Re the Scowcroft name, In the mid 1950s to 80s there was a Richard Scowcorft co director at Markland Scowcrofts steel tube stockholders in Bromley Cross. I think the partenership when further back to pre 1940s. JR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Buker" <jcbuker@bukerfamily.org> To: <ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 8:25 PM Subject: RE: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] BOOTH - FIELDING - ORRELL > Hi Valerie, > > First I want to thank you for that wonderful information. I know very > little about the Scowcroft's but since it is not a very common name I would > have to say that any Scowcroft's in the Harwood area would have to be > related in some way. > > I do know that my Sarah Scowcroft's parents were Richard Scowcroft and Sarah > Hamer but I have no other information on them. I do not know who Sarah's > siblings were and would like to learn that information and any other > information available. > > John & Sarah Scowcroft Booth left England and this is the information passed > down: > > "It was said that John S. Booth was a manufacturer in his native country, of > England. He brought the family to America, leaving at 4:00 Thursday 9 of > Sept.1830 and settled in Westchester county, N. Y" > > Thank you again, > Jan Buker > > -----Original Message----- > From: Valerie Lirakis [mailto:v.lirakis@ntlworld.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 11:54 AM > To: ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] BOOTH - FIELDING - ORRELL > > Jan Buker writes <If anyone has information on this family and collateral > lines it would be > > greatly appreciated. I believe there were Scowcrofts still in Harwood in > > the 1960's and Booth's around the 1920's.> > > > Hi Jan, > > Turton Local History published a book last year entitled Samuel Scowcroft, A > > Bradshaw Man 1838-1914, who was a diarist. This is what it says: > > Quote ... there have been many Scowcrofts in Bradshaw and Harwood over the > centuries, a number of them being notable figures in local society, > including farmers, publicans, colliery owners and managers. > > Samuel was descended from John Scowcroft, his grandfather, who was born at > Ruins, Harwood on the 21st December 1777 and baptized at Bolton Parish > Church on the 15th February 1778. He was described as a weaver when he > married Martha Haslam on the 20th July 1800 at Bolton Parish Church. They > had eleven children and lived as tenant farmers at Springside Farm, Harwood > in 1841, later moving to Scowcroft Houses, Ruins Lane, Harwood in 1851. By > 1861 they lived at Middle of the Moor Harwood. > > John was a trustee of Harwood Wesleyan School when teetotalism came to > Harwood on the 29th May 1835. The first meeting of the Harwood Temperance > Society was held at Harwood Wesleyan School and John was the first person to > > sign the pledge, becoming a founder member of the Society. In 1837 John was > > the first elected Guardian of the Poor for Bradshaw Township. He was a very > > strict and religious person all his life and when he appeared in the Harwood > > Wesleyan School and thumped his stick on the floor there was an immediate > silence and complete order. > > John's eldest son Samuel was the father of Samuel the diarist. Samuel > married Jane Bolton of Harwood at Bolton Parish Church on the 18th July 1817 > > when they were 20 and 17 respectively. Samuel and Jane had six children, > John born 1818, Sophia 1822, Richard 1827, Sarah 1831, Martha 1834 who died > as a young child, and Samuel Junior born 15th September 1838. The youngest > son became the author of the diaries which he kept for nearly 50 years. > unquote > > Could it be that your Sarah was a member of this family? > > Valerie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jan Buker" <jcbuker@bukerfamily.org> > To: <ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 9:04 PM > Subject: RE: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] BOOTH - FIELDING - ORRELL > > > > > > Hi Annie > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.6.1/344 - Release Date: 19/05/2006 > > > ==== ENG-LAN-BOLTON Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, send the command "unsubscribe" to > ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L-request@rootsweb.com (if in mail mode) or > ENG-LAN-BOLTON-D-request@rootsweb.com (if in digest mode.) > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. 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Thank you for this additional information. -----Original Message----- From: James Riding [mailto:james@seamus132.fsnet.co.uk] Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 1:42 AM To: ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] BOOTH - FIELDING - ORRELL Re the Scowcroft name, In the mid 1950s to 80s there was a Richard Scowcorft co director at Markland Scowcrofts steel tube stockholders in Bromley Cross. I think the partenership when further back to pre 1940s. JR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Buker" <jcbuker@bukerfamily.org> To: <ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 8:25 PM Subject: RE: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] BOOTH - FIELDING - ORRELL > Hi Valerie, > > First I want to thank you for that wonderful information. I know very > little about the Scowcroft's but since it is not a very common name I would > have to say that any Scowcroft's in the Harwood area would have to be > related in some way. > > I do know that my Sarah Scowcroft's parents were Richard Scowcroft and Sarah > Hamer but I have no other information on them. I do not know who Sarah's > siblings were and would like to learn that information and any other > information available. > > John & Sarah Scowcroft Booth left England and this is the information passed > down: > > "It was said that John S. Booth was a manufacturer in his native country, of > England. He brought the family to America, leaving at 4:00 Thursday 9 of > Sept.1830 and settled in Westchester county, N. Y" > > Thank you again, > Jan Buker > > -----Original Message----- > From: Valerie Lirakis [mailto:v.lirakis@ntlworld.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 11:54 AM > To: ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] BOOTH - FIELDING - ORRELL > > Jan Buker writes <If anyone has information on this family and collateral > lines it would be > > greatly appreciated. I believe there were Scowcrofts still in Harwood in > > the 1960's and Booth's around the 1920's.> > > > Hi Jan, > > Turton Local History published a book last year entitled Samuel Scowcroft, A > > Bradshaw Man 1838-1914, who was a diarist. This is what it says: > > Quote ... there have been many Scowcrofts in Bradshaw and Harwood over the > centuries, a number of them being notable figures in local society, > including farmers, publicans, colliery owners and managers. > > Samuel was descended from John Scowcroft, his grandfather, who was born at > Ruins, Harwood on the 21st December 1777 and baptized at Bolton Parish > Church on the 15th February 1778. He was described as a weaver when he > married Martha Haslam on the 20th July 1800 at Bolton Parish Church. They > had eleven children and lived as tenant farmers at Springside Farm, Harwood > in 1841, later moving to Scowcroft Houses, Ruins Lane, Harwood in 1851. By > 1861 they lived at Middle of the Moor Harwood. > > John was a trustee of Harwood Wesleyan School when teetotalism came to > Harwood on the 29th May 1835. The first meeting of the Harwood Temperance > Society was held at Harwood Wesleyan School and John was the first person to > > sign the pledge, becoming a founder member of the Society. In 1837 John was > > the first elected Guardian of the Poor for Bradshaw Township. He was a very > > strict and religious person all his life and when he appeared in the Harwood > > Wesleyan School and thumped his stick on the floor there was an immediate > silence and complete order. > > John's eldest son Samuel was the father of Samuel the diarist. Samuel > married Jane Bolton of Harwood at Bolton Parish Church on the 18th July 1817 > > when they were 20 and 17 respectively. Samuel and Jane had six children, > John born 1818, Sophia 1822, Richard 1827, Sarah 1831, Martha 1834 who died > as a young child, and Samuel Junior born 15th September 1838. The youngest > son became the author of the diaries which he kept for nearly 50 years. > unquote > > Could it be that your Sarah was a member of this family? > > Valerie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jan Buker" <jcbuker@bukerfamily.org> > To: <ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 9:04 PM > Subject: RE: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] BOOTH - FIELDING - ORRELL > > > > > > Hi Annie > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.6.1/344 - Release Date: 19/05/2006 > > > ==== ENG-LAN-BOLTON Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, send the command "unsubscribe" to > ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L-request@rootsweb.com (if in mail mode) or > ENG-LAN-BOLTON-D-request@rootsweb.com (if in digest mode.) > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. 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