Hi Jackie If you search the name TOWHEY at _www.historicaldirectories.org_ (http://www.historicaldirectories.org) you will find entries for the name in both the 1895 and 1911 directories. 1895 Frederick TOWHEY, a musician, is living at 8 Boundary Street, H. and David TOWEY, warehouseman, is living at 29 Taylor Strret, Bury New Road, HB 1911 Frederick TOWHEY, draper, living at 615 Oldham Road, NH and David TOWAY, householder, 29 Taylor Street, Oldham Road You will also be able to check the other directories that were published at that time in which your ancestors do NOT appear. This may help you to get a time frame for them. If you're not familiar with the directories website its well worth spending a bit of time experimenting with it. You can glean so much information and can put your ancestors in context - I just love it! Just two tips. When searching for a person, search on the surname first - then add a letter if you wish. And remember that the info in the directories will be at least a year old by the time they reached publication. Hope this helps and that I'm not trying to teach you to suck eggs. Best Ruth