Greenhalgh Family

[rannie]

I am looking for Greenhalgh family living in the Accrington area. My g. grandfather, John Greenhalgh, son of James & Mary Clayton, married Elizabeth Rathbone in Accrington in 1875. (James & Mary married 1849 at Manchester.) Their daughters, Mary and Edith were born in 1880 and 1882, respectively. The family emigrated from the port of Liverpool in 1893 and settled in Rhode Island, USA. John's siblings, Alice, James, Dorothy, Sarah, and Martha remained in England. Dorothy married a minister, John Howarth, in 1885, at Haslingden.

I have done extensive research on ancestors, and I am now trying to find descendants of this family. I appreciate any help. Thank you.

Frank Pafume

[Bob Dobson]

See my posting on your Rathbone thread. There are no Rathbones in the twop books I have looked at:- Men of Mark and The Baptist Churches of Accrington. In the latter nelly Greenhalghh of Sparth died 17.2.1806 . Martin Greenhalgh was baptised 1778, died 24.10.1816He He was a member at Macpelah chapel for 38yrs, a much resp[ected chap. Frederick Gereenhalgh was a pawnbroke, died 28.4.1868 His entry in Men of Markl is confusing as it gives two dates.
In the 1920s(?) the Medical Officer of Health was Dr Greenhalgh of Cobham Rd (?) His daughter was a nurse specialising in treating children at the 'school clinic' in Cannon St

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by Bob Dobson

See my posting on your Rathbone thread. There are no Rathbones in the twop books I have looked at:- Men of Mark and The Baptist Churches of Accrington. In the latter nelly Greenhalghh of Sparth died 17.2.1806 . Martin Greenhalgh was baptised 1778, died 24.10.1816He He was a member at Macpelah chapel for 38yrs, a much resp[ected chap. Frederick Gereenhalgh was a pawnbroke, died 28.4.1868 His entry in Men of Markl is confusing as it gives two dates.
In the 1920s(?) the Medical Officer of Health was Dr Greenhalgh of Cobham Rd (?) His daughter was a nurse specialising in treating children at the 'school clinic' in Cannon St

There are 9 Greenhalgh's in the Macpelah Records. Martin Greenhalgh born 1735, died 14-7-1778 age 43,
buried in Macpelah, his daughter Tabitha married John Yates.
The last burial I have for that cemetery was in 1881.
The Macpelah Baptists originally came from Clayton,
built the Chapel, in Allom Lane, on Gods little acre, then moved to a new chapel on Blackburn Rd, next to the railway viaduct, then to another chapel in Cannon St, when that closed they joined with Christ Church.
Retlaw.

[talentedbutslow]

I seem to remember that the shop on the corner of Richmond Hill St and Carter St was owned by people called Greenhalgh. Mom did a lot of shopping there.

[Atarah]

Hi, well, according to the 1881 census, your JOHN was born in Manchester. On the census he is described as a mechanic, iron fitter. Elizabeth, his wife, was a cotton weaver, born Preston, and Mary, their first child, was born in Accrington, and was aged 11months on the census. They lived at 23 Barnes Street, Accrington.
10 years later, on the 1891 census, they are living at 19 Lee Street, which is just around the corner from Barnes Street.
Mary is now 10 years old and they have another daughter, Edith, who is shown as 10 yrs.

I have added a photograph from one of our streets here in town. If you look on the left hand side, high up on the wall, is the name Greenhalghs. Dont know of course if any relation to you.

[Bob Dobson]

Great photo Atarah.You're a starah. I date it as 1955 The botom vehicle is a Austin A30 or 35 van, the large salon is a Hu8mber Super Smniop[e. The postmen are progressing towards their 'walks' (rounds) from the PO yard further up Infant St on the left.

From my 1951 directory@: William Greeehalgh .house furnisher, had his shop- at 7 Infant St ( on left here) but lived 35 Manchester Rd (on left after Bank terrace). He appears to have been in business with Frederick W. in Infant St and 19 Peel St (behind the two lads on left) Nos 1-3 Peel St and 70 Blackburbn rd were occupied by Greenhalgh's Ltd, dyers & cleaners

Dr Greenhalgh was Arthur and lived 4 Cobham Rd.

Other Greenhalghs were living elsewhere in Acc

The family seem to have owned/occupied a big block of shops Peel St/Infant St.

I suspect there are descendants in the area still

[Bob Dobson]

Ive had another look at this great photo. The building on the right is the Baptist chapel which had a school in its early days, which is why Infant St is so called. On the left (1951) the shops are No 1) Whitewell Dairies cafe 3) Leaver, waterproof garments 5)Sudio Moderne, photographers 7) FW Greenhalgh, house furnisher 9) A Bury, boot repairer 9a) Miss Briggs, ladies hairdresser

The building on the left behind the lads was a covered market, probably privately owned and in competition with the Corporation's market hall across the road, but open 6 days a week. It was of wooden construction and painted green I think.

[Atarah]

rannie - Would you like me to see if we could put an advert in our local newspaper for you? Have sent you a pm.

[steve2qec]

My next door neighbour is Steve Greenhalgh, a couple of you on here might know him as he contributed to one of Bob's books, but I'm pretty sure he's not a native Accringtonian so not one of the Greenhalgh's you're looking for.

[Retlaw]

[The building on the left behind the lads was a covered market, probably privately owned and in competition with the Corporation's market hall across the road, but open 6 days a week. It was of wooden construction and painted green I think.[/quote]
That building on the left has been mentioned in other threads, the biggest stall holder sold fruit & veg, they moved to the junction of Whalley Rd & Broadway. "Catlows".

Retlaw.

[rannie]

Thank you for the photo. I have a website that shows the street layout of Accrington, and other Lancashire towns in late 1800s, and I can see the vicinity in which my family lived. The Internet is wonderful for research.

[MoreJoe]

For what it is worth, the Elite Billiard Hall above the shops at the corner of St James Street and Blackburn Road was operated by a Mr. Frank Greenhalgh. I believe he was also part of Green Haworth Golf Club in the late 1950's and 1960's.

[accybill]

Rannie
Here is a link below which follows their son William Rathbone's (1852) family - specifically his daughter Elizabeth Ann (to a Shorrock's) and her daughter Lillian to a (1938 to a John L S Dorrian).

There were two sons:
Eric A Dorrian b-1938 Married Margaret Brown in 1969 (Potteries)
Trevor A Dorrian b-1943 Married Joyce Brown in 1969 (Potteries)


RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Nottingham; Upton, Hornby, Windley, Holmes, Smith, Waplington, Whitehead, Rhoades

Hopefully this info will provide another line to the tree?

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Bob Dobson

Ive had another look at this great photo. The building on the right is the Baptist chapel which had a school in its early days, which is why Infant St is so called. On the left (1951) the shops are No 1) Whitewell Dairies cafe 3) Leaver, waterproof garments 5)Sudio Moderne, photographers 7) FW Greenhalgh, house furnisher 9) A Bury, boot repairer 9a) Miss Briggs, ladies hairdresser

The building on the left behind the lads was a covered market, probably privately owned and in competition with the Corporation's market hall across the road, but open 6 days a week. It was of wooden construction and painted green I think.

it is a great photo, the covered market was painted what i always called Lavatory Door Green, shame they did away wi the church wall n stuff, the winos used to sup in yon, at least it was slightly out the way.

[Wynonie Harris]

Originally Posted by Bob Dobson

Great photo Atarah.You're a starah. I date it as 1955

Yep, it is a great shot. Cheers, Atarah. However, I date it as later than that, as you can see the telephone exchange on the right which I'm sure wasn't built in '55. I'd say somewhere between '58 and '62.