SeveralgenerationsoftheHowardfamilyofHolmfirth, Yorkshire,workedinthewoollenindustrywhichhad establisheditselfintheareabyaroundthelate18th century.TheOxfordDictionaryofFamilyNamesdescribe itasarelationshipnamefromtheMiddleEnglish personalnamesHuward,HowardandHeward,whichwere usually Anglicized versions of the Old Danish Haworth.OurstartingpointisthefamilyofLukeandJaneHoward. WehavetracedtheirdescendantstoStockport,Cheshire, anotherinthenearbySaddlewortharea,onein Manchesterandanotherinwhatnowadayswouldbethe suburbstothesouthofLeeds.Thereisalinkbymarriage to the Bradbury family from Saddleworth.Ifyouhaveaconnectiontoanyindividualorfamilyfeaturedhere,orifyouwanttoleaveus yourfeedback,taporclicktheicontocontact us.
Steve and Pauline Jones’ Family History
If you don’t know where you came from,you won’t know where you are going.You have to study your history.Gil Scott-Heron
SeveralgenerationsoftheHowardfamilyofHolmfirth,Yorkshire, workedinthewoollenindustrywhichhadestablisheditselfinthe areabyaroundthelate18thcentury.TheOxfordDictionaryofFamily NamesdescribeitasarelationshipnamefromtheMiddleEnglish personalnamesHuward,HowardandHeward,whichwereusually Anglicized versions of the Old Danish Haworth.OurstartingpointisthefamilyofLukeandJaneHoward.Wehave tracedtheirdescendantstoStockport,Cheshire,anotherinthe nearbySaddlewortharea,oneinManchesterandanotherinwhat nowadayswouldbethesuburbstothesouthofLeeds.Thereisalink by marriage to the Bradbury family from Saddleworth.Ifyouhaveaconnectiontoanyindividualorfamilyfeatured here,orifyouwanttoleaveusyourfeedback,taporclick the icon to contact us.