Hi Kathy, Have your "found" Thomas and family on any census return,American or British? Did he marry in the USA or England What was his occupation prior to being ordained? Hope to hear from you Gilly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Katherine Mubareka" <kmubareka@hotmail.com> To: <eng-manchester-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 2:42 PM Subject: [ENG-MAN] Rev. Thomas Heywood's > > obituary of September 2, 1898 states that he was born near Manchester > England Feb. 24, 1833 and was a lay preacher in England. It also states > tht he came to the United states in 1870 and became an ordained minister. > He was survived by one daughter, Mrs. John (M. Alice)Gillespie and two > sons, Thomas and William. > > If anyone has any information about Thomas's siblings and/or parents, I > would like to hear from you and exchange information. I have pictures of > Thomas and more information about his daughter, M Alice who was my great > grandmother. > > And for what it is worth I also have an engraved binocular case given to > Thomas from the members of the Workman's Hall of Notting Dale dated June > 6th 1865. Being unfamiliar the British geography, I am not sure if this > is close to Manchester or not. > > Thanks. > Kathy > CANADA > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message