I wonder what his trade was? someone was researching an ancestor that traveled around with his trade and i located to the west of Norden a quarry. He was some form of stone mason. Throw some leads to me :)) Cheers Mike >________________________________ > From: Joanne Humphrey <joanne1humphrey@gmail.com> >To: eng-manchester@rootsweb.com >Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 10:10:08 PM >Subject: Re: [ENG-MAN] Humphrey Ancestors in Norden > > >Hi Mike > >Thank you very much for sending the copy of the map which shows Four Lane >Ends as being at the end of Edenfield Road, where my great grandfather's >possible father lived. This is very exciting, although I can’t possibly >think how I am going to connect the two of them now. It gives me a new lead >to work on though which is great. > >Many thanks >Joanne > >>:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >>Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. >>Other people can learn from them! >> >>Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. >> >>Please SNIP when replying. >> >>Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list.  No >fees! >> >> >>:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >>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 >> >>  >> >> >>:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >>Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. >>Other people can learn from them! >> >>Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. >> >>Please SNIP when replying. >> >>Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list.  No >fees!  >> >>:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >>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 >> >> >> > >  > > >:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > >Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. >Other people can learn from them! > >Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. > >Please SNIP when replying. > >Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list.  No fees! > > >:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > >------------------------------- >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 > > >  > > >:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > >Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. >Other people can learn from them! > >Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. > >Please SNIP when replying. > >Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list.  No fees!  > >:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > >------------------------------- >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 > > >

Hi Mike It's quite possible that William was a quarryman at some point. The majority of records list him as a general labourer, which is of limited use, however, he was born in an area of Co Durham where just about everyone was a coal miner. In 1897 when he married in Leicestershire he said that he was a labourer on the railway works, I suspect more specifically he was a navvy. His children were all born between 1898 and 1914 and most of their BCs state that he was a general labourer or outdoor labourer, with the exception of one in Kent in 1904 when he was a sewer worker. In 1911-1912 he was one of the hundred or so previously unemployed men who were employed to dig the boating lake at Heaton Park and at the outbreak of WW1, at the age of 39 he joined a tunnelling company, which I believe was a division dominated by men who had previously been miners or navvies. On the 1901 and 1911 censuses he is listed as a navvy. I have contacted Heaton Park and have searched the available railway workers' records and have had no luck. I don't suppose you would happen to know the name of the company which employed the quarry workers in Norden? If I could track down any employment records for William I might eventually be able to find the details of his birth which have eluded me for almost 20 years! Many thanks Joanne >>:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >>Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. >>Other people can learn from them! >> >>Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. >> >>Please SNIP when replying. >> >>Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No >fees! >> >> >>:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >>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 >> >> >> >> >>:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >>Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. >>Other people can learn from them! >> >>Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. >> >>Please SNIP when replying. >> >>Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No >fees! >> >>:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >>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 >> >> >> > > > > >:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > >Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. >Other people can learn from them! > >Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. > >Please SNIP when replying. > >Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! > > >:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > >------------------------------- >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 > > > > > >:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > >Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. >Other people can learn from them! > >Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. > >Please SNIP when replying. > >Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No >fees! > >:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > >------------------------------- >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 > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. Other people can learn from them! Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. Please SNIP when replying. Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- 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

A very short walk south from Norden down Edenfield road brings you to two quarries  Bagslate and Whitaker Moss quarries. Regards Mike Morris Toronto Canada >________________________________ > From: Joanne Humphrey <joanne1humphrey@gmail.com> >To: eng-manchester@rootsweb.com >Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 11:10:17 PM > >It's quite possible that William was a quarryman at some point. The majority of records list him as a general labourer, which is of limited use, however, he was born in an area of Co Durham where just about everyone was a coal miner. ><snip> >

Re questions about local records  why not try sending an e-mail to Rochdale library and ask what they might have ? , Regards Mike Morris Toronto Canada >________________________________ > From: Joanne Humphrey <joanne1humphrey@gmail.com> >To: eng-manchester@rootsweb.com >Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 11:10:17 PM > >It's quite possible that William was a quarryman at some point. The majority of records list him as a general labourer, which is of limited use, however, he was born in an area of Co Durham where just about everyone was a coal miner. <snip> > >