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Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 5,764 Send Message	lancashireAnn	Report	4 Aug 2012 17:54
	that makes sense - thanks. It confirms I am definitely on the right person as I have all the documentation from his time at Butcher's Hill as quoted above
	Researching: Liverpool (Cartwright, Chambers, Miller), Todmorden (Sutcliffe, Mallison), Abergavenny (Watkins, Prosser)
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 7,821 Send Message	Thelma	Report	4 Aug 2012 16:21
	Had another look.Address is Swine's Head(two words)
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 5,764 Send Message	lancashireAnn	Report	4 Aug 2012 15:43
	those are the ones thank you Thelma incidentally Swines is probably right (abbreviation?) "As soon as the farm (Higher Knowl) was sold, Joshua West took up the tenancy, leaving Middle Swineshead Farm, although by 1841 he had moved to Butcher Hill."
	Researching: Liverpool (Cartwright, Chambers, Miller), Todmorden (Sutcliffe, Mallison), Abergavenny (Watkins, Prosser)
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 7,821 Send Message	Thelma	Report	4 Aug 2012 15:42
	6 Children baptised together.First date is their birth date Mally West 23 Jun 1813 Halifax, Cross Stone 20 May 1821 Joshua West, Mary West View Record Martin West Apr 1814 Halifax, Cross Stone 20 May 1821 Joshua West, Mary West View Record Homas West 28 Aug 1816 Halifax, Cross Stone 20 May 1821 Joshua West, Mary West View Record John West Sep 1818 Halifax, Cross Stone 20 May 1821 Joshua West, Mary West View Record Ann West Apr 1820 Halifax, Cross Stone 20 May 1821 Joshua West, Mary West View Record Betty West 26 Mar 1821 Halifax, Cross Stone 20 May 1821 Joshua West, Mary West View Record Sarah West 21 Jan 1823 Halifax, Cross Stone 6 Jul 1823 Joshua West, Mary West
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 7,821 Send Message	Thelma	Report	4 Aug 2012 15:40
	West Yorkshire, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910 about Sarah West Name: Sarah West Birth Date: 21 Jan 1823 Parish: Halifax, Cross Stone Address Swines head Baptism Date: 6 Jul 1823 Father's Name: Joshua West Weaver Mother's Name: Mary West
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 7,821 Send Message	Thelma	Report	4 Aug 2012 15:37
	West Yorkshire, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910 about Martin West Name: Martin West Birth Date: Apr 1814 Parish: Halifax, Cross Stone address Swines head Baptism Date: 20 May 1821 Father's Name: Joshua West Weaver Mother's Name: Mary West
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Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 5,764 Send Message	lancashireAnn	Report	4 Aug 2012 15:31
	please could someone give me the details from these 2 records from ancestry west yorkshire baptisms in particular Joshua's occupation if stated West Yorkshire, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910 UK Parish Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records Name: Martin West Mother: Mary West Father: Joshua West Birth: 1814 Baptism: date - city, Yorkshire, England born 1823 Sarah West father = Joshua West, mother = Mary West
	Researching: Liverpool (Cartwright, Chambers, Miller), Todmorden (Sutcliffe, Mallison), Abergavenny (Watkins, Prosser)

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