This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------2DA47D5422BA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Woops! Sent the copy to the wrong list! Here it is at the right one! Cheers to all Linda --------------2DA47D5422BA Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 15:01:05 -1850 From: Linda Holland <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01-C-MACOS8 (Macintosh; I; PPC) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: alison wild <[email protected]> CC: [email protected] Subject: Re: ATKINSON family in Preston References: <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear Alison Thanks for that - the J Atkinson was probably a relation - my great grandparents lived in Skeffington Rd for a time too. What I really need is comeone to look up the records of St Josephs - hope there is someone who can! Thanks again Linda alison wild wrote: > > Hello Linda, > > I have just been reading your message and although I have no direct relation > to your ATKINSON family this bit of information may help you. My auntie > Margaret WOODS lived at 155 Skeffington Road up until the 1970's [she has > since died] , she also attended St Joseph's RC Church and her neighbours at > 153 Skeffington Road were Mr and Mrs J. [sorry can't remember their names] > ATKINSON. Maybe someone in the Preston area could look at the electoral role > for that time and come up with some names for you. I think that they also > attended the same Catholic [St Josephs] Church as my auntie. > > Hope this is helpful, > Regards. > Alison. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda Holland" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 1:45 PM > Subject: Re: I'm here! > > > Dear Listers > > > > I haven't been posting to the Preston list for some time as the LANCS > > list has been very helpful. However there does not appear to be anyone > > there who can help me with my ATKINSON quest. > > > > Thanks to the kindness of a LANCSGEN lister I have a possible church in > > Preston to look for my grandfather's sisters and brother who died as > > infants when their babysitter overdosed them with laudanum. (They lived > > at Lutwidge St in 1891). > > > > I'm hoping that someone has access to the records of St Joseph's RC > > church, Skeffington Rd, Preston (held at GRO Preston?), and can look for > > baptisms and deaths for: > > > > 2 baby girls, both named Ann > > one baby boy named Francis: > > Parents: George ATKINSON and Alice Sloan > > Dates approximately 1890 to 1893. > > > > My grandfather was born in March 1894 and was the oldest surviving > > child. I believe that these three children were born before him. > > Other children born later were: > > Bertha about 1895 (don't know date) > > Frederick b.27.12.1898 > > Ethel b.6.10.1903 > > > > I've been looking for these children, Ann, Ann & Francis, for some time > > and hope that someone will be able to help me with this at last. > > > > (If you find my Aunty Bertha's birth that would be great too!) > > > > TIA > > Linda Holland > > in country Sth Australia > > > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > > > > --------------2DA47D5422BA--