Buckle Family

History of the surname Buckle.
This unusual name is of early medieval English origin, and is a metonymic occupational name for a maker and\or seller of buckles. The name derives from the Middle English word “bokel”, buckle, from the Old French “bocle”, from the Latin “buccula”, the cheek strap of a helmet, a diminutive of “bucca”, cheek. In some cases the modern surname may derive from a metonymic occupational name for a shield-bearer or maker of shields, from the Middle High German “buckel”, shield. The surname development has included Peter le Bucler (1203, Yorkshire) and William Bokeler (1317, Kent), while the modern surname can be found as Buckler, Buckel, Buckell and Buckles.
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The following are details of the Buckle Family. from the Grewelthorpe area.
Information taken from census returns and Parish registers.


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Last update November 2009.


ELLEN BUCKLE. Born C. 1807 Kirkby Malzeard. Unmarried in 1871 living with her sister Elizabeth in Burley.
ELIZABETH BUCKLE. Bap. 25.3.1691. Dau of Joseph.
ELIZABETH BUCKLE. Born C. 1820. Kirkby Malzeard. Wife of William Walker. Farmer born Ilkley. Living Mount Head Farm, Burley in 1871.
ELIZABETH BUCKLE [nee ?]. Born C. 1830 Kirkby Malzeard. wife of Henry.
EMILY BUCKLE. Born C. 1867 Durham. Dau of Matthew the sailor from Kirkby Malzeard. Living Durham 1891.
ERASMUS BUCKLE. Born C. 1862 Laverton. Son of Matthew & Mary of Castiles Farm.
GEORGE ERASMUS BUCKLE. Born 29.11.1923. Bap. 30.12.1923.
Son of Harry Oliver & Selina. Lived Oak Cottage.
GEORGE RICHARD BUCKLE. Born 24.12.1942. Bap. 28.2.1943. Grewelthorpe. Son of Norman James & Doris.
HARRY OLIVER BUCKLE. Haulage Contractor living Oak Cottage Grewelthorpe. Husband of Selina.
Report in Ripon Gazette. July 1952. After a long illness, the death took place of Henry Oliver Buckle of Ashgrove, Ripon. He was aged 67, born in Laverton, and lived in Ripon for 24 years. A member of Ripon cricket club. Survived by wife and sons. he was employed by Mr.W.Rigg.
HENRY BUCKLE. Born C. 1830 Kirkby Malzeard. Husband of Elizabeth of Kirkby Malzeard.
JANE BUCKLE [nee ?]. Born C. 1833 Kirkby Malzeard. Dressmaker in Leeds in 1891.
JOHN BUCKLE. Born C. 1825 Masham. Husband of Maria Jackson. Bonnet maker of Grewelthorpe. Living Kirkby Malzeard 1861.
JOHN JAMES BUCKLE. Born C. 1883 Topcliffe. Son of Thomas & Mary. Living Grewelthorpe 1891.
JOSEPH BUCKLE. Buried 6.6.1693. Lived Grewelthorpe. Will proved 24.6.1693. Masham Peculiar.
JOSEPH BUCKLE. Bap 27.8.1693. Son of Joseph. *MARIA BUCKLE [nee JACKSON] Born C.1830 Grewelthorpe. Wife of John of Masham. Living Kirkby Malzeard 1861.
MARGARET BUCKLE. Born C. 1872 Leeds. Dau of Jane of Kirkby Malzeard. Dressmaker in Leeds in 1891.
MATTHEW BUCKLE. Born C. 1828 Kirkby Malzeard. Sailor. Living in Durham with dau. Emily. 1891. Widower. Retired.
MATTHEW BUCKLE. Born C. 1835 Kirkby Malzeard. Buried 29.7.1890 Dallowgill. Farmed at Castiles Farm, Dallowgill. Husband of Mary of Laverton.
MATTHEW BUCKLE. Born C. 1857 Kirkby Malzeard. Son of Henry & Elizabeth.
MARY BUCKLE. Buried 16.2.1693. Widow of Grewelthorpe.
MARY BUCKLE [nee ?]. Born C. 1828 Laverton. Wife of Matthew of Castiles Farm.
MARY BUCKLE. Born C 1861 Topcliffe. Living Fingerfield Grewelthorpe 1891. Wife of Thomas.
NORMAN JAMES BUCKLE. Diesel Haulage Contractor. Husband of Doris.
THOMAS WILLIAM BUCKLE. Born 9.8.1860. Kirkby Malzeard. Married in 1894. Son of John & Maria Jackson. of Grewelthorpe.
THOMAS BUCKLE. Farmer born in Topcliffe .Lived Fingerfield Grewelthorpe on 1891 census. Husband of Mary of Topcliffe.
THOMPSON BUCKLE. Born C. 1860 Laverton. Son of Matthew & Mary of Castiles Farm. He was a Carpenter.
WILLIAM BUCKLE. Resident of Grewelthorpe. Listed for Claro Wapentake Tax on Lady Day 1672.
WILLIAM FREDERICK BUCKLE. Bap. 13.1.1864 Grewelthorpe. Son of John & Maria.
WILLIAM [WILLIE] BUCKLE. Born C.1894 Kirkby Malzeard. Stepson of *William & Zilla Moore. Living Grewelthorpe 1901.
ZILLAH BUCKLE. Born C. 1871 Kirkby Malzeard. Dau of Henry & Elizabeth.



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