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Descendants of Joseph Eastwood of Meltham, West Yorkshire.
Hinchliffe Mill, Holmfirth, West Riding, Yorkshire
1.i.John Eastwood was baptised on 10/3/1799 at All Hallows, Almondbury, West Yorkshire son of Joseph Eastwood a Butcher of Meltham. John took his fathers trade also a Publican later a Railway Porter in Manchester. John Eastwood of Meltham married Mary Beaumont of Honley at All Hallows, Almondbury on 20/7/1828, witnessed by her brothers Matthew Beaumont & Giles Beaumont. In Pigot's Directory of 1834 for Holmfirth he is listed as a Butcher and Publican of The New Inn, Hinchliffe Mill. At the1841Census the family are living in Hinchliffe Mill, Austonley. John was away from home, Mary his wife was a Publican living with their children plus four minors including Walter Beaumont aged 11. The family moved to Manchester, Lancashire circa.1845. John Eastwood a Porter died in Manchester circa.1855.
1.ii. Mary Eastwood was baptised on 2/5/1802 at All Hallows, Almondbury, Yorks daughter of Joseph Eastwood, a Butcher.
The six children of John Eastwood and Mary Beaumont were :-
2.i. William Eastwood - born 16/6/1828, baptised 16/8/1828 Honley Moor Cotton Independant, Honley, Yorks. Followed his fathers trade as a Butcher. Married Mary Ann Marland daughter of Robert Marland on 10/4/1859 Manchester Cathedral, Lancs. Children of this marriage, Susanna Eastwood 1860 Preston, May Eastwood 1862 Preston, Hannah Eastwood 1864 Blackpool, Lydia Eastwood 1866 Liverpool, Emma Eastwood 1868 Liverpool, William Eastwood 1871 Liverpool, Clara Eastwood 1873 Liverpool, Lucy Eastwood 1875 Liverpool, & Joseph Eastwood 1878 Manchester.
2.ii. Newton Eastwood - baptised 16//5/1830 Honley, Yorks. He was a Shoemaker and married an unidentified individual named Jane and died in Manchester in 1888. No issue.
2.iii. Joah or Joseph Eastwood - baptised 28/8/1832 Honley, Yorks. Occupation Railway Porter and he married Sarah Sheard on 7/6/1856 at Manchester Cathedral, Lancs. Children of this marriage, Eli Eastwood 1859 Salford, Louisa Eastwood 1862 Salford, Ann Eastwood 1864 Salford, & Mary Eastwood 1866 Salford, Lancs.
2.iv. John Eastwood - born about 1837 Holmfirth, Yorks. Occupation a Hatter, he married (1) Sarah Jane Thompson on 5/10/1856 at Manchester Cathedral, issue being James Eastwood 1858, George Newton Eastwood 1859, Alfred Eastwood 1861, Sophia Eastwood 1862, Susannah Eastwood 1864, & Edwin Eastwood 1865 all born Denton, Lancs. Marriage (2) Eliza Thompson in 1866 Manchester, issue being John Eastwood 1869, Henry Eastwood 1871, Sarah Eastwood 1874, Annie Eastwood 1875, John Eastwood 1877, Clara Eastwood 1879, Albert Eastwood 1880, Ann Eastwood 1883 & Lily Eastwood 1885 all born Haughton, Denton areas, Lancashire. Died on 11/2/1897 Denton, Manchester, Lancs and was buried at Christ Church Denton on 15/2/1897.
2.v. Henry Eastwood - born about 1841 Holmfirth, Yorks. Occupation a Soldier, later a Port Watchman. He married Mrs. Ann Jones in 1881 Brecknock, Powys, Wales. Children of this marriage were, Annie Eastwood 1882 Brecon, Herbert Henry Eastwood 1883 Brecon, Bertie Eastwood 1884 Brecon & Mary Eastwood 1888 Brecon, Poys, Wales.
2.vi. Herbert Eastwood - born Netherthong, Yorks and baptised 15/10/1843 Holmfirth. A Railway porter and later became a Railway engine driver. He married Sarah Bradwell daughter of George Bradwell & Hannah Needham of Hope Derbyshire on 25/6/1865 at St. John's Church, Manchester, Lancs in the presence of John & Mary Bradwell. There were five children. Herbert died on 31/10/1892 at Higher Openshaw, nr Manchester, Lancs and was buried at St. Barnabus Church, Bradwell, Derbyshire. An inscription there reads :- 'In loving memory of Herbert Eastwood of Higher Openshaw near Manchester who died 30th October 1892 aged 49 years 'Tis the Lords will, let him do what seemeth him good', also Sarah his loving wife who died 30th November 1900 aged 57 years, 'Peace perfect peace' also George Bradwell their youngest son beloved husband of Gertrude Eastwood (Kings Liverpool reg) who died of wounds in France May 20th 1918 aged 36 years'.
The five children of Herbert Eastwood and Sarah Bradwell were :-
3.i. John Henry Eastwood ( Jack ) was born on 2/9/1865 at Jome Street, Gorton, Manchester & baptised on 3/6/1866 Manchester Cathedral, Lancs. Occupation British Army NCO , Sergeant Major 2nd Rifle Brigade later became a Police Superintendant in the Calcutta Police, India. Sergeant John Henry Eastwood of Willow Bank Barracks, Belfast married Carrie Sharp daughter of John Sharp, a Mariner and his wife Elizabeth of Dover, on14/12/1890 at St. Mary's Church, Dover, Kent, witnessed by Nelson Sharp & Alice Pain. He was shot and wounded on 29/9/1914 by a rioter during the Komagata Maru Incident at Budge-Budge near Calcutta and died on 3/10/1914. He was buried on the 4/10/1914 at the Military Cemetery at Fort William, India. Children - Lillian Louise Eastwood b.21/9/1891 Belfast, Ireland, Herbert John b.12/1/1893 Belfast, Ireland, Winifred Eastwood b.3/10/1894 Belfast, Ireland, Sydney George b.18/10/1897 Andover, Hants & Phyllis Mabel b.18/7/1909 Chaubattia, India.
Service History - Sergeant Major John Henry Eastwood 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) - No.8154
John Henry Eastwood enlisted as a Private in the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade for short service on 28/4/1886 at Aldershot, having already belonged to the 3rd Manchester Volunteers. Then a Clerk of 20yrs, 5ft 10in tall with a fair complexion, brown hair & eyes, his religious denomination being Church of England and named his father Herbert Eastwood as next of kin of 18, FitzAllen Street, Glossop, Derbyshire, his mother being Sarah he had two younger brothers Herbert & George. Just over a year later he was appointed Acting Corporal and promoted full Corporal on 1/1/1889 and continued to make rapid progress with further promotions to Acting Sergeant on 1st August that year and to full Sergeant on 1/4/1890 and to Colour Sergeant a month later on 10/5/1890. Hrre-engaged to complete 12yrs service on 17/3/1892 and it appears that not very long after that he further extended his re-engagement to complete 21yrs service which automatically qualified him for a long service pension. John obtained a 1st Class Certificate of Education on 28/11/1892. He was promoted to Warent Officer 11 on 1/9/1901 and achieved Class 1 status on 1/4/1904. On 12/7/1905 he was formally granted permission to extend his service beyond the approaching 21yrs and was fully discharged on 27/4/1911 having given three months notice in a request to do so. Reference material shows that the Battalion was posted to Rawalpindi, India in 1911 and this impending move may have prompted his request to be discharged.
After serving at home for 11 years og his service John spent the remainder of his career abroad. He served in Malta from Sept 1897-July 1898, then Egypt until September the same year, then Crete until October 1899, then South Africa until September 1902, back to Egypt until November 1905 and finally to India for 5yrs until he was discharged. John was involved in the Battalion in the 1898 Sudan War and was awarded The Queen's Sudan Medal 1886-90 that was awarded for the campaign. The 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade was also engaged in the Boar War. Medal Rolls show he was awarded The Queen's South Africa Medal with the Belfast, Tegula Heights, Relief of Ladysmith and Laing's Nek clasps and The King's South Africa Medal with South Africa 1901 & South Africa 1902 clasps. More importantly, John was mentioned in association with General Buller's despatch of 8/2/1901 from the front and was subsequently awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for gallantry. No particular citation could be found but together with others involved a submission th The King was made on 18/4/1902 and the medal was awarded the following day.
Having given three months official notice John was discharged on 27/4/1911, his discharge papers show that he had grown to 6ft 1in and his overall career conduct and character was rated 'Exemplary, Thoroughly sober and reliable - a most excellent man in every way'. He was granted permission to remain in India and his intended place of residence appears to have been No.18, Lal Bazar, Calcutta, the Headquarters of the Calcutta Police, having joined the Calcutta Police Department as a Superintendant of Police. John was shot by a rioter during the 'Komagata Maru Incident' at Budge-Budge, near Calcutta on 29/9/1914, he died from a bullet wound to his abdomin with traumatic spinal paralysis on 3/10/1914. He was buried the following day 4/10/1914 at the Military Cemetery Fort William.
John Henry Eastwood 1865 - 1914
3.ii. Mary Louisa Eastwood was born about 1869 in Openshaw, Manchester. She married Benjamin Quarmby in 1895 in Manchester. No issue, and in 1913 they sailed to Canada.
Herbert William Eastwood 1875-1927
3.iii. Herbert William Eastwood my greatgrandfather born 13/12/1875 Ardwick, Manchester, Lancs. He became an Engineer with the L.& NE. Railway Co., he was also a member of possibly Illingworth St.Mary's Cricket Club, Halifax, and for some years Dukinfield Cricket Club, Lancs. Herbert William Eastwood of 7, Beech Range, Gorton, Manchester married Clara Amelia Price of 19, Egerton Road, Littleborough, daughter of Peter Price & Emma Clays then of Littleborough, Lancs on 3/12/1908 at the United Methodist Church, Littleborough, Rochdale, Lancs, witnessed by W. Houghton & E. A. Tweedale. Herbert & Clara had four children. He died in Brentwood, Essex in1927 and was buried at Brentwood Cemetery, London Road followed in1963 by his widow Clara.
The four children of Herbert William Eastwood and Clara Amelia Price were :-
4.i. Mabel Eastwood was born on 6/10/1909 in Chorlton, Manchester, Lancs. She married Alfred Mort Davies in 1930 at Romford Register Office, Essex, there was no issue. Mabel died in 1987 in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.
4.ii. Lilian Eastwood, my grandmother, was born on 17/2/1913 in Chorlton, Manchester,Lancs. She married Douglas Boganny Phipps son of Joe Boganny aka Joseph Toledano & Harriet Phipps in 1931at Romford Register Office, Essex. They had two children, Avril Clare Phipps & David Douglas Phipps. She died in Johannesburg, SA., on 14/1/1986. Lilian is buried at Minehead Cemetery, Somerset, UK.
4.iii. Eunice Eastwood was born on 13/2/1913 in Chorlton, Manchester, Lancs. She married George Victor Gardner on 17/7/1938 Romford, Essex, they had two children Antony Gardner born 1939 & Lyn Gardner born 1947. Died on 7/1/1988 in Johannesburg, SA.
4.iv. Herbert John Eastwood was born on 12/9/1914 in Chorlton, Manchester, Lancs., married Sarah Conmy, they had two children Marian Eastwood born 1844 Brentwood & John Alan Eastwood born 1948 Brentwood. Herbert died 1985 in Cambridge, Cambs.
1930 Romford, Essex - Left to Right, Lilian Eastwood, Alfred Mort Davies & Mabel Eastwood, unknown Best-man, & Eunice Eastwood.
3.iv. Sarah Ann Eastwood was born in 1878 in Helsby, Cheshire and married John Arthur Rogers in Manchester in 1898. They had one child Mabel Annie Rogers born 1899 Chorlton, Manchester, Lancs.
3.v. George Bradwell Eastwood was born in 1882 Helsby, Cheshire. Occupation British Army Lanc Corporal, 9th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment) he married Gertrude Radford in Manchester in 1907, having two children, John Eastwood born in1910 Manchester & Mary Gertrude Eastwood born in 1917 Ormskirk, Lancs. Killed in action in France during WW1 on 20/5/1918 and is buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Family address at that time being 17, Hampton Road, Southport, Lancs.
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