Hi Julie and Elyse I can't help with a look up either but I am looking for Grundys as well. I am a descendant of two Grundy women: Alice Grundy died April 8 1798 in Farnsworth and was married to Josephus Crompton who was born December 7 1701 Deane Mary Grundy born February 6, 1726 married Henricus France who was born July 28 1720 in Deane (married September 30, 1746 also in Deane) They could be sisters (which would make some pretty interesting relationships in my tree since they are both 6th great grandmothers to me) ;) Thanks, Stephan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Elyse Chugg Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 5:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] Grundy Hi Julie I cant help you with the look up but what family of Grundy are you researching I am a decendant of James Grundy c1815 (Bolton) son of (i think) Samuel c1778 and Elizabeth c1778 who married Ellen Holliday in 1841 in Bury Lancashire. I would love to hear from you if you have any information of these folks. Thanks Elyse.> From: [email protected]> To: [email protected]> Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 16:29:39 +0000> Subject: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] Grundy> > > > > > > > > > > I am new to the list and wonder whether anyone would be kind enough to do a look-up for me? I am interested in an entry in Tillotson's Bolton Directory for 1955 and would like any information on AM Grundy who lived at 79 Calvert Road, Bolton. Many thanks.> > Julie> > _________________________________________________________________> Get Hotmail on your mobile, text MSN to 63463!> http://mobile.uk.msn.com/pc/mail.aspx> > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Overpaid or Underpaid? Check our comprehensive Salary Centre http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fcontent%2Emycareer%2Ecom%2Ea u%2Fsalary%2Dcentre%3Fs%5Fcid%3D595810&_t=766724125&_r=Hotmail_Email_Tagline _MyCareer_Oct07&_m=EXT ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am new to the list and wonder whether anyone would be kind enough to do a look-up for me? I am interested in an entry in Tillotson's Bolton Directory for 1955 and would like any information on AM Grundy who lived at 79 Calvert Road, Bolton. Many thanks. Julie _________________________________________________________________ Get Hotmail on your mobile, text MSN to 63463! http://mobile.uk.msn.com/pc/mail.aspx

Thank you Jennifer for your prompt reply. I will try it a try. Lois

Lois, My first stop for finding living people is always this site: www.192.com. If you type in one of your names - both first name and surname - in the first box and give 'Bolton' as the location (choosing Bolton town on the next screen) you'll find at least one address and telephone number for an 'A. Blinkhorn', quite probably yours. There are records for Peter, Andrew and Jean on that site, but nothing for Mavis.\ Good luck, Jennifer > > Today's Topics: > > 1. BLINKHORN and FOSTER ([email protected] > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 14:32:17 EST > From: [email protected] > Subject: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] BLINKHORN and FOSTER > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > I am new to the list and am interested in making contact with my husband's > relatives in the Bolton area. > > I would appreciate hearing from anyone that has information or can help me > find out information regarding the following people. > > Mavis (FOSTER) BLINKHORN, born 1932 in Bolton, daughter of George Rowland > FOSTER. > Peter BLINKHORN, son of Ronald Ernest and Mavis BLINKHORN, born 1957, > Farnworth. > Andrew BLINKHORN, son of Ronald Ernest and Mavis BLINKHORN, born 1957, > Farnworth. > Jean BLINKHORN, daughter of Ronald Ernest and Mavis BLINKHORN, born 1960, > Bolton. > > Thank you, > Lois (Canada) > > >

I just noticed this website whilst looking for something and noticed one downloadable article that might be of interest here Manchester Region History Review http://www.mcrh.mmu.ac.uk/pubs/mrhrind.htm Grayson Holden The Bolton Engineers' Strike of 1887 15-20 http://www.mcrh.mmu.ac.uk/pubs/pdf/mrhr_03ii_holden.pdf Martin Briscoe Fort William M&LFHS | Gwynedd FHS

In a message dated 04/01/2008 02:43:28 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: http://www.mcrh.mmu.ac.uk/pubs/mrhrind.htm Spotted another Bolton related article in the Manchester Region History Review. Another magazine I never herd of. Bolton and the Cinema: http://www.mcrh.mmu.ac.uk/pubs/pdf/mrhr_05ii_rigby.pdf Derek Crompton London South-East

I am new to the list and am interested in making contact with my husband's relatives in the Bolton area. I would appreciate hearing from anyone that has information or can help me find out information regarding the following people. Mavis (FOSTER) BLINKHORN, born 1932 in Bolton, daughter of George Rowland FOSTER. Peter BLINKHORN, son of Ronald Ernest and Mavis BLINKHORN, born 1957, Farnworth. Andrew BLINKHORN, son of Ronald Ernest and Mavis BLINKHORN, born 1957, Farnworth. Jean BLINKHORN, daughter of Ronald Ernest and Mavis BLINKHORN, born 1960, Bolton. Thank you, Lois (Canada)

is anyone else on the list researching the above surnames? if so please get in touch. maggi _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

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I came across this on the Internet Archive, a trip to Canada by a writer from the Bolton Weekly Journal in 1877 Title Ten thousand miles in fifty days; being an account of a flying visit to the Dominion of Canada, and the northern and southern states of America Creator [Beckett, Richard] Publisher Bolton, Evening News and Weekly Journal Offices, 1877 Date 1877 Richard Beckett 30 Ashburner Street http://www.archive.org/bookmarks/J%20M%20Briscoe Martin Briscoe Fort William M&LFHS | Gwynedd FHS

Happy New Year! I am having a heck of a time tracking down one branch of my family, the SUDRENS. I know that Hannah Sudren married James BLINKHORN at St. Peter's in 1805, and they had several children all born in Bolton until Hannah disappeared from the scene between about 1822 and 1841. James was born in Bolton in 1788. Hannah was my 3g grandmother. James lived on until 1870 when he died in Reddish. Reddish seems to have played an important role in the lives of this family, and SUDRENS appear there and in Bolton on various censuses, apparently going back and forth. The name is prone to various (mis)spellings, including SUCHEN on one census, and SOUTHERN. Richard Sudron married Martha Blinkhorn at St. Peter's in 1807, so there is evidently a strong connection between the two families. Does SKS have any suggestions as to how to proceed? I cannot find a birth or death/burial for Hannah. Nor is SUDREN a Lancashire name really. Seems to have centred mostly in Durham and Yorkshire. I cannot locate any of the above named people on the 1841 census, even though I know James Blinkhorn was still alive. Unless he is the James at Back Chapel Street transcribed by ancestry.com as CHUKHARN. The only SUDRANS I can find in 1841 are Esther (widow of John) and her children. Anne in Victoria BC

Hi Ann In 1841 there is a James Blinkhorn, 54, Weaver, living in Back Chapel Street, Little Bolton in what appears to be a lodging house HO 107 536 Book 7 Folio 4 (no other Blinkhorns in the household) John & Ann Sudren, both 60, he is a Bleacher, in Bradshaw in 1841 HO 107 537 Book 4 Folio 32 Thomas & Johanna Sudren, he is 30, living in Cross Street, Little Bolton in 1841 HO 107 536 Book 6 Folio 13 Best wishes and a Happy New Year Charlotte

Additions to LancashireBMD <http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk>: 22 December 2007 DEATHS: 20,479 deaths for Bolton RD comprising: Farnworth (1905-1909); Great Bolton & Lever (1911-1914); Halliwell (1903-1922); Horwich (1905-1911); Little Bolton (1903-1910) Many thanks to all who contribute to this endeavour! Happy hunting! Lynne Note: YorkshireBMD and CheshireBMD have been updated as well. If there's a chance your ancestors wandered across borders or that their BMDs were registered in different counties, be sure to try UKBMD's Multi-Region Search <http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/index.php?form_action=local>.

Hello listers and Merry Christmas to you all!! My Bleakley family (Farnworth/Bolton) bought over a tradition that we still carry on today. On Christmas Eve after midnight, we serve "Meat Pie". The recipe remains VERY simple and includes slow cooked beef stew meat in a simple pie crust with light gravy. I have to imagine it represents one of the very few times they could afford meat. Is this a regional tradition? Or maybe its just a tradition from my own ancestors. Have a joyous day, Lisa Caruso, USA Researching Lancashire lines: BLAKLEY,BLACKLEY,BLEAKLEY / BLAKE / BRADY / GLAIZBROOK,GLAZEBROOK / GRUNDY / HALLIDAY, HALLIDY / /HARDMAN / HILL / LAURY,LOWRY, LOWERY,LOWREY / MATHER / PILLING / POLLITT,POLLETT / PURCELL / SHUTTLEWORTH / SLATER / RILEY / ROTHWELL / WATERSON **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)

unsubscribe ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 3:04 AM Subject: ENG-LAN-BOLTON Digest, Vol 2, Issue 414 > > > When replying to a digest message, quote only the specific message to > which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. > Remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the > message subject to which you are replying. > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Merry Christmas (Jackie) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:21:38 +1000 > From: Jackie <[email protected]> > Subject: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] Merry Christmas > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > MAY THE FESTIVE SEASON BE A SAFE AND HAPPY ONE FOR ALL. > MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE > > Jackie > > Christmas around the world: > > In Italy, children receive gifts from the good witch La Befana, old, > bent and dressed in black. La Befana was a widowed, childless woman > when the Three Kings passed on their way to see the Christ child. > When they asked her the way to Bethlehem she was busy cleaning and > sent them away. Realizing her mistake, she left to search for the > Baby Jesus. To this day she is still searching going from house to > house on Epiphany, January 6, leaving a gift for good children. > > Russian children await gifts from Babouska, a farmer's wife who > offered food and shelter to the Three Wise men on their journey to > Bethlehem, Baboushka declined their offer of travelling with them to > visit the Christ child. Realizing her error on the eve of Epiphany, > she tried unsuccessfully to find them, but handed the presents she > had intended for the infant Jesus to children she passed along the way. > > In Spain, Mexico, Puerto Rico and South America, the Three Kings or > Wise Men bring Christmas gifts to children, while in France children > eagerly await the coming of Father Christmas or Pere Noel who brings > their gifts. > > In some cultures, Saint Nicholas travels with an assistant. The old > bishop Sinterklass arrives in Holland on December 6 in his red > bishop's costume astride a white horse. In many port towns, he is > said to have sailed in on a ship from Spain. Beside him walks Black > Peter with a black sack and a book recording each Dutch child's > behavior through the year. Good children receive a gift from the > bishop while bad children may be carried away in Black Peter's sack. > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the ENG-LAN-BOLTON list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the ENG-LAN-BOLTON mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of ENG-LAN-BOLTON Digest, Vol 2, Issue 414 > **********************************************

MAY THE FESTIVE SEASON BE A SAFE AND HAPPY ONE FOR ALL. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE Jackie Christmas around the world: In Italy, children receive gifts from the good witch La Befana, old, bent and dressed in black. La Befana was a widowed, childless woman when the Three Kings passed on their way to see the Christ child. When they asked her the way to Bethlehem she was busy cleaning and sent them away. Realizing her mistake, she left to search for the Baby Jesus. To this day she is still searching going from house to house on Epiphany, January 6, leaving a gift for good children. Russian children await gifts from Babouska, a farmer's wife who offered food and shelter to the Three Wise men on their journey to Bethlehem, Baboushka declined their offer of travelling with them to visit the Christ child. Realizing her error on the eve of Epiphany, she tried unsuccessfully to find them, but handed the presents she had intended for the infant Jesus to children she passed along the way. In Spain, Mexico, Puerto Rico and South America, the Three Kings or Wise Men bring Christmas gifts to children, while in France children eagerly await the coming of Father Christmas or Pere Noel who brings their gifts. In some cultures, Saint Nicholas travels with an assistant. The old bishop Sinterklass arrives in Holland on December 6 in his red bishop's costume astride a white horse. In many port towns, he is said to have sailed in on a ship from Spain. Beside him walks Black Peter with a black sack and a book recording each Dutch child's behavior through the year. Good children receive a gift from the bishop while bad children may be carried away in Black Peter's sack.

Hi Folks, I am gathering some info. for a friend who is looking into his WALKER ancestry, here in Westhoughton. The earliest record I can find is an apprentice indenture of 1751. Also we have an early gravestone in the churchyard at St Bartholomews for Peter Walker, buried 1765 and his wife Anne buried 1794, there is also a son Peter but here the stone is broken! This gravestone has an inscription - " "Remember man as thou passeth by as thou art now so once was I "As I am now, so thou must be, remember man that thou must die" If you have Westhoughton -Walker family interests, please contact me. Pam Clarke (for the Westhoughton Local History Group)

That grave marking is the same expression as that of my ancedstgor who died in 1812. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pam Clarke Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 4:17 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] WALKER of Westhoughton Hi Folks, I am gathering some info. for a friend who is looking into his WALKER ancestry, here in Westhoughton. The earliest record I can find is an apprentice indenture of 1751. Also we have an early gravestone in the churchyard at St Bartholomews for Peter Walker, buried 1765 and his wife Anne buried 1794, there is also a son Peter but here the stone is broken! This gravestone has an inscription - " "Remember man as thou passeth by as thou art now so once was I "As I am now, so thou must be, remember man that thou must die" If you have Westhoughton -Walker family interests, please contact me. Pam Clarke (for the Westhoughton Local History Group) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Folks To let you know that the Pretoria Pit Disaster (21 Dec 1910) resource on the LAN-OPC Westhoughton Parish site has been recently updated (http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Westhoughton/Pretoria/index.html) Pam Clarke and I first presented the site a year ago, and since then we (along with a host of friends) have been working diligently to find out more details about the victims. We now know where all but 6 of the 344 victims were buried and where all but two were born, and have added six more memorial inscriptions. Reports on the indivdual victims now include the names of the family members who were declared to be dependants and received compensation from the The Hulton Colliery Explosion (1910) Relief Fund, published in October 1911. We worked our way through a large number of newspaper reports and have extracted comments on working conditions down the pit, attributed to some of the victims, as reported from the Coroner's Inquest. We tracked down as many census records as we could, and these enabled us to clarify doubtful birthplaces, ages and family relationships. To aid identification of some bodies, the police issued detailed body and clothing descriptions which were published in the newspapers. These are now included, though mostly they are descriptions of the victims who were buried unidentified. Despite the sometimes macabre details, these descriptions give a fascinating glimpse of how coal miners dressed in those days - even down to the colour of window cord used as laces to tie their clogs. There is an extended account of the death of William Turton, the only rescue man to die. It has been reported (as late as 2006 on a DVD about the disaster) that he died trying to save two sons trapped in the workings by the explosion. Evidence given to the official enquiries into the disaster, and knowledge of his family history, show that this story was based on a misinterpretaion of a newspaper report, and he actually died helping a workmate put out a small fire, as instructed by the colliery General Manager. We also now know he was the oldest man to die, aged 62, not 60 as in his death registration and on his gravestone. Peter Wood & Pam Clarke

Browsing through the following site.............. http://members.aol.com/BJCham2909/homepage.html SOLDIER of the MONTH Updated 14th September 2007 Private George ALDFRED (ALDRIDGE) a weaver from Dean Lancashire, enlisted in the 1st Foot Guards at Horsham on the 22nd November 1803 aged 22yrs. He died in Sicily on 23rd September 1807 while serving as a Private in Lt/Col Upton’s company 1st battalion. His description at enlistment was 5’5¾”, brown hair, grey eyes, ruddy complexion. Regimental Archives R154 Description Book 1803-1823 R198 Attestations 1805 R401 Deceased Book 1764 - 1824 The National Archives WO25/874 Service Returns, men fit for overseas service as at June 1806 WO12/1583 Pay & Muster rolls 1st Foot Guards Please note I have no connections with this site. Merry Christmas Derek Crompton London South-East