You guys are all simply amazing you have certainly improved my files by a bunch. This has become one of my best days. Thank you so very, very much. Jan Buker Castle Rock, WA -----Original Message----- From: pneanne [mailto:pne.anne@ntlworld.com] Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 2:31 PM To: ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] The Surname of McGowen / MCGOWAN in Bolton, Lancashire Hi Jan and Valerie, I have found a marriage at Bolton le Moors on the 26.10.1742 for a Richard Booth and Ann Kay. Someone has put that Richard Booth was born about 1717 of Edgworth. Anne in Bolton. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Buker" <jcbuker@bukerfamily.org> To: <ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 7:34 PM Subject: RE: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] The Surname of McGowen / MCGOWAN in Bolton, Lancashire > Thank you so much Valerie, I'm sure your right. I was very confused by > the > Gloucestershire information that was someone else's research. It didn't > seem right to me and now you have confirmed that. This is certainly the > right John Booth, his father was Richard and his mother is Ann Unknown. > It > is my belief that Richard and Ann were married at St. Peter's or possible > Edgeworth and I believe Ann was baptized there also. I just wish I knew > her > maiden name. Much of my information is from person's long gone, and I > have > inherited it. I am slowing in the process of sourcing it properly. > > Jan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Valerie [mailto:v.lirakis@ntlworld.com] > Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 2:10 AM > To: ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] The Surname of McGowen / MCGOWAN in Bolton, > Lancashire > > Hi Jan, > > I've just been checking the IGI and can't find any entry for a John Booth > baptized in Edgeworth, Gloucestershire. However, I have found a John > Booth, > baptized at St. Peter's, Bolton-le-Moors, on the 11th December 1742, > parents > Richard and Ann. > > What threw me first time round was that there is an Edgeworth, > Gloucestershire, as well as an Edgworth, near Bolton, not very far removed > from Harwood, so I think this would most likely be your ancestor. > > Valerie > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jan Buker [mailto:jcbuker@bukerfamily.org] > Sent: 10 June 2006 18:47 > To: ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] The Surname of McGowen / MCGOWAN in Bolton, > Lancashire > > Hi Jeffery, > > I have Booth's from Lancashire, mostly Bolton Le Moor and Harwood Lee, we > really don't know anything about the English branch though and are just > beginning to research across the water. I don't know if your Catherine > Booth is related or not, I would need to know her ancestry. Our Booth's > immigrated to America in the early 1840's but many stayed in Lancashire. > If > anyone recognizes any names or spelling errors please correct me as my > knowledge of the area is nil. Our ancestry: > > Descendants of John Booth > > > 1 John Booth b: 11 Dec 1742 in Edgeworth, Gloucestershire, > England d: Bet. 1764 - 1826 in England > > > > ==== 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.) > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > ==== ENG-LAN-BOLTON Mailing List ==== > For Family/Local History covering Bolton, Horwich, Farnworth, Westhoughton > and Turton. Please keep the messages coming. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.3/360 - Release Date: 09/06/2006 > > ==== ENG-LAN-BOLTON Mailing List ==== For Family/Local History covering Bolton, Horwich, Farnworth, Westhoughton and Turton. Please keep the messages coming. ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx