Hello everyone, I have just joined the mailing list and am researching my Earnshaw ancestors. I came to Yorkshire for the first time last week and had a tremendous success in finding evidence and proof. But obviously, I want to find out even more. I started from knowing that my great great grandfather was born in Denholme (near Thornton) around 1841. I also had a birth certificate that "matched" this and gave his parents as John and Martha (nee Farrar) and the IGI had a possible christening at Haworth Church in 1842. I also had records of Thomas and his children after they moved to Midgley / Luddenden after he got married to Elizabeth Briggs in 1863. On the visit, I found Thomas' grave and that gave the same date of birth as the certificate I had. We searched the records at the Bradford archives and found the Christening entry - and this gave the same parents and same date of birth. So the Denholme link was conclusive (interestingly, Thomas was baptised by Patrick Bronte - so we do have famous connections!!) By luck, we found where Thomas was born and his parents lived from at least 1841 to mid 1880's - Edge Bottom in Denholme Edge. Next door was the Denholme Edge church (United Reform) and not only found John and Martha's grave, but graves of several of his close relatives and descendants. Again at Bradford we found John and Martha's marriage was at Bradford Cathedral in 1835 and he was baptised in Haworth in 1810. The first generation (John and Sarah) is still conjecture, but this was the only marriage at Bradford that seemed to fit. The tree I have generated of the Yorkshire connection, as a result of this visit is below - does anyone else know anything more, or can point me in the right direction? Earnshaw Descendant Tree ------------------------ 1-John EARNSHAW +Sally HARTLEY |--2-Jonas EARNSHAW b. 28 Jan 1807, Denholme, Thornton, Yorkshire |--2-Joseph EARNSHAW c. 4 Sep 1809, Haworth, Yorkshire, d. 14 Sep 1884, | (Denholme Edge Church) | +Hannah WALLER b. Cir 1812, d. 30 Nov 1879, (Denholme Edge Church) | |--3-William John EARNSHAW b. Cir 1832, (Wilsden, Yorkshire), d. 9 Nov 1883, | | Denholme, Thornton, Yorkshire | | +Mary Ann b. Cir 1834, d. 15 Jul 1907, (Denholme Edge Church) | | |--4-Alice EARNSHAW b. 14 Apr 1860, d. 18 Oct 1903, (Denholme Edge | | | Church) | | +Emmanuel SMITH | |--3-James EARNSHAW b. Cir 1833, (Wilsden, Yorkshire), d. 20 Apr 1857, | | (Denholme Edge Church) | | +Maria | | |--4-Mary Hannah EARNSHAW b. 14 Apr 1856, d. 16 Apr 1856, (Denholme Edge | | | Church) | |--3-Joseph EARNSHAW b. Cir 1835, (Wilsden, Yorkshire), d. 20 Apr 1854, | | (Denholme Edge Church) | |--3-Reuben EARNSHAW b. Cir 1838, (Wilsden, Yorkshire), d. 3 Jun 1908, | | (Denholme Edge Church) | | +Sarah Ann SPENCER b. Cir 1844, (Bradford, Yorkshire), d. 25 Nov 1921, | | (Denholme Edge Church) | | |--4-Albert EARNSHAW b. Cir 1870, d. 11 Dec 1964, (Denholme Edge Church) | | | +Margaret b. Cir 1870, d. 29 Dec 1957, (Denholme Edge Church) | | |--4-Edwin EARNSHAW b. Cir 1876, d. 23 Feb 1965, (Denholme Edge Church) | | |--4-Hannah EARNSHAW b. 21 Nov 1880, d. 23 Mar 1943, (Denholme Edge | | | Church) | |--3-Sarah Ann EARNSHAW b. Cir 1840, d. 29 May 1906, (Denholme Edge Church) | |--3-William EARNSHAW c. 10 Jul 1831, Wilsden, Yorkshire | |--3-Benjamin EARNSHAW c. 31 Jul 1836, Wilsden, Yorkshire |--2-John EARNSHAW b. 13 May 1810, Denholme, Thornton, Yorkshire, d. 21 Oct | 1898, Luddenden, Nr Halifax, Yorkshire | +Martha FARRAR b. 1 Feb 1812, Denholme, Thornton, Yorkshire, d. 7 Apr 1885, | Denholme, Thornton, Yorkshire | |--3-Rebecca EARNSHAW b. Cir 1833 | |--3-John EARNSHAW b. 2 Aug 1835, Denholme, Thornton, Yorkshire | |--3-Thomas EARNSHAW b. 24 Sep 1841, Denholme, Thornton, Yorkshire, d. 9 Oct | | 1899, Luddenden, Nr Halifax, Yorkshire | | +Elizabeth BRIGGS b. Cir 1843, d. Bet 1871 and 1872 | | |--4-Maria EARNSHAW b. 12 Feb 1864, Denholme, Thornton, Yorkshire | | |--4-Martha EARNSHAW b. 27 Jul 1865, Denholme, Thornton, Yorkshire | | | +William Henry MURGATROYD b. Cir 1868, Luddenden, Nr Halifax, | | | Yorkshire | | |--4-Heman EARNSHAW b. 19 May 1867, Midgley Nr Halifax, Yorkshire, d. 12 | | | Feb 1945, Dagenham, Essex | | | +Janey LINDLEY b. 17 Apr 1868, Luddenden Foot, Midgley, Yorkshire, d. | | | 12 Dec 1927, Plaistow, West Ham, London | | | |--5-Verdi Lindley EARNSHAW b. 15 Apr 1892, Elland, Halifax, W | | | |--5-George Edward EARNSHAW b. 23 Oct 1895, Elland, Halifax, W | | | | Yorkshire, d. 1942 | | | |--5-Florrie EARNSHAW b. 29 Jun 1899, Plaistow, West Ham, London, d. | | | | 15 Feb 1969, Swindon, Wilts | | |--5-Thomas EARNSHAW b. 18 Sep 1905, West Ham, Essex, d. 1975 | | | | +Beattie | | | |--5-Edith EARNSHAW b. Aft 1901, d. 3 Jul 1981, Cambridge, UK | | |--4-Lora EARNSHAW b. 20 Feb 1869, Ovenden, d. Aft 1901 | | |--4-John Sunderland EARNSHAW b. 5 Mar 1871, Midgley Nr Halifax, | | | Yorkshire | | +Lois BROOKE b. Cir 1869, Birstal, W Yorkshire | | |--5-Nellie Sunderland EARNSHAW b. 21 Apr 1899, Brighton, West Sussex | | +Betty SUNDERLAND b. Cir 1830, Warley, Yorkshire, d. 7 Nov 1904, | | Luddenden, Nr Halifax, Yorkshire | |--3-William EARNSHAW b. 13 Apr 1843, Denholme, Thornton, Yorkshire, d. 16 | | Oct 1859, Denholme, Thornton, Yorkshire | |--3-George Edward EARNSHAW b. 17 Sep 1853, Denholme, Thornton, Yorkshire, | | d. 25 May 1921, (Denholme Edge Church) | +Elizabeth b. Cir 1854, Haworth, Yorkshire, d. 21 Aug 1931, (Denholme | Edge Church) | |--4-Savina EARNSHAW b. Cir Aug 1874, d. 20 Feb 1878, (Denholme Edge | | Church) | |--4-John William EARNSHAW b. Cir Nov 1876, d. 25 Aug 1884, (Denholme | | Edge Church) | |--4-Harry EARNSHAW b. Cir 1879, Mixenden, Yorkshire | |--4-Edith Annie EARNSHAW b. Cir 1880, Warley, Yorkshire | |--4-Amy EARNSHAW b. Cir 1884, Halifax, W Yorkshire | |--4-Arthur EARNSHAW b. Cir 1889, Halifax, W Yorkshire |--2-Mary EARNSHAW c. 21 Jul 1812, Haworth, Yorkshire |--2-Sarah EARNSHAW b. 1 Dec 1813, Denholme, Thornton, Yorkshire