Hi Jean There are plenty of Armitages in Almondbury - distinguishing them all is "interesting"! Best Wishes, Andy. At 08:51 06/02/2010, you wrote: >Hi, I doubt I can be of help but the name seemed a bit familiar and I have >just checked the 1851 census and John ELLAM is living with Thomas Lee and >his family with his wife Eliza Pashley. I seem to recollect that the name >Armitage popped up somewhere but I can't remember where. I am being snowed >under with new names before I can actually work them out. Several of the >ELLAM lived in the Crosland Moor area and had their children baptised there. >They were Methodist. I have found contact with others researching the >family lines on Ancestry and in some cases they share birth, death and >marriage certificates and I have done the same so I reckon all the contacts >I have made and the photos and certificates have covered my subscription >costs. > >Jean in S. Australia. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Andy Micklethwaite" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 6:51 PM >Subject: Re: [WRY] South Crosland baptisms - Martha Matilda ARMITAGE > > >> Hi Lesley >> >> Thanks for your offer - I think this one goes on the back burner until >> either I win the lottery or getting certificate information is cheaper - >> it's a far flung branch of my tree. Martha Matilda Armitage married Thomas >> Lee - I think I need that certificate to discover her ancestry. The South >> Crosland connection was suggested as there's no suitable baptism in >> Almondbury - I don't think there's evidence that she did come from South >> Crosland - in fact the 1861 census shows them living next to North Gate. >> >> Best Wishes, Andy. >> >> At 15:23 05/02/2010, you wrote: >>>Andy wrote: >>> >>><<I wonder if anyone has access to South Crosland baptismal records. >>>I'm looking >>>for Martha Matilda ARMITAGE married Thomas LEE 1852, believed born >>>about 1833. >>>There are 2 Martha possible ARMITAGEs in Almondbury on the 1851 census >>>of >>>suitable age, neither records "Matilda". No suitable baptisms are on >>>the HDFHS >>>Almondbury CD. Any help gratefully received. On the off-chance, is >>>anyone else >>>looking at this branch?>. >>> >>>Hi Andy >>> >>>I have no connections to Martha Matilda ARMITAGE, but there is only one >>>suitable candidate in the 1841 census for South Crosland: >>>HO 107/1273/9 18 7 117 Hill Top Martha Armitage aged 8 Born in >>>county. >>>The household is headed by Nathan Armitage, 35, woollen weaver, born in >>>county. The oldest female in the household is Sarah, 35. >>>Next door (18 7 116) is the household of David Armitage, 40, a woollen >>>weaver. >>> >>>I can only see one suitable candidate, the same person, in the 1851 >>>census for South Crosland: >>> HO107 /2291 304 1B 96 Hll Top Fold Martha Armitage daughter 17 >>>unmarried factory girl cotton born South Crosland >>> >>>The household is headed by Nathan Armitage head married 45 stone >>>delver born South Crosland. His wife Sarah, 50, was born in Honley. >>> >>>Sadly there is no mention of middle name Matilda by way of >>>confirmation. I can supply more family details if needed. >>> >>>Regards, >>> >>>Lesley >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>Some useful websites - >>>FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ >>>FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ >>>Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki >>>http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ >>> >>>------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> Some useful websites - >> FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ >> FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ >> Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki >> http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > >Some useful websites - >FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ >FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ >Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki >http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message