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   I'm trying to find any relatives of William Thetford of Manchester, England b.1801 in Ireland. William had a son called Henry Thetford also born in Ireland in 1821 so I can only guess that William left Ireland after the year 1821 to move to Manchester.

   William also had a couple of daughters. One called Jane, who was married to a man called Adam Craig and one called Jessey who was born in Dublin in 1819. Jessey lived in Manchester and was known in 1881 as Jessey Todd.

   Information on any Thetford from Ireland will be delightfully recieved. Thank you,
      Josh.

   

                                            MALONEY.

   I am looking for relatives of May (or possibly Mary) Maloney born 18 Aug abt.1940 in County Offaly in Ireland and living in Old Swan in Liverpool in England. Her father was Patrick Maloney born 9 Jun 1906. Her mother was called Kate.

   May has two sisters and two brothers and had two other sisters who died. Betty who lives in Ireland, Doreen who lives in America, Sean who lives in Huyton in Liverpool, England and Paud who lives in Ireland. May's elder sister Eileen, who was married to Danny Kiely, died abt 6 Jan 1999, and her other sister who died was called Kathleen.

   Danny Kiely was from Newcastle West, Limerick, Ireland and died abt 7 Feb 1998. He had a sister called Maggie and a brother called Jackie.

   May is a widower and lives in Old Swan in Liverpool and has a daughter called Kate Philomena Williams who lives in Aigburth, Liverpool.


                                      McDONOUGH.

   McDonough's of Liverpool starting with Gerard McDonough born, Liverpool, abt 1926, who married Margaret Peti/Petti/Pettitt/Petty? born 9 May abt 1930. They had a son called Gerard Anthony McDonough born 24 Apr 1951 in South Liverpool.

   Gerards father was called Anthony McDonough and had 7 brothers. One of the brothers was called Patrick. It is believed that their father came from Galway, Ireland.
   Margarets father was called Clement Augustus Petti. Her mother was called Catherine Keighley.

    thanks, Josh.

    I will keep adding any information that I find.

   Can anybody give me any information on the Thetford name?

   I am trying to find out as much as I can about the history of Jericho, Bury, Lancs, the village that my mother was born in and I was born in, so that I can fill in a bit of my own biography. I have searched high and low on the internet for information but to no avail. All the history I find there revolves around the hospital and little else.

   I am fascinated to know as to why, for instance, the place was named Jericho, and also by who and when? Who were the earliest builders and settlers in Jericho? e.t.c. It is as mysterious to me as the Bermuda triangle!

   I met an elderly woman from Jericho once and she told me that the original settlers there were a denomination of christians who sought to build a new and miniaturised version of Israel there. I wonder if it was they that inspired Blake to write 'Jerusalem?'

   Do you know anything about the history of the place?

     josh.

   Yesterday I think I hit a brick wall when I discovered that one of my relatives, a Henry Thetford born abt 1819, was listed in an 1861 English Census Record as being born in Ireland though where abouts in Ireland remains a mystery.

   Can you help?

   josh.