Dear Ann, That is fantastic! Not just one but several different and essential pieces of information.In all later census entries Ann's place of birth is given only as London. This is now much more specific. It was only after sending out the enquiry yesterday that I looked at a blow up of Yedthorpe and tried to imagine what it was and Sedbergh was one of the options that came up. This now confirms that. That address of Croft Street comes up time and time again in my family . Thank you so much for that. I do have the 1851 films at my local LDS but it is closed until the end of June for renovations. I am now up and running again on something that had been blocking me for a long time now. I very much appreciate your kind assistance. Cheers Ian in Hong Kong ----- Original Message ----- From: "pne.anne" <pne.anne@ntlworld.com> To: <ENG-LANCS-PRESTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 8:54 PM Subject: Re: ATKINSON-Preston 1851 > Hello Ian, > > I think we have been in touch before. I have looked at 45 different folio > numbers for your family, and guess what, they were on the very last one. > > HO 107/2266 Folio 625 > > 11 Back Croft Street, Preston > > William Atkinson head marr. 45 Weaver Sedbergh, Yks (I was there a few > weeks ago) > Ann wife 44 London, Middlesex > Joseph son 26 Weaver Blackburn > Margaret d. 17 Weaver cotton Preston > Anthony son 11 Scholar Preston > Ann Atkinson d-in-law marr. 20 Weaver Preston > Jane Atkinson grand d. 3 months. Preston > > Kind regards, > > Anne in Bolton. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ian Robinson" <treeman@netvigator.com> > To: <ENG-LANCS-PRESTON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 1:21 PM > Subject: Fw: ATKINSON-Preston 1851 > > >> >> >> Dear Listers, >> I am trying to dicover the birthplace of a William ATKINSON in the >> year of 1799. >> In the 1851 census William(age 52) would already have been married to >> Ann( Graham I believe) who was born in "London". >> I have not located either of them in the 1851 census but I believe them >> to be living either in High Street Preston or Bedford Street Preston at >> that time. >> In the household with them should be a daughter Margaret (17)and son >> Anthony(10). >> I would be very grateful if anyone who has access to an index could >> identify where this family could be found or if his birth location can be >> identified.I believe it to be Yedthorpe??? Yorkshire or something >> similar. >> Thank you for reading this far and thanks in advance for your assistance. >> Cheers >> Ian in Hong Kong >> >> >> >> ============================== >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> >> > > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >