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Children:
The family lived at 19 Balmoral Place, Halifax [1911]
Question:
Does anyone know if this man is the same Albert Hill who
established Albert Hill & Company?
Born in Bradford.
Baptised at St George's Church, Kidderminster [24th March 1847].
He was living in Halifax by 1851.
He was
a cloth merchant in Halifax [1873] /
in business at Commercial Street, Halifax [1881].
In [Q3] 1870, he married Mary Ann Burton [18??-1900] in
Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Halifax
The family lived at
In 1911, the widowed Albert was visiting Joseph
Thomson, (retired worsted cloth manufacturer), at Norton Towers,
Halifax.
Albert died in Halifax [Q1 1919].
Born in Warley.
He was
a cabinet maker of Dam Head Cottages [1892] /
a cabinet maker [1901] /
a joiner & cabinet maker [1911].
On 3rd May 1892, he married Rachel Ackroyd [1868-1954]
at St John the Evangelist, Warley.
Children:
The children were born in Sowerby Bridge.
The family lived at
He married Mary Ann Wood [1850-1???] from Mirfield.
Children:
Born in Cleckheaton.
He was
a striper & grinder (cotton) [1881];
a cotton operative [1891];
a cotton grinder [1901];
a lap maker in cotton mill [1911].
In [Q1] 1876, he married Lucy Ann Ingham [1847-1938] in Halifax.
She was a silk picker [1891]
Children:
The family lived at
Bank Street Cottage, Brighouse [1881];
Bank Street, Brighouse [1891];
36 Bank Street, Brighouse [1901, 1911]
Benjamin died 21st January 1934 (aged 82).
Lucy Ann died 5th March 1938 (aged 90)
Members of the family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery
She inherited the bulk of the estate of her grandfather Samuel Hill, and she was to receive this inheritance when she came of age
or married.
Samuel appointed five trustees:
In 1767, she married John Bower and inherited the estate.
They had no children.
She died in 1772, and without having children, Samuel Hill's estate
reverted back to the trustees.
The case was taken to Chancery and was finally settle in 1793.
After the death of Betty Kay, Richard Hill took up with Ann Wylde
they lived together as man & wife. There was no legal marriage
between them(this was determined by a seperate court case), she is
the wife mentioned in the Companion entry for Samuel Hill.
They had two children Richard Holroyde Hill & Amelia Hill who married
Charles Vincent.
Richard Hill's date of death is also given in the transcript as 1780
He was
a cotton dyer [1861].
He married Dorothy [1818-1???].
Children:
The family lived at
Son of John Edwards Hill.
Born in Skircoat [3rd March 1864].
On 27th April 1892, he married Edith Florence Hilda Louise Fox.
The family lived at Priory Place, Doncaster.
He died of gastritis in Hong Kong [4th July 1903].
He was buried at Hong Kong
He was rector of Crofton and vicar of Huddersfield.
He was ejected and – being related to the Listers of Shibden Hall – moved to Shibden.
He married Ann [1615-1668].
The both died within 2 hours of each other on the same day in January
1668/9 and were buried at Halifax Parish Church
In 1909,
he founded the Halifax & District Permanent Banking Company Limited.
See
Johanna Axe and
Northedge Park, Hipperholme
Born in Halifax.
He was
a clerk to Hipperholme Council /
solicitor /
Coroner for Halifax and Huddersfield districts /
Coroner for the Honour of Pontefract /
Coroner for the West Riding [1905] /
employed at military records in York.
In [Q1] 1892, he (possibly) married Emily Elizabeth Hoyle in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at Savile Lawn, Halifax [1905].
During World War I,
he served as a Captain
with the 4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died following an operation for appendicitis at Fulford Military
Hospital, York [11th April 1918].
His wife was present at his death.
He was buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell
[2 34P/30].
He is remembered on the Halifax Parish Church Church Members (WWI) Memorial,
and on the Memorial at All Saints' Church, Dudwell
Born in Halifax [Q3 1880].
He was
a French polisher [1901] /
employed by Harland & Wolff, Belfast.
He married Mary.
They lived at 20 Audley Street, Halifax.
During World War I,
he enlisted [1915], and
served as a Gunner
with the 229th Siege Battery
Royal Garrison Artillery.
He was killed by a shell dropped in the doorway of the dugout [25th April 1917] (aged 36).
He was buried at the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez [XV L 4]
He is remembered on the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Rhodes Street Wesleyan Chapel
On 15th June 1839, she was brutally attacked by an overlooker at the
mill – Joseph Sykes –
He lived at Melbourne Street, Sowerby Bridge.
During World War I,
he was called-up
with the British Expeditionary Force
[August 1914], and
served as a Guardsman
with the 1st Battalion
Scots Guards.
He was wounded in the right hand and captured by the Germans
[November 1914].
He died as a POW [13th April 1915] (aged 30).
He was buried at the Berlin South-Western Cemetery [VII A 4].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Hope Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge
During World War I,
he served as an Aircraftman 2nd Class
with the Royal Air Force.
He died 20th May 1919.
He was buried at Brighouse Cemetery
[E U 35]
Born in Frome, Somerset.
He was
a plasterer [1881] /
a foreman plasterer [1891, 1901] /
a slater & plasterer [1911].
In 1876, he married Mary Jane Russell [1857-19??]
in Knaresborough.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1911] was widowed father-in-law Christopher
Russell [b Hazenby near Toppliff, Yorkshire 1833] (club steward)
Born in Brighouse.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd/6th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 14th April 1918 (aged 24).
He was buried at the Boulogne Eastern Cemetery [VIII I 189]
He married (1) Hilda Smith.
He married (2) Emily Briggs
He married Esther [1788-1846].
Children:
Members of the family were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse
He married Unknown.
Children:
The family lived at Waterloo Street, Boothtown.
He died following a German gas attack at Hill 60 [5th May 1915].
He is remembered on the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He married Ada.
They lived at 23 Parliament Street, Halifax.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Durham Light Infantry.
He died of wounds [13th September 1918] (aged 31).
He is remembered on a CWGC headstone at Illingworth Moor Wesleyan Chapel
[A 8 87].
He is remembered on the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He lived at Cannon Street, Shade.
He married Unknown.
Children:
During World War I,
served as a Lance Corporal
with the 5th Battalion
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
He was struck blow on the head
whilst he was guarding a railway tunnel at Hullavington, Chipping
Sodbury.
He died in hospital in Farnworth [27th November 1915].
He was buried at St James's Churchyard, New Bury, Lancashire [A 20].
He is remembered on Todmorden War Memorial,
and on the Memorial at York Street Wesleyan Methodist Church
In [Q4] 1911, he married Jane Ellen Watts in Halifax.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 40th Motor Ambulance Convoy
Royal Army Medical Corps.
He died 14th July 1917 (aged 34).
He was (possibly) buried at the Blaisy-Bas Churchyard
[South-West Corner].
Jane Ellen married Mr Walker.
They lived at 51 Elland Road, Brighouse
He was a furnaceman.
On 2nd October 1930, he married Minnie Horrobin at Halifax
Parish Church.
They lived at St Peter Street, Halifax
He was
educated at Siddal Council School /
a conductor with Halifax Corporation Transport.
In 1935, he married Alice Clark [1912-1979].
Children:
The family lived at Oxford Terrace, Siddal.
During World War II,
he served as a Driver
with the Royal Corps of Signals.
He died in a Japanese POW camp in Maluku, Indonesia [12th September 1943] (aged 31).
He was buried at the Ambon War Cemetery [14 A 7].
He is remembered on the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He was a clothier.
Around 1694, he acquired Hoyle Bank Farm.
He married Deborah [1657-1741].
Children:
Deborah is mentioned on Samuel's Hill family tomb in
Ripponden Churchyard
Born in Sowerby.
He was
a member of Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge /
a colour blender (worsted spinning) [1911] /
head of the colour mixing department of Arthur Siddall, worsted spinners, Sowerby Bridge.
During World War I,
he enlisted [June 1916], and
served as a Private
with the Northumberland Fusiliers
He went to France [October 1916], and served
with the 1st/8th Battalion
Durham Light Infantry.
He was killed in action [5th November 1916].
He was buried at the Warlencourt British Cemetery [VIII A 19]
He is remembered on the Roll of Honour at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge
He was educated at St John's College Oxford
before becoming
Curate at Brighouse [1890]
and
Fifth Vicar of Lightcliffe [28th May 1897].
The new Vicarage eas built during his incumbency.
He resigned in July 1903.
He died September 1904
On 25th December 1810, he (possibly) married Susannah Fleeming
from Norland, at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
He was one of the members of a Luddite gang charged with stealing
firearms from George Haigh.
He was also charged with frame-breaking.
At the trial, Hill said that he was present at the robbery,
but did not take an active part in the crime.
The judge directed that, because he was present, he was equally
guilty.
He was executed at the Tyburn, York on 26th January 1813.
His brother escaped being apprehended by the authorities.
John's widow said that both John and his brother had
been forced to take part in the robbery.
John had been forced from his bed by the Gang.
She followed them for half-a-mile, in a state of undress, until they
threatened to blow her brains out if she did not go back home.
Shillitoe visited his widow
Landlord of the Black Horse, Clifton [1935]
He was a leather currier [1881].
He married Sarah Ann [1834-1???].
Children:
The family lived at 2 Raglan Street, Halifax [1881]
He was
a ventilating engineer /
a partner in Hill & Hey [1874].
In 1874, he and John Edwards Hey patented a design
for improvements in ventilators.
On 26th October 1858, he married Ann Esther, sister of John Edwards Hey, in Halifax.
He died in Halifax
He was A flag cutter [1881].
He married Mary [1850-1???] from Queensbury.
Mary was innkeeper at the Crown & Cushion, Halifax
[1891]
Children:
The family lived at
Halifax solicitor [1879].
On 11th August 1858, he married Phoebe Ann, daughter of
Joseph Hatton at St Jude's, Islington.
Children:
The family lived at
He died at home from a heart attack on Easter Monday, 8th April 1901.
He died intestate.
See
Halifax Ragged School and
Quellyn Slate Quarry Company
He qualified in May 1914
The Northowram Register records
that he
He was buried at Lightcliffe
He was a farmer in Cumberland [1924].
In 1924, he declined an invitation from Sir George Armytage to
become tenant at Kirklees Home Farm.
In 1935, he accepted and moved to Kirklees.
In 1895, he married Sarah Ann Mattinson
in Cumberland.
Children:
The record was broken by Mary Quinn of Deganwy, who skated for 53
hours at the Victory Rink, Sowerby Bridge
Minister at Waring Green Congregational Church [1892]
On 24th March 1831, he married Mary Edwards.
Children:
Son of Samuel Hill.
In 1746, he went into partnership with his father at Kebroyd Mills.
Richard left to set up in business on his own.
He employed John Collier in his office.
Sam Hill disagreed with the large salary which Collier
earned.
In 1787 and 1788, he was mentioned in the Bankruptcy column of
newspapers.
He married (1) Betty [1728-1747],
daughter of Susan (née Nuttall) & Roger Kay
of Bury.
Children:
After Betty's death, Richard took up with Ann
Wylde – whom Samuel Hill considered to be unsuitable.
They lived together as man and wife.
There was no legal marriage between them (as was determined by a
separate court case).
This and his failure in business led to his being estranged from his
father and subsequently disinherited and excluded from Sam's
will.
The bulk of Samuel's estate was to go to Richard's daughter
Betty Nuttall.
Children:
The family lived at Kebroyd Hall, Soyland which his father built
for Richard.
The family were buried at St Bartholomew's Church, Ripponden
Wife Betty and son Samuel are mentioned on the family
tomb in Ripponden Churchyard
In [Q3] 1905, he married Kate Eliza Wormald [1885-1957] in
Halifax.
Children:
Members of the family were buried at Illingworth Church
Born in Halifax.
Landscape painter in oils and watercolours.
During a family holiday at Runswick Bay, Rowland met
artist Ralph Hedley who helped and encouraged him with his art.
His father insisted on his joining the family business, but allowed
him to attend classes at Halifax School of Art and at Bradford
Technical College.
He was
a woollen merchant [1891] /
an artist (painter) own account / a woollen merchant [1901] /
an artist (painter) / a woollen cloth merchant [1911] /
a member of the Halifax Art Society /
a member of the Staithes group of Artists /
a student at Sir Herbert von Herkomer's Art School in Bushey, Hertfordshire [1905] /
President of the British Water Colour Society.
From 1897, he exhibited at the Royal Academy.
In 1938, Rowland and son Peter sailed 1st class on
the MS Betancuria from Tenerife to London [arriving 27th
December 1938].
In 1908, he married Dorothy Hester Turner at St Michael's
Church, Hathersage, Derbyshire.
The couple met in Runswick Bay
Children:
They lived at
In 1911, the family were at Blacker, Horsforth Avenue, Bridlington
visiting widowed mother-in-law Abigail Turner [1848-19??].
Rowland died in Scarborough [5th September 1952].
He was buried at Christ Church, Ugthorpe, Yorkshire.
See
The Letter Books of Joseph Holroyd & Sam Hill
He was Vicar of St James's Church, Halifax [1908-1921].
In 1900, he married Frances Jane Barker [1872-1919] in Leeds.
Frances Jane died at St James Vicarage, Halifax [Q1 1919].
Stephen died in Coventry [6th February 1937].
The couple were buried at Christ Church, Pellon
[3 Q 13]
Born in Halifax.
He was
(possibly) landlord of the Shears, West Vale [after 1911] /
landlord of the Prince of Wales, West Vale [from 27th September 1930 until his death on 16th December 1930].
In 1911, he married Mary Ann, daughter of Henry Bedford, in Halifax.
Children:
In 1938, Mary Ann married Walter Longbottom.
The family lived at
Family tradition has it that Tom wanted his son to take over
the running of the Prince of Wales, West Vale, but the offer
was declined.
The license at the pub was transferred to Mary Ann on 31st
January 1931, and she remained only a few months
He was
a sculptor, illustrator and lithographer /
member of the Halifax Art Society.
As a sculptor, his work includes
the RAF Memorial at Runnymede,
Bradford Cathedral,
Guildford Cathedral,
St Columba's Cathedral, Pont Street, London,
Middle Temple, London,
and
the sculptor of St George in BBC Broadcasting House, London.
On 28th May 1914, he married Beatrice Bedford
in London.
They lived at
Born in Halifax.
He was
a joiner [1901] /
a licensed victualler at the Siddal Place, Siddal [1911].
In 1900, he married Emily Ann Walton [1877-19??] from Halifax,
in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
On 19th May 1856, he married Sarah Aaron in Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Halifax
In 1859, he married Amanda Hinchcliffe in Halifax.
They are mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1895
Born in Sheffield.
He lived at Lower Skircoat Green, Halifax.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st Battalion
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).
He died 1st May 1918 (aged 21).
He was buried at the Nine Elms British Cemetery [XI B 1].
He is remembered on the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at All Saints' Church, Dudwell
Rachel, of Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge, was born in Sowerby
Bridge, the daughter of Oliver Ackroyd, plumber
Rachel was born in Sowerby Bridge
Lucy was born in Halifax.
The trustees were to run the estate and pay his debts and pay
Richard Hill an income of £50 per year, so long he did not
interfere in the upbringing of his daughter Betty Nuttall Hill
who was in the guardianship of her grandmother Susan Kay
(Nuttall) who also received £50 per year.
Dorothy was born in Kirkheaton
Mary Jane was born in Harrogate, the daughter
of Christopher Russell, club steward
probably by a spy
Minnie was the daughter of John Thomas Horrobin
Sarah Ann was born in Halifax
had bin blind & unfit to preach a long time, & the chapel oft empty
Mary was the daughter of John Edwards
His wife was recorded as Kate Eliza (Wormald) at her baptism
but as Eliza Kate (Hill) on her death certificate
Dorothy who came from a wealthy Sheffield family.
Frances Jane was born in Arthington
Beatrice was the daughter of Sidney Bedford
Sarah was the daughter of Francis Aaron
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