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Cheshire / World War One in Romiley
« on: Sunday 22 September 13 23:28 BST (UK)  »
Is there anyone who has family histories, photographs, memories and artefacts from the First World War in Romiley and Bredbury, Stockport?  We are in the process of putting together a trail through Romiley and Brecbury based on the names on the two memorials there. A proportion of the houses where these men lived are still standing today and we are currently researching their exact locations, then will be seeking permission from present day owners to have them included in the accompanying booklet. We will be running a static display locally about wider issues such as the role of women, what happened to the men who came home, how work life changed etc. If we can copy enough photographs, we'd like to create a montage.  The exhibition and trail will run from July - end November 2014 and we hope to involve as many people as possible. Please get in touch if you are interested.  Thanks

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Cheshire / The Fighting Gradwells, Styal
« on: Wednesday 10 November 10 23:56 GMT (UK)  »
Hi all, I've been researching my Gradwell family history - of Stockport Etchells, Wilsmlow Pownall Fee and Great Warford, Alderley.  When I was younger I was told by an uncle about 'the fighting Gradwells' who would get rather drunk at the Ship Inn, Styal, then pounce on unsuspecting people on their way home.  This could be just a myth but it would be fun to find out if there was any truth in this. My sister-in-law came across a Gradwell barely related to us who had also heard of them but knew nothing more about it. I take it that these events would probably have happend some time around or prior to 1900.

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Lancashire / Re: Drowned in Alexander Dock, Liverpool
« on: Monday 11 October 10 22:32 BST (UK)  »
Hi Suzie,

The family history records are currently in the Liverpool Museum on the 2nd floor till the new records office opens some time next month.  There are BMD lists there, though you'd have to order a certificate from the records office, which you can do on line or by phone. If there was a coroner's report it may well be reported in the local press in the Coroner's Inquests columns. I've just been there today looking up a report of an accidental death in 1870 and found two reports which gave a great deal of background information not available anywhere else. There are several daily and weekly papers in the family history section and you can either book a microfilm reader ahead or just take a chance and turn up, which is what I've been doing and so far got lucky.  Good luck.

Angie

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Cheshire / Re: Gradwell, Great Warford, Non Conformist records?
« on: Tuesday 21 September 10 00:25 BST (UK)  »
Using records at the Cheshire Family History research centre at Alderley Edge I was able to get a copy of the record of John and Martha's wedding at St Mary's Cheadle, and even better, also found the record of Alexander Gradwell (John's father) and Charlotte Lowndes' wedding in 1813 and Robert Gradwell/Gratwell (Alexander's father) to Martha Jennings in 1789, both at St Mary's church, Alderley, plus a host of baptisms, great for cross-referencing.  This resulted in us finding Alexander and Charlotte's grave at St Mary's, hidden under a carpet of yew tree needles.  Thanks for your help, which put me on the right track to discover all this.  We are now trying to find some record of Robert's baptism as there are no earlier references to Gradwells at Alderley, suggesting that Robert came from outside the area and settled there.

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Cheshire / Re: Gradwell, Great Warford, Non Conformist records?
« on: Wednesday 15 September 10 19:15 BST (UK)  »
Thanks so much for that, I'll look into it.  John and Martha are listed in the 1841 census with their first child so I was taking a bit of a guess at their wedding date.

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Cheshire / Gradwell, Great Warford, Non Conformist records?
« on: Wednesday 15 September 10 15:57 BST (UK)  »
Hello, I'm trying to locate a record of a possible marriage between John Gradwell and Martha from Great Warford, Alderley some time around 1838 - 1841. They don't appear in Cheshire BMD and I'm wondering if it's because they may have married in a non conformist chapel as later generations married at Cheadle Congregationalist Chapel, Stockport. Any suggestions as to how I may find out?

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Kirkcudbrightshire / Re: Crosbie, Cardoness / Gatehouse
« on: Wednesday 15 September 10 00:43 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for the warning. I was aware that work was being carried out at the archives. The library is back in action this week but I'll decide next week whether it's better to leave it till next month.  As you say, there may be a coroner's report as David may have met with an accident. I'm prepared to buy a death certificate as it may help shed light on Francis and Isabella.

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Kirkcudbrightshire / Re: Crosbie, Cardoness / Gatehouse
« on: Wednesday 15 September 10 00:19 BST (UK)  »
I know, it's frustrating that Francis slides from view between the 1861 census and Isabella's marriage in Stockport in 1878. On the marriage certificate he is described as a warehouseman and an address of Pleasant St is given, although this may be Isabella's adress. I've found the page and volume for David Maxwell Crosbie's death and am hoping to follow it up in Liverpool maybe next week. It is interesting to note that Isabella's sister Sarah, and brother John are listed in the 1871 census as living with Mary Crosbie in Gatehouse, and then 20 years later in the 1891 census they are residing with Francis and Eliza in Liverpool. Eliza is listed as a draper, John as a draper's clerk and Sarah as dressmaker / milliner so it looks like some sort of family business.  Also, Eliza is listed as their mother which suggests that Mary has died in the intervening years. That's something to look up next month in Gatehouse.

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Kirkcudbrightshire / Re: Crosbie, Cardoness / Gatehouse
« on: Tuesday 14 September 10 11:21 BST (UK)  »
Yes, we  had spotted the marriage to Eliza / Edna  as a strong possibility. We can't find Mary for 1881 either so are going to look at deaths in that period. We're hoping to go to Liverpool next week to the records office.  We also discovered that Francis and Mary's son David Maxwell Crosbie possibly died aged 15 in Liverpool and we would like to try and find out more about that too. We wonder if he was working with his father at the time in the docks. Thank you very much for your help so far, I'll no doubt be back on again when I've hopefully found out more.

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