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surname PRESCOTT of Hindley / Leigh
« on: Monday 31 March 08 12:03 BST (UK) »
Looking for links with (speculation):

m. 1888
David PRESCOTT to Elizabeth HARRIS
their son (m. 1912)
James Harris PRESCOTT to Ada CLEWORTH

m. 1885
James William PRESCOTT to Harriet HAMPSON

m. 1898
Henry PRESCOTT to Gertrude MILLER

(off-spring of Timothy and Alice PRESCOTT):
m. 1920
Russel Ogden PRESCOTT to Elizabeth CRITCHLEY
and
m. 1918
Eunice PRESCOTT to William KETTLE

thank you!

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Re: surname PRESCOTT of Hindley / Leigh
« Reply #1 on: Monday 31 March 08 12:13 BST (UK) »
1871
RG10/3890/71/14.
david,henry,james are all together in hindley with parents
if you do not have ancestry then i will post the full entry here.
cattell,alcester
vickers,sulgrave
hewish,holborn
manley,bethnal green
barnes,bassingbourn

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Re: surname PRESCOTT of Hindley / Leigh
« Reply #2 on: Monday 31 March 08 13:42 BST (UK) »
thanks for that - I have:

Close Lanes, Hindley, Lancs

Mary PRESCOTT hd 33 widow housekeeper b. Hindley
John son 17 striker in smithy b. Hindley
Ann dau 15 piecer for m? spinner in factory b. Hindley
Ellen dau 13 assistant factory hand b. Hindley
Charles son 11 lab in coal mine b. Hindley
David son 8 bobbin c? in cotton factory b.?
James William son 6 - b. Hindley
Henry son 4 - b. Hindley
Timothy son 2 - b. Hindley

I hadn't made a note of the ref. details, so thanks for that!

Best wishes,

Ian.

 

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Re: surname PRESCOTT of Hindley / Leigh
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 01 April 08 12:58 BST (UK) »

John son 17 striker in smithy b. Hindley
Ann dau 15 piecer for m? spinner in factory b. Hindley

David son 8 bobbin c? in cotton factory b.?

The difficult to read bits:-

Striker in Smithy "(at colliery" added later.
Piecer for mule spinner in Factory

Bobbin Carrier in Cotton Factory
Looking at ALSTON in south Ribble area, ALSTEAD and DONBAVAND/DUNBABIN etc. everywhere, HOWCROFT and MARSH in Bolton and Westhoughton, PICKERING in the Whitehaven area.

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