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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: Crooks of Huddersfield
« on: Friday 08 April 16 18:20 BST (UK)  »
And

1861 census has the family at 26 Fitzwilliam St. Benjamin Crook head, aged 52, Currier-Master

Stu

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: Crooks of Huddersfield
« on: Friday 08 April 16 18:08 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

From the London Gazette, Jan 12, 1886.
Partnership dissolved between George Henry Crook and Frederick Crook carrying on business under the style or firm of Benjamin Crook & Sons at Fitzwilliam Street, Huddersfield in the county of York as curriers and leather merchants.

Stu

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Limerick / Re: O'Connor
« on: Monday 15 February 16 15:15 GMT (UK)  »
Oops, sorry about that, I had totally forgotten about my previous post. How do I delete a duplicate post?

Stu

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Limerick / O'Connor
« on: Sunday 14 February 16 21:34 GMT (UK)  »
My gt grandmother was Anne O'Connor, she married Patrick Hogan at St Patricks Athlone on 29th Jan 1897.
According to census information and her age at death she should have been born 12th June 1876 in Limerick to a father called Robert Connor.
The tricky part is that my mother tells me that Anne's mother died in childbirth ( not sure if that was her birth or not) and her father was a soldier who couldn't look after the children so put them into a convent to care for them.
My mum thinks that there were 5? children, a brother called Roddy (Roderick?) and sisters Maggie and Bridget and another unknown sister. They may all have come to England as Anne did.

More confusion as Anne was also known as Annie and could have actually been Joanne.

I can't seem to find any information on any of this family, does anybody know anything about them?.

Stu

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There is an old book on Google books which may be of interest, the memoirs of William Hirst who went from being poor to owning a woollen mill. The first few pages show just how much he travelled about in his youth. His story may be exceptional but it does show that movement was possible, even for the poorest.

The book is on Google at : http://www.rootschat.com/links/01g3q/

Stu

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Even the car park has now been replaced by a new leisure centre.
The Kirklees Image archive has some pictures of of Cross Grove St, you can search it here http://www.kirkleesimages.org.uk/frontend.php

Stu

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: Map of West Yorkshire - 1800
« on: Wednesday 21 January 15 19:57 GMT (UK)  »
I like Thomas Jeffrey's map of Yorkshire 1771. Our local library has a copy but you can buy it online at
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01elk/

Stu

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I would go with Joseph Entwistle. The Huddersfield Chronicle on September 16, 1854 & March 17, 1855 mentions a Joseph Entwistle who was the supplier of coffins to the Huddersfield board of guardians so it would seem very likely that his coffins would have been used in the new cemetery.

Stu

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Familysearch has the baptism of an Isaac son of Isaac Peell 27 Dec 1725 at Elland

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