Ratcliffe,+Harvey

Harvey Ratcliffe

Born 1884 in Bingley.Survived the war. Died in 1939. His name is recorded on the plaque in Lowertown Chapel ,Oxenhope

Harvey served in the Northumberland Fusilliers as Private 39979.

His only connection with Oxenhope appears to be his marriage to Hannah Mary Feather whose brothers are also recorded on the same plaque. Hannah Mary was born into a large family in1889 with, in 1911, 13 other siblings in the household. Her brothers Julius (born 1890) and Seth (born 1894 ) served in the war.

He and Hannah married in 1915 and had at least two children.- John E. born in 1920 and Kenneth A.born in 1922. According to historian Martha Heaton, Harvey bought one of the two semis at Hoyle Syke, off Marsh, He later bought" Moorlands ", a detached house off Moorhouse Lane -in the early 1930s (bought from Fred Ratcliffe, clogger of Uppertown but no relation to Harvey.) and son Kenneth and his family lived there after his father- until around late 1950s.

Harvey was the son of Bingley coal merchant, John ( born 1845 ) and Sarah and they lived at Spring Bank, Bingley. In 1911 Harvey lived with his unmarried sister Mary and brother Arthur ( born1876 ) Arthur was an overlooker and Harvey and other brothers Ellis ( born 1873 ) and Ewart ( born 1878 ) were all office workers and possibly trainees eg accountant, surveyor and solicitor.