Glyn
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Moving to WesthoughtonI am trying to discover why some familys moved from the North Meols area to Westhoughton around the 1860's, my great great grandfather, Robert Dawson also moved at about this time and I think one of the reasons could be looking for work.
I wondered why move to Westhoughton as it is not a large town, was there a recruiting drive in North Meols? ie, newspaper articles, etc?
Would appreciate any help.
Glyn
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BrianG
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Westhoughton was both a mining centre and had a textile / weaving industry. I guess if you were a North Meols silk weaver in the mid 19th century you took whatever was going. I have a couple of (distant) families moved to Westhoughton around that time. The older members & women carried on as weavers, the younger men went straight down t'pit.
Brian
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Bez
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The same reason really that my gr grandparents spent a number of years on Dalton-in-Furness where he was a labourer in an iron ore mine. They went where the work was.
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Glyn
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I unstand they when looking for work but a lot came to Westhoughton from North Meols. I wonder why Westhoughton has there was only one pit and no mills. Thanks for your view's
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Dotty
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I wonder...Hello
I may be way off beam here but I have friends who came from Westhoughton. A lot of their ancestors worked on the railway and maybe that is why people from North Meols travelled there too, to work on the building the railway. There were huge buildings for making and repairing the locomotives and more houses were needed. I could be wrong...I usually am, but that's my 4d worth.
Dotty
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André
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I have a Henry Parker in my tree (half-brother of an ancestor of mine) who moved to Westhoughton around 1889 and was a coalminer there in 1891.
Andre
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Glyn
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It seem that a few when there, I wondered was it word of mouth or some kind of recruiting drive in North Meols and if so is there any doc’s around. Again thanks for any help.
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BrianG
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| André wrote: | I have a Henry Parker in my tree (half-brother of an ancestor of mine) who moved to Westhoughton around 1889 and was a coalminer there in 1891.
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I've got him - married to a 6th cousin of mine Ada Sutton. What I hadn't realised is that Henry himself is also related through his mother Mary Meadow(s). So he is a 2nd cousin! 
He didn't last long in Westhoughton, by 1901 he was back in Southport
his wife having died some years earlier
Brian
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Glyn
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I also have Ada Paulina SUTTON b1867 at North Meols, Lancashire, England. d 12 Feb 1896 in North Meols, Lancashire, England married to Henry Parker b1865 in Bolton Registration District, Lancashire 1889. She is my 8th cosin 2x remove. They lived at 2 Breaktemper, Westhoughton, Lancashire, England.
This may help some one. 
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Jane
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Why not post Sutton under the letter S - more people will spot it there and you never know someone may be related :grin:
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BrianG
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| Glyn wrote: | | It seem that a few when there, I wondered was it word of mouth or some kind of recruiting drive in North Meols and if so is there any doc’s around. Again thanks for any help. |
I'm trawling through the Gale 19th century newspapers database to see if any adverts. Unfortunately the Southport papers are not online, but Preston is, and might wel carry the same stuff. Nothing so far....
Brian
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