Brier of Huddersfield Family Chart no. 51

	George BRIER		Martha DRAKE
	born 20 Nov 1833 bapt. 16 Feb 1834 at Kirkheaton		born 21 Mar 1831 at Rothwell
			m. 30 Jul 1856 at Kirkheaton
	d. 8 Jan 1908 bur. in Kirkheaton Cemetery		d. 31 Aug 1911 bur. in Kirkheaton Cemetery
	Woollen Manufacturer employing 40 hands

Their Children

Latrobe Drake	Sarah Ann	Hannah Gertrude	Mary Ellen	Clara Jane	Dacota Ward	Roy
b. c 1858 at Kirkheaton	b. c 1859 at Kirkheaton	b. c 1862 at Kirkheaton	b. c 1863 at Kirkheaton	b. c 1865 at Kirkheaton	b. c 1867 at Kirkheaton	b. c 1870 at Kirkheaton
				d. 2 Dec 1921 bur. in Kirkheaton Cemetery

Additional Information

In the 1861 Census George and Martha were living at Moor Bottom, and George was described as A manufacturer of fancy cloth. By the time of the 1881 Census They were living in Bath Buildings, Huddersfield, and George was a major employer in the town. According to the Huddersfield Directory and Yearbook for 1873, George had addresses at Canal Bridge Mill, 18 Vance's Buildings, and also at Fitzwilliam Street, and was a Fancy Woollen Manufacturer.

In Kirkheaton Churchyard, there is a memorial stone to (some of) the family; it reads:

Martha [wife] of George BRIER of Huddersfield
born 21 Mar 1831 died 31 Aug 1911
Clara Jane BRIER youngest daughter of George & Martha BRIER
born 1864 died 2 Dec 1921
George BRIER born 18 Jan 1797 died 11 Oct 18[5]9
George BRIER son of the above born 20 Nov 1833 died 8 Jan 1908
Sarah Ann BRIER ...[indeciph.]
Mary Ellen BRIER ....[indeciph.]

Daughters Sarah Ann and Mary Ellen were teachers, and for a time ran their own private school, Greenhead Park High School at 45-7 Trinity Street, Huddersfield. They are listed in both the 1900 and 1909 Huddersfield Post Office Directories.