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Blackrod was in the union and county court district of Wigan.

If you google John Atherton, Atherton Tablelands you should find interesting articles on him.

A John Atherton born in Blackrod, WIgan 1837 was the son of Edmund Atherton of Blackrod Farm and came to Australia as a child with his family. They arrived in 1844 in Sydney. John was a cattleman...

I’ve looked at the GRO for the birth certs. I put all the children in and came up with only three who had the mother down as Morris. On the earlier census Jane snr is down as being born in...

I did think that, but haven’t found any others. The area they lived was very poor with insanitary living conditions with high incidences of cholera and typhus so the chances are high they lost other...

Looking for John Powell. Born I think 1820/21 ish. I have found him on the census for 1851/61/71. His occupation was Sawyer and he was married to Jane. Place names were Gresford, Wrexham and...

My main research on my Yorkshire side is around York and Leeds.

CHARLTON (York and Leeds)

KIRBY (York and Leeds)

MALTBY (York)

SHEARING (York)

My main areas of interest are in Lancashire around Atherton and Tyldesley.

BRADSHAW
NEAL (with Yorkshire connection)
PENDLEBURY
PRESCOTT
POWELL (With Welsh connection)
SKEAT (with Liverpool...