Hi Esther, I have just had a quick read of your message. One thought about Hilda Tonkiss - is she related to the famous Todmorden Sculpter called Henry Tonkiss? If there is a link you may be interested in a book available at Todmorden Library about him. I will check my records for any info I might have on the other names and let you know at a later stage. Good hunting. Andrea ---------- From: Esther Bramley[SMTP:bramleytree@hotmail.com] Sent: 30 May 2002 11:22 To: ENG-TODMORDEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-TOD] jacob edgar firth Hi As i sit here listening to my music, I wonder whether any body has any links to my family, as all the lead i have posted pon verias pages seem to fail. So i decided to start another on one that i am sure that lived. I have come to a conclusion that it is me.. not looking in the right places, as i seem not to be very good at this sort of thing. But having the father of my girlfriedn a Rodger Fentiman... whos family tree goes back numerus centeries, i have him to nudge me right. And i am no way going to stop. I decided to try and get some information about a Jacob Edgar Firth,(my gg grandfather, mother was marry ann/mallt, father james firth) married to Annie crossley. I have found from the 1881 Census that Jacob was born on the 14th august 1865, in Todmorden.He lived at 17 Broad Street, todmoeden (this information i got from the Comenwealth war graves commision while looking up his son) He worked in a cotten warehouse. i Have no other information on his wife Annie, but have a lot of information on their children. John Willie Firth, B.14 October 1889 he was killed in action in France on Monday 11 december 1916 aged 27. he is buried in the Combles communial cemetery extension in somme, france. Grave/pannel number II. F. 12. Jim firth married a hilda tonkiss, giing birth to my granney Dorothy, and her two two brothers Eric and John. Norah Firth, Married a arthur bedford and a bill wright. Norah wasa nurse who whent out to india... she has a page in the book.. todmorden chameo's Mary hannah firth... Emily Ada Gracie (these four i havbe not got much info on) any infor mation that you have wilkl be greatly recieved esther _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ==== ENG-TODMORDEN Mailing List ==== C J Genealogy http://www.dreamwater.net/genealogy/Lists.htm http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237