His family immigrated to the US in 1820 when he was aged 12,
University of Chicago is the institution where two brothers H. H. Belfield [jr] and William Thomas Belfield had been well-known professors. Henry's papers are held in the archive at University of Chicago show that the Belfield family consisting of Cynthia Wharton and Henry Holmes Belfield and 6 childen came from Nottingham, England in the 1820s where they had been involved in the Nottingham Lace hosiery trade. (lace stockings and socks). They were engineers and inventors of machinery used in the manufacture of knitting machines. The account by the younger Henry Holmes Belfield recounts the family's movement westward to Iowa and Kansas of most of the of Henry and Synthia's children. Thomas Broom Belfield and his family remained in Philadelphia where he continued to run the brass foundry, family engineering business, H.H.Belfield & Sons, originally established by Henry, Sr., who was joined his sons, Henry, William, and Thomas.
Henry, jr. describes the travels and settlements made by some of his brothers and sister as they moved to Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri and eventually to Chicago.
They had been entrepreneurs and inventors in the Nottingham Lace industry in the 1820s. They immigrated to Philadelphia where they established a thriving business making industrial tools, such as guages and pumps.
Parents:
Henry Holmes (1789-1872) Nottingham, England, died Bentonsport, Iowa
Cynthia Wharton (1785-1862) Nottingham, England, died Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
William Thomas Belfield (1809-1900) [born England] married Selener Emily Marshall (1808-1875)
Siblings:
Thomas Holmes Belfield (1807- 1889) [born England] married Anna E. Marshall (1810-1884) They lived in Missouri and Illinois and died in Chicago, Illinois.
Ann Belfield (1812-1904)[born England] married William Appleton (1808–1865)
Henry Holmes Belfield (1815-1890) [born England] married Elizabeth Broom (1820-1895)
Cynthia (Scynthia) Belfield, (1818-1876) [born England, died in Keokuk, Iowa] She married James Eaton Johnston (abt.1811-1878)[born in Scotland, died in Missouri].
Maria Louisa Belfield (1818-1900) married Isaac Smith Tussey (1814-1876)
Mary Virginia Belfield (1824-1910) married James Farren (1819-1889)
Alfred Belfield (1822-1886)[born Maryland] married Maria Johnson (1829-1911)
Children:
Dr. Henry Holmes, Education, (1837-1912) married Anna Wallace Miller(1848-1928)
- 8 children
Emma Selener Belfield (1841-1845) born Camden, New Jersey, across from Philadelphia, died in Philadelphia, Penn. died age 4
Dr. Frederick William Belfield, M.D. (1844-1873) born Philadelphia, Penn. died of the Cholera Epidemic in Valley City, (Pleasant Valley), Missouri - 2 children
Selener Emma Belfield, twin (1847 - 1938) born Iowa, died Chicago
Charles Edward Belfield, twin (1847-1888) born Iowa, died Chicago
William Marshall Belfield, died at the age of 16 when he fell off a river boat on the Mississippi.
Anne Elizabeth Belfield, died at the age of two years in St. Louis, Missouri
Dr. William Thomas Belfield, M.D. (1854-1929) born Iowa, died Chicago
-no children
University of Chicago is the institution where two brothers H. H. Belfield [jr] and William Thomas Belfield had been well-known professors. Henry's papers are held in the archive at University of Chicago show that the Belfield family consisting of Cynthia Wharton and Henry Holmes Belfield and 6 childen came from Nottingham, England in the 1820s where they had been involved in the Nottingham Lace hosiery trade. (lace stockings and socks). They were engineers and inventors of machinery used in the manufacture of knitting machines. The account by the younger Henry Holmes Belfield recounts the family's movement westward to Iowa and Kansas of most of the of Henry and Synthia's children. Thomas Broom Belfield and his family remained in Philadelphia where he continued to run the brass foundry, family engineering business, H.H.Belfield & Sons, originally established by Henry, Sr., who was joined his sons, Henry, William, and Thomas.
Henry, jr. describes the travels and settlements made by some of his brothers and sister as they moved to Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri and eventually to Chicago.
They had been entrepreneurs and inventors in the Nottingham Lace industry in the 1820s. They immigrated to Philadelphia where they established a thriving business making industrial tools, such as guages and pumps.
Parents:
Henry Holmes (1789-1872) Nottingham, England, died Bentonsport, Iowa
Cynthia Wharton (1785-1862) Nottingham, England, died Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
William Thomas Belfield (1809-1900) [born England] married Selener Emily Marshall (1808-1875)
Siblings:
Thomas Holmes Belfield (1807- 1889) [born England] married Anna E. Marshall (1810-1884) They lived in Missouri and Illinois and died in Chicago, Illinois.
Ann Belfield (1812-1904)[born England] married William Appleton (1808–1865)
Henry Holmes Belfield (1815-1890) [born England] married Elizabeth Broom (1820-1895)
Cynthia (Scynthia) Belfield, (1818-1876) [born England, died in Keokuk, Iowa] She married James Eaton Johnston (abt.1811-1878)[born in Scotland, died in Missouri].
Maria Louisa Belfield (1818-1900) married Isaac Smith Tussey (1814-1876)
Mary Virginia Belfield (1824-1910) married James Farren (1819-1889)
Alfred Belfield (1822-1886)[born Maryland] married Maria Johnson (1829-1911)
Children:
Dr. Henry Holmes, Education, (1837-1912) married Anna Wallace Miller(1848-1928)
- 8 children
Emma Selener Belfield (1841-1845) born Camden, New Jersey, across from Philadelphia, died in Philadelphia, Penn. died age 4
Dr. Frederick William Belfield, M.D. (1844-1873) born Philadelphia, Penn. died of the Cholera Epidemic in Valley City, (Pleasant Valley), Missouri - 2 children
Selener Emma Belfield, twin (1847 - 1938) born Iowa, died Chicago
Charles Edward Belfield, twin (1847-1888) born Iowa, died Chicago
William Marshall Belfield, died at the age of 16 when he fell off a river boat on the Mississippi.
Anne Elizabeth Belfield, died at the age of two years in St. Louis, Missouri
Dr. William Thomas Belfield, M.D. (1854-1929) born Iowa, died Chicago
-no children
His family immigrated to the US in 1820 when he was aged 12,
University of Chicago is the institution where two brothers H. H. Belfield [jr] and William Thomas Belfield had been well-known professors. Henry's papers are held in the archive at University of Chicago show that the Belfield family consisting of Cynthia Wharton and Henry Holmes Belfield and 6 childen came from Nottingham, England in the 1820s where they had been involved in the Nottingham Lace hosiery trade. (lace stockings and socks). They were engineers and inventors of machinery used in the manufacture of knitting machines. The account by the younger Henry Holmes Belfield recounts the family's movement westward to Iowa and Kansas of most of the of Henry and Synthia's children. Thomas Broom Belfield and his family remained in Philadelphia where he continued to run the brass foundry, family engineering business, H.H.Belfield & Sons, originally established by Henry, Sr., who was joined his sons, Henry, William, and Thomas.
Henry, jr. describes the travels and settlements made by some of his brothers and sister as they moved to Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri and eventually to Chicago.
They had been entrepreneurs and inventors in the Nottingham Lace industry in the 1820s. They immigrated to Philadelphia where they established a thriving business making industrial tools, such as guages and pumps.
Parents:
Henry Holmes (1789-1872) Nottingham, England, died Bentonsport, Iowa
Cynthia Wharton (1785-1862) Nottingham, England, died Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
William Thomas Belfield (1809-1900) [born England] married Selener Emily Marshall (1808-1875)
Siblings:
Thomas Holmes Belfield (1807- 1889) [born England] married Anna E. Marshall (1810-1884) They lived in Missouri and Illinois and died in Chicago, Illinois.
Ann Belfield (1812-1904)[born England] married William Appleton (1808–1865)
Henry Holmes Belfield (1815-1890) [born England] married Elizabeth Broom (1820-1895)
Cynthia (Scynthia) Belfield, (1818-1876) [born England, died in Keokuk, Iowa] She married James Eaton Johnston (abt.1811-1878)[born in Scotland, died in Missouri].
Maria Louisa Belfield (1818-1900) married Isaac Smith Tussey (1814-1876)
Mary Virginia Belfield (1824-1910) married James Farren (1819-1889)
Alfred Belfield (1822-1886)[born Maryland] married Maria Johnson (1829-1911)
Children:
Dr. Henry Holmes, Education, (1837-1912) married Anna Wallace Miller(1848-1928)
- 8 children
Emma Selener Belfield (1841-1845) born Camden, New Jersey, across from Philadelphia, died in Philadelphia, Penn. died age 4
Dr. Frederick William Belfield, M.D. (1844-1873) born Philadelphia, Penn. died of the Cholera Epidemic in Valley City, (Pleasant Valley), Missouri - 2 children
Selener Emma Belfield, twin (1847 - 1938) born Iowa, died Chicago
Charles Edward Belfield, twin (1847-1888) born Iowa, died Chicago
William Marshall Belfield, died at the age of 16 when he fell off a river boat on the Mississippi.
Anne Elizabeth Belfield, died at the age of two years in St. Louis, Missouri
Dr. William Thomas Belfield, M.D. (1854-1929) born Iowa, died Chicago
-no children
University of Chicago is the institution where two brothers H. H. Belfield [jr] and William Thomas Belfield had been well-known professors. Henry's papers are held in the archive at University of Chicago show that the Belfield family consisting of Cynthia Wharton and Henry Holmes Belfield and 6 childen came from Nottingham, England in the 1820s where they had been involved in the Nottingham Lace hosiery trade. (lace stockings and socks). They were engineers and inventors of machinery used in the manufacture of knitting machines. The account by the younger Henry Holmes Belfield recounts the family's movement westward to Iowa and Kansas of most of the of Henry and Synthia's children. Thomas Broom Belfield and his family remained in Philadelphia where he continued to run the brass foundry, family engineering business, H.H.Belfield & Sons, originally established by Henry, Sr., who was joined his sons, Henry, William, and Thomas.
Henry, jr. describes the travels and settlements made by some of his brothers and sister as they moved to Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri and eventually to Chicago.
They had been entrepreneurs and inventors in the Nottingham Lace industry in the 1820s. They immigrated to Philadelphia where they established a thriving business making industrial tools, such as guages and pumps.
Parents:
Henry Holmes (1789-1872) Nottingham, England, died Bentonsport, Iowa
Cynthia Wharton (1785-1862) Nottingham, England, died Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
William Thomas Belfield (1809-1900) [born England] married Selener Emily Marshall (1808-1875)
Siblings:
Thomas Holmes Belfield (1807- 1889) [born England] married Anna E. Marshall (1810-1884) They lived in Missouri and Illinois and died in Chicago, Illinois.
Ann Belfield (1812-1904)[born England] married William Appleton (1808–1865)
Henry Holmes Belfield (1815-1890) [born England] married Elizabeth Broom (1820-1895)
Cynthia (Scynthia) Belfield, (1818-1876) [born England, died in Keokuk, Iowa] She married James Eaton Johnston (abt.1811-1878)[born in Scotland, died in Missouri].
Maria Louisa Belfield (1818-1900) married Isaac Smith Tussey (1814-1876)
Mary Virginia Belfield (1824-1910) married James Farren (1819-1889)
Alfred Belfield (1822-1886)[born Maryland] married Maria Johnson (1829-1911)
Children:
Dr. Henry Holmes, Education, (1837-1912) married Anna Wallace Miller(1848-1928)
- 8 children
Emma Selener Belfield (1841-1845) born Camden, New Jersey, across from Philadelphia, died in Philadelphia, Penn. died age 4
Dr. Frederick William Belfield, M.D. (1844-1873) born Philadelphia, Penn. died of the Cholera Epidemic in Valley City, (Pleasant Valley), Missouri - 2 children
Selener Emma Belfield, twin (1847 - 1938) born Iowa, died Chicago
Charles Edward Belfield, twin (1847-1888) born Iowa, died Chicago
William Marshall Belfield, died at the age of 16 when he fell off a river boat on the Mississippi.
Anne Elizabeth Belfield, died at the age of two years in St. Louis, Missouri
Dr. William Thomas Belfield, M.D. (1854-1929) born Iowa, died Chicago
-no children
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