Hello Karen, I have some Higham family in the tree. Do you have any connection? James Higham ( Wigan c1811) married an Alice (nee? / born at Pemberton) and had the following children all of whom were born at Wigan: John c1840 William c1842 James c1844 Thomas c1846 Richard c 1848 Mary Ellen c1855 Best regards, Paul Toronto, Canada. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Fraser" <kmfraser@pacificcoast.net> To: <eng-lan-wigan@rootsweb.com> Sent: May 11, 2007 9:54 AM Subject: [WIGAN] Roll Call - PILKINGTON, STANLEY, YATES, ASCROFT, LEA, etc. > Here are my Wigan ancestors: > > Grandparents: > Elias PILKINGTON, b 1874, Wigan & Alice STANLEY, b 1874, Wigan, Marr. 1895 > > Great grandparents: > Thomas PILKINGTON, illeg., b 1843, Wigan & Elizabeth YATES, b abt. 1845, > Wigan, Marr. 1866 > David STANLEY, b 1853, Wigan & Ann ASHCROFT (ASCROFT), b 1853, Wigan, > Marr. > 1873 > > Gt, gt. grandparents: > William TALBOT, b 1820, Ashton-in-Makerfield & Ann PILKINGTON, b 1822, > Wigan, Marr. 1845 in Wigan > Thomas YATES > William STANLEY, b abt. 1820, Cork, Ireland & Ellen MERCER, b 1819, > Ince-in-Makerfield, Marr. 1839 in Wigan > Henry ASCROFT, b abt 1827 & Ellen DAVIES, b 1829, Pemberton, Marr. 1853 in > Wigan > > Gt, gt, gt grandparents: > Robert PILKINGTON, b abt 1800 & Mary LEA, b abt 1798, St. Helens, Marr. > 1821 > in Wigan > William TALBOT, b 1793, Ashton-in-Makerfield & Ellen LATHAM, b abt 1794, > Ashton-in-Makerfield, Marr. 1818, Ashton-in-Makerfield > Francis STANLEY, b Ireland, d 1842 in Wigan & Amelia ?, b Ireland (died > after 1841 in Wigan) > William MERCER, b 1794, Ince-in-Makerfield & Margaret PRINCE, b abt 1792, > Marr. 1814 in Wigan > Robert DAVIES, b abt 1806 & Betty ATHERTON, b abt 1810, Marr. 1828 in > Standish > > Possible 4X gt grandparents: > William PILKINGTON, b 1779, Manchester & Ellen NAYLOR, b 1778, Wigan, > Marr. > 1799 in Wigan > > Possible 5X gt grandparents: > Robert PILKINGTON, b abt 1755 & Mary CROMPTON, b 1757, Manchester, Marr. > 1776 in Prestwich > Ralph NAYLOR, b 1742, Wigan & Mary HOUGHTON, b 1740, Wigan, Marr. 1764 > > Some other surname interests: GOUGH, HIGHAM, NORMINGTON, ARMSTRONG, > GERRITY, > BIRCHALL, RATCLIFFE, THOMAS, OAKES, EATOCK, TAYLOR, BELSHAW > > Karen Fraser > Vancouver Island, Canada > > > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > ~~~ Check your e-mail settings. List mail must be in PLAIN TEXT. ~~~ > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LAN-WIGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >