Sutcliffe family

[Bob Dobson]

In the quarterly magazine of the Lancashire family History Society this time is an article about a member's Sutcliffe ancestors. They lived here from 1849, probably from the Rossendale valley. They lived in Plantation Mill St - different from Plantation St -Leaving his labouring job at Broad Oak, he worked at the brewery in Burnley Rd. They lived in Marsden St, Maudsley St and Melbourne St also. One, William, became a brewer /shopkeeper in 1878 in Sidney St (correct spelling) and Manor St. His business was at 5 Sidney St, which is probably where the WM Club is. He hung himself, probably in those premises, in 1883. His gravestone makes tragic reading.

There were plenty of Sutcliffes in Acc. One, James Richard, became a Pal and fell in 1916. One, Isaac, moved to Southport and became a 'marine store dealer' , probably financed by his uncle George Hacking, another Accrington chap..
I think that Isaac gets mentioned in the book' Dunshaw' which is about a disguised Accrington