1. Ann Royston nee Bradshaw says:

   August 24, 2011 at 3:42 pm

   I was hoping to find information regarding Johanis Bradshaw’s parents, born 1678 he married Elizabeth Dawson born 1678.

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   • To Ann Royston nee Bradshaw says:

     September 24, 2011 at 7:54 pm

     I too was looking for info on Johanis Bradshaw and Elizabeth Dawson. Please get in touch if you see this. Johanis and Elizabeth were my 8th great grandparents. Haven’t got any further than that but would love to hear from you. miranda_davey@yahoo.co.uk.

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     • admin says:

       September 24, 2011 at 9:42 pm

       Hi There,

       John Bradshaw married Elizabeth Dawson in 1696. John was a weaver who lived in Whitefield. He died in 1724 and his widow, Elizabeth, apparently died in 1760. Check out the online Parish Registers for Prestwich for lots of Bradshaws from 1700 onwards ….(Link to the online Parish Registers of Prestwich in our Genealogy section ).

       Admin

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       • Ann Royston says:

         November 11, 2011 at 2:31 pm

         Thank you for the information you supplied, I have a lot of information but have drawn a blank with Johanis’s parents etc. I have visited Prestwich Parish Church where Johanis is reported to be buried but couldn’t find anything. Thank you again.

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         • admin says:

           November 11, 2011 at 3:55 pm

           “Bradshaw” is a place in Bolton so you might try the Parish Registers for Deane, Bolton-le-Moors, Bury and Radcliffe for your John Bradshaw born about 1670.
         • Richard W. Bratcher says:

           May 6, 2012 at 9:42 pm

           Ann & others,
           I have recently found through DNA research that I am related to this line of Bradshaw’s. Ironically, this connection was made through a family in Australia. They evidently migrated from Lancashire to Australia in the 1900′s.

           The farthest I had gotten before was South Carlina, USA in the late 1700′s. The DNA indicates that the tie between the lines is several generations prior to Johanis.

           I would love to find out more about this family. It is a bit difficult for me to do direct research from Virginia, USA.

           I am very interested in corresponding with researchers in the UK. Thank you for any assistance you might be able to give.
2. Lesley Barlow {marsh] says:

   January 3, 2012 at 10:00 am

   I am looking for information on a john proudman born 1854 He was my great grandfarther.

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   • admin says:

     January 3, 2012 at 11:52 am

     Hi there,

     There is no Proudman family in Prestwich in the 1851 Census. And very few records in the Parish Registers of St. Mary’s Prestwich.
     Two baptisms are recorded in the 1880s to a John Edward Proudman/Prowdman who was a gardener from Rainsough ….

     Baptism: 16 Apr 1883 St Mary the Virgin, Prestwich, Lancashire, England
     Arthur Ernest Proudman – [Child] of John Edward Proudman & Sarah Ann
     Abode: Rainsough
     Occupation: Gardener
     Baptised by: Philip Lancashire Curate
     Register: Baptisms 1864 – 1891, Page 368, Entry 2941
     Source: LDS Film 2356183

     Baptism: 9 Oct 1881 St Mary the Virgin, Prestwich, Lancashire, England
     George Prowdman – [Child] of John Edward Prowdman & Sarah Ann
     Abode: Rainsough
     Occupation: Gardener
     Baptised by: H. M. Birch Rector
     Register: Baptisms 1864 – 1891, Page 339, Entry 2712
     Source: LDS Film 2356183

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3. Peter Whitehead says:

   August 21, 2012 at 11:21 am

   Hi there!
   I just thought i’d write this in the hopes of finding a few Whitehead’s that lived in Prestwich, in and around the parish of St Mary’s.I do know a few of my Whitehead’s were babtised in the parish of St Mary’s.
   My 3 times great grandfather John Whitehead (b. c1805)lived in the Bradford area of Manchester, where many of my Whitehead’s lived and worked. I have found connections with the Parish of St Mary’s, Prestwich.
   If anyone reading this message would like to contact me, please do so and I would be very pleased to hear from you.
   Kind regards,
   Peter Whitehead.

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4. Graham Briggs says:

   March 20, 2013 at 3:51 pm

   Looking for information on my 3xGrt Grandparents; John & Ann Briggs from either Little Heaton or Pilkington. John born~1791, and Ann born 1790-96?. John was the son of Robert & Phillis Briggs[nee:Thorp/Thorpe]. They appear on the 1851, & 1861 Census, but what about the years before that? When/where were they married? Children? Ann’s family name pre-marriage? Any other information please.

   Graham.

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