margaret payne <mll.payne@clear.net.nz> wrote..... > I am new to this list, researching, among others, these names. > > LANGLEY - Pudsey, Bramley, Laisterdyke > GAUNT - Pudsey > HUSTLER - Bradford > BROOKE - Bradford > WILKINSON - Bradford > WIDDERSON - Bradford > PRESTAGE - Leeds > HARGREAVES - Holbeck > > I would be delighted to hear from anyone connected with these families.> NO connections, but I presume you know that HUSTLER is a very prominent name in the history of Bradford and why? The Hustlers were very big Bradford wool staplers and Quakers in the 18th century, the dynasty being started by John Hustler (1715-1790). He built Undercliffe House and there is still a Hustler Street at Undercliffe today. He was also responsible for raising much of the capital to build Bradford Piece Hall in 1774, where the wool merchants traded their wares. Bradford history books are full of references to the Hustlers and I expect a trawl with Google will produce results. Roy Stockdill (Editor, Journal of One-Name Studies) SoG Executive & Director of Projects, FFHS Guild of One-Name Studies:- www.one-name.org Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History:- www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html Never ask a man if he comes from Yorkshire. If he does he will tell you, if he does not why humiliate him? - Canon Sydney Smith