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He was at 12 North Parade, Halifax [1936]
He was a cabinet maker.
In 1887, he married Mary Ann Irving [1862-1930] in Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Boothtown.
The family lived at
Born in Cleckheaton.
He was brass finisher [1897, 1901].
In 1897, he married Mary Elizabeth Walker at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them in 1901 was widowed father-in-law John William
Walker
He sustained cuts to his scalp and fingers in the Pye Nest Tram Disaster of 15th October 1907, and was detained at Halifax Infirmary
He was
educated at Parkinson Lane School & Trinity School /
studying with the Rev Canon R. F. Pechey with a view to becoming a missionary in South America.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
/ Stretcher Bearer
with the 2nd/5th Battalion
Lancashire Fusiliers.
He was killed in action [14th May 1918] (aged 19).
He was buried at Houchin British Cemetery, France [I C 6].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at All Saints' Church, Dudwell
He was educated at St John's College Cambridge
before becoming
Deacon of Todmorden [1890],
Curate at Todmorden [1892],
and
Assistant priest at Todmorden [1897].
His name is inscribed on one of the bells at Todmorden Parish Church
Born in Halifax.
He was an assistant grocer.
During World War I,
he served as a Trooper
with the British South African Police.
He died 10th October 1917 (aged 27).
He was buried at Bulawayo (Athlone) Cemetery, Zimbabwe [R 96]
He married Sarah [1873-1902].
Children:
The family lived at Denham Street, Brighouse [1901].
Mary was buried [1902] with her
father-in-law in the unconsecrated section of
Brighouse Cemetery.
Benjamin was buried with them [1903]
Born in Halifax.
He was a wine merchant's manager [1911]
On 27th September 1898, he married Edith Bates [1878-1927] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
The family lived at 10 St Bevan's Road, Halifax [1911].
Members of the family were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell:
Edith [29th January 1927];
Charles Frederick [25th March 1929]
He was
a member of St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe & Choir /
employed by Royston's.
During World War II,
he served as a Sergeant
with 466 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
He was lost over Germany [18th March 1944] (aged 20), in the same
aircraft as his brother-in-law Gordon Edgar Doggett &
Harold Gordon Price.
He was buried at Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany [7 H 12].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He was
a solicitor's clerk [1911].
During World War I,
he served as a Second Lieutenant
with the 13th Battalion
C Company
Royal Tank Corps.
He was killed in action at Mitle Kruisee Kemmel, Belgium [25th April 1918] (aged 22).
He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [159-160],
on the Memorial at Saint Andrew's Church, Stainland,
and on the family grave at Bethel Methodist New Connexion Graveyard, Outlane
In December 1857, he was declared bankrupt.
During the bankruptcy hearing, he was suspected of concealing assets
in order to defraud his creditors, and he confessed that £940
in gold and banknotes was hidden up the chimney of a house in
Bradford.
The gold was concealed in a money belt together with an address in
the USA.
The court decided that Roberts intended to abscond to America.
He had also sent many goods to fictitious names at houses in
Manchester and elsewhere.
The discoveries yielded payments of 20/- in the pound to his creditors
He was
a watchmaker [1901] /
a watchmaker & jeweller [1911] /
in business on Commercial Street, Halifax.
In 1892, he married Martha Ann Pilling [1869-19??] in Haslingden.
Children:
The family lived at
Born in Brighouse.
Between 1891 and 1899, he left Brighouse to work in wire drawing in
Musselburgh, Scotland.
In 1899, he married Joan/Joanna Pow in Musselburgh.
Children:
Around 1905, the family returned to Brighouse where the 3 youngest
children were born
He was a doctor in Brighouse.
He gave evidence at the inquest following the death of Samuel Watkinson [1939].
He lived at Houghton House, Brighouse [1911]
He was a brewer [1911].
He married Elizabeth Ainley [1859-1915].
Children:
The family lived at Maplin Lea, Outlane [1911]
Elizabeth died in 1915.
Fred died 13th January 1927 (aged 64).
Elizabeth, Fred & Horace were buried at Bethel Methodist New Connexion Graveyard, Outlane
Son Cyril died in World War I,
and is remembered on the grave
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 27th September 1915 (aged 24).
He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [20],
on Brighouse War Memorial,
and on Rastrick War Memorial
He joined the Army in 1849.
He served 4 years 10 months in Malta and 5 years 1 month in Gibraltar.
He was a Sergeant in the 2nd Battalion of the 15th Regiment of
Infantry when he retired from the army in November 1870.
He was
a lodger at the Bowling Green Inn, Halifax [1871] /
a Chelsea Pensioner & beerseller at the Blue Bell Inn, Halifax [1881] /
beerhouse keeper at the Blue Bell Inn, Halifax [1891, 1893].
In March 1893, he was declared insolvent
He married (1) Unknown.
He was a widower by 1871.
In 1875, he married (2) Helen [1839-1914] in Halifax.
She was the widow of Frederick Marshall and had 4 children
by her previous marriage
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1881] was lodger Joshua Baxendale
(Chelsea Pensioner).
Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Pellon
[2 HH 39]
Born in Sunderland, County Durham [17th January 1874].
In January 1904, he married Winifred Milbanke Hudson [1884-1965]
in Durham.
He appears on the electoral rolls at Beechwood, Sowerby [1906-1912].
They lived at
During World War I,
he served as a Lieutenant Colonel
with the 14th Battalion
Gloucestershire Regiment.
He was mentioned in Despatches.
He died at Neuve Chapelle in France [8th June 1916] (aged 42).
He was buried at Pont-de-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, France [I B 12].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
on the Memorial at Crossley's Carpets,
on the Memorial at Saint Peter's Church, Sowerby,
on the Memorial at Saint Peter's Church, Sowerby,
and on a brass plaque in Sowerby Church commemorating him and
the men who fell with him at Neuve Chapelle.
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £6,826 11/5d.
Probate was granted to
Maurice Lennox Roberts (gunner in the Royal Artillery)
and
Kennett Champain Bayley (solicitor)
He qualified in September 1929
He qualified in November 1930
He was carrier.
He claimed that he had never drunk more than half-a-pint of liquor at
one time.
He died at the age of 114 (less 1 month) [10th November 1721].
He was buried at Halifax Parish Church.
See
Longevity
Born in Halifax.
He was
a joiner [1861];
a master carpenter & joiner [1881].
Around 1871, he married Elizabeth [1847-1???].
Children:
The family lived at
4 Upper Bell Hall [1881]
He took over from his mother as landlord of the Junction Hotel, Halifax
Baptised at St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe [14th March 1813]
Born at Stanningley.
His name was sometimes written Dr John Varley-Roberts.
He was at St Bartholomew's Church, Armley
before becoming
choirmaster and Organist at Halifax Parish Church [1868-1882].
In 1876, he wrote the music for a cantata by Rev Thomas Cox.
In 1882, he succeeded his brother, Sir Walter Parratt, as
organist at Magdalen College Oxford.
He held the post for 36 years.
He wrote an Appendix and Supplement to Cheetham's Psalmody.
He lived at King Cross Street, Halifax [1874].
He married a daughter of Jeremy Hauworth
Between 1876 and 1880, the family moved to Brighouse.
Around 1890, he opened a business as a staple and rivet manufacturer
at Victoria Wire Works, Brighouse.
He was a wire manufacturer there [1895].
On 20th February 1869, he married Emma Jane Mack [1847-1909]
at Birstall.
Children:
The family lived at
He was buried in the unconsecrated section of Brighouse Cemetery,
and other members of his family were subsequently buried with him
He was a railway clerk of Clifton Bridge, Brighouse.
He died at the age of 22.
He was buried in the unconsecrated section of Brighouse Cemetery,
with his father and other members of his family
He was
educated at Halifax Secondary School [until 1912] /
a member of Trinity Road baptist Church /
working in his father's jewellery business.
During World War I,
he enlisted in the first week of September 1914 and
served as a Private
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was sent the front in April 1915.
He died from gas poisoning at Ypres [19th December 1915] (aged 19).
He was buried at Talana Farm Cemetery, Belgium [IV H 1].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance,
on the Memorial at Halifax Bowling Club,
on the Memorial at Halifax Secondary School,
on the Memorial at All Saints' Church, Dudwell,
and on the Memorial at Trinity Road Baptist Church, Halifax
Illegitimate daughter of Sarah of Stansfield, daughter of
Richard Roberts.
Baptised at St James & St John, Hebden Bridge [May 1850], father not
recorded.
Sister of Naomi.
The sisters lived together at 33 Milner Royd, Sowerby [1861]
In 1861, Naomi was a head cotton weaver, and Peggy was
a worsted drawer.
She continued to live with her sister after Naomi married
John Greenwood [1866]
She lived with them [1871, 1881, 1891].
She was a woollen weaver [1871, 1881, 1891].
Naomi died in 1907.
In 1911, a Margaret Roberts [aged 70] (formerly a weaver in a
woollen mill) was listed as an inmate of the Halifax Union Poor Law Hospital at Salterhebble
Baptised at St James & St John, Hebden Bridge [May 1850], father not
recorded.
Sister of Peggy.
The sisters lived together at 33 Milner Royd, Sowerby [1861]
In 1861, Naomi was a head cotton weaver, and Peggy was
a worsted drawer.
In 1866, Naomi married John Greenwood
Children:
He was
a wool comber [1841] /
a coal dealer [1851].
On 24th September 1815, he married Margaret Howorth in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at Under Bank Hall, Stansfield, Lower Third,
Todmorden [1841, 1851].
Living with them [in 1841] were daughter Hannah, her husband
Thomas Sunderland, and daughter Susannah.
Living with them in 1851 were granddaughters Naomi
and Peggy.
Richard was found dead in bed (without marks of violence,
supposed natural causes) [19th September 1861] (aged 70)
In 1788, Joseph King was executed for uttering a forged note with
intent to defraud Roberts
He was a wire drawer [1861, 1881].
Around 1846, he married Elizabeth [1824-1???].
Children:
The family lived at
He was a grocer.
He married Grace Dewhirst [1822-1880].
Children:
Grace died 28th September 1880.
Samuel died 3rd June 1888.
Grace & Samuel were buried at All Souls' Church, Halifax
are buried All Souls;
He lived at Wyke, Gomersall and Brighouse.
He wrote
a tragedy entitled Stansfield [1863]
and
a novel entitled The Yorkshire Cousins [1896] under the
pseudonym Stephen Wyke
He died in Sowerby Bridge, after a long & painful illness [25th November 1890] (aged 42)
Born in Halifax.
During World War II,
he served as a Gunner
with 70 Field Regiment
Royal Artillery.
He died in Halifax [24th February 1944] (aged 26).
He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery
[H 106]
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died at Arras [9th October 1917].
He was buried at Favreuil British Cemetery, France [II A 17].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
In [Q2] 1914, he married Margaret Mullen in Halifax.
They lived at 6 Squire's Court, Range Bank, Halifax.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 12th Battalion
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).
He died 26th March 1918 (aged 27).
He is remembered on the Pozières Memorial, France [90-93],
and on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance
He was an outfitter [1908].
On 20th October 1908, he married Caroline Mary Dean in Formby.
William died in Liverpool [3rd February 1943].
Caroline Mary died in Crosby [1972]
Mary Ann was born in Brighouse
Mary Elizabeth was the daughter of John William Walker
Edith was born in Halifax
Martha Ann was born in Bacup
Elizabeth was born in Stainland
Helen was born in Blair Athol, Scotland.
Winifred was born in Sunderland, County Durham, daughter
of Ralph Milbanke Hudson, shipowner
Elizabeth was born in Halifax
Elizabeth was born in Northowram
Grace was born in Midgley
Caroline Mary was the daughter of Luke Henry Goodyear
/ Dean
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