Huddersfield Chronicle (29/Dec/1900) - Local Obituary for 1900

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LOCAL OBITUARY FOR 1900.

Once more, at the close of the year, we publish our local obituary, which has now come to be looked upon as a reminder of those who have passed from our midst during the preceding 12 months. This year the list contains 54 names, or four less than last year, but including a number of well-known people, though there are some who will be unknown to the younger generation. All, however, included in the list — and this is its valuable point — have done more or less conspicuous service in their day and generation, and thus earned the right to inclusion in the list. The average age is 67, against 65 last year, and nine in the following list had attained the age of 80 years and upwards, both the average and this number of aged people showing that upon the whole both the district and the generation are not unfavourable to longevity. The list, which is always read with melancholy interest by our readers, is as follows :—

December	30	Aaron Peace	formerly fancy manufacturer	90
January	3	John Avison	provision dealer	77
	10	Charles Kaye (ex-councillor)	retired waggon builder	82
	12	Joe Moorhouse	designer, &c	60
	16	George Jarmain	borough analyst	73
	17	William Henry Beswick	temperance hotel beeper	53
February	4	Joseph Barrowclough	retired draper	73
	6	Edward A. Leathern	formerly M.P. for Huddersfield	71
	6	Benjamin Eastwood	attendant at Exchange Newsroom	69
	9	John Thomas	retired corn dealer	72
	10	John Dawson	manufacturing chemist	57
	11	John Waller Rayner	wool buyer	43
	13	Jabez W. Porritt	retired woolstapler	72
March	3	Joe Robert Johnson	sculptor	58
	11	John Henry Wilkinson	formerly yarn spinner	69
	21	William Hampson	stone merchant	65
	30	Joshua Day, J.P.	woollen manufacturer	77
April	11	Sydney N. Matthewman	chemical agent	66
May	3	Firth Jagger	ex-police-inspector	52
	22	Robert Henry Johnson	formerly woollen merchant	64
June	2	Thomas A. Kaye (Conacher and Co.)	organ builder	34
	6	Thomas TowIson	formerly furniture dealer	79
	14	Joe Marshall (councillor)	gentleman	60
July	20	William Bennett	retired saddler	88
	24	William Lawton	yarn spinner	68
August	9	William Hall Harral	outfitter	47
	12	William Lunn	formerly grocer	90
	19	Samuel Mitchell	retired grocer	85
	21	Henry Kilner	secretary of building society	60
September	1	Robert Shields	brush manufacturer	57
	2	George Mallinson	formerly woolstapler	74
	3	William C. Marshall (councillor)	gentleman	55
	7	Thomas Etchells	retired designer	77
	14	William Preston	printer	60
	17	Allen Haigh (Garrett and Haigh)	hatter	56
	22	Joe Arthur Robinson	retired solicitor	47
	25	Joseph E. Armitage	retired veterinary surgeon	87
	27	Joseph Rayner	yarn spinner	64
	27	William Armitage	grocer and provision dealer	58
	29	Joseph Sowden	general carrier	74
October	4	George Stimson	drill instructor to the volunteers	42
	8	Thomas Wade	waste dealer	86
	10	Joseph Hammond	manufacturer’s agent	65
	17	George Hirst	formerly actuary to the Barings bank	86
	27	Rev. J. W. Town	retired vicar of Lindley	74
	31	Rev. Richard Collins	vicar of Kirkburton	72
November	11	Edward Eastwood	formerly dyer	78
	13	Samuel Crowley	formerly shuttle maker	60
	18	Joe Wm. Calverley	dealer in woollens	43
	20	Jonathan Wild	retired journalist	66
	29	William W. Nicholls (Priestley and Co.)	formerly cotton spinner	77
December	1	Henry Bramble	formerly reporter for the “Huddersfield Chronicle"	74
	13	Alexander Booth	retired shipping merchant	86
-	24	Thomas Mallinson North	woollen warehouseman	36