OBITUARY. PROFESSOR ALLEYNE NICHOLSON. The death occurred on Thursday at Aberdeen of PROF. HENRY ALLEYNE NICHOLSON, who filled the chair of Natural History in the University of Aberdeen. PROF. NICHOLSON was born at Penrith, Cumberland, in 1844, and was the son of DR. JOHN NICHOLSON, the well-known Biblical scholar. He was educated at the Universities of Gottingen, and Edinburgh, and was Professor of Biology and Physiology in the University of Durham (College of Physical Science, Newcastle) in 1874. He filled several appointments before he was appointed Regius Professor of Natural History in the University of Aberdeen, which chair he continued to occupy from 1882 until his death. PROFESSOR NICHOLSON was an author of some note, his works, principally geological and palaeontological, commencing with the publication of the "Essay on the Geology of Cumberland and Westmorland" iin 1866, and continuing down to 1894. His chief work was a text book of "Palaeontology", and his students' text book of "Zoology" was largely used, and passed through various editions.

A little while back I posted a note that I had a few letters from the Reveley folder discovered at the Kendal Record Office, and had not transcribed them but wondered if anyone was related. Thanks to Dotty for transcribing this. I still can't figure out the kinship to Barker and the Rev Williamson, Samuel Reveley's father-in-law. Hi Sarah, I think I have now interpreted this letter! Its a bit cheeky to, here goes: Burton. August 3rd 1751 Reverend Sir, I sent yours inclosed in a frank (postal) 25th June which arrived safe the 11th July and rec'd the answer last Saturday only about noon, tho' left in town on Friday so could not send it gratis before this day. I fancy I shall be at Appleby Assizes if a certain cause be not accomodated before that time when should be glad to drink a glass with you. I shall give you a short hint of a suprising affair having been transacted in this (fashion?) Perhaps it may be acceptable:- Last Tuesday was brought to Lancaster gaol a woman disguised in man's apparel who pretended mid wifeory and (to be) a quack doctor. And in that disguise hath been married to seven sundry women with each of whom she got considerable fortunes and never was detected t'ill now - having married a widow at Stockport near Manchester from where she was sent in order for transportation. It's certain she made use of Dildoes to please the poor deluded sex. Pray my duty to Uncle and Aunt and am - Sir - your very humble Serv't William Barker. The envelope: To The Reverend Mr George Williamson. Vicar of Crosby Ravensworth Westmoreland. To the care of Mr R. Cragg, in Kendal (I expect the above was the one to pass this on to the reverend) Also suspect that the other writing is a workman's notes: Milnbank no. Ark above of thickness of an Axitreo cc ---------- Hedge Row & otherwise Sycamine tress - No 9 one sycamine C one ark cut by Neddy How is that? Do you know if the above "Burton" could be "Burton Leonard" which is the place my Barkers came from. Dotty

At the Manchester Assizes, yesterday, JAMES DAGLEISH was sentenced to death for the murder of SARAH WRIGHT, at Penrith last September

MARRIAGE. On the 16th inst., at St. George's Church, Kendal, by REV. GEORGE CREWDSON, M.A., WALTER LLIFFE, F.R.C.S.E., to MARY CICELY, only daughter of EDWARD CREWDSON, all of Kendal _____________________________

The Sheffield City Council have decided to promote a Bill in Parliament with a view of securing a portion of the waters of the Derwent to augment the supplies of the city. It is estimated that 30,000,000 gallons would be available from the Derwent. Derby and Leicester want about two-thirdss, and Sheffield would like to have the remainingn third, which would be adequate for the needs of the city for forty years. Ultimately Sheffield will have to join with other great Yorkshire towns in a scheme for obtaining water from Westmorland or Cumberland, the natural reservoir of the North and Midland of England. ____________________________________________________________________

"When I was a young man," says a well-known civil engineer, "I was surveying the route of a proposed railway. An old farmer, with whom I stopped for a time, admitted one day when he saw me figuring in the field, that mathematics always seemed a wonderful thing to him. Being young and enthusiastic, I began to enlarge its wnders, telling him how we could measure the distances to different plants, and even weigh them; how we could foretell accurately the coming of a comet or an eclipse year in advance of its actual occurrence; determine the velocity of the fiercest projectile; ascertain the height of mountains without scaling them; and many other things which I meant should astonish him. You can imagine how he set me back when he replied to this brilliant array of facts by saying" "Yes, yes, them things does seem kinder cur'us, but what allus bothered me was to understan' why you have ter carry one fur ev'hy ten. But, if you don't the durned thing won't come out right." ____________________________________________________________________

STARTLING DECREASE IN CROPS. In continuation of the series of reports which are being prepared by the Royal Commission on Agriculture, that , dealing with the county of Cumberland has just been issued. MR. WILSON FOX (assistant commissioner) says that the farms in Cumberland can be divided into four classes: (1) Hill sheep farms; (2) farms up to 100 acres, worked chiefly, or entirely, by the occupier's family; (3) farms from 100 to 300 acres, on which the occupiers depend to some extent on the labour of their own families; (4) farms from 300 to 500 acres, where mixed farming is carried on, and where a larger proportion of the land is devoted to corn crops. There is much in common in the agriculture of the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, that it may be of interest to shortly refer to the system of farming in the latter county, as well as the former. The farms are generally smaller in Westmorland than in Cumberland, and are worked more by the occupier's family than by hired labour. The larger proportion of arable land in Cumberland, and the greater attention paid to corn crops, necessitates the employment of more labour there. In Westmorland the few acres which are cultivated are devoted mainly to the production of straw and turnips for winter consumption. The rotation followed in Cumberland is mainly (1) oats, (2) roots, (3) oats seeded, (4) grass seeds mown, (5) seeds grazed. In Westmorland the rotation is lengthened by keeping the seeds down for a longer period. The four course system is occasionally followed in both counties, namely, in Cumberland on the heavy land, and in Westmorland on the moss lands in the neighbourhood of Levens, Milnthorpe, and Underbarrow. In Westmorland, the stock kept consists chiefly of dairy cows and young heifers to provide a succession of calvers to take the place of the cows, which go off chiefly after their third calving, into the large towns such as Manchester and Liverpool. In the higher or fell districts sheep are kept in large numbers. These run on the open commons in summer and on the enclosed land in winter, and up to lambing time in spring. In Cumberland more devotion is paid to the feeding of cattle and rearing of horses for all purposes. Thus in Cumberland the chief objects are the grazing and feeding of stock, breeding of horses, and the cultivation of a large area of arable land for the growth of corn and seed grass hay for sale; while in Westmorland the chief characteristics may be described as dairying and breeding of cattle in the lower lands, and the breeding and rearing of sheep in the high districts. The total area of the county of Cumberland is 970,161. Of this, 581,949 acres are returned in 1894 as being under cultivation of all kinds of crops, bare fallow and grass. The area under corn crops was 98, 543 acres in 1874, and 89,428 acres in 1894, or a decrease of 9.3 per cent. The decrease in the acreage of wheat and barley during this period is remarkable. In 1874 there were 21,914 acres of wheat, and in 1894, only 4510 acres, showing a decrease of 17,404 acres, or 79.4 per cent. The acreage of barley in this period decreased from 7433 acres to 2573 acres, or 65.3 per cent. According to a return made by MR. W. C. LITTLE I find that the acreage of wheat in Cumberland decreased by 75.2 per cent in the period 1892-94 compared with the period of 1872-1881, and that there was no greater decrease in any other county during this period, except in Westmorland, where it decreased 79.9 per cent. Again, the acreage of barley decreased by 62.8 per cent in the period 1892-94, compared with 1874-1881. There was no greater decrease in any other county during this period, Westmorland being the next in order with a decrease of 60.4 per cent. In the period 1892-94 the wheat area in proportion to cultivated area was only 0.5 per cent. At the present prices of cereals it is a fortunate county which possesses only 7083 acres of wheat and barley. But, as I have shown elsewhere, it is comparatively an easy matter to lay land to grass, for both soil and climate are suitable, and further there is a good deal of land suitable for the growth of turnips, and the acreage of these crops has increased as well as that of clovers and grasses under rotation. Under these circumstances the Cumbelrand men have been enabled to give up growing that which is ruining eastern counties farmers, and to turn their attention more to the raising of stock. But while there has been this large decrease in the area of wheat and barley, a considerable increase has taken place in the area under oats, the damp and humid climate in the valleys being very suitable for this crop on the fertile soils. The acreage of oats in 1874 was 68,281 acres, and in 1894, 81,199, or an increase of 18.9 per cent. According to the return already made by MR. W. C. LITTLE already alluded to, the acreage of oats in proportion to the cultivated area in 1892-94 was 13.7 per cent., the percentage being greater in only two other counties, namely, Hampshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire. ===================================================

To Barb Baker, I have been reading your postings for a couple of years now, and must thank you for some very interesting items. With your most recent posting about the death of Mr. Giles Redmayne of Braithy Hall, Ambleside, I feel I should make some comment. Both my wife and I are related to this gentleman by marriage; my wife, being the great-great-niece of Mr. Redmayne's daughter-in-law, Annie Salter, originally of North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. While my maternal aunt, by marriage, is a great-granddaughter of Mr. Redmayne's youngest sister, Frances Redmayne and her husband, Dr.William M. Murray. We discovered this quite by accident when we were visiting my aunt in England, when my wife happened to mention that one of her great-great- grandfather's daughters, Annie Salter, had married Mr. Redmayne's then eldest son and heir, Captain Frank Giles Redmayne, Master Mariner, on 29 Oct., 1883, after he had brought his ship into Sydney Harbour, and met Annie. After they were married he brought Annie home to England, to live at Brathy Hall, where they had two daughters, Lillian and Gladys. On hearing this story, my aunt was amazed, and stated that her own grandmother, Ethel Murray, had been born at Brathy Hall (c. 1857). As a result of this surprising coincidence I have made a study of the relationships, and have confirmed that the statements were indeed factual. Unfortunately a few years later, on 7 Dec., 1894 Captain Redmayne, while sailing from the West African coast in command of the S.S. Coban, died of a fever on board his ship. This had the result that eventually his wife, Mrs. Annie Redmayne, (nee Salter), with her two daughters, came home to live with her parents in North Sydney. Jonathan Kirton, Canada

DEATHS. The death is announced at Ambleside, in his 78th year, of MR. GILES REDMAYNE, a magistrate for both Lancashire and Westmorland. ________________________ SIR JAMES BAIN, the ironmaster, died at Glasgow on Monday. He was born in 1818, was educated at Glasgow University, and was Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1874 to 1877. He was created a Knight Bachelor in that year. In 1880 he unsuccessfully contested Glasgow as a Conservative, and he sat as M.P. for Whitehaven from 1891-2, when he was defeated. He was D.L. and J.P. for Lanarkshire, and a D.L. for the county of the City of Glasgow, also a J.P. for Cumberland. Deceased was largely interested in commercial enterprises in Cumberland, being the senior member of the firm Bain and Co., and the Whitehaven Colliery Company, firms which as ironmasters and colliery and iron ore mining proprietors, give employment to about 3,000 men at Whitehaven, Darrington, and Woodend. ======================================================

NORTH OF ENGLAND TEMPERANCE LEAGUE. On Saturday evening the proceedings connected with the 38th annual conference of the North of England Temperance League were commenced at Penrith, and will be continued until Wednesday. Delegates were present from nearly 150 towns and villages in Cumberland, Westmorland, Northumberland, Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Durham, besides representatives of temperance organisations in Scotland, the Midlands, and the south of England. The report of the executive committee states that there has been no slackening in any branch of the work during the year, and that in every direction throughout the north of England at least there is an awakening to the fact that, unless the liquor traffic is prohibited, it will become the master, not only of individuals, but of the national and local Governments. The committee affirm the belief that the overthrow of the liquor traffic will be attained. During the year considerable changes have been made in the league's methods of working, with very satisfactory results. There are 269 societies federated, with a membership of 72,000, showing an increase on the year of 17 societies and 7000 members.

IS INSANITY INCREASING ? ............. part #2 Among the superintendents of asylums, who would be most likely to come to the conclusion that lunacy is increasing, it is interesting to find that out of the sixty-two who have replied to inquiries from the Commissioners, only ten have arrived at that opinion. Thirty were of a contrary opinion, and twenty-two were unable to arrive at any definite conclusion. The Commissioners, with the wider view of the facts necessarily possessed by them, are happily able to agree with the thirty. The Superintendent of the Cheshire County Asylum, near Macclesfield, accounts for an increased number of admissions to his asylum by a change in the policy of the Boards of Guardians, whereby the workhouses have been depleted of chronic cases and are being less used as places for treatment of recent cases. The Superintendent of the Cumberland and Westmorland Asylum also makes allowance for more strict reporting of the cases of insanity, for a change in the views of what constitutes insanity, and the operations of the four shilling grant to all who can be certified as insane, and then he comes to the conclusion that insanity cannot be said to be on the increase. One recognised cause of the apparent increase of lunacy is the fact that temporary attacks of alcoholic insanity, formerly treated in workhouses or at home, are now treated in asylums. The ugly, disagreeable fact, however, remains that, according to the census returns, there is onen person of unsound mind to ever 293 of the population of England and Wales. ======================================================

IS INSANITY INCREASING ? ...............part #1 It was only yesterday that we had to warn our readers against drawing false conclusions from statistics. To-day we have to call attention to a curious and most impressive illustration of the deceitfulness of figures. In answer to the question ' Is insanity increasing ? ', there are certain figures that seem to reply, "Yes, enormously, alarmingly." The number of lunatics, idiots, and persons of unsound mind in England and Wales reported to the Commissioners in Lunacy 'as resident in asylums and other establishments for the insane, and in workhouses or with their relatives or others' was 36,762. The number had increased in 1896 to 96,446, showing a ratio to every 10,000 of the population of 31.38, as compared with 18.67 at the previous period. Nine men out of ten, especially if they wanted to prove a case, say, for the renewal of some abandoned restrictive legislation, would jump to the conclusion that there certainly was an alarming increase of insanity, and nobody could blame them for rashness. Nevertheless, their conclusion would be in reality, rash and unwarranted. Figures don't prove everything, and they have a trick of concentrating attention on themselves and diverting notice from other essential considerations. The Commissioners in Lunacy, after a careful investigation, have come to the conclusion that there has been no important increase of insanity. On the contrary, they quote with approval, the opinion of the Registrar-General that there has been a slight decline in the yearly occurrence of new cases of insanity in the population. Dividing the twenty years 1871 to 1891 into two decades, the experience of each has been this. In the first there was one fresh case of insanity every year to 1,451 persons in the population; in the second there was only one fresh case for every 1,513. Bad enough, no doubt; but the tendency is a decreasing one. How is this conclusion and the one first quoted to be reconciled ? The simple explanation is that we have been accumulating our lunatics, and not greatly varying the amount of lunacy. We have been taking greater care of them, so that their lives have been preserved, and the numbers left on our hands at each annual count have increased in that way. We have not been so ready to discharge them as "recovered", and that fact again has led to the swelling of the accumulated numbers. We have been building asylums for the care of the insane, and the population has been putting more and more confidence in the asylums. Insane persons who would have been kept at home before are now sent to asylums; there is better registration, and, in short, there is an increase of "officially-known persons of unsound mind." .....to be continued.....

Hello All, I'm looking for some advice / help: My 5th great grandfather Thomas Holme was born circa 1760 in Westmorland. On 21 July 1793 he married Catherine Wilkinson at St Lawrence's, Crosby Ravensworth. At least 11 children then followed; Agnes (1793); Henry (1794); Mary (1796); John (1798); Thomas (1800); Jane (1802); Anthony (1804); Edmund (1806); Edmund (1807); Catherine (1808) and Sarah (1812). All baptised (and some buried) at St Lawrence's and all baptism entries list both Thomas and Catherine and give residence as Barnskew. Thomas also appears in 1841 census as farmer at Barnskew. Thomas died 27 Dec 1843 and is buried at St Lawrence's. Now the issue I have is I keep coming across a possible link to the High Constable of Westmorland West Ward. >From Roland Grigg's Parish Register transcripts I have a potential father and siblings of Thomas 1748 HOLME Henry s of Henry of Barnsceugh bapt1748Mar29 (Crosby Ravensworth PR) 1749 HOLME Jane d of Henry of Barnskew bapt1749Aug31 (Crosby Ravensworth PR) 1752 HOLME Mary d of Henry of Barnskew bapt1752Jan16 (Crosby Ravensworth PR) 1755 HOLME John s of Henry of Barnskew bapt1755Mar13 (Crosby Ravensworth PR) 1756 HOLME Edmund s of Henry of Barnskew bapt1756Nov10 (Crosby Ravensworth PR) 1759 HOLME Thos s of Henry of Barnskew bapt1759Mar8 (Crosby Ravensworth PR) [Potentially my 5th great grandfather] 1760 HOLME Sarah d of Henry of Barnskew bapt1760Dec4 (Crosby Ravensworth PR) 1763 HOLME Anthony s of Henry of Barnskew bapt1763Jan27 (Crosby Ravensworth PR) 1798 HOLME Henry of Barnskew Householder age77 bur 1798Jan27 (Crosby Ravensworth PR) [This potentially could be Thomas' father, my 6th great grandfather and his birth would be circa 1721] >From British History Online I have: West Ward High Constables 1731-1756 Henry Holme, the elder 1756-1797 Henry Holme, the younger 1798-1844 Thomas Holme 1844-1856 Henry Holme The end of Henry Holme the younger's period as High Constable, ties in with the death date of Henry Holme of Barnskew in the PR transcripts of Jan 1798 The end of Thomas Holme's period as High Constable also seems to tie in with date of death of my Thomas. Then from Parson & White's History of Cumberland & Westmorland 1829 page 592 (as transcribed by Geoffrey Walton on the Cumberland mailing list in 2003) we have: p.592 WEST WARD [Westmor- REAGILL Douglas John, master of the Free School Gelderd John, weaver Holme Thomas, High Constable for the West Ward, Barnskew [Johnson Wm. blacksmith Smith Thomas, grocer The directory is from 1829 so this would correspond with my 5th great grandfather Thomas living at Barnskew. So my problem is at the moment this all seems coincidental. I don't have anything definite to tie my Thomas to Thomas son of Henry in the PR Transcripts to Thomas and Henry the High Constables or even that Thomas High Constable is my Thomas and not a cousin or unrelated Holme. It all centres on the one word "Barnskew"! Does anyone have any ideas on how I can prove or disprove this tenuous connection? I'm not concerned what the outcome is i.e. I'm not looking to make my Thomas the High Constable if he wasn't just don't know what information is available that could help in finding the reality. regards Cath

POEM. Dear, it is not love, I know, Only longing - let it go; Longing unassuaged will die, And its requiem be a sigh. Only - are you sure your scorn Is not love obscurely born ? If you loved me - very much - Love might waken at your touch. Love is very hard to find - If you only dared by kind, Longing you're mistrustful of Might so quickly turn to love. Give your hands then, and your lips, Far away the whole world slips. Longing ? - Ah, when four lips long, Joy's the tune and Love's the song ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

CLASSIFIED AD. WANTED, Good First Violin, thoroughly competent in every detail, to join Nov. 4th, at Carlisle. Must wear evening dress, and assist with fittings when removing. Long engagement to a suitable man. Lowest terms to FRED POOLE, Myriorama, Maryport, Cumberland. _______________ WANTED, Known, FRANK GOODMAN is now on his Eleventh Year as Business-Manager for MR. JOSEPH POOLE's Grand New Myriorama. _______________

DEATHS. SAD DEATH OF A VICAR. - The REV. R. BURN, vicar of Christ Church, Carlisle, and formerly incumbent of Bolton, Westmoreland, and curate of Maryport, died on Sunday in Cumberland Infirmary. A week ago he was officiating as usual in his church. On Thursday, having hurt his knee, he went to the infirmary to undergo an operation, which, quite unexpectedly, proved fatal. THE SHAP STATIONMASTER KILLED. - Shortly after eight o'clock last night, MR. ROBERT TEMPLETON, stationmaster at Shap, Westmorland, while attending to a cattle train which was being made up for Manchester, was knocked down by the Glasgow corridor express. The body was carried 50 yards away and was shockingly mutilated. How deceased came to be in the way of the train is at present unknown, but one of the lamps on the front of the engine was broken by coming in contact with his head.

GLEANINGS. (excerpts) One of the divorce cases which is shortly to be heard will excite unusual interest, (says a London correspondent), by reason of the exceedingly mixed nationality of the parties. The petitioner is a Hindoo gentleman, studying law in this country, while the co-respondents respectively are a Japanese Prince, a Mexican gentleman, and an American millionaire. ______________________________ A party of convicts, in cutting a trench in a field near Borstal Prison, Rochester, on Friday, came upon three Roman interments, at a depth of about four feet from the surface. The skeletons lay in line from six to eight feet apart, in cists which had been carefully excavated in the chalk. These cists were seven feet in length and about three feet in width. With the skeletons were found two small vases of brown pottery and a patera of black ware. ______________________________ In early Newfoundland days, a pot of good ale served sometimes to win a favourable judgment fromm a fishing admiral. They have got beyond that in British Columbia, according to the "Canadian Gazette", for the offending owner of a sealing schooner has tried to curry favour with CHIEF JUSTICE DAVIE by sending him a $25. bill. "Every man has his price", but fancy a chief justice for £5 ! In the end the would-be briber was sent to gaol for a week for contempt, and fined the amount of his intended gift. ______________________________ An action for false imprisonment brought by the REV. A. HUGHES, curate of a church at Wakefield against MR. WHEATER, a jeweller and ex-mayor of Carlisle, was heard at the Leeds Assizes. The defendant had the plaintiff arrested on a Saturday evening in February on a charge of fraudulently converting to his own use, six gold rings and a watch of which he was supposed to be the bailee. Plaintiff remained in goal until the Monday morning, when he was discharged by the magistrates, as it was found the jewellery had been obtained on approval by his wife, from whom he was separated, without his knowledge. The jury awarded the plaintiff £250 damages. _____________________________ The Westmorland County Council decided on Friday to proceed with the establishment of a dairy school and experimental farm in conjunction with the County Council of Cumberland, Northumberland having declined to share in the enterprise. _____________________________

Hi Jane Yes, many thanks :-) Best Regards David Wellington New Zealand ex Lancashire. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Taylor" <janetaylor21@ntlworld.com> To: <eng-westmorland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 11:13 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] Cowperthwaite 1851 & 1861 Census > Hi there, > Is this the right one? If not get back to me. (Both entries Nook > > Here's the information from the 1851 census. > Edward COWPERTHWAITE head age 35 farmer of 14 acres born > Westmorland, Shap > Agnes COWPERTHWAITE married age 37 farmer's wife born Westmorland, > Kendal > Kentmere > John COWPERTHWAITE son age 3 farmer's son born Westmorland, Kendal > Kentmere > Christopher COWPERTHWAITE son age 1 farmer's son born Westmorland, > Kendal > Kentmere > John COWPERTHWAITE father age 58 widower owner of 14 acres of land > born > Westmorland, Kendal Kentmere > > 1861 > Edward COWPERTWAIT head mar 44 farmer, Westmorland, Shap > Agnes COWPERTWAIT wife mar 46, Westmoreland Kentmere > Christopher COWPERTWAIT son, 11, scholar, Westmoreland Kentmere > Edward COWPERTWAIT son, 7, scholar, Westmoreland Kentmere > Jane COWPERTWAIT daughter, 1, scholar, Westmoreland Kentmere > > Take care > Jane in Redcar

Hi Wonder if someone can help please ? I have a Edward Cowperthwaite with wife Agnes in the 1851 the print I have is not good and I am having trouble reading some of the information. RG10/5279 Folio 5 Page 8 Schedule 12 Nook Edward Cowperthwaite Farmer of ???? John Son Ag Lab Christopher Son Quarry Man Edward Son Quarry Man John Father ??????????? I was not able in the time available to find Edward Agnes and family on the 1861 ? Have them on 1851, 1871, 1881, 1891 Regards David.

MISSING FRIENDS The wide circulation of the "Manchester Weekly Times", covering nearly all the British Colonies and the principal foreign countries, makes it a peculiarly valuable medium for inquiries for missing relatives and friends. Correspondents who may avail themselves of the advantages of the Missing Friends Department are requested to make their communications as brief as possible, to write plainly on one side of the paper, and to give their addresses in full. In cases in which it is not desired that the address of the inquirer should be published, information will be received and forwarded by the Editor. Communications for this department should be addressed as follows: "Missing Friends, care of Editor, ' Weekly Times, ' Manchester." _______________________________________________________________________________________ (excerpts) HADWEN and HADWIN. - MISS HADWEN, who married MR. STRANGE, of Manchester, some years ago; also BENJAMIN ARTHUR, ROBERT, PETER and THOMAS HADWIN, who belonged to Lancaster, Liverpool, Yorkshire, Westmorland, Silverdale, and Manchester. If any descendants of the above are alive, will they send particulars of their relationship to Z. HADWEN, care of Editor - American and Australian papers please copy. M'AVOY. - MARY and MARTHA M'AVOY, who left Workington, Cumberland, for Liverpool about 40 years ago. Are believed to have since married. The inquirer is their brother, JOHN M'AVOY, Rakaunui, Makuri, Wellington, New Zealand. _________________________________________________