Ancestors from Thurnham, between Glasson Dock and Cockerham.

[Tikira]

We have already been in touch with Tortiegirl, but thought we would post in this as well in case others where interested.

We have a number of families in the Thurnham area including: Croskell, Pennington, & Hornby. If anyone is interested in these names we are happy to correspond.


Wayne & Di

[dianer]

Hi there,

thank you for getting in touch.  Your ancestors are definitely related to mine.  William was the brother of John (1788?- 1857). He married Jane Mount and their children were Dinah; Nancy; Thomas; Elizabeth; William; Jane and Margaret.

I am particularly interested in William and John's parents and grandparents.  It is a little difficult to find anything out as they were catholics.  I have Thomas Pennington who was born about 1751 (unable to verify this). He died 18/12/1841 and previously lived at Heysham Hall.  His father, I think was also called Thomas (1711?-1795).  if you have gone back this far I would appreciate if you could see if this matches/fill in any gaps. 

Kind regards

Dianer 

[ElizabethThomas]

About 15 years too late for this post??? But I am researching Holmes in Thurnham (and some, later, in Conder Green), Catholics with burials at SS Thomas & Elizabeth. Interested to know what anyone else has found.

I have the MI booklet for the Church and am interested in an entry which states "HOLMES grave- no stone." Would there be any record which I could access, which would say who was in the plot, or who purchased it?

Also, hoping that someone with local knowledge can clarify: I have the 1848 OS map of the area, which shows "Higher" Thurnham to the north of "Lower" Thurnham.... yet by the 1919 OS map Higher Thurnham to the north is called "Lower" Thurnham, and the southern part which used to be called Lower Thurnham is now called "Upper" Thurnham???