Balshaw, Goore, or Gore of Lancashire

[Radcliff]

I then assume one of your William Balshaw  names his son Goore Balshaw in St Thomas Lydiate
October 1842,mother Elizabeth

[Radcliff]

Can you visit Lancashire archives in Preston,
to check this document
QSP/1167/3
Aughton
Disapearance of of Thomas Goore,servant to William Balshaw husbandman
witness,in R,v Henry Wilkinson
circa 1720

[bunnyb]

Wow--interesting.  Unfortunately, as I am in the U.S., I can't visit the archives in Preston.  I'm doing my research online and by ordering docs from various archives and from the LDS.  But I have a contact who visits Preston occasionally and will pass this information on to him.

I believe Richard Goore Balshaw was the son of John Balshaw, brother to the Wm born 1751 and grandson of Wm b. 1713.  John Balshaw may also have been married to a Goore.

I'm not sure how the Wm who named his son Goore in 1842 is connected, though he clearly is.  There are quite a few Goore Balshaws, and quite a few people named Goore Balshaw plus another surname. 

[Radcliff]

I will give you that information and then you can put it in your to research another day folder

St Thomas Lydiate
2 October 1842
Goore Balshaw
son of William and Elizabeth
abode Lydiate
fathers occupation farmer

This is possibly his parents marriage
St Andrew Maghull
8th December 1841
William Balshaw,full age ,farmer of Altcar
Elizabeth Fairclough,full age spinster of Lydiate
grooms father George Balshaw ,farmer
brides father Henry Fairclough ,farmer
witness to marriage Edward Watkinson and Ann Fairclough
married by licence

children
Goore,1842,
abode Lydiate,
Henry 1844
abode Altcar
William,1846
abode Altcar

[bunnyb]

Radcliff,

Many thanks for the George Balshaw/Goore Balshaw record.  The Wilkinson family has a close connection to the Goore-Balshaw line, too, so it's interesting to see a Wilkinson as witness.  I will take a further look.  I appreciate all your help!

[bunnyb]

Radcliff,

Ah ha.  Mystery solved.  I took a look at the 1841 marriage record of William.  The "George" Balshaw listed as William's father is actually Goore Balshaw, b. 1788, in my line of Balshaws.  The 1788 Goore is the one who was, I think, convicted of manslaughter.  I must find out more about that!  Anyway, as you see, these folks liked to christen their children with the same names, generation upon generation. 

Many thanks!

[Radcliff]

I suspected he was Goore but didnt have the proof other than I couldnt find a George Balshaw birth that fitted in with this family,Good luck with your research

[despair]

Do you have an Australian equivalent?

http://home.clara.net/balshaw/indexes/goore.

Regards
Roger

[bunnyb]

Radcliff, thanks sincerely for all your help.

Roger, I do have some records for the Australian Balshaws, who are descended from Goore's son Richard Goore Balshaw and his wife Anne Jane Watkinson.

These folks got around.