I would invite my g.uncle, Samuel Ashworth, whose place and manner of death has long been a mystery. Rumour has it that he died somewhere in Ireland in 1883, as a result of a pub brawl over someone's pet dog. I do recall my father telling me that he had an uncle who was stabbed to death in 1922 by a member of the IRA as he was boarding the ferry at Holyhead with the Black and Tans. I have never been able to find anything to corroborate this story, nor any uncle who would have been of the right age, and wonder if these two tales have become garbled over time. I would ask him how he came to be teaching in Ireland (as the story goes), when according to the 1881 census he was a cotton piecer in Bolton! I suppose tripe and Lancashire hotpot would be an appropriate dish! Valerie > Lynne > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LAN-BOLTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >