Hi Keith, I am looking for Battersby's. Any in your cemetery listings? I believe my g-g-grandfather James worked in the Bedford Old Mills in Leigh, but there the trail ends. So I'm searching for any lead. Thanks, Gwen

Gwen I have some Battersby's in Tyldesley cemetery as follows: Name, Description, Age, Place of Death, Burial Date, Grave Norman Battersby, child of Samuel &, 18 mths, 217 Manchester Rd Astley, 03 May 1916, R 356 (No mothers name in description) Fred Battersby, child of James & Lily, 7 yrs, 6 Lord St Hindsford Atherton, 10 August 1912, A 143 Margaret Battersby, wife of James, 73 yrs, 9 school St Tyldesley, 22 November 1915, R 389 Frank Battersby, Coal miner, 29 yrs, The Sanitorium Tyldesley, 05 January 1914, R 356 (late of 2 Peace St, Gin Pitts, Astley ) James Henry Battersby, child of Joseph & Rose, 4 mths, 7 Brindle St Tyldesley, 15 March 1913, R 228 Thomas Battersby, Engine winder, 60 yrs, 157 Astley St Tyldesley, 14 December 1909, R 356 John William Battersby, child of Joseph & Rose, 5 yrs, Childrens Hospital Pendlebury, 11 March 1911, R 228, (removed from 11 Common Lane for burial) As always please cross check any information I pass on to you and inform me if you find any errors. Tyldesley cemetery The records I have only go up to March 1917, I intend to continue these to January 1953 If you require the details of who else is buried in any grave let me know, likewise if you would like me to check any grave for a headstone, I live close to the cemetery and I will forward photographs if there are headstones. St Stephen's have the following Name, Abode, Burial Date, Age Mildred Battersby, Astley, 02 July 1856, 20 yrs William Battersby, Astley, 19 October 1871, 83 Thomas Battersby, Astley, 11 June 1855, 19 yrs Ann Battersby, Astley, 12 July 1842, 79 yrs Hannah Battersby, Astley, 06 March 1835, 4 Thomas Battersby, Astley, 01 March 1835, yrs 2 James Battersby, Astley, 01 March 1835, yrs 6 12 March 1778, Robert Batersby of Astley St Stephen's The records I have are very hit and miss with quite a few missing gaps Hope this is of help Keith ----- Original Message ----- From: <GwenSwede@aol.com> To: <ENG-LAN-LEIGH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 11:15 PM Subject: [(ENG-LEIGH)] Re: [(ENG-LEIGH)] Tyldesley cemetery searchable database. > Hi Keith, > I am looking for Battersby's. Any in your cemetery listings? I believe my > g-g-grandfather James worked in the Bedford Old Mills in Leigh, but there the > trail ends. So I'm searching for any lead. > Thanks, > Gwen > > > ==== ENG-LAN-LEIGH Mailing List ==== > Our list covers the following towns: Leigh (inc. Pennington, Westleigh & Bedford), Atherton, Tyldesley, Astley, Lowton, Golborne, Hindley, Abram, Howe Bridge, Culcheth and Glazebury. Make sure your family members join our list. This list is only as good as its members - please contribute regularly. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >