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Northumberland Lookup Requests / Re: Flathers Death Record Newcastle upon Tyne
« on: Tuesday 08 May 07 11:37 BST (UK) »
Valda,
There were no children after Samuel. Samuel K. was born in Fall River, Massachusetts and had 10 children. One of his sons was Walter Eli Flathers born in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1889 and he was my Grandfather. I have tracked all of the five children of Eli and have not found anyone with any knowledge of their roots or they are completely not interested. In fact, there is another Flathers' line that came from an Edward Flathers who came here around the late 1700's and his descendants have been more helpful than those of Eli's. However, I haven't been able to make a 'cousin' connection with that line yet.
Whether Eli died in England or the United States, it has seemed odd to me that there are no records of him after that 1851 Census for Newcastle. It appears he was an overlooker or supervisor in a cotton mill there in Newcastle and may have taken a job here in the States. His wife and family remained in that business for many years. Textile mills in the Massachusetts area at that time were booming.
gflats
There were no children after Samuel. Samuel K. was born in Fall River, Massachusetts and had 10 children. One of his sons was Walter Eli Flathers born in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1889 and he was my Grandfather. I have tracked all of the five children of Eli and have not found anyone with any knowledge of their roots or they are completely not interested. In fact, there is another Flathers' line that came from an Edward Flathers who came here around the late 1700's and his descendants have been more helpful than those of Eli's. However, I haven't been able to make a 'cousin' connection with that line yet.
Whether Eli died in England or the United States, it has seemed odd to me that there are no records of him after that 1851 Census for Newcastle. It appears he was an overlooker or supervisor in a cotton mill there in Newcastle and may have taken a job here in the States. His wife and family remained in that business for many years. Textile mills in the Massachusetts area at that time were booming.
gflats