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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: magnum bonum, sans pareil, nec plus ultra
« on: Tuesday 09 August 11 21:46 BST (UK)  »
From memory, my g-gf mentioned a big fall-out over money when his Grandmother Stirk died. He didn't say how much cash/property was involved, but he did state that his mother (Edith nee Stirk) felt cheated.

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: magnum bonum, sans pareil, nec plus ultra
« on: Monday 08 August 11 21:35 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Holmemoss on Tuesday 05 April 11 08:51 BST (UK)
My 3G Grandfather was John Mitchell, born ca 1799 in Rastrick. He was still in the area in 1824 when he married but was at Magnum Bonum in 1841.

At least some of the quarries were owned by a Mitchell family, no relation as far as I am aware, who then owned the quarry at the Sovereign, Shepley after the Magnum quarries closed.

Said John Mitchell was the g-gf of my g-gf Alexander Richardson. I have a tape recording of him, made in 1974 when he was 78, talking about his mother's family, the Stirks/Mitchells, who worked in the quarries. AR said that the family had owned quarries in Yorkshire/Co Durham, but that another branch had swindled his line out of ownership.

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: Heward in Holme/Holmfirth
« on: Monday 08 August 11 20:28 BST (UK)  »
I've just joined the forum. It's great to see reference to Joseph Flather, John Mitchell and the Stirks (Martha Grace Mitchell = Abraham Stirk). I'm also a descendant of this line, albeit long settled in Newcastle. I'll need to dig out my files to see exactly how I fit in, but from memory Joseph Flather is my Gx5 grandfather. I've got some bits and pieces about John Mitchell, including a copy of his marriage certificate. Interestingly, his name was passed down to my paternal grandfather, John Mitchell Richardson (d. 1996). An uncle of his also shared the same name.

The Flathers of Northowram look to be a very interesting and fruitful line to follow. Has anyone consulted 'Yorkshire Pedigrees' (The Harleian Society, 1942)? I understand that the family is included in one of the volumes. Also, at the West Yorkshire Archives, there look to be a lot of original papers from the 17th/18th Centuries relating to the family.

Paul

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