RootsChat.Com
England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Lancashire => Topic started by: Ernie Savage on Friday 07 December 07 13:27 GMT (UK)
-
Our main interest is in the ancestry of Thomas, born, we assume in 1827 certainly baptised on Christmas Day that year in Tunstal Parish Church. He was the son of John Stead, the village shoemaker in Tunstal. We are not sure about his mother's name We transcribed it from the original record in Lancs RO as Margaret We assumed that there must have been a second marriage; censuses show John's wife as Betty. However the Lancashire Parish Clerks' Project
http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/index.html
has the name of Thomas' mother as Elizabeth, which could be the `niceness` of the Curate in charge. He was the notorious Carus Wilson. If Charlotte Bronte's description is at all like the real life parson, it would be consistent with his character to insist on "Elizabeth" even were she always known as "Betty"
There appears to be an elder daughter whose earlier life we have not been able to trace. Her name was Nancy, and it appears that she was born at Wrayton about 1822, who has returned to look after her widowed father by 1861. By 1871 and after his death, Nancy, still unmarried is living in the household of a (retired?) draper, John Mansergh in Slyne-with-Hest for whom she is cook.
Thomas married Agnes Parker and her daughter, described her own son, Fred, born in 1901, as being A typical Stead, a dour lowland Scot Stead appear to be rooted in North Lancashire, Betty was born in Arkhole, in the same area and we always believed Margaret must have been Scottish
Anyone with any information? We would be most grateful
-
Are you sitting comfortably parts 1+ 2 +3
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,206958.0.html
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,261935.0.html
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,271385.0.html
These threads are all to do with a search for a soldier Robert W Stead Born Liverpool and is a long thread but it may interest you
There is also a one name study group I think it is Stead/Steadman you can google for it
Edna
-
Thanks very much - as you say it doesn't seem to have to much to do with with `our` Steads. I'll try the one name site.
I see we live quite close - I'm in Parbold
Ernie
-
I thought you may find some similarities perhaps especially as most of the information is in part two of the thread
We are almost neigbours then Ernie have you tried googling the names you have as sometimes this will throw up some information unexpectedly and also add your names on this board in the section allocated for names as someone may find it and send you a PM and you will be notified of it.
Edna