VOL. 37 AUGUST 2015 No. 3 If THE LANCASHIRE FAMILY HISTORY & HERALDRY SOCIETY Formerly Rossendale Society for Genealogy & Heraldry (Lancashire) Inaugurated 1973. Registered Charity Number 513437 President: Steve Williams Vice-Presidents: Rodney Hampson, JimTopping, Terry Walsh, Bill Taylor, A.Derrick Walkden, Rita Hirst, Peter W. Joslin, Tony Foster, Margaret Purcell Visit our Website on www.lfhhs.org.uk Subscriptions: Ordinary Membership £14 Overseas Membership £16 Family Membership £15 UK Pensioners & Students £12 Renewals are due on the 1st January. Cheques should be crossed and made payable to Lancashire Family History & Heraldry Society and sent to the Membership Secretary. MEETING VENUES BLACKBURN Ewood Park Working Mens’ Club, 318 Bolton Road, Blackburn BB2 4HY & DARWEN First Thursday of the month at 7.30 pm. BURY Blackburne Hall, Church Hall, The Wylde, Bury BL9 0LA Second Wednesday of the month at 7.30 pm. CHORLEY Lecture Room, Chorley Library, Union Street, Chorley PR7 1EB Third Tuesday of the month at 7.30 pm. FYLDE St. Martin’s Church, Fleetwood Road South, Carleton, Poulton-le-Fylde FY6 7NL Second Wednesday of the month at 7.30 pm. HERALDRY St. Stephen’s Church Centre, Bird Street, Preston PR1 8DY GROUP First Monday of the month at 7.30 pm. HYNDBURN Accrington Library, St. James Street, Accrington BB5 1NQ First Tuesday of the month – 7.15pm for 7.30 pm IRISH ANCESTRY 2 Straits, Oswaldtwistle BB5 3LU GROUP Saturday Workshops 1pm – 4.30pm as per Branch Programme. LANCASTER & The Lothersdale Hotel, 320 Marine Road Central, Morecambe LA4 5AA MORECAMBE Third Thursday of the month at 7.30pm LONDON & Brompton Library, 210 Old Brompton Road, London SW5 0BS SOUTH Five meetings a year on Saturdays at 2.00pm (see Branch Programme) PENDLE & Colne Library, Colne BB8 0AP BURNLEY Third Wednesday of the month at 7.30pm. PRESTON St. Mary’s Parish Hall, The Guild Room, Cop Lane, Penwortham, Preston PR1 9HY Last Wednesday of the month at 7.30 pm. RIBBLE VALLEY Clitheroe Cricket Club, Chatburn Road, Clitheroe BB7 2AS Second Tuesday of the month at 7.30 pm ROCHDALE St. Andrew’s U.R. Church, Entwisle Road, Rochdale OL16 2HZ Last Wednesday of the month at 7.30 pm. ROSSENDALE Longholme Methodist Church (opp.Bus Stn) Bacup Road, Rawtenstall BB4 7NU First Wednesday of the month at 7.30 pm. CONTENTS Page 2 Branch Programmes Members’ Articles – 4 The Sutcliffes of Pendleton – Part 2 of 2 – Paul Sutcliffe 11 Letters from John Woods, Commercial Traveller, Darwen – Part 2 of 3 – Ann Stocker 17 Nancy Bury Found – Judy Bourke 21 Beginning the search for my ancestors – Doreen Osuch 24 Member’s Letter 25 Deaths Notified 27 Notes and News 27 Book & CD Reviews 31 Members’ Interests 37 Branch News Cover Picture: Front: The late Mary Davison visiting War Graves with Jean Harrison Back: Heraldry If you have a drawing suitable for the front cover, kindly forward to the Editor. Thank you. All contents of this magazine are copyright of Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society and individual authors. No such content may be reproduced in any form unless prior permission to do so has been given by the Editor and the author/authors concerned. _________________________________________________________ 1 BRANCH PROGRAMMES 20 Jul Lancaster & Morecambe – Morecambe Library 2pm 21 Jul Chorley – Pirates – Adrian Warrall 29 Jul Preston – The Victorian Suburb – Carole Knight 29 Jul Rochdale – Out Visit to St Luke’s Parish Church, Heywood 1 Aug London & South – When Cotton Came to Lancashire – Paul Cross 3 Aug Lancaster & Morecambe – Morecambe Library 2pm 6 Aug Blackburn & Darwen – Four Lane Ends Sunday School, Blackburn – Hilda Rawcliffe 8 Aug Irish – Advice & Research Workshop, Oswaldtwistle BB5 3LU 13.00 – 16.00 hours 11 Aug Ribble Valley – Out Visit – Folly at Settle 12 Aug Bury – Research Evening 12 Aug Fylde – The Pack Horse Trade & Routes in the North West – Margaret Dickinson Aug Hyndburn – Out Visit 17 Aug Lancaster & Morecambe – Morecambe Library 2pm 18 Aug Chorley – Out Visit 19 Aug Pendle & Burnley – Lady Randy – Winston Churchill’s Mother Pat Osborne 26 Aug Preston – Bring your own research – help evening 26 Aug Rochdale – Family History Myths and Lies? – Gillian Waters 1 Sep Hyndburn - Workshop 3 Sep Blackburn & Darwen – James H Morton, Cotton Town Impressionist – Illustrated talk on the Darwen artist – Harold Heys 6 Sep Ribble Valley – Society Annual Dinner at Waddow Hall 7 Sep Lancaster & Morecambe – Morecambe Library 2pm 8 Sep Ribble Valley – Members Night 9 Sep Bury – Cremations and their Records – John Marsden 9 Sep Fylde – Mini Talks by Branch Members 15 Sep Chorley – Historical Newspaper Stories – Angela Danby 16 Sep Pendle & Burnley – Wills & Probate Records – David Lambert 17 Sep Lancaster & Morecambe – Basic Heraldry – Tony Consadine 21 Sep Lancaster & Morecambe – Morecambe Library 2pm 26 Sep Beginner’s Family History Workshop at Leyland Museum 30 Sep Pendle & Burnley –Practical Evening 30 Sep Preston – Debtor Life in 18C & 19C Lancaster Castle Prison (with photos of prison as yet unseen by the public)-Graham Kemp 30 Sep Rochdale – Century in a Shoebox – LieslBeckles 1 Oct Blackburn & Darwen – Manorial Records – Dr Alan Crosby 2 3 Oct London & South – Folk Cures and Remedies – Tom Doig 5 Oct Lancaster & Morecambe – Morecambe Library 2pm 6 Oct Hyndburn – Snuff, Spinning & Spiritual Houses – Harold Hoggarth 13 Oct Ribble Valley – Calderstone Hospital 1915-1921 14 Oct Bury – TBA 14 Oct Fylde – Blackpool Tower – Barry Shaw 19 Oct Lancaster & Morecambe – Morecambe Library 2pm 20 Oct Chorley – Glen Atkinson 21 Oct Pendle & Burnley – Who Was My Uncle Bilsbarrow? – Tony Foster 28 Oct Preston – Battle of Preston 1715 – Dr David Hunt 28 Oct Rochdale – A tragedy too far – Anne Booth 2 Nov Lancaster & Morecambe – Morecambe Library 2pm 3 Nov Hyndburn – White Feather WW1 – John Hartley 5 Nov Blackburn & Darwen – Oh! What a Lovely War – Steve Williams 10 Nov Ribble Valley – Unsung Heros – Alan Hemsworth 11 Nov Bury – Whitefield War Memorial – David Galloway 11 Nov Fylde – Find the answer to your problems 16 Nov Lancaster & Morecambe – Morecambe Library 2pm 17 Nov Chorley – White Feather (WW1) – John Hartley 18 Nov Pendle & Burnley – Grandmother’s Letters – Alan Crosby 19 Nov Lancaster & Morecambe – Researching with Christine Dundas 21 Nov Beginner’s Family History Workshop at Leyland Museum 25 Nov Preston – Quiz night and Jacob’s Join 25 Nov Rochdale – Researching a War Memorial – Tony Foster 1 Dec Chorley – Golden Age of Comedy Pt.2 – Brian Halliwell 1 Dec Hyndburn – Christmas Social 2 Dec Pendle & Burnley – Quiz – The Pendle Round – Andrea Smith And Christmas Party 2 Dec Rochdale – Christmas Party 2 Dec Bury – Christmas Party with Rochdale Branch 3 Dec Blackburn & Darwen – Bene ‘n ‘ot – The Tommies Tipple From Palais Benedictine to Plumbe Street Burnley – Denise North - Followed by Christmas Festivities 3 Dec Lancaster & Morecambe – Festive Meal in Morecambe 5 Dec London & South – Members’ meeting 7 Dec Lancaster & Morecambe – Morecambe Library 2pm 8 Dec Ribble Valley – Christmas Party 9 Dec Fylde – Jacobs Join and Quiz 12 Dec Irish – Advice & Research Workshop, Oswaldtwistle BB5 3LU 13.00 – 16.00 hours 13 Jan Bury – Research Evening 3 19 Jan Chorley – Members’Talks About Family Heirlooms 10 Feb Bury – Short Talks by Members 16 Feb Chorley – Travels with my Great Aunt – Dr Alan Crosby 15 Mar Chorley – AGM and Investigating your Seafarer Ancestors – Gordon Read 19 Apr Chorley – Dick Kerrs Ladies Football Team – Gail Newsham 6 Dec Chorley – Victorian Times – Graham Stirrup MEMBERS’ ARTICLES THE SUTCLIFFES OF PENDLETON By Paul Sutcliffe (8388) Buscheyplatz 17, 44801 Bochum, Germany (Part 2 of 2) NEW ZEALAND As far as the sons of Isaac are concerned, the Sutcliffe line was continued by at least two of the males, William and James, to whom I will return later in this summary. Records of the Australian immigrant board show that Robert Sutcliffe of Pendleton, son of Isaac and Alice, arrived in New South Wales aboard the vessel St. Vincent on 13 March 1849. He had taken advantage of the available ‘assisted passage’ scheme, which was offered at that time to workers such as blacksmiths, so that his voyage ‘only’ cost him five pounds. The record states that he enjoyed good bodily health and required no medical assistance during the long voyage. Between 1855 and 1873 he can be found on electoral rolls and in Wise’s Trade Directory as an inhabitant of Wellington, New Zealand, residing in Dickson Street and Willis Street. So far no records have been discovered which show marriage, the birth of children or even his death there. ACCRINGTON William moved to Accrington, where he married Mary Hacking in St. James, Accrington on 8 September, 1849. His brother, James, followed suit in 1851 by marrying Hannah Burton on 22 March in Newchurch in Rossendale. At this time, according to the census of 1851, his occupation was as a wheelwright and his wife was a woollen power loom weaver. Their son, James Isaac, was born on 2 September 1851 and baptised in Newchurch on 5 October 1851. William and Mary’s only son, Isaac, was born on 9 July 1850 at Plantation Mill Street, Accrington. The 1851 census shows this address to be the domicile of Mary Hacking’s family and that William was now a labourer at the print 4 works. By 1857 William had slightly changed the terms of his occupation, still a labourer but at the brewery in Burnley Road, Accrington. 1857 was a tragic year for both William and his brother James being the year in which both their wives died. William married again on 4 September 1858 to Betty Riley and the 1861 census reveals a family reunited with William and his new wife, Betty, their son, Isaac, and James and his son, James Isaac, all residing at 182 Burnley Road, Accrington. William was still by occupation a labourer and James a wheelwright.