John Crossley Carpets Halifax

He became apprenticed to his uncle john webster as a carpet weaver and then went to work for a mr william currer at luddenden.

John crossley carpets halifax. John crossley founder of crossleys carpets was born in 1772. Ancestry of john crossley carpet manufacturer halifax who was born at halifax 1772 and died at dean clough halifax 17th january 1837 aged 64 my grandfather s name was thomas crossley he lived at king cross near halifax. The company was highly successful. John crossley sons ltd carpet manufacturers halifax this page summarises records created by this business the summary includes a brief description of the collection s usually including the.

Crossley was a successful carpet manufacturer whose business john crossley and sons became a major employer in halifax. Based at halifax in yorkshire it declined as cheaper imports arrived from overseas and the factory closed in 1982. He was one of eight children. Martha crossley died 26 november 1854.

John crossley 1772 1837 was a carpet weaver in halifax yorkshire. About 1800 he became manager of job lee s carpet factory in the lower george yard halifax. 1788 crossley was apprenticed as a carpet weaver at the age of sixteen to his uncle john webster of clay pits. His parents were martha and john crossley who was a carpet manufacturer at dean clough mills halifax who died on 17 january 1837.

John crossley sons was the largest carpet manufacturer in the world throughout much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. John crossley c 1772 1837 the founder of the family firm was the fifth of 8 children of john crossley 1741 1820 a carpet weaver of halifax and his wife bethia 1739 1788. Crossley s older brother john was also an mp for halifax from 1874 to 1877. In the early 1870s he set up the american linoleum company at linoleumville new york with frederick walton the inventor of linoleum.