The Quarterly Newsletter of the Entwistle Family History
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Index of articles January 2000 to date
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Twissle Times from January 2000
January 2000 Introducing editor, Dot Entwistle Stutter of British Columbia Visit to Lancashire, England by US member Family History evening, Oswaldtwistle Mills, Hyndburn, Lancashire J & JH Entwistle, cotton manufacturers of Oswaldtwistle Yorkshire Entwisles
September 2001 Summer get-together in Darwen “Welcum to Darrun” Founding Entwistle, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada EFHA website creation
December 2001 William E Entwistle in China Ralph Entwistle and Burgoyne Fish Entwistle wills from Cheshire
March 2002 Entwistle extractions from St Catherine’s Index of Births, Marriages and Deaths Fred Entwistle, 1st Borough Clerk of Farnworth Entwistle apprentices - Metropolitan Vickers Electric, early 20th C Entwistle extracts - Baines’ Directory of Lancashire 1823-25 Entwistle discharges - extracted from Soldiers’ Documents WO97 at Kew. Entwistle police recruits, 19th & early 20th C - extracted from Lancashire Record Office
June 2002 Entwistles and the cotton industry Entwistle emigrants to USA Entwistle wills from Yorkshire A visit to the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
September 2002 Barbara Nightingale’s role as research co-ordinator Entwistle absentees or deserters extracted from Police Gazettes 1916-1918 Welsh Entwistles – LDS Family History Library Entwistle wills from Rossendale Entwistle wills from Haslingden
December 2002 Introducing Tom Entwistle, webmaster Entwistle postcards from Turton A Lancashire Adventure – a visit by US members In Search of Grandfather John William Entwistle of Watford Unwanted certificates Entwistles in Ardwick – 1891 Census
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March 2003 Monumental inscriptions from Edgworth Congregational Graveyard, Bolton Army, Navy and Air Force information DNA testing Entwistle wills - Spinsters Thomas Entwhistle, born England 1862 – Convict Record Book, NSW, Australia Entwistles in Burnley Cemetery
June 2003 Skipton Castle visit by members Entwistle wills from Bury Entwistles in the Cameron Highlanders Prominent Entwistles on the web
September 2003 Your records and the future Lancastrians with Entwistle as a middle name Turton postcards – Entwistle family background Bolton Parish Church 1838-50 - Marriage Index Membership of the GOONS
December 2003 Loyd Entwistle Bank A 'Ferry’ Rough Night Looking back - Pte Peter Entwistle 2nd batt. Scottish Rifles - Colenso Battle Entwistle Wills from London and the Home Counties
March 2004 The HRV Shooting Cup - rifle contest won by C H Entwistle, 1864 Entwistle family livery button found in South Wales Looking Back - centenary of Tottington Road Methodist Church, Harwood.
June 2004 Entwistle's pie shop Heywood Cemetery with burial register and plans of graveyard Death of Robert Smalley Entwistle JP of Darwen, Nov. 1890 Death of James P Entwistle, well-known figure in Boledale and Southport
September 2004 Entwistles in London – 1861 Census Climbing a family tree – Hargreaves Entwistle Entwistles in the Turton Workhouse – 1841 Census The Entwistles of the Turton postcards Entwistle wills from Salford and Swinton
December 2004 Introducing committee members, Steve Entwistle and Pam Moss A visit to Darwen by Australian members Entwistle railway station, Lancashire Entwistles in London – 1861 Census
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March 2005 Who do you think you are? BBC Radio Lancashire, Blackburn Quakers @ Entwistle Hall - Quarter Sessions Records of dissenting meetings 1768 -1765 Entwistle wills from Turton Entwistle burials - Tonge Cemetery, Bolton Entwistle baptisms – Duke Street Independent Chapel, Bury Entwistle memorials – Chadderton Cemetery
June 2005 Chasing William Entwistle – a study in research, Blackpool to Saskatchewan Searching for Herbert Entwistle of Liverpool Remember Leonard W Entwistle? Thomas Entwistle and the Sheffield Flood claims Fatal accident of Emily Entwistle of Christchurch Entwistles in Sheffield – 1841 Census English-born Entwistles serving in the Australian Army in WW2
September 2005 Reverend William Entwisle (1690-1732), Rector of Badsworth near Pontefract, Yorkshire Chasing William - follow up with census data from last issue Entwistle extract from The Black Sheep Police Index Writing your family history - practical guide by Deborah Cass Castle Garden - to America - before Ellis Island Elizabeth Entwistle and Dunkenhalgh Entwistle entries in the Harwood Temperance Sick and Burial Society
December 2005 OONS Entwistle Marriage Challenge in Islington, London The Fustian Tax and James Entwistle of Manchester 112 years old Mary Ann Entwistle of Burnley Entwistles down-under Bessie Entwistle’s prayer book and Clive Leyland’s Song Bolton Parish Church – St Peter, Bolton-le-Moors New books in our library
March 2006 Entwistles travelling on ships from Holland to the Dutch East Indies Entwistle extract from The Black Sheep Police Index Wills from the Lancashire Coast The Parish of Deane: St Mary the Virgin An Entwistle at Rugby School Cricketing Entwistles Introducing Ray Entwistle - interim editor of Twissle Times
June 2006 Research meeting at Chorley Temple (Church of the Latter Day Saints) Entwistle marriages from the New Jersey Marriage Index, 1846-1867 Entwistle World War I deaths - Bury Blackburn suffragette - Frances Louisa Entwistle Dutch passenger ships Dempo, Simon Bolivar & Slamat (see March ’06 issue) Obituary for Peter William Stanford 1936 - 2006 Entwistle wills from Harwood The Entwistle shield GOONS Entwistle Marriage Challenges - Kent, Surrey, Hampshire and Worcestershire
September 2006 Obituaries for members Iain Stott and Peter Kevan Entwistle Entwistle wills from Blackburn, part 1 Edward IV’s hair Peter Entwistle, FRAI - Liverpool Museum Curator
December 2006 St Leonard's Church Shoreditch, London Agincourt and our Entwistle hero, Sir Bertine Pictures of gravestones in Darwen Old Cemetery Entwistle immigrants to New Zealand
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March 2007 Visit to Chorley Temple Introducing Clive Leyland, new treasurer Entwistle wills from Blackburn, part 2 St Mary’s Parish Church, Blackburn Isle of Wight indenture - William Kent/Elizabeth Entwistle 1872 An Entwistle at the Old Bailey, 1785 The Chartist Movement
June 2007 Obituary for Alan Entwistle (of Canada and Bournemouth, England) William Entwistle, MP and banker The 1st Battle of St Albans, 1455 and Sir Bertine Entwistle
September 2007 Postal Library Edward Entwistle of Des Moines Entwistle Wills - publicans and beer sellers Thomas Entwistle, calico printer, of Cheadle
December 2007 Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans (Australia) Edward Entwistle on his 92nd birthday remembers The Rocket Selected Entwistle reports from The Bolton Chronicle and Express Distribution of Entwistles in Great Britain in 1881 Canadian Entwistle WWI Attestation Papers Unwanted certificates
March 2008 Obituary for Clive Leyland, treasurer Introducing new editors, Eileen and Brian Cowen Entwisle Heraldry – The Royal Arms, Sough, Darwen Sir Bertine’s Memorial, Rochdale Parish Church Unwanted certificates Fictional characters named Entwistle 79th Entwistle wedding anniversary Who was Bannister Grimshaw? Genealogy from A to H
June 2008 Our Ernie, Mrs Entwhistle’s Lad Who Do You Think You Are? 2008 show Genealogy from I to O Bannister Grimshaw’s The Entwistle Family vol.2? Sir Bertine Entwistle’s shield and memorial brass Harold and Robert Entwistle and the Coronation Gala 1911 Entwis(t)les in the censuses
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September 2008 Turton publications in our postal library GOONS Entwistle Marriage Challenge - Lambeth Thompson, an exclusive Entwistle Christian name? Ann Entwisle and the Lancaster Asylum Genealogy from P to R William Austin. Entwistle Richard Entwistle’s walking stick Another Richard Entwistle’s emigration Pilkington Entwistle Entwistle wills 1901 Entwistle mining casualties
December 2008 Great War remembrance Aussie pilgrimage Entwistle Hall in 1885 Bolton Cemetery records EFHA 10th Birthday
March 2009 Relationship chart Up For The Cup! B.E. Entwistle - architect Ancestors in Exeter Entwistles of Merseyside A prolific family! Obituary for member Hazel Wood Who Do You Think You Are? 2009 show Richard Entwistle’s emigration update
June 2009 The British Postal Museum Entwistles of Merseyside - Entwistle dog biscuits Entwistle burials in Toxteth A transcriber’s nightmare Obituary for Stanley Entwistle Quite a coincidence Entwistle burials in Darwen – finding Mary Entwistle
September 2009 Death of Barbara Nightingale, 25 September 2009 Boer War battles, Sergeant Peter Entwistle of Darwen Entwisle, Entwistle or even Obituary for Jack Entwistle
December 2009 Obituary for Barbara Nightingale Introducing new chairman, Andrew Entwistle Introducing new secretary, John Grundy Saskatchewan Entwistle reunion Peg Entwistle of Hollywood Helmshore Textile Museum visit Edward Entwistle of Rocket fame
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March 2010 Update on the Entwistle Database Pickup Bank Links A Question of Probate A Homestead in N.W. Canada Edward Entwistle of Rocket Fame Pt 2 Lancashire Relatives Life in the U.S. Turton L.H. Publications Certificate Ordering Service EFHA Website Updates
June 2010 Ralph Entwistle: dead or alive! GRO BMD Cert. Ordering Service Capt. Wm Entwissel of Northampton EFHA Website Death at Gallipoli, 1915
September 2010 Turton Tower St Paul’s church, Hoddlesden Betsy Entwistle of Darwen GRO Certificate Ordering Service Sir Bertine’s Castle at Bricquebec
December 2010 Saving a Census – Manchester 1851 Turton Tower cupboard Grandma Entwistle’s Sauce! Townend Entwistle Queen Mary’s Military Hospital Life in a Lancashire Cotton Town
March 2011 Stephen Entwistle Obituary Grace Smedley Obituary The Christchurch Earthquake Often Misspelled Words GRO Certificate Ordering A Transcriber’s Nightmare
June 2011 Entwistle Township book London Pedigree GRO Certificate Ordering Thanks for Online Databases The Newtown Shooting Affair (1)
September 2011 A True Lancastrian? Check out our Website! Entwistles from Bury, Lancashire (1) The Newtown Shooting Affair (2)
December 2011 Visit to Entwistle Township Entwistle News Cuttings Unemployment & Hunger The Newtown Shooting Affair (3) Discover Your Ancestors
March 2012 Blackburn Union workhouse Kate Entwistle’s RAF Medals Entwistles from Bury, Lancashire (2) Newtown Shooting Affair postscript Tom Entwistle from Hyde (1)
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June 2012 Donnel Entwistle RAFVR Entwis(t)le photos from Darwen Entwistle Township Visit May 2012 Tom Entwistle from Hyde (2) Private Dixon Entwistle k.i.a. 1917 Entwistles from Bury, Lancashire (3) Olympic Torch welcomed to UK
September 2012 Marconi & William Snowley Entwistle Entwistle News Cuttings John Wesley & Ralph Entwistle The Sough Entwistle Estate Holker House and the Entwistles Jim Entwistle, Chelsea Pensioner
December 2012 Eric Entwistle, 90th birthday Marconi & William Snowley Entwistle My Family in the Great War Rocket Boy - Eyewitness to the Early Railways Entwistle News Cuttings William & Ralph Entwistle paupers, 1829 Thomas Chadwick Entwistle
March 2013 Entwisle/Entwistle The Acting Entwistles The Ribbon Gang Emigration to US Australian Wildfires From Haslingden to Bath - The Chinese Entwistles & The Search Continues
June 2013 Isle of Wight Entwistles From Brass Moulding to Theatre New Website
September 2013 John Entwistle, innkeeper of Bolton The Rothesay Castle Shipwreck 1831 New Website Progress
December 2014 My American Entwisles Clive Walsh Entwysells in Leicestershire WDYTYA? LIVE 2014 Christmas Questions The Bolton Light Horse Volunteers Ralph Entwistle, coal merchant of Darwen
March 2014 A Lancashire Graveyard Coal Merchant of Darwen Lancashire Cotton Famine
June 2014 New Membership Secretary, Jean Machin New Treasurer Brian Cowen Eric Entwistle Obituary Bob Lindsay Entwistle Obituary Neil Wetherall Entwistle Obituary H. Entwistle & Son, Coach Proprietors of Morecambe
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September 2014 15th AGM Plans Hall i’th’Wood A Tale of Wizardry Everyone Can Help! The Entwisle Duchess
December 2014 15th AGM Hall i’th’Wood Visit Andrew’s Kidney Appeal Ralph Entwistle, Dead or Alive! – Result! Unwanted Certificates The Entwisle Treasure Zeppelin Over Bolton
March 2015 The Tintoretto Men Sir Bertine & Agincourt 1415 Ralph Entwistle, Coalman (2)
June 2015 Entwistle Striker at Woolwich Arsenal Entwistles & WW1 Sough Tunnel to Entwistle
September 2015 15th AGM The Barlow at Edgworth Marconi & W.S. Entwistle ‘Burnley’s Most Interesting Man’ The Boy at Entwistle Halt
December 2015 ‘The Edgworth Pals’ Jim & Albert Entwistle, Edgworth Barlow WW1 Project Vernon Entwistle, Edgworth Barlow WW1 Project Know Mill Printing Co.
March 2016 Eric Lubbock, Lord Avebury Obituary Banks Brothers, Edgworth Barlow WW1 Project Hugh Entwisle, Billy Ruffian at Trafalgar Counsel, Copper, Criminal Entwistles!
June 2016 Entwistle Publicans in Bolton Great War Commemoration – The Edgworth Pals A Sunlit Picture of Hell Poverty and Bastardy
September 2016 Darwen Heritage Centre and planned AGM Entwistles at Peterloo 1819 Our Members’ Only Website
December 2016 2016 AGM The ‘original’ Holker House Inbox EFHA Committee Early Railway Errors Crooked Walls, Entwistle WW1 servicemen
March 2017 Bolton St Peter’s Burials The Bolton Massacre 1644 Edgworth Army Camp 1914 James & John Entwistle WW1 Genetic Communities
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June 2017 Enterprising Entwisles of Sough Entwistle, Looms & Brass Wisconsin-Darwen – The Visit Check out our members’ online access
September 2017 John G. Entwisle Obituary Annual General Meeting Ralph & Peter Entwistle Entwistle Hall Check out our online access
December 2017 Obituary Jack Aspin Obituary Ray L Entwistle A Visit to Switzerland Researching WW1 PoWs Hoddlesden War Graves Check out our online access – new website
March 2018 Money Ned & Whisky Spinners John Edwin Entwisle Lower Chapel Independent Ralph Entwistle, coal merchant
June 2018 Professor W J Entwistle New York Directories Roderick T Entwistle of New York
September 2018 Darwen Remembers Entwistles Entwistles in the Upper 10,000
December 2018 ‘And in flew Enza!’ Remembering Nellie Herbert, an Accrington Pal DNA Tests The Cousin Explainer
March 2019 James Entwistle, King’s Lynn Greenway & Potter, Darwen US indenture absconder Missionary to Tonga & NZ Lancs Online Parish Clerk data Family Search at Kew changes Entwistles at Peterloo research
June 2019 Should EFHA become a Charity? Jonathan Ali Obituary John Entwistle’s medal Rose Entwistle of Darwen Kay Entwistle of Darwen James Entwistle Corrections Peterloo Descendants’ Meeting
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September 2019 20th Annual General Meeting Should EFHA become a Charity? Virgil Entwistle Death at Gallipoli Sara Entwistle of Darwen Wm Entwistle, Convict 1819 David Entwistle, USA 1900 Peterloo Exhibition, Bolton King’s Lynn Entwistles
December 2019 DNA testing for research Gilbert Entwistle Descendants of Peterloo film Norman Entwistle, Entertainer Two Gentlemen of Accrington
March 2020 Alex Entwistle, footballer Grandmother Geradina Ralph & The Ribbon Boys Bone & Beauty, Ribbon Boys Misspelling of our name Family Tree Analyzer Louisa Entwistle, Suffragette
June 2020 Gilbert Entwistle update Entwistle spellings Mrs. Twistle’s Flour Entwistle Database Hay & Straw Merchants Infirmary Poem Bizarre Discovery of a Skull Bertie Entwisle, Slaveowner
September 2020 Royal Arms, Darwen Genealogy course Lydia Entwistle (Hatchman) Rothsay Castle Shipwreck The Scowcroft Diaries An Entwistle Time Traveler White Star Line Gilbert Entwistle
December 2020 Haslam & Entwistle Quarries Misspellings Entwistles in NJ DNA The Christmas Waif Entwistle Time Traveler (2)
March 2021 Entwistles Hay & Straw Leonard Whitworth Entwistle Frank Whittaker obituary Tingley’s Soap-Makers Committee Members
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