The entries for people & families with the surname Waddington 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.
In 1879, he married Mary Haigh [1855-1920] in Halifax.
Children:
All the children were baptised at Christ Church, Barkisland
The family lived at Park Nook, Barkisland [1911].
Mary died 2nd July 1920 (aged 65).
Alfred died 3rd July 1942 (aged 87).
Members of the family were buried at Christ Church, Barkisland
He was
a mill hand [1871] /
a woollen under carder [1881] /
a grease extractor in a woollen mill [1911].
He married Eliza Hitchin in Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Sowerby
Son of Joshua Waddington.
On 11th March 1875, he married Eliza Ann Farrar.
Ely died in Blackpool
He was buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram
Born in Sowerby.
He was a mechanic [1908].
In [Q2] 1908, he married Elizabeth Ellen Greenwood [1884-1974]
in Halifax.
Children:
Evelyn Kenyon died in Sowerby [31st March 1956]
In [Q2] 1927, he married Margaret Ann Wilkinson in Halifax.
They lived in Rastrick.
During World War II,
he served as a Stoker 1st Class
with the Royal Navy
aboard HMS Raleigh.
He died 14th March 1947 (aged 61).
He was buried at Rastrick Cemetery
[C 43 38]
In 1???, he married Mary Brooke at Birstall
He married Unknown.
Children:
Uncle of
John and Joseph Watkinson.
of Watkinson Hall.
On 27th March 1750, he married Mary Ramsden [1720-1799] from
Illingworth.
Children:
The family lived at Hope Hall, Halifax [1756].
He died 18th September 1784 [aged 67].
In his will, he bequeathed £50 to the Leeds Infirmary, and
and left £5 per year for 10 years to purchase books for the
Halifax Sunday schools.
The epitaph on the family memorial
in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in
the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions
Heywood records that
Born in Sowerby.
He was a warehouseman [1861, 1871, 1881].
In [Q3] 1861, he married Hannah Kenyon [1842-1890] at Halifax
Parish Church.
She was a bobbin winder [1871]
Children:
The family lived at
In 1611, he married Rosamund Watson.
Children:
Born in Barkisland.
In [Q2] 1916, he married Selina Calverley [1888-1958] in Halifax.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 63rd Battalion
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).
He was killed in France [5th September 1918].
He is remembered on the family grave at Christ Church, Barkisland,
on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France [10],
on Barkisland War Memorial,
and on the Memorial at Krumlin Wesleyan Chapel, Barkisland
He had a carpet shop on Bradford/Huddersfield Road, opposite the
Firth's Carpets, for many years.
His son succeeded him in the business.
Contributor Dave van de Gevel writes
In July 1873, he bought the Punch Bowl from H. W. Ripley for
£3,570.
He married Unknown.
Children:
Born in Sowerby.
He was
a painter [1891] /
a painter & decorator [1901] /
a house decorator, sign writer, paperhanger, &c. at Penny Bank Buildings, Tuel Lane, Sowerby Bridge [1905].
In 1898, he married Frances Sarah Hitchen [1873-19??] in
Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
He began work as an apprentice draper.
In 1900, he bought a plot of land in Rawson Street where he built
Waddington's Dress Warehouse.
He was
Mayor of Halifax [1924-1925]
In 1939, he published a booklet Essays and Addresses which
described shops, shopping and shopkeeping in the town.
He was a Methodist lay preacher.
He was a long-serving and well-known Councillor and was the
Father of the Town Council when he died [16th January 1945].
In [Q2] 1894, he married Mary Dawson [1868-19??] from
Brighouse, in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at 22 Palatine Square, Burnley [1911].
Born in Southowram.
He married Mary Waddington [1774-1848].
Children:
The couple died at Whitwell Place, Elland:
Mary [4th January 1848];
Joshua [17th June 1863].
Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram:
Mary [January 1848];
Eli Wilkinson [] (aged 1854);
Joshua [June 1863];
Joshua [] (aged 1881);
John [] (aged 1886);
Ely Wilkinson [] (aged 1882)
He was a cordwainer [1841].
In 1854, he became the first policeman in Brighouse with
responsibility for the township of Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse.
In 1856, he left the post and was succeeded by PC Greenwood.
He married Lusey [1788-18??].
He was a widower by 1861.
Children:
The family lived at
See
Towser, Brighouse and
Waddington vs Waller
He married Sarah Jane Jackson.
Children:
In 1647, he married Unknown
In 1807, he married Jane Goldthorp [1779-1860]
at Hartshead.
Children:
The family lived at Daisy Croft, Brighouse [1851].
Living with them [in 1841] were Isaac Walker [aged 50] John
Sutcliffe [aged 25].
Samuel died in 1830.
Jane took over at the Black Swan [1834, 1841, 1845].
Samuel and Jane were buried at Hartshead Church
He was a cordwainer [1850, 1851].
He married Betty [1799-18??] born in Sowerby.
Children:
The family lived at Stansfield Mill, Sowerby [1851].
Living with them [in 1851] were daughter Susan, her husband
Joseph Whiteley and daughter Hannah.
In 1861, the widowed Betty was living with
daughter Susan and her husband Joseph Whiteley
He lived at Moorfield House, Wainstalls [1905]
He was
a Methodist /
a teetotaller /
a non-smoker /
letterpress printer at Mytholmroyd [1863].
He was head of Waddington & Sons.
He lived at New Road, Mytholmroyd [1911].
Eliza was the daughter of Phineas Hitchin
Eliza Ann was the daughter of James Farrar
Elizabeth Ellen was born in Sowerby
to 84 poor persons the sum of 40 guineas
[he was] buried [at Sowerby] Feb 9 1691/2 and left his son to Josiah Stansfeld
Hannah was the daughter of Samuel Kenyon, cordwainer.
Whereas, I, John Waddington of Hipperholme, cordwainer, did
on the 22nd day of August 1814, violently assault and abuse Sarah
Mallinson, the wife of Stephen Mallinson, of Hipperholme,
for which an action was commenced against me, but in consideration of
my acknowledging myself a defaulter, and advertising it once in the
Leeds Mercury and paying all expenses, has thought proper to shew me
this lenity – as witness by my hand
I remember him calling into Firth's on a regular basis to buy
roll-ends
Mary was born in Southowram
The Surname is discussed in the book Halifax & District Surnames by George Redmonds.
There are over 20 entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname Waddington,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Unattached BMDs for Waddington:
Marriages
1804,
1855,
1861,
1862,
1890,
1899,
1900,
1907,
1910
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