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LANCASHIRE FAMILY HISTORY AND HERALDRY SOCIETY
Rossendale Branch Newsletter April 2003
Programme
Tonight -
Wednesday - 2nd
April
Rossendale Branch -
AGM
followed by:
The Diary of
Richard Kay (1716 - 1751)
of Baldingstone
near Bury, a Lancashire doctor,
a very short talk
by Rita Hirst to mark the recent republication of this book by the
Chetham Society.
Wednesday 4th June
Family History on
the Internet. Places available only by prior arrangement with
Kathleen Ashburner .
Wednesday 2nd July
Out Visit to the
North West Sound Archives based at Clitheroe Castle.
Did you miss....
The story of the
Rossendale Male
Voice Choir?
a talk by Joe
Stanhope and Stanley Hoyle
Joe Stanhope, told
us the history of this prize winning choir. It originated in the
1924 from the Goodshaw Glee Singers, since then there have only been
three conductors, Fred Tomlinson who retired in 1976 after 50 years,
followed by his son Ernest and for the past 21 years Beatrice Wade.
The choir won their first competition at Wallasey in 1926, since
then they have gone from strength to strength. A ladies choir was
formed in 1981.
Stanley Hoyle had
brought along his audio system and we were treated to a series of
recordings from the 1960s onwards.
A book of their
achievements has recently been published "Rossendale Male Voice
Choir, 1924 - 1999 by the President Joe Stanhope.
Coming Events:
Creation to
Cremation
The North West
Group of Family History Societies’
Annual Conference
will be hosted this year by the Manchester & Lancashire FHS on
Saturday 26th April
2003 9.00 am to 4.00pm at
Manchester Town
Hall, Albert Square, Manchester.
Programme:
9.00 am
Registration
9.30 am Welcome -
Lord Mayor of Manchester
9.45 am The History
of Cremation Records by
John Marsden
10.45 am Break and
Refreshments
11.15 am Challenges
& Changes, Civil celebrations by Hayden Keenan. Supt. Registrar.
12.15 pm Lunch
2.00pm Genetics in
Genealogy
by Prof. Peter
Beighton.
Admission is by
advanced booking only, closing date 14 April 2003. The
non-returnable payment is £15.
Please send form to
M &LFHS, Clayton House, 59 Piccadilly, Manchester. M1 2AQ
Thirty Years on!
1973 - 2003
30 years ago our
family history society was founded under the grand name of the
Rossendale Society
for Genealogy and Heraldry.
To celebrate this
event the LFHHS is returning to its roots. This year the
Annual Conference &
AGM
will be held on
Saturday - 10th May 2003 at
St. Mary’s
Chambers, Rawtenstall.
Speakers:
Melvyn Hirst -
Searching for the early origins of a calico printer: James Greenway
of Over Darwen.
Peter Marshall -
Heraldry in recycled Country Houses.
Thomas Woodcock -
Norroy & Ulster King of Arms.
The Booking form
was in your February Journal.
St. Mary’s
Chambers - 10th May
All Branch members
are urged to come to the Annual Conference. Members of the society
will be coming to Rossendale from all over the country. We would
like you to welcome them to Rossendale.
There will be an
opportunity for you to put faces to some of the names you have read
about in the magazine, meet members from other branches and experts
who may be able to assist you There will also be a huge selection of
books and microfiche for sale in the hall.
Rossendale
Ancestry:
GREENWOOD
Bill Greenwood has
been researching his namesake William Greenwood. He has been trying
without any success to find the marriage of William to Elizabeth or
Betty prior to 1832. William seems to have lived in the Grane area
of Haslingden all his life. From 1841 - 1871 he was living at Foe
Edge Farm. His children in 1841 were Oliver (8), Elizabeth (7),
George (4), William (2). Later, he had John c1846, Ralph c1849,
Nancy c1850, Lawrence c1857, Joseph c1859, By 1881 he was a widower
living at Hartley House Grane with Lawrence (24) and Ephraim (17)
his grandson. He was buried at St James’ Church, Haslingden 23rd
October 1888 aged 75 years. His wife Betty, was buried 5th October
1877 aged 63 years.
We have found a
baptism for William Greenwood at Haslingden. He appears to be the
son of George and Elizabeth Greenwood of Alley Cross Grane, he was
born 26 May 1813/ bapt. 4 July. His siblings were George 1810; James
1815; Betty 1819; Nancy 1821; John 1825; Lawrence 1833.
However, there was
another George and Elizabeth having children baptised concurrently,
with baptisms commencing in 1810. The Vital Records Index gives
George Greenwood mar. Betty Holden Nov. 1805 and George Greenwood to
Elizabeth Heys 1809.
If you are
researching Greenwood and can assist Bill is email is
bill.greenwood@extra.co.nz
FRED HOWARTH
Roland Hull has an
item - it is of no great monetary value - but which may be of
sentimental value to someone who has a FRED HOWARTH as one of their
ancestors. It was presented to him in 1931 at / by the Ebenezer
Newgate Mission in Bacup.
Anyone interested
should email Roland -
hullr@roland93.fsnet.co.uk
Hyndburn Meeting
- BUS DETAILS
June Huntingdon has
written with the following information:
The Hyndburn Group
now meets at No 2 The Straits, Oswaldtwistle. If you wish to travel
there by bus from Accrington, you can board from outside the
newsagents on Peel Street or from outside the Town Hall. The buses
currently run every 15 minutes.
For confirmation on
bus times you can ring the Tourist Information Centre 01254 872595.
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INCREASE IN
CERTIFICATE FEES
From April 1st the
cost of obtaining a full certificate of birth, marriage or death
will increase from £6.50 to £7.00 when obtained from the local
register office, or in person at the Family Records Centre, London.
Certificates issued
by the General Register Office via phone, email, fax or postal
application:-
Full certificate
£11.50
Full certificate
with full GRO index info. £8.50 |
