The entries for people & families with the surname Fox 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.
Born in Sowerby Bridge.
He was
a joiner [1871, 1881] /
a joiner & builder (employer) [1901, 1911] /
partner in William Fox & Sons.
In 1889, he married Annie Ord [1857-1???] at Halifax Parish
Church.
They had no children.
They lived at
Minister at Todmorden Unitarian Church [1905, 1917].
He is recorded as being a lecturer at the photographic group of the
Todmorden Conservative Club [1908]
During World War I,
he enlisted
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment),
then
served as a Private
with the 6th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered on the Memorial at Crossley & Porter School, Halifax
He was a butcher & grocer.
On 10th May 1880, he married Susannah Womersley in Halifax
(in a double wedding with her sister Emily & John Carter).
Children:
The couple died at 9 Darnes Ave, Pye Nest:
Charles [21st September 1907];
Susannah [13th September 1943].
They were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram
[F 29]
Born in Sowerby Bridge.
He was
an architect /
partner in Jackson & Fox
In [Q4] 1888, he married Alice Ann Smith in Ormskirk.
Children:
The family lived at 20 Elm View, Halifax [where he died 1938].
He died 9th May 1938.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £13,144 18/4d.
Probate was granted to
Charle Horace Fox (architect) and George Maddock
In 1863, he married Mary Harriet Stott [1841-1915] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
He died 23rd July 1926.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £3,436 4/10d.
Probate was granted to sons
Charles Edward and Samuel
(Possibly) Second son of John Fox.
Born 30th January 1832.
In 1865, he married Jane Thompson of Park Nook Southowram.
He was
woollen manufacturer /
a member of the Halifax Board of Guardians [1880s] /
a staunch Liberal /
a supporter of St John's Church, West Vale /
vicar's warden at St John's Church [1886, 1887] /
President of West Vale Liberal Club [1882] /
owner of Onecliffe Mill, West Vale [1882].
He lived at Far Onecliffe, West Vale.
On 11th February 1856, he hanged himself, from the head rail of his
bed, by a cotton handkerchief.
He was found by his wife.
At the Inquest, Mrs Fox explained that
The jury brought a verdict
In 1927, she married Captain Sir John Armytage.
They divorced in 1947.
In 1948, she is referred to as Mrs John Cooper of Ovington
Square, London.
In 1962, she is referred to as Mrs J. Wooldridge of Shipton
Moyne, Gloucestershire
During World War I,
he served as a Serjeant
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 3rd September 1916.
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial [6A & 6B],
He is remembered on Elland War Memorial
In October 1650, he was charged with preaching illegally, and at the
trial urged Judge Gervase Bennet to
Bennet replied that the only quaker in court was Fox
himself – the name was used from that time.
At the invitation of Thomas Taylor, he came to speak in Brighouse
in 1654 and 1666.
He visited Southowram several times.
See
Friends Meeting House, Brighouse and
Rev Christopher Taylor
He was landlord of the Pack Horse, Southowram [1851].
He married Martha Swaine [1816-1???]
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 64th Brigade
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).
He died 31st December 1917 (aged 22).
He was buried at the Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery [F 14].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland
He was
a piano dealer in West Vale [1901] /
a coal merchant [1911].
He established the Victoria Music Rooms, West Vale.
He married (1) Ruth Ellen Sutcliffe.
Children:
Ruth Ellen died in 1901.
On 23rd February 1903, he married (2) Susannah Garside
[1869-19??] at St John the Evangelist, West Vale.
They had no children.
The family lived at
Living with them in 1911 was Susannah's brother William
Garside [b 1874] (railway signalman).
He died 22nd November 1914.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £690 0/5d.
Probate was granted to
Harry Gladstone Turner (schoolmaster), and Reuben Mitchell
Brooke (draftsman)
Born in Rastrick.
He was
a wheelwright /
a carpenter [1841] /
a timber merchant [1851, 1861] /
landlord of the George, Rastrick [taking over from his brother John 1859, 1861].
In 1833, he married (1) Ann (Nancy) Dearden [1811-1841] at
Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
Nancy died in childbirth.
On 30th June 1859, he married (2) Susannah (Susan) Thornton
[1810-1878] from Huddersfield, at Halifax Parish Church.
The family lived at Shepherd House, Fixby [1841, 1851].
Living next door to them in 1861 was son Joseph and
family.
James, his mother Hannah, and his wives Nancy
& Susannah
were buried at Rastrick Church
He married (1) Mary Ellen [1831-1858].
Children:
He married (2) Ann.
Children:
Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery
He was a manufacturer at Onecliffe Mills, West Vale [1873].
On 6th December 1823, he married Rachel Lumb of Barkisland
He married (possibly) Rachael.
Children:
In February 1884, whilst he and his wife were at church, 4 boys –
William Lumb (who lived next door to the Fox family),
James William Kemp,
Frank Heywood,
and
Walter Sykes
- broke into the house.
They shared the proceeds of their robbery, £3 14/- amongst
themselves.
They all pleaded guilty, and received 6 strokes of the birch,
except Kemp who was ordered to pay £1
On 21st April 1906, his mother Elizabeth died at York (aged
83).
She was buried at Sowerby Bridge Cemetery
He was
a carpenter /
landlord of the Upper George, Rastrick [1851].
He never married.
After his death, his brother James took over at
the Upper George
On 14th October 1841, he married Elizabeth Hutchinson [1828-1869] in Halifax.
Children:
Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram
[O 5]
Born in Sowerby Bridge.
He was
a plumber [1861, 1871, 1880] /
partner in W. Fox & Sons [until 1881] /
a plumber & glazier [1881, 1891] /
a plumber [1893].
He married (1) Eliza [1843-18??].
Children:
In 1880, he married (2) Martha Nicholl [1852-1???] at St
Peter's, Sowerby.
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1871] was boarder Seth Kirkham [aged 13]
(plumber's apprentice).
In 1881, son George William was living with his Fox
grandparents at Bolton Brow, Skircoat.
John died in the Royal Halifax Infirmary [29th September 1900].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £1,823.
Probate was granted to
his widow Martha and Fred Lumb (compositor).
Living with the widowed Martha in 1901 were niece Sarah A
Hellawell [aged 27] (head mistress infants' school), and
boarder Edith M Francis [aged 29] (assistant teacher) from
Liverpool
An item in the Sowerby Bridge Chronicle [20th January 1905]
announced
I leave my entire estate in the charge of trustees to pay the income
therefrom to my wife during her lifetime, and at her death to call in
and divide the same equally amongst my four sons, and I appoint my
friend, Mr. Fred Lumb, a trustee – Value of estate about £1200
Born in Greetland.
He was
a painter & decorator of 18 Middle Dean Street, West Vale [1910] /
a house painter [1911].
In [Q1] 1910, he married Mary Elizabeth Priestley at Elland Parish Church.
The family lived at
Living with them in 1911 were Mary Elizabeth's younger
siblings: Emma & Farrar
On 4th May 1807, he married Hannah Thornton [1783-1863] at
Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
After his death, Hannah carried on with her husband's
carpentry business and the farm.
She also helped her son John at the Upper George, Rastrick
Hannah was buried at Rastrick Church
with her son James Fox and his wives
He was a timber merchant [1851, 1861].
On 17th August 1858, he married Ann, daughter of John Thomas Armitage
Children:
In 1861, the family were living next door to father James Fox at the George, Rastrick.
The family lived at Castle Hill, Rastrick
He was a labourer [1908].
On 25th July 1908, he married Mary Agnes in Sowerby.
Children:
The children were born in Halifax
Son of Sam Fox.
He was educated at Heath Grammar School, Halifax, and Hertford
College Oxford.
During World War I,
he served
with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
In 1916, Lieutenant Lionel Wray Fox was awarded
the Military Cross for gallantry.
He entered the Home Office in 1919, and did much work with the Prison
Commission, on delinquency, crime and the treatment of offenders.
He wrote for the Encyclopædia Britannica and
the British Journal of Delinquency, and was President of the
United Nations European Consultative Group on prevention of crime and
treatment of offenders [1951-1960].
He was created a
CB
in 1948, and was knighted in 1953.
In 1921, he married Marjorie Horner.
Children:
Marjorie died in Bristol [18th December 1987]
She married Ivor Whiteley.
She lived at 39 Rochdale Road, Greetland [1949]
Born in Barkisland.
He was
a silk spinner of Ovenden [1838] /
a cotton twiner [1851] /
a cotton twister [1871] /
a yeast dealer (travl) [1881] /
living on his own means [1891] /
a retired yeast dealer [1901].
He was also a Liberal and a Chartist.
In [Q1] 1838, he married (1) Frances Whiteley at Halifax
Parish Church.
Children:
Frances died [Q3] 1880 (aged 67).
In [Q4] 1880, he married (2) Mary Jane Edmondson [1840-1???].
The family lived at
Miles died at Providence Place, Sowerby [5th June 1906] (aged
92).
An obituary in the Sowerby Bridge Chronicle noted that
Born in Halifax [30th March 1900].
He was educated at Heath Grammar School and Oxford University..
In 1920, he was a founder member of the Communist Party of Great
Britain.
He published several books including
This was their youth – which was set in Halifax,
and biographies of
Lenin and Genghis Khan [1936] – which weren't.
He fought in the Spanish Civil War and was killed fighting near
Córdoba [3rd January 1937].
A bench dedicated to Fox was placed in Bull Green [1950].
A new bench was dedicated to him in the Piece Hall [2010]
He was
a commercial traveller [1901] /
a company director (boiler manufacturer) employer [1911]
In 1893, he married Minnie Wray [1871-1951]
in Spilsby, Lincolnshire.
Children:
The family lived at
He married Unknown.
Children:
Born in Sowerby Bridge.
He was
a plumber [1861] /
partner in W. Fox & Sons [until 1881] /
a plumber [1901]
He married Selina [1841-19??]
Children:
The family lived at 37 Upper Washer Lane, Halifax [1901].
Living with them in 1901 was Thomas's widowed mother Ann
Baptised at Square Chapel [1773].
He was a weaver.
On 27th December 1798, he married Sarah Dyson of Elland.
Children:
He qualified in November 1915
Born in Sowerby Bridge.
He was
a joiner of Sowerby Bridge [1840] /
a joiner & builder [1851] /
a joiner employing 2 men & 12 boys [1861] /
a builder employing 7 men & 13 boys [1871] /
master joiner & builder [1881]
On 17th May 1840, he married Mary Ann Fielding at Halifax
Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Born in Sowerby Bridge.
He was
a plumber & glazier [1842] /
a plumber &c [1851] /
a plumber employing 4 men & 3 boys [1861] /
a master plumber & glazier employing 4 men & 2 boys [1881]
He established W. Fox & Sons.
In 1842, he married Ann Hoyle [1819-1905] at Holy Trinity
Church, Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1881] was grandson George W Fox [aged 11].
William died 2nd July 1893.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £1,090.
Probate was granted to
his widow Ann, son John, and James Farrar,
gentleman.
In 1901, Ann was living with son Thomas & family
He was
a woollen dryer [1861] /
a joiner [1871].
In [Q4] 1877, he married Elizabeth Ann Crossley in Halifax.
After the marriage, the couple ran the pub until 1899.
They retired in 1899, and lived at 145 Park Crescent, Bolton Brow,
where they both died.
William Henry died 14th December 1908.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £4,728 1/4d.
Probate was granted to Joseph William Atkinson and Charles William Rushworth
Annie, of King Cross, Halifax, was born in Halifax, the
daughter of Cowle Thompson Ord, a warehouse man
Susannah was the daughter of Edward Womersley
the protracted sickness and death of an adult daughter had involved
the family in difficulties which preyed upon his mind, and had led
him to indulge more freely in drink
Hanged himself whilst in a fit of temporary insanity, caused by
monetary difficulties and indulgence in intoxicating liquors
tremble at the word of the Lord
Ruth Ellen was born in Greetland, the daughter of James Sutcliffe
Susannah was born in Horwich, Lancashire
Eliza was born in Poynton, Cheshire
Martha was the daughter of James Nicholl, farmer
WILL OF THE LATE JOHN FOX, Master Plumber, of Sowerby Bridge
Mary Elizabeth was the daughter of Farrar Priestley
Mary Agnes was the daughter of James Henry Wilson
Marjorie was the daughter of Charles Henry Horner
Frances born in Rishworth, was a weaver and daughter of
George Whiteley
Mary Jane was born in Bradford
he was Sowerby Bridge's oldest inhabitant, and had lived in the reign
of 5 English monarchs
Minnie was born in Irby, Lincolnshire
Selina was born in Eltham, London
Mary Ann was the daughter of Abraham Fielding
Ann, of Warley, was the daughter of Luke Hoyle, a porter
Elizabeth Ann was the daughter of James Crossley.
After the death of her father, Elizabeth Ann took over at the
Oddfellows' Arms, Sowerby Bridge
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 Fox,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Unattached BMDs for Fox:
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