Greetings listers, Does anyone have any knowledge of the following family found in the 1861 census: P3352 ED22 F80 SN213 Dwelling: 27 Long Row, Farnley, Leeds Joseph BARRACLOUGH Head M 44 Iron stone miner Horton Eunice BARRACLOUGH Wife M 35 Wibsey William BARRACLOUGH Son S 18 Coal miner Wibsey Abraham BARRACLOUGH Son 15 Kanger? on pit bottom Wibsey Leah BARRACLOUGH Dau 9 Nurse Wibsey Martha BARRACLOUGH Dau 6 Scholar Wibsey Ruth BARRACLOUGH Dau 5 Farnley Maria BARRACLOUGH Dau 7m Farnley William THOMAS Lodger W 53 Iron stone miner Wetherby Henry BARRACLOUGH Lodger M 44 Iron stone miner Shelf Margaret A ANDERSON Serv S 27 House servant Sunderland, Durham The reason I ask is that next door to them is this family: P3352 ED22 F80/81 SN214 Dwelling: 28 Long Row, Farnley, Leeds Jonas WOOD Head M 42 Iron stone miner North Bierley Mary WOOD Wife M 39 Wibsey John WOOD Son 17 Iron stone miner Wibsey Joseph WOOD Son 14 Iron stone miner Wibsey Mary WOOD Dau 12 Nurse Wibsey Deborah WOOD Dau 2 Farnley Samuel WOOD Father W 72 Colliery labourer Wibsey Samuel WOOD, above is my whatever great grandfather and I believe he married Hannah BARRACLOUGH in 1817 at Bradford. Hannah was born about 1790, give or take a couple of years. I just wondered if there was a connection between her and the BARRACLOUGH family above. If anyone can throw any light on the subject, I would be pleased to hear from you. Regards, Martin Bentley If you have a Yorkshire BENTLEY in your family tree, Check out my website by clicking the link below: HYPERLINK "http://www.westridingbentley.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk"www.westridingbentley.pwp .blueyonder.co.uk -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.4 - Release Date: 27/04/2005

Martin Connection between the two families more than possible, my gtx2 grandfather was a William Wood, of Low Moor, Bradford. His granddaughter married Fred Hudson Barraclough who was descended from the Barracloughs of Horton. At one time my grandmothers family lived in Farnley. There were ironworks in both Low Moor and Farnley, and families seem to have moved regularly between the two places. At the moment I am trying to trace William Wood, there is a possibility that his father was called Samuel. Anne