Index of Biographies
We can not provide a biography of everyone who has lived in Halsall. FamilySearch holds our family history records and draws the family trees with a summary of each person’s life history on their About Page.
If we have further information then we create a biography page. If you have any further information for these people or want to help create a biography page for a Halsall ancestor then please contact us.
| Name / Biography | Birth | Death | Occupation / Connections | FamilySearch Tree |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Abram | 1920 | 2012 | Women's Land Army Barton | GBW5-FRV |
| Doris Ashworth | 1923 | 2017 | Women's Land Army Rimmer's Model Farm | GTL3-ZB4 |
| Richard Aspinwall | 1847 | 1903 | Farmer Green Kettle Farm 1st Parish Councillors | LHW6-KNH |
| Thomas Ball | 1837 | 1896 | Farmer New Cut Lane 1st Parish Councillors | K4GV-DMT |
| Freda Joan Bell | 1920 | 2015 | Women's Land Army Silcock's Edge Farm | GTNL-WJ3 |
| Henry Bennett | 1851 | 1915 | InnKeeper Saracen's Head | GXCV-GF8 |
| Marjorie Blundell | 1877 | 1963 | 1910 King George V Coronation Stone Land Owner | KZ3P-KRD |
| Rev. Thomas Blundell | 1759 | 1816 | Rector of Halsall | MH5X-MR4 |
| Rev. Thomas Hollinshead Blundell | 1834 | 1905 | Rector of Halsall Dean of Ormksirk 1st Chair Halsall Parish Council | MHP1-FLL |
| Sarah Bramwell | 1792 | 1841 | Cheetham Boatmen family | M46X-1CQ |
| Wilfred Brookes | 1913 | 1942 | WW2 Commemoration D-Day Event | GKH2-XQG |
| Edmund Buck | 1880 | 1958 | WW1 Canadian Army Worked in Los Angeles Halsall Resident | KJLH-WYG |
| Rev. Bert Bullough | 1915 | 2000 | Rector of Halsall | P3XG-LG7 |
| Mary Elizabeth Burke | 1929 | 2013 | Women's Land Army Banks' Cop House Farm | G16Z-8G2 |
| Rev. Charles Robert Claxton | 1903 | 1992 | Rector of Halsall Bishop of Warrington Bishop's Walk | G26G-385 |
| Henry (Harry) Core | 1918 | 2001 | WW2 VE Day Event | GTC7-535 |
| Edward Culshaw | 1846 | 1908 | Farmer Model House Farm 1st Parish Councillor | MB5Z-FZW |
| Thomas Fletcher | 1914 | 1942 | WW2 Commemoration D-Day Event | GKHF-LYG |
| Robert Alfred Gaskell | 1910 | 1992 | WW2 Serviceman Headmaster Halsall School | LBY1-PTY |
| Geraghty Brothers | 1889 | 1969 | Irish Farm Labourers working in Halsall | GGV9-XVL |
| Gettern Mere Land Army Girls | 1914 | 1918 | Women's Land Army Thompson's Gettern Mere Farm | GGJ6-G4W |
| Richard Gibbons | 1919 | 1943 | WW2 Commemoration D-Day Event | GKHF-J59 |
| Richard Collins Gibbons | 1895 | 1916 | WW1 Memorial | L2RJ-S9F |
| Job Grimshaw | 1833 | 1898 | Farmer Renacres Lane 1st Parish Councillor | KJGW-HWG |
| John Halsall | 1916 | 1943 | WW2 Commemoration D-Day Event | GKHW-3BR |
| Joseph Harrison | 1830 | 1902 | Farmer Holt Farm 1st Parish Councillor | GKSV-CX1 |
| James Hesketh | 1836 | 1911 | Innkeeper Saracen's Head | GJ3C-67R |
| Joseph Kershaw Hesketh | 1924 | 1944 | WW2 Commemoration D-Day Event | GX2D-17M |
| Harry Howard | 1919 | 2015 | WW2 VE Day Event D-Day, Anhem, POW | GP6D-JWK |
| Gertrude Howis | 1921 | 2005 | Women's Land Army Balmer's Chestnut Farm | GB4W-JGC |
| Arthur Leonard Hughes | 1909 | 1944 | WW2 VE Day Event | LTT1-GBZ |
| Winifred Hurler | 1922 | 2022 | Women's Land Army Barton House Farm | GTLR-ZJC |
| Rev. Nathaniel Jackson | 1598 | 1662 | Rector of Halsall | KZHT-X7Q |
| Raymond Oliver Jeffs | 1925 | 2012 | Owner of L. O. Jeffs Southport Councillor M.B.E. | P91G-1DY |
| Thomas Jenkinson | 1925 | 1944 | WW2 Commemoration D-Day Event | GKHC-XQH |
| Rev. Thomas Johnson | 1602 | 1661 | Rector of Halsall | PQ5B-C4G |
| Robert Jones | 1848 | 1913 | Innkeeper Saracen's Head | GJ3Z-HQ2 |
| John Kenyon | 1887 | 1978 | Innkeeper/Farmer Saracen's Head | GJGH-97N |
| John Kirby | 1846 | 1905 | Professor of Music | KJGJ-ZCG |
| Abraham Knowles | 1861 | 1934 | Innkeeper Saracen's Head | KJGM-11S |
| Rev. James Gerard Leigh | 1844 | 1921 | Rector of Halsall | GL7N-RTM |
| Rev. Richard Leigh | 1906 | 1884 | Rector of Halsall | 9NK5-K9Q |
| Sir Wroth Periam Lethbridge | 1863 | 1950 | La Mancha | M71Y-9D1 |
| William Littlewood | 1860 | 1906 | Innkeeper Saracen's Head | LRR8-WL8 |
| Margery Littlewood | 1855 | 1913 | Innkeeper Saracen's Head | KFGZ-T9J |
| Rev. Richard Loxham | 1761 | 1843 | Rector of Halsall | MH1Y-1G6 |
| Rev. Edward Leigh Mather | 1882 | 1953 | Rector of Halsall | GKHZ-MPK |
| Alfred Leigh Mather | 1918 | 1942 | WW2 Commemoration D-Day Event | GKH8-CTG |
| Charlotte (Lottie) Molyneux | 1906 | 1984 | Women's Land Army Silcock's Gesterfield Farm | GBWG-T63 |
| Rev. Glover Moore | 1736 | 1809 | Rector of Halsall | GSMC-GXD |
| Rev. Henry Mordaunt | 1732 | 1778 | Rector of Halsall | LCTK-SFV |
| Morgan Children | 1928 | 1940 | WW2 VE Day Event | LZ5G-LK6 |
| James Moorcroft | 1852 | 1919 | Farmer Dickson Lane 1st Parish Councillors | 9JN9-1D5 |
| Lavinia Moorcroft | 1920 | 1990 | Women's Land Army Welll's & Sons, Crop Spraying | GP6F-8JB |
| Rev. Edward Pilkington | 1680 | 1749 | Rector of Halsall | MBQG-V35 |
| Edward Pilkington | 1811 | 1886 | Innkeeper Saracen's Head | MHW2-LFQ |
| James Pilkington | 1810 | 1882 | Innkeeper Saracen's Head | MH4J-Z96 |
| Annie Rimmer | 1882 | 1939 | 1939 Sinking of SS Athenia | LYDZ-X4X |
| Rev. William Rodwell | 1880 | 1948 | Rector of Halsall | |
| John Scambler | 1877 | 1963 | 1910 King George V Coronation Stone | L8T3-3J2 |
| Norman Sephton | 1914 | 1939 | 1939 Shooting Tragedy | GPZL-24T |
| Ernest Sharrock | 1896 | 1942 | WW2 Commemoration D-Day Event | GDLX-PX3 |
| Hugh Sharrock | 1877 | 1963 | Innkeeper Saracen's Head | KK9K-C73 |
| Dorothy Shaw | 1917 | 1945 | WW2 Commemoration D-Day Event | GKHD-6WF |
| Rev. Matthew Smallwood | 1614 | 1683 | Rector of Halsall | PQ2M-GVZ |
| Thomas Spencer | 1925 | 1944 | WW2 Commemoration D-Day Event | G5HT-R7N |
| Rev. George Spooner | 1851 | 1933 | Rector of Halsall | MQ7N-8BY |
| Edward Threfall | 1849 | 1915 | Farmer Narrow Lane 1st Parish Councillors | KJLL-HG4 |
| May Williams | 1917 | 1996 | Women's Land Army Howard's Farm Produce | GTGM-BSQ |