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p birchall ... and the others ...
My maternal great grandfather edward hindley who left a legacy of investments in chemicals and the inspiration of 'education & compound interest'.
Carole's maternal great grandfather john howarth who left a legacy in print, 'The Voyage of The Rangitiki' and 'The Padiham Advertiser' and the inspiration of 'pioneering endeavour'.
My mate alf gaskill who ran the Warrington Powders Factory and knew a thing or two about leadership and getting things done.
My mate keith garnett who played banjo and trombone and knew a thing or two about team work and getting things done.
George W Birchall - craftsman extraordinaire - constructed the 'Byron Cabinet' as a setting for his wood panel carving from his apprenticeship and the 'Works of Byron' 1st Prize.
The Old King's Head, Lower Bridge Street, Chester.
Grandma Jones leaves her Grandfather clock to the eldest son of the eldest son of future Birchalls.
Dennis Booth - RAF - DFC - Artist - Hull University - 'The Rangitiki' and 'The Poppy Field' both commissioned in 1987 for the Birchall family.
Annie Mary 'Rangitiki' Thorpe - born on the 'Rangitiki' sailing ship returning from New Zealand.
Thomas Telford (1757-1834) - Civil Engineer. Born August 9th 1757 at Glendinning, Nr Langholm, Dumfries. Dies September 2nd 1834. Buried in Westminster Abbey.
'Life' by T Telford + Atlas edited by John Rickman (1838)
'Thomas Telford' by L T C Rolt (Longmans 1958)
'Thomas Telford - Father of Civil Engineering' by Keith Ellis (Priory Press 1974)
'Telford' by Raeburn (Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight)
The Birchall Name.
Recorded in many forms including
Birchall, Burchell, Birchill, Birtles, and Birtle, this English surname is
locational. It derives from Biekel, the original spelling of the Lancashire
village of Birtle, first recorded in the Pipe Rolls of the country in 1246.
By 1347 this spelling had become Birkehill, but from about 1660 it has been
spelt as Birtle. The meaning of the place name and hence the later surname
is Birch Hill from the pre 7th century Olde English birc - hyl. In the
original name recordings the village spelling was given in both its old and
new spelling, although Birtles is purely a local dialectual pronunciation
which eventually became the norm! Like most locational surnames, this is a
"from" name. That is to say a name given for identification to somebody who
had left his or her original village, and moved somewhere else. The
subsequent surname developments taken from surviving church registers of
Lancashire include: Agnes Burchall in 1635, Alice Burchell in 1688, Aprah
Birchall (1701), and Ann Birchill (1732), whilst William Burchell
(1782-1863) was a famous Victorian explorer and botanist. The first recorded
spelling of the family name is shown to be that of John de Birchall de
Birtles. This was dated 1401, in the rolls of Gawsworth District of East
Cheshire, during the reign of King Henry IV th of England, 1399-1413.
Birchall Smith - Dixieland cornettist with Turk Murphy
Frank Mitchellfmitchel@amug.org18 October 2008 22:44
Hallo John, Last April, Birchall Smith of Palo Alto emailed me to say that he was in contact with you. He said that your Birchall family came from the St Helens area and that you intended to do "some more ferreting into your roots" when you had time. I haven't contacted you before now because my wife had a hip replacement operation in April and I had to call a halt to my genealogy research, among several other things. I just found Birchall's email again in my in- box and this is just to say 'hello'. One of my 4xG grandmothers was Sarah Birchall born 1765 in Rainford and I have her Birchall line back to Nathan, Pipe Maker, born 1670 who lived in Rainford. I also have over 700 Birchalls in my database who lived in places like Bickerstaffe, Billinge, Windle, Ormskirk, Skelmersdale etc. My family is connected to Birchall's Caleb but only by marriage. So, if you ever find any of your relatives in the above areas, I may be able to help you. Almost all my, and my wife's, ancestors lived all over south Lancashire and I grew up south of Wigan. My sister still lives in Upholland. Regards, Frank
At the moment I know only my great grandfather Edward who married a German lady (Knapper) and had a son Harold, who was Inspector of Police in Liverpool St Helens.
Knapper is an unusual surname so I did a quick search for the marriage registration of an Edward Birchall in the indexes. There is only one - to Mary Ann Knapper between July and September of 1873 and registered at Congleton. If you were to buy the marriage certificate it will give you her parent's names, if you don't know them already. I also had a look for Mary Ann's family in the 1871 Cheshire census. I think the most likely one was Mary A Knapper aged 18, born in Kidsgrove, Staffs. Her parents were Daniel and Eliza, and the family was living at 16 Wheelock St, Wheelock, Cheshire ... 1871 Wheelock CHS RG 10/3707, folio 6 ED 10, page 6 Sched no 30 16 Wheelock St Daniel Knapper, head, M, 44, Puddler in Iron Works, born Kidsgrove STS Eliza Knapper, wife, 43, -, born Tipton STS Mary A Knapper, dau, 18, Silk Winder, born Kidsgrove STS George Knapper, son, 17, Forgeman Iron Works, born Sedgeley STS Elizabeth Knapper, dau, 16, Silk Winder, born Sedgeley STS
I have filed your email and will be in touch when I have my first question.
OK. I'll now wait to hear from you when you are ready. Regards, Frank Mitchell, Scottsdale, Arizona
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