1871].
An Obituary Notice said
He was responsible for the construction of Wainhouse Tower and the
houses of Wainhouse Terrace.
He was described as an intellectual and literary, and a noted
pamphleteer.
He was well-educated and widely travelled, and he developed a special
fondness for decorative architecture.
The elaborate cupola of Wainhouse Tower is the most famous example
of this.
He was Chairman of the Skircoat Board of Surveyors with
responsibility for the highways in the district.
He built his own house West Air on Washer Lane, next to the land of
his rival, Sir Henry Edwards – see The Edwards-Wainhouse feud.
He never married.
He was the last of the local Wainhouse family.
His estate passed to the family of his sister, Mary Dorothy.
They lived at
He died at West Air [26th July 1883].
He was buried at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax.
See
Scarr Bottom Cottages, Pye Nest
Born in Warley.
He was
a bookkeeper of Duke Street [1839] /
a book keeper / a warehouseman [1841] /
a clerk (spinners & manufacturer merchants worsted) [1851] /
a clerk at worsted factory [1861] /
a clerk (worsted manufactory) [1871] /
a retired book keeper [1881]
In 1839, he married Fanny Giles [1815-1876] at St Peter's,
Leeds.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1841] were Elizabeth Nussey [aged 30]
(dressmaker) and Henry Nussey [aged 5].
Jonathan died 6th April 1885.
Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £2,433.
His will was proved by son Walter
(Possibly) daughter of John Wainhouse.
Baptised at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge [25th October 1714].
In 1739, she married William Walker.
She died in 1739
He cased the timber farmhouse in stone and decorated it with fine
plasterwork.
He married James Mitchell's widow (age 48).
He died
at Cross in Halifax [18th October 1684]
He was buried at Halifax Parish Church
In November 1769, he attended the enquiry which had been
called by the Marquis of Rockingham to discuss the problem
of the coiners and the murder of William Deighton.
Children:
Members of the family were buried at Halifax Parish Church
Children:
Nathaniel died in 1812.
Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £10,000
He was buried at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax
[13th December 1812]
He was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot Number 3365]
with John Wainhouse
In 1745, he inherited property in Rawdon, Leeds, from his
uncle Christopher Emmott.
He changed his name to Emmott.
He married Unknown.
Children:
A niece of Richard (junior) - called Susannah
Emmott – married George Green of Harley street, and
assumed the name Green-Emmott.
They had a son: Alfred Edward Green-Emmott
On 10th May 1704, he married Mrs Power
In November 1769, he attended the enquiry which had been
called by the Marquis of Rockingham to discuss the problem
of the coiners and the murder of William Deighton.
Recorded in 1822, when
he was an ironmonger at Northgate, Halifax
He was
an iron monger [1803, 1808, 1810, 1812].
On 23rd May 1802, he married (1) Elizabeth Wainwright [1780-1815]
Children:
Elizabeth died in Halifax [25th October 1815]
On 2nd November 1817, he married (2) Mary Slater [1781-18??].
Children:
Robert died in Halifax [11th April 1839].
In 1851, the widowed Mary was living with
daughter Elizabeth & family
(Possibly) son of Nathaniel Wainhouse.
He was
a member of a Committee supporting those affected by the Luddites [1813] /
a Commissioner of the Court of Requests [1828] /
Surveyor of the Highways for Skircoat [1835] /
a merchant [1841] /
a Commissioner of Land & Assessed Taxes [1845] /
a Commissioner of Property & Income Tax [1845].
He owned the Washer Lane Dye Works.
He was one of the subscribers to John Horner's book Buildings in the Town & Parish of Halifax [1835].
On 2nd June 1795, he married Hannah Emmet [1771-18??] in
Halifax.
They had no children.
The family lived at
On his mother's death in 1829, his nephew John Edward Wainhouse
went to live with the couple.
Robert died in 1856.
He was buried at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax
[10th March 1856].
Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £45,000.
His brother William was executor.
He left £100 to the Leeds Infirmary, and £100 to
the Yorkshire School for the Blind in York.
John Edward inherited Robert's business.
See
Wainhouse Road School, Halifax
He lived at Lee House, Shibden [1869].
See
Halifax Courier
Baptised at Halifax Parish Church [24th May 1815].
In [Q4] 1839, he married Ellen Appaulina Lewthwaite in Halifax.
Children:
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery.
Daughters Ellen and Amelia are buried with their uncle
Alfred Wainhouse
He was an annuitant [1851].
He never married.
He lived at Washer Lane, Halifax.
He died 14th December 1862.
He was buried at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax
[13th December 1862]
Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £90,000.
The will was proved by his nephew
John Edward Wainhouse
and Thomas Adam of Halifax (gentleman)
He died at Frankfurt-am-Main in Germany, and was buried at the
Peterkirche there
He was a surgeon but without practice, of somewhat eccentric
habits, and a bachelor, and had been had been in a depressed state of
mind
On Wednesday week Mr Alfred Wainhouse, Surgeon, of Halifax,
put a period to his existence by taking a quantity of laudanum.
a messuage called Beestingly Lane, in Stainland, to his
wife Judith and her heirs for ever, chargeable along with his
personal estate with the payment of his debts and funeral expenses.
In the event of his wife having a child, he devised to such child his
messuage called Broad Gates, a messuage called Mearclough Bottom,
with dyehouses, etc., a water corn mill called Mearclough Bottom
Mill, Trimmingham, Allan Gate and an old cottage
near Broad Gates; but in case he should leave no children, then to
his wife for life, subject to certain payments to his
sisters Elizabeth, Martha, Ann,
and Sarah, and after his wife's decease he disposed of his
estates among his said sisters
Elizabeth was the daughter of Richard Cockett
here lyeth the body of John Wainehouse of Halyfax, who departed this
life 7 Jun 1705
that his wife Mary should have her full thirds out of his real
estate in lieu of dower.
In case his wife should have a son after the date of his will, such
son or sons to have a messuage in Warley called The Cliffe,
in the possession of Isaac Smith, and one other messuage in
Warley in the possession of John Crowther.
If no such son be born, then all the said messuages and all other his
messuages, as well copyhold as freehold (subject to certain charges),
to his son Edward. [Wife Mary and brother-in-law Thomas
Oldfield, exors].
If his son Edward and such after-born son died before 21, then
he devised his capital messuage called Broadyates to his
daughter Elizabeth;
His messuage at Mear Clough Bottom, the cottages and mills there, to
his daughter Martha;
Trimmingham and Allon Gate to his
daughter Anne;
And all his messuages in Warley to his daughter Mary for life,
and after her decease to her eldest son
He was well known as a large property owner who paid great attention
to the improvement of his tenant's dwellings
Fanny, of Bowman Lane, was the daughter of Aaron Giles,
a clothdresser
of a surfeit got by intemperance
A Richard Wainhouse of Pye Nest died 13th March 1707
Elizabeth was born in Halifax
Mary was born in Halifax or Wakefield
Ellen Appaulina was the daughter of Joseph Hartley Lewthwaite
There are currently no entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname Wainhouse,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
Unattached BMDs for Wainhouse:
See
Wainstalls
Deaths
1719,
1812
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