Wonderful David. I sent my father a surprise a few years back for Christmas also. He hadn't even known the name of his Grandfather! I was so glad that I did it because he passed away a month later on January 25th. Congratulations on your find and merry christmas to all on the Middleton list! May 2006 bring lots of newfound relatives:) Angela Cyprus researching Claytons in Middleton ----- Original Message ----- From: "david o'malley" <dominic.marley@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 2:26 AM Subject: [ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON-L] A magic moment. > Hi, > > > > A couple of weeks ago I overcame one of the brick walls in my family > history. > > Alice Wilson appears on the 1841 census in Harpurhey with two boys and no > husband. Not much to go on. She doesn't appear on any later census so I > checked whether she had died or re-married. She had re-married in the > 1840s > and the certificate gave her maiden name, Worsley, and her father's name, > Peter. (I posted a question about him at the time). She was then easy to > find under her new married name on the later censuses, which showed her > birthplace, Blackley. > > I already knew of the Worsley family of Blackley. Robert Worsley had been > the landlord of the Pleasant Inn, Crab Village, Blackley in the late 1800s > and his descendants were still there in 1901. Checks on a few genealogy > websites suggest that Robert Worsley's grandfather was a Peter Worsley. > > I've found two Peter Worsleys, with families, in Blackley in the early > 1800s, but I haven't yet established if Alice's and Robert's lines are > from > the same Peter. > > Even if they're not, there's probably a connection a few generations > further > back. > > > > So, why should I want to link my Worsleys with those at the Pleasant Inn? > > > > 'My' Peter Worsley's gt-gt-gt-grandson, my dad, married the daughter of > the > landlord of the Pleasant Inn in 1950 and I was born there. > > It could be that both my mum's and dad's families have, in different > centuries, been tenants of the Pleasant Inn. > > > > Finding that possibility was one of those magic moments that make all the > time and effort of family history research worth while and was great > Christmas present. > > > > Enjoy your Christmas, > > Dom O'Malley. > > > > P.S. Shhh, don't tell my Mum and Dad. They still live near the Pleasant > and > this information is going to be a Christmas Day surprise. > > > > > > ==== ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON Mailing List ==== > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~emmaw/ for free Web Editor software. > Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > >