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Hi Wallie,
Will do. Am I right in thinking that all those mentioned in your posting are interred in Farnworth Cemetery? Please post back. Hope you feel better soon and I will be back in touch when I know more.
Regards, Fran

Is there anyone out there who is researching the surname POOLE or has it in their family tree? Ellen (nee Fallon) married Arthur on 13th February 1888 at Stoke-on-Trent Register Office. He was living at 16 George St and she at 53 Park St, both Fenton district. Arthur had a brother called Leonard and their mother's name was Eliza and their father's name was Henry, however, Henry had died sometime before 1888. On the 1891 census, Ellen and Arthur were living at 9 Albert Rd, Fenton with his mother who was by now 52 (Eliza was born in Hanley); Ellen was 26 and Arthur was 28. Ellen was my great grand father's sister and I would love to be able to trace what became of her, however, I have been unable to find her (and the other family members I have mentioned) after the 1891 census. Ellen was born in Goldenhill.
Thanks

Hi Gareth,
Yes the 2 males you have found on the 1881 are my gt gt and gt grandfathers and I have found them on the 1871 census. They were living at 11 Cooper St, Kidsgrove; Thomas with his wife Mary (nee Blake also born in Ireland) and their 2 daughters, Ellen (b 1864 at High St, Goldenhill and Mary (b 1870 at Cooper St).  On the 1881, Thomas is claiming to be a widower, however, despite obtaining 3 incorrect death certificates and trawling page after page of the burial registers for Kidsgrove, Tunstall, Hanley and Newcastle-U-L Cemeteries (I must be mad!) I have been unable to find "mother" Mary. I did find an entry for a Mary Fallon on the 1881 (whose the right age for daughter Mary), living with a family called Nolan at Liverpool Rd, Kidsgrove; I have not found Ellen on the 1881 as yet.  I have found a later record for Ellen when she married an Arthur Poole in 1888 and then on the 1891 census when they were living in Fenton.
I really have found doing my own family history very difficult!
The Fallon side of my family are catholics and to date I have not visited Birmingham Archdiocesan Archives which is the repository for catholic parish registers for this area. For completeness, I would like to find entries for the baptisms for all the children. I have tried to find out which RC chapel they may have used and visited the most likely one which is now a garage on St. Aidan's St, Tunstall so perhaps at least I know where to start looking when I go to Birmingham (I put a separate posting on Rootschat entitled Roman Catholic Chapels - Tunstall/Kidsgrove area which you kindly replied to).
Also, at this stage, I don't know of any connection between my Fallons and others detailed in the censuses for the area.
Kind regards, Fran

Thanks for the info Gareth which I'll add to my file. I've seen that photo before and been told that the large buiding to the right was an engine room that belonged to the foundry (later to become a picture house I believe).
Since I posted this topic I've not got any further on pin pointing its exact location. I've been right through the 1861 and 1871 censuses for Kidsgrove and can find no mention of it. I wondered if my ancestors might have called it by name after the landlord that owned it  but your suggestion that it might be named after the builder is highly probable. I also posted on the Kidsgrove website but no one to date has come forward with an exact location.
Can I just ask you, I'm interested in how you got access to St. Thomas' parish records - do you live in and around the area or is there some internet site that you've found that can give you access to some parish registers?
Anyway, thanks again for your reply and interest in my posting.
Regards, Fran