There is a group of houses surviving in Gaskill Street (I presume Gaskell Street and Gaskill Street are just alternate spellings?). They look as if they original ones from the 19th Century (I hope they are listed as not many around from that period). Martin Briscoe Fort William M&LFHS | Gwynedd FHS -----Original Message----- From: Pete Hulme [mailto:phulme@glasshouse.com] Sent: 26 May 2006 15:24 To: ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] JAMES HULME HI Anne, certainly does look like you're onto something here! I've found another 'coincidence' that links these two as well. I was looking for the Brindles in 1861 census and found them in Gaskill Street (26). James isn't with them (which is good as I've already found him I Barn Street, in the same lodging house as Elizabeth Kay, who he married in 1862). In 1866 James and Elizabeth have a son, Thomas and his birth certificate gives their address as Gaskill Street(31). The 1871 census shows both families still there. In 1881 the Hulmes have moved to Vallets Buildings and George Brindle is a widower living as a boarder with the Laycock's in Waterloo Street. Again, this doesn't prove anything, but it's one more "coincidence" between these two.