John Horsfall LINDLEY

  General Notes:

From "The Ancestry of John Horsfall Lindley" and From Lindley Family History

Freebmd births Sep 1874
Halifax 9a 506 - John Horsfall Lindley, born at Osborne Terrace, Sowerby

1881 Census
RG11/4416 F35 P20
Albion Terrace, Sowerby, Luddenden Foot, Halifax, Yorkshire
Job Lindley, Head, Mar, 36, Cotton Cloth Agent, Halifax Yorkshire
Hannah do, Wife, Mar, 32, , Halifax Yorkshire
Janey do, Daur, Unm, 12, Scholar, Halifax Yorkshire
John H do, Son, Unm, 6, Scholar, Halifax Yorkshire
- the houses at Albion Terrace are now demolished, but were in what is now called Hand Carr Lane

1891 Census
169 Barking Road, Plaistow
RG12/1326 F26 P6
Job Lindley, Head, M, 46, Clothier Manager, York Holmfirth
Sarah L do, Wife, M, 34, , Cheshire Macclesfield
John H do, Son, S, 16, Clothier Assistant, York Halifax
Florrie Dickinson, Step Daughter, , 10, Scholar, York Morley
George C W Abrey, Boarder, S, 22, Clothier Traveller, London Kentish Town
Elizabeth Sharp, Servant, S, 13, General Servant Domestic, Essex West Ham

1896 lived at 277 Barking Road, Plaistow

1901 Census
RG13/1623 F22 P36
135 Gladstone Road, Walthamstow, Essex
John H Lindley, Head, M, 26, Tailor Gents, Yorks Luddendon Foot - working at home on own account
Amelia do, Wife, M, 28, , London Canning Town - corrected to Essex
Edwin do, Son, , 3, , London Canning Town - corrected with "dittos"
May do, Daug, , 1, , London Plaistow - corrected with "dittos"

1911 Census
RG14PN9531 RG78PN509 RD188 SD5 ED12 SN377
29 Benson Avenue, East Ham, Essex
John Lindley, Head, 36, Married 15 years, Tailors Cutter, Luddenden Foot York
Amelia Lindley, Wife, 37, Married 15 years, , Canning Town Essex
Edwin Lindley, Son, 13, , School, Plaistow Essex
May Lindley, Daughter, 11, , School, Plaistow Essex
John Lindley, Son, 8, , School, Walthamstow Essex
Fred Lindley, Son, 5, , , East Ham Essex
Edith Browne, Sister in Law, 31, Single, Counter Hand (Caterer), Canning Town Essex
Howard Thomas, Boarder, 27, Single, Wheelwright, Llanatock Mons
- against both John and Amelia it states that there have been 4 live births and 4 still living in the marriage
- house had 6 rooms
- form signed John H Lindley

1932, 1937 electoral role on Ancestry.co.uk
Bromley North West Ward
6 Bow Road
Dw - Lindley Amelia
B O Lindley John Horsfall
+ several others living at the same address
- states they resided at 65 Clarendon Road, Putney, S.W.
-Dw is qualification by husband's occupation
-B is business premises qualification
-O is occupation qualification

1932, 1937-1939 electoral role on Ancestry.co.uk
Putney Ward, polling district E
65 Clarendon Drive
R O Lindley John Horsfall - J
Rw Dw Lindley Amelia
+ others
- R is residential qualification, Rw is residential qualification (woman)
- O is occupational qualification, Ow is occupational qualification (woman)
- Dw is qualification by husband's occupation
- J is Juror

1929-31 has similar two entries as above except "abode" was 18 Werter Road, Putney, SW15 (Putney Ward)
1928 also has similar entries with them living at 18 Werter Road, but "abode" listed for the business premises is 29 Benson Avenue, East Ham. Presumably they moved to Putney that year.
1924-1927 just has the Bow Road entry, listing abode as 29 Benson Avenue (Ancestry only has London and Middlesex entries. East Ham counted as Essex)

1939 Register
Ref: RG101/0616I/020/11 Letter Code: AXYH
65 Clarendon Drive , Wandsworth, London, England
J ? Lindley 13 Jun 1874 Male Tailor Retired Married 222 1
Amelia Lindley 07 Mar 1873 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 222 2


John Horsfall Lindley was witness at Janey's wedding - now it seems that their mother was Hannah Horsfall, it is clear that the "H" was Horsfall. Confirmed now I have met his grandchildren

From the 1867 Will of John Horsfall
"Money to be paid for the maintenance and education of any infant child of my daughter".
Janey and John Horsfall Lindley received an education at The Friends School in Quaker Lane, Rawdon, Leeds. They were both admitted as boarders on Friday Dec 15th 1882, shortly after the death of their mother. The school, founded 1832, was also accepting children of parents who were not members of the Society of Friends - though charging higher fees (£26 per annum per child). When admitted Janey was already 14, the normal age to be working in most ordinary families

Probate Calendar 1956
Lindley John Horsfall of 182 Bridgewood road Worcester Park Surrey died 13 October 1956 at Ewell Park Ewell Surrey Probate London 3 December to Edwin Arthur Lindley HM inspector of taxes. Effects £822 14s 1d

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Clothiers Assistant, 1891, Plaistow, West Ham, London, England.

• Occupation: Master Tailor.

John married Amelia BROWNE, daughter of Frederick BROWNE and Ann Ironmonger HARTNELL, on 10 Dec 1896 in West Ham, Essex, England. (Amelia BROWNE was born on 7 Mar 1873 in Canning Town, West Ham, Essex, England, died on 16 Apr 1948 in Putney, London, England and was buried in Putney, London, England.)