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My father, William Cecil Bownass  b 1901 was the youngest of six children. They were all born in Arkholme, Lancashire and all lived there except for the next to the youngest John Arthur b 1896, who I know very little about.  I know he was in the Royal Engineers in WW1 and as Arkholme is  a Thankful village, I know he was one of the 59 men from that village who returned safely.
He  eventually moved to Northern Ireland (Belfast I think) to work on a newspaper, but I’m not sure when.. He married Alice ? but I don’t know if this was in Lancashire or Ireland. I can find no trace of this marriage in England.  I believe they had twins which did not survive, but again I can find no trace.
I do know my family were due to take me for a visit to them in September 1939, but because of the outbreak of WW2 we obviously did not go.
I think he died after 1968, in Northern Ireland, but again I cannot find details.
I am posting this on the Northern Ireland board as some of these events took place there, but I may have to post on the Lancashire board too.
I would be grateful for any help you can give me,

I am trying to trace the baptism of my mother, born Eleanor Hoggarth in March 1901 a few days before the census,  in Ellel, near Forton Lancashire. She was the youngest of 7 children.

According to the school records her brothers and sisters left Forton school at Easter which was in early April that year, so presume they moved around that time, to Moor Green farm, Whitbeck in Cumberland. There may not have been time to have her baptised before they moved.

In 1903 her father Lancelot Hoggarth died of pneumonia aged 47, in Whitbeck, he had been ill for a month. It must have been a very traumatic time for the family as her grandfather, another Lancelot Hoggarth, died aged 77 just 3 days before his son.

At some stage my mother was 'adopted' by John Bargh Garnett and his wife Ann Elizabeth who were members of the family. She next appears on the 1911 census as Eleanor Garnett adopted daughter of John and Ann, living in Leck near Kirkby Lonsdale.  She may have been adopted soon after birth or perhaps when her father died. I don't know where or when she was baptised and if it was as Eleanor Hoggarth or Eleanor Garnett.  If I can find a baptism it may help show when she was adopted. Incidentally on her Marriage and death certificates, she is shown as Eleanor Hoggarth.
I would be glad of any help. Thankyou

Hi,
I am researching the HOGGARTH family in Westmorland.
My g grandfather Lancelot Hogarth was born in 1826 and his son, my grandfather, also Lancelot hoggarth was born in 1857.  They both died in December 1903 within 3 days of each other, from unconnected illnesses.
The 1881 census shows Lancelot (b 1826) living at Milton Moor, Preston  Richard, Westmorland, with his family,and also shows a Jane KITCHING, niece, born 1849 Grayrigg, Westmorland.  I am unable to connect Jane to the Hoggarth family. Could anybody please help me by checking the 1851 or 1861 census for Jane Kitching and tell me her parents and family.  Any help would be most appreciated.
Pat

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