This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: muddlemuss1 Surnames: Chapman Classification: lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52784/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi there, Hope someone can help me, I'm doing some research on my grandad who was a prisoner of war in Java I'm wanting to find out any information i.e regiment any record of him movements etc i think this is him Chapman, Robert,Cpl,549615,RAF Tengah, i know he was in the RAF. This website here http://thejavafepowclub42.org/ shows a picture of him second in from the left. any help whatsoever is highly appreciated, Matt 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: Dickinson_Chris Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52777.4.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I didn't examine the link carefully enough. Clicking on Lancashire gives you the full entry, Clearly the Returns are very full for the county. Chris 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: Dickinson_Chris Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52777.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: A problem with researching early seventeenth-century genealogy is that so many parish registers have not survived, or have significant gaps. This means that even if you find a 'Nicholas Browne' in any extant register, you have no idea how many other Nicholas Brownes there were in the registers that have been eaten by mice or used for lighting fires. Making hypotheses from such fragmentary evidence is a very different process from constructing families from modern censuses or national BMD registrations. Fortunately this period has one source that could almost be called a national census - the Protestation Returns of 1641/2. These should list (at the very least) all males over the age 18, and sometimes also list females, for each parish. Many of the returns haven't survived ... in the area that I research, Cumberland, they are almost complete. I have no idea what the situation is for Lancashire. A pamphlet has been published that lists what is around (I don't have my copy at hand), though it doesn't provide any transcripts: see: http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Protestation_Returns_1641_1642_and_o.html?id=WO9pBg1mPtQC Though 1641/2 is after the period that your Nicholas Browne moved across the Pond, the Returns might give you a better idea of which parishes had resident Browne families. The Returns have been filmed by the LDS, but I understand that there can be copyright problems in ordering the films in US FHCs. Also, if you are not used to the handwriting of the day, you may have difficulty reading them. The ideal at first is to find published transcripts or a county-wide index. Perhaps the Lancashire OPC has this under their belts. The other basic technique for gathering evidence about people in this period is to read lots and lots of wills, inventories and bonds. Probate Indexes are available and the actual documents will be on LDS microfilm. Even the non-propertied often get mentioned (bequests in wills, debts in inventories, etc.). Chris 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: IGreatorex Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52782.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Many thanks for your help, James Some interesting bits of information. 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: IGreatorex Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52782.2.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: They are. I have a picture of the gravestone. Thanks anyway. The ST Helens Cemetery website has been great for finding the burial sites. Ian 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: eddie71 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52782.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi You may already have this, but if not could this be your family, St Helens Cemetery. Thomas Wilson buried on the 7/5/1925 age 69 with 4 other people, list in order Jane Wilson Buried 19/1/1914 Age 54 Thomas Wilson Buried 7/5/1925 Age 69 Jane Wilson Buried 14/2/1959 Age 68 Herbert Wilson Buried 21/10/1959 Age 71 Rose Wilson Buried 20/3/1963 Age 48 Shelagh 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: dvdwmore Surnames: Classification: lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52782.2.1.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Greetings. This is what I have collated for the 12 sons of Thomas ansd Jane WILSON using the 1891, 1901 and 1911 census pages, FreeBMD and LancashireBMD. Henry - 1879 - St Helens - Mary HAND or SPENCER - 3/4 1900 James - 1881 - St Helens - Elizabeth PARR - 2/4 1906 William F - 1882 - America - Annie LEA - 3/4 1908 Albert - 1884 - America - Mary Maud ADAMSON - 3/4 1907 Arthur - 1886 - St Helens - Mary E CAMMACK - 4/4 1910 Herbert - 1888 - St Helens - Jane FENNY- 4/4 1910 Walter H - 1890 - St Helens - Mary A PARR or Emma DIXON - 2/4 1911 Richard - 1892 - St Helens - Jane ASHCROFT - 2/2 1920 Joseph - 1894 - St Helens - Three choices - Austin - 1896 - St Helens - Amy ROBERTS - 3/4 1924 Samuel S - 1899 - St Helens - Catherine LAFFERTY - 4/4 1928 George - 1901 - St Helens - Margaret WHITTLE - 4/4 1922 hth David 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/52783.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Rolles123 Its possible that outlying on the outskirts of Manchester, a District of Disley close to Manchester but in East Cheshire, found a few Rowleys in that area. Don't think there were many Farmers in the City 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>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Rollers123 Surnames: ROWLEY Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52783/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello I am trying to find any information on my Great Grandfather, Robert Ernest Rowley, who is believed to have been born in Manchester in about 1851. His parents were farmers. His father was named Joseph or Thomas and his mother was named Eliza. Robert was a blacksmith and came to Australia in the mid 1880s. No amount of checking online here in Australia has uncovered any detail of him or his family in the UK. Robert settled in Melbourne, married a local and fathered 3 children. His house was named "Highfield" which may hark back to his Manchester roots. Colin 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: degier_1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52777.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Lancashire Online parish clerks has plenty for you to search through for FREE. http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/ You can look at all the individual parish records available or search whole of county. Good luck Alex 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/52782.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Greatorex Wilsons male children births in Huyton Prescot 1879 Fred 1879 1889 Alfred 1882 Francis H 1885 Ernest & Harold 1886 James 1887 Joseph 1888 Kenneth 1890 John 1892 William 1895 Arthur Are these of any use for your research? 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>

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/52782.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Greatorex Thomas Wilson married Jane Haines 1878 at Prescot registry office . Checking the Prescot church baptism records, names Wiison.are plentiful, problems no mothers maiden name is not listed.. the first child birth 1879 Son Fred, Wilson Huyton Prescot 1880 birth Alfred Wilson Huyton Prescot 1885 Births of Ernest W Wilson & Harold Wilson Huyton Prescot (Possible Twins) I will search for the male children births names Wilson in Prescot 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>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: AntonyMarr Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52781.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I think you will find these type of pageants took place in many places across the area. Your best hope of finding any information would probably be to look at local newspapers for the town you are interested in. For the 1930s these are unlikely to be online - they should be available through the main library in the area or county archives, and via the British Library. 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, > Does anyone on the list know of the history of this cottage? As cottages go, this one is enormous, I think. Last sale of the property was for almost a million pounds, it has five bedrooms, five baths, two reception rooms. > > My brother and I have been searching, on and off, for years, for WILCOCK HOUSE which was in the Chorley area, and was the residence of senior members of the WILCOCK family who also owned WILCOCK FARM, which still exists in Rivington, and now has a caravan park. > > WILCOCK COTTAGE is on Pippin Rd, up a double driveway on the western side, and now has some kind of sheds at the rear of it. I have only seen the satellite photo, from google, so I cannot say what it looks like from ground level. I tracked it down through a real estate site. > > So, now I have discovered WILCOCK COTTAGE, but I have no idea where to go from here. We live in Australia now, so anything that we do has to be done on-line. > > Is there anyone (please, pretty please) who has any local knowledge of WILCOCK COTTAGE? Any scrap of information would be very welcome. > > Also, if anyone can suggest where I can go from here? Online? > > Or if there is some very kind soul out there who can, in the course of their own investigations, could look up the history of this cottage? > > Any assistance at all would be greatly appreciated. > > Sylvia Wilcox (WILCOCK) > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dvdwmore Surnames: WILSON HAND SPENCER ADAMSON CAMMACK FENNY DIXON PARR Classification: marriage Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52782.2.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Greetings, Further to my last message. Henry WILSON marries either Mary HAND or Mary Theresa SPENCER Set qtr 1900 (Henry appears to have two sons Francis and Bernard and one dau. Phyllis on the 1911). Albert WILSON marries Mary ADAMSON Sept qtr 1907 Arthur A WILSON marries Mary E CAMMACK Dec qtr 1910 Herbert WILSON marries Jane FENNY Dec qtr 1910 Walter H(arold) WILSON marries either Emma DIXON or Mary A PARR Jun qtr 1911 (Walter's brother James married Elizabeth PARR ca 1907, and the dozen children between 1911 and 1930 are possibly a combination of Walter and James' children. Also, there are two WILSON children with a Mother's name DIXON; you pays your money, and you takes your chances...) hth David 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: dvdwmore Surnames: WILSON ASHCROFT ROBERTS LAFFETRY WHITTLE PARR Classification: birth Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52782.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Ian, A little searching on FreeBMD and LancashireBMD and the 1911 census revealed the following: Richard W married Jane ASHCROFT in Jun 1920 and they had three girls, Margaret, Monica and Elizabeth A. Joseph - two marriages listed; don't know which one Austin W married Amy ROBERTS - 1 son, Duncan F, 2 daughters - Imelda and Ursula. Samuel W married Catherine LAFFERTY - 1 daughter - Mary George W married Margarte WHITTLE - 1922 - 2 sons Gerard and Raymond, 1 daughter Catherine. James had married Elizabeth PARR 1906 - maybe up to 12 more children (I have made the assumtion that they all married and had children in Prescot) hth David 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>

Sent from my iPad > > Hi, > Does anyone on the list know of the history of this cottage? As cottages go, this one is enormous, I think. Last sale of the property was for almost a million pounds, it has five bedrooms, five baths, two reception rooms. > > My brother and I have been searching, on and off, for years, for WILCOCK HOUSE which was in the Chorley area, and was the residence of senior members of the WILCOCK family who also owned WILCOCK FARM, which still exists in Rivington, and now has a caravan park. > > WILCOCK COTTAGE is on Pippin Rd, up a double driveway on the western side, and now has some kind of sheds at the rear of it. I have only seen the satellite photo, from google, so I cannot say what it looks like from ground level. I tracked it down through a real estate site. > > So, now I have discovered WILCOCK COTTAGE, but I have no idea where to go from here. We live in Australia now, so anything that we do has to be done on-line. > > Is there anyone (please, pretty please) who has any local knowledge of WILCOCK COTTAGE? Any scrap of information would be very welcome. > > Also, if anyone can suggest where I can go from here? Online? > > Or if there is some very kind soul out there who can, in the course of their own investigations, could look up the history of this cottage? > > Any assistance at all would be greatly appreciated. > > Sylvia Wilcox (WILCOCK) > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > 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: IGreatorex Surnames: Wilson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52782.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi James My tree is public. I have lots of info for the 12 sons. His wife was Jane Haines 1859-1914. With 12 sons i was hoping to maybe get in touch with some living relations hence the post. How do you search on Lancs BM and Ds? Thanks Ian 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: IGreatorex Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/52782.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi My tree Is public. I have the twelve sons with lots of info. I was looking for more information. It is all there. Regards Ian 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/52782.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi do you know the maiden name of Thomas Wilson, searching on Lancashire Birth , Marriages & Deaths, There are plenty of the Wilson's in St Helens, but on the births no Maiden name listed. If you can give this maidens name will be able to surf the church's in around the area 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>