Hi All, Just a note for those of you who aren't familiar with the area around Macclesfield & Prestbury: When you see a record transcribed as Saltersford-cum-Kettleshulme (see below), you can read "St Peter's Prestbury". For some reason, many of the transcriptions for St Peter's (which was the mother church for a large area) are given as Saltersford-cum-Kettleshulme. Both these small villages/hamlets are on the other side of Macclesfield to Prestbury, so it could be quite confusing if you took it literally. Of course you should always check the original record image if you can, as the event may have taken place in a chapelry of Prestbury but is listed in the main register. Likewise, some census entries might lead you to believe that a person lived in Bollington or Sutton. Perfectly correct at the time, but it doesn't necessarily refer to the modern villages. Both township areas infringed on what is now considered to be Macclesfield (eg, the High Street/St George's area of Macclesfield was once in Sutton township and the area around the bottom of Buxton Road and Hurdsfield Road was included in Bollington. I apologise if I'm teaching my grandmother to suck eggs here, but there have been quite a few mentions of Saltersford-cum-Kettleshulme, which if taken literally, could send someone off in completely the wrong direction. Regards Lesley Baxendale (who still calls Macclesfield 'Home' after 28 years away!) Colwyn Bay On 06/11/2014 17:17, Ruth Genda via wrote: > This posting is now being sent in 2 parts as it was very long. Apologies. > > > > Hi Allan > > > > The people in your search were living in the time and the area in which > non-conformist churches flourished. I suspect that this is why there is a > dearth of baptismal entries for them as they may have been members of those > rather than the established church. Only marriages and burials can be found > as yet on FMP and Family Search. You were searching for Thomas BROUGH, a > Miller. The following can be verified on FMP which shows the original > documents: > > > > A Thomas BROUGH was baptised 16 Jul 1780 the son of Samuel & Mary BROUGH of > Smallwood in the parish church of Astbury, near Congleton. > > A Thomas BROUGH, miller in Bollington, married Hannah BUXTON, widow, on 23 > Jun 1828 in Saltersford-cum-Kettleshulme, Prestbury. > > The 1841 Census has a Thomas & Hannah BROUGH (both 64) + children Robert, > Benjamin and Elias living at Five Ashes in Bollington where Thomas is a > Miller. > > Hannah BROUGH of Bollington was bur 31 Aug 1845 aged 66. > > A Thomas BROUGH of Bollington was buried aged 67 in Christ Church, > Macclesfield on 9 Feb 1847. > > These 4 Thomas BROUGHs could all be the same man. > > There are no other Thomas BROUGHs who are Millers found anywhere, and those > figures stack up. > > > > If Thomas BROUGH was 48 when he married Hannah BUXTON it is likely that this > is (at least) a second marriage for him and therefore it's possible that > there are older children born to him. I was unable to find an earlier > marriage for Thomas in Cheshire. But, for what it's worth, I'll mention one > 'wild possibility' at the end of this mailing. > > > > [See Part 2} > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >