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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Lancashire => England => Lancashire Lookup Requests => Topic started by: cloke on Friday 09 January 09 08:27 GMT (UK)
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Looking for information on James Lancaster . My information is he was a Yeoman.
He owned Cottages in the Whittle le Woods highway between Preston and Chorley .
Had 3 sons Edward , Joseph and Thomas . Also 3 Daughters Margaret, Mary and Alice .
James died May 1829 .
Anyone know his wife,s name or any other information .
Cloke ???
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Hi Cloke,
Do you have the years of birth for any of the children of James Lancaster that you mention? Knowing when the children where born might help trace the mother.
TTFN, Kirsty :)
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Hi .Kirsty
Have not got much if it,s right . Edward Lancaster born bef 1776 married a Ginny Worthington 10 May 1794 Lancashire . Edward is the only one I have an information on . Cloke :) :)
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Hi Krysly.
Have not got much if it,s right . Edward Lancaster born bef 1776 married a Ginny Worthington 10 May 1794 Lancashire . Edward is the only one I have an information on . Cloke :) :)
Hi Cloke,
Would it be possible to give a little more information? The more information you provide the easier it will be for someone reading to help (and will also give you a better chance of having your query answered).
Could you give the location of the marriage of Edward and Ginny? You say Edward is the only child you know about. Can I ask, how did you come about the names of the other siblings? Also, can you provide the place of birth for Edward?
Also, my name is Kirsty not Krysly ??? :-\.
Regards, Kirsty :)
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Sorry about that Kirsty.
Most of the information came from my Mother who has pasted away .
Also came across an old will of James . I only know of Edward the others are named on the will .
This Lancaster Family were good Catholic people . From what I understand most married twice once
St Mary,s Catholic Church then St Leonard's Anglican Church . At Walton le Dale Lancashire . As I believe were Edward and Ginny .
Sorry I do not have a birth place for Edward . All I have come up with his children were born in the Bamber Bridge , Brownedge , Walton Le Dale Area . Could the family have stayed in that area for many a year .
Cloke ??? ???
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Dear Cloke,
your post caught my eye as my parents were married at St Mary's. The church was opened in 1780 and it has its own website - so you could actually see what it looks like:
http://www.stmarysbrownedge.org.uk/index.html
Most Catholics at that time married in a Catholic Church and then in the local Anglican Parish Church so as to make their marriage legal in the eyes of the Government, who didn't recognise the validity of Catholic marriage. That only changed in the middle of the 19th century.
jds1949
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Dear jds 1949
Thank you for the web site . Do you know anywhere you can research
the Marriages at St Mary,s .
I am thinking most of the Lancaster,s I am researching would have married there .
Cloke ??? ???
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Dear Cloke,
I suspect that the only two places that will have the registers are the Lancashire Records Office in Bow Lane Preston and the Society of Genealogists' Library in London - where I'm pretty sure I looked at a microfilm copy for some research on my mother's line.
jds1949
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Dear jds 1949.
The Church looks beautiful . Do wish I could look at the at those records . Unfortunately I am in Australia .
Thank you for your information .
Cloke ;D ;D
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Dear Cloke,
Extracts from the register of St Mary's Catholic Church, Brownedge:
5th March 1795 Thomas son of Edward and Jane Lancaster
Godparents: Henry Worthington Chris. Briarley
24th September 1797 Mary daughter of Edward and Jane Lancaster
Godparents: James Unsworth Elizabeth Lancaster
9th March 1800 Matthew son of Edward and Jane Lancaster
Godparents: Matthew & Elizabeth Talbot
12th March 1803 Elizabeth daughter of Edward and Jane Lancaster
Godparents: Hugh Margieson Ellen Wilson
15th November 1804 John son of Edward and Jane Lancaster
Godparents: Thomas Werden Betty Talbot
13th April 1807 Elizabeth daughter of Edward and Jane Lancaster
Godparents: James Chandley Mary Worthington
21st May 1812 Jane daughter of Edward and Jane Lancaster
Godparents: Thomas & Jane Naylor
These from a printed extract from the original register held at the Society of Genealogists in London. The dates are birth dates.
I'm afraid that I didn't have time to look for any further marriages, but I hope that the above are of use to you.
Regards,
jds1949
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jds1949.
I cannot thank you enough for this information . Its the best I have had in a long time.This helps with some of the births of this family . I thought just by the way the family history was going they would have been in St Mary,s .
Many thanks Cloke ;D ;D
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Dear Cloke,
I was working up in North London again today so I managed another quick look at the St Mary's register and I found several more Lancaster references. I don't know how many of them relate to your Lancasters and the list is too long to post here, so if you could send me a PM with your email address then I can send you the file as an attachment.
jds1949