Descendants of John Haigh

Generation No. 1

JOHN HAIGH was born May 16,1817 in Stainland, Yorkshire, England. He married Mary Sykes april 20th, 1840 in Huddersfield parish church in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England. His occupation was a stonemason. His father's name was David Haigh and his mother's name was Sarah Edwards according to the marriage certificate. He died July 17th, 1882. He is buried at Golcar Baptist church.

MARY SYKES was born about 1821 in Stainland, Yorkshire England. Her father's name was John Sykes according to the marriage certificate. She died December 27th, 1890 at Swallow Lane, Golcar, Yorkshire, England. She is buried at the Golcar Baptist Church.

Children of John Haigh and Mary Sykes

1. David Haigh bn. 1843 Stainland, Yorkshire, England.
2. John Haigh bn. 1846 Stainland, Yorkshire, England. died April 1913 Golcar, Yorkshire England.
3. Elizabeth Haigh bn. 1849 Stainland, Yorkshire, England. died March 30th, 1872 Swallow Lane Golcar, Yorkshire, England.
4. William Haigh bn. 1852 Stainland, Yorkshire, England. died October 1915 Blackpool, Lancashire, England.
5. Eliza Ann Haigh bn. 1854 Stainland, Yorkshire, England. died September 22, 1924 Golcar, Yorkshire, England.
6. Edwards Haigh bn. May 3rd, 1857 Stainland, Yorkshire, England. died February 5th, 1916 Blackpool, Lancashire, England.
7. Ephraim Haigh bn. 1860 Stainland, Yorkshire, England. died April 03, 1926, Golcar, Yorkshire, England.

Generation No. 2

EDWARDS HAIGH was born May 3rd, 1857 in Stainland, York England. His occuaption was listed as a stonemason in the 1881 census. He married Hannah Dyson February 12th, 1881 at New NorthRd. Baptist Church in Huddersfield. In the 1901 census, they were living in Blackpool. He died February 5th, 1916 in Blackpool, as a result of being struck by an object at work. He was buried at Golcar, Baptist church.

HANNAH DYSON was born about 1858 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire England. The emigration record lists Madeley(?), perhaps this is a section of Huddersfield. The 1881 census lists longwood, which is a section of Huddersfield, i believe. She married Edward Haigh February 12th 1881. Upon her husband's death, she emigrates to America, to live with her daughter, abigail. She arrived in New York, September 15, 1916 aboard the SS. St. Paul. She died February 27th, 1941, and is buried in Glendale cemetery.

Children of Edwards Haigh and Hannah Dyson

1. Emma Janet Haigh bn. 1883 Huddersfield, Yorkshire England; died Akron, Ohio.
2. Abigail Alice Haigh bn. August 18, 1884 Huddersfield, Yorkshire England; died January 1, 1962, West Orange, New Jersey.
3. Herbert H. Haigh bn 1887 Huddersfield, Yorkshire England;

DAVID HAIGH was born in 1843, in Stainland, Yorkshire England. His occupation was a mason contractor. He married Mary Ann Quarmby on March 22, 1872 in High Street Methodist Church, Huddersfield. They were living in Lower Wellhouse in the 1881 census, Hope Terrace Golcar in the 1891 census.

Children of David Haigh and Mary A. Quarmby

1. Alfred Q. Haigh bn. 1876 Golcar.
2. Tom Haigh bn. 1877 Golcar.
3. Gerty Haigh bn. 1882 Golcar.
4. Edgar Haigh bn. 1883 Golcar.

JOHN HAIGH was born in 1846 in Stainland, Yorkshire England. He married Eliza Lockwood September 28, 1868 in High Street Methodist Church, Huddersfield, Yorkshire. His occupation was a stone mason. He died April 1913 in Golcar, Yorkshire. He is buried at Pole Moor Baptist Church.

Children of John Haigh and Eliza Lockwood

1. Alice Haigh bn. 1868
2. Elizabeth Haigh bn. 1872 Golcar
3. Benjamin Haigh bn. 1878
4. Mary Hannah Haigh bn. 1882.
5. Henry Haigh bn. 1887. Golcar.

Generation No. 3

ABIGAIL ALICE HAIGH was born August 18, 1884 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire England. She married Albert Entwistle March 11, 1907 in Orange, New Jersey. She married James Anderson about 1925. She died January 1, 1962 in West Orange, New Jersey.

Children of Albert Entwistle and Abigail A. Haigh

1. Alice Entwistle bn. March 1908 Orange, New Jersey; lives Flushing, New York.
2. Albert Edward Entwistle bn. April 20,1911 Orange, New Jersey; died 1968 Livingston, New Jersey.
3. Douglas Haigh Entwistle bn. November 4, 1918 West Orange, New Jersey; died August 19, 1998 Jacksonville, Florida.

JANET HAIGH bn. 1883 Huddersfield Yorkshire England. She emigrated to Akron Ohio sometime in the early 1900's. She married Willis Kneeves in Yorkshire about 1909. Family emigrated March 1, 1913 aboard the passenger ship Celtic, from Liverpool to New York and then to Akron, Ohio.

Children of Willis Kneeves and Janet Haigh

1. Ronald Kneeves bn. July 6, 1911 Ohio (?); died January 13, 1997 Akron, Ohio.
2. Leslie Kneeves bn. August 3, 1914 Ohio; died July 6, 1989 Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

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