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Cheshire / Re: What happened to John Salthouse?
« on: Monday 22 November 04 09:16 GMT (UK)  »
thanks keith,

The other John Salthouse is Ashton is part of another family of Satlhouses (one of whom got into the papers for being shot at near Crime Lake!).

I was also going by the reference to his wife as a widow in 1871, I had thought that maybe he had left home - perhaps he went to Liverpool with his son to look for work or perhaps he went to America with the intentions of sending for his wife later, but I can't trace anything so far

Thanks for helping out,
Best wishes
Hilary

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Cheshire / What happened to John Salthouse?
« on: Monday 22 November 04 00:17 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Everyone,

I have a mystery and I'm stuck!

My great great grandfather John SALTHOUSE married Lucy WALTERS at St Mary, Nether Alderley, in 1842. The family lived at Sossmoss Lane until at least 1871.

In February 1871, John SALTHOUSE appears to be alive as he appears to be 'living' on his son's marriage certificate. A couple of months later, when the census was taken, his wife, Lucy SALTHOUSE, is recorded as a widow.

Lucy and seven of the children are buried in two graves at St Mary, Nether Alderley, dates spanning 1842 to 1934 and there is no reason at all why John SALTHOUSE couldn't have been buried there. But I can't find any trace of John SALTHOUSE's death in BMD, Cheshire or Lancashire BMD or 1837 or GMRO. He seems to have just disappeared without trace! Even if his entry in the records was so illegible, I would have found him in his churchyard, but he's not there :-(

His wife, Lucy, died to TB 4 years later in 1875. She died in Southport, the death recorded by her eldest daughter, Annie, and her body was brought all the way back to Nether Alderley so that she could be buried with her children, so the family was not workhouse-poor. On her death certificate she is described as 'wife of John Salthouse, Master Shoemaker' so the family seemed to be proud of John and not trying to  forget about him.

Can anyone solve my mystery? I've checked every archive site online (I can't travel at the moment), wars, ships, transportations, etc, but nothing turns up.

Best wishes
Hilary

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Cheshire / Re: Cheshire Surname Research
« on: Monday 22 November 04 00:05 GMT (UK)  »
Hi everyone,

I'm new to the Board - which is fantastic by the way - and I am researching SALTHOUSE, WALTERS, WORTH and POTTS, all from Nether Alderley between roughly 1842 and 1934.

My great great grandfather John Salthouse married Lucy Walters in St mary Church, Nether Alderley in 1842.

Best wishes
Hilary

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