This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: GIkin81 Surnames: Gregson, Bramwell. Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52663/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, I am trying to find the parents of Thomas Gregson (b.1771). I think Thomas was born in Walton le Dale, and married at St. Johns Church, Preston, to Ann Bramwell in 1798.The one option I have come up with so far is that his parents were Richard Gregson and Alice. Baptism 1771, St. Leonards Church, Walton le Dale, but there does'nt seem to be any Richards in the following generations. Can anyone help. Regards, Geoff Ikin. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ash1610 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/16252.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello, I'm looking into the Naylor Bros ironworks in Golborne. My dad and grandad both worked there in the era 1930s to 1950's. Any information you have on the works and the family who were behind it would be greatly appreciated. Incidentally my grandad lost a leg and I believe it happened at the works. Thank you Anne Hartnell Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: GaryBickerstaff Surnames: Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52662.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thankyou for your help, I have managed to obtain her certificate details from birth as i have found a death certificate for her in the family archives. That meant the dates were correct. No its a case of trying to find a wedding certificate as it doesnt appear to be online anywhere for Margaret and Robert Hughes or her parents. Her Parents were Thomas Benson & Agnes Park and the only one i can find in that era live in London. It would appear strange that all the family were born in London apart from Margaret. I guess this struggle will continue lol Regards Gary Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ggrannym Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52662.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Do you know Margaret's age when she died in 1931? If you do you can work back to her birth year and see if the birth, mentioned previously, matches. Ordering birth certificates is easy and efficient from the lancashire bmd site I mentioned earlier. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: GaryBickerstaff Surnames: BENSON Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52662.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thankyou for the replies. Yes I got her name from firstly the birth certificate of her daughter Elizabeth, then subsequently from the 1901 Census. It does say on that cert Hughes formerly Benson. I have been searching for more information for over a 2 years now and it has been a real struggle especially as her "so called" husband Robert died in 1906. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ggrannym Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52662.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The birth on freebmd is also on lancashirebmd and Ancoats is given as the area in Manchester. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: PamelaWagster Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52661.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This is from a forum site which mentions the address you are interested in,from that I would assume it was a nursing/maternity home.Doesn't mention a date though. "The only Ashton connection appears to be that the adoption agency was based in Ashton. "Ashton under Lyne and District Adoption Society, 101a Old Street, Ashton under Lyne" The mother's address on the adoption form is St Agnes House, 15 Mauldeth Road, Manchester." Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Sumi48 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52662.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This could be Margaret bc 1856 in the 1881 census born Manchester and single. Looks like Robert is with his widowed mother Elizabeth in 1881 and he is also single. They may not have married. Did you get her maiden name from a chlld's birth certificate?. Street address: 7 Buck Lane Occupation: General Servant Domestic Registration district: Gateshead Sub-registration district: Gateshead ED, institution, or vessel: 53 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 5041 Folio: 100 Page Number: 42 Household Members: Name Age Robert Ryle 47 Agnes Ryle 43 Matthew Ryle 16 James F. Ryle 14 Isabella M. Ryle 11 Agnes F. Ryle 8 Sarah B. Ryle 6 Alfred F. Ryle 2 Margaret Benson 25 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: GaryBickerstaff Surnames: BENSON Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52662/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am struggling to find information regarding my second great grandmother named Margaret Benson. She married a Robert Hughes ( Gateshead ) and had children named Henry b1884 , Frederick Arthur b1886 and Elizabeth Bell b1892. I have guessed the wedding date as being approx 1884 based on their eldest childs DofB. It is only from a census that I saw that she was born in Manchester , but i have not been able to find any Wedding Certificate, or Birth Certificate. She died on 30 Dec 1931 in Gateshead. I am hoping that someone may know some information or can lead me in the right direction. I am aware that there were Russian Orthodox Jews arriving in the Manchester area during that period but i am unsure if that is just a wild guess with the surname being Benson ( Son of Benjamin ) Thankyou in advance for any information that you can provide. Regards Gary Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: boltongenes Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52661/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am searching for details re St Agnes House Mauldeth Rd Withington Manchester. I have a 1961 baptismal certificate and St Agnes House is listed as the place of abode but I can't find where it is/was. Does anyone know what it was? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: collettepartridge Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/42642.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: These are my great grandparents, one of their son's9Peter) is my mothers father. I have contacted you re Minister/vicar in Australia, regards for now Collette Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jessiebeamer Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/16521.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: In 1939, 147a Mill Road was a hospital. It was originally built by the West Derby Union Board of Guardians as a workhouse for the poor and in 1891 was renamed Mill Road Infirmary and remained a general hospital until the Second World War when it sustained severe damage during an air-raid in 1941. It was eventually rebuilt and reopened as a maternity hospital in 1947. It no longer exists. 147a Mill Road was a pseudo-address: After 1904, registrars issuing birth certificates were instructed not to record 'Workhouse' etc as the childs place of birth should this prove detrimental to the child in later life. A pseudo-address was used without naming the institution. Apparently some registrars applied the same instruction to death certificates. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: danfamilytree Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/16521.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My ancestor Michael McDonough died at 147a Mill Road in Feb 1939. Was this a hospital then? Michael was 55 when he died there. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

Thanks to Rosemary, Alison, Antony, David, Mary, Nivard and Jim for their interest and efforts in my query. We now know something of Catherine, and will be working on Harry. Thanks again Phyl

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: patbrown62 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52659.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for your message, but when I tried to use the URL, it would not open - could it be because I live in North America? Is there another way to access that site? Many thanks, Pat Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ggrannym Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52659.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: You could try www.lan-opc.org.uk A free site where you can search baptisms, marriages and burials in Lancashire. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: patbrown62 Surnames: BROWNE, BROWN Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52659/mb.ashx Message Board Post: When Nicholas BROWNE died in 1694 in Portsmouth, RI, he was called "an husbandman", (farmer) and his will listed him having, with unknown wife, sons William, Nicholas2, Abraham, and dau Jane. From 1638 until his death, he did not appear in many records of Portsmouth, but did buy and sell a number of land lots. In 1656, Nicholas m. the widow of George PARKER of Portsmouth. In June of 1638, Nicholas became "an Inhabitant" of Aquidneck. His first land holding was in the vicinity of the Samuel & William HUTCHINSON lots, as well as other early inhabitants: Samuel GORTON, Thomas CLARKE, Nicholas EASTON, William BAULSTON, Samuel WILBUR, Richard BORDEN, John SANFORD, Thomas HICKS. I know that especially, Samuel and Thomas GORTON came from Manchester/Gorton, Lancs., and I am sure many others came from this county. Emery Battis, in his 1962 book, "Saints and Sectaries: Anne Hutchinson and the Antinomian controversy in the Massachusetts Bay Colony" places Nicholas BROWNE in his Third Category of Support of Mrs. Hutchinson, but without a reason why. But those who were expelled with her and came to Portsmouth, were from the counties of Lancashire and Lincolnshire, among others. In an effort to complete this 14-generation genealogy, I am attempting to find "our" Nicholas BROWNE's home in England. In my searches, I have found very nice Nicholases (!) in other counties, but have no proof they are ours, so I continue to search while health and age allow. Knowing that in those same years, some did come to RI from the Manchester area, is there a way for me to learn if there are any records between 1602-1616 for the birth of Nicholas BROWNE there? Thank you for assisting in finding this final important place, and date of birth of Nicholas BROWNE. Kind regards, Patricia Brown Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: whitesfan1930 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52657.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi James re the Turner family Lawrence Turner birth 1893 Mothers maiden name Jackson Ambrose Turner Birth 1898 Mothers maiden name Jackson Rosa Mary Birth 1895 Barrow in Furness Mothers maiden name Orrell, would this be one of Step Siblings? the marriage of Lawrence Turner 1924 to Agnes M Creaton at Barrow In Furness registry Office Regards James Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

The Bolton branch of the Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society (MLFHS) (http://www.mlfhs.org.uk/Bolton/) will hold its next meeting on at 7.30pm, Wednesday March 5th. Dr. Michael Powell from Chetham's Library, Manchester, will discuss the history of this world-renowned library, and the records they hold which are related to Bolton and the surrounding area. The venue as usual is Bolton Cricket Club, Green Lane, BL1 5RH, Farnworth. Help is available afterwards for private research problems. Enquiries to Secretary Barbara Owen on 01204 309515.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: whitesfan1930 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52658.5/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Missy regarding the Mother of all the 10 children of Henry Whiteside & Jane Whiteside ( Nee Greenhow ) Whose maiden name was found on the Lancashire Births , Marriages & Deaths Site .Alice from birth 1843 up to Margaret 1862 all with their mothers Maiden name. (Greenhow) registers of Births are expensive if from UK to i.e Australia or New Zealand regards James Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>