County: Northumberland Type: Standing Stones Nearest Town: Whitley Bay Nearest Village: Seaton Sluice Map Ref: NZ341757
The HARTLEY Surname Hall of Fame
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Other notable bearers of the HARTLEY surname
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Old HARTLEY Blue [Standing Stones]
County: Northumberland Type: Standing Stones Nearest
Town: Whitley Bay Nearest Village: Seaton Sluice Map Ref: NZ341757
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Oliver Cromwell HARTLEY [1823-1859]
According to some sources, Oliver Cromwell Hartley,
legislator and codifier of Texas law, was born in Virginia, but he was more
likely born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, on March 31, 1823. He received
his B.A. degree from Franklin and Marshall College in Pennsylvania in 1841 and
was admitted to the bar in 1844. He served as a private in the Mexican War and
was subsequently promoted to lieutenant. He later supported filibustering campaigns
to the south. He married Sarah C. Davis of Bedford in 1845 and in 1846 became
disabled and moved to Galveston, Texas, to practice law; that year he was appointed
reporter of the decisions of the state Supreme Court. In this position, which
he held until his death, he reported volumes four through twenty-one of the
Texas Reports. Between 1848 and 1849 he compiled A Digest of the Laws of Texas
(1850). In 1851 and 1852 he represented Galveston County in the state legislature.
In 1854 he served on a three-man commission to codify the laws of the state,
after which he published a volume of forms for use in civil proceedings. He
died at Galveston on January or February 13, 1859. Hartley County was
named for him and his brother, Rufus K. Hartley. www.rootsweb.com/~txhartle/
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Paul HARTLEY [b.1976]
Hearts and Scotland Footballer
Paul Hartley was born in Glasgow. He has played forward position for: *Hearts
... joined on 01/06/2003 on a free transfer.
Past Club History: *St Johnstone ... joined on 05/07/2000 for £200000 *Hibernian
... joined on 23/12/1998 for £225000 *Raith Rovers ... joined on 22/08/1997
for £150000 *Millwall ... joined on 04/07/1996 for £400000 *Hamilton ... joined
on 09/09/1994 *Mill United Boys Club ... joined on 01/08/1993
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Randolph
HARTLEY [1870-1931]
American opera librettist
Randolph Hartley was
the librettist for the first American opera to be presented in Berlin, in
1910. He was born in Blossburgh, Pennsylvania, on June 19, 1870.The
composer was Arthur Nevin, another American; the opera tells the story of
the Blackfoot Indian prophet "Poia." Randolph Hartley died in Toronto on
April 4, 1931. [thanks to Benjamin W. Hartley E-mail: bhartley@top.monad.net
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Richard
HARTLEY [b19**]
British
composer/songwriter/producer [see Fame3.html]
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The Taft-Hartley Act [ also known as the
Labor-Management Relations Act ] was passed over the veto of Harry S.
Truman on 23rd June, 1947. When it was passed by Congress Truman denounced
it as a "slave-labor bill".
The act declared the closed shop illegal
and permitted the union shop only after a vote of a majority of the employees.
It also forbade jurisdictional strikes and secondary boycotts. Other aspects
of the legislation included the right of employers to be exempted from bargaining
with unions unless they wished to.
The act forbade
unions from contributing to political campaigns and required union leaders
to affirm they were not supporters of the Communist Party. This aspect of
the act was upheld by the Supreme Court on 8th May, 1950.
The
Taft-Hartley Act also established the National Labor Relations Board, a
body that had the power to determine the issuance or prosecution of a
complaint. Under the terms of the act the United States Attorney General
had the power to obtain an 80 day injunction when a threatened or actual
strike that he/she believed "imperiled the national health or
safety".
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Sir William Pickles HARTLEY [1846-1922]
William Pickles HARTLEY was one of the region's famous
sons - he set up factories for jam making and preserving, whose products grew
to be world famous.
Born in Colne, Lancashire, Sir William Pickles Hartley is probably best
remembered as the founder of the Hartley's jam empire.
The Hartley family had lived near Pendle since sometime around 1620, and began
as fairly modest local grocers in the district. Wycoller Hall was built by the
Hartley family at the end of the 16th century.
Hartley married Martha Horsfield, and as the business grew the family moved
into the wholesale trade, and a chance event in 1871 started the Hartley business
rolling, as, so it is said, a supplier failed to deliver a batch of jam and
William was forced to make his own. His jam, marmalade and jelly sold so well
that he continued to make it. Hartley began to develop his business by producing
his own fruit and packaging it in his own distinctive earthenware pots.
In 1874 the business was transferred to Bootle, Liverpool.
In 1880 he moved his family to Southport, where he emerged as an influential
local benefactor and entrepreneur, as well being a regular active member of
the local Methodist Church, as were all the members of the Hartley family. One
of his daughters, Christiana [b.1872] , became Southport's first woman Mayor
in 1921. Other children incl. Maggy, Polly, Sarah, John and Clara.
1881 British Census
William Pickles HARTLEY Head M Male 35 Colne, Lancashire,
England Occupation: Wholesale Preserve Manfacturer Employing On Average 120
Women & 30 Men
Martha O. HARTLEY Wife M Female 38 Colne, Lancashire,
England
Maggy A. HARTLEY Daur U Female 13 Colne, Lancashire, England Scholar
Polly HARTLEY Daur Female 11 Colne, Lancashire, England Scholar
Christiania HARTLEY Daur Female 9 Colne, Lancashire, England Scholar
Sarah J. HARTLEY Daur Female 5 Bootle, Lancashire, England Scholar
John W. HARTLEY Son Male 3 Bootle, Lancashire, England
Clara L. HARTLEY Daur Female 1 Bootle, Lancashire, England
Bridget LEYDEN Serv U Female 21 Swansea General Serv
Sarah A. ABEL Nurse U Female 15 Coed Poeth, Denbigh, Wales Nurse
Address: 22 Sussex Road, North Meols, Lancashire, England
Family History Library Film 1341897 Public Records Office Reference RG11 Piece
/ Folio 3749 / 12 Page Number 18
In 1884 the jam-making business was incorporated as William Hartley & Sons Limited.
In 1885 Hartley moved the business to Aintree in Liverpool, where he built Hartley
Village for his workers. Throughout his life, he donated money for religious
or philanthropic causes in Colne, Liverpool and in London. Many buildings in
Colne, built in 1911 still stand today and are known locally as Hartley homes.
In 1902 Hartley opened a jam factory in Bermondsey, south-east London and employed
over 2,000 people. By 1908 he had been knighted by King Edward VII for his many
charitable acts and funding to Sunday Schools and for the establishment of hospitals.
The funeral of Sir William Pickles HARTLEY c.British Pathe News
Throughout his life, he maintained a commitment to set aside money for religious or philanthropic purposes and the town of Colne was one of the recipients of this gesture. Many buildings were erected and modernised and one of those, built in 1911, was Hartley Homes which still stands today. The village of Trawden, near Colne, still boasts what is thought to be a rare monument to jam manufacturing in the area. An industrial jam pan, found in a farmer's field in the village of Wycoller nearby was brought back to Trawden where it remains today.
One of William Hartley's relatives is thought by some to be Wallace Hartley [see below] who was a musician on the ill-fated Titanic on her maiden voyage in 1912. He continued playing "Nearer my God to Thee" as the ship sank. He died with the ship and is celebrated in his home town of Colne as a local hero.
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Wallace Henry HARTLEY [1879-1912]
English bandmaster/violinist "RMS Titanic"
Born at 92 Greenfield Road, Colne in 1878, the son of Albion and Elizabeth HARTLEY
of Colne, Lancashire. [At the time of his death his home was Surreyside, West-Park
Street, Dewsbury, England]. As a youngster, Wallace was a choirboy [his church
music tutor at Colne was Pickles RILEY], and was giving solo violin performances
by the age of 15. Later he led orchestras in Harrogate and Bridlington and was
a member of the Savage Club in Leeds. Wallace, a violinist, worked on the Cunard
Liner Mauretania before leaving to become bandmaster on "RMS Titanic". He had
a fiancé in Boston Spa, near Wetherby in Yorkshire and spent time with her in
that village the week before boarding the Titanic ...
"RMS Titanic" 
Wallace Henry HARTLEY
After the collision Wallace led the orchestra in playing ragtime tunes. A newspaper
at the time reported, "the part played by the orchestra on board the Titanic
in her last dreadful moments will rank among the noblest in the annals of heroism
at sea." His body was recovered as #224 on May 4th 1912 Strapped to his body
was his music box and in his pockets, amongst other things, was a gold fountain
pen with his initials W.H.H.The body was transferred from Halifax to Boston
for it's return to Liverpool on-board the "Arabic" where it arrived on May 12th.
From Liverpool his body was taken by hearse to his boyhood hometown of Colne,
Lancashire. 
The funeral service took place at the Bethel Chapel to a congregation of over
1000 (the chapel is designed to hold about 700). Around 40,000 people lined
the route of the funeral procession as his rosewood casket made its way to Colne
cemetery, led by seven bands. In 1915 a statue of Wallace was erected just to
the side of the Rectory on Albert Road. The area around the statue has recently
been renovated. The inscription reads: WALLACE HARTLEY Bandmaster of the RMS
Titanic who perished in the foundering of that vessel April 15th 1912 Erected
by voluntary contributions to commemorate the heroism of a native of this town. 
Wallace HARTLEY Monument, Colne.
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