Tag Archives: Rochdale

Are you related to the RATCLIFFE, SCHOFIELD or CROMPTON families from Rochdale and Blackpool in Lancashire?

Posted on April 17, 2024 by charnwoodgenealogy

Another recent old photographic postcard find was the one below of a young girl with her father, which had written on the back ‘ Grandma! Mary nee RATCLIFFE / CROMPTON with her Dad Frederick RATCLIFFE with Bowling Award’ I started … Continue reading →

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Are you connected to the HIGHLEY or CARR families from Littleborough in Lancashire?

Posted on January 6, 2023 by charnwoodgenealogy

I recently found this lovely old photograph of a mother and daughter, as below, taken in Lancashire with a written note on the back that reads: Mary HIGHLEY and Miriam friend of Grandmas – Great War Widow Could I find … Continue reading →

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Wedding photograph of William TAYLOR and Mary Ann STAFFORD in 1913 from Rochdale – are you related?

Posted on March 9, 2019 by charnwoodgenealogy

Another old wedding photograph postcard find I am trying to reunite also has useful clues written on the back to help with trying to identify the people in it, which could hopefully lead to it being reunited with a family … Continue reading →

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