Help needed! Manchester 1867 policeman shooting!!!

[woodydog]

Oh Ken, Thank you so very much.
I only hope I can help you out sometime........ if not then maybe you might fancy a pint or two next time we're down Manc!
Must have a look to see if any of my husbands Harris's are from the area's you are looking at- problem is that his family are so damn confusing, most dying young- with partners remarrying etc.etc
Thanks again & all the best
Rose

[uk2003]

Hi Rose

Phew - I am still at this one

Do you want any more information? I have a truly amazing document.

Thanks to the Duncan Broady, Curator at the Manchester Police Museum, he has sent me a copy of a notebook wrote by Charles Brett Atkin in 1901, it gives names, dates and loads of info on the Brett and Atkin family lines.

The witing is a bit hard to read, so I am going to scan the 30+pages and put them online. I am also going to try to transcribe it into a word document but both will take time.

Here is another bit of family history which I dont has ever seen the light of day except in 1867

Regards
Ken

[woodydog]

More information would be wonderful Ken...... I seem to have ground to a halt for now.........!
Was the j-peg you attached to the last posting just the one single page " In remembrance of Police Sergeant Brett" ? My picture viewer came up with some strange things as well as the above!!
Thank you for all your hard work what you've given me so far is amazing...
Rose

[uk2003]

Hi Rose

All I uploaded was the Rememberance jpeg.

What information have you on the Brett and Atkin families, it would be nice to tie in the census with this I have.

Ken

[woodydog]

Hi Ken ,I'll dig out what information I have from the census etc this evening when I'm back from work.
Can't wait to read the documents you've found it might just be the catagorical proof I need to tie in to Tony's family tree rather than just family stories.
Thanks again
Rose

[uk2003]

Hi Rose

I started last night transcribing the document and was even more surprised, the latest date I have found wrote on it is 1967 yep 1967. I suspect now that this later Charles Brett Atkin was doing his own family tree.

The museum have no idea how they came to get it.

We have an page of ship sailing between England and Australia between 1890 & 1938 and thanks to Rootschatter Genni checking passenger list found it was Charles Brett Atkin

It is a strange piece of work, will scan asap.

Regards
Ken

Ken

[woodydog]

Hi Ken- I haven't forgotten, just realised that info on Charles Brett Atkin is slim pickings so far- went to ancestry to do look ups & credits had been gobbled (didn't use them in time!) so have done two posts asking for help from the rest of the rootschatters rather than putting them on this thread. Will continue looking for births, marriages etc- nothing conclusive as yet tho'.
You're teasing me with these snippets- sounds like a weird & wonderful document.
Bye for now
Rose

[uk2003]

Rose

Another teaser 

This document contains a copy of Henry Atkin & Mary Atkins will's, seems she was well off.
And 2 more family names Dixon and Blanshard.

Ken

[uk2003]

Rose

I have scanned the document and used winrar to compress them. They can be found here on my website which is still under construction http://www.iwish2.co.uk/scans/

Please note the original scans were 10meg each so had to reduce them by a lot, but they still look good. The new file is only 8meg for all of them

I hope you find what you are looking for in them.

The photo of the plaque is in its original place at St barnabas church.

Regards
Ken