Hi List Could you please help, I am interested in anyone researching Davis in the Cheshire area from the mid 1800's to say 1900. I am trying to trace a William Davis who was born about 1866. He lived at Denaby in Yorkshire by the 1901 census. On the 1911 census he said he was from Chester, Cheshire. Any help would be appreciated. Many thanks Regards John Lindley

Good morning list Just wondering if anyone has any connections to the Duckworth family, which lived at The Heys, Eastham in the Wirral, and if the old home is still there? Joseph Battersby Duckworth and his son Walter Battersby Duckworth, though living in Cheshire & Lancashire, were also cotton merchants at Savannah, Georgia. Joseph at one time being the High Sheriff of Cheshire. I have recently discovered that my second cousin twice removed, Kathleen Nancy Jones of Wrexham married William Innes Duckworth at Wrexham in 1938. Both are deceased, William in 1970 and Kathleen in 2007 at the age of 91. So far not known if they had children - Cheshire BMD shows a wide range of unconfirmed Duckworth/Jones births up to the 1950s. In the 2002 electoral rolls I have discovered a person (still living so not named on the list) in the Wirral who was living with Kathleen at the time, so I intend to contact this person, who hopefully, may be able to give me some further details.... only a little nervous about this because the person is 90 years of age. Anyway, this has been an exciting research find, also discovering a website by Clare O'Hare on the Duckworth family, which reveals much but so far doesn't descend any further than Walter Battersby Duckworth 1879-1955. So, just when research seems a little slow and stubbortn, bingo, something turns up to lighten the genealogical heart and keep us going. Any further thoughts? Best wishes Graham Melbourne, Oz