Hi Pete, My family lived at Toppings in 1841, 1851 and 1861. The Toppings area is now part of Bromley Cross, although when my family lived there it was shown as Turton. I agree that our families probably knew each other. I think the address 'Volunteer', would indicate that the addresses were near to the Volunteer, probably in the same row, not at the actual pub. Anne in Bolton. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pete Hulme" <phulme@glasshouse.com> To: <ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 9:09 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] Volunteer, Turton > Thanks Anne, I was confused by this as it sounds like a pub but there are > three families there with a total of 12 children between them plus two > servants! I could understand a pub with a couple of single lodgers but > this seemed odd. There's the landlord and family, my family with father > whose a Provisions Dealer and another family whose head is a cotton > bleacher. > > It's interesting to think that my gt. gt. grandfather Thomas Fielding, > would probably have known yours, Amos Howarth as they'd have been around > the same pub and area at the same time (Thomas died in 1862, after the > 1861 census and his family moved to Toppings, where we find them in 1871). > Wonder what they'd have made of our meeting by email 150 years on! > > Cheers, Pete Hulme > > > ==== 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.) > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/338 - Release Date: 12/05/2006 > >