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Hi all Would anyone be able to tell me anything on Richard Shaw. Born circa 1796 in Bury. Married Ann Wright in Bury May 11, 1824. Listed in 1841 census on Bell Lane with Ann and sons Thomas James and West. Thanks for any help. Trying to figure out his parents. Cheers Neal Shaw Ontario...

Hi Can i ask if anyone has access to Barton parish records i am looking for the baptism of James Baguley 1803, someone found this for me a few years ago just the name and yearno date , i think his parents are Joseph and Martha Turner, i can find other children for Joseph and Martha but James...

I should very much appreciate a look up of HANNAH BARNS in the 1841 census: H0107 / 501/3. St. Michael's On Wyre, Lancashire, Enumeration District 4; Folio 16, Page 27, Line 8. How old is she? Thanks. Sandgrown.

This is a series of fascinating articles of Jewish life in Liverpool in the early 20thC. They were written by Abe Max for the Liverpool Jewish Gazette & put on the web by his nephew, Jeff Max. http://jeffmax.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/abe_max.html (I've put this thread in this forum, as well as the...

Hello all, This is directed to Mike Morris, seeking your kind help once again. According to the 1876 Slater's Directory: Foundry Street, Oldham. I have located Foundry Street on my 1849 map. Can you determine on any of your old maps exactly at which end of Foundry Street numbers 14 and 16...

Hi! In the early 1950's my parents would take me to put flowers on my grandparents' graves. All I can remember is that it was in Liverpool, the name Thornton might be appropriate, maybe Garden of Rest, and there was a bus terminus just in sight. Can anyone identify the cemetery and would you...

I am looking at a poor copy of the 1851 census page for Salwick, page 13 (165?), No. 26, Kirkham Road, William Sudale, Head. I am unable to make out the occupation of the last named in the household: John Bains (should be Barns - he left money and property to William in his will), half-cousin, U,...

I am trying to find out what the Woodstock Hotel, 564 Wilbraham Road, Chorlton, was called in 1961. Perhaps it was called the Woodstock or maybe it was something else. Does anyone remember? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Ann

Hi I have a marriage between Joseph Baguley and Martha Clegg at Manchester Cathedral 19/2/1792, this information is from the IGI, has anyone access to these records to see if there is any more information for this couple like parents or witness Thank you Peanut

Any one out there know of any Wagster Familys? Lived in and around Manchester in 1930s onwards possibly earlier!Very uncommon name ,did you know John,Jimmy,Dorothy,Annie,Joey and Georgie or their parents?Any info welcome,I have very little to go on! Their Mother was known as Molly( what was Molly...

BENJAMIN SLADE, my great great grandfather, was born in 1836 in or around Manchester, I believe. His parents were William John Slade (b.1788 in Gloucestershire) and Mary Williams (b.1798 in Wales), and his older siblings were Elizabeth (b.1827), John (b.1829), and Mary (b.1834 in Manchester)....

Would someone please confirm the occupation of Robert Knowles on the census above, Thanks Jen

Hi, I have been searching for information on Evelyn Johnson and have since found out that she was working as a servant for a family in Scotland. (Glasgow??? We think). She became pregnant and was sent away to have the child. West Derby, Lancashire. Later she married a man by the last name of...

I am looking for the following information on this family in 1901. In 1891 they were in Pendleton Salford. Elizabeth Knowles 8 Frances Knowles 2 Maria Knowles 6 Robert Knowles 36 Sarah Knowles 34 Sarah Knowles 12 Stanley Knowles 4 Thanks

Another thread had just reminded me of an Inquest held in Liverpool on the 18th August 1930. Joseph William Eveleigh ALEE died on 16 August 1930 at 126 Smithdown Road, his home address was Upper Pitt Street. Cause: Toxaemia following Compound Fracture of the Left Tibia and Fibula caused by...

Hi Im looking for family of Sarah Farrell nee Martin she was born Widnes about 1896 she married a John Farrell in Prescot in 1917, she had Catherine born 1918, Sarah 1919 Norah 1922 John 1924 and Thomas 1927, My dad is 83 now and he has always wondered what happened to his cousins any help would be...

Can Anyone identify a place called 'Pottery Rock' in Toxteth Park. It was there in 1860 as it is a registered place of residence on an ancestor's birth cert. I am pretty familiar with the geography of old Liverpool and the many name changes a lot of its streets went through but I can't find where...

Hello, may I ask what is the simplest way to see if my bio father, Joseph HOBIN was baptized in Barow in St. Mary's Church and then to obtain that certificate? Joseph's parents< John HOBIN and Annie McKAY (described in cerificate as McKEE) were married on 14th of May, 1879 at St. Mary's Church...

I have found a Rebecca Kelly who I think is my gggGmother in the !871 census in "Workhouse Hospital". The district - Manchester, Market Street. This is obviously not the workhouse at Crumpsall. Are records available for this site? Anything on-line, CDs?? She is down as age 68 (close enough), but...

Hi Everyone ! I posted the following on the introductory page but perhaps it will be better here. The info is also on Liverpool & SW Lancs website. Thanks to all those helping ! My gr grandmother Sarah Ellen Williams was born in Liverpool in 1870. In June 1887 she married James Thomas Cahill...