1 Oct 1846. John Hirst, of full age, bachelor, manufacturer, of Digley Mill, Holme, son of John Hirst, manufacturer, Married Mary Barber, of full age, spinster, of Holmbridge, Kirkburton, daughter of Joshua Barber, manufacturer.
In 1845 Mary Barber's brother, Edmund, married Sarah Hirst, the sister of Mary Barber Hirst's brother.