The entries for people & families with the surname Appleyard 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:
Born at Mill Bank [20th April 1847].
Baptised at St George's, Sowerby [20th September 1847].
He was
a silk dresser of Aufhole [1878] /
a silk dresser [1881, 1891, 1901].
On 31st December 1878, he married Ann Williams [1853-19??] at St Mary's Church, Cottonstones.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1881] was Alison's widowed
mother Betty.
Alison died 1st December 1914.
Anne died 20th June 1934.
Members of the family were buried at St Mary's Church, Cottonstones
He was an insurance agent [1882].
On 30th August 1882, he married Annie Smith [1861-1922] at St Thomas's Church, Claremount.
She took over from her father-in-law as landlady of the Prince of Wales Hotel, Gibbet Street [1905, 1911]
Children:
The children were born in Halifax.
The couple died in Halifax:
Arthur [24th March 1906];
Annie [6th May 1922]
In January 1860, he was declared insolvent
He married Martha.
Children:
He was buried at Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Luddendenfoot
[16th December 1773].
See
Lower Shaw Booth, Wainstalls
He lived at Laverock Hall, Brighouse [1845]
Born in Halifax.
On 17th October 1889, he married Kate Highley at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
In 1901, he was listed as
visiting 180 Kensington Park Road, Kensington
In 1911, Kate is listed as married and living in
Harrogate, with her daughter Barbara, and sister Edith
Highley
He was a cotton creeler.
During World War I,
he served as a Bugler
with the King's Royal Rifle Corps.
He died 31st August 1917 (aged 19).
He is remembered on a memorial in St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd,
and in the book Royd Regeneration
Cyril died in Halifax [22nd November 1924].
He was an invalid [1911].
In [Q1] 1914, he married Alice Ashton [1891-19??] in Halifax
There is no evidence that they had any children
Born at Grassy Bottom, Norland [14th August 1849].
Baptised at St George's, Sowerby [10th September 1849].
On 12th January 1881, he married Mary Firth
in Hulme.
David died in Leeds Infirmary [12th September 1909]
Born 29th September 1838.
On 14th November 1861, she married (1) Thomas Dugdale at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
Thomas was buried in the family vault at Blackburn Cemetery
[24th February 1871]
On 24th November 1875, she married (2) Henry Williams
in Witton, Lancashire.
Children:
When the Royal Halifax Infirmary opened, she gave £5000 for
the creation of the Joshua Appleyard Ward in memory of her
father
During World War II,
he served as a Flight Sergeant
with 106 Squadron
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
He died 26th July 1942 (aged 20).
He was buried at Coningsby Cemetery, Lincolnshire
[65 1289].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He was
a commercial clerk worsted [1861] /
a worsted spinner employing 174 workpeople [1871] /
a worsted spinner employing 109 hands [1881] /
living on own means [1891] /
a retired worsted spinner [1901]
He established George Appleyard & Company.
In 1861, he was living with his grandfather William Appleyard.
In 1866, he married Rebecca Crossley [1841-1923].
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them in 1901 were
daughter-in-law Beatrice L. Appleyard [aged 28],
granddaughter Joan Eleanor Appleyard [aged 1],
and
visitor Horace A. Appleyard [aged 27] (machinery
broker/employer).
See
C. Ramos Appleyard,
George Crossley Appleyard and
Moor End Congregational Church
He was a carpet warehouseman [1891].
In [Q2] 1886, he married Paulina Culpan [1859-19??] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
Paulina was
widowed [by 1901];
a carpet saver [1901];
a confectioner dealer [1911]
Born in Halifax.
In 1911, he was living with his parents, plus
siblings Catharine, Jessie Ramos and Margaret
Crossley Appleyard, all single, at 42 Park Street, Southport.
He died 1945 in Southport
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
He was
a banker in Halifax /
a banker's clerk [1861] /
a bank cashier of Halifax [1864] /
a Trustee of Moor End Congregational Church [1864].
In 1861, he was living with his grandfather William Appleyard.
In 1880, on the death of his uncle, Joshua Appleyard, he
took over as Vice Chairman of the Halifax Joint Stock Banking Company.
In 1864, he married Harriet Walker [1845-1???] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
In 1881, Ella, Annie and Gervase Appleyard were
pupils at a school in North Moels, Southport.
Of the 17 pupils at this school, 16 were girls between the ages of 7
and 15, with Annie being the youngest.
Gervase [aged 6] was the only boy.
The family lived at
He died at Leeds.
See
Annie Quick
Born in Warley/Wainstalls.
He is listed as Gervase Appleyard when he and his siblings
were pupils at a school in North Moels, Southport [1881]
He was a boarder at St George's College, Pannal, York [1891]
He signed his name as Gervase Appleyard [1911]
He was
a patent agent's clerk [1901],
a technical assistant to a patent agent [1911],
and
a patent agent
In the early 20th century, he joined Tasker & Crossley.
The business later became Appleyard, Lees & Company.
He retired in 1952.
In 1907, he married Rose Noble Coates [1879-19??]
in Fulham.
Children:
The family lived at
She is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1894
He was a mill owner.
He married Mary Briggs.
Children:
In 1906, Mary Ann placed a memorial to her mother and her
brother John in St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd.
In 1917, Mary Ann gave a bequest to pay for new faces on the
clock at St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd in memory of her aunt and
uncles Grace and Benjamin Whittam Briggs, and Henry
Briggs
Baptised at St John the Baptist, Coley [18th July 1824]
He married Unknown.
Children:
He was a farmer.
He married Sarah Cousin [1806-1886].
Children:
The family lived at White Lee, Mytholmroyd.
James died at White Lee [12th May 1886].
Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at £23,813 9/-.
The will was proved by
daughter Ann,
nephew John Appleyard,
great-nephews William Henry Mitchell,
and
John Cousin Mitchell
In 1901 Ada, daughter of Richard Cockcroft was ladies'
companion to daughter Ann at White Lee
In 1903, their father devised the Magson House Estates, Luddendenfoot to James and his brother,
William.
In 1908, the estate passed to Dr John Appleyard and Dr William Appleyard.
In [Q4] 1909, he married Ruby Tizard
in Wandsworth, London
He married Unknown.
Children:
He married Mary Harper.
Children:
Born in Haworth.
He was an early member of the Appleyard family of Wainstalls.
He married Mary Chatburn.
Children:
He left large charitable bequests in his will
He was one of the wealthiest inhabitants of the parish of Halifax.
He was involved in the foreign trade from an early age.
For several years, he lived in South America.
He amassed a large fortune, and made considerable investments when he
returned to Britain.
He was listed as
a landed proprietor and farmer of 24 acres [1851] /
a landed proprietor (unmarried) [1851].
He never married.
In his will he left upwards of £14,500 with bequests to family
and friends and
the National Lifeboat Institution,
the Vicar of Halifax,
the poorer clergy in the parish of Halifax,
the Halifax Tradesmen's Benevolent Institution,
the Halifax General Infirmary,
and
£5,000 to the poor of the following seven townships
to be distributed in the proportions:
He lived at Shaw Booth, Warley [with Joshua Appleyard
1841].
He died at Shaw Booth [11th February 1865].
He was buried at St Mary's Church, Luddenden.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £200,000.
The will was proved by
his nephew Joshua Appleyard (of Clare Hall),
John Fisher,
and
Richard Aked.
His will is recorded in Halifax Parish Church
See
Partners in Halifax Commercial Banking Company
He was a beer seller at an unidentified beerhouse at 26 Orange
Street, Halifax [1851].
Question:
Does anyone know which beerhouse this may have been?
He married Ann [1796-18??].
There were many people living at 26 (& 27 & 30) Orange Street [1851]
He was
a woolcomber & beer seller at the Star Hotel, Halifax [1841, 1851].
He married Ann [1801-18??].
Children:
The family lived at Orange Street, Halifax [1841].
Living with them [in 1841] were George Stewart [aged 65]
(labourer) and Jonas Jowitt [aged 55] (weaver mixed goods).
Living with them [in 1851] were grandson George Appleyard [b
1841] & visitor Rebecca Dillworth [b 1822]
He died at Holme House, Hebden Bridge [12th August 1865].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £8,000.
The will was proved by
brother James Appleyard of White Lee, Midgley
and
sister Ann
He was
Surgeon and GP /
County surgeon [1886].
In 1878, he married Matilda Deacon.
Children:
The family lived at Manningham, Bradford [1886].
His sister Mary Ann placed a memorial to him in St Michael's Church, Mytholmroyd
In 1904, he married Sarah Ann Greenwood [1850-19??] in Halifax.
In 1911, they were listed at the Blue Ball, Halifax
where John was working at home and Sarah Ann was
landlady with 3 lodgers
Son of John Appleyard.
He and his brother, Dr William Appleyard, inherited the Magson House estates from James Appleyard [1908].
He sold it to Joseph W. Whitworth Limited [1920].
In 1915, he married Olive Ethel Miller.
Children:
He married Unknown.
Children:
On 3rd August 1834, he married Hannah Allison at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
Jonas died in 1844.
In 1847, Hannah married Jeremiah Speak
Baptised at Luddenden Church [1812].
He married Unknown.
Children:
He married Unknown.
Children:
Question:
Does anyone know anything about this man and where he fits into the
Appleyard tree?
What is his connection to John Appleyard?
Son of William Appleyard.
Baptised at Luddenden Church [1810].
He was
His nephew, Gerbacio Protacio Appleyard, succeeded him at
the Halifax Joint Stock Banking Company
In 1830, he married Sarah Aked at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
After Robert Parker's death in 1856, Appleyard leased
Clare Hall, Halifax and lived there until his death.
He inherited a considerable legacy from his uncle John Appleyard [1865].
He died 27th August 1880.
Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £300,000.
When Royal Halifax Infirmary opened, daughter Ellen
gave £5000 for the creation of the Joshua Appleyard Ward
in memory of her father.
See
James Riley,
St Mary the Virgin, Luddenden and
West Yorkshire Railway Company
Farmer and clothier.
He married Alice [15??-1561].
Children:
He also brought up Nicholas, the Younger.
The family lived at
Nicholas and Alice were buried at Halifax Parish Church
Son of Nicholas Appleyard.
Baptised before 1538.
On 3rd February 1549, he married Margaret Farrowe.
There are no children mentioned in his will dated 19th September 1577.
He was buried at Halifax Parish Church
Father unknown.
Nicholas Appleyard brought the boy up in place of his
deceased father, and in his will, describes him as Nicholas,The
Younger.
On 4th July 1569, he married Margaret Wilkinson.
Children:
He was buried at Halifax Parish Church
He established Appleyard's confectionery company.
He lived at 285 Queen's Road, Halifax
He died in Calder district [Q2 1943] (aged 51)
He was
a baker [1911] /
employed by Mackintosh's.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with D Company
1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was killed 16th October 1915 (aged 26)
along with 2 colleagues when an exploding shell caused the roof of
his dugout to fall in.
He was buried at Bard Cottage Cemetery, Belgium. [I F 22].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
on the Memorial at Stannary Congregational Church, Halifax,
on the Memorial at John Mackintosh & Sons Limited,
and on the Roll of Honour at Stannary School, Halifax
In [Q4] 1917, he married Edith in Halifax.
The family lived at 7 Beacon Terrace, Claremount
Son of Nicholas Appleyard.
Baptised 12th September 1544.
On 28th January 1566, he married Alice Ruddlesden.
Children:
Son of Jonas Appleyard.
He married Unknown.
Children:
He moved to the USA.
He died at Lowell, Massachusetts
He married Unknown.
Children:
The family lived at Shaw Booth, Warley
Son of John Appleyard.
He married Unknown.
Children:
Son of John Appleyard.
He was heir to his aunt, Susanna Crowther.
On 21st July 1689, he married (1) Martha Hollings [1665-1716].
Children:
Martha died in 1716.
In August 1718, he married (2) Ellen Barraclough.
He died intestate in London [1730].
Question:
In June 1703, a Samuel Appleyard, late of Shelf
surrendered himself to the Commissioners of Bankruptcies.
Could this be he?
He married Unknown.
Children:
He was
a wool sorter [1853] /
landlord of the Prince of Wales Hotel Gibbet Street [1887, 1891, 1901].
On 29th March 1853, he married Emma Scott [1842-1886] in Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Halifax.
Emma died 26th October 1886 (aged 74).
Samuel died 29th December 1905 (aged 75).
After his death, his daughter-in-law Annie Appleyard
took over at the Prince of Wales.
Members of the family were buried at St Paul's Church, King Cross:
Emma [29th October 1886]
He married Unknown.
They had no children.
They lived at Clifton Common.
On
6th September 1873,
he died after being caught in the shaft of a charcoal-grinding
machine at the works.
He was last seen alive by Charles Wood, the engine tenter,
soon after 9:00 am.
At 9:30 am, Wood heard a strange noise, and looking into the
room where Samuel was working, saw that his body was tangled
in the machinery and being whirled round.
Samuel's head, legs and arms were greatly injured.
At the Inquest, it was thought likely that Samuel was passing
under the shaft, when a projecting key caught his smock and he became
tangled in the machine
He married Jane Hannah.
Children:
They lived at Hoyle House, Lightcliffe [1888].
See
Squire Aspinall
She married Joseph Crowther.
She survived her husband and left much of the estate to Joseph Wood, her executor – and probably a relative.
Wood died 27 hours after she died.
She and her husband were buried at Halifax Parish Church.
See
Samuel Appleyard
Baptised at Illingworth Church [10th September 1815].
He was
silk dresser.
On 24th November 1844, he married Betty Firth [1820-1898]
in Almondbury Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Born in Shelf.
He was
a stuff presser [1851] /
landlord of the Angel, Halifax [1864, 1871].
In 1850, he married Hephzibah Hanson at Coley Church.
They had no children.
The family lived at
Walter died at the Angel [8th March 1872].
He was buried at St Paul's Church, King Cross
[13th March 1872].
After his death, Hephzibah took over at the Angel
[1874], & married William Whitworth [1880]
Born in Ripponden [19th November 1882].
He was
a member of Kingston Liberal Club, Halifax /
a tailor & cutter dealer /
a tailor [1901] /
a manager for Mr Smith, hosier of King Cross.
On 24th September 1908, he married Maria Milner [1882-1961] at St Augustine's Church, Pellon.
Children:
The family lived at
During World War I,
he enlisted [November 1915], and
served as a Private
with the 11th Battalion
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).
He was sent to France [August 1916].
He was killed in action on his way to the dressing station [7th October 1916].
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [2A, 2C & 2D],
on the Roll of Honour at King Cross Methodist New Connexion Chapel,
and on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He married Susanna [15??-1672].
Children:
He married Unknown.
Children:
Recorded on 5th November 1826, when
his will left the White Swan, Hebden Bridge with land and
outbuildings to his son John.
The will also mentions other property including
Raw Royds, Wadsworth,
Magson House, Luddendenfoot,
Grey Stones, Warley,
Hoyle Green House, Warley,
Smithy Croft, Warley,
and
Horse Hay, Wadsworth
Some of the property went to his son James
He was an inn keeper & yeoman.
On 23rd December 1790, he married Mary Howarth [1770-1816] at Heptonstall Church.
Children:
Mary died in 1816.
William died in 1829.
Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £700.
In 1841, the children – then in their 30s, 40s and 50s – were living
at New Road, Hebden Bridge.
Mary Elizabeth Cousin was living with them.
In 1851 and 1861, Sarah, John and Ann – listed
as Landed Proprietors – were living at 25 New Road, Hebden Bridge.
In 1881, Ann and her niece Mary Elizabeth Cousin were living
at Holme House, Hebden Bridge.
Ann died at Holme House, Hebden Bridge [31st December 1884].
She was the last surviving daughter
Born in Halifax.
He was
a weaver in Warley [1802] /
a worsted manufacturer [1841] /
a worsted manufacturer employing 73 men, 67 women, 59 boys, 70 girls [1851] /
a worsted manufacturer employing 16 men, 44 boys, 30 women, 64 girls [1861] /
a worsted stuff manufacturer [1864].
In 1821, he bought Upper Mill, Wainstalls from Jonas Tillotson
and established William Appleyard & Son.
On 3rd October 1802, he married Sarah Patchett at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1861] were grandsons George Appleyard
and Gerbacio Protacio Appleyard.
He died 14th January 1864.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £40,000.
His will was proved by his executors: son Joshua
and Richard Aked of Wainstalls (worsted manufacturer).
He lived at Laverock Hall, Brighouse [1841, 1845]
In 1853, he married Anne Turner.
They had no children.
They lived at Magson House, Luddendenfoot [1861].
William died at Magson House [25th May 1871].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £8,000.
The will was proved by
his brother James,
sister Ann,
and
nephew John Appleyard of White Lee, Mytholmroyd (medical student).
His estates were granted to his brother, James
[1871]
Son of John Appleyard.
In 1903, their father devised the Magson House Estates, Luddendenfoot to William and his brother
James.
In 1908, he and his brother, John, inherited the
Magson House estates from their brother James [1908].
In 1909, he married (1) Lilian Alice (Lilla) Hucklesby
in Hackney, London.
Children:
In 1937, he married (2) Marjorie R. Hucklesby
in Edmonton, London.
Children:
He was a crabber (stuff dyeing) [1851].
In [Q1] 1853, he married (1) Elizabeth McIven [1829-1870] in Halifax.
Children:
Elizabeth died 22nd June 1870 (aged 41).
He married (2) Emma [1849-1887].
Emma died 31st March 1887 (aged 38).
Bennett died 22nd September 1904 (aged 78).
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot Number 2580]
Ann, of Aufhole, was born in Soyland [2nd November 1852], the
daughter of Elizabeth (née Radcliffe) & William Williams,
a silk maker-up
Annie was born in Halifax.
a commercial traveller (worker)
Alice was born in Netherton
Mary was his cousin, the daughter of his mother's
brother David
Thomas Dugdale [18th May 1831-19th February 1874] of Cross
Hill, Blackburn
Henry [b 23rd September 1842] was a surgeon from Moor Park,
Harrogate
Harriet was the daughter of worsted spinner Henry Walker
Rose came from Shap in Westmorland
Mary was the daughter of William Briggs
Ann was born in Hindon
Hannah came from Elland
Sarah from Ellen Royd, Midgley, was the daughter of John Aked
Edith was the widow of Ernest Lakey
of High Sunderland, near Halifax
Emma was born in Northowram
Betty was the
daughter of Hannah (née Shaw) & Thomas Firth,
farmer
Maria was born in Halifax
Sarah, of Warley was the daughter of Ambrose Patchett
Anne was the daughter of John Turner
The family were to become important in the industrial life of
Wainstalls from 1821 when William Appleyard
bought property there from Jonas Tillotson.
In 1898, they sold their mills and all other property in Wainstalls.
See
The Calvert family and
Wainstalls House
The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District Surnames by George Redmonds.
There are over 70 entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname Appleyard,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Unattached BMDs for Appleyard:
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