Thanks to Yvonne & Jane for pointing me in the direction of the MAWDSLEY family photographs (and to Jim for submitting them to the web-site, of course).
Forum member nhengure, who posted in this thread on 31 March 2008, appears to be be blood-related to me, since according to my family tree program's relationship calculator we are 5th cousins once removed. If this person is interested in taking their great-great grandmother Margaret JONES' ancestral line back into the 1500's then please get in touch?
bagpuss if you go to memberlist (along the top of the page) and find nhengure you might be able to send them an email - if not you could send a private message.
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I am related to the MAWDSLEY family of Southport, by marriage. My father-in-law was GEORGE MAWDSLEY born 14th November 1898 to EDWARD MAWDSLEY and CLARA LAVINIA SHIPSIDES. EDWARDwas born 1865 in Formby to EDWARD MAWDSLEY and MARGARET ABRAM.
Family members from Edward and Clara emigrated to Canada and Australia.
Was so delighted to find this chat line and looking forward to reading more about this family.
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My friend's husband is the 2xgt grandson of Edward and Margaret. Their son Michael had a daughter Lavinia born 3 Jan 1892. She married a Samuel Hawkshaw.
and in turn I am related through Margaret's father Thomas Abram and his first marriage.
I have looked at the photographs on the Home Page and they are fantastic.
I had put the Mawdsley family on the 'back burner' for a while but recently received an e-mail from a 'relative' who states Edward Mawdsley's son George Henry is her great grandfather - he married Annie Bowles and went out to Africa with his sons William Frederick her grandfather, -and George
I have sent her this page address and hopefully she will fill us in a bit more especially with the sailing date.
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Thank you for the information re Edward b1865 and Clara Lavinia SHIPSIDES, which has enabled me to identify the family in the 1891 & 1901 Censuses.
Interesting that the couple named two of their sons John - a John Edward born in 1883 and a John Henry in 1896?
Also interesting that in 1891 they had a boarder named John CLEASE (did you perhaps get Fawlty Towers on Canadian TV?).
My connection with this MAWDSLEY line is via Edward b1835's 2nd wife Margaret JONES (b1840 Hoose) whereas yours (and Yvonne's) is of course via his first wife Margaret ABRAM.
Presumably the 'relative' who e-mailed you recently is my 5th cousin nhengure who posted to this forum on 31 March 2008?
I was talking to my friend who is Lavinia's grandson. He remembers someone from Canada coming to their door looking for Lavinia, this was a good few years ago though.
Two daughters of Edward and Clara were sent here to Canada, Lillie in 1919,
who went to Kenora, Ontario and Isobelle who came out later and lived in
Montreal. Isobelle would likely be the one who visited.
My cousin-in-law who lives in Canada too is getting very excited about all
the information you kind folks are giving us. Thanks.
As to two Johns in one family,,,,it didn't occur to me as my mother came from Scottish parents and with their naming process often children had the same first or second given names.
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This seems to be the family of Edward and Clara 1911
HOUSEHOLD MAWDSLEY CLARA LAVINIA F 1866 45 Ormskirk Lancashire
HOUSEHOLD MAWDSLEY ADA ELIZABETH F 1887 24 Ormskirk Lancashire
HOUSEHOLD MAWDSLEY BERTHA F 1906 5 Ormskirk Lancashire
HOUSEHOLD MAWDSLEY CHARLES M 1903 8 Ormskirk Lancashire
HOUSEHOLD MAWDSLEY EDWARD M 1866 45 Ormskirk Lancashire
HOUSEHOLD MAWDSLEY GEORGE M 1899 12 Ormskirk Lancashire
HOUSEHOLD MAWDSLEY ISABELLA F 1902 9 Ormskirk Lancashire
HOUSEHOLD MAWDSLEY JOHN HENRY M 1897 14 Ormskirk Lancashire
HOUSEHOLD MAWDSLEY JOSEPH M 1896 15 Ormskirk Lancashire
HOUSEHOLD MAWDSLEY LAVINIA F 1910 1 Ormskirk Lancashire
HOUSEHOLD MAWDSLEY LILLIE F 1894 17 Ormskirk Lancashire
HOUSEHOLD MAWDSLEY ROSE MARY F 1907 4 Ormskirk Lancashire
HOUSEHOLD MAWDSLEY WILLIAM M 1892 19 Ormskirk Lancashire
Thanks Yvonne, that's them living at 78 St. Lukes Road, Southport.and
Michael Mawdsley and Sarah Jane and family were living at one time at
92 St. Lukes Road.
I don't have access to the 1911 except when it was first opened and we could sneak a way in through a loophole which was quickly closed!!!!
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Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 9:21 pm Post subject: More Mawdsleys
I am trying to sort out the confusing proliferation of Mawdsley families in this part of Lancashire. I was born in Ashton-under-Lyne in 1939 and my mother was Margaret Ellen Mawdsley b1919 to Catherine Mawdsley b1894 and an unknown father. Catherine was the eldest of 5 children born to James Mawdsley b1869 and Margaret Ellen Bond b1874. The other children of the marriage were Mary b1896, Thomas b1897, James b1898 and Cecily b1900.
During the War, as a child I accompanied my mother by train from Manchester and visited Catherine's father, living in a cottage in Formby with fruit trees at the rear, with a pig in a sty at the bottom of the garden. That single visit was my only contact with the rest of the family and until recently I was unaware of Catherine's antecedents. To the best of my knowledge, my mother and her mother, Catherine, had no contact with any of their family once they had moved to the Manchester area. I left Lancashire in 1960 and live in Essex so find it difficult to follow up enquiries in the Formby area - my wife is disabled and unable to travel.
I believe James to be one of 7 children (Isabella b1855 , Thomas b1858, Catherine b1860. Elizabeth b1863, Edward b1865, John b1867 and James b1869) born to Thomas Mawdesly b 1828 and Catherine Abraham or Abram b 1830.
However there are several Thomas Mawdsleys listed in Ancestry.co.uk searches, all from around the same area and of similar ages.
Can anyone help me sort out which one is the correct one, or even confirm that the information that I have so far is correct?
I have birth certificates for both my mother and my grandmother Catherine Mawdsley. Both are listed as having been born at premises on Liverpool Road, Formby, my mother's address is shown as Robinsons Square, Liverpool Road, Formby, Lancashire. The information about Catherine's siblings and parents came from the Census returns.
However once I move back beyond James Mawdsley, I am less certain of my ground and would appreciate some assistance in deciding which Thomas to follow.
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