My World has gone into the quicksand that is Time.
It is a history you may learn but never truly know.
The purpose of this website is not for the collection of lists of names;
it is for the remembrance of those who have gone before by those who are presently here,
for those who will follow after.
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DO NOT PRESUME that this is an exact history.
ASSUME that I am right 90% of the time.
CHECK my sources.
LOG your sources.
ALWAYS remain open to comment and criticism
CENSUS NIGHTS
19th June 1921
2nd April 1911
31st March 1901
5th April 1891
3rd April 1881
2nd April 1871
7th April 1861
30th March 1851
6th June 1841
Certificates displayed on this website are covered by Crown Copyright, are for display only and
may not be copied. The Office of Public Sector Information has this to say:
"reproduction of birth, death and marriage
certificates is covered by our Guidance Note 7 (GN7)"
PLEASE NOTE: THE NAMES OF ALL LIVING PERSONS ARE HIDDEN
The information here has references to various citation sources: however this is a joint effort and I cannot accept full credit for the information supplied: it comes from leads from my own meagre researches, that of family, friends on the internet, research by new found cousins, one of whom I actually sat unknowingly next to in school in Ballycastle, and from research carried out by...
My sister KATE (KateC) who over many years, had access to the Archivist
of Manchester Cathedral, our Aunt Rose wife of Frank Gore. Kate also made use
of Lichfield Records Office and numerous other places in her long research.
She is also responsible for allowing me to use the Marsden/Gore images, the
originals of which belong to ©Mark, Elizabeth and Lucy Gore, children of
Rose and Frank Gore who are our cousins.
MARIAN AND IRIS in Antrim, JOAN in Australia, HUGH McGOWAN and his
father SAM, without whom the Cushnaghan link might have eluded me forever:
Cassidy/Cushnahan/Coushnaghan/McNeill/McGowan &c
Barbara Graham and Dorothy Mayes: as of March 2009 they have brought John
Cushnaghan, his wife Margaret O'Neill and their descendants into the tree. Slowly the
Cushnaghan/Cassidy line is re-assembling and becoming one.
WILLIAM CUSHNAGHAN Another great grandchild of Andrew and Ann. Grandson of
John, son of John, he really is a missing link we had no idea was missing and we are
very grateful he has joined us here.
"James Cochnahan" Great grandson of Mary Cushnaghan for Ann Blue her family
and so much more
Ken Gore Like a bolt from the blue Ken found me and I hope to exchange much
fruitful information with him in the future.
MAUREEN BRYSON who spent many hours researching the Bright Line
ANNIE GERHARD
The Williamson Family of Pendleton and other areas of Lancashire
GERRY MULGREW of Donegal, who lead me out of a blind alley and into the
countryside of Tyrone to the Mulgrew ancestors
DARREN BURTON for the Bagnall family information, without which I
floundered terribly.
RORY LACHLAN READ
for his excellent site, for the many questions he has answered there, and for
the information I have gleaned from his fountain of
knowledge
to ALAN CLATER for solving the Clater mystery...
NICK JACKSON for supplying all the information and leads relating to
Mary Ann Bright, George Groom and their descendants.
Susan Todd for supplying the information regarding
her descent from the Bright Line to
Valerie Heighton Cullison for all the information relating to the
Heighton - Bright descendants in America.
U.S.Genweb This is a
Goldmine for those of us outside the United States. Much Marsden information comes
from this
project and I am sincerely gratefull for all the aid given to me.
Jane Sumpter of Bassetlaw
Museum & Percy Laws Memorial Gallery, Armcott House, 40 Grove Street, Retford,
Nottinghamshire, for all her kindnesses and endeavours to provide me with much
valuable information and leads concerning the CLATER family.
Jeff STOKER, Astley Village, Chorley, Lancashire for leading me back
through the winding road from my grandmother Florence MARSDEN, all the way to Peter
de MERCLESDEN, ("Peter the Chaplain") mentioned in the Pipe Rolls of 1194-1197)
William C Latham for his data concerning the MARSDEN/LATHAM
connection
Ralph Lindsay Young in Troon for his deeply appreciated information
concerning Samuel & Peter Coushnaghan/Cassidy, Agnes Bailie's ancestry and
descendants and all the family doors he has opened in one fell swoop. On this
one point I am greatly appreciative because of course I began my researches
attempting to discover my Father's ancestors and peers.
Patsy Leathers-Hamilton of Kansas City for her invaluable work in
tracing the descendants of Thomas Leather, following this Leather branch to
their new home in America.
Jane Power for her aid and information with the Collingwood
descendants
and to all Registrar's and their staff - especially Jean in Great Yarmouth, the members of the various Family History Centres for all their invaluable help - especially Clare Cabrie in Paisley, and everyone I have forgotten to mention for thir advice, kindnesses and patience.
It may be that some may look here and wonder why I have followed certain lines. I am
plagued by curiosity: he/she married her/him but where did he/she originate?
This is an on-going, never-ending project which I hope, one day will be used by
others to demonstrate how families fluctuate and change, how relationships can be
life-long or transitionary, how individuals from many different locations and levels
of society can share a heritage: even one much diluted: but mostly I hope our future
generations will look back and thank us all for our efforts, and not be like me,
always receiving "You don't need to know that!" as an answer to my queries.
The abbreviations: 'Hunts' is Huntingdonshire: 'Nothants' is Northamptonshire: 'Lincs' is Lincolnshire, all in England. And, in Ireland we say 'County Antrim' & not 'Antrim County' etc., Any confusion please contact me. Where only a birth and/or Death year appears without Month and Day treat it as an approximation and not the actual date. It may be simply the Christening/Baptism or Burial year.
As you wander through this site please note any mistakes and report them to me
so that I may check/correct them. I periodically download the tree to my
computer for checking. However uploading it again DOES result in some
mistakes - bad karma between Tribal Pages and Family Tree Maker. You will also
notice that some Christenings and Marriages appear suspiciously close
together: this is not unusual as some families left Christenings for some
period after the actual birth. Take this as an example:
VENTERS, Abbot Christening
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 13 Dec 1759
Christening Date: 11 Mar 1770
Recorded in: Bythorn, Huntingdonshire, England
Father: Abbot VENTERS
Mother: Ann
Source: FHL Film 1040980
Note the 11-year gap between birth and christening dates. And of course, it can work the opposite way, where a birth is not actually registered until after a Christening has taken place. Unless you have
certified proof treat all pre-1837 Birth dates as Christening dates
No account is taken here of the 1974 UK boundary changes. Events occuring in Birmingham for instance occured in Warwickshire, similarly Walsall events occured in Staffordshire. Record Keepers do not recognise the new County formed by disecting the old Counties and Shires, nor does this History.
This is a history, the fluctuations and changes of many lives, hence I have not used capital letters
for surnames: I have used ordinary writing for ordinary people, leading ordinary lives.
