I was wondering if anyone on this list is familiar with the surnames LOWE and BARON. My great grandmother Elizabeth Lowe (Burscough) and John Baron (Wigan) lived in Barrow in Furness. I am planning a trip to England in September and wondered if there were still families with the surname Baron and Lowe still living Barrow in Furness. Arlene --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RxCairns Surnames: OLIVERSON, GRAHAM, TRAVIS, JOYCE, WHEELER, BOYD, McCORMICK Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52754.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: A few more Oliversons from Lancashire Online Parish Clerk: Marriage: 20 Oct 1869 St Mary the Virgin, Goosnargh, Lancashire, England Christopher Oliverson, Gentleman - 33, Bachelor, Goosnargh Lodge Jane Graham - 24, Spinster, Goosnargh Hospital Groom's Father: Christopher Oliverson, Gentleman Bride's Father: John Graham, Gentleman Witness: Daniel Graham; Margaret Graham Married by: Thos. Benn Notes: [Married By - not stated] Baptism: 5 May 1872 St Mary the Virgin, Goosnargh, Lancashire, England Mary Elizabeth Oliverson - dau. of Christopher Oliverson, Gentleman & Jane Born: 25 Mar 1872 Abode: Goosnargh Notes: Rogation Sunday Baptised by: William Shilleto Vicar Baptism: 1 Jan 1874 St Mary the Virgin, Goosnargh, Lancashire, England Christina Jane Oliverson - dau. of Christopher Oliverson, Gentleman & Jane Born: 28 Sep 1873 Abode: Salwick Hall near Kirkham Notes: New Year's Day [written instead of date] Baptised by: William Shilleto Burial: 14 Jan 1875 St Mary the Virgin, Goosnargh, Lancashire, England Elizabeth Oliverson - Age: 81 Abode: Goosnargh Lodge Buried by: Tho. Benn Off Minr Baptism: 18 Jul 1875 St Mary the Virgin, Goosnargh, Lancashire, England Christopher Herbert Oliverson - Son of Christopher Oliverson, Gentleman & Jane Born: 24 May 1875 Abode: Salwick Hall Baptised by: William Shilleto Baptism: 1 Apr 1877 St Mary the Virgin, Goosnargh, Lancashire, England Emily Margaret Oliverson - dau. of Christopher Oliverson, Gentleman & Jane Born: 3 Feb 1877 Abode: Goosnargh Lodge Notes: Easter Day Baptised by: William Shilleto Vicar (Note - FreeBMD shows Emily died at Fydle in December 1915, aged 34.) Burial: 6 Aug 1877 St Mary the Virgin, Goosnargh, Lancashire, England Christopher Oliverson - Age: 41 Abode: Goosnargh Lodge Buried by: William Shilleto Vicar Christopher Herbert Oliverson died 22 May 1929 at The Hutte, Kendal, Westmorland, leaving probate to Herbert Grahame Oliverson, electrical engineer. Christopher was buried at St Mary the Virgin, Goosnargh on 24 May 1929. There seem to be two marriages for Chrisopher Herbert Oliverson: one in 1900 to Eva Stephenson Travis, at Ormskirk (Eva died at Kendal in June 1909, aged 38), and one to Lily Joyce in 1910 at Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire. Lily Joyce was born at Stockton, Durham, on 15 September 1892, to Thomas and Jane Ann Joyce; she died at Southport, Lancashire in June 1968. Christopher Herbert and Lily appear with two children in the 1911 census, although Eva must have been the mother of the oldest, Herbert Grahame Oliverson born c 1903 Kendal, Westmorland, and died March 1975 in North Yorkshire. Joyce Oliverson was born about 1910 in Redear, Yorkshire, and died in September 1928 in Kendal, and presumably Lily was the mother. There was a third child, Christopher Oliver Oliverson, born 25 November 1900, who died at two days old and is buried in Goosnargh; Eva would have been his mother. Of the other children born to Christopher Oliverson and Jane Graham: Christina Jane Oliverson married George Adam Wheeler, son of William Ireland Wheeler, on 5 March 1900 in Paddington St Stephen, Westminster, London. Emily Margaret Oliverson died 11 December 1915, She was a spinster, residence Sylvia Dale Church Road Thornton-le-Fylde, Lancashire. Probate was to Christopher Herbert Oliverson and Mary Elizabeth Boyd, wife of Shepherd McCormick Boyd. Mary Elizabeth Oliverson married Shepherd McCormick Boyd at Ormskirk in September 1896. Shepherd, who was born 1855 in New Ross, Wexford, Ireland, died in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, 8 August 1931. He was a medical practitioner and was living in Wales in 1881 and then Southport, Lancashire in 1891. His father, Dr. John William Boyd, died at South Street, New Ross, Wexford, Ireland 6 January 1894; at that time, Shepherd was living at 2 Chapman Street, Adham Road, Manchester. It seems that John William Boyd was married to Charlotte McCormick or McCormack, and had at least three other children besides Shepherd - James Roe Boyd b. 1 May 1865 New Ross, Frances Maria Boyd b 13 April 1864 New Ross, and Harriet Deborah Boyd bo c 1858 New Ross.. 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: towngateshoerepairs Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52831/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am Craig Statters 1of the sons you can contact me on craigstatters@hotmail.co.uk 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 so much for that.. Is there a 1921 census available? Marg -----Original Message----- From: Huntingtons Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 6:13 PM To: 'marg o'leary' ; lancsgen@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [LAN] Holmes of Barrow in Furness. Hi Marg You would need to purchase his death certificate to find out who reported and registered his death, hopefully it will be a family member. It should also show his last occupation, but at 74 years of age it might just show "retired" but if he was a Doctor and it was known then it should say "retired doctor". Births Sep 1922 HOLMES Frank W (Mother = STOCKTON) Barrow F. 8e 1228 Death Sep 1994 HOLMES Frank Wilfred (Birthdate 5 Sep 1922) Barrow in Furness, Dist: 3731A, Register: A9D, Page: 095. Possible Marriage: Sep 1942 HOLMES Frank W to SLATER, Mary I Crosby, Lancs 8b 1266 Although the only Holmes/Crosby children I found in that period were born in Hull. Parents: Marriages Dec 1921 HOLMES Frank to Nellie STOCKTON Barrow F. 8e 1823 Potentially the 1939 "population registration" if/when published might give some insight into his occupation and wartime location, as the 1931 census was destroyed and the 1941 one wasn't taken the next potential census is 1951 due for release in 2051 Bernard. -----Original Message----- From: lancsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lancsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of marg o'leary via Sent: 22 July 2014 05:27 To: lancsgen@rootsweb.com Subject: [LAN] Holmes of Barrow in Furness. Hi all, looking for some help in tracking down family of a soldier in WW1. The connecting family I am looking for had a son Frank Wilfred Holmes 5 Sep 1922 born and died 25 aug 1994 at Barrow in Furness. (Ancestry was the source, but the person with that tree is unable to offer any more info.) I am trying too find if Frank married and had a family. I have thought of emailing funeral directors in the area and seeing if they have any records of family. Grateful for any suggestions. Franks parents were Frederick Holmes and Nancy Nellie Stcockton. Fred was a medical student in his youth (census) but I don't know if he became a doctor. kind regards Marg O'Leary Port Stephens NSW :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! The list's administrator can be contacted at LancsGen-admin@rootsweb.com :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi all, looking for some help in tracking down family of a soldier in WW1. The connecting family I am looking for had a son Frank Wilfred Holmes 5 Sep 1922 born and died 25 aug 1994 at Barrow in Furness. (Ancestry was the source, but the person with that tree is unable to offer any more info.) I am trying too find if Frank married and had a family. I have thought of emailing funeral directors in the area and seeing if they have any records of family. Grateful for any suggestions. Franks parents were Frederick Holmes and Nancy Nellie Stcockton. Fred was a medical student in his youth (census) but I don't know if he became a doctor. kind regards Marg O'Leary Port Stephens NSW

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sweamus78 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52830.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Jill James Taylor married Henrietta B Conley St George Church Manchester 1890. Frances Taylor birth 1900, baptised at St Andrews church Manchester Central 1901 Checked for other Taylor children , found 1, Maud Taylor 1892 Manchester. Mothers Maiden name Conley. On the Lancashire OPC site there are few mothers Maiden names in the period late 1900s 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>

Hi Marg You would need to purchase his death certificate to find out who reported and registered his death, hopefully it will be a family member. It should also show his last occupation, but at 74 years of age it might just show "retired" but if he was a Doctor and it was known then it should say "retired doctor". Births Sep 1922 HOLMES Frank W (Mother = STOCKTON) Barrow F. 8e 1228 Death Sep 1994 HOLMES Frank Wilfred (Birthdate 5 Sep 1922) Barrow in Furness, Dist: 3731A, Register: A9D, Page: 095. Possible Marriage: Sep 1942 HOLMES Frank W to SLATER, Mary I Crosby, Lancs 8b 1266 Although the only Holmes/Crosby children I found in that period were born in Hull. Parents: Marriages Dec 1921 HOLMES Frank to Nellie STOCKTON Barrow F. 8e 1823 Potentially the 1939 "population registration" if/when published might give some insight into his occupation and wartime location, as the 1931 census was destroyed and the 1941 one wasn't taken the next potential census is 1951 due for release in 2051 Bernard. -----Original Message----- From: lancsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lancsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of marg o'leary via Sent: 22 July 2014 05:27 To: lancsgen@rootsweb.com Subject: [LAN] Holmes of Barrow in Furness. Hi all, looking for some help in tracking down family of a soldier in WW1. The connecting family I am looking for had a son Frank Wilfred Holmes 5 Sep 1922 born and died 25 aug 1994 at Barrow in Furness. (Ancestry was the source, but the person with that tree is unable to offer any more info.) I am trying too find if Frank married and had a family. I have thought of emailing funeral directors in the area and seeing if they have any records of family. Grateful for any suggestions. Franks parents were Frederick Holmes and Nancy Nellie Stcockton. Fred was a medical student in his youth (census) but I don't know if he became a doctor. kind regards Marg O'Leary Port Stephens NSW :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! The list's administrator can be contacted at LancsGen-admin@rootsweb.com :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: schofieldrobinson Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/2904.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for getting in touch and apologies for late reply. Is your Jennison connection from Bulwell? My email address is rpjrobinsonatmsn.com 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: madecho173 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52829.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: You need a death cert to get the exact date. Then check the wigan papers. Andrew Eckersley 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: MaureenEdna Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52828.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello Shella, Found this marriage wonder if it what you are looking for. Marriage 3 June 1874 St Thomas The Martyr ,Upholland,Lancashire. John Jones Catherine Fairhurst. Upholland is 13 Miles from Liverpool. Hope this helps in some way. Regards. Maureen. Liverpool..U.K., 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 chances are low but when I come across the grave of someone from a completely different part of the country I wonder if there could be someone looking for it. Martin Briscoe Fort William martin@mbriscoe.me.uk -----Original Message----- From: lancsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lancsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lynne via Sent: 21 July 2014 13:12 To: lancsgen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LAN] Richard BEARD of Southport Hi Martin Not one of mine, but thanks very much for posting this. Kindest regards, Lynne

Hi Martin Not one of mine, but thanks very much for posting this. Kindest regards, Lynne Martin Briscoe wrote: > >Don't know if of any use to anyone but I was photographing in a small burial >ground alongside Loch Ness this week and noticed this grave of someone from >Lancashire. > >IN >MEMORY OF >A LOVING HUSBAND >AND FATHER >RICHARD BEARD >LATE OF SOUTHPORT >DIED 20TH FEB 1968 > > >http://goo.gl/r7YWsR > >http://goo.gl/AvyYCX >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: srkitty1002 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52828.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Haven't found her maiden name as of yet. May have to order one of the children's birth certificates. If its of any help, their children were: Mary Ann (born 1876), John R. (1880), Catherine "Katie" (1881), and William George (1882). 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/52830.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: On 1901 census Henrietta has lodgers and boarders,one of them William H Gothard,on 1911 census it looks as though they were married living at 94 Dorset St Hulme but Frances is not with them.The other Taylor children are listed as step children ,there are 2 other chidren surname Gothard. They state they have been married 5yrs have 3 children 2 living ,1 died. Possibility is that William was Frances father too but as they were not married was named as Taylor. 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: JillHarrington1805 Surnames: Taylor Conley Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52830/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi I'm trying to find Frances Taylor from Manchester. Her mother was Henrietta Bertha Conley and her father was James Taylor. She is on the 1901 census as 3 months old but her father James died in October 1899 - the figures just don't add up! One option is that she was older than they put down on the census as I've found a birth registration for Jul 1900 (have ordered the certificate and will wait to see what it says although not hopeful!). She would have been born in 89 Gould St Manchester but I can't do a search on the address to see if she pops up. Any help much appreciated. Jill 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: jds1949 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/2679.3327.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi again, - just catching up with overlapping posts. I have a fair bit of detail on your Swarbrick line, if you send me an email - jds1949 at gmail.com - then I can send you a file with what I hold on that line. Dave Swarbrick 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: jds1949 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/5664.3.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have 1988 for Harry's death - I'm pretty sure I had that date from Bonnie Swarbrick with whom I exchanged information some years ago. 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: Birtyb Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52791.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, many thanks for taking your time to find this information I'm very grateful. Mia 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: adrian_bruce Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52829.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The problem is that most newspapers are not on-line. Lancashire Libraries give access to some on-line collections - you need a library card from them but then you get access to the on-line archives of The Times and a collection called British 19th Century newspapers. But that last collection doesn't cover the era you need (though I think it does creep into the 20th century, despite its name). The other big collection is on http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ (There's a copy of it on FindMyPast as well). According to the site, this has Blackburn Standard Burnley Advertiser Burnley Express Burnley Gazette Burnley News Lancashire Evening Post Lancaster Gazette Preston Chronicle But no Wigan papers. I think we can guess there are other papers not in that lot, but you try finding the full list of Lancashire local papers... At one time the Lancashire Archives web-site had a list of local papers but that list appears to have vanished. The best I can do for you is this site: http://www.wlct.org/wigan/museums-archives/wals/family-history/ It's Wigan's own Heritage Services and part way down the page it lists these local papers that it has copies of: "Wigan Observer 1853 - present. Indexes 1853 - 1960, 1960-1989 (CD-Rom) and 1997 - 2006. "Wigan Examiner November 1853 - June 1961. "Leigh Chronicle 1852 - 1963 (Turnpike Centre only). "Available on microform only - please book a reader in advance of your visit. "Local and biographical cuttings books with indexes." So, if there's no on-line version, then you need to find microfilm copies, often in local libraries, etc. Probably the best thing to do is contact Wigan HS - don't know if you are in any position to get there but I suspect that's your only option. They may offer a research service if you can't get yourself but if you don't know the exact date they might take a long time to find it and charge accordingly. ***Anyone got any more suggestions for where Wigan papers might be found? *** Best of luck. Adrian 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>

Hi all List administrator Lynne has encouraged me to write to you about a request for help from experienced researchers in the UK. I am a volunteer researcher with the Fromelles Association of Australia. (on Face Book) We assist the Australian Army to identify living relatives of soldiers who died in WW1 at the battle of Fromelles. (Please google The Fromelles Project) About 250 soldiers of the Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) were exhumed from a mass grave a few years ago, and their DNA taken for the purpose of matching with living relatives. About 144 have now been identified. Many were identified early on as 5000 relatives rushed forward to offer DNA. We are working with the more difficult cases: · Australian born, but with UK parents or grandparents. · UK born. Of the UK born, many came to Australia to work as jackaroos on cattle stations, farms etc. Just like modern backpackers, they sometimes came with a mate, ended up in a rural town, joined up with all the other young men in 1915. So no family in Australia. Some joined up as they stepped off the ship. We build family trees, we also build more specific DNA charts. We need both Y and Mt DNA. Y follows the soldier’s father’s line and Mt follows the soldier’s mother’s line. Sometimes we go back many generations. The army will fund one DNA test only for each type per soldier, so we must get it right. So we work a family tree back…. and then through to the living relatives. We are seeking experienced volunteer researchers on the ground in the UK. Not necessarily to do the whole research but to help other researchers who have come to a brick wall, reviewing the tree and following it through to the end with the relatives. We believe some aspects of the research are easier to do at the UK end. We have received excellent but rather random help from lists in the past. We are looking for some consistency. We provide training, so it’s an opportunity to build skills. We have a number of training documents, pro-forma letters and other docs already prepared, for when a donor is identified and contact is made. Once we get the agreement of the prospective donor, it then goes to the army and they take over in a complete legal privacy frame work. Skills/commitment needed: · Have some regular time to commit · Be able to work in a team and report regularly to the coordinator via email · Be tactful, discreet and supportive and maintain privacy where needed. · Have a family tree program that will do a tree or descendant report · Able to work trees back in time · Able to work trees forward to the living. · Able to do DNA reports (can use Word shapes or hand done and scanned) - we train for that. · Confident to contact prospective donors by phone or mail, and support them though the process until the army takes over. We can do the contacting if that is preferred. So I am asking the list if there is anyone who would like to be involved in this type of research on an ongoing basis? My local family history group has 6 people who are doing some of the research, some like to work alone, some in pairs and some like to work in a bigger group, but we all help each other regularly via email, to bounce ideas around. Everything has to be peer reviewed because if we make a mistake, it means the wrong dna is done and the soldier is never identified. I have an “average” brick wall test case of a soldier whose parents were born in Kendal, Westmorland, and whose relatives live in Lancashire if anyone would like to try it to see how they go. Hopefully someone will get further than we have. I became a researcher because someone asked for my genealogy help with their soldier and I thought ‘this sounds like something I would like to do.’ The team is very supportive and the work rewarding. We would really be interested in some expressions of interest or questions. Please reply off the list Marg O’Leary, Fromelles Association marglap@skead.net. Port Stephens NSW