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- Ramsden, Alfred
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[1827-1892]
JP.
Born at Popples School House.
He worked as a druggist with James Lofthouse – in a shop known as The House at the Maypole – in Corn Market and later with Jabez Waterhouse in Broad Street. He subsequently bought the Waterhouse business.
He worked as a correspondent for the Leeds Mercury and – from 1857 – for the Halifax Courier. From 1882, he was Editor, manager – and later part owner – of the Halifax Courier, and in 1892, he was the founder of the Halifax Evening Courier.
He was Mayor of Halifax [1883-1884]. In 1886, he was appointed borough magistrate. He was a governor of Heath Grammar School and of Crossley & Porter School [1880].
He was a director of the Halifax High Level Railway company.
He was a member of Salem Methodist New Connexion Chapel, North Parade. He moved to Hanover Chapel when that was established in 1834. He was a preacher and taught at the Hanover Chapel Sunday School for 20 years. He was a member of the Methodist New Connexion Conference, succeeding Edwin Lumby. General William Booth stayed with Ramsden on one of his journeys before he established the Salvation Army.
He encouraged Joseph Rideal Smith's artistic talents, and he was one of the people to whom Smith dedicated one of his prints.
In 1851, he married (1) his cousin, Elizabeth Ramsden Gledhill [1824-1870].
Children: Arnold [1861-1919].
Elizabeth died in 1870.
In 1872, he married (2) Sarah Jane [1844-1924], daughter of Henry Oates of Prospect House.
Children: (1) Rayner [1878-1962]; (2) Clifford; (3) Edith Kingston [1873-1964] who married Dr Donald Joseph Macaulay.
The children – Rayner, Clifford and Edith – all inherited a 1/10th share of the residual estate of their maternal uncle Arthur Donald Oates's estate, after the Bermerside Bequest & Oates Trust FundHe died [8th November 1892]
Members of the family were buried at Warley Town Cemetery.
He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1892
- Ramsden, Anthony David
- [1932-1983] Son of Charles Alfred Ramsden.
He joined the Army and is listed at Lieutenant-Colonel Ramsden.
He was buried at Warley Town Cemetery with other members of the family
- Ramsden, C.
- [18??-1???] In 1870, he founded the omnibus and cab business which became John Marsh & Company
- Ramsden, Charles
- [1833-1893] Born in Clifton. He was a leather dresser [1861]; licensed victualler at the Armytage Arms, Clifton [1871]; a farmer; a dealer in horses.
Around 1848, he established Clifton Bowling Green behind the pub
In 1860, he married Ruth Morrison [1834-1907] from Clifton, at Halifax.
Children: (1) Annie [b 1860]; (2) Jemmie or Jimmy [b 1863]; (3) Alfred [b 1865]; (4) Bertha [b 1872]; (5) Laura [b 1874]; (6) Ada [b 1870].
Charles died on 8th August 1893. After his death, Ruth took over as licensee of the Armytage Arms [1894, 1901].
After Ruth's death, her sons took over at the pub: Jemmie [1907] and Alfred [1917].
- Ramsden, Charles Alfred
- [1906-1970] Son of Clifford Ramsden.
He succeeded his father as Editor of the Halifax Courier & Guardian [from 1942]. He was succeeded by his son John Michael [1964].
In 1930, he married Phyllis Margaret Crowther [1905-1985] in Shropshire/Staffordshire.
Children: (1) Anthony David; (2) Michael.
The family lived at Haigh House, Warley; Upper Greystones, Manor Heath, Halifax
- Ramsden, Clifford
- [1880-1954] JP. Son of Alfred Ramsden.
At the age of 16 he joined the staff of the Halifax Courier. In 1916, he became Editor and Managing Director of Halifax Courier Limited, taking over from his father. He was editor of the Courier & Guardian for 26 years.
He was succeeded by his son Charles Alfred [1942].
He was a director of the Halifax Building Society. He was a founder of the Halifax Rotary Club. He was President of the Yorkshire Newspaper Society [1932]
He and his siblings Rayner and Edith, all inherited a 1/10th share of the residual estate of their maternal uncle Arthur Donald Oates's estate, after the Bermerside Bequest & Oates Trust Fund.
He married Nellie Grandage Ward [1877-1953].
Nellie was from Charleston, West VirginiaChildren: (1) Elizabeth who married Cecil Collins; (2) a daughter; (3) a daughter; (4) Charles Alfred.
The family lived at Kanawha, 1 Clarendon Place, Hopwood Lane [1905], Haigh House, Warley, and The Hollins, Warley [1927].
- Ramsden, Copley
- [18??-18??] Printer at Northgate, Halifax [1866].
He published the Halifax Almanack & Parish Year Book
- Ramsden, Daniel
- [1788-1865] Born in Horton, Bradford. His father died and his mother and her 8 children moved to Boothtown.
He was self-taught. He worked in a cotton mill at Halifax.
In 1809, he became bookkeeper and manager of a corn mill at Luddendenfoot. He later established his own business as a corn merchant at Woolshops with a warehouse in 1 Broad Street [1837].
He was one of the Trustees appointed under the Halifax Improvement Act [1823].
In 1848, he was the first Chairman of the new Halifax Council. He was Mayor of Halifax [1860-1861] and laid the corner-stone of Halifax Town Hall. He was High Constable of the town [1861] He was Alderman, until he resigned the post a week before his death.
A promoter of the Halifax, Huddersfield & Keighley Railway [1863].
He married Lydia [1798-1861].
They lived at Kingston House, Halifax.
He died 21st August 1865.
- Ramsden, Rev Edward
- [1791-1853] AM. Son of John Ramsden.
He was educated at Saint John's College Cambridge [1813], ordained Deacon (Chester for Lichfield) [5th April 1817], and appointed Perpetual Curate of Lower Darwen, Lancashire [1829-1839] before becoming Perpetual Curate of Saint John's Church, Ovenden [1838], the first incumbent of Bradshaw [1839-1853], and Curate of Illingworth [1841].
He wrote a number of collections of verse including The Christian Minister [1842] and Christ the Foundation [1844].
He married Margaret Wray from Lower Darwen.
Children: (1) child; (2) child; (3) child all of whom died young and were buried at Illingworth Church.
The family lived at Jumples House.
Some cottages at Jumples Crag were dated ER 1819 for him.
He died 6th June 1853.
He was buried at Illingworth Church [10th June 1853]. The epitaph on the headstone records
He belonged to a well to do local family who lived at Jumples
In 1877, the east window at Bradshaw church was installed in his memory by John Taylor Ramsden
- Ramsden, Captain Edward
- [1890-19??] MC. Son of John Taylor Ramsden of Jumples House, Mixenden.
He was educated at Eton and at the Royal Military College Sandhurst.
During World War I, he served with the 5th Royal Irish Lancers and was 3 times mentioned in despatched. He was awarded the Mons Star and the Military Cross. He was Brigade Major to the 1st Cavalry Brigade.
He was Chairman and Managing Director of the family firm Thomas Ramsden & Son Limited. He lived at Sedgefield, County Durham.
He married Geraldine Wilson.
Geraldine was the daughter of Colonel J. Wilson of Cliff Hall, DarlingtonChildren: James Edward [b 1923]
- Ramsden, Mrs Elizabeth
- [1???-1756] Née ??.: Wife of John Ramsden. They lived at Booth, Rishworth.
After John's death, she married Joseph Haigh. She drew up a prenuptial agreement which preserved all her rights in her goods and property at Rishworth. She was immediately separated from her husband and they lived apart.
She lived at Booth, Rishworth until her death. She bequeathed the house to various family members.
In 1737, when the new Ripponden Church was consecrated, she stood in the aisle throughout the service, protesting that her pew had not been replaced to her liking.
The local people seemed to have had a love/hate relationship with her. In 17??, she unsuccessfully demanded an exhumation in an attempt to discredit a local girl.
The poet John Collier called her Queen at the Booth
a gallamaufry of a woman who was dressed as gay and airy as a girl of 16
- Ramsden, Elizabeth
- [1531-1595] Or Ellen. Daughter of Robert Ramsden.
She married Henry Savile
- Ramsden, Elizabeth
- [17??-18??] Daughter of John Ramsden.
Question: Can anyone help me attach Elizabeth to the appropriate John?
She married Richard Boulton [17??-1846] of Harrock Hall, near Wigan.
Children: (1) son; (2) Alfred Ramsden Boulton [b 1818] who became a Magistrate for Lancashire
- Ramsden, Emma
- [1???-1???] Daughter of John Ramsden.
Second wife of Robert Crossley
- Ramsden, Francis
- [1???-18??] He was Chairman of the Sowerby Bridge Local Board [15th April 1879-15th April 1881]
- Ramsden, Fretchvile
- [1658-1679] Of New Longley Hall, Almondbury.
Heywood writes of
a son of Esquire Ramsden of Longley, who had been a soldier, a wild, ranting, hectoring blade of no mean size, having been at Huthersfield October 30th 1679, having been drinking too liberally, went home about 12 o'clock to his mother's, was observed to sing and rant as he went out of the town, but in the morning was found dead in their own fields, a little beyond the bridge, much blood having issued from his body, whether slain by himself or some other it's not known, it was astonishing
The Annals of the Parish of Almondbury record
Fretchvile Ramsden, gentleman, killed by misfortune, no one being present, by a mastiff dog and buried on the 1st November 1679
- Ramsden, Geoffrey
- [15??-1612] Of Thick Hollins, Greetland.
He married Unknown.
Children: (1) Hugh; (2) Henry; (3) William who became rector of Edgmond, Shropshire.
He was a member of a branch of the Ramsden family of Greetland
- Ramsden, George
- [1???-1???] Son of John Ramsden.
On 12th February 1615/6, he married Jenet Nore.
Children: Jeremy
- Ramsden, George
- [15??-16??] Third son of John Ramsden.
He married Sarah, daughter of John Riley.
Children: (1) Jeremia; (2) Samuel; (3) John; (4) Joseph; (5) Nathan; (6) Hester; (7) Marie.
The family lived at Booth, Rishworth [1617]
- Ramsden, George
- [16??-17??] Youngest son of Robert Ramsden.
Overseer of the Poor for Skircoat [1690]. He built Heath Hall, Halifax. It passed to his son, John Ramsden
- Ramsden, George
- [16??-1723] Son of Jeremy Ramsden. He was the first owner of Jumples which he bought in 1710. He was churchwarden of Illingworth Church [1696].
He married Unknown.
Children: (1) John [1669-1731]; (2) George; (3) Robert.
He was buried at Illingworth Church [4th April 1723] like many of the family
- Ramsden, George
- [1674-1742] Son of George Ramsden, the first owner of Jumples. Yeoman of Ovenden. He was churchwarden of Illingworth Church [1733].
He married Elizabeth.
See Sod House Green
- Ramsden, George
- [17??-1771] He was a steward on the Armytage estate. He was the first master of Clifton Free School [1729-1765]. The school became known as Ramsden's School.
He was a trustee for Betty Nuttall Hill.
On 14th October 1748, he married Mrs Martha Law, a widow.
Martha died 3 months after her husband
- Ramsden, Captain George Taylor
- [1879-1936] MA. Eldest son of John Taylor Ramsden of Jumples House, Mixenden.
He was educated at Eton and at Trinity Hall Cambridge.
He married Elizabeth Juel Hansen [1915-19??], at Saint George's, Hanover Square.
Children: (1) Mary Elizabeth [b 1916]; (2) Robert George Taylor [b 1918]; (3) Elna Margaret [b 1920]; (4) Anne [1922-1923].
During World War I, he served with the RFA Anti-Aircraft Force, reaching the rank of Captain.
He was Mayor of Halifax [1911-1912].
He was Coalition Unionist MP for Elland [1918-1922]
He was Chairman of Thomas Ramsden & Son Limited.
He was churchwarden of Illingworth Church.
He bought Bramham House, Leeds. The family went to live there.
He died whilst out shooting at Redlish Moor, Thornthwaite [9th October 1936].
He was buried at Illingworth Church [13th October 1936].
Probate records show that he left personal effects valued at £287,598 19/8d, and
A sum sufficient to provide a set of tubular bells for the Parish Church of Saint Mary, Illingworth – if not already installed
and directed his trustees
provide a 36-gallon barrel of good ale for consumption by such persons as should attend his funeral
- Ramsden, Gilbert
- [15??-1629] He owned Crawstone Hall, Greetland and Syke House, Greetland.
He was an early member of the Ramsden family of Greetland.
He married Unknown.
Children: (1) Joseph; (2) Mary [?] who married John Milner
- Ramsden, Grace
- [16??-1714] Of Northowram.
The Northowram Register records that
[she] had taken horse for Bradford on 14th July 1714. Rode but a few Roods from her own house, the Horse Struck to th' Gallop she could not hold him. Thinking to save herself, she slipt off, broke her leg, whereof she died 19th July. A very Pious, discreet, useful woman
- Ramsden, Grace
- [1682-1735] Born at Crowstone, Upper Greetland, the daughter of Joseph Ramsden. After the deaths of their brothers, Susannah and Grace went to live in Hawksworth.
Susannah, died before she was able to fulfil her own wish to found a school in Elland for teaching the English tongue to the poor boys of Elland and Greetland.
Grace then inherited all the family estate. In her will, dated December 1734, she gave money from her property in Bingley for the establishment of Grace Ramsden's School.
She died at Hawksworth and was buried in Elland Parish Church
- Ramsden, Henry
- [15??-162?] Son of Robert Ramsden.
He was associated with Rastrick Chapel.
Around 1593, he married Alice, daughter of John Gybson
Children: (1) William; (2) Richard.
He was dead by 1625
- Ramsden, Henry
- [1585-1646] Second son of John Ramsden.
In December 1620, he married Esther Firth.
Children: (1) John [1624-1664]; (2) Henry; (3) Samuel; (4) Joseph; (5) Elizabeth; (6) Susan; (7) Mary / Maria [16??-1717] who married Henry Dyson
- Ramsden, Henry
- [1596/7-1637] MA. Son of Geoffrey Ramsden.
Educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford [1610] and became a Fellow of Lincoln College [1621], and preached in London before becoming Vicar of Halifax on the death of his elder brother Hugh [1629].
He was known for his Puritanical sermons. Some of these were published after his death
A Gleaning of God's Harvest [1639]
On 31st June 1630, he married Anna Foxcroft [16??-1682].
He died March 1637.
He was buried in Halifax Parish Church in the Chancel [28th March 1638].
The epitaph on his memorial, erected by his brother William, is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions.
Anna was buried at Elland Parish Church.
See William Aulte, Abraham Sunderland and Richard Sunderland
- Ramsden, Henry
- [1628-1665] Second son of Henry Ramsden of Booth, Rishworth.
He married Unknown.
Children: John
- Ramsden, Hugh
- [1594-1629] Or Hugo. Son of Geoffrey Ramsden.
He was educated at Merton College Oxford.
He married Mercia Hurst [1???-1635] from Huddersfield.
He was Rector at Methley before becoming Vicar of Halifax [1628].
He died of a fever at York the following year.
He was buried at Halifax Parish Church [19th July 1629].
The epitaph on his memorial, erected by his younger Henry, is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions.
He was succeeded at Halifax by his younger brother, Henry.
Mercia was buried at Halifax Parish Church [24th January 1635]
- Ramsden, Hugh
- [16??-16??] Of Stainland. In 1670, he issued tradesmen's tokens worth 1d bearing the image of a rose
- Ramsden, James
- [1814-1853] Son of John Ramsden of Halifax.
In May 1853, he accidentally drowned in an attempt to ford the river Patea near Petre, Wanganui District, New Zealand
- Ramsden, James
- [1878-19??] Son of James Sutcliffe Ramsden.
He was an electrician of Tonge cum Bright?, Bolton [1906].
In 1906, he married Annie, daughter of Roger Akroyd. at Saint George's Church, Sowerby
- Ramsden, James Sutcliffe
- [1838-1896] He was a dyer.
He married Unknown.
Children: James.
He died in Halifax [Q2 1896]
- Ramsden, James William
- [1843-1???] In 1860, he was working as an apprentice bookseller with Mr Palmer of Huddersfield. He was discharged after 2 incidents of embezzlement and purloining his master's money.
He then went to work as a clerk in a mercantile house in Brighouse.
His conduct led his employer to make enquiries about his earlier career, and Ramsden moved to Pontefract where he stayed at the principal hotel and passed himself off as a relative of Sir John William Ramsden of Huddersfield, and had cards printed with
James William Ramsden Esq, tragedian from the Theatre Royal, London
He then fled in turn to Goole and to Howden.
At his trial, it was reported that he was charged with embezzling tea and tobacco at the age of 12. He was charged with embezzlement and obtaining money under false pretences
- Ramsden, Jeremy
- [16??-16??] Son of John Ramsden.
On 28th April 1638, he married Elizabeth Royde.
Children: George
- Ramsden, Jesse
- [1735-1800] Born at the Elephant & Castle, Salterhebble. Scientific instrument maker and inventor, and maker of the first effective screw-cutting lathes
- Ramsden, John
- [1???-1???] Of Rishworth. He was an early member of what became the Ramsden family of Jumples
On 10th February 1582/3, he married Alice Sladen from Elland.
Children: (1) son; (2) George
- Ramsden, John
- [1???-1???] Of Halifax.
He married Unknown.
Children: Emma
- Ramsden, John
- [1???-16??] See Bowers Hall, Barkisland and High Trees Hall, Barkisland
- Ramsden, John
- [1???-16??] Crawstone Hall, Greetland was built for him in 1631. His family had been granted the land in 1619
- Ramsden, John
- [1???-1871] A member of Halifax Town Council [1848-1849].
He died 14th December 1871
- Ramsden, John
- [15??-1???] He married Isabel Bottomley [15??-1???].
Children: John
- Ramsden, John
- [15??-1???] Son of John Ramsden of Bowers.
In October 1579, he married Isabel, daughter of Thomas Bottomley.
Children: (1) John; (2) Henry; (3) George; (4) Samuel; (5) Grace.
His father bought Booth, Rishworth for him.
When his parents had died, he returned to Bowers. He left 40 oak trees in a wood at Bowers to his 4 grandsons John, Henry, Samuel, and Joseph
- Ramsden, John
- [15??-1591] Of Bowers Hall, Barkisland.
He married Janet.
Children: (1) John; (2) Mychaell; (3) Henrye; (4) Grace; (5) a daughter
- Ramsden, John
- [15??-16??] Built Hoyle House, Warley
- Ramsden, John
- [15??-16??] In 1577, he built New Longley Hall, Huddersfield.
He married Unknown.
Children: (1) Ann who married Sir Samuel Saltonstall; (2) Fretchvile
- Ramsden, John
- [1581-1665] Son of John Ramsden.
He married Susan Meg, daughter of Richard Waterhouse.
Children: (1) John; (2) Anne.
He died in Elland [12th August 1665]
- Ramsden, John
- [16??-1???] Son of George Ramsden.
He inherited Heath Hall, Halifax. He sold it to James Graeme
- Ramsden, John
- [16??-1???] He was Constable of Northowram [1694, 1756]
- Ramsden, John
- [16??-1695] Son of Henry Ramsden.
He lived at Booth, Rishworth.
He married Sara or Sarah.
Children: John
- Ramsden, John
- [16??-1707] Of Siddal Hall and Mytholm in Hipperholme.
Oldest son of Robert Ramsden.
In 16??, he married (1) Sarah, daughter of John Illingworth.
In January 1706, he married (2) a daughter of Eli Dyson.
Children: Martha who married Joseph Wood.
- Ramsden, John
- [16??-174?] Son of John Ramsden.
He lived at Booth, Rishworth.
He married Elizabeth
- Ramsden, John
- [1667-1689] Eldest son of Joseph Ramsden.
He married Bridget Calverley
Bridget was the daughter of Walter Calverley of CalverleyHeywood comments that
he was very fat
- Ramsden, John
- [1695-1755] Born in Halifax.
In 1716, he married Hannah, daughter of Luke Hoyle.
Children: (1) Mary [b 1717]; (2) Richard [b 1723]; (3) John [1724-1731]; (4) Luke [b 1726]; (5) Sarah [b 1727]; (6) Richard [b 1728]; (7) John [b 1731]; (8) Thomas.
John and Hannah were buried at Halifax Parish Church
- Ramsden, John
- [17??-1???] Gentleman. Only son and heir of John RAMSDEN late of Wellhead, merchant,
He lived at Old Well Head, then Upper Calico Hall.
Between 1767-1770, he sold Old Well Head to John Kershaw
- Ramsden, Sir John
- [17??-18??] He was MP for the West Riding [1859-1865]
- Ramsden, John
- [17??-18??] Of Halifax.
Around 1790, he and John Ashford built one of the Swamp Mills, Sowerby
- Ramsden, John
- [1722-1799] Son of Robert Ramsden.
He married (1) Sarah Mitchell, daughter of Daniel Mitchell.
Children: (1) John
He married (2) Mary Armitage. She was about 18 years old, and he was approaching 70.
Children: (2) Edward; (3) Thomas [1792-1809]
- Ramsden, John
- [1744-1815] Son of John Ramsden.
He married Unknown.
Children: (1) John; (2) Joseph.
He was accidentally drowned whilst fishing in Cumberland and was buried at Wickham there
- Ramsden, John
- [1746-1805] Card maker of Halifax.
He married Elizabeth [1741-1813].
Children: (1) Jane [1770-1831] who married John Ashworth from Elland; (2) Thomas; (3) Lydia [1773-1803]; (4) Robert [1774-1815]; (5) John [1780-1842]; (6) Elizabeth who married Richard Boulton of Harrock Hall in Lancashire; (7) William; (8) George.
John died 9th July 1805.
William and George erected a memorial to the family in the Holdsworth Chapel where many of them were buried
The epitaph on the memorial is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions
- Ramsden, John
- [1774-1861] Son of John Ramsden.
He was of independent means [1841]; a landed proprietor [1851].
He married Mary [1778-1858].
Children: (1) Thomas; (2) Grace [1802-1886]; (3) Sarah [1805-1874] who married William Brear; (4) Ann [1807-1827]; (5) Joseph [1809-1834]; (6) Jane [b 1816].
The family lived at Bedford Street, Halifax [1841]; 2 Gerard Street, Halifax [1851]; Clough Head, Ovenden [1861].
At the age of 88, he was gored to death by a bull.
He was buried at Illingworth Church [26th July 1867]
Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £2,000. Probate was granted to his son Thomas..
Mary was buried at Illingworth Church [21st May 1858]
- Ramsden, John
- [18??-19??] A tailor of Denton's Court, Lister Lane, Halifax.
On 7th June 1873, he rushed out of his house and attempted to strangle a small boy, he then tried to do the same to some other children.
The Chief Constable was quickly on the spot and took him to the Town Hall where he became very wild. He was finally taken to the Workhouse.
Ramsden had twice been confined in a lunatic asylum
- Ramsden, John Michael
- [1931-1972] JP. Son of Charles Alfred Ramsden.
He succeeded his father as Editor of the Halifax Evening Courier [1964]. He was Managing director of the Halifax Evening Courier, and Chairman of the Brighouse Echo and the Todmorden Times.
In 1956, he married Margery Ann Constable [1933-1984] from South Shields
- Ramsden, John Taylor
- [1835-1916] Son of Thomas Ramsden. Born in Halifax [15th March 1835].
He was a common brewer; partner in Thomas Ramsden & Son Limited; churchwarden of Illingworth Church; a governor of the Waterhouse Charity; a trustee of the Wadsworth Charity; a member of the Ovenden School Board; a member of the Ovenden Local Board; Chairman of the Illingworth Conservative Association.
He built Saint Andrew's Mission Church, Holmfield which he gave to the parish.
In 1877, he installed the east window of Bradshaw Church in memory of Rev Edward Ramsden.
In 1878, he married Fanny, daughter of George Watkinson, in Halifax.
Children: (1) George Taylor; (2) John Watkinson; (3) Thomas; (4) Maud; (5) Mary Winifred; (6) Edward.
The family lived at Middleton Tower, Kings Lynn, Norfolk – which he and Fanny acquired in 1904 – and Jumples House, Mixenden [1905].
He died at Middleton Tower, Norfolk [2nd September 1916].
Probate records show that he left personal effects valued at £275,916 19/7d.
See Halifax White Swan Company Limited
- Ramsden, John Watkinson
- [1880-1943] JP. Son of John Taylor Ramsden.
On 28th August 1906, he married Eleanor, daughter of John Murgatroyd, at Luddenden Church.
He lived at The Jumples, Mixenden [1906]; Hareby, Lincolnshire.
He died at University College Hospital, London [15th June 1943]
- Ramsden, Joseph
- [16??-1684] Son of Gilbert Ramsden. Of Crowstone Hall, Greetland.
In 1664, he married (1) Mary Sharp.
Children: (1) John; (2) Thomas.
In 1666, after Mary's death, he married (2) Dorothy Savile.
Children: (3) Joseph; (4) Samuel; (5) Susannah; (6) Grace.
When Thomas inherited the family estate, he sent the younger children to stay with his steward, John Jackson of Halifax.
After the deaths of their brothers, Susannah and Grace went to live in Hawksworth
- Ramsden, Joseph
- [16??-1691] Third son of Joseph Ramsden.
He inherited the family estate when his older brothers died
- Ramsden, Joseph
- [16??-1698] He lived at Crowstone Hall, Greetland.
He married Elizabeth Finch
- Ramsden, Joseph
- [17??-18??] Younger son of John Ramsden.
He emigrated to Canada
- Ramsden, Joseph
- [18??-18??] Manufacturer in Brighouse [1870]
He married Unknown.
Children: Sarah Elizabeth [1848-1912] who married Richard Sugden
Sarah Elizabeth were buried at Brighouse Cemetery
- Ramsden, Mary
- [1???-1???] Butchers at Woolshops and Causway [1850]
- Ramsden, Mary Winifred
- [1886-19??] Younger daughter of John Taylor Ramsden
She married Anthony Knight from West Newton, Sandringham.
Children: (1) Peter Fernley; (2) Edward; (3) John
- Ramsden, Maud
- [1883-19??] Elder daughter of John Taylor Ramsden.
She married Harold Patrick Martin from Alipore, Calcutta.
Children: (1) Thomas Aquin; (2) Mervyn Harold.
The family lived at Nether Hall, Pakenham, Suffolk
- Ramsden, N.
- [18??-19??] Built Ramsden's Baths, Rastrick
- Ramsden, Phyllis
- [19??-19??] Of Halifax. In the 1960s, she came across the journals of Anne Lister and prepared the publish these. A condition of releasing the documents and the code, Halifax Corporation had to have control over what she could publish, and they refused
- Ramsden, Rayner
- [1878-1962] Son of Alfred Ramsden.
He became a worsted spinner, and joined the Oates family business established by his maternal uncles: Arthur Donald and Edwin James Oates at Ryburne Mills in Hanson Lane.
He and his siblings Clifford and Edith, all inherited a 1/10th share of the residual estate of their maternal uncle Arthur Donald Oates's estate, after the Bermerside Bequest & Oates Trust Fund.
In [Q1] 1902, he married Rachel Ellen Wilkinson in Halifax.
Rachel Ellen or Nellie was the daughter of a stuff dyer managerThey lived at Prospect House, Hanson Lane [where he lived until 1962].
He died at Saint Anne's on Sea, Lancashire
- Ramsden, Rev Dr Richard
- [1761-1831] Son of Thomas Ramsden. Born in Halifax.
He was educated at Windsor and Eton [1780]; Trinity College Cambridge [1781-1807]; Deputy Regius Professor of Divinity at Trinity; curate in charge at Cleckheaton [1787-1790]; vicar of Saint Andrew's, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire [1808-1817]; rector of Grundisburgh, Suffolk [1817-1831].
In 1783, he won Sir William Browne's Medal for a Greek ode on the siege of Gibraltar.
He never married.
He died at his home at Grundisburgh, Woodbridge, Suffolk
- Ramsden, Robert
- [1???-16??] Of Stoney Royd.
He was one of the electorate of 59 people when Jeremy Bentley was elected first MP for Halifax in 1654.
In 1657, he and his brother Paul, became entitled under the will of their uncle, Robert Ramsden,
of the messuage called the Birkes, and a close thereto adjoining, in Halifax on trust to sell the same for the payment of the testator's debts
- Ramsden, Robert
- [1???-18??] He was appointed Surveyor of the Highways for Southowram [1835]
- Ramsden, Robert
- [15??-1???] Of Longley.
He married Unknown.
Children: (1) Ellen; (2) Robert.
In 1578, Saint Matthew's Church, Rastrick was illegally sold to Ramsden and used as a barn