Cleggs- Accrington-Help?

janineo · 03-02-2004, 06:05

Hi, I posted a help message earlier but I have more info now, so I'm hoping someone may be able to help!
My uncles 70th Birthday is this month & I have been trying to find a living family member on his fathers side- his father died before he was born & he knows nothing about him.
So I have his fathers name- William Ernest Clegg .died 1933.
William had a brother: Charles Alfred Clegg .born 1897
and a sister: Sarah Florence Clegg. born 1895 ( but seems to have gone by Florence)
They lived at 22 oswald St Accrington in the early 1900's
Then I have 19 West Crescent Accrington in the 1930's for William.
I don't know where to go from here- there are no marriage records online for Accrington, so I can't find if charles or Florence married &/or had children that I might trace.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
My uncle is also called William Ernest ( but goes by Bill ) born 1934.
His mother (my nan) was Dorothy Marsden (then married Bill Pearson).
Thanks for taking the time to read this,
Janine.

janet · 05-02-2004, 14:35

Does your uncle live on milnshaw lane?

janineo · 05-02-2004, 22:58

No, he lives in Australia. Which is why it's so awkward to get any further with this.

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Originally Posted by janet

Does your uncle live on milnshaw lane?

janet · 06-02-2004, 12:13

Not the same bill clegg then, sorry.

Siddie · 08-02-2004, 10:43

Hi Janet Do you have a Martha Marsden or James Heaton or a Mary Jane Livesey in your family ??? Avenue Parade area or Clayton

janineo · 08-02-2004, 23:51

I haven't researched the Marsden side yet, so I'm not sure. Janine.

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Originally Posted by Siddie

Hi Janet Do you have a Martha Marsden or James Heaton or a Mary Jane Livesey in your family ??? Avenue Parade area or Clayton

Siddie · 09-02-2004, 18:23

Janine sorry I got it wrong and called you Janet, if you find a connection when you get round to your Marsdens you know where I am
Siddie

lindsay ormerod · 22-03-2004, 10:13

Hi,
My grandma was called Dora Clegg and had a brother called Harry Clegg,they used to live in West End,she was akeen tennis player and sang in societies,he had afancy goods shop on Blackburn Road;is any of this any use to you?

Siddie · 22-03-2004, 18:45

Hi Lindsay
Did any of your Ormerod family own a small wooden house in the Pendleton area, where they used to visit in the summer ???? if so my aunt and uncle used to go with them, and I have a picture somewhere.
Also my dad of 80yrs + remembers an Omerod on the market who were butchers.
Ex Accylass
Sheila

lindsay ormerod · 23-03-2004, 17:19

Don't recall any wooden houses,but my gran always had a chalet at Fleetwood when she went there on family hols...I will make enquiries of the older members of the family...

lindsay ormerod · 24-03-2004, 16:19

Apparently my great grandfather was called James Clegg,he was a supervisor at one of the big ring spinning mills,poss Stanhill,and went to Moscow to set uo the looms there when the company expanded.My mother has a clock that he was given in recognition of this,with an engraved plate on it.

janineo · 25-03-2004, 03:40

Hi Lindsay,
Thanks for following that up. If I find a connection I will let you know.
Janine.

Weary Tourist · 14-04-2004, 13:44

On-line genealogy links
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1901 Census is on-line here
http://www.census.pro.gov.uk/
(£5 minimum session cost)

1881 Census is at Latter Day Saints website
http://www.familysearch.org/
Check out search tab, then census, then select British Census
(Free search and results)

Free Birth Marriage and Death is here
http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/
(Free but partial index)

Official on-line Birth Deaths and Marriage index is here
http://www.1837online.com/Trace2web/
(Some costs but this covers civil registration from 1837)

Family Records Centre
http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/
(See website for further Information)

Did that help ?