Hanlon Family of Whitehaven

[Geoff-E]

Thanks for that Geoff-E! ....... Forgot about that!
Dimegold, please reply to this post twice more and you will
be able to pick up the private message I have sent you.
Regards
Alyson123

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[alyson123]

Thanks Geoff-E .......as helpful as ever!
Thanks
Alyson123

[dimegold1]

Hi Alyson,
Thank for your reply, looking forward to reading it.

[dimegold1]

Hi Guys,
How do I get to the PM?

[Geoff-E]

Hi Guys,
How do I get to the PM?

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"Welcome back, dimegold1, you have 1 messages, 1 are new."
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[dimegold1]

Hi Geoff-E,
Thank you so much.
Kindest Regards

[Jos, Whitehaven]

Do you know if there is a family connection with the celebrated John Hanlon, EM who was the Whitehaven Miners Agent at the time of the 1910 Wellington Pit disaster? This John Hanlon died at the relatively early age of 46 in 1918.

If so, it should be relatively easy to trace distant relatives (deceased and living). I think a daughter of this John Hanlon, EM was Assistant Librarian at Whitehaven Library to Daniel Hay for some years. She ran the place for a time while Daniel Hay was away for a time.

Links to living relatives appear to be rather beyond the scope of this forum. But perhaps you can piece it together some other way.

The above Hanlons were a Catholic family (although I think one of John Hanlon's sons went out to fight with the International Brigade in Spain). You could try and get information on your own (deceased) forebears at St Begh's parish.

[alyson123]

Jos,
Thankyou so much for your reply, but the John Hanlon of
the Wellington Pit disaster is not the John Hanlon that
pertains to my original enquiry.
Also my interest in the family was to hopefully provide leads
to Isabella Pyle / Hanlon who was a direct relation, whereas John Hanlon was not. I was hoping that their offspring would help me in gaining more understanding of Isabella's life. I hope this makes sense! ...... a complicated story!
Thankyou once again for your interest.
Alyson123

[dimegold1]

Hi Guys,
My wife was born Rosemary * in Quarry Maternity Home Lincolnshire in *, she was adopted at six weeks old, Isabella * is her mother, and Rosi has been trying to find her since she was 21.
The only member of the family who was in contact with Isabella, was your wife's Uncle Jimmy who died in 2003; he forwarded a letter to Isabella written by Rosi in 1998, and Isabella refused to acknowledge her daughter, and Uncle Jimmy cut Rosi off even changing his telephone number.

Kindest Regards,

*Moderator Note: information removed in accordance with Rootschat policy of not posting any details of anyone who might still be living