PAT'S FAMILY
INTRODUCTION
My wife's Family History research is more difficult than
mine in that most lines are not local to Warwickshire, my home county. So far I
have mostly researched on her father's side, as her mother's side has been
already done by another family member.
Father's side
The main GREGORY name has been traced back to the
early 1700s in the areas around Shawbury, Shropshire, her ancestors later moving to Wellington and
Oakengates, where they worked in the tough environment of the Limestone mines
and furnaces. We were lucky to make contact with another Gregory researcher of
many years experience who who has provided some fantastic records.
Her CROSS and BOORE ancestors are from the
lovely hills of central Shropshire around Bishops Castle and Clun near the
Welsh border, while the WOODFINs lived in the Wellington area. The
EDWARDS were Furnace workers from villages of Lilleshall and Kynnersley
north-east of Oakengates. (For more details of these industries go to:
http://www.oakengates.com/history/history_frame.htm).
With the COOKSON name in the Leyland area of
Lancashire we have been lucky to team up with a
COOKSON expert who has provided the records back to the mid-1700s. Other names
here are SUTTON; HARRISON; and MITCHELL from Longton plus
FERRIE and TORLEY from Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Mother's side
Pat's grandfather's surname wasMALTBY. He
originated in the Southwell area of Nottinghamshire, where the family had been for several
generations as had FOSTER; HOLLAND and possibly BRANSTON.. Other names
in his ancestry are NELSON; MUNDAY; ANDREWS; BROCKLESBY; CAVILL; STORY and
WOODALL ( all from the farming communities of north Lincolnshire).
Her grandmother was Annie HARRIS from Dursley area
of Gloucestershire whose ancestors were mostly agricultural labourers. Other
names are HIGGINS and BRAZINGTON all from the Dursley area.
Web Pages
There is an Index of all names discovered in my
research, together with details of where they fit into my wife's history.
My pages also show Family Trees,and Descendant Charts of the
main names together with links to Profiles of some individuals.
Research is still
continuing and these pages will be updated.
Now choose Names List from the side menu and then find
the name you are interested in.