Re: Churchtown MI's

baxtersp · Re: Churchtown MI's

Anyone need any gravestones looking up?

I've photographed most of the stones at Churchtown (St Cuthbert), as well as all those that survive at Banks (St Stephen) and Crossens (St John). They're all on my hard drive and I've got them indexed by surname so it's easy enough to search.

I can't guarantee I'll have the stone your looking for, but if I do your welcome to a copy. Another visit should finish St Cuthberts off, and then my next stop will be Tarleton I think.

Regards

Steve Baxter

SeaCopRimmer

Your offer is much appreciated baxtersp; might just take you up on that at some stage - watch this space?

Dotty · MIs

Yes, thanx for your offer of help. I will be digging out my files and seeing if there's anymore missing relatives to find...

Dotty

unsworth · gravestones @ st cuthburts.

I have several members of the family buried there. butthe ones I'm most interested in are Thomas rimmer 1902-1970 wife doris rimmer nee hough 1905-1990 they are buried with his parents. the other is ther 1st child thomas rimmer but he is buried along the north side of the church as he died un christened at 5 months 19 jan 1930.

cjacob

Hi Steve

Im a new member and saw your gravestone offer. Mind you it was posted awhile ago. Hope the offer still stands!

to you have any of these ancestors at St John, Crossens;
Thomas Wright 1804-abt 1880 or his wives Ellen (nee gregson 1810-abt1844) or Jane (nee gregson 1818-1890).

Amos wright 1853-1910 or either of his two wives Maria (nee brookfield) or Margaret (nee Wareing 1854-1895)

Thomas Wright 1878-1960?

Thanks
Cheers Cindy

baxtersp

Amos and his wives are buried in the Churchyard of St John's Church, Rufford Road, Crossens. I'll have a look and see if I've got Thomas's gravestone.

baxtersp

I think this is Thomas senior's gravestone in the Churchyard of St Cuthbert's in Churchtown. I'll have a look for young Thomas after I've had my tea.

cjacob

Thanks Steve!

you made my day! Heres to hoping you have more photos!

Did you ever get around to photographing Tarleton (Thomas Wright b1804 was born there and I'm trying to find his father John Wright)

Cheers
Cindy

baxtersp

No sign of Thomas and Lily I'm afraid, they could be in part of the churchyard I haven't photographed yet. Lily's my 3rd cousin 3 times removed at the minute.

I haven't photgraphed any of the churchyard's in Tarleton yet, but I'll probably get round to them sooner or later.

mary

hi baxtersp can i take you up on your very nice offer please

i don't know if any are buired there,but did you come across any cocker graves in crossens or churchtown.

baxtersp

Hello Mary. Only 4 Cocker graves so far as I can tell, all at St Cuthbert's, Churchtown.

Dotty · Brilliant

Hi Steve

Just to say...you are a star!

Thanks for all the work you've done so far...

Dotty

mary

thank you thank you thank you baxtersp :grin:

i have just nearly deafened my husband with my shouting of excitment.
balderstone and margaret are one of the ones i was hoping for and you have them,amazing thank you,
looks like i will have to get my wellies on :grin:

gill willis

hi baxtersp
just spotted your thread as i am new to the forum. i hope you can help in locating my missing relative. joseph howard b.21 jan 1812 ,buried 22 june 1859.
i have already found his wife isabella 1815 -1902 and 2 of their daughters at st mark,s in scarisbrick. i know the family had all been baptised and married at st cuthbert,s so thought he might be there.
he was son of william howard1769 buried 9 june 1833 st cuthberts
and margaret(peggy) higham died 26 feb 1842 burial st cuthberts.
also what is the earliest dates on the headstones you have come across, as i have howards dating as far back as c1500 all recorded as burial st cuthberts according to rootsweb .
hope you can help and tie up a loose end for me
kind regards gill

baxtersp

Hello Gill

Sorry about the wait. I didn't get an email saying someone else had replied to the post, it probably got knocked back by my email provider, the spam filter's a bit viscious.

No sign of Jospeh I'm afraid. He might still be in St Cuthbert's somewhere but I haven't come across his gravestone yet.

Regards

Steve

gill willis · gravestone

hi steve thanks for the reply
i did go to st cuthberts last sunday but looking for howard,s there is like looking for a needle in a haystack
what are the earliest dates you have come across on the headstones there?
my howard tree goes back to 1500 and they all have some connection to st cuthberts at some point.
kind regards gill

baxtersp

Hello Gill

I've only found one gravestone in St Cuthbert's from the 1600's so far, nothing earlier.

Regards
Steve

Jane

Was entered in the wrong section - so I moved it for Bob

Hello Steve,

Do you have a photograph of the grave of Robert Gregson,born 1796, possible date for his death Sep qtr 1856 or Jun qtr 1857. I am particularly interested in knowing if his wife is named on the gravestone.

Regards,

Bob

baxtersp

Hello Bob

I'm afraid not, I haven't come across their gravestone yet.

Regards
Steve

BrianG

Hi Steve

Is there any trace of a stone for Thomas & Margery Halsall? The date would be post 1861 as there is no trace of them after that census (apart from a couple of possible death records for Thomas) By 1871 two of their children (10 & 11 years old) are in hospital, another (13) working as a servant

Many thanks
Brian

baxtersp

Hello Brian

No luck with a gravestone for Thomas and Margery I'm afraid. I couldn't find them after 1861 either.

Regards
Steve

BrianG

thanks for looking Steve. So it's not just me who can't find them

They are my greatx2 grandparents; the 13 year old is my great grandmother Ellen
Brian

baxtersp

Hello Brian

It was Ellen that married Nathan Jackson wasn't it? Nathan's my 4th cousin 4 times removed at the minute, his father Henry my 3rd cousin 5 times removed and his mother Mary my 4th cousin 6 times removed.

Regards
Steve

BrianG

baxtersp

No luck I'm afraid Brian, they could there and I haven't found them or they could be buried elsewhere in Southport.

Regards
Steve

Bez

There is a Nathan Jackson, husband of Ellen, buried in St Cuthbert's. He died on the 12th July 1908 aged 52 years and was buried on the 15th. The address given was High Park Road and the officiating minister was George Z Edwards, Vicar of Crossens.

His wife Ellen died on 7th Dec 1916 and was buried on the 12th, aged 59 years, by the Rector of St Cuthbert's R B Blakeney. Her address at the time of death was 3 Bright Street.

St Cuthbert's do actually have a location for their grave and I could email their plan with the location to you if you want, either or both of you - just let me know.

Bez

Just done some more checking and there is an Ellen and a Donald Watkinson also buried in this grave.

BrianG

Bez
You are a star! That's them - the dates are exact

Ellen & Donald Watkinson are interesting. Nathan & Ellen's daughter (also Ellen) married a Peter Watkinson in 1905. They certainly had children named Donald and Ellen-Annie. Both however grew up and married; so not quite sure who these other residents are.

Steve these are the Watkinsons I think I mentioned in some of our other correspondence.

Other daughter Clara (my grandmother) was still at 3 Bright Street when she married in 1919.

Please do email me the details. I'm not going be up there anytime soon, but maybe if some other really really kind person is passing maybe they could take a quick snap

Many thanks again
Brian

Dotty · Bingo!

What a good feeling it is to find an answer to a question. Well done everyone...

Dotty

:smt031

Bez

Bez

This is what the NMFHS has recorded for this grave.

"Small sandstone headsone becoming encroached by grass. In loving memory of NATHAN JACKSON the beloved husband of ELLEN JACKSON who died July 12th 1908 aged 52 years. Also of the above ELLEN JACKSON who died December 7th 1916 aged 59 years. Also ELLEN WATKINSON died December 27th 1939 aged 57 years."

Ellen Watkinson was buried on 30th december 1939 by J N H Tredennick. Her address was 94 Shellfield Road. Donald Watkinson was buried on the 9th November 2006 aged 92 years and the service was taken by Fr. Tom Leigh of St Patrick's. There's no address, he died in hospital and it just says "burial in existing grave".

baxtersp

Thanks, I'll have look for it next week if the weather improves.

BrianG

Thank you Bez & Steve

Next task is to ask my mother why I don't remember my father's cousin Donald!!

Three generations in the grave - I wonder where the two other spouses are?. I know that side of the family had connections with Grange-over- Sands and Cartmel. Mum will probably know!

Brian

staceyg

Hi, i know this is an old thread but hopefully you still have the information.

I'm looking for the Todd family names below, if you have any of them.

Henry Todd died 1912
John Todd died 1887
Henry Todd died 1849
john Todd died 1726

Any of these would be a great help, and thanks in advance.
Stacey.

baxtersp

Sorry Stacey, bo luc. They must be in a part of the graveyard I haven't got to yet.

Did you mean the John Tod(d) born in 1726 (and buried in 1808, you said buried in 1726)? He's on my tree as my sixth great grandfather.

staceyg

Hi, yes sorry 1726- 1808 hes down as my 5x(i think) grandad

My grandad is George william Hocknell todd Born 1918
His mother was margaret Todd born 1894(father unknown)
Her parents were henry todd and margaret twist
Henrys parents were john todd and elizabeth(betty) Howard
John's parents were Henry todd and elizabeth Wignall
Henrys parents were John todd and Margery Rymer
Johns parents were john todd and jane halsall.

All apart from my grandad were born in or around scarisbrick/north meols.

Could we have a possible connection somewhere??

Stacey

Yvonne · Samuel Newton

Burial: 12 Apr 1854 St Cuthbert, North Meols, Lancashire, England
Samuel Newton -
Age: 26 years
Abode: Little London
Buried by: Jonathan Jackson Officiatg. Minister
Register: Burials 1846 - 1867, Page 80, Entry 638

Wondered whether
a. Steve, you have a picture of this?

b. if there is a MI for him that is known.

Thanks

SeaCopRimmer

You would need to contact Bez for the location of the grave and she could (possibly) tell you if there is a monument/kerbstone, etc. (Bez is co-ordinating the St Cuthbert MI Project on behalf of NM(S)FHS)

baxtersp

Sorry Yvonne, I haven't got Samuels' gravestone yet.

This is the only Newton gravestone I have so far from St Cuthbert's.

Yvonne

Thanks for looking Steve, these Newton's seem to originate from Ashton under Lyne

Bez

Yvonne

Bez, Thanks for looking anyway.

Re: Churchtown MI's

MIs

gravestones @ st cuthburts.

Brilliant

gravestone

Bingo!

Samuel Newton