The entries for people & families with the surname Earnshaw 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.
On 17th October 1767, brothers Thomas Boys [aged 27]
and Richard Boys [aged 24] of Colne, were executed at the
Tyburn for
They had stolen 8 guineas and 2 shillings in silver from him.
These 2 brothers had married 2 sisters, who, with their father,
attended the execution and then conveyed the bodies to Halifax for
burial
He was said to be a very autocratic character.
At one point he demanded that the font be replaced.
When parishioners suggested that the old font be sited in the
churchyard where it might be used to display flowers, he insisted
that it be broken up and buried in the churchyard, lest black magic
powers be invoked
He was a railway goods porter [1871].
He married Mary Ann, widow of Albert Veal.
Children:
The family lived at Back Prospect Street, Claremount [1871].
Mary Ann's children were living with them
In June 1849, newspapers reported that
He married Hannah [1814-1895].
Children:
Elkanah died 7th March 1891 (aged 76).
Hannah died 17th August 1895 (aged 81).
Members of the family were buried at Mount Zion Methodist Chapel, Ogden
Born in Todmorden.
He was a cotton weaver [1901].
On 3rd February 1912, he married Sarah Hannah Dawson
[1886-1915] at Mankinholes Wesleyan Methodist Chapel.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with Y Siege Park
Royal Army Service Corps.
He died 24th November 1918 (aged 33).
He was buried at the Etaples Military Cemetery [LI A 20].
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £250 5/5d.
Administration was granted to his father Samuel
He was a commission agent (stuff goods) [1858].
He married (1) Unknown.
On 11th February 1858, he married (2) Ann Bateman [1828-1910]
at Zion Chapel, Halifax.
They had no children
They lived at Southgate, Halifax [1858]
He was a porter of 19 Rose Terrace, Halifax [1908].
In 1908, he married Ellen Wormald.
Children:
The family lived at 31 Handel Street, Hopwood Lane, Halifax.
Living with them [in 1911], was Ellen's father Jonas
Wormald
In July 1893, he was declared bankrupt
He was innkeeper at the Bay Horse, Todmorden [1866, 1871].
In 1865, he married Hannah Clegg [1838-1???] from Bacup, in
Todmorden
He married Elizabeth.
He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1905.
Elizabeth took over at the Shoulder of Mutton [1905]
Son of Stephen Earnshaw.
He was born in Potternewton,
Baptised at St Bartholomew's, Ripponden [14th November 1834]
He was educated at Heath Grammar School (where he was a prizeman),
and St Catherine's Cambridge [1853]
before becoming
Usher at Heath Grammar School [1857-8],
ordained at Ripon [1859],
curate at Birstall [1860, 1861],
and
perpetual curate at Birkenshaw with Hunsworth [1863-1884]
On 28th June 1859, he married Sarah Jane Turney [1829-1905] at
Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
He died at Birkenshaw [22nd March 1884].
Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at £3,708 1/-.
The will was proved by his widow Sarah Jane
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/7th Battalion
with the Lancashire Fusiliers.
He died 25th March 1918 (aged 25).
He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [5],
in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance,
and on Shore War Memorial
Born in Sowerby.
In 1892, he married Sarah Emma Wilson in Northampton.
Children:
He died in Middlesbrough [27th December 1898]
The business is recorded at
7 Ferguson Street, Halifax [1905, 1915, 1936].
He was a cotton weaver [1901, 1918].
He married Emma [1857-19??].
Children:
The family were born in Todmorden.
The family lived at 78 Industrial Street, Todmorden [1901]
Son of Rev Richard Foulds Earnshaw
Born in Leicester.
He died in St Pancras
On 15th July 1830, he married Selina Tilney [1802-1861] at St
Peter's Leeds
Children:
The family lived at Rishworth
See
Clay & Earnshaw
He married Mary [1806-1???].
Living with them at the Bay Horse in 1841 were
Mary Earnshaw [aged 15] (female servant),
William Earnshaw [aged 25] (labourer),
John Earnshaw [aged 15] (labourer),
Robert Barker [aged 14] (labourer),
William Barker [aged 11],
and
James Barker [aged 7].
He was buried at Christ Church, Todmorden
In [Q1] 1909, he married Elizabeth Emma Hague
in Wortley, Yorkshire.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 3rd Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died in Halifax [5th March 1915] (aged 35).
He is remembered with a CWGC headstone at Stoney Royd Cemetery.
In [Q2] 1918, Elizabeth Emma married John W. Poppleton
in Wortley.
They lived at Sykehouse Lane, Dungworth, Sheffield.
the highway robbery of Earnshaw, holding a knife to his throat and
putting him in fear of his life
[Earnshaw] has a duck which laid an egg measuring 8½ inches in
diameter and weighing 8 ounces.
Another egg was found in the inside
Sarah Hannah was born in Todmorden
Ellen was the daughter of Jonas Wormald
Sarah Jane was born in Ovenden
Selina was born in Leeds
The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District Surnames by George Redmonds.
There are over 30 entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname Earnshaw,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Unattached BMDs for Earnshaw:
See
Shaw
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