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Originally Posted by Bob Dobson

A friend of mine is keen to learn about the Myers family.In the middle of the last century, Richard was a rope-maker in Blackburn Rd. He had married a Miss Broadley. In 1901 they lived at 190/21 Sultan St ( a big family needed 2 hiouses). Frank and John were killed in WW1. They had brothers, so there may be descendants living locally. There was a Myers famiuly haulage business in the town centre towards the end of the last century.

The family who lost two sons in WW1, lived in 19/21 Turkey St, Acc, in the 1901 census, the father John Broadley Myers, was employed at the Post Office.
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