Lister Lane Cemetery (2) - graves 362, 3672 and 3932

In the next few posts we look at the Hiley graves in Lister Lane Cemetery, Halifax.

Grave no. 362

James Riley Highley.

Lucy Ann Highley, James's cousin and wife, daughter of John Highley.
Their children Lucy Annie, Kate, Ada Elizabeth and an infant son.

Hannah Highley (nee Bentley), wife of William Highley, James's brother.

James and Lucy Ann both lived in Halifax and married in 1854. James was a Clerk to the Commissioners of Taxes and Deputy Magistrates' Clerk in Halifax.

After Lucy Ann's death, James Riley Highley emigrated to New Zealand where he died and was buried.

Grave no. 3672

Thomas Hiley

Mary Hiley (nee Feather), wife of Thomas.

Nancy Ackroyd, widowed sister of Mary.

Thomas and Mary were both from Warley. They married in Halifax in 1813 and later moved to Northowram. Thomas was a Carpet Weaver. 

Thomas and Mary had 11 children. Two of them are buried in unmarked public graves at Lister Lane - Edward Feather Hiley (1833-1855), a dyer from Northowram, in grave no. 4307, and Thomas Hiley (1821-1848), a plasterer also from Northowram, in grave no. 4243. 

Grave no. 3932

Caroline Highley (nee Shaw), wife of John Highley.

Charles Highley, Caroline's son.

Joel Shaw, Caroline's father.

William Denton Shaw, Joel's son.

Mary Alice Shaw, Joel's granddaughter.

John Highley lived in Skircoat, Halifax and was a joiner and builder. He married Sabina Cooper in 1833 and the couple had 5 children. Sabina died in 1843 and five years later John married Caroline Shaw, with whom he had a further 7 children, including Charles, a Wool Sorter.

The burial records for Lister Lane show that Blanche Hiley, a daughter of Caroline and John, is also buried in this plot but she is not named on the headstone. The 1921 census shows Blanche and Charles, who remained single all their lives, living together in Halifax. Blanche died in 1951.