GWF1967 Posted 26 June , 2020 Share Posted 26 June , 2020 Hi, can anyone decipher the signature on this postcard please? I moistened and removed enough sugar paper to work out the address, 39 Ormerod Street, Rawtenstall, Lancs. Unfortunately C.1911 has a John L. Farnsworth living at this address, the signature looks nothing like that; not that I could tell you what it does look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 26 June , 2020 Admin Share Posted 26 June , 2020 A Wheilton /Wheelton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 26 June , 2020 Share Posted 26 June , 2020 There are probably experts from Rawtenstall on here who can give you chapter and verse: @TullochArd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depaor01 Posted 26 June , 2020 Share Posted 26 June , 2020 Looks like Wheelton to me. Lots online about the surname. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyH Posted 26 June , 2020 Share Posted 26 June , 2020 Possible Alfred Wheelton, born 1st Qtr 1897 at Burnley? BillyH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 26 June , 2020 Share Posted 26 June , 2020 21 minutes ago, Dai Bach y Sowldiwr said: There are probably experts from Rawtenstall on here who can give you chapter and verse: It seems that medics only possess the ability to write illegibly. What we need here is a pharmacist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 26 June , 2020 Author Share Posted 26 June , 2020 50 minutes ago, Michelle Young said: A Wheilton /Wheelton 24 minutes ago, depaor01 said: Looks like Wheelton to me. Lots online about the surname. Many thanks, I can see clearly now! 15 minutes ago, IPT said: It seems that medics only possess the ability to write illegibly. What we need here is a pharmacist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 26 June , 2020 Share Posted 26 June , 2020 27 minutes ago, IPT said: It seems that medics only possess the ability to write illegibly. It's a gift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 26 June , 2020 Share Posted 26 June , 2020 (edited) On the 1911 census were John Lawrence and Jane Farnworth who had been living at 39 Ormerod Street for at least ten years. They had a daughter, Margaret Ellen, born c1901, but I don't think she's on the 1911 census and may not have still been alive. Can any forum sleuth track her? Edited 26 June , 2020 by IPT words etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 26 June , 2020 Share Posted 26 June , 2020 Deaths Dec 1901 (>99%) Farnworth Margaret Ellen 0 Haslingden 8e 71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 26 June , 2020 Author Share Posted 26 June , 2020 6 minutes ago, Dai Bach y Sowldiwr said: It's a gift. Write it in Welsh, that'll teach them not to laugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 26 June , 2020 Share Posted 26 June , 2020 Just now, Dai Bach y Sowldiwr said: Deaths Dec 1901 (>99%) Farnworth Margaret Ellen 0 Haslingden 8e 71 I feared as much, but the Maggie connection seemed too much of a coincidence. A brother, (twin?), James was baptised on the same day in 1901, but, by the time of the 1911 census, there was only a one year old daughter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Bach y Sowldiwr Posted 26 June , 2020 Share Posted 26 June , 2020 8 minutes ago, IPT said: I feared as much, but the Maggie connection seemed too much of a coincidence. A brother, (twin?), James was baptised on the same day in 1901, but, by the time of the 1911 census, there was only a one year old daughter. Deaths Dec 1901 (>99%) Farnworth James 0 Haslingden 8e 70 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 26 June , 2020 Share Posted 26 June , 2020 I only hang round here so that Dai can cheer me up. Possibly, I have made a mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TullochArd Posted 27 June , 2020 Share Posted 27 June , 2020 Certainly looks like Wheelton to me. Ormerod Street is still standing - just off Bank Street and near a cracking little micro-pub. Once the Library opens for business I'll take a look and see what I can dig up in the local "not online" paperwork. The period use of "With best love from your sincere friend" suggests to me that A. Wheelton may be female. Jackie/Jacqueline and Maggie/Margaret are good follow up clues. Any image on the front of the card ? ..... and any specific reason we are focussing on around 1911 .... the attached dosn't show a date? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 27 June , 2020 Share Posted 27 June , 2020 The exotically named Lord Baron, of 39 Ormerod Street, died 10/3/1916. Administration to Emma Grime (wife of Joe Grime). Oddly, the probate wasn't until 1934. The beneficiary was Maria Jane Baron. The family in 1911; Lord Baron Head Male 44 Accrington, Lancashire Maria Jane Baron Wife Female 45 Accrington, Lancashire Emma Baron Daughter Female 10 Accrington, Lancashire Bertha Baron Daughter Female 6 Accrington, Lancashire Can't see that this gets us anywhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 27 June , 2020 Share Posted 27 June , 2020 There was an Ada Wheelton, born in Wilmslow, Cheshire c1875, who appears in Ormerod Street in both 1901 and 1911 as a servant to Joseph Holt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TullochArd Posted 28 June , 2020 Share Posted 28 June , 2020 20 hours ago, IPT said: The exotically named Lord Baron, of 39 Ormerod Street, died 10/3/1916. Administration to Emma Grime (wife of Joe Grime). Oddly, the probate wasn't until 1934. The beneficiary was Maria Jane Baron. The family in 1911; Lord Baron Head Male 44 Accrington, Lancashire Maria Jane Baron Wife Female 45 Accrington, Lancashire Emma Baron Daughter Female 10 Accrington, Lancashire Bertha Baron Daughter Female 6 Accrington, Lancashire Can't see that this gets us anywhere... "Can't see that this gets us anywhere..." ....... maybe but it dosn't but it's a great story - Lord Baron of Ormerod Street - what a handle. There are also several "Doctor"s in the area. This was apparently the forename given to the seventh son of a seventh son and associated with the possibility of psychic healing powers rather than any connection to practical medicine. A local example is 5425 Private Doctor Pickup of the Lancashire Fusiliers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TullochArd Posted 28 June , 2020 Share Posted 28 June , 2020 (edited) 19 hours ago, IPT said: There was an Ada Wheelton, born in Wilmslow, Cheshire c1875, who appears in Ormerod Street in both 1901 and 1911 as a servant to Joseph Holt. ....... now that sounds very much like a possibility. 24 - 39> Ormerod Street appear to have been demolished in the 1960's ....... Photo: Peter Fisher Edited 28 June , 2020 by TullochArd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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