Monday, February 23, 2026

Lister Lane Cemetery (3) - graves 2908 and 2721

Grave no. 2908

Norris Highley, son of Harry Highley and Annie (nee Stapp).
Elizabeth Sunderland (nee Robinson), wife of William Sunderland, great great grandmother of Harry.
George Nutton, son-in-law of Elizabeth, and his wife Hannah. 

Harry Highley was an Iron Moulder who lived in Halifax. 


Grave no. 2721

John Highley
Matilda Jane Brooksbank and Sam Brooksbank, stepchildren of John

John was the third husband of Caroline Helliwell. Her first husband, William Brooksbank, was the father of Matilda and Sam, and her second husband was Thomas Eastwood.

John was a Labourer, born in Warley but later lived in Halifax.


There are several Hileys/Highleys listed in the burial records but buried in unmarked graves or unable to be located, along with a number of adults and children in public or infant vaults with no markings.

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