Jeremiah Mitchell died in 1846 in Ashton Reg District. Ashton spans Lancashire & Cheshire. I think the 1851 census reads Cheshire, Hattersley. Deaths Dec 1846 (>99%) Mitchell Jeremiah Ashton 20 142 Scan available - click to view Linda Graham Hoult wrote: > On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 "Lance Mitchell" <lmitchell@uniflexinc.com> lamented > > >> Subject: [LEI] NEED HELP READING ANCESTORS BIRTHPLACE FROM 1851 CENSUS >> >> Hello All- >> >> I'm new to the list and I'm wondering if I can send some of you a >> scanned image from the Oldham 1851 Census. The county birthplace looks like >> it reads Leicester or Leicestershire and the town looks like Hathrington or >> Hallrington but I can't find any town resembling anything close to that >> names. Any suggestions or directions would be appreciated. >> >> regards, >> >> Lance Mitchell >> Brighton, Michigan USA >> > > and "Bruce Smith" <brucesmith@cox.net> posted a partial image, saying > > >> Having been unsuccessful in helping Lance I thought I'd place it on >> Photobucket for you all to see and can be found at >> http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc199/Birstall46/jane.jpg >> >> It's the second entry from the top. >> For those of you with access to the 1851 census the reference is 107/2240 >> Folio 340 page 33. >> >> I'm not convinced it is Leicestershire and with some imagination I can make >> Cheshire out of the first word >> > > Hi Lance > > On second thoughts after looking at the W in Westward below with it's > very short last leg of the W and a little curl I'll go for Cheshire > Withington > > My AZ Motoring Atlas shows a Withington in Cheshire > > Third time lucky > Graham > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >