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Saltaire People: Additional Biographies
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Lamb, Hiram
12 June 1876 - 1959
Hiram Lamb was the son of
Joseph Lamb. Joseph was born
c1841 in Lindley near Harrogate.
He married Priscilla Davy 8
January 1868 at All Saints
Otley. In 1871 they were living
in Lindley were Joseph was an
agricultural labourer.
Hiram was born 12 June 1876 in
Rawdon. In 1881 & 1891 the
family were living in Rawdon
with Joseph working as a farmer
with four acres. In 1891 Hiram
worked as a weaver.
Hiram married Ruth Naylor in
1900. They had five children,
with one dying as an infant. In
1901 they were living at 40 Ada
Street in Saltaire with Hiram
employed as an agent for sewing
machines. In 1911 they were
living in Yeadon where Hiram was
an insurance agent. In 1915 they
were living at 6 Amelia Street
in Saltaire. Hiram did not serve
in the war. He is reported as
being a conscientious objector.
Excerpt from a report
in the Shipley Times 21 July
1916 concerning the Shipley
Military Tribunal: -
Hiram Lamb the sales manager
in the employ of Singer Sewing
Machine Co., Ltd., appealed on
conscientious grounds. He said
he was married and had four
children. The Chairman: Taking
into consideration the fact of
your age, and family, you will
be postponed until November
1st.
The Applicant: On the same
grounds the last one?
The Chairman: Yes.
By 1921 they were living at 9
Primrose Hill in Bingley. In the
1939 Register they were living
in Blackpool were Hiram was a
club collector. Ruth died in
Blackpool in 1954; Hiram died in
Worth Valley district in 1959.
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Lancaster,
Albert
11 September 1903 - 2 October 1925
Albert Lancaster was the son of
Thomas Lancaster. Thomas was
born c1862 in Bradford. He
married Louisa Matilda Hessey 16
September 1882 at Bradford
Cathedral. In 1891 the family
were living in Bradford with
Thomas working as a wood
moulder. In 1893 they were
living at 1 Elliot Street in
Shipley. By 1896 they were
living at 22 Ada Street in
Saltaire.
Albert, the youngest of twelve
surviving children, was born 11
September 1903 in Saltaire. In
1904 the family were at 3 Jane
Street in Saltaire. Then by 1908
the family had moved to 12
George Street in Saltaire.
Albert was found dead in the
River Aire near the Boathouse in
Saltaire 2 October 1925.
Report from the Shipley Times
Friday 09 October 1925:
MISSING MAN FOUND DROWNED.
A verdict of "Accidentally
drowned while suffering from
sleepy sickness" was returned
by the district coroner (Mr.
E. W. Norris) at the inquest
held on Saturday on the body
of Albert Lancaster (22), of
12 George Street, Saltaire.
Lancaster had been missing
from home for 12 days when his
body was recovered from the
river at Saltaire on Friday
morning.
James Hebden, brother-in-law
of the deceased, said
Lancaster had not been able to
work for eight or nine months
on account of bad health. He
had been suffering from
meningitis, which afterwards
turned into sleepy sickness.
He had been to Morecambe for a
week's holiday previous to
disappearing. Deceased left
home about half-past three on
Sunday afternoon, September
20, and did not return.
John Edward Woodhead, 12,
Maddocks Street, Shipley, said
that he was helping the
boatman at Saltaire boathouse
about 9 a.m. October 2. when
he saw an object which looked
like a body floating on the
water. Information was given
to the police, and he assisted
getting the body to the bank
with a pole and helped the
police to get it out of the
water.
Register of Private
Graves in Shipley Church
Burial Ground, Hirst Wood
Frank Lancaster: 4: 12 Dec
1910: Grave selected 1910 not
paid for
till 28 Dec 1911
John Henry Lancaster: 23: 29
Apr 1915
Albert Lancaster: 22: 5 Oct
1925: 183 Old plan, 111 New
Plan
Louisa Matilda Lancaster: 64:
4 Feb 1928
Fred Lancaster: 62: 20 Jun
1956
Dyson
Lancaster, an
elder brother of Albert, served
in WW1
(Compiled with the help
of Mark Tattersall, relative
of Albert).
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Larrad,
Ashton
9 January 1906 - 27 September 1974
Ashton Larrad was the son of
James Edward Larrad. James was
born 1862 in Wakefield. He
married Amy Vickerman, 6
December 1889, at All Saints
Otley. In 1891 they lived in
Horbury, Wakefield where James
was a grocer. By 1901 they were
living at Taylor Terrace in
Baildon. James was a
warehouseman then a coal
merchant's manager.
Ashton, the sixth of nine
children, was born 9 January
1906 in Baildon. He married
Catherine Dunlop in 1931. In
1932 they were living at 47
Manor Lane in Shipley; in 1933
at 25 Manor Lane. By 1939 they
had moved to 32 Ada Street in
Saltaire where they were still
living in 1960. In 1939 Ashton
was working as a textile weaver.
They had daughter Eileen, born
in 1940.
Report from the Shipley
Times 21 February 1945: -
ASSAULT CHARGE DISMISSED
A summons against Ashton
Larrad of 32 Ada Street,
Saltaire, alleging common
assault on an eight-years-old
boy, David Neale, 18 Herbert
Street, Saltaire, was
dismissed.
Mrs. Rosina Neale said that on
February 7, David returned
home from school with finger
marks on his face. He said a
man had hit him. Witness saw
defendant next day and
questioned him about the
assault, and he replied that
David had been hitting another
little child, so he stopped
him.
Ten-years-old Wendy Dearden
told the magistrates she saw
defendant strike David on the
face. He did it because the
boy had attacked a little
girl.
David Neale said that little
girl had knocked his younger
brother down and he struck
her. A man then hit him in the
face. Larrad giving evidence,
said he was waiting for his
little girl to come out of
school, when he saw another
little girl. Everybody seemed
to be picking on her. He saw
David Neale spring at the girl
from behind a wall and a
"rough and tumble" ensued. The
boy jumped on the girl a
second time, causing her
glasses to fall to the ground.
Defendant said he spoke to
David and grabbed hold of him
by the collar.
The boy did not cry. The next
day he met Mrs Neale and gave
her his name and address. He
thought nothing of the
incident. Defendant thought it
was outrageous that the case
had been brought.
Report from the Shipley
Times 11 December 1946: -
Bradford W.R. Magistrates
Monday 9 December
For causing a motor-cycle
combination to be on a road
during darkness without
necessary lights Ashton Larrad
(40) an engineer of 32 Ada
Street, Saltaire, was fined
10s. He pleaded "guilty."
P.C. Rushworth said that at 6
pm an accident was reported to
him which had occurred in Ada
Street. It was alleged that at
the time of the accident
defendant had left his
motor-cycle combination
without lights in Ada Street.
When questioned about it
Larrad said: "I was having a
bath at the time and forgot."
Sometime after 1960 Ashton and
Catherine emigrated to New
Zealand. Ashton died 27
September 1974 in Auckland;
Catherine died 11 November 1982.
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Laughlin,
Adeline
24 December 1904 - 12 June 1964
Adeline Laughlin was the
daughter of Simeon
Laughlin. Simeon was
born 1868 at Elmswell in Suffolk.
He married Amelia Pedley 9 July
1892 Bradford Cathedral. Simeon,
an assurance agent, was living
with the Pedley family at 31
George Street in Saltaire. (Walter
Pedley, a younger
brother of Amelia lost his life in
WW1.)
Simeon, who worked as a house
painter, then as a gas fitter then
a gatekeeper at Saltaire Mills,
and his wife spent most of their
married lives moving around
Saltaire: -
1895 - 28 Helen Street
1897 - 26 Caroline Street
1898 - 27 Caroline Street
1903 - 43 Ada Street
1914 to 1936 - 51 George Street
Simeon died in 1942 and Amelia in
1951.
They had two daughters: -
Adeline was born 24 December 1903.
She was baptised 14 February 1904.
In 1915 she gained a first class
certificate for pianoforte playing
at the London College of Music
examination held in Bradford. Her
music teacher was Annie
Louise Sanctuary.
She gained another music
certificate in 1917. Adeline, a
weaver, married Arthur Thomas
Smith, a grocer's assistant from
Shipley, 1 September 1926 at St
Peters Shipley. In 1930 they were
living at 5 Glenaire Drive in
Shipley. Arthur died 26 July 1944;
Adeline died 12 June 1964. They
are buried together in Nab Wood
Cemetery in Shipley.
Annie was born in 1911. She was
working as a weaver when she
married William Harrison, a
labourer from Shipley, 5 August
1933 at St. Peter's Shipley. In
1936 they were living at 10
Glenholm Street in Shipley.
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Lightfoot,
Fred
1869 -????
Fred Lightfoot was the son of
James Lightfoot. James was born
c1834 in Shipley. He married
Mary Hollis 25 December 1857 at
Bradford Cathedral. They had at
least eight children.
Fred was born 1869 in Shipley.
In 1871 the family lived at 8
Albert Street in Shipley with
James working as a stone mason.
In 1881 they were living at 34
Regent Street with
eleven-year-old Fred working as
a factory hand.
Fred married Alice Camm, of 4
Caroline Street, Saltaire, 27
April 1889, at Bradford
Cathedral. In 1890 they were
living at 10 Caroline Street in
Saltaire. In the 1891 census (5
April) Fred, working as a
gasser, was living with his wife
Alice and their son, James aged
one at 40 Ada Street. James was
buried 31 August 1891 aged just
19 months.
Report from Shipley
Times 3 October 1891: -
Bradford West Riding Court
Thursday 1 October
Before Mr Theo Peel
(chairman), Mr W Anderton, Mr
E P Arnold-Foster, Colonel
Hirst, Mr W H Ellis, Mr E
Slater and Mr J S Cooke
A Nice Story of Married Life
Fred Lightfoot, Ada Street,
Saltaire, was summoned for
assaulting his wife. Mr C. L.
Atkinson appeared for
defendant.
Complainant stated that on
Sunday last her husband came
home drunk and got up on
Monday morning and want to the
Prince of Wales Hotel. She
went to him and requested him
to go to work, but he only
swore at her and afterwards
turned her out of the house,
taking the key with him to his
mother in Thompson Street.
Only a month since complainant
buried her child, and the time
of the funeral she had a black
eye end her face was knocked
to pieces, all of which had
been done by defendant.
On Sunday defendant home with
a lot of men to gamble, and
she objected turned her out of
the house. He did not hit her
Monday, but struck her and hit
her mother, at whom he swore
in shameful manner.
The Chairman: ls this the
first time he has assaulted
you?
No; I have had to leave the
house with my child at
midnight to get out of his
way.
By Mr Atkinson: She went to
her mother's because she had
nowhere else to go.
On Monday morning did you go
to him at the Prince of Wales?
Yes, -He was having two
pennorth of rum? No.
What did you call him? I
called him anything wrong, but
told him to go to his work,
and he turned around and said,
"If you don't shut your mouth,
I'll throw you out of the
_________door."
Didn't you swear at him and
call him lazy?
No; if I may die in the box, I
never said such a thing.
Didn't you follow him from the
Prince of Wales up Thompson
Street swearing all the way?
I followed him to get the key.
Didn't his mother tell you to
be quiet, you would do more
good? No.
Didn't you say to his mother,
"Go to _______ with you? No.
When he went to the house
didn't your mother strike him
the nose, and then he hit her
back? No; he struck first.
Hasn't he given you £1 week
and sometimes 25s? Sometimes.
You got year furniture on the
hire system? Yes.
And you should have paid £16
towards the £l8, but you have
only paid £8 out of all the
money has given you? Yes.
Mrs Camm, complainant's
mother, said on Monday morning
she found the two were
quarrelling and "raising all
the street.'' She pushed her
daughter into the house, and
defendant afterwards came in.
He was going to strike her
daughter, but she interposed
and got the blow. Defendant
then pushed them both out of
the house and looked the door.
The Chairman; Has this gone on
for some time?
Yes, for months. It's the
drink; I don't know a better
man when he is sober.
ls there any chance of making
it up?
There should be, but when it
comes to turning them out of
the house at twelve o'clock at
night, and threatening them
with knives, it is time
something was done.
Mr Atkinson: You interfere,
don't you? No.
Haven't you, between you,
looked him out of his own
house? No.
Hasn't he been to you for the
key? Yes, but I hadn't it.
Hadn't he to get through the
window? Yes
Mr Atkinson said it was really
a matter of mothers and
mother-in-law. Defendant was a
good husband, but they would
not let him alone.
The Chairman thought they
ought to make up; they had
only been married three years.
To the complainant- You hear
what your mother says, that he
is a good husband when sober?
Yes, none better, but he never
hardly is sober.
Are you willing to be friends
again?
Yes; I don't want to do
anything to him but think he
should give over "leathering"
me.
The Chairman asked whether the
defendant would promise to do
better. If he gave such
promise, and it were
understood that other members
of the family should not
interfere, it might the best
settlement.
Mr Atkinson denied that
defendant was a bad husband;
he would prove that the wife
was to blame. She would have
promise to behave better.
Defendant gave her £1 a week
regularly.
Complainant: Yes, and he has
given 5s. and less.
The Chairman said there were
fault on both sides.
Mr Atkinson: Yes, but I will
prove that she is the worse of
the two, and it is not fair to
ask him to promise and not the
woman.
After a time, it was agreed
that the defendant should pay
the costs and the case be
withdrawn, both parties
promising to try and live
happily in the future.
Fred emigrated, alone, to
America, arriving in New York 6
November 1891 aboard SS Germanic
having sailed from Liverpool. It
is unclear what happened to him
in America.
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Lofthouse,
Ann
c1825 - 30 December 1916
Ann was born c1825 in Saxton,
Yorkshire, the eldest of nine
children to farmer Robert
Lofthouse and his wife, Eleanor.
Ann married James Newton 4
March 1849 at St Wilfrid
Calverley. They had a son, John,
born in 1850 in Pudsey. Sadly
John died in 1866 aged just
sixteen. The family lived in
Pudsey with John working as a
stone delver/quarryman. James
died in 1877 aged just forty
nine.
In 1881 widowed Ann was a
shopkeeper in Pudsey.
Ann married Benjamin Pratt in
1886. They lived at 18 Albert
Terrace in Saltaire with
Benjamin working as a warp
dresser in Saltaire Mills.
Around 1894 they moved to 5
Almshouses (renumbered 28
Victoria Road) in Saltaire.
Benjamin died in 1898 aged 70.
On Friday 22 December 1916 Ann
had a fall in her house whilst
dusting a rocking chair,
fracturing her left thigh. She
had lost the use of the right
arm and leg. Ann died 30
December. An inquest concerning
her death was held at the
Saltaire Institute on Tuesday 2
January 1917, by Mr E W Norris
(Deputy Coroner). Dr Emerson
said he was of the opinion that
death was due to a cerebral
haemorrhage, accelerated by the
fracture of the thigh. A verdict
was returned in accordance with
the medical evidence.
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Longbottom,
Alfred
1850 - 11 October 1915
Alfred Longbottom was the son
of John Longbottom.
John was born c1819 in Halifax.
He married Hannah Jagger 26
September 1841 at St John the
Baptist Halifax.
Alfred, the fifth of nine
children, was born 1850 in
Shelf. In 1851 the family were
living in Hipperholme with John
working as a dyer. In 1861 they
were living in Baildon. In 1871
they were living at 86 Leeds
Road in Idle with Alfred working
as a stone dresser.
Alfred married Mary Illingworth
22 December 1872 at Bradford
Cathedral. They had three
children; James (b1873), William
(b1874) & Sarah (b1876). In
1881 they were living at 27
Cowling Road in Idle with Alfred
working as a railway labourer.
Around 1887 they moved to 6
Mary Street in Saltaire. From
1891 they lived at 18 Constance
Street with Alfred working as a
stone dresser.
Alfred died in October 1915 and
he was buried at Hirst Wood
Cemetery Shipley 11 October.
Mary was buried alongside him 12
April 1926.
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Lund, Percival
1 August 1875 – 18 October 1957
Percival Lund was the son of Keighley Lund. Keighley was born 1830 in Keighley. He married Mary Wild 6 September 1856 at St Paul’s Manningham. They had 12 children. They lived in Manningham where Keighley was a warehouseman then a yarn buyer.
Percival was born 1 August 1875. He was baptised 2 September 1875 at St Mark’s Manningham. His father, Keighley died 17 November 1878.
In 1891 Percival was a solicitor’s clerk; in 1901 a bank accountant. He married Jessie Herridge 6 August 1902 at St John’s Wesleyan Chapel in Halifax. In 1911 they were living at Briar Mead, Bank Crest, Baildon where Percival was a bank cashier. They had two daughters; Marjorie born 12 August 1903 and Jessie Mabel 31 July 1907. Percival’s wife, Jessie, died in 1916.
Percival was initiated as a Freemason when he joined the Doric Lodge in Bradford 28 February 1921.
Widower Percival married Florence Ethel Denton in 1923. They moved to 1 Albert Road in Saltaire when Percival was appointed bank manager of the Shipley & Saltaire branches of Lloyds Bank. His daughter Jessie Mabel married Arthur Leslie Church, of Colchester, 7 June 1932 at St Peter’s Shipley. His daughter Marjorie married Frank Holdsworth, of Manningham, 20 December 1932 at Saltaire Methodist Church. Percival’s second wife, Florence, died 4 January 1937. She was buried in Nab Wood Cemetery in Shipley.
Twice widowed Percival married Minnie Lucy Washington 3rd Qtr. 1937.
Report from the Shipley Times 1 October 1938 as follows: -
The retirement of Mr. Percival Lund, who has been manager of the Saltaire and Shipley branches of Lloyds Bank Ltd., for the past 14 years, took place yesterday (Friday), on which date completed his 43rd year of banking service.
Mr. Lund commenced his duties at the former head office of the Halifax & Huddersfield Union Hank, transferred to Bradford, where he spent 25 years. During this period the Halifax Huddersfield Union Bank was taken over by the Halifax Joint Stock Bank. Ltd., in August. 1910. The name the Halifax Joint Stock was later changed to that of the West Yorkshire Bank Ltd.
The West Yorkshire Bank was merged in Lloyds Bank Ltd. in 1919. Mr. Lund was appointed sub-manager at the Union Rank branch in Bradford in 1922, and manager of the Saltaire and Shipley branches in 1924.
During his period at Saltaire he has associated himself with various local interests. He is a member of the Saltaire Methodist Church, and he has filled most offices open to a layman and is a past circuit steward.
In the 1939 Register Percival was living with his wife, Minnie, at 16 Sherwood Grove in Shipley. Minnie died 10 February 1940 at Sir Titus Salts Hospital. In her will she left £5,328 9s 2d (worth c£260,000).
Annie Elizabeth Hessey was Percival’s fourth wife when they were married in 1942. Percival died at 16 Sherwood Grove 18 October 1957. He was buried in Nab Wood Cemetery alongside his second wife Florence. In his will he left £713 9s 6d. Annie died 18 January 1858 in Blackpool and was buried alongside Percival. In her will she left £997 15s 6d.
Nab Wood Cemetery and Crematorium: Monumental Inscriptions
In loving memory of FLORENCE ETHEL, dearly loved wife of PERCIVAL LUND of Saltaire, died 4 th January 1937.
Also of PERCIVAL beloved husband of ANNIE E. LUND, died 18 th Oct. 1957, aged 82 years.
Also of the above ANNIE E. LUND, died 18 th Jan. 1958, aged 70 years.
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