Hulme, Didsbury, St James

[Curtis_H]

I'm doing a little research, which my father and uncle have stopped,
because they have come to a dead end. This is who we are looking for:


Ellin (Maiden name unknown) Hulme - Born?? - Died 27 Feb
1700-01 - tombstone in Didsbury Parish, Cheshire England.
Married -
George Hulme - Born 1634 in England. Possibly township of Tilston? Died
26 May 1714, bucks county Pennsylvania, U.S.

Like to see if anyone has information on this person Ellin (maybe spelled differently).

Thanks, Curtis

[Barbara.H]

I can see if there's anything in the Lancashire Parish Register Society book of Didsbury transcriptions in the library
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/lprs/parishes.shtml

I need to look through one or two myself - hopefully tomorrow, but I'll only have an hour so might be Thursday!

If nothing comes up for Didsbury you could try asking on the Cheshire board - Tilston is a few miles south of Chester in Cheshire.

  Barbara

[Curtis_H]

Thanks, BarbaraH.

I appreciate your help. Look forward to see what you come up with.

I have also posted the same in the Cheshire section, and waiting to hear from someone.

Thanks again, Curtis 

[Barbara.H]

Hi Curtis,

Quite a long post coming up!

I found a lot of Hulmes in the Didsbury parish register, more baptisms and burials than I could write down, but sadly very few marriages, so we still don't know what Ellin's maiden surname was.  The Didsbury marriages are on the Lancashire Parish clerk site http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Manchester/Didsbury/index.html  so you can see, not many have survived.

To start with, confirmation of Ellin's burial, it reads "Ellin, w. of George Hulme of B, 27 Feb 1700 (1701 our calendar). The B stands for Burnage, not far from Didsbury. 

Now I’m guessing that when you put George Hulme born 1634 you meant 1684 (as on your Cheshire posting)?  There was this baptism:
George, son of George Hulme of the Foud, 16 Jan 1682(1683) also
Hannah, daughter of George Hulme, 2nd October 1685
No mother’s name.

And these burials:
Katherine, wife of George Hulme of Foold, 16 Jan 1682(1683). Possibly your George’s mother?
Febe, dau George Hulme, 1681
Peter, son George Hulme of Foulte, 31 Mar 1689

There were many Hulmes listed for Foud/Foold/Fold; also at Shaw Fold – possibly the same place. Shaw Fold Farm was in Heaton Chapel, which although next to Burnage is now in the county of Cheshire! So that might be where the Lancashire/Cheshire confusion arises. 

Also these two burials show there were Hulmes at Shaw Fold and Burnage at the same time, using the same first names, so its going to be hard to disentangle which ones are yours!
Burial, George, son of Thomas Hulme of Burnage, 1 Apr 1639
Burial, George, son of Thomas Hulme of Shaw Fold, 8 Apr 1639
You might have to get into tenancies, land ownership etc 

I'm happy to go back record a few more Hulmes if you like, as I found a few names of interest to me in the same register. But there are so many Hulmes, it might be worth your buying the CD from the Lancashire Parish Register Soc.  The Hulmes in this area go back to 1600, but no mention of the place name Tilston in these registers. Where did that come from?

  Barbara