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p birchall ... and the others ...
My maternal great grandfather edward hindley left a legacy of investments in chemicals and the inspiration of 'education & compound interest'.
Carole's maternal great grandfather john howarth 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.
Frank Mitchell - Scottsdale, Arizona. fmitchel@amug.org
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 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 inbox 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. 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.
Birchall Smith - Dixieland cornetist with Turk Murphy
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