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MargaretR · 16-07-2009, 18:34

A couple of months ago, I 'dipped my toe' into geneology briefly.
I have no intention of taking it up as a hobby - it was just a brief diversion.
I 'piggybacked' on the family trees of others at Genes reunited.

I did come accross an interesting fact, that my great great grandmother

Anne Grimshaw
born 1825 Busk Osw, married David Shorrocks

and was a daughter of -

Ellen Waddington (great great great grandmother)
born 1803 Blackburn, married James Grimshaw(butcher) 25/1/1825 Church Kirk, died 1870

It seems that this 'begatting' was taking place at a butchers shop in Ossy in an area named Busk.

As an Ossy lass born and bred I am aware that there was a street named Busk Meadow St, which was demolished in my lifetime and has been replaced with the 'council flats' between St Pauls school and Howarth St.

I also found an old Ossy map showing the area between St Pauls school and Howarth St, described as 'Busk'.
This is a section of Union Rd - It must have been a smallish group of buildings not to need any door numbers.
Am I right to assume that?

This was in the days before photography, but if anyone has seen old etchings/drawings of 'Busk' on the web, I would appreciate being told where.

16-07-2009, 18:34	#1
MargaretR God Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: c l m Posts: 12,362 Blog Entries: 4 Liked: 518 times Rep Power: 68671	Busk - a district in Ossy A couple of months ago, I 'dipped my toe' into geneology briefly. I have no intention of taking it up as a hobby - it was just a brief diversion. I 'piggybacked' on the family trees of others at Genes reunited. I did come accross an interesting fact, that my great great grandmother Anne Grimshaw born 1825 Busk Osw, married David Shorrocks and was a daughter of - Ellen Waddington (great great great grandmother) born 1803 Blackburn, married James Grimshaw(butcher) 25/1/1825 Church Kirk, died 1870 It seems that this 'begatting' was taking place at a butchers shop in Ossy in an area named Busk. As an Ossy lass born and bred I am aware that there was a street named Busk Meadow St, which was demolished in my lifetime and has been replaced with the 'council flats' between St Pauls school and Howarth St. I also found an old Ossy map showing the area between St Pauls school and Howarth St, described as 'Busk'. This is a section of Union Rd - It must have been a smallish group of buildings not to need any door numbers. Am I right to assume that? This was in the days before photography, but if anyone has seen old etchings/drawings of 'Busk' on the web, I would appreciate being told where. __________________