Grimshaw Entries in the Parish Records of
Brookfield Unitarian (Dissenting) Church, Gorton
Source: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Gorton/BrookfieldChurch.shtml
Roger Grimshaw performed an outstanding service for Grimshaw researchers by examining and recording “Grimshaw” entries in the parish registers of many of the churches in and around Manchester. Over 1300 records were found, including baptisms, marriages and burials for six churches as summarized below:
Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | Total | |
Manchester Cathedral | 374 | 267 | — | 641 |
St Michael and All Angels, Ashton | 129 | 49 | — | 178 |
Brookfield, Gorton | 104 | — | 27 | 131 |
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St James, Gorton |
262 |
5 |
— |
267 |
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All Saints, Newton Heath |
61 |
5 |
— |
66 |
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Other Churches near Manchester |
54 |
1 |
— |
55 |
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Total |
984 |
327 |
27 |
1338 |
The overall webpage describing these records can be reached by clicking here. This webpage contains the records for Brookfield Church in Gorton. The records of the other churches and may be viewed as follows:
Click here for Manchester Cathedral entries.
Click here for St Michael and All Angels Church, Ashton entries.
Click here for St James Church, Gorton entries.
Click here for All Saints Church, Newton Heath entries.
Click here for entries in other Manchester churches.
Brookfield Church was found to have a total of 131 records — 104 baptisms and 27 burials.
Contents
Webpage Credits
Thanks go to Roger Grimshaw for collecting these records and making them available toother Grimshaw researchers on the “Grimshaw Origins” website.
Grimshaw Baptism Records of Brookfield Unitarian (Dissenting) Church, Gorton
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Prepared by Roger Grimshaw Dec 2009 | |||||||
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Brookfield Unitarian (Dissenting) Chapel Gorton | |||||||
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Ref m/f MFPR 182 Baptisms and Burials | |||||||
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Baptisms by the Rev Samuel Hanson during his ministry at the Dissenting Chapel | |||||||
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mnth-dd |
year |
Born/died |
Surname Grimshaw |
Father |
Mother |
Abode | |
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Feb-20 |
1733/4 |
B Feb 1 |
Samuel |
James |
Audenshaw | ||
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Nov-30 |
1735 |
B Nov 5 |
Alice |
John |
Droylsden | ||
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Aug-02 |
1736 |
B Jul 13 |
George |
James |
Audenshaw | ||
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Feb-14 |
1737/8 |
B Jan 28 |
Betty |
John |
Droylsden | ||
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Mar-19 |
1738/9 |
B Mar 5 |
John |
James |
Audenshaw | ||
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Jul-06 |
1740 |
B Jun |
James |
Jnso |
Droylsden | ||
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May-10 |
1742 |
B Apr 19 |
Mary |
James |
Audenshaw | ||
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Dec-19 |
1742 |
B Nov 12 |
Phebe |
John |
Droylsden | ||
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Apr-04 |
1746 |
Betty |
Jno |
Droylsden | |||
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Dec-09 |
1747 |
B Nov 8 |
John |
John |
Droylsden | ||
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Dec-04 |
1747 |
B Nov 19 |
Ann |
James |
Audenshaw | ||
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Oct-12 |
1752 |
Alice |
John |
Droylsden | |||
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Oct-12 |
1755 |
Mary |
John |
Kirkmanshulme | |||
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Feb-09 |
1756 |
Robert |
Robert |
Gorton | |||
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Apr-04 |
1758 |
Jane |
Robert |
Gorton | |||
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Feb-19 |
1759 |
Mary |
Robert |
Gorton | |||
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May-28 |
1761 |
James |
Robert |
Gorton | |||
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Nov-09 |
1763 |
Esther |
Robert |
Jane |
Gorton | ||
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“end of baptisms by Rev Samuel Hanson. Begin records by Rev John Atchinson. from Nov 19 1763 to April 14 1765 I have not been able to find or procure any register whatsoever (signed) G H Wells “ | |||||||
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Apr-09 |
1766 |
Betty |
Robert |
Jane |
Gorton | ||
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Apr-23 |
1766 |
Mary |
James |
Droylsden | |||
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Feb-22 |
1767 |
Benjamin |
Daniel |
Gorton | |||
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Aug-21 |
1767 |
John |
Robert |
Jane |
Gorton | ||
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Nov-02 |
1767 |
Elizabeth |
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Droylsden | |||
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Nov-14 |
1769 |
Anne |
Robert |
Jane |
Gorton | ||
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Feb-16 |
1776 |
Samuel |
Daniel |
Elizabeth |
Audenshaw | ||
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1776 |
Moses |
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Dec-25 |
1776 |
B Nov 21 |
John |
George |
Mary |
Gorton | |
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Mar-31 |
1779 |
B Mar 4 |
Betty |
George |
Mary |
Gorton | |
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Oct-15 |
1780 |
Daniel |
Daniel |
Betty |
Gorton | ||
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Dec-08 |
1780 |
James |
John |
Audenshaw | |||
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Feb-15 |
1782 |
Mary |
John |
Audenshaw | |||
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Apr-26 |
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George |
George |
Mary |
Gorton | ||
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Mar-06 |
1783 |
John |
John |
Mary |
Audenshaw | ||
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Apr-06 |
1784 |
Joseph Stanfield |
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Feb-24 |
1784 |
Alice |
? |
Droylsden | |||
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Apr-09 |
1784 |
James |
George |
Mary |
Gorton | ||
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Jan-09 |
1785 |
William |
John |
Mary |
Audenshaw | ||
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“The Rogister of Christenings and Burials from and for the first day of October 1785 became subject to a stamp duty of threepence for every entry, which duty having taken a licence according to the Act of Parliament for that purpose has been duly collecte | |||||||
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Dec-30 |
1785 |
B Nov |
Samuel |
George |
Mary |
Gorton | |
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Jan-31 |
1786 |
B 17/12/85 |
John |
John |
Gorton | ||
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Apr-24 |
1788 |
B Apr 22 |
Thomas |
Joseph |
Mary | ||
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Apr-24 |
1788 |
B Mar 30 |
Anne |
James |
Martha |
Droylsden | |
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Jul-18 |
1790 |
B Jun 4 |
Betty |
James |
Martha |
Droylsden, Parish of Manchester | |
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Sep-06 |
1790 |
B Aug 21 |
James |
Joseph |
Mary |
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Jan-22 |
1792 |
B 3/12/91 |
Samuel |
Benjamin |
Charlotte |
Gorton | |
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Nov-04 |
1792 |
B Sep 28 |
May |
James |
Martha |
Droylsden | |
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Apr-07 |
1793 |
B Feb 4 |
Daniel |
Benjamin |
Charlotte |
Gorton | |
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Jun-01 |
1794 |
B Apr 18 |
Joseph |
Joseph |
Betty |
Droylsden | |
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May-13 |
1798 |
B May 1 |
Thomas |
Thomas |
Alice |
Droylsden | |
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Oct-28 |
1798 |
B Sep 21 |
Elizabeth |
Joseph |
Nancy |
Droylsden | |
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Jun-02 |
1799 |
B Apr 21 |
James |
Thomas |
Alice |
Droylsden | |
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Apr-01 |
1800 |
B Jan 5 |
Anne |
Benjamin |
Charlotte |
Gorton | |
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Sep-15 |
1800 |
B Sep 14 |
James |
James |
Martha |
Droylsden | |
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Apr-28 |
1801 |
B Feb 21 |
Mary |
Joseph |
Sarah |
Gorton | |
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May-25 |
1801 |
B Apr 26 |
Thomas |
George |
Mary |
Gorton | |
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“The last child baptised by the Rev Wm D Cooper. New Minister Rev Joseph Banshott (?)” | |||||||
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Dec-06 |
1801 |
B Jul 4 |
William |
Joseph |
Nancy |
Droylsden | |
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Jan-16 |
1802 |
B 21/11/01 |
Ann |
Thomas |
Alice | ||
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Sep-09 |
1802 |
B Jul 28 |
Saunders |
John |
Catherine |
Gorton House | |
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Dec-05 |
1802 |
B Nov 30 |
James |
Thomas |
Alice |
Droylsden | |
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Dec-26 |
1802 |
B Oct 3 |
Ann |
Benjamin |
Charlotte |
Gorton | |
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Apr-25 |
1803 |
B Feb 16 |
Martha |
James |
Martha |
Droylsden | |
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May-31 |
1803 |
B May 1 |
Alice |
Joseph |
Nancy |
Droylsden | |
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Jul-25 |
1803 |
B May 15 |
John |
Joseph |
Sarah |
Gorton | |
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Mar-31 |
1804 |
B Feb 12 |
Ann |
Samuel Grimshaw |
Sarah Thornley | ||
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Apr-02 |
1804 |
B Jan 18 |
Elizabeth |
James |
Mary |
Gorton | |
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Apr-22 |
1805 |
B Jan 25 |
John |
James |
Martha |
Droylsden | |
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Mar-02 |
1806 |
B 30/12/05 |
Aaron |
Joseph |
Sarah |
Gorton | |
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Jul-13 |
1806 |
B Jun 1 |
Emma |
Samuel |
Sarah |
Reddish | |
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Apr-19 |
1807 |
B Feb 22 |
Benjamin |
Benjamin |
Julia | ||
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Jun-08 |
1807 |
B May 20 |
Alice |
James (?) |
Martha | ||
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Dec-18 |
1807 |
James |
James |
Mary | |||
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Nov-20 |
1808 |
B Sep 10 |
George |
John |
Sarah | ||
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Oct-10 |
1808 |
B Jul 24 |
John |
Benjamin |
Julia | ||
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Jan-28 |
1810 |
B14/12/09 |
Susannah |
James |
Alice | ||
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Apr-08 |
1810 |
B Feb 20 |
Robert |
Benjamin |
Julia | ||
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Jun-21 |
1810 |
B May 11 |
Sarah |
James |
Martha |
Droylsden | |
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Aug-17 |
1811 |
B Jul 22 |
William |
James |
Alice |
Droylsden | |
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Aug-31 |
1811 |
Charlotte |
Martha |
Droylsden | |||
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Sep-15 |
1811 |
B Jul 1 |
Esther |
Benjamin |
Julia |
Gorton | |
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Oct-14 |
1811 |
B Jul 3 |
Hannah |
John |
Sarah |
Gorton | |
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May-05 |
1812 |
B Mar 3 |
Ann |
Samuel (?) John (?) James (?) |
Sarah |
Failsworth | |
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Mar-21 |
1813 |
B Jan 6 |
Charles |
Benjamin |
Julia |
Gorton | |
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Apr-24 |
1814 |
B Mar 20 |
James |
John |
Elizabeth |
Droylsden | |
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Aug-14 |
1814 |
B Jul 20 |
James |
Benjamin |
Julia |
Gorton | |
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Aug-20 |
1814 |
B May 30 |
Alice |
John |
Sarah |
Gorton | |
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Dec-22 |
1814 |
B Nov 21 |
Ann |
John |
Hannah |
Gorton | |
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Dec-31 |
1815 |
B Dec 4 |
John |
Samuel (?) John (?) James (?) |
Mary |
Droylsden | |
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Mar-18 |
1816 |
B Feb 5 |
Samuel |
Benjamin |
Julia |
Gorton | |
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Jan-05 |
1816 |
B 7/10/15 |
John |
John |
Elizabeth |
Droylsden | |
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Mar-18 |
1816 |
B Feb 5 |
Samuel |
Benjamin |
Julia |
Gorton | |
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Apr-10 |
1816 |
B Feb 15 |
James |
James |
Alice |
Droylsden | |
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Mar-18 |
1816 |
B Feb 5 |
Samuel |
Benjamin |
Julia |
Gorton | |
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Apr-10 |
1816 |
B Feb 15 |
James |
James |
Alice |
Droylsden | |
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Jun-11 |
1816 |
B Apr 28 |
Ann |
Samuel |
Mary |
Edge Lane | |
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Mar-17 |
1817 |
B 11/2/16 |
Ann |
John(?) |
Sarah |
Gorton | |
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May-20 |
1818 |
B Apr 10 |
Joseph |
Benjamin |
Julia |
Gorton | |
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Feb-23 |
1819 |
B 15/5/18 |
Samuel |
Joseph |
Gorton | ||
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Apr-12 |
1821 |
B 7/5/20 |
George |
Benjamin |
Julia |
Chorlton Row Manchester | |
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Jun-23 |
1823 |
B 27/12/22 |
Samuel |
Daniel |
Sarah |
Newton | |
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Apr-22 |
1828 |
B Sep19 |
Charles Grimshaw-Walker |
Isaac Walker |
Mary Walker | ||
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Jun-14 |
1833 |
B Apr 21 |
John |
John |
Mary Ann |
Audenshaw | |
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Sep-11 |
1834 |
B May 4 |
Mary Jane |
John |
Mary Ann |
Audenshaw Lodge | |
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1835 |
B May 11 |
John |
Willian |
Esther |
Gorton | ||
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Dec-10 |
1836 |
B Jun 3 |
Joseph Stanfield |
John |
Mary Ann |
Audenshaw | |
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Oct-31 |
1839 |
B |
George Henry |
John |
Mary Ann |
Audenshaw Lodge | |
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Up to end 1845 |
Grimshaw Burial Records of Brookfield Unitarian (Dissenting) Church,
Gorton
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Prepared by Roger Grimshaw Dec 2009 | |||||
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Brookfield Unitarian (Dissenting) Chapel Gorton | |||||
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Ref m/f MFPR 182 Baptisms and Burials | |||||
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Baptisms by the Rev Samuel Hanson during his ministry at the Dissenting Chapel | |||||
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Surname Grimshaw |
Abode |
Age |
Notes | ||
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Feb-06 |
1786 |
Samuel |
Gorton |
1-2 | |
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Feb-17 |
1787 |
Mrs Jane |
Gorton |
55 |
wife of Mr Robert |
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May-07 |
1788 |
Robert |
56 |
D May 3 | |
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October 1789 Register by Rev W D Cooper begins | |||||
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May-31 |
1803 |
James |
Droylsden |
6 mths |
son of Thomas |
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Mar-24 |
1804 |
child of Benjamin | |||
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Jul-31 |
1804 |
Droylsden |
3 wks |
child of Thos | |
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Sep-26 |
1804 |
Charlotte |
Gorton |
wife of Benjamin | |
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Feb-15 |
1805 |
Elizabeth |
Gorton House |
84 | |
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July |
1806 |
John |
Gorton House |
39 |
son of Robert and Jane |
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July |
1806 |
John |
Droylsden |
son of Joseph | |
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Oct-25 |
1806 |
Samuel |
son of Benjamin | ||
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23-Nov |
1807 |
George | |||
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Mar-21 |
1810 |
Susannah |
Edge Lane |
dr of James | |
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Sep-11 |
1810 |
Mrs Grimshaw |
Audenshaw | ||
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Aug-31 |
1811 |
Martha |
Droylsden |
wife of ? Grimshaw | |
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Oct? |
1819 |
Betty |
Gorton | ||
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May-21 |
1820 |
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Droylsden |
wife of ? | |
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July |
1820 |
Daniel |
82 | ||
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Jun-04 |
1822 |
John |
Audenshaw |
84 |
Gentleman |
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Jun-17 |
1822 |
Mr John | |||
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Sep-30 |
1829 |
Mary |
Highbank Gorton |
84 |
widow of George Esq |
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Jan-30 |
1833 |
Samuel |
Droylsden |
8 mths |
son of James & Alice |
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Jun-04 |
1833 |
Julia |
Manchester |
53 |
wife of Benjamin |
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Jan-20 |
1835 |
James |
Highbank Gorton |
50 | |
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Sep-12 |
1839 |
Mary |
Droylsden |
48 |
wife of John |
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Mar-26 |
1840 |
Alice |
Droylsden |
69 |
wife of Thomas |
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Jun-07 |
1840 |
Peter |
Openshaw |
13 |
son of Alice & James |
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up to end 1845 |
Webpage History
Webpage posted January 2010.