Hi all,
I am really new to this game - I have just found this website and also LostCousins where I could see that Gillian and I have rellies in common. Now I have read the three pages in this thread, I think we are related! Yay!
This research is not mine but my great grand father's - it was his passion until he died in 1972.
His grand father was Richard Johnson (b. Crosby Ravensworth 1822), married to Jane Eliza Taylor (b. Whitchurch 1835). He was a school teacher and Head Master.
His father, also Richard Johnson, wrote the names of 7 children in the family bible (which was owned by my ggf, although I don't know where it is now). These names very nearly match up with those given earlier in the thread: Mary, Thomas, John, Richard, Sarah, Ralph and William (with their full dates of birth). Old Rd. drew his and his wife's initials in the bible, RJ & EJ. My ggf wrote in his research book: "The RJ & EJ refer to Richard and Elizabeth Johnson, parents of the seven children given. Why did not he (old Rd) give their full names, wife's maiden name (I believe it was Farrar - hence Frederick Farrar for mother's brother) place and date of marriage?"
He adds some information about Richard (b. 1822) and his brother William (b. 1832) including their time at Chester Teacher Training College and personal comments about William as he met him! His information matches up with information earlier in the thread regarding the names of his 2 wives. I have newspaper cuttings, including William's obituary.
It would be great to hear from you.
Victoria
Merry Christmas