Thomas Willingale

1849 - 1920  (71 years)

• Name	Thomas Willingale
  Birth	2 Feb 1849	Canal Bank, Dewsbury, Yorkshire
  Gender	Male
  Census	1851	Tweedale House, Dewsbury, Yorkshire
  Census	1861	6 Threadneedle Street, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
  Census	1871	Zetland Street, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
  Census	1881	Dalton Green, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
  Census	1891	Dalton Green, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
  Census	1901	66 Somerset Road, Almondbury, Yorkshire
  Census	1911	68 Somerset Road, Almondbury, Yorkshire
  Death	29 Jul 1920	Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
  Burial	31 Jul 1920	St John the Baptist, Kirkheaton, West Yorkshire
  Notes	In 1851 - Tweedale House, Dewsbury, Yorkshire - HO107/2324/275/87 James Willingale head aged 30, railway agent, born Leigh Sarah Willingale wife aged 28 born Huddersfield Thomas Willingale son aged 2 born Dewsbury In 1861 - 6 Threadneedle Street, Huddersfield, Yorks - RG9/3262/9 p11 James Willingale, head aged 37 woollen work dealer born Leigh, Essex Sarah Willingale wife aged 43 born Huddersfield Thomas Willingale son aged 12 born Dewsbury In 1871 at Zetland Street, Huddersfield - RG10/4364/82 p31 James Willingdale aged 47, general accountant born Leigh, Essex Sarah Willingdale aged 55 born Huddersfield Thomas Willingdale aged 22 broker born Dewsbury In 1881 Dalton Green, Huddersfield Thomas Willingale Head 32 Bookkeeper/ Clerk Dewsbury Ann E Willingale Wife 35 Dalton Robert E Willingale Son 7 Scholar Dalton In 1891 - Dalton Green, Dalton, Hddersfield, West Yorkshire RG12/3565/14 p21 WILLINGALE, Thomas Head Married M 40 1851 Agent Dewsbury Yorkshire WILLINGALE, Ann E Wife Married F 42 1849 Dalton Yorkshire WILLINGALE, Richard H Son Single M 16 1875 Clerk Dalton In 1901 - 66 Somerset Road, Almondbury, Yorkshire RG13/4100/101 p23 WILLINGALE, Thomas Head Married M 50 1851 Iron Agent Dewsbury WILLINGALE, Ann E Wife Married F 51 1850 Kirkheaton Yorkshire KEARNEY, Rose A Servant Single F 21 1880 General Servant (Domestic) Selby 1911 census - 68 Somerset Road, Almondbury, Huddersfield, Yorkshire WILLINGALE, Thomas Head Married M 59 1852 Metal Agent Yorkshire Dewsbury WILLINGALE, Ann E Wife Married 39 years F 60 1851 Yorkshire Huddersfield WILLINGALE, Charles Grandson M 13 1898 School Yorkshire Huddersfield
  Person ID	I1360	Willingale One Name Study
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	James Willingale           b. 1824, Leigh on Sea, Essex           d. 9 Apr 1896, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Sarah Driver           b. 1815, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire           d. 1892, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F0451	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Elizabeth Newhill           b. 1845, Dalton, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire           d. 20 Feb 1925, Dalton, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	11 Sep 1872	St John the Baptist, Kirkheaton, West Yorkshire
  Children	+ 1. Robert Heber Willingale           b. 11Jun 1873, Dalton, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire           d. 9 Aug 1938, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire (Age 65 years)
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2013
  Family ID	F0453	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Birth - 2 Feb 1849 - Canal Bank, Dewsbury, Yorkshire Census - 1851 - Tweedale House, Dewsbury, Yorkshire Census - 1861 - 6 Threadneedle Street, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire Census - 1871 - Zetland Street, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire Marriage - 11 Sep 1872 - St John the Baptist, Kirkheaton, West Yorkshire Child - Robert Heber Willingale - 11Jun 1873 - Dalton, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire Census - 1881 - Dalton Green, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire Census - 1891 - Dalton Green, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire Census - 1901 - 66 Somerset Road, Almondbury, Yorkshire Census - 1911 - 68 Somerset Road, Almondbury, Yorkshire Death - 29 Jul 1920 - Huddersfield, West Yorkshire Burial - 31 Jul 1920 - St John the Baptist, Kirkheaton, West Yorkshire  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos » Slide Show		Water Colour Artist We have recently been contacted by a Peter Boylan, who has in his possession ten watercolour paintings by a Thomas Willingale of Huddersfield. (Not the same Thomas who saved Epping Forest). These paintings date from the 1880's and 1890's. One of Thomas paintings shows a woman walking down a country lane in front of a large ramshackle cottage, the detail in the painting is extraordinary. On the back of one of the paintings was this picture, which we assume is either Thomas Willingale or his son Robert. Can anyone confirm who is in this picture? We would also like to know if Thomas painted any other pictures? The WFS have had this photo dated, the report is as follows: In some ways this is the most intriguing photograph, not least of all because of where it was found. Old photographs turn up in all sorts of unexpected places and this may have been tucked behind the frame of the painting at any time from its creation in the 1880s/1890s onwards. It need not necessarily date from the same period as the painting, nor need it have any direct connection with the painting itself. The photograph must, though, have belonged to somebody who once owned or looked after the painting. If more is known about the provenance of the painting, who owned it and where it hung in the past, this might well suggest the family or the home in which the photograph originated. As regards dating the image, again this is difficult, partly because there is no visible background or obvious context in which to place it. Close-up shots became especially popular amongst professional photographers during the 1920s and 1930s, though I can’t tell whether this is a professional or amateur photograph. Dating the dress is slightly tricky too because of the limited view of this young man, and furthermore the exact details of his clothing are not very clear. That said, as far as I can tell he is either wearing a white jersey with a collar, or a white shirt without a jacket. Either way, this suggests a 20th century, rather than 19th century date. Comfortable jersey-type garments were worn in the late-19th century by some workmens (eg fishermen) and sportsmen but they did not enter regular dress until the early 1900s or later. By the 1920s they were common as casual wear, and especially as school and play clothes for boys, and often had a collar and sometimes even a tie built in. If this is a shirt, however, the soft-looking collar with points (as opposed to a starched collar with rounded edges) indicates a date at least in the mid-1910s. So we are definitely looking at a 20th century image, possibly late-1910s or 1920s in date, but perhaps later. What strikes me most is his unusual cap. This is difficult to determine exactly but fitting closely to the head and worn fairly well back on the head, it looks most like a skull cap, similar to the kippah (Hebrew) or yarmulke (Yiddish) worn by some Jewish men from the age of 13, following the Bar Mitzvah ceremony. Skull caps don’t always denote a Jewish wearer, but in a 20th century western context they are otherwise rare. This man may be a little more than a boy, I should say in his late teens, judging from his clean shaven face, though, again, by the mid-late 1910s many young men were in any case going completely clean shaven. A hairless face was the prevailing fashion for young men from the post WW1 period until the 1960s when hippie styles favoured a beard for a time, another feature which suggests a date well into the 20th century for this photograph. It would certainly be interesting to identify this boy or man and the history of the painting may provide a clue, but otherwise, unless further information comes to light, he may remain a mystery.
  		A watercolour by Thomas Willingale 1849-1920
  		Picture painted by Thomas Willingale of Dewsbury.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Kellys Directory 1881, Westriding List of Private residents, Dalton Page 1
  		Kellys Directory 1881, Westriding List of Private residents, Dalton Page 2
  		Clothing District Trades Directory

  
  

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