One of our more mysterious families, Sarah BROADHURST (#3 of 11) and James WOODWARD, has a bit more information thanks to Bill Hoke. Bill recalled two things about their daughter Frances Woodward: Frances was a Ziegfeld Girl and she married George Bau. From those two clues I was able to piece this story together. Frances was born in 1908 in Dover, New Hampshire [...]

Up until recently the earliest family group I’ve posted has been John and Frances Adshead BROADHURST. John and Frances are my 2nd great grandparents. Their marriage certificate list’s John’s father as William Broadhurst and Edward Broadhurst as a witness. An 1841 England Census lists what I believe to be his family; William and Mary Broadhurst with children Elizabeth, Ann, [...]

Photos courtesy of their great grandson, Bill Hoke. Click on thumbnails to view larger images. Richard BROADHURST was born in 1855 in Hale, Cheshire. He is the son of John and Frances Adshead BROADHURST.  On 19 June 1876, at about 21 years old, Richard Broadhurst married 15 year old Sarah Ann Jones (b.1861 Wilmslow) at [...]

(post updated 14 May 2010 to include photo) Percy BROADHURST was born on 22 January 1895 in Heywood, Lancashire, England. Percy was the tenth child of Richard Broadhurst and Sarah Ann JONES. On 20 December 1920, Percy married Edith Annie BRADBURY, born on 22 October 1899. (BRADBURY was her mother’s name later in life, it’s [...]

post updated 06 June 09 Karen Locke provided this great picture of various BROADHURST FAMILIES taken in the 1950′s. Karen is the child in the forefront of the photo. Thank you, Karen! Click on photo to enlarge. Karen Sue Locke Fehr, granddaughter of Nellie Broadhurst (#6) and William T. (#4) daughter of May (#11) William [...]

Violet BROADHURST was born in 03 Feb 1893 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England. She was the youngest daughter and ninth child of Richard BROADHURST and Sarah Ann JONES. On 22 November 1917 she married James E. HUGHES in Lowell, MA. Sometime later she married William DAVIS. Violet is associated with one child in some records but [...]

(updated 02 JAN 10 to include photo) John Richard BROADHURST was the eldest son of Richard Broadhurst and Sarah Ann JONES and was born on 28 March 1884 in Leigh, England. He was baptized on 17 March 1885 in Newchurch, Lancashire. Richard lived with his parents until at least 1901. In 1906 at about 22 [...]

While visiting cousin Kay we ran across this photo of what looks to be a family grouping of … Broadhursts? I’m just guessing here but I think it may be some portion of “The Eleven” from which many of us are descended. The boys in the back certainly look like brothers and they bear a close resemblance to our grandfather [...]

An excellent resource for finding where our ancestors lived “once upon a time” is this website: e-mapping Victorian Cheshire: Cheshire’s Tithe Maps Online. In 1842 John and Frances BROADHURST lived in Hale, Cheshire. John and Frances were my 2nd Great Grandparents.  Their house was situated about where the asterisk is shown below and all the land rented by John Broadhurst, at [...]

(updated post to include family photo and correct Robert T’s age) Peter Ernest BROADHURST was born on 19 Feb 1889 in Little Town Wardle, Rochdale, Lancashire. He was the 7th child of Richard BROADHURST and Sarah Ann JONES. 19 year old Peter married 18 year old Elizabeth ASPIN on 12 Dec 1908 in St. Barnabas [...]