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Old 09-02-2011, 11:18   #13
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Re: Hargreaves Gill

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Originally Posted by Rosgreave View Post
That's so true

Re: spinning jenny connection though - I have everybody very well accounted for so I cannot see where I would be able to slot in James Hargreaves, whether through marriage or not.

Before knowing different, being able to say 'James Hargreaves was my ancestor' got me lots of brownie points at school though
He invented it in what was Stanhill post office, which was very near to where I lived as a child, and the place I went to post my letters to Santa.

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