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Our branch of the family's story is typical of many; working Cheshire farms for generations and then with the rise of the Industrial Revolution working the cotton mills of Lancashire. With the start of the 20th Century it's across the Atlantic for a new life in America. Many settled in and around mill towns in the US; Dover, New Hampshire, Lowell, Massachusetts and Utica, New York. This website is dedicated to their many family members everywhere.

Broadhurst Sisters in Hemstead Long Island with Elsie Schletter

Sisters Broadhurst and Schletter

l to r: Elsie Schwarz Schletter, Elizabeth Aspin Broadhurst and her sister, named ?

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So who is that lady on the right, does anyone recognize her? Elsie is my maternal Grandmother and Elizabeth my paternal. The lady on the right is only known as a Broadhurst sister. So here’s a guess: Mary “Mae” Broadhurst from England; one of “The Eleven.”  She never moved to America but visited in 1947 and stayed with her other sister in Utica, Nellie Broadhurst Howarth. This picture was taken in my family’s home in Hempstead, Long Island.
And is that a beer bottle in Elsie’s hand? This generation of Broadhurst women were known to appreciate their brewskies.
Any other guesses?

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