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I have been looking for a while for the birth registration of my gt gt Grandfather Robert Gorrill Pearson. I have him on 1871, 1881, 1891 & 1901 and both of his marriages in 1872 and 1889. His birth is always listed as Manchester in 1850/51. His mother was Betsy Breaks and his father John Pearson....

My grandfather - JOSHUA NAYLOR - has proved a mystery for some years. I finally tracked down some records from the Post Office Archives which led me to his birth certificate; he was born JOSHUA OWEN. His birth certificate gives his father's name as GEORGE OWEN, and his mother as MARY OWEN,...

Seeking info about this family who may have had a mill with Hoggard's/Hoggarth's Mill written on the roof-still visible in 1950's

I had been quite happily tracing my Beeforth ancestors back through Leeds to the point where all the Leeds Beeforths seem to have originated from George Beeforth and Mary (probably Shenton). The 1851 Leeds census suggests George was born in Warrington in 1804 and Mary in Manchester in 1804. A...

Members of my family, George and Mary Watson and some of their chidlren, were living at 32 Worsley Street (ward = St. Clements, parish = At. Andrews) in the 1871 census, and there seem to be six different families living at that address. Does anyone know anythong about such multiple occupancy? ...

Hi I'm a new member and posted the following on the Lancs site not realising there was a Liverpool site as well. I've been researching my family tree for a few months now. But keep coming up against a brick wall linking my Grandad to a 1891 family. Grandad James Harrison Smith.married Ellen...

Hi i'm a new member. I've been researching my family tree, for a few months now, but keep coming up against a brick wall linking my Grandad, to a 1891 family. Grandad, James Harrison Smith.married Ellen Jane Hunt in Liverpool 1904. He was aged 20 yrs.Address on cert given as Skirving St....

Hi I have a list of names that I am currently working on they are: ECCLES - Eccles/Salford STOREY - Eccles/Salford POLLITT - Salford KEWLEY - Eccles If anyone has an interest in any of these names please contact me.

Can anyone do a lookup for me please. I am researching my husbands grand mother - Annie Cartwright. She is on the 1901 census an inmate, age 15 - birthplace unknown. Northenden Road Industrial School for Girls, Sale. This institution was run from the Manchester Industrial Schhol for Boys....

Hello Could some kind soul look up the 1861 census and see if they can find (bit of a long shot): Mary Wheatley aged about 34 (born Runcorn, Cheshire) Ann Wheatley aged about 7 (born West Bromwich, Staffordshire) William Wheatley aged about 4 (born Glasgow) Joseph Wheatley, a few months...

I am looking for the husband of Maria HEREFORD (maiden name)- her marriage is on the 1879 March qtr for Burnley but she is one of 3 women on the page and there are only 2 men. I am fairly sure (from my searches) that the men were married to the two other women and not Maria. I know that the cert...

My g grandfather committed suicide in 1911. At the time he was living in Ardwick. Does anybody know which cemetery/s at the time had unconsecrated ground where he could possibilty have been buried. Rusholme cemetery was suggested but he was not buried there. Does anybody know if there was...

My Greatgrandmother, Hannah Kemp, was born 17th. April 1848 at 93, Oldham Rd., Manchester. I have tried, using 2 researchers, to get entries on the 1851 census for this family. On both occaisions I have been told that these pages are lost. Has anyone any suggestion as to how I can pursue the...

I am researching the family of William Nickson (b Abt 1818 Newchurch, Cheshire, England) married Ellen Cartwright (b Abt 1813 Paddington, England) 13 Jun 1837 St John's Church, Chester, Cheshire, England. As far as I know they had 6 children. Walter, Ann, Elizabeth, William, Sarah, Joseph

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Looking for LOONEY's in Liverpool (Yes,really!!) Linda & Tony