Hello List I am trying to fit the above people into my family tree. Violet was my father's cousin and worked for my grandparents in a small bakery in Watt Street, Bolton. I'm not sure which side of my father's family she belonged to so her maiden name could be ALDRED or SMITH. My cousin favours ALDRED. Tom & Violet had two daughters Alwyn and Vera. The family emigrated to Canada during the Lancashire Cotton Slump but I don't know when that was except it was prior to WW II. In the 1930s my grandparent had a bakery in Newhall (Newall) Lane, Bolton and another in Ashworth Lane, Astley Bridge, Bolton. My parents Ivy (KILLCROSS) and Arthur ALDRED subsequently took over the shop in Ashworth Lane they sold it in 1951. I would like to know when the cotton slump was and if anyone knows anything about the WALLWORK family. I met Violet in the 1950s when she visited England and again in 1967 or so when I came to Canada. Oh how I wish I'd been interested in genealogy then! Elizabeth ewright@wwdc.com
Hi Elizabeth, the 'cotton famine' was in the 1860s, it was a result of the American Civil War. good hunting, Cassie On 11/09/2006, at 3:03 AM, John and Elizabeth Wright wrote: > Hello List > > I am trying to fit the above people into my family tree. Violet > was my father's cousin and worked for my grandparents in a small > bakery in Watt Street, Bolton. I'm not sure which side of my > father's family she belonged to so her maiden name could be ALDRED > or SMITH. My cousin favours ALDRED. Tom & Violet had two daughters > Alwyn and Vera. The family emigrated to Canada during the > Lancashire Cotton Slump but I don't know when that was except it > was prior to WW II. In the 1930s my grandparent had a bakery in > Newhall (Newall) Lane, Bolton and another in Ashworth Lane, Astley > Bridge, Bolton. My parents Ivy (KILLCROSS) and Arthur ALDRED > subsequently took over the shop in Ashworth Lane they sold it in 1951. > > I would like to know when the cotton slump was and if anyone knows > anything about the WALLWORK family. > > I met Violet in the 1950s when she visited England and again in > 1967 or so when I came to Canada. Oh how I wish I'd been > interested in genealogy then! > > Elizabeth > ewright@wwdc.com > > ------------------------------- > 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 >