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