THE SCRIVENER The Journal of Calderdale Family History Society Incorporating Halifax & District Number 148 Autumn September2014 CALDERDALE FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY Incorporating HALIFAX and DISTRICT Calderdale Family History Society was founded on the 7th March 1985. We aim To encourage interest in, and assist with, research relevant to the study of fam- ily history in Halifax and the Calder valley. Our area Covers the modern Calderdale Council established in 1975, which broadly cov- ers the same area as the Ancient Parish of Halifax, with the addition to the west of the township of Todmorden and Walsden. We do this by Holding meetings, usually on the 4th Thursday of each month (except August) in Halifax. Publishing The Scrivener, a quarterly journal, in paper form for full members and on our website for internet members. Contact the Editor. Hosting a website www.cfhsweb.com/web/, and a members’ forum. Contact the Webmaster. Running a Research Room at Brighouse Library two half days a week for per- sonal research. Contact the Research Room co-ordinator. Running projects to transcribe records relevant to members’ research. Contact the Projects Co-ordinator. Publishing transcribed records. Contact the Publications Officer. Providing an enquiry and search service from our records in the Research Room. Contact the Enquiry service Co-ordinator. Maintaining a list of members’ interests by surname and dates of interest, which are available to members on the website. Each quarter new additions are pub- lished in The Scrivener. Contact the Members’ Interests Co-ordinator. Maintaining an index of “Strays” (Calderdale people who appear in records else- where). Contact the Strays Co-ordinator. Membership Is open to all family historians who have an interest in the area. Contact the Membership Secretary. Annual subscriptions are £10.00 for UK individuals (£12.00 for family member- ship), £15/£17 for Overseas Internet membership is £5.50/£7.50 which only provides information such as the journal on the Internet, but not on paper. Subscriptions are due on the 1st of the month, on the anniversary of joining the Society (cheques made payable to CFHS.) and should be sent to the Treasurer. Overseas payments must be made in sterling, drawn on a bank with a branch in the UK, by Sterling Money Order. Membership subscriptions may be paid annually by Standing Order. Credit Card payments for subscriptions and purchases of our publications may be made over the Internet via Genfair (www.genfair.co.uk). Contacting the Society All correspondence requiring a reply must be accompanied by a S.A.E. or 2 recent I.R.C.’s [International Reply Coupons]. Contact the Secretary or appropri- ate officer. The names, addresses and email contacts of the Society’s officers and co- ordinators appear inside the back cover of The Scrivener and on the Society’s website. Page 2 CONTENTS ARTICLES COVER PICTURE 4 EDITORIAL 5 MAY TALK—”FROM WATER-WHEEL TO E-MAIL” 8 ETHEL BARBER—AN IMPORTANT NURSE IN WW1 15 CLIFTON WAR MEMORIAL 23 ACROSS SIBERIA IN WARTIME—PART 1 31 BAILIFF BRIDGE WAR DEAD—MORE INFORMATION ! 39 JUNE TALK—”IN FLEW ENZA” 42 GENERAL INFORMATION FAMILY HISTORY FAIRS—SUMMER 2014 49 ANCIENT PARISH OF HALIFAX ~ chapelries & townships 52 CALDERDALE FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY NEWS ABOUT CFHS 2 NEW METHOD OF SUBSCRIPTION PAYMENT—S/ORDER 6 OFFICERS WITHIN THE SOCIETY 13 CONSTITUTION CHANGES 20 HELP WANTED 26 LATEST MEMBERS’ INTERESTS 27 VOLUNTEER NEEDED FOR SCRIVENER EDITOR 28 ST. BARTHOLOMEW RIPPONDEN UPDATE 29 BMDs IN HALIFAX NEWSPAPERS 30 RESEARCH ROOM DETAILS 49 CFHS OFFICERS 50 PUBLICATION & SERVICES SUPPLEMENT P1- P4 Page 3 THE SCRIVENER Publication Dates Deadline Dates for Copy (Monday) WINTER 2013 (December) NOVEMBER 11TH SPRING 2014 (March) FEBRUARY 17TH SUMMER 2014 (June) MAY 19TH AUTUMN 2014 (September) AUGUST 18TH WINTER 2014 (December) NOVEMBER 10TH Data Protection Act As a “not for profit” organisation, we are not required to notify the Data Protec- tion Authorities in the UK regarding the holding of personal data. However you should know that we hold on the Society’s computer the personal data that you provide us. Furthermore we make this information available to other members for the purposes of following up “Members’ Interests”. As part of this, those details are posted on our Members’ Only website, which, under certain circumstances, can be accessed by non-members. If you either do not want us to hold your details on our computer and/or you do not want your details made available to other members as described above, please con- tact our Membership Secretary by letter, or email at [email protected]. Insurance Exclusions The insurance which we hold for certain activities undertaken by members is limited to cover for members under 75 years of age. Consequently, any mem- ber over 75 who is concerned about taking part in specific Society activities should contact the Secretary for clarification. COVER PICTURE The front cover features a 3 inches high porcelain model of an ancient water bottle with a transfer print of Square Church Halifax dated 1919. Manufactured by Goss, how many were made and how many still exist is anyone’s guess. Page 4 Editorial All too soon Summer seems to have past us by and Autumn is here, like it or not. Many of you will have noticed that our television screens are broadcasting more family history type programmes than ever before. We are currently mid-way through a new series of “Who Do You Think You Are” and then there’s “Secrets of the Asylum”, “Long Lost Family” & “Heir Hunters” just to name a few. These programmes are known to arouse people’s interest in tracing their own families histories, and this is usually reflected by increased activity in the Socie- ties Research Room and family history in general. The only small thing I would say against such programmes is that everything seems so easy as they flit from one item of research to another. They don’t reflect how difficult some of the researching can be. I also wonder how many celebrities research end up on the cutting room floor because they are not suffi- ciently interesting to us the general public. In July members of the society had the opportunity to visit Lister Lane Cemetery in Halifax. This conducted tour was arranged by two members of our commit- tee, Stuart & Ann Wilkinson and attracted about 20 of our members. O pening in 1841 Lister Lane was Halifax’s first General Cemetery. This cemetery is the resting place of nearly 20,000 people. This visit was enjoyed by everyone who attended, and on reflection it further emphasised the need to preserve our cemeteries for their historical value and valuable family history resource. I hope you all enjoy this issue of the Scrivener and please keep sending in your articles and pictures. Clifford Drake [email protected] —————————————————- Genealogists are time unravelers. Genealogy is like playing hide and seek: They hide... we seek! Genealogy: Tracing yourself back to better people. Crazy" is a relative term in my family. A pack rat is hard to live with, but makes a fine ancestor. I think my ancestors had several "Bad heir" days. I'm always late. My relatives arrived in America on the JUNE flower. Page 5 New method of Subscription Payment- Standing Order. A number of members have been enquiring about being able to pay their sub- scription to the Society by Standing Order. You will all be pleased to hear that the Committee have discussed the matter & have decided to offer this method of payment to all members. This item is to explain the thinking behind the change & give you information about how to make such payments to us. Paying subscriptions of relatively small amounts (typically £10 or £12 every year) is an administrative chore that most could do without having to remember. Although our Membership Secretary does an excellent job in handling renew- als, inevitably there are a significant number of members who have not re- newed their subscriptions by the due date (for all existing members, this is 1st April each year). This means that she has to send out reminders in May &, inevitably, most peo- ple pay, along with many apologies for not having done it sooner. From 1st April 2015, you can now pay your annual subscription to us by Standing Order from your Bank Account to ours. This will mean that you will not have to re- member to pay us every year and/or have to receive a reminder if you forget about it. The details you need about the Society Bank Account are :- - Account Name - Calderdale Family History Society - Bank Sort Code - 30-93-76 (Lloyds Bank) - Account No. - 01670491 - Reference to use - Membership No & Surname. (eg 1234Wilkinson) - Date of payment - 31st March each year. (for members who joined before July 2014) - Amount to pay - the rate for your membership type. This "Reference to use" allows us to know who it is who has made a payment. Although the membership no. is not essential, it helps to ensure that payment is allocated to the correct member, particularly if you have a common surname (eg Smith). If you are can't remember your number, just E-Mail the Member- ship Secretary [email protected] & she will remind you. Of course, once you have set up your Standing Order, you can happily forget your number again !! Once set up, the only time you will have to make any changes is if we amend the membership rates, which, at present, we are not planning to do. We did consider using the Direct Debit system, where we can alter the amount in- volved, but for a number of reasons, including that Lloyds Bank won't offer us that facility, we decided against it.