Searching for descendants of
1. Joseph Halmark bapt Marbury near Crewe St Michael's 15 February 1718; son:-
2. Joseph Halmark bapt Backford St Oswald's 13 January 1748; son:-
3. Thomas Almark bapt St Oswald's 28 August 1774, my great-grandfather, married Sarah Gibson Manchester Cathedral, living 23 Gregson Street, Alport, Manchester, next to St Peters Fields, scene of the Peterloo Massacre 16 August 1819. Thomas Hailmark, was listed as "Detained until Friday". His friend and neighbour Peter Ackerley, suffered a sabre cut to his left leg. Thomas died 1851, 23 Gregson Street, Manchester.
Sources:
www.peterloo1819.co.uk and manchesterhistories.co.uk
