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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Westmorland => Topic started by: bobgraham on Wednesday 21 March 07 12:23 GMT (UK)
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Anybody working on the Greenops in the Grasmere, Langdale area?
bob
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Bob
I have Greenops in my family tree. Specifically John born 1818 in Langdale who was a labourer at the gunpowder works. He was married to Mary Kirkby who was something like me GGG aunt i think! They had 12 children.
Do you need to know anything in particular?
Corinne
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Was he the John that was blown up with Irwin the fiddler?
What I'm specifically looking for is a link between the Langdale Greenops and either the Whitehaven or Warton near Lancaster ones.
bob
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I have no idea if he was or not. Who was Irwin the fiddler? I havent any from the Whitehaven or Warton areas. all mine are Langdale, Hawkshead and Grasmere areas.
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William Irwin was a famous lakeland fiddler.
Full article is at
http://www.harbourtownrecords.com/boatirwin.htm
The Greenops and the Irwins are so intertwined that there is a whole family of Irwin Greenops from about 1846.
You can find my lot at
http://gw0.geneanet.org/bobgraham
and if that doesn't work (its been playing up recently), find geneanet on your browser, search for "graham" and "workington" and my bit should be first up.
Is it possible to see your lot anywhere/
I forgot - paternal grandmother was a whitehaven Greenop.
bob
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My tree at the mo is on Genes Reunited or ancestry.
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my wife is trying to do her family tree she got back as far as john greenop 1818,
he is her gr,gr,gr,grand father.
please could you help us get more information
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Sorry Pete but I've sent you a private message with a possible lead on it - it contains someones addy so can't post here.
bob
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thanks will email him
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I'm interested in the Greenops of Renwick. Any connection?
Jackie
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I am related to the Greenop's of Renwick Mill - my Grandfather was Alfred Henry Greenop
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Scarey! Mum, who was chief source of info on Workington/Whitehaven Greenops died on Sunday and 2 messages appear today, the day of her funeral.
bob
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Hi Bob
I'm sorry to hear that. I had wondered. She had a great input to Rootschat via you. Looks like she doesn't intend to stop!
I wonder if there's any link to the Greenops in the Caldbeck area?
I hope things went as well as they could.
Best wishes
Emms :)
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Bob
I have Greenops in my family tree. Specifically John born 1818 in Langdale who was a labourer at the gunpowder works. He was married to Mary Kirkby who was something like me GGG aunt i think! They had 12 children.
Do you need to know anything in particular?
Corinne
Hi Corinne - I have Greenops in my family too; the same Greenops = John Greenop and Mary Kirkby (m. 27-May-1843 at Grasmere).
John died in the Elterwater Powder Works explosion. They had 10 children:
William, Margaret, Sarah, Agnes, John, Henry, Robert, Edward, Jonathan & Richard.
I'm descended from Margaret Greenop. She married Joseph Bainbridge. They had two children = Mary Jane and John. I'm descended from Mary Jane, who married John Hornby. They emigrated to Tasmania with their two girls Grace and Margaret (my grandmother).
Attached is a photo of Margaret Bainbridge (nee Greenop).
I'm keen to get more details of this Greenop line. Which one are you descended from?
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Margaret Bainbridge
Margaret Bainbridge was the sister of my grandfather Richard. I have been trying to get into contact with you for some time now. You or one of your relatives was in contact several years ago with a cousin of mine in Australia but unfortunately we lost contact. I would welcome the opportunity to exchange information.
Frank
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Hi Frank. So your Richard Greenop was married to Sarah Eleanor Backhouse? If so, I have a photo of him and his 3 eldest children. Also, a photo of Sarah and children after she became a widow (probably on the day of Richard's funeral). I also have an "In Memoruim" card from his funeral. I'm happy to supply scanned copies to you.
I find this site quite difficult to understand, so you could email me directly at 'rowland5[at]bigpond[dot]net[dot]au. Hope you can see this address.
Mark
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Hello there everybody. I was just trying to find out things about my father and his relatives. My dad was called John Edward Greenop, and his mother and father were Jon(athon) and Mary. They lived in Millom. The thing that I found of real interest though is the relevance between my name and the subject you are talking about! Richard
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Hi John Edward Greenop was the eldest son of Jonathan and Mary Greenop [nee Williams] and the brother of Colin T and Geoffrey Greeenop they are descended from the Whitehaven Greenops. further information available.
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My great grandad was Richard Greenop and my grandad his son was Richard Greenop
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Hi Susan Richard Greenop born 1868 was my Grand Dad Richard Greenop born 1895 was my Dad's brother Frank would like to hear more. I have been researching the family history for 20 years. e-mail frankgreenop@aol.com.
Frank