Dear Sheila, Please would you check whether the burials of the following might be mentioned in the Newton Heath parish register, vol.159: 1. Richard WADKIN / WATKIN, (between 1805 and 1811). (Richard married 10 May 1803 at the Collegiate Church of St Dennis and St George, Manchester. His then occupation was 'cotton spinning' and his last child was baptised 29 Sep 1805. His widow, nee Betty HOYLE, as Elizabeth HOYLE married a 2nd time on 4 May 1812 to Richard ROBERTS at the same church.) 2. Sarah WATKIN (between 1804-1811). (Sarah WATKIN, daughter or Richard and Elizabeth WATKIN, was baptised on 29 April 1804 at the above church, and died before the birth on 3 June 1813, of Richard and Elizabeth Roberts' 1st child, who was named 'Sarah' in her memory.) 3. Mrs. Richard Roberts, formerly Mrs. Richard Watkin, nee Elizabeth Hoyle (between 24 Dec 1824 and 29 Sep 1825). (Richard and Elizabeth Roberts' last child, Jemima Roberts, was born on 24 Dec 1824 and baptised on 6 Mar 1825. On 29 Sep 1875, which was the 70th birthday of her son, James Watkin - by her 1st marriage - he wrote of his mother's death '50 years earlier'. ) Thanking you in anticipation Winifred Johns Message: 6 Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:44:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Sheila Johnston <sjohnston17@yahoo.ca> Subject: Re: [ENG-MAN] ALL SAINTS PARISH REGISTERS To: eng-manchester@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <929559.84152.qm@web50305.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Dear Dorothy and Irene, For yourselves and others who may be interested in the All Saints Parish Registers of Newton Heath, I have the bound volumes # 158 and 159 published by the Lancashire Parish Register Society. You can find out more about other published registers at <http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/lprs/> Volume 158 covers: Baptisms 1655-1796 Marriages 1682-1754 Burials 1672-1796 Volume 159 covers baptisms and burials for 1979-1837. Having said that, there are very few marriages in volume 158 and none in vol. 159 as they seemed to have been mostly performed in Manchester or Prestwich during that time frame. I have reviewed the filmed registers as well, but the earlier years are of very poor quality and difficult to read, so there may be some missing or very illegible records. Take care,