Yes, dates do help ! ! Daniel was born 1808 to a James WALKDEN and Nancy/Ann FINCH. At the moment I have James b.c.1785, I think in Rivington but possibly Horwich and then baptised at the Presbyterian Church, Rivington. If this is the correct James then his Father was John WALKDEN and mother Sarah BROWNLOW, possibly tenant farmers in Rivington . At some stage they had to move off the land and in to Horwich. It is roughly at this stage that I first picked up the Walkden name in this area. Alison > Dates? > > Martin Briscoe > Fort William > M&LFHS | Gwynedd FHS > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter Nurse >> Sent: 08 March 2008 10:15 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] WALKDEN- family name >> >> I always thought i originated in Bolton but no, Gt. x 3 >> Grandfather Daniel WALKDEN was born in Horwich and his father >> in Rivington but I can't find how they appeared to suddenly >> appear in the Horwich/ Rivington area. Any thoughts on this >> would be helpful . >> Thanks, Alison > > > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > 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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >