(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 church, [...]

One of the many unexpected things I discovered when starting genealogical research of these families was the large number of trips taken back and forth across the Atlantic. Not knowing ANY of their migration history before I began my research–but suspecting the families to be of modest means–I was expecting much more of this …

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