Hoyles of Haslingden
The Lancashire Hoyle families in our ancestry are primarily from Haslingden in East Lancashire. Our earliest known ancestor, John Hoyle (1804), was born in Goodshaw Chapel, Crawshawbooth. He was a…
(map: Lancashire. 1814 John Cary in Cary's Traveller's Companion; in the public domain)
The Lancashire Hoyle families in our ancestry are primarily from Haslingden in East Lancashire. Our earliest known ancestor, John Hoyle (1804), was born in Goodshaw Chapel, Crawshawbooth. He was a weaver, a tailor, and later an innkeeper. He emigrated in 1878 to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with his wife, Mary Lord; his son, John Richard Hoyle, and his wife, Isabella Hargreaves; and their son, John Richard Hoyle (1876).
John Hoyle was married first to Hannah Ashworth, connecting the family to another surname found abundantly in the Haslingden area. His second wife was Sarah Riley, a less common surname; but the family lived in the same location as John and Hannah, and later, John and Mary.
The hope is that by including this information in this group, descendants of the various families may connect with each other, share family stories and data, and become familiar with our cultural heritage in Lancashire.
Many of the religious rites for the Hoyle family were performed at St. Mary and All Saints in Goodshaw. Click here to read some of the history.
Richard Spencer / Goodshaw Chapel / CC BY-SA 2.0
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