"My Imeson ancestors from North Yorkshire we’re stone masons. Several family members worked on Bradford Cathedral. Most of the family emigrated in 1842, landing in New York City, then dispersing throughout the US ( Washington State, Ohio,…"
"I am interested in lead ore miners in Northumberland, England. My Liddle ancestors were lead miners, then emigrated to Canada in the 1860’s when the mines were running out. "
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"I am looking for the parents of Henry Brown, my 2x great grandfather. He was born 1833 in England. About 1863 he married Grace Dutton Johnson, born in Beverley, Yorkshire. They had 3 children, James Henry, Emma, and Elizabeth, in…"
"My 3x great grandfather was George Metcalfe, born 1824 in Grewelthorpe, civil parish Kirkby Malzeard, North Yorkshire. He was apprenticed as a blacksmith to William Gaines. In 1842 the Gaines family, George Metcalfe, and William Gaines…"
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