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January 15, 2005
Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob
I don't know which is the more addictive, blogging or researching family histories (and it's not even my family!).
Every time a thought enters my head, I have an urge to put it down here - not always a good idea...
...and I now feel that I personally know every Boden who's been born, married or died in this country since 1837.
This is a pretty handy place to jot this lot down. I have scribbled notes all over the place and I'm starting to go round in circles.
The good news is I seem to have traced the family back to 1881. The bad news is, I lost them again until 1898 by which time they'd hyphenated their surname and were in Warrington, you'd think that would make it easier but, no.
By 1881, they'd left Liverpool and were living in Darlington Street East in Pemberton, Wigan. One of the brothers was missing by that time and I can't find him anywhere. Their father, who originally came from Staffordshire (I can't keep up!), was an iron finisher.
There were several iron works in Wigan at that time, one possibility is Worsley Mesnes. As luck would have it, Liverpool Records Office apparently has some detailed archives on it. That added to the fact that I need to look at the 1861 census, means I'm just going to have to front the ex or give up (and that would never do would it?)
Posted by lilliebet at January 15, 2005 12:05 AM