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Post by Woody on Jul 9, 2011 5:00:44 GMT
If you go to www.findmypast.com you'll find a free search facility that will produce all the Reddyoff people nationwide from 1841 - 1911. You might have to register but there's no charge for that. Once inside the website, click 'census' on the main menu and then on the green tab against 'person search' for the 1911 census. Next, enter 'Reddyoff' in the search box marked 'last name' and be sure to activate the small 'spelling variants' box beneath. Click 'search' and you'll get three pages of Reddyoff people nationwide, including twenty or so in this area. (I have no idea why adding the letter 'H' to the name - Reddyhoff - produces more results for every decade except 1911). You'll also get an idea about the considerable number of variations in spelling that won't have made your searches so far any easier. The only other member of this forum I remember mentioning connections to Reddyoff ancestors was 'scottfree' so it might pay you to speak to her. There are huge numbers of people called Lawton in the Saddleworth and Mossley areas and a good place to start looking is John Trevor Lawton's website 'Lawtons of Saddleworth' which you can access through Google.
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Post by scottfree on Jul 11, 2011 9:16:09 GMT
:Hi Paul saw your post today re Reddyoff & Lawton families. My mother was a Reddyoff from Stalybridge, & oddly enough my fathers family (Moore) married into the Lawton family. If you give me some of your family details perhaps we can help each other. My saviour has been Woody!! He did so much for me, as he has done for so many people. Not done much about finding more recent relatives for a long time.
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Post by paulreddyoff on Jul 23, 2011 19:13:19 GMT
Hello Scottfree, Sorry i haven't responded sooner,however it seems to me that there must be a link between us somewhere back in time and it is too much of a coincidence that we are looking for our shared histories. My fathers name was John James Reddyoff and he had a brother called Gordon,along with a sister- possibly step sister called Alice. My mothers maiden name was Lawton and my grandfather's name was Hubert Moss Lawton. The name Moss was the maiden name either my grandmother or great grandmother i believe. Do you know any history of the name 'Reddyoff' and all the other spellings of it,as it goes back quite sometime into the past?! I look forward to reading from you soon. Regards, Paul Reddyoff
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Post by paulreddyoff on Jul 23, 2011 19:20:18 GMT
Hello Woory, Thank you for the help and advice you have given me. I shall write to 'scottfree' and make some progress i hope! Regards Paul Reddyoff
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Post by Zoe on Jul 24, 2011 7:13:18 GMT
Hi everyone I live in Perth Australia and have been researching my father's side of the family for the last couple of years. My father was born in Ashton and there are lots of family connections to the area, especially from the mid 19th Century onwards. My great grandparents names were: Joseph BENNETT (1892-1964) and Esther ANDERSON (1895-1969) Henry HUGHES (1901-1970) and Laura JACKSON (1900-1972). Other family names (19th century) include CRABTREE, RILEY, LINDLEY, HIGHAM, TURTON, EDWARDS, WAIN, HAMER, HEALY, STAPLETON, REDFERN, TAYLOR, BUNTING. I've got the usual huge pile of BMD certificates, loads of census pages and other material but now I am hitting brick walls every which way (it makes it harder when you are completely dependent on the Internet for research!). It would be good to find others researching the same families but I am also looking forward to just connecting with people that are knowledgeable about the Tameside area
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Post by hannover57 on Aug 3, 2011 20:09:46 GMT
hi everyone,researching saxon family of ashton u lyne.father kenneth 1938.grandad james 1899,ggrandad nicholas1869 is wife elizabeth helen,ggg henry 1843 is father another nicholas 1808 at alt lane.grandad james married ethel smith so i throught i would start with saxon side first,thanks dave
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Post by wardy on Oct 7, 2011 19:35:44 GMT
I'm researching the Etchells of Droylsden. My gt gt gt grandparents William Etchells (m: Ann Jackson 1827) had the properties 1 & 3 Ashton Hill Lane from 1871 and ran a grocers shop there. In John Higson's Notices of Droylsden he mentions a Hannah Etchells who had a provisions shop in Lane End. I think she's my gt gt gt gt grandmother. Can anyone shed light on where Lane End was in Droylsden and when the above properties were built?
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Post by emmsville on Oct 11, 2011 22:22:38 GMT
Tell everyone a little about why you have joined this forum. Hi my name is Emma and I am trying to find out anything I can about my grandad and his family. His name is Harry Harding and he was born on 14 February 1914 in Mossley, Ashton under Lyne. His mother was called Esther Harding and they both lived at Peel Street ( I think number 3). Esther had a brother called George who was killed in WW1. I think my grandad Harry and his mother Ester lived with her father at the address aswell. My grandads father was not named on his birth certificate so any help or information that can be provided would be very gratefully received, thank you for reading this.
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Post by aeroplane on Oct 24, 2011 10:32:37 GMT
Tell everyone a little about why you have joined this forum. Hi, I'm busy researching Isaac Hibbert (on my father's side) family from Aeshton Under Lyne and the William Greaves family (on my mother's side). Connections with Dukinfield, Denton, Ashton under Lyne. I'd appreciate any leads that anyone may have. Cheers J
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Post by jillmeakin on Dec 8, 2011 1:51:56 GMT
Hello from Canada. I am Gee Cross born and bred as was my father, grandfather and great grandfather (Ollerenshaw). I have been researching my family hisory for 4-5 yrs. I wish I had thought to join this site sooner, I am hoping to find out more about my Horsfield ancestors from Mottram, who I believe originaed in Yorkshire. I will make more specific requests under that surname,
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Post by kathylena on Dec 30, 2011 20:39:17 GMT
Looking for William Goddard Cooke and Mary Walker's parents! His marriage record states he is from Denton and she is from Audenshaw. Supposedly he was baptised at the Dissenter's Chapel at Gorton in the Parish of Manchester. Does anyone know how to find these records? Attachments:
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Woody
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Post by Woody on Dec 30, 2011 22:03:18 GMT
Their marriage is listed on the Lancashire On-line Parish Clerk project (www.lan-opc.org.uk) but, unfortunately, I can't find William's christening there.
Marriage: 5 Sep 1822 St Michael and All Angels, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, England William Goddard Cooke - of this Parish Mary Walker - of this Parish Witness: James Heginbottom; Edwd. Goddard Cooke Married by Licence by: I. N. France Curate Register: Marriages 1821 - 1827, Page 32, Entry 95 Source: LDS Film 559173
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Post by almol on Jan 6, 2012 17:57:45 GMT
Hi all i am a new member, with an interest in the history of King George v playing fields, i have tried searching in the Tameside council for information with little luck, but i would be grateful for any members knowledge
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Post by Woody on Jan 7, 2012 23:32:12 GMT
Hi almol
A King George's Field is a public open space in the United Kingdom dedicated to the memory of King George V (3 June 1865–20 January 1936).
In 1936, after the king's death, the Lord Mayor of London formed a committee to determine a memorial that was not solely based on the idea of a statue. They arrived the same year at the concept of funding and erecting a single statue in London and setting up the King George's Fields Foundation to carry the late king's name forward through future generations with the aim 'to promote and to assist in the establishment throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of playing fields for the use and enjoyment of the people'.
Each of the playing fields would be styled 'King George's Field' and 'be distinguished by heraldic panels or other appropriate tablet medallion or inscription commemorative of His Late Majesty and of a design approved by the Administrative Council'. Look at the gates to the Field in Ashton.
Money was raised locally to buy the land, with a grant made by the foundation. After purchase the land was passed to the National Playing Fields Association, to "preserve and safeguard the land for the public benefit". Land was still being acquired for the purpose during the 1950s and early 1960s
There are strict covenants and conditions that all go to ensure that the public will continue to benefit from these open play areas.
When the King George's Fields Foundation was dissolved in 1965, there were 471 King George Playing Fields, all over the country. They are now owned by the National Playing Fields Association and managed on their behalf by either the council or a board of local trustees. That's probably your best route to finding information specific to Ashton.
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Post by lenhar on Jan 9, 2012 16:36:02 GMT
On the Family Search website there is a baptism for William Goddard Cooke, 27 May 1785, at Denton Chapel. He was the son of Martha Cooke.
Edward Goddard Cooke was baptised at Stockport 11 February 1789, the son of Edward Cooke and Martha.
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