My thanks to everyone for their ideas and suggestions, I think that I may be on their trail, so watch this space. Regards Lilian

Hi All, I am looking for newspaper obituaries from the 1840s through to early 1900s in Tameside. Does anyone know of an on-line resource for these? If not on-line, would such old newspapers be physically archived anywhere? Your guidance appreciated. Geoff Roosen Melbourne, Australia Researching: KINDER, RAMSBOTTOM, LONGSDEN, RIDER, GOODWIN in Cheshire

Sharon-Let me know if you still need a picture of the Britannia Inn, 22 Churchgate, in Stockport. I have a picture from the late 19th C that I can send you.-Bryan Sent from my iPhone

hi Geoff Find My Past has a large number of British Newspapers online. Joan ________________________________ From: Geoff Roosen <gnroosen@ozemail.com.au> To: CHESHIRE Mail List <cheshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, 8 February 2014, 23:08 Subject: [CHS] Old Obituaries Hi All, I am looking for newspaper obituaries from the 1840s through to early 1900s in Tameside.  Does anyone know of an on-line resource for these?  If not on-line, would such old newspapers be physically archived anywhere?  Your guidance appreciated. Geoff Roosen Melbourne, Australia Researching:  KINDER, RAMSBOTTOM, LONGSDEN, RIDER, GOODWIN in Cheshire ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Lyn.. Once again it has been brought to my attention that my receiving of mails in "packets" results in missing out on some listers' mails. Your mail re Blacksmiths, which I did receive, mentions a mail subject, which I did not receive. Annoying, but not wanting to change away from my current method of reception I'll continue to hope I don't miss out on valuable information. Copy of your mail follows. James >From CHESHIRE Digest, Vol.9,Issue 25 (2/08/2014) Not sure if this has had a mention as yet. It may be useful to someone .It aims to be worldwide and contributions are requested. Compiled by Ann Spiro, there is a Cheshire section. Regards, Lyn

Do you have a web address for it please Lyn Liz P On 7 February 2014 14:30, Mrs L. McCulloch <lyn.mcculloch@btinternet.com>wrote: > Not sure if this has had a mention as yet. It may be useful to someone > .It aims to be worldwide and contributions are requested. > Compiled by Ann Spiro, there is a Cheshire section. > Regards, > Lyn > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Not sure if this has had a mention as yet. It may be useful to someone .It aims to be worldwide and contributions are requested. Compiled by Ann Spiro, there is a Cheshire section. Regards, Lyn

Just a thought.... Could it be the Cheadle in Staffordshire rather than in Cheshire? Sent from my iPad On 6 Feb 2014, at 10:49, "Lesley Baxendale" <tree.dovercourt17@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi again Lilian, > > Saltersford-cum-Kettleshulme is Prestbury. I have no idea why it is > listed as such as both Saltersford and Kettleshulme villages are a good > way from the church, but it must the way they did the early records. St > Peters Prestbury, was the mother church for a wide area in and around > Macclesfield and is an ancient church. Before the building of the > chapelries, it would have been the norm to travel there for baptisms, > marriages & burials. > > It didn't however, cover Stockport, so if your family is based there, > then I would think it's more likely that they headed towards Manchester > rather than Prestbury. They could of course have started off in the > Macclesfield/Prestbury area and migrated to Stockport for work. > > I couldn't find a marriage for Thomas & Elizabeth/Betty either, so they > could have been married in a non-conformist church, or further afield > than Cheshire. I did find a marriage for a Thomas Higham and Lydia > Henshall in Stockport in 1817. This Thomas was a Hatter (not unusal in > Stockport). No clues with witnesses as both of them signed all the > marriages that day so probably not related. > > There is also a marriage for a Thomas Higham to Elizabeth Ridings at > Manchester Cathedral on 22 September 1817. I had a look at the record > on Ancestry and both parties are given as 'of this parish' but that's > not unusual. This Thomas was a Cordwainer and again, the witnesses were > probably not related. > > Hope this helps. > > Lesley > > On 05/02/2014 19:08, Lilian Fowler wrote: >> Thank you very much Leslie and Eric for your very prompt replies - I have >> sent for the certificate relating to Betty Higham (don't quite know how I >> missed it)as I am sure that is the correct one, however I think that I will >> write to Warrington regarding Thomas, as his age on the Cheshire Parish >> Registers definitely is 64 years, >> >> I have looked again at my baptism records for the Higham children all the >> addresses are given as Edgeley and they are solemnised in 'The Parish of >> Cheadle' so I still don't know which church it would be, so perhaps it is >> the Methodist Church. >> >> I will let you know how I get on. Would you also be able to help with >> another query please; on the Family Search site I have found >> Elizabeth/Betty, and it says that the family are in Saltersford cum >> Kettlehulme, I haven't been able to find a marriage for Thomas and >> Elizabeth, but it appears that their first child was Henry born in 1821. I >> have looked 5 years either side of that date but no luck. >> >> I do seem to get lost on this family I'm afraid. >> >> Once again many thanks Lilian >> >> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> . >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 4 >> Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 17:26:58 -0000 >> From: "Lilian Fowler" <lilian.fowler@ntlworld.com> >> Subject: [CHS] Higham Family of Cheshire >> To: <CHESHIRE@rootsweb.com> >> Message-ID: <000001cf21ce$4f7d3920$ee77ab60$@fowler@ntlworld.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> I Wonder if SKS can help with my query if so I would be most grateful - >> >> My 2 x gt. Grandmother was Betty/Elizabeth Higham married to Thomas Higham - >> I have looked at the Cheshire Parish Lists and have found that she was >> buried 28/03/1838 aged 42yrs at Edgeley, Cheadle, but don't know where the >> church would be (or which one) she is recorded on Free BMD, Stockport, so I >> wonder which Register Office I would have to contact to obtain a Death >> Certificate. >> >> Her husband Thomas married a few months later to a widow (Mary Harrop) and >> on the 1841 census they are living Gate Street North, Cheadle, Cheshire, he >> is also recorded in 1851 with Mary and 2 children at 34 Pool Lane, >> Brinnington, Stockport. He is recorded on the Cheshire Parish Project buried >> at Larkhill 01/09/1857, aged 64yrs but I can't find him on Free BMD. >> >> I would also like to purchase his death certificate, but again don't know >> which office I would need to contact. I had given up for some while on the >> Higham Family, but have now had my appetite whetted once more as I have >> found through the Cheshire Registers that their daughter also >> Elizabeth/Betty (my gt. Grandmother)had a twin sister named Ann, both >> baptised Edgeley, but have not had any luck in finding Ann on the 1841 >> census with her brothers and sisters, so she may have died. >> >> Thank you Lilian >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 5 >> Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 20:31:01 +0000 >> From: Lesley Baxendale <tree.dovercourt17@googlemail.com> >> Subject: Re: [CHS] Higham Family of Cheshire >> To: cheshire@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: <52F14E05.8050508@googlemail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >> Hi Lilian, >> >> Betty's death appears on both FreeBMD and Cheshire BMD in the 1st quarter of >> 1838. It was registered in Stockport First district, which would be >> Stockport Register Office. >> >> If you do a search on Cheshire BMD (where she's listed as Betty Heigham), >> you can click on the resulting link and get a form to fill in. >> >> www.cheshirebmd.org.uk >> >> Larkhill is in Warrington & there is only one death for a Thomas Higham >> recorded on both FreeBMD and Cheshire BMD in that year, although no age is >> given. It's in Warrington, so is probably your man. >> >> Regards >> >> Lesley Baxendale >> Colwyn Bay >> >> . >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 6 >> Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 20:54:06 -0000 >> From: "Eric Millward" <bruckshaw1@tiscali.co.uk> >> Subject: Re: [CHS] Higham Family of Cheshire >> To: "Lilian Fowler" <lilian.fowler@ntlworld.com>, "Cheshire List" >> <cheshire@rootsweb.com> >> Message-ID: <70524F4E12C94099840644C01D84CDA5@home> >> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >> reply-type=original >> >> Lilian, >> >> Having been bred in that area I think you will find it is Northgate St ... >> It is now Northgate Road and Lark Hill is at the Brinksway end of Northgate >> Road. There was a Methodist Church with a burial ground in Edgeley. >> >> Almost certainly the Stockport RO is the one you need but if you have the >> name, death age and year correct it is odd that it is not on the Cheshire >> BMD.. And again Thomas is not on that site either. Check for spelling >> variants. >> >> Good luck >> >> Eric Millward >> >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3684/7058 - Release Date: 02/03/14 >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To contact the CHESHIRE list administrator, send an email to >> CHESHIRE-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> To post a message to the CHESHIRE mailing list, send an email to >> CHESHIRE@rootsweb.com. >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. >> >> >> End of CHESHIRE Digest, Vol 9, Issue 22 >> *************************************** >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi again Lilian, Saltersford-cum-Kettleshulme is Prestbury. I have no idea why it is listed as such as both Saltersford and Kettleshulme villages are a good way from the church, but it must the way they did the early records. St Peters Prestbury, was the mother church for a wide area in and around Macclesfield and is an ancient church. Before the building of the chapelries, it would have been the norm to travel there for baptisms, marriages & burials. It didn't however, cover Stockport, so if your family is based there, then I would think it's more likely that they headed towards Manchester rather than Prestbury. They could of course have started off in the Macclesfield/Prestbury area and migrated to Stockport for work. I couldn't find a marriage for Thomas & Elizabeth/Betty either, so they could have been married in a non-conformist church, or further afield than Cheshire. I did find a marriage for a Thomas Higham and Lydia Henshall in Stockport in 1817. This Thomas was a Hatter (not unusal in Stockport). No clues with witnesses as both of them signed all the marriages that day so probably not related. There is also a marriage for a Thomas Higham to Elizabeth Ridings at Manchester Cathedral on 22 September 1817. I had a look at the record on Ancestry and both parties are given as 'of this parish' but that's not unusual. This Thomas was a Cordwainer and again, the witnesses were probably not related. Hope this helps. Lesley On 05/02/2014 19:08, Lilian Fowler wrote: > Thank you very much Leslie and Eric for your very prompt replies - I have > sent for the certificate relating to Betty Higham (don't quite know how I > missed it)as I am sure that is the correct one, however I think that I will > write to Warrington regarding Thomas, as his age on the Cheshire Parish > Registers definitely is 64 years, > > I have looked again at my baptism records for the Higham children all the > addresses are given as Edgeley and they are solemnised in 'The Parish of > Cheadle' so I still don't know which church it would be, so perhaps it is > the Methodist Church. > > I will let you know how I get on. Would you also be able to help with > another query please; on the Family Search site I have found > Elizabeth/Betty, and it says that the family are in Saltersford cum > Kettlehulme, I haven't been able to find a marriage for Thomas and > Elizabeth, but it appears that their first child was Henry born in 1821. I > have looked 5 years either side of that date but no luck. > > I do seem to get lost on this family I'm afraid. > > Once again many thanks Lilian > > >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------ > . > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 17:26:58 -0000 > From: "Lilian Fowler" <lilian.fowler@ntlworld.com> > Subject: [CHS] Higham Family of Cheshire > To: <CHESHIRE@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <000001cf21ce$4f7d3920$ee77ab60$@fowler@ntlworld.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I Wonder if SKS can help with my query if so I would be most grateful - > > My 2 x gt. Grandmother was Betty/Elizabeth Higham married to Thomas Higham - > I have looked at the Cheshire Parish Lists and have found that she was > buried 28/03/1838 aged 42yrs at Edgeley, Cheadle, but don't know where the > church would be (or which one) she is recorded on Free BMD, Stockport, so I > wonder which Register Office I would have to contact to obtain a Death > Certificate. > > Her husband Thomas married a few months later to a widow (Mary Harrop) and > on the 1841 census they are living Gate Street North, Cheadle, Cheshire, he > is also recorded in 1851 with Mary and 2 children at 34 Pool Lane, > Brinnington, Stockport. He is recorded on the Cheshire Parish Project buried > at Larkhill 01/09/1857, aged 64yrs but I can't find him on Free BMD. > > I would also like to purchase his death certificate, but again don't know > which office I would need to contact. I had given up for some while on the > Higham Family, but have now had my appetite whetted once more as I have > found through the Cheshire Registers that their daughter also > Elizabeth/Betty (my gt. Grandmother)had a twin sister named Ann, both > baptised Edgeley, but have not had any luck in finding Ann on the 1841 > census with her brothers and sisters, so she may have died. > > Thank you Lilian > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 20:31:01 +0000 > From: Lesley Baxendale <tree.dovercourt17@googlemail.com> > Subject: Re: [CHS] Higham Family of Cheshire > To: cheshire@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <52F14E05.8050508@googlemail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hi Lilian, > > Betty's death appears on both FreeBMD and Cheshire BMD in the 1st quarter of > 1838. It was registered in Stockport First district, which would be > Stockport Register Office. > > If you do a search on Cheshire BMD (where she's listed as Betty Heigham), > you can click on the resulting link and get a form to fill in. > > www.cheshirebmd.org.uk > > Larkhill is in Warrington & there is only one death for a Thomas Higham > recorded on both FreeBMD and Cheshire BMD in that year, although no age is > given. It's in Warrington, so is probably your man. > > Regards > > Lesley Baxendale > Colwyn Bay > > . >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 20:54:06 -0000 > From: "Eric Millward" <bruckshaw1@tiscali.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [CHS] Higham Family of Cheshire > To: "Lilian Fowler" <lilian.fowler@ntlworld.com>, "Cheshire List" > <cheshire@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <70524F4E12C94099840644C01D84CDA5@home> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Lilian, > > Having been bred in that area I think you will find it is Northgate St ... > It is now Northgate Road and Lark Hill is at the Brinksway end of Northgate > Road. There was a Methodist Church with a burial ground in Edgeley. > > Almost certainly the Stockport RO is the one you need but if you have the > name, death age and year correct it is odd that it is not on the Cheshire > BMD.. And again Thomas is not on that site either. Check for spelling > variants. > > Good luck > > Eric Millward > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3684/7058 - Release Date: 02/03/14 > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the CHESHIRE list administrator, send an email to > CHESHIRE-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the CHESHIRE mailing list, send an email to > CHESHIRE@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. > > > End of CHESHIRE Digest, Vol 9, Issue 22 > *************************************** > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Ruth, Have you contacted the church archivist? I see from the church website that they have one. www.stpetersprestbury.org.uk He may be able to help mikeakerman@hotmail.com Regards, Lyn PS No mention of George Watts in Raymond Richards' Cheshire Churches which does mention quite a few of the MIs in the church..

Thank you Guy, but yes I have scoured. Unfortunately very few parish records survive for Prestbury and there are no Hearth or other tax returns for that period, nor Protestation Returns. George WATTS lived in Adlington in the parish of Prestbury. Adlington Hall keeps its own archive but its not open to the general public - and that was a last hope for me for records other than parish chest. Ah well, let's see whether the church itself has something literally within its walls. Request sent. Ruth

In 1841 I found this family at Lark Hill. Cheadle Bulkeley Thomas Higham45,Mary Higham30,Henry Higham20,Alice Higham15,Mary Higham14,Betty Higham12,Sarah Higham7,Susannah Higham5,Martha Higham2. This is not the address which you found but is the Lark Hill near Northgate Street which I mentioned earlier so Warrington may not be appropriate. >From ChesBMD Martha's mother may have been STREET. She was registered in 1839 so may be Mary's child. Eric Millward ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3684/7063 - Release Date: 02/05/14

Thank you very much Leslie and Eric for your very prompt replies - I have sent for the certificate relating to Betty Higham (don't quite know how I missed it)as I am sure that is the correct one, however I think that I will write to Warrington regarding Thomas, as his age on the Cheshire Parish Registers definitely is 64 years, I have looked again at my baptism records for the Higham children all the addresses are given as Edgeley and they are solemnised in 'The Parish of Cheadle' so I still don't know which church it would be, so perhaps it is the Methodist Church. I will let you know how I get on. Would you also be able to help with another query please; on the Family Search site I have found Elizabeth/Betty, and it says that the family are in Saltersford cum Kettlehulme, I haven't been able to find a marriage for Thomas and Elizabeth, but it appears that their first child was Henry born in 1821. I have looked 5 years either side of that date but no luck. I do seem to get lost on this family I'm afraid. Once again many thanks Lilian > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------ . ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 17:26:58 -0000 From: "Lilian Fowler" <lilian.fowler@ntlworld.com> Subject: [CHS] Higham Family of Cheshire To: <CHESHIRE@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <000001cf21ce$4f7d3920$ee77ab60$@fowler@ntlworld.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I Wonder if SKS can help with my query if so I would be most grateful - My 2 x gt. Grandmother was Betty/Elizabeth Higham married to Thomas Higham - I have looked at the Cheshire Parish Lists and have found that she was buried 28/03/1838 aged 42yrs at Edgeley, Cheadle, but don't know where the church would be (or which one) she is recorded on Free BMD, Stockport, so I wonder which Register Office I would have to contact to obtain a Death Certificate. Her husband Thomas married a few months later to a widow (Mary Harrop) and on the 1841 census they are living Gate Street North, Cheadle, Cheshire, he is also recorded in 1851 with Mary and 2 children at 34 Pool Lane, Brinnington, Stockport. He is recorded on the Cheshire Parish Project buried at Larkhill 01/09/1857, aged 64yrs but I can't find him on Free BMD. I would also like to purchase his death certificate, but again don't know which office I would need to contact. I had given up for some while on the Higham Family, but have now had my appetite whetted once more as I have found through the Cheshire Registers that their daughter also Elizabeth/Betty (my gt. Grandmother)had a twin sister named Ann, both baptised Edgeley, but have not had any luck in finding Ann on the 1841 census with her brothers and sisters, so she may have died. Thank you Lilian ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 20:31:01 +0000 From: Lesley Baxendale <tree.dovercourt17@googlemail.com> Subject: Re: [CHS] Higham Family of Cheshire To: cheshire@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <52F14E05.8050508@googlemail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hi Lilian, Betty's death appears on both FreeBMD and Cheshire BMD in the 1st quarter of 1838. It was registered in Stockport First district, which would be Stockport Register Office. If you do a search on Cheshire BMD (where she's listed as Betty Heigham), you can click on the resulting link and get a form to fill in. www.cheshirebmd.org.uk Larkhill is in Warrington & there is only one death for a Thomas Higham recorded on both FreeBMD and Cheshire BMD in that year, although no age is given. It's in Warrington, so is probably your man. Regards Lesley Baxendale Colwyn Bay . > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 20:54:06 -0000 From: "Eric Millward" <bruckshaw1@tiscali.co.uk> Subject: Re: [CHS] Higham Family of Cheshire To: "Lilian Fowler" <lilian.fowler@ntlworld.com>, "Cheshire List" <cheshire@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <70524F4E12C94099840644C01D84CDA5@home> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Lilian, Having been bred in that area I think you will find it is Northgate St ... It is now Northgate Road and Lark Hill is at the Brinksway end of Northgate Road. There was a Methodist Church with a burial ground in Edgeley. Almost certainly the Stockport RO is the one you need but if you have the name, death age and year correct it is odd that it is not on the Cheshire BMD.. And again Thomas is not on that site either. Check for spelling variants. Good luck Eric Millward ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3684/7058 - Release Date: 02/03/14 ------------------------------ To contact the CHESHIRE list administrator, send an email to CHESHIRE-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the CHESHIRE mailing list, send an email to CHESHIRE@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of CHESHIRE Digest, Vol 9, Issue 22 ***************************************

Thank you Lesley for the look-up. I think I will have to contact the vicars - there are three of them - at Prestbury to ask if they would kindly let me know whether there is a visible memorial to George Watts in the church there. So many memorials of people buried in the floors of churches are now covered with carpet or matting and are very often worn away by the feet of worshippers anyway. But I'll give it a try. Ruth

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I seem to have a few certificates that don't belong to me. If they belong to anyone I would be glad to pass them on Death Eliza Snelson Husband Joseph Snelson Death Elizabeth Ravenscroft Huband Williiam Ravenscroft Death Male Father James Bateman Mary present at death Birth Samuel son of John Bateman & Ann (Stockton) Birth Alice daughter of Thomas Bateman and Hannah (Brown) Birth Mary Elizabeth daughter of Samuel Snelson and Elizabeth (Whittaker)

Lilian, I read the details you provided on your family members and thought the parallels were too much to pass by. Let me start by telling you what I learned of my 4 X great grandparents. My ggrandfather died in 1836 and ggrandmother in 1840. She resided in Brinnington when she passed. They both were buried at the Bethesda Methodist Cemetery, Cheadle Edgeley. A couple of years ago I went searching for this cemetery and was unable to locate it, so I contacted the Stockport Library. A very nice and helpful man took up my search and phoned me back within the hour. He explained to me that the cemetery had been over taken by a row of shops. The library had the MIs from the cemetery, but very little else in the way of information. I hope my experience may somehow aid you in your endeavors. Curt Clough On 04/02/2014 17:26, Lilian Fowler wrote: > I Wonder if SKS can help with my query if so I would be most grateful - > > My 2 x gt. Grandmother was Betty/Elizabeth Higham married to Thomas Higham - > I have looked at the Cheshire Parish Lists and have found that she was > buried 28/03/1838 aged 42yrs at Edgeley, Cheadle, but don't know where the > church would be (or which one) she is recorded on Free BMD, Stockport, so I > wonder which Register Office I would have to contact to obtain a Death > Certificate. > > Her husband Thomas married a few months later to a widow (Mary Harrop) and > on the 1841 census they are living Gate Street North, Cheadle, Cheshire, he > is also recorded in 1851 with Mary and 2 children at 34 Pool Lane, > Brinnington, Stockport. He is recorded on the Cheshire Parish Project buried > at Larkhill 01/09/1857, aged 64yrs but I can't find him on Free BMD. > > I would also like to purchase his death certificate, but again don't know > which office I would need to contact. I had given up for some while on the > Higham Family, but have now had my appetite whetted once more as I have > found through the Cheshire Registers that their daughter also > Elizabeth/Betty (my gt. Grandmother)had a twin sister named Ann, both > baptised Edgeley, but have not had any luck in finding Ann on the 1841 > census with her brothers and sisters, so she may have died. > > Thank you Lilian > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Lilian, Having been bred in that area I think you will find it is Northgate St ... It is now Northgate Road and Lark Hill is at the Brinksway end of Northgate Road. There was a Methodist Church with a burial ground in Edgeley. Almost certainly the Stockport RO is the one you need but if you have the name, death age and year correct it is odd that it is not on the Cheshire BMD.. And again Thomas is not on that site either. Check for spelling variants. Good luck Eric Millward ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3684/7058 - Release Date: 02/03/14

Hi Lilian, Betty's death appears on both FreeBMD and Cheshire BMD in the 1st quarter of 1838. It was registered in Stockport First district, which would be Stockport Register Office. If you do a search on Cheshire BMD (where she's listed as Betty Heigham), you can click on the resulting link and get a form to fill in. www.cheshirebmd.org.uk Larkhill is in Warrington & there is only one death for a Thomas Higham recorded on both FreeBMD and Cheshire BMD in that year, although no age is given. It's in Warrington, so is probably your man. Regards Lesley Baxendale Colwyn Bay On 04/02/2014 17:26, Lilian Fowler wrote: > I Wonder if SKS can help with my query if so I would be most grateful - > > My 2 x gt. Grandmother was Betty/Elizabeth Higham married to Thomas Higham - > I have looked at the Cheshire Parish Lists and have found that she was > buried 28/03/1838 aged 42yrs at Edgeley, Cheadle, but don't know where the > church would be (or which one) she is recorded on Free BMD, Stockport, so I > wonder which Register Office I would have to contact to obtain a Death > Certificate. > > Her husband Thomas married a few months later to a widow (Mary Harrop) and > on the 1841 census they are living Gate Street North, Cheadle, Cheshire, he > is also recorded in 1851 with Mary and 2 children at 34 Pool Lane, > Brinnington, Stockport. He is recorded on the Cheshire Parish Project buried > at Larkhill 01/09/1857, aged 64yrs but I can't find him on Free BMD. > > I would also like to purchase his death certificate, but again don't know > which office I would need to contact. I had given up for some while on the > Higham Family, but have now had my appetite whetted once more as I have > found through the Cheshire Registers that their daughter also > Elizabeth/Betty (my gt. Grandmother)had a twin sister named Ann, both > baptised Edgeley, but have not had any luck in finding Ann on the 1841 > census with her brothers and sisters, so she may have died. > > Thank you Lilian > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Ruth I can't help you myself, but have you scoured the Cheshire Hearth Tax returns, especially Macclesfield Hundred in which Prestbury parish lies? Guy On 4 February 2014 09:35, Lesley Baxendale <tree.dovercourt17@googlemail.com > wrote: > Hi Ruth, > > I've had a look on the Macclesfield & District MI's CD's where Prestbury > is listed. I can't find any record for memorials inside the church. > They all seem to be for the graveyard itself. > > Someone may be able to go to the church and have a look for you though - > I'm a bit too far away. > > Regards > > Lesley Baxendale > Colwyn Bay > > On 04/02/2014 08:41, Ruth J wrote: > > I posted the following on 30 Dec - not the most salubrious time to do it > > (!) - so I'm reposting. > > > > <<George WATTS of Adlington was buried at St Peter's Church, Prestbury, > 26 > > April 1662, and listed in Prestbury PRs as being buried 'in templo' > (inside > > the church). > > > > I believe that MI's have been recorded for this church graveyard. They > may > > include memorials inside the church, too. > > > > Is anyone visiting the church in the near future who might be able to > take a > > photograph of any memorial to him there? Failing that, perhaps they > would be > > kind enough to note the inscription which might give me a clue to his > age at > > death and any names of family members buried with him.>> > > > > As I'm researching in the dim and dark past here I would be very grateful > > for any sightings of this man. I know that he married Thomasin ? and > had 7 > > children, William, Anne, Thomas, George, Henrie, Robert and a second > Henry > > all born between 1627/8 and 1641/2. > > > > Ruth > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >