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Cheshire UK - Genealogy, Surnames, Family and Local History

County town: Chester. Inhabitants: Cestrians Other major towns: Birkenhead, Wallasey, Stockport Origins of Name: The Roman Fort , Anglo Saxon Population 1801: 192,305 Population 1961: 1,368,950 Acreage: 648,5... more

Hogg family of Chester - Chester
Does anyone have any information on the Hogg family who moved to Chester from Berwickshire via Liverpool in around 1845/1850? Very large family including John (1827), Alexander (1832) and Robert (1845)- have information on my branch of the family, but would like to know more.

pinches - Chester
My grandad,Joseph Pinches,lived in the Garden Lane area of Chester.He had a lot of brothers and sisters and am looking for info on his parents.I know his dad was also called Joseph.Any help appreciated.

holdstock - Chester
i am looking for any family members that might have or be related to Holdstock. i am sam my dad is joesph my mum margaret. my grandad died approx 1971 his name was fergus and his wife was emma. they lived for years in grosvenor place chester. emma died approx 1984.

JONES of Chester - Chester
More information I have about this family - they may have moved to LEIGH, Lancashire. I am looking in the Manchester and Chester areas for descendants. Thanks.

JONES of Chester ! - Chester
Looking for more information about John Jones 1870 Lancs and Elizabeth Jane Jones c1861 Chester These are two distinct families as Jones married Jones. I know they lodged at Gt Ancoats Street Manchester (1891 census) and possibly moved to the Chester area. Any help with relatives on both sides of the family would be greatly appreciated - all generations.

John Waters - Chester
Seeking any information on John Waters born about 1800 Chester and his father Richard both were seamen. I need John birth and Richard's birth and marriage. Can anyone help please? Heather

THE TAYLORS OF CHESTER - Chester
Hi im looking for the taylors of chester, most of them are georges, my grandmother ellen (nellie) became a taylor in 1913 when she married my grandfather george, they had 4 children judith, helen, george and franchesca

Browns of Chester - Chester
I am looking for information about my husband's grandmother Constance (Connie) Brown. The family were the Browns who owned the large Department Store.She married Fred Paton (a vicar).

Elizabeth Quizack - Chester
Would apreciate any info on Elizabeth Quizack or could be Keasack she married Edward Weaver on the 20 the June 1798 at St Bridget Paris and I think lived in King St they had at least 1 child Sarah Maria born 1814. Thankyou

Truss family - Chester
Trying to locate any info on George Alexander Truss. He was born about 1760. He had a coach making business in Chester. He died in 1825 in Chester.

Issac Jones - Chester
On the 1841 Census i have Issac Jones age <17> He was Tailors Appentice.His Parents were James jones & Harriet Jones nee Wantling(whom i have never been able to find her pre 1841. Issac Was one of the older brothers of my G.Grandfather. He was born in Sandbach in Chester.Is Issac on your tree?

holdstock - chester - Chester
Fergus was my mam's brother, please get in touch. Janet

hayman - Chester
i am seeking any information on the hayman family of/ in chester. my grandmother was martha hayman who married william edwards , a seaman, from birkenhead

Truss family - Chester
I am interested in the Truss family. George Alexander Truss had a coach building business in Foregate Street. His son Thomas was a railway engineer.

WALTON 1901 - Chester
Please can anybody tell me where these two people were in 1901 as they seem to disappear after 1891 MARY (Emma?) WYNNE born Colemore c1871 WILLIAM WALTON born West Derby c1857 They married in Chester in April 1893

John.L.Lowe - Chester
John Lowe born about 1866 in Chester and moved to Watermillock in the Lake District. Anything will be of interest.

ledsham - wilkinson - Chester
1830s looking for information about marriages between Ledshams and Wilkinsons in St Oswald's parish and Great Boughton

bennett - Chester
I am looking for the Bennett family in 1856. Ann Bennett father George bennett a marinier. later lived in Liverpool. Ann married William cormack in liverpool 1877

HODGES - Chester
ANY INFO ON HODGES FAMILY FROM CHESTER,CHESHIRE WOULD BE APPRECIATED.WILLIAM RICHARD HODGES 1834. CHESTER OR WILLIAM HODGES 1808 BORN IN LIVERPOOL

RHODEN - Chester
seeking family tree members of RHODEN family in Chester and surrounding areas.

Hurren/Rhodes family - Chester
Researching the families of thomas hurren and Amy Rhodes as well as their parents - John hurren/rhoda Rowland and thomas rhodes and Katherine smith.

Juanita E Hume nee HANN - Chester
Born Sherborne Dorset 1929 Had twins Christopher & Anne Lived previously in Oakfield Anfield Liverpool Mothers name Elsie

Whitehouse - Chester
Looking for relatives of Arthur Whitehouse b 1862. Married Mary? Siblings: Charles Henry, William, Walter, Mary, Elizabeth Ada. Lived at 19 Egerton Street, Chester. Occupation listed in 1881 census as Railway Wagon Maker.

Griffiths - Chester
Does anyone have any connection to Thomas Griffiths married to Elizabeth Wainwright 1847 in Chester?

WALSH - Chester
My 3xgrt grandmother, Angelina Walsh, recorded her birthplace as Chester, Cheshire (c1800) in census returns. However, extensive searching has revealed nothing. She later married Edward Lucas and had six known children with him. Her sister may have been Frances Samuda. Can anyone help?

DRAYTON, Edward and Jane - Chester
Edward Drayton born 28 Jun 1863 Welshpool, Montgomeryshire. Married Jane Rogers 1891 Forden reg dist, Montgomeryshire. Moved to Shrewsbury and subsequently Chester as a railway worker. 1901 Census at 16 Cross Street, Chester: Edward Drayton b. Welshpool age 37 railway porter. Wife Jane Drayton (1862) and two sons: John Edward DRAYTON (1892) and Norman George DRAYTON (1895). Very interested in any more information about this family and descendants.

rigby chester - Chester
my gt grandfather was William Rigby b 1859 in Chester. Married Rose Ann Ankers in Nantwich in 1881 and had several children one of whom was Emily Rigby b 1893. She was my grandmother who died in childbirth about 1926. Any further info would be welcome.

JAMES BIGGS - Chester
My great great grandfather James Biggs was born in Chester on 8/8/1807, and baptised at St Marys on the Hill. The register gives his parents names as Job and Mary Biggs, and Jobs occupation 'labourer'. I cannot find anyrecord of them anywhere else although the 1841 census has an Elizabeth and William Biggs aged 45 and 50 living at Brooks Alley Handbridge, and William alone in the 1851 census with his birthplace listed as Howden Yorkshire.I now know that William was the brother of James and that he was born at HAWARDEN Flintshire, and not in Yorkshire,that he married in 1834 and that his wife was Elizabeth Cash.I have also found that James had a sister Ann who was born in Ruabon and who married Thomas Denson in Chester in 1821. James moved to BRISTOL where He became a Poor Rate/Tax Collector. He married Matilda Page from Wotton under Edge in Gloucestershire. They had at least 5 children James, Thomas, Ellen May, Matilda Jane and the youngest, Job Federick who was my great grandfather. Does anyone know anything about the BIGGS family in CHESTER at that time please?

morris coal merchants - Chester
am looking for information on thomas morris' coal merchants of chester in the late 1800s and early 1900s. can anyone help, please?

Jones and Jones of Chester - Chester
I am trying to trace descendants of Edith Jones last known of Upton Chester. She is aunty to my Grandfather. Her son Joe was a chauffeur/gardener for a magistrate/judge and married Dorothy. Their daughter Phyllis was bridesmaid to my Mum, Mabel Jones. They also had sons Robin and Roger. Edith's son Harry was a bus driver. Son Robert was a builder/decorator and married to Glenda. Edith also had two daughters Cissy and Kit. Robert lived next door to his mum, Edith. Any information no matter how small would be very useful.

rosa morris - Chester
hello. I am looking for rosa morris who married alexander elder in 1900 in chester, where her family all lived. she had sisters called clara and edith. any information? thank you

Foulkes - Chester
I am searching for the family of Frank Foulkes who married my g/mother Elizabeth Jones abt 1901/1902, I have not been able to find a record of the marriage. Frank was born in 1875 in Chester his parents were Jane and Richard and the other children in the family were Eden, James,Samuel and William, as shown on the 1881 Census. On the 1891 census Frank is with his brother William in the Industrial School for poor children in Chester. I cannot find him on the 1901 census. He and Elizabeth lived in Liverpool and had 5 children one dying in infancy. Frank died in 1911 aged 46. Elizabeth married again the following year. I really would like to know when and where Frank and Elizabeth married so if anyone recognises Frank's family and can help it would be appreciated. Beryl

Powell and Igo(e) - Chester
I am trying to find out about Sarah Igo who was married to Peter Powell and lived in Chester around 1879. Her daughter was Elizabeth who married James Campbell. Sarah had a brother John who listed himself as Igoca on the 1901 census? Hope someone can help. Thanks. Lesley

homeopathic dispensary, pepper street - Chester
edward thomas, a homeopathic chemist had a dispensary in pepper street in the late 1800s. he also ran a printing business. he had a large family, also printers and homeopathic drs. anyone have any information? thank you

Davenport - Chester
I am looking for information on William Davenport born around 1840 in Chester, I think he married Anne Hutchenson.

Whittaker - Chorley
i have extensive connections to the whittaker family who resided at Chorley Hall near Alderley for much of the 1700's and in to the 1800's. I am looking for modern day descendants of this family

Turner - Chorley
I am searching for Henry Francis Turner, s/o Abraham Turner, born abt 1832 in Chorley. Also looking for mother and siblings.

BELL, AMY: of Chorley in the Nantwich Hundred of South Cheshire. - Chorley
Amy Bell was 'of Chorley Hall' in 1739/40 on her marriage to George Burrey. Their children were: Charles (1742), Ellen (1746), Amy (1749), Elizabeth (1753), and Sarah (1756). Amy Burrey (nee Bell) was probably bapt. at Wrenbury, the daughter of Charles and Ellen Bell who married in 1713. Have any other F.H. buffs come across this family? Amy Burrey who was born in 1749, married John Edgely at Wrenbury in 1777.

Bell, Amy: - Chorley
Anyone got data on the Bell family, 1700-1740. The Bells used Wrenbury Church for their BMDs? I am interested in Charles and Ellen (marr. 1713), their daughter, Ellen and, I HOPE, daughter, Amy. Many thanks

John Joseph Owen - Chorlton
I am looking for a John (Jack) Joseph Owen who married my g grandmother's sister, Edith Elizabeth Minnie Mason, in Chorlton, Cheshire, in 1905. He was an Actor. Edith's brother, William Christopher Mason (Chris) was also an actor and I assume they met through him. I haven't been able to find John Owen's birth or his mother and father with any certainty. Can anyone help?

Elizabeth Mather/Bratby - Chorlton
I am looking for any information on Elizabeth Mather who married someone called Bratby in 1910 she later gave birth to a daughter Francis in 1911 BUT the father is unnamed,shock horror! The daughter was born in Ripley, Derbyshire

Banks - Chorlton
I looking for information of James Thomas Coulson Banks born 1900. His mother was Elizabeth A Banks, nee Dawson who moved to Chorlton from Blackburn and I think died there in 1911. James married Hilda I'anson in 1927. I wish to know if there are any descendents or if James had any siblings. Elizabeth would have been My Great Aunt but she was estranged from the family. Any information would be great

POVAH - Chorlton
I am looking for information on Charlotte Povah married in 1915 - not sure of birth year. She married William Hodgson and I think they had four children including Madge, Wally, Brenda and Edna. If anyone has any information please can you let me know. Thanks

SHAW, George - Church Lawton
b.6-10-1853 Lawton. Married Isbella (surname not known). My ggrandparents had 8 children - Jane b.16-02-1876 at Rodeheath Cheshire, Maria b.30-07-1877 d.05-03-1880; George William b.24-12-1878 d. 06-11-1879; Ellen b.06-08-1880; Arthur b.02-09-1882 d.18-01-1887; Isabella b.15-07-1884; Olive b.07-10-1888 who later married Marcus Alexander James BRUSE in W.Aust.20-07-1910 Olive d.26-02-1964; Ettey b.24-09-1890 d.03-01-1892. They migrated to W.Aust abt 1900. Does anyone have any info on this family. I need to know Isbella's maiden name, she was born 17 Gen(?) 1850 in Liverpool. Thank you.

William Twemlow - Church Lawton
Desparately seeking Christening of a William Twemlow 1747 who died 25 08 1831. Have you come across him? He's my 6X G Grandfather

Yoxall Or Minshull, Crewe, Nantwich & Middlewich - Church Minshull
Benjamin was born in 1665 at Minshull Vernon, his children were born in Church Minshull. Anyone know this family?

Yoxall Or Minshull, Crewe, Nantwich & Middlewich - Church Minshull
Benjamin was born in 1665 at Minshull Vernon, his children were born in Church Minshull. Anyone know this family?

john charlesworth - Church Minshull
looking for relatives of john charlesworth born c 1856 church minshull married to mary hannah probin

Stephen Collins - Church Minshull
Stephen was born in Minshull around 1825 and married Rebecca Nield (born in Bunbury) in 1851 in St Mary's Church, Acton. Does anyone recognise these names?

BRISCALL EDWARD - Church Minshull
HAVE INFO ON EDWARD BRISCALL OF CHURCH MINSHULL. FREDA



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