Aloha,

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.

John G. Broadhurst Obituary

John Broadhurst was the son of John Richard “Jack” and Edith Broadhurst. He died when he was only 13 years old and is buried in Lowell Cemetery. The funeral bearers were Frank Crossley, Carl Costello, Peter Broadhurst and Harry Maguire as noted below. Frank Crossley was the husband of Frances “Fanny” Broadhurst. Carl Costello was [...]

Frances Mary BROADHURST and Frank Arthur CROSSLEY

Frances M. BROADHURST was born in 1877 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England. She is first of eleven siblings born to Richard BROADHURST and Sarah Ann JONES. Frances M. married Frank A. CROSSLEY in 1897 at St. Johns at Baxenden, Lancashire. Frank and Fanny had one child: Elizabeth (b abt 1899, Haslingden, Lancashire) 1881 England Census. Four [...]