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Offline Josee

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Link: Chartist Ancestors
« on: Friday 07 August 09 03:24 BST (UK) »
http://www.chartists.net/Salford-landsubs.htm#s

Just found the above website with transcribed names and some interesting reading.
Jo :)
Barrow, Fletcher, Clayton, Booth, Elderton, Allen & Warnock, Nanfan, :all Manchester, Taylor in NZ
Finlayson/Hargreaves/Barrow in Canada.

Offline FAB Fiona

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Link: More Chartist ancestors in Lancashire
« Reply #1 on: Friday 07 August 09 10:34 BST (UK) »
Tried to respond to Josee's excellent find! 

Anyway, more towns covered at :

 http://www.chartists.net/Chartist-land-company.htm#index

Index of Chartist land plan subscribers in 11 Lancashire towns
Ashton-under-Lyne - 1,120 names
Bacup - 500 names
Bolton - 781 names
Bury - 639 names
Colne - 254 names
Oldham - 219 names
Preston - 215 names
Rochdale - 285 names
Salford - 350 names
Stalybridge - 643 names
Wigan - 69 names

Fiona
Bradbury-Gorton/Salford/Disley
Barker-Bury/Stockport/Cheadle, Staffs
Barrowclough-Salford/Sowerby
Berry-Coppull
Connolly-Hulme/Birkenhead/Ireland
Crowley, Renshaw & Steele-Manchester
De Rome-Salford/London
Godson-Gorton/Salford/Stafford
Hampson & Lofthouse-Salford
Kay-Bury
Mooney & Richmond-Dublin
Price & Sparks-Wirral
Pritchard-Stockport/Manchester/Leeds
Shaw-Standish
Stredder-Birkenhead/Liverpool/Folkingham
Sweeney-Salford/Chester
White-Manchester/Notts/Dublin
Ziegler-Staff

Offline Mr. MIGKY

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Re: More Chartist ancestors in Lancs
« Reply #2 on: Friday 07 August 09 14:39 BST (UK) »
Brilliant site Fiona :)

Migky  ;)

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Re: More Chartist ancestors in Lancs
« Reply #3 on: Monday 10 August 09 17:27 BST (UK) »
Thanks for link looks really interesting.
Anyone know who I could talk to about a Chartist meeting on Denham Hill, Brindle? (btween Preston Blackburn and Chorley)  Don't have date.  Apparently quite big, police in attendance(?) newspaper reports etc?
Help appreciated,
Bernard
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