NEWSHAM in the Glasson or Thurnham, Lancashire
I am interested in the Newsham family, fishermen from the Glasson Dock / Thurnham area in Lancashire around 1830-90. William Newsham (<1818) and Rachel [Houghton?] (c. 1809) had Margaret, Robert, John, Thomas, Joshua and George. The son Joshua married Hannah (Berry) from Dalton in 1875, but continued to live in Glasson Dock with the family working around the dockyards. They had children in the late 1880s and 1890s - Rachel, Isabella, Nathan, Joshua, John and George.
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Dear hardaker, Welcome. The following links may interest you (if you haven't seen them already):-
Glasson Dock - Visit Lancashire, England
Visit the NEWSHAM Board at ancestry.com
ROOTSCHAT - have you traced all your family through the Census years 1841 through to 1901? If not, you can do this for free at RootsChat.com - England - Lancashire Board. Post a Census Lookup Request in the Lancashire Lookups childboard. See the Lancashire resources as well, should be lots of great links. And check out the one name interests board too.
[url=http://float-trawlers.lancashire.gov.uk/fleetwood/Smacks.html]Lancashire FLOAT - FLeetwood Online Archive of
Trawlers[/url]
Click on LOCAL HISTORY in the VISITOR'S GUIDE at the left-hand margin. Place a notice on the NOTICEBOARD.
Virtual Lancaster
This may appear tedious and time-consuming, but have a browse through the Lancashire general archives at rootsweb
Kind regards,
Alison
(Editor) from QLD Australia.
Oops, here is FLOAT link again, this time clickable ... Lancashire FLOAT - FLeetwood Online Archive of Trawlers
Hello hardaker. I am researching the history of the Thurnham area including people who lived here. I have a database which includes Newshams and have added your info to it. I have sixteen entries - how best to send all the info to you - can I send it as an attachment (I've just joined yesterday)or shall I try copy and paste - it's in landscape form so will need some jiggling to do it.