Dorothy Jones wrote on 27 December 2010 :- >May I join in with your discussion? Are you still interested in this, or have you perhaps moved on to other things? Regards Gordon From: "Gordon Evans" <gordon.w.evans@btinternet.com> To: <eng-merseyside@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 9:44 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] Daniel Thomas Hardman >Hello Dorothy > >It so happens that I have three Pendleton-born SHERLOCKs in my own family >tree, these being children of Neston-born coal-miner Joseph SHERLOCK and >his wife Sarah ASHWORTH, who married on 17 February 1873 in Radcliffe >St Thomas & St John. Joseph is believed to have been the only son of >Hoylake fisherman John SHERLOCK, who died in 1856 at the early age of 25. > >However, it would seem the family you have in mind is the Pendleton-born >William SHERLOCK, who married Elizabeth BRADBURN in 1856 in Eccles St >Mary - >William being a son of another John SHERLOCK, occupation cotton weaver? > >There appear to have been two distinct SHERLOCK lines within a 30-mile >radius in the 1400/1500's, each giving their offspring similar names viz >William, John, Thomas, Richard, Henry, Robert, Joseph & Samuel. One was >based in Oxton in Wirral (from which I myself am descended), the other in >Flixton, Manchester, which I suspect is your own particular line. >Someone very kindly sent me a 'pedigree' of the Flixton SHERLOCKs several >years ago. Will see if I can unearth it once the festive season is over and >the 'guest bedroom' reverts to its former use as my family history research >archive. > >PS. Salford is EAST of Wirral & Liverpool, not further north. :-) >Best regards >Gordon > >From: "D JONES" <djedoric1958@binternet.com> >To: <eng-merseyside@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 4:30 PM >Subject: Re: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] Daniel Thomas Hardman > >Hello >May I join in with your discussion? I wonder if you have researched >possible >connections with SHERLOCK and HARDMAN further north in Salford. I have two >families in Pendleton BRADBURN and LORD who are connected with the >SHERLOCKS >and HARDMANS of Pendleton and Salford.. >Dorothy