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mike4301
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William Shawcross Gorton parish
« on: Tuesday 31 May 05 10:40 UTC (UK) »
Hi does anyone have acess to parish registers for Gorton, Manchester. My gtgtgtgt granfather was born in 1818 in Gorton. I beleive the Parish church was St James?
I was wondering if he could be in there.His name was William Shawcross, father Willam
I was alsso wondering where would someone dying in Openshaw in the 1890s , protestant , be usally buried? regards Michael Smiley
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HALL,Lancs,Staffordshire
SHAWCROSS Newton Heath,Gorton, Openshaw
WIGLEY Wirksworh, Lancashire
BRADSHAW Lancashire
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Re: William Shawcross Gorton parish
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 18 April 07 08:41 UTC (UK) »
Hi Mike,
Places of burial could be one of the following,
Phillips Park Cemetary
Southern Cemetary
Gorton Cemetary

Hope this helps Smiley
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Re: William Shawcross Gorton parish
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 18 April 07 09:06 UTC (UK) »
Manchester has an online search facility for some of their cemeteries at
http://www.burialrecords.manchester.gov.uk/RegEnq.asp
The records are not complete - there are details on the site of coverage. The search is free, but if you want plot references/details of who else in grave etc there is a fee Sad
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Re: William Shawcross Gorton parish
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 18 April 07 09:36 UTC (UK) »
This is an extract from the Shawcross book published 1908. Hope its of some help.  If you want to send more information, ie. wife or children of William, I'll have a look and see if there is anything else more relevant.

Ruby

* gorton_shawcross_extract2.jpg (302.76 KB, 1000x312 - viewed 111 times.)
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BAKER - Lancashire, Cheshire, BUCHANAN - Glasgow, Lancashire, LAWRENCE - Jamaica, Lancashire, JONES - Shropshire, Lancashire, SHAWCROSS - Lancashire, India,  MONTAGU - Lancashire, America, MORRISON - Fife, Lancashire, SEDDON DUTTON HESKETH  - Lancashire, WHITEHEAD - Yorkshire, WIDDOWS - Ireland
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Re: William Shawcross Gorton parish
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 18 April 07 09:46 UTC (UK) »
Sorry about the size of the image. Have tried to make it smaller but its not having any.
Ruby
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BAKER - Lancashire, Cheshire, BUCHANAN - Glasgow, Lancashire, LAWRENCE - Jamaica, Lancashire, JONES - Shropshire, Lancashire, SHAWCROSS - Lancashire, India,  MONTAGU - Lancashire, America, MORRISON - Fife, Lancashire, SEDDON DUTTON HESKETH  - Lancashire, WHITEHEAD - Yorkshire, WIDDOWS - Ireland
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Re: William Shawcross Gorton parish
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 18 April 07 09:56 UTC (UK) »
Hi mike take a look at some of these link you might find something useful on them lots of gorton and openshaw pictures on them plus a list of all manchester grave yards and when they opened.

Migky Wink

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ps
hope you dont mind i resized your picture?
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I AM ONLY LOOKING FOR FAMILY MEMBERS AND INFORMATION FROM THE LAST 150 YEARS, BUT WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT ANY OF THEM I CAN FIND
mike4301
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Re: William Shawcross Gorton parish
« Reply #6 on: Friday 20 April 07 05:18 UTC (UK) »
Thanks to everyone.
I have since found on the Burial search a William Shawcross and an Eliza Shawcross , his wife, in Phillips park, buried in the 1890,s. Does anyone have access to these records?Or are they pay to  veiw only?
I also have a copy of the pedigree book on disc,alas my family arent in it:( at least not the generatiuon i know of.
Thanks again Mike Smiley
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HALL,Lancs,Staffordshire
SHAWCROSS Newton Heath,Gorton, Openshaw
WIGLEY Wirksworh, Lancashire
BRADSHAW Lancashire
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Re: William Shawcross Gorton parish
« Reply #7 on: Friday 20 April 07 10:16 UTC (UK) »
Hi Mike - there's a thread somewhere that has some pictures of the chapel at Phillips Park there (awful state) - I'll try & find the link for you. The cemetery is now "full" - no new graves, just burials in existing plots so maintenance is not good to understate the case. Quite a few graves have no stone and many have been toppled (forward so you can't read them) for "safety reasons".
Manchester Central Library has some records for the cemetery
http://www.manchester.gov.uk/Libraries/arls/famhist.htm
you may find someone is going there who can do a lookup for you, otherwise it is the chargeable online service.
Just found that link with the pictures
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,102985.0.html
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Re: William Shawcross Gorton parish
« Reply #8 on: Friday 20 April 07 11:50 UTC (UK) »
Hi mike, happy to hear you found out where some are buried. It's ashame about the state of Philips park. we have family there, and we know that a headstone was paid for but we can't find it. So many of the headstones are broken , some by vandalism some have fallen over or have been laid flat so as not to fall or hurt any one. I think it would be worth you paying at the manchester site to view the records of the grave, as it will also tell you who ells is in that grave. Poss other family members? and who paid for the grave?  Shame you don't have any family buried in Tameside, because theres are free to view on line (link below) and give quite a bit of infomation. If you do get the grave number we might be over that side of town some time and take a picture for you, all been that they still have their headstones? I have also posted a map/plane of philips park for you, not the best but only one i have. Hope some of this helps in some way

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Migky Wink
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mike4301
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Re: William Shawcross Gorton parish
« Reply #9 on: Sunday 22 April 07 10:54 UTC (UK) »
HI again
   thanks again for the info and the new stuff:)
I see you are researching Livesey, Migky.
I went to school in gorton with a Gillian,any known relative of yours??
thanks again Michael
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HALL,Lancs,Staffordshire
SHAWCROSS Newton Heath,Gorton, Openshaw
WIGLEY Wirksworh, Lancashire
BRADSHAW Lancashire
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Re: William Shawcross Gorton parish
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 25 April 07 15:14 UTC (UK) »
Hi mike , not to sure on the Livesey side of our tree yet but stuck on them , think i need to buy (take a chance and hope for the right one) one or two certificates first to kick start them lol

Migky Wink
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Re: William Shawcross Gorton parish
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday 25 April 07 17:19 UTC (UK) »
Hi Mike

Philips Park seems to be turning into my second home  Wink I was there twice last week grave hunting.

It is a crying shame the state it is in. I see mshrmh found the chapel photos.

If you get a grave number I will try to find it for you, but some areas have had all headstones removed mainly running along the bank of the river.

Regards
Ken
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