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Cheshire / Re: LOST PICKFORD
« on: Saturday 04 March 06 17:03 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks Peter,
                    Everything there checks out ok, but I dont seem to get back any further, the parentage of both Mary and William's side of family, I think the only way is I will have to send for their Birth certificates, would you know where I have to send  for them, and what the cost is for each,
Thanks for your help Peter, Best regards Mike

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Cheshire / Re: LOST PICKFORD
« on: Friday 03 March 06 15:52 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,
    I'm looking for a Mary-Ann Pickford born 1827 in Congleton
she married My Gt Grandfather William Challenor who used to have a barge running from Wolverhampton to that area
I have found them in the 1881 census and their family, but I can't find  either of their  parents, I dont know if this is the same family as yours but it seems very probable,  Mike

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Occupation Interests / Re: Hawker of pots/earthenware
« on: Wednesday 01 February 06 13:52 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Jean, I have been looking and have found 3 Elizabeths in the Wolverhampton area :- Elizabeth born 1812, another one
born 1831, and another one born, 1857 this one live 3 miles from Wolverhampton A place called Wednesfield, I will see if I can find a Richard later today, but the birth dates are always usefull,  My Gt grandfather William Henry, Married a Mary Ann Pickford, she came from Congleton in between Stoke on Trent and Macclesfield, I supose he met her when they stayed over night in that area, I dont know the full facts, if you have the birth date of Elizabeth, I will try to find more. Mike

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Occupation Interests / Re: Hawker of pots/earthenware
« on: Tuesday 31 January 06 16:03 GMT (UK)  »
Hi I have just found this site, and you were asking about hawkers, I dont know about hawkers ,but my Gt Grandfather worked the canal boats from Wolverhampton to Stoke on Trent, and carried pots and the like, and his name was William Henry Challenor, he was born 1828
Quote from: jean Sandra on Sunday 23 January 05 03:06 GMT (UK)
Hi,

yes, I know what you mean about them being mob handed.

My Challenor family had father William, sons Enoch and William, and their families, all hawkers of pots and living close together in Hyde Cheshire in 1841. Son Richard was also a hawker of pots. I wonder if working in groups helped the carrying of their wares much easier? Perhaps they could carry a larger range if there was a few of them.
how interesting that there was a 'Pottery Lodge' in Whitehaven. I've done a bit of research in Whitehaven for my husband's family but not looked at it from the point of view of hawkers before.
Thanks for the information it's fascinating.
Regards
Jean Sandra

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