Does anyone know of this family? Joseph Dewhirst married Sarah Rigby (no more details at this stage) They had a daughter Martha Dewhurst sometimes Dewhirst b. 11 Jan 1847 Wortley, Yorkshire d. 30 Nov 1932 Devonport Tasmania aged 85 years (headstone) m. 31 Oct 1868 Bradford, Yorkshire, England Benjamin Jones b.c. 1848 Dudley, Stafford d.c. 1902 -1910 David Freeman freeman@tsn.cc

Has anyone any details on John Farrington Dewhurst born 1912 Manchester. The family migrated to Canada after his death in 1955; and later migrated to Australia in 1968. David Freeman freeman@tsn.cc

Rootsweb and Ancestry have merged; you can read about the particulars at these links: <http://www.ancestry.com/home/celebrate/rootsrelease.htm> and <http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/merge.html> If you have further questions about what this means, please keep them OFF THE LIST; instead, go to the help desk and ask: <http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/help.cgi> OR, you can e-mail me privately at janab@slip.net As your list admin, I am adopting a "wait and see" attitude about how this may affect our list; I tend to believe the assurances given in the above releases, and don't see a need to panic until they are proven to be false. Again, please keep any questions related to this change off list; if you feel hesitant about writing the help desk, e-mail me privately and I will do my best to answer, or find out the answer. Jana Black

Hello all, Thanks to Wendy Dewhirst and Kathy McKegg, the website has grown again. I have changed the initial page, dividing up the family groups onto pages as the scrolling was getting toooooo loooooong ;] Wendy sent pictures of authentic Meat Pie making and moulding machines and a page of various Seasoning Recipes organzied by localities - gee, guess what we will have to have a cook-off contest making if we ever get a reunion together at that still-to-be-identified family castle??? Here's the link: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~jmbhome/standpies.html Kathy has has a research breakthrough allowing her to connect (as she suspected!) Charles and David Dewhirst into the same Quaker line out of Yorkshire! She also has taken one line back to 1600! Have fun browsing the charts - don't forget that ANY underlined names are links to other charts. If you want me to add your charts to our collection, contact me. Cheers, Jana

Hello all, Gee, we appear to be a family of many talents! This was posted on the Lancashire list: "I have come across a Recipe Book published by the Accrington Circuit Wesleyan Methodist Bazaar in 1910 and thought the names in the adverts might be of interest to some on the list: <the list goes on a ways then lists:> DEWHURST'S, Boys Outfitters, 44 Ormerod Street and Market Ground, Acc. 'A strong lad- A strong suit. You have one - We have the other.'" Anyone recognize this family??? Jana

Posted on: DEWHURST - DEWHIRST Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/dew/Dewhurst?read=33 Surname: ------------------------- hi my name is leah i am tracing the liddell family from yongala in south australia please contact me

Hi group, I'm passing this info along to all. It's GREAT if you have family in CA. There are lots of DEWHURST entries - and you can also search on maiden names. >> [Original Message] >> From: Pamela Storm Wolfskill <psw@sfo.com> >> To: <NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com> >> Date: 5/27/00 11:10:09 PM >> Subject: CA Births and Deaths databases >> Hi folks, >> These won't be officially announced until the 31st, but here's a sneak >> preview of two VERY interesting new "toys" for us from RootsWeb: >> CA Births 1905-1995: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/birth/search.cgi >> CA Deaths 1940-1995: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi >> There may be some bugs that need to be worked out...I've played with >> them briefly tonight, and found a few errors so far (like "Mexico" being >> turned into "Maine", and the word "Cuba" appears in mysterious places). >> But, all in all: Wow! Have fun! >> Pam >> psw@sfo.com >> Pamela Storm Wolfskill >> The USGenWeb Project, San Francisco >> http://www.sfo.com/~timandpamwolf/sfrancty.htm

Hello My maternal great grandmother, Matilda Dewhurst was born circa > 1875 in Lancashire. Family history says that her parents died of > some epidemic when she was 14 leaving her to bring up her > younger brothers and sisters. > > She received an allowance from the Dewhurst family and the > youngest brother Charlie's education was paid for by the Dewhurst > Trust. We know that money continued to come into the family from > the Dewhursts right up to the mid 1900's. > > I would welcome any information or direction you could point me in. > > Regards > > Imogen > -- > Imogen Pettitt > Redditch, Worcestershire -- Imogen Pettitt Redditch, Worcestershire

This is a site that lets you see the batch numbers of individual UK counties, towns and churches. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Trail/8333/index4.html The same site also gives you "guide" to some tricks for the IGI. Hint: read the Help page first particularly in relation to which batch actually has something in it. david Freeman freeman@tsn.cc

Hi everyone, At Jana's suggestion below are the details I have of my (so far tenuous) DEWHURST connection. The Mather connection is my Maternal line. 1 Sarah Dewhurst . +John Earnshaw ...... 2 Alice Earnshaw b: 20 February 1840 in Intax, Samlesbury, Lancashire d: Abt. 1878 .......... +Nicholas Mather b: Abt. 1838 in Ramsgreave, Mellor, Lancashire .............. 3 William Mather b: Abt. 1862 in Mellor, Lancashire Baptised: 1 June 1862 St Mary, Mellor, Lancashire d: 6 April 1929 in Mellor, Lancashire .................. +?? .............. *2nd Wife of William Mather: .................. +Catherine Ann Cowell b: Abt. February 1871 in Samlesbury, Lancashire Baptised: 26 February 1871 St Mary, Mellor, Lancashire d: 16 October 1912 in Mellor, Lancashire .............. 3 Sarah Anne Mather b: 20 March 1865 in Mellor, Lancashire Baptised: 25 June 1865 St Mary, Mellor, Lancashire .............. 3 John Mather b: Abt. 1872 in Samlesbury, Lancashire Baptised: 13 October 1872 St Mary, Mellor, Lancashire .............. 3 James Mather b: 13 December 1874 in Samlesbury, Lancashire Baptised: 13 January 1875 St Mary, Mellor, Lancashire .............. 3 Jane Mather b: 19 June 1876 in Samlesbury, Lancashire Baptised: 20 August 1876 St Mary, Mellor, Lancashire .............. 3 Nancy Mather b: 12 November 1878 in Samlesbury, Lancashire Baptised: 13 January 1878 St Mary, Mellor, Lancashire .............. 3 Margaret Anne Mather b: Abt. 1867 Baptised: 22 December 1867 St Mary, Mellor, Lancashire .................. +George Moss b: Abt. 1864 I am as Jana stated searching for the Sarah Dewhurst/John Earnshaw marriage. If you come across their marriage please lead them both (preferably by the ear) to my door please - many thanks. Carl Chapman Suffolk UK Visit My Homepage Below For Details Of My Family Tree <A HREF="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/h/a/Carl-Chapman/">The Chapman Family Homepage</A>

Hello all, Thought I would share with you a couple of "tricks" I have learned to make the IGI on <www.familysearch.org> work harder for us! First of all, for British records the Custom Search link is : <http://www.familysearch.org/Search/searchigi.asp?region=3> We have a new subscriber looking for the family group of a Sarah Dewhurst in Lancashire... Known info is that she married a John Earnshaw and they had a daughter Alice in 1840... An initial search provides no data on a marriage between such a couple, so do I give up... NO! I entered Sarah Dewhurst, British Isles, England, Lancashire in a timeframe of "+or- 5 years" of 1820. 10 hits were produced! Going thru those records, I see right away that some are birth and christening records for the same individual. But, I go to each record, note down the names of the parents and the BATCH or FILM number. Here are the results for Sarah Dewhurst: NAME: Sarah PARENTS: Jas & Mary BAKER (note: CHR record didn't offer mom's maiden name, BIRTH record did!) BIRTH: 1818 Bolton Le Moors, Lancashire, England BATCH# 0970357 CHR: 18 Oct 1818, Deane By Bolton, Lancashire, England BATCH# C005892 NAME: Sarah PARENTS: Richard DEWHURST & Mary CHR: 13 Jun 1819 Stand Lane Independent, Pilkington, Lancashire, England BATCH # C094981 NAME: Sarah PARENTS: Thomas DEWHURST BIRTH: Abt. 1820 Heaton Norris, Lancashire, England FILM # 442380 NAME: Sarah Ann PARENTS: John DEWHURST & Sarah BIRTH: 1 Oct 1820 Lower Darwen, Blackburn, Lancashire, England FILM # 442682 NAME: Sarah PARENTS: Thos. DEWHURST & Jane PICKLES CHR: 10 Mar 1822 Trawden Wesleyan Methodist, Whalley, Lancashire, England BATCH # C094681 NAME: Sally PARENTS: Jno. DEWHURST & Nancy CHR: 26 May 1822 Saint Peter, Bolton, Lancashire, England BATCH # P007154 NAME: Sarah PARENTS: John DEWHURST & Margaret CHR: 10 Nov 1822 Saint John, Preston, Lancashire, England BATCH # C007133 NAME: Sarah PARENTS: Thomas DEWHURST & Ann EASTWOOD (note: mother's maiden name on BIRTH record only) BIRTH: 3 Feb 1825 Padiham, Lancashire, England FILM # 446009 CHR: 22 May 1825 Padiham, Lancashire, England BATCH # P005412 So we "net" 8 Sarahs in the initial search... here is what I do next: 1) if you have names for Sarah's siblings, pay attention to them in this next step as naming patterns often emerge which can offer important clues or direction! 2) go back to the initial search page, take out the name "Sarah" and just leave Dewhurst in the surname box; take out the timeframe info as well 3) put one of the BATCH or FILM numbers in its proper box, be sure British Isles, England is selected (you don't have to worry about the county here) and hit enter You will see the "hit" you found for Sarah originally PLUS often a whole bunch of other names. All these names will be in the same area, often the same parish! You have now rounded up all the DEWHURST on a particular BATCH or FILM group. I go through these names looking for the same parent names... often you will get ALL the names of the other children of the couple this way! I like to chart this up in in spread sheet then sort it by date and by parents' names to cluster the family groups... you can use this Sarah as an example or enter your own favorite Dewhurst... The results produced the following children for James DEWHURST and Mary BAKER using just the data from the first Sarah BATCH # 0970357: Elizabeth DEWHURST Birth: 1810 Bolton Le Moors, Lancashire, England Sarah DEWHURST Birth: 1818 Bolton Le Moors, Lancashire, England Ann DEWHURST Birth: 1822 Halliwell, Lancashire, England Matilda DEWHURST Birth: 1825 Lancashire, England James Jonathan DEWHURST Birth: 1827 Halliwell, Lancashire, England Caroline DEWHURST Birth: 1829 Lancashire, England Roger DEWHURST Birth: 1832 Halliwell, Lancashire, England John DEWHURST Birth: 1834 Lancashire, England Jane DEWHURST Birth: 1836 Lancashire, England Mary DEWHURST Birth: 1838 Lancashire, England Remember, I haven't even checked the data on the FILM # yet for this person - it should only get better! Because I was "on a roll" here, I went back to the Search page, put in James & Mary Baker in the "parents" boxes, took out all other date references, left in the batch number and hit enter again... I got the same 10 children, letting me know I had gotten them all! 20 years of child bearing is enough, don't you think ;] In any case, not only am I fairly certain I have a family group and a mother's maiden name here, I can use the same BATCH info to look for Mary BAKERs family and for James' parents. Personally, I would want to use this as a guide and go get the actual records, however, I suspect this information will prove out. Now, I may not have found YET the particular Sarah Dewhurst I am looking for, so I would repeat the same process with all the other "hits" from the above list. And, I would go get copies of the actual records until I can actually positively link something up. The point is, there is a LOT you can do from home using the IGI without going to the UK! Imagine if we could all figure out our family groups then have that reunion ;] in the UK - anyone found a likely castle yet?!?!?!? Have fun, good luck and let us know if you hit "pay dirt" so we can all share - your family group and mine may turn out to be the same ;] Jana

Sorry list - that was a duplicate message, already sent. I am clearing out old emails ;] Jana

Hello all, If anyone wants info on this marriage, contact "Vern Prescott" <verpresc@enoreo.on.ca> The marriage took place in the Parish of Weeton Barton. Vern posted a message to the <LANCSGEN-L@rootsweb.com> saying he has data..... Good luck! Jana

Posted on: DEWHURST - DEWHIRST Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/dew/Dewhurst?read=32 Surname: ------------------------- I don't have the information you are looking for but I am hoping you can help me. My father passed on when I was young and I am anxious to meet some of his family. I don't know where to begin. Please help. His name was Richard Emerson Dewhurst - born in Ohio - but resided and passed on in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Posted on: DEWHURST - DEWHIRST Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/dew/Dewhurst?read=31 Surname: DEWHURST ------------------------- I've posted a bunch of DEWHURST misc. records from Lancashire, England - mostly Blackburn area on my web site. As time goes on, I'll add more and refine the page, but it might help.... Follow the link below and then just go to the "English page" at: Link: TDew bits & pieces - English Page URL: <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~tdew/>

Hi all, This entry was included on a much larger post to the Lancashire-L. If it is something you want info on, email "Vern Prescott" <verpresc@enoreo.on.ca> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Subject: [LAN] Treales, Weeton Barton Marriages I have information on a few marriages form the above parishes . Please contact me if one of them interests you. Here is the list: <snip> Parish of Weeton 1889 William Henry CARTER and Ellen DEWHURST <snip> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Good luck! Jana

Hello all, Wendy Dewhurst has sent me a recipe of her grandmother's and some background on the Dewhurst Butchers Limited. I did a bit more research myself and added a bit more. Pictures are coming soon... http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~jmbhome/standpies.html Meanwhile, this was on the Lancashire-L: Subject: [LAN] BITS OF OLD BLACKBURN -5 Some more extracts:- 1899 "Higher Ouzebooth is the name of the farmhouse bering the date 1672 over the porch, which stands near the summit of the hill n the northerly side of Blackburn. The architecture of the place at once proclaims it to have been the residence of a family of well to do Yeoman or country gentlemen and the initials over the door (T & KM) are without doubt those of the builders probably THURSTON AND KATHERINE MAUDSLEY etc., etc., On the enclosure of the Blackburn common in 1618, Thurston MAUDSLEY of Ouzebooth and John DEWHURST of Beardsworth Green were described as the only copyholders in Blackburn, and MAUDSLEY was allotted seven acres of Revidge Moor as his share of the spoil. Revidge Moor occupied by Mr. VARLEY, and BEARDWOOD, are still copyhold, but Ouzebooth has been enfranchised ist last freeholder being Mr. William Thomas CARR wjho purchased the estate some years ago. It is now the freehold property of Thos. A. ASPDEN, Higher Ouzebooth, the house depicted in our sketch, is at present occupied by Mr. William ALTHAM a farmer, together with 26 acres of land. Cheers, Jana

;] Speaking of actors, I am still waiting for Colleen's line to decide they need our help with their genealogy..... their lines can't be any less tangled than ours in this group! Given the choice between Dewhurst and Scott to research, Dewhurst might actually be easier for them to research ;] Have a good weekend everyone! Jana Theresa Dewhurst wrote: > Hi all, > I just thought I'd pass this along in case it fits into someone's tree.... > My daughter is watching an Alfred Hitchcock movie made in 1936. It's called > Sabotage and is based on a Joseph Conrad novel. In the movie is an actor > named William Dewhurst.

Hi all, I just thought I'd pass this along in case it fits into someone's tree.... My daughter is watching an Alfred Hitchcock movie made in 1936. It's called Sabotage and is based on a Joseph Conrad novel. In the movie is an actor named William Dewhurst.

These can be found at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/5827/parish.html MARRIAGE: 1806 June 2nd. James Oldfield (lab) & Elizabeth Dewhurst, both of this parish. BAPTISM: 1807 August 2nd, born March 29th 1807. Robert 1st born of James Oldfield of Skipton (lab), son of James = Oldfield of Skipton (shoemaker). And Elizabeth, daughter of John Dewhurst of = Hepponstall (clogg maker). BAPTISM: 1810 December 23rd, born February 1809. John 2nd son of James Oldfield of Skipton (lab), son of James = Oldfield late of Skipton (cordwainer). And Elizabeth, daughter of John = Dewhirst of Heptonstall (clogger). =20 David Freeman