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SYKES
" dweller at or near a stream "
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The Sykes Family Coat of Arms
One of the greatest of Yorkshire surnames, it is derived from the
Anglo-Saxon word interpreted as "sulcus aquarius"
- a water-course or water-furrow running out of a quagmire.
My Sykes ancestors begin with James who was born in about 1780 in Honley,
West Yorkshire.
He married Mary Hirst on the 24th December, 1807 at the Church of All
Hallows at Almondbury, West Yorkshire.
Mary was born on the 17th September, 1781 at Almondbury.
Record of the Marriage of James and Mary
CHILDREN
Benjamin
baptised 25 December 1808 at Metham
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BENJAMIN AND HIS DESCENDANTS
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Thomas
baptised 19 June 1809 at Almondbury
(my direct ancestor)
Thomas married Elizabeth Fluke Parkin on the 26th December 1831 at
Almondbury.
Elizabeth was baptised 16 January 1814 at Honley, West Yorkshire. She was
the daughter of Esther Parkin, father not known.
Little is known about Thomas' life other than he was a woollen weaver and
that with his family he had lived in
Holmfirth before moving to Honley.
Thomas died in 1850.
In 1851 Elizabeth was living on Borhouse Lane in Honley.
Elizabeth and family moved to Mossley some time after this as did other
members of the Sykes family.
She died on 20 May 1891 at 18 Back Percy Street, Mossley.
Death Certificate of Elizabeth
Elizabeth is buried at Mossley Cemetery, Grave number 1415.
CHILDREN OF THOMAS AND ELIZABETH
Louisa
born 1832 in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire. In
1851 she was a woollen burler.
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Eliza
1834-1883 (my direct ancestor)
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Sophia
was born on 4 April 1838 at Honley, West
Yorkshire.
In 1851, at the age of thirteen, she was working in a cotton mill in Honley.
Sophia moved to Mossley with her mother and married:
1. Thomas Parkin at St Michael's Church, Mottram-in-Longendale in 1860
2. James Schofield, who was born in 1827 in Saddleworth (no relation to our
Schofields), at St Michael and All Angels Church, Ashton-under-Lyne in 1874.
James was a cloth finisher. In 1881 they lived in Sun Street, 1891 Percy Street and 1901 Bury Street all Mossley.
Sophia died in 1901.
CHILDREN
Hannah born 1865 and married ? Price. Had daughter Lottie who died aged four
in 1893.
Mary Ann born 1867
Ann born 1876 and married Thomas Slater
Eliza born 1878 and married John Edward Malcolm
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Thomas
born 1841 at Honley
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Elizabeth Ann
born 1847 at Honley.
She had son Joseph born illegitimately in 1877. He was a cotton box tenter.
Elizabeth did not marry and she died 18 December 1901.
She is buried in the same grave as her mother.
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Sarah
born 1850/51 at Honley.
She married Thomas Delaney at Ashton-under-Lyne Registry Office in 1872.
He was a general labourer and Sarah was a cotton cardroom hand.
They lived at 18 Percy Street, Mossley.
CHILDREN
Leonard born 1886
Valentina born 1888
Lena born 1890
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Eliza Sykes married Benjamin Schofield on the 6th May, 1850 at the Church of
All Hallows, Almondbury.
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