> My great grandparents are Mary Elizabeth Whitaker b. 1854 in Chorton Cun > Hardy, Lancashire and William Henry Sellen b 1848 in Stretford, Lancashire. > They were married in the Cathedral in Manchester on 22 Feb 1874. I have > found all of the Sellen history and now I need the Whitaker history for my > family tree. > > Her marriage certificate has her father as James Whitaker, grocer. A > solicitors.letter has her brothers and sisters, John, Richard, Mrs Chadwick > and Mrs Rigby and some of their children They are Richards two sons, James > and William Shaw Whitaker and Ernest Chadwick. Mrs Rigby had many children > but I have no names. > > If you are related to them or know them or their children or grandchildren, > please write to me. > > Regards > Jean Benson > 505 W Sherwood Dr > Payson Az 85541 > jbenson578@cybertrails.com > >

Did Mary Elizabeth have a daughter Mary Alice? If so, I may have a connection. -- Andrew Craig BEATTIE Halifax, West Yorkshire, England Family surnames I am researching: ASKEY: London (circa 1930-today) BEATTIE: Dumfries-Halifax (circa 1930-today) BELLAMY: Birmingham (1847-1991) BRAZIER: Cambridge-Halifax (1719-1983) DITCHBURN-AGNEW: Cumberland (circa 1930) ELBOURN: Cambridge (circa 1791-1825) STONES: Leicester-Halifax (circa 1887-today) TURNER: Cambridge (circa 1826-1854) WHITE: Canada BC? (pre & post WW2) WILSON-RIPPIN: London, Devon & Cornwall (circa 1930-today) "Rabbit Hunters" group Creator/Manager/Moderator http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/Rabbit Member of http://communities.msn.com/alltypesofhuntinguk/homepage.msnw --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.310 / Virus Database: 171 - Release Date: 19/12/01