The entries for people & families with the surname Horner are gathered together in this SideTrack.
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The individuals listed are not necessarily related to each other.
In 1851, she was still alive, living in Boothtown, and was described
as
In 1911, he was a pupil at an (unnamed) school at 1 St George's Road,
Harrogate [Headmaster Edgar Lawn].
On 10th July 1918, [age 18 years and 185 days] of Green Hayes,
Halifax enlisted [at Halifax]
with the 2nd Brigade
Royal Field Artillery.
He died in 1974
Youngest son of Charles Horner.
After the death of their father [1896], Harry & his brother
James carried on the Charles Horner Limited
business, in partnership with their cousin Charles William Leach.
He became Chairman of the family business after the death of his
brother James in 1913.
On 13th April 1897, he married Esther Ann Bailey [1873-12th
May 1921] in Halifax
Children:
Esther Ann died 12th May 1921.
Harry died at Littletown Farm, Warley [4th January 1949]
Born in Sowerby.
He was
a greengrocer's errand boy half time [1901] /
a percher (woollen mill) [1911] /
a loom tuner [1914] /
employed by Edwards & Rawson, Sowerby Bridge.
During World War I,
he enlisted in Halifax [6th October 1914], and served
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was held in reserve [until 10th September 1915] when he went to
the Front.
He sailed from Southampton to Le Havre [29th June 1916] aboard SS
La Marguerite.
He was promoted to Lance Corporal [1st August 1916].
He was killed in action [3rd September 1916].
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [6A & 6B]
Born in Lightcliffe.
In 1911, he was staying with Ann Goodall [b 1849] and her
daughters at 117 Widmore Road, Bromley, Kent.
He was a solicitor [1911, 1933].
In [Q3] 1933, he married Norah Atkinson [1895-1963]
at St Martin's Church, London.
They lived at West View, Apperley Bridge [1950].
Francis died at Apperley Bridge [11th October 1950].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £9,582 15/11d.
Probate was granted to his widow Nora
He was a grocer.
He never married.
He died at Horner's Buildings, Shay Lane [16th February 1920].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £469 13/8d
to his nephew Charles Henry
He worked for R. Wilkinson.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the Base Mechanical Transport Depot
Royal Army Service Corps.
He died of dysentery in hospital in Salonika [10th September 1918] (aged 23).
He was buried at the Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery [1523].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance.
His death was reported in the Halifax Courier [21st September 1918]
Born in Lightcliffe.
He was a civil engineer [1903, 1911].
In [Q3] 1903, he married Eva Mary Clayton [1876-1957] in
Pontefract.
Children:
The family lived at
The couple died in Conway, Caernarvonshire:
Frederick Stephen [7th January 1952];
Eva Mary [9th December 1957].
Probate records show that Frederick Stephen left effects valued at £5,678 11/4d
Born 19th April 1844.
He was
a butcher (like his father) and carried on the family business /
a butcher employing 1 man and 1 boy [1881] /
a butcher [1891] /
a butcher (employer) [1901].
In [Q4] 1871, he married Amelia Sheard [1842-1913] in Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Halifax.
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1891] was sister-in-law Mary J. Sheard [b
1852] (retired schoolmistress).
George died in Halifax [14th May 1914]
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £5,982 13/8d.
Probate was granted to
son Joshua,
daughter Mary Sheard Horner,
and
Charles Herbert Greenwood (secretary)
Born in Lightcliffe.
He was
an apprentice silversmith, [1891] /
a jeweller's mechanic [1896, 1901].
In 2nd December 1896, he married Mary Ann Astin in Halifax.
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1901] was Walter Mitchell (pupil teacher).
They left for Australia shortly afterwards.
He was on the Electoral Roll at Kogarah, New South Wales, Barton District [1930]
George died at Bowraville, New South Wales [17th December 1942] (aged 69).
He was buried at Woronara Cemetery, Sutherland, New South Wales
He was a brewer [1884].
On 15th November 1884, he married Mary Emily Best in Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Ovenden.
Hampshaw & Mary Emily died in Halifax:
Hampshaw [21st May 1911];
Mary Emily [22nd June 1946]
They were buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell
Born in Halifax.
He was an iron moulder with B. Hird & Son [1908, 1909].
On 24th December 1910, he married Ellen Helliwell [1889-1976] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at 4 Back Brinton Terrace, Hanson Lane.
He joined the West Riding Regiment [1908].
He returned to civilian life [1909] and resumed his job as an iron
moulder with B. Hird & Son.
His duties at Hird's kept him out of the war until 26th April
1916 when, by his own request, he returned to the military,
He
served as a Private
with the 2nd Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was posted to France [13th April 1916] aboard SS
Matheran – which was sunk of the coast of France [1917].
He was killed in action [30th August 1918].
He is remembered on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial [6].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance.
His death was reported in the Halifax Courier [21st September 1918].
After his death, Ellen was awarded a widow's pension of 25/5d
per week
Born in Lightcliffe.
He was
living with his parents at The Poplars [1926] /
at Mild Croft, Ogden [1927].
On 7th April 1916, he married Winnie Cheetham
at Park United Methodist Church, Brighouse.
Children:
The children were born in Halifax.
Winnie died in Kendal [16th March 1960].
Horace Malcolm died in Ulverston [1963]
On 6th July 1824, he married Elizabeth Goodall at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
He was a jewellery maker (employer) [1911].
After the death of their father [1896], James & his brother
Harry carried on the Charles Horner Limited
business, in partnership with their cousin Charles William Leach.
In [Q1] 1899, he married Emma (Emmie) Pyle [1869-1957] in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
James died at Buenos Aires, South America [20th February 1913].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £28,354 6/3d.
[Resworn £36,604 6/3d]
Probate was granted to
his widow Emma
and
Charles Henry Horner (manufacturing jeweller).
He was buried at Brighouse Cemetery
He was a leather belt/strap maker [1887].
On 19th November 1887, he married Sarah Ashworth [1868-1960]
in Halifax.
Children:
He married Milcah [1780-1841].
Children:
Members of the family were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse
Born at Green Hayes, Halifax.
She was a sculptor.
She was educated at
Halifax High School /
Grovelly Manor, Bournemouth /
Leeds College of Art [1920].
She was a friend and contemporary of
Henry Moore
and
Barbara Hepworth.
Her work includes
various religious works,
a bust of Phyllis Bentley,
a bronze figure of Vernon W. Wanklyn [1930],
a figure of Mrs Patrick Crossley [1930],
a bronze group of the Brontë sisters – Charlotte, Emily and Anne – which won the Leeds Gold Medal [1951],
and
a head of Sir John Barbirolli.
In 1937, she abandoned art and turned her attention to
the welfare of the blind,
Red Cross nursing,
and
animal welfare.
Around 1952, she studied modelling at Leeds, and became a member of
staff at the Halifax School of Art.
She lived at
She died 15th January 1973
He was a drawing master [1851].
He taught art at Heath Grammar School and painted in his spare time.
He had his studio and a drawing school at Bond Street.
In the 1820s, he painted Marian's View, a view of Shibden valley
for Anne Lister.
His collection of lithographed drawings of Buildings in the Town and Parish of Halifax [1835] records the area before industrialisation.
He was a generous member of Salem Methodist New Connexion Chapel, North Parade.
He married Martha [1794-18??].
Children:
The family lived at
John died in 1867.
After his death, his son Joshua dedicated a fine stained glass
window in his memory at Salem Chapel, along with a
Horner Charity bequest for
See
Bethesda Methodist New Connexion Chapel, Elland and
William Williams
He was
a canal carter /
a teamer (canal) [1901] /
a carter [1911]
He married Esther [1860-1918].
Children:
The family lived at
He was
a brewer [1873] /
a farmer of 16 acres 1881] /
a labourer [1891] /
a woolcomber [1901] /
a coal/coke dealer [1911].
On 20th March 1873, he married Julia Ann Horsfield in Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Ovenden.
The family lived at
John William died at Page Hill, Wheatley [24th September 1925].
Probate was granted to
son John Edward Horner
and
Fred Sutcliffe (chauffeur).
Julia died in 1928.
John & Julia were buried at Illingworth Church
Baptised 26th October 1824.
He was a butcher.
He was
a butcher [1851] /
a cattle dealer [1861] /
a common brewer [1871] /
a common brewer with 1 man [1881] /
a retired brewer [1891].
He married Mary Hampshaw [1821-1905] in Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Northowram.
The family lived at
Joseph died in Ovenden [1892].
Mary died 6th April 1905.
The couple were buried at Illingworth Church:
Joseph [18th August 1892];
Mary [11th April 1905]
She was buried at Illingworth Church
Halifax-born artist and portrait-painter.
He painted the portrait of Anne Lister which hangs
in Shibden Hall.
Joshua travelled with a Halifax architect friend to France &
Italy [leaving England on 8th August 1840].
There were in Geneva [September 1840], Milan [October 1840] and Rome
[by January 1841].
He wrote letters home to his father, and with his agreement & that of
his father, Henry Martin took extracts from Joshua's
letters & published them in the Halifax Express.
By March 1841, Martin had ceased being the proprietor & editor
of the Halifax Express, and some time later, he decided to
publish the extracts himself – these are currently held by the
Bodleian Library, Oxford.
After his father's death [1867], Joshua dedicated a fine
stained glass window in his memory at Salem Chapel
along with the Horner Charity bequest for
He never married.
He lived at 11 Bond Street, Halifax, with Sarah Hellowell [b
1824] (cook/domestic servant) [1881].
Joshua died 28th September 1881
Probate records show that he left a personal estate valued at £1,588 2/9d.
The will was proved by
William John Townsend of Wellington Street, Stockport (Methodist New Connexion Minister)
and
John Styring Lee of Barum House, Halifax
Born in Halifax.
Baptised [23rd April 1816].
He was
an weaver in Ovenden [1837] /
a butcher /
an inn keeper at 10 Bridge Street, Halifax [1841] /
landlord of the Saddle, Halifax [1845].
On 27th September 1838, he married Matilda [1810-1???] in Halifax.
She was the widow of James Mitchell and had 3 children
Children:
They lived at
Joshua died in 1846.
Matilda took over at the Saddle [1850, 1861]
He carried on the family butchers business.
In [Q1] 1903, he married Annie Leary [1879-19??] in Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Halifax.
Joshua died in Halifax [18th September 1927]
He was buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse
On 30th December 1794, he married widow Betty Crossland of
Southowram, at Halifax Parish Church
He was a butcher [1807].
On 31st March 1807, he married Jane Akroyd [1788-1860] in Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Northowram.
The couple died in Northowram:
Stephen [20th December 1858];
Jane [9th December 1860]
Born in Burnsall.
He was
a weaver of Ovenden [1837] /
a worsted weaver [1841] /
a tea dealer [1851] /
a draper/grocer [1871].
In 1837, he married Mary Robinson [1818-18??].
She was a dressmaker [1871]
Children:
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1851] was sister-in-law Emma Robinson [b
1828].
Living with them [in 1871] were daughter Ann &
grandson Edward Leach [b 1868], and 2 boarders (who were
dressmakers).
Stephen died in Halifax [1890] (aged 72)
Around 1820, he had a shop in the building which had been the Hare & Hounds, Hebden Bridge.
In 1822, he was a grocer in Heptonstall.
Recorded on 13th July 1824
as a debtor
On 22nd December 1847, he married Sarah Ellen Hoyle Wheelwright at Halifax Parish Church.
He never married.
He died at Storthes Hall [23rd April 1934].
He was buried at Illingworth Church
He married Lillian.
They lived at 28 Blackledge, Halifax.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/5th Battalion
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).
He died on his way to the dressing station after being hit wilst bringing up rations [26th April 1918] (aged 29).
He was buried at the Mendinghem Military Cemetery [X C 25].
He is remembered on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance.
His brother-in-law Arnold Cully also died in the War
infirm receiving parish pay
Esther Ann was born in Halifax, the daughter of Josiah Bailey
Eva Mary was born in Saltburn-on-sea
Amelia was born in Hipperholme
Mary Ann was born in Halifax, the daughter of Isaac Horsfall Astin
Mary was born in Halifax, the daughter of Charles Best
Ellen was born in Halifax
Winnie was the daughter of James Cheetham
Emma (Emmie) came from Middlesex
Sarah was born in Halifax
Martha was born in Manchester
the poor of Salem
Esther was born in Manchester
Julia Ann was the daughter of George Horsfield
Mary was born in Kellington
the poor of Salem
Matilda was the daughter of Mr Hirst – could her father
be Joseph Hirst who was landlord of the Saddle, Halifax [1837, 1843]?
Annie was born in Halifax
Jane was born in Guernsey
Mary, a weaver of Ovenden [1837], was the daughter
of Jonathan Robinson, weaver.
Sarah Ellen was born in Rishworth, the daughter of John Wheelwright
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