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my parents live at 73 halifax rd briecliffe,otherwise known as staring row.
does anybody know who lived there previous?
mothers maiden name was shoesmith,she was born at number 79 and moved to 73 not long after.

Payne, welcome to the site.

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1961 - SHOESMITH Nellie of 73 Halifax Road, Briercliffe near Burnley (wife of Donald Shoesmith) died 23 June 1961 at Victoria Hospital Burnley. Administration London 9 August to the said Donald Shoesmith, cotton weaver. Effects £4,234 12s

Family grave - http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk/Gra ... ttaker.htm

1901 Census - RG13; Piece: 3868; Folio: 25; Page: 4
73 Halifax Road, Briercliffe
Robert William Graham, Head, Mar, 31yrs, Store Dresser, Worker, b. Cumberland
Annie Jane Graham, Wife, Mar, 30yrs, Dressmaker, Own Account at home, b. Cumberland, St. Bees
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/Browse/vie ... eaver&cr=1

1901 Census - RG13; Piece: 3868; Folio: 25; Page: 5
79 Halifax Road, Briercliffe
Christopher Nicholson, Head, Mar, 45yrs, Iron Moulder, Worker, b. Yorks, Thornton Rushton?
Susannah Nicholson, Wife, Mar, 37yrs, b. Burnley
Zillah Robinson, Step Daughter, Single, 19yrs, Cotton Winder, Worker, b. Burnley
John Thomas Nicholson, Son, 7yrs, b. Burnley
William H. B. Nicholson, Son, 6months, b. Burnley
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/Browse/vie ... eaver&cr=1

1901 Census - RG13; Piece: 3868; Folio: 35; Page: 22
Pig Hole Cottage, Briercliffe
Willie Whittaker, Head, Mar, 27yrs, Stone Quarryman, Worker, b. Briercliffe
Isabella Whittaker, Wife, Mar, 28yrs, b. Burnley
Ethel Whittaker, Daughter, 2yrs, b. Worsthorne
Annie Whittaker, Daughter, 8 months, b. Briercliffe
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?htx ... d=24535746

Marriages Mar 1900
CRABTREE, Isabella – Burnley, 8e, 350
WHITTAKER, William - Burnley, 8e, 350

Marriages June 1932
SHOESMITH, Donald (Whittaker) – Burnley, 8e, 557
WHITTAKER, Nellie (SHOESMITH) - Burnley, 8e, 557

Marriages Mar 1905
ROBERTS, Lucy Eleanor – Burnley, 8e, 267
SHOESMITH, James – Burnley, 8e, 267

1901 Census - RG13; Piece: 3868; Folio: 31; Page: 13
10 Halifax Road, Briercliffe
Ann Atkinson, Head, Widow, 52yrs, b. Briercliffe
James Shoesmith, Boarder, Widow, 33yrs, Cotton Weaver, b. Briercliffe
Francis Morris Buck, Boarder, Single, 21yrs, Carter, b. Brierfield
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/Defa ... d=24535486

1891 Census - RG12; Piece: 3372; Folio 3; Page 2
Pighole Mill, Briercliffe
John Nutter, Head, Mar, 76yrs, Game Keeper, b. Briercliffe
Olive Nutter, Wife, Mar, 74yrs, b. Briercliffe
Thomas Nutter, Son, Single, 40yrs, Cotton Weaver, b. Briercliffe
James Shoesmith, Grandson, 23yrs, Cotton Weaver, b. Briercliffe
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?htx ... d=22322048

1881 Census - RG11; Piece: 4155; Folio: 76; Page: 2
Pig Hole, Briercliffe
John Nutter, Head, Mar, 66yrs, Overlooker of Reservoir, b. Briercliffe
Olive Nutter, Wife, Mar, 64yrs, House Keeper, b. Briercliffe
Thomas Nutter, Son, Unm, 29yrs, Velvet Weaver, b. Briercliffe
James Shoesmith, Grandson, 13yrs, Scholar, b. Briercliffe
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?htx ... d=11507973

1871 Census - RG10; Piece: 4152; Folio: 24; Page: 3
Pig Hole Mill, Briercliffe
John Nutter, Head, Mar, 56yrs, Hand Loom Weaver Cotton, b. Briercliffe
Olive Nuttter, Wife, Mar, 55yrs, House Keeper, b. Briercliffe
Thomas Nutter, Son, Unm, 19yrs, Cotton Weaver, b. Briercliffe
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?htx ... d=18411589

1861 Census - RG9; Piece: 3073; Folio: 96; Page: 3;
Pighole Mill, Briercliffe
John Nuttall, Head, Mar, 46yrs, Hand Loom Weaver, b. Briercliffe
Olive Nuttall, Wife, Mar, 45yrs, b. Briercliffe
Robt. Nuttall, Son, 16yrs, Weaver cotton, b. Briercliffe
Ann Nuttall, Daughter, 12yrs, Scholar, b. Briercliffe
Thomas Nuttall, Son, 9yrs, Scholar, b. Briercliffe
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?htx ... id=9467913

1851 Census - HO107; Piece: 2251; Folio: 125; Page: 4
Mill, Briercliffe
John Nutter, Head, Mar, 35yrs, Hand Loom Weaver, b. Briercliffe
Olive Nutter, Wife, Mar, 34yrs, House Work, b. Briercliffe
Bannister Nutter, Son, 8yrs, Scholar, b. Briercliffe
Robert Nutter, Son, 6yrs, Scholar, b. Briercliffe
Ann Nutter, Daughter, 2yrs, b. Briercliffe
Abram Leaver, Lodger, 12yrs, Winder, b. Briercliffe
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?htx ... d=11946839

1841 Census - HO107; Piece 506; Book: 15; Civil Parish: Whalley; County: Lancashire; Enumeration District: 26; Folio: ; Page: 1
Lane House, Briercliffe
Robert Nutter, 49yrs, Weaver, b. Lancs
Lucey Nutter, 49yrs, b. Lancs
Marey Nutter, 18yrs, b. Lancs
Betty Nutter, 12yrs, b. Lancs

1841 Census - HO107; Piece 506; Book: 15; Civil Parish: Whalley; County: Lancashire; Enumeration District: 26; Folio: ; Page: 1
Lane House, Briercliffe
John Nutter, 25yrs, Weaver, b. Lancs
Olive Nutter, 24yrs, b. Lancs
Abraham Leaver, 2yrs, b. Lancs
Elizabeth Leaver, 15yrs, b. Lancs
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?htx ... d=15775824

Deaths June 1895
NUTTER, Olive (age 78) – Burnley, 8e, 180

Abraham was a Widow when married 14 November 1863. No father listed. I think his Mother was Olive Leaver (b. 20 Aug 1816), daughter of Bannister Leaver (1780-1839) and Betty Whitaker.

1901 Census - RG13; Piece: 3861; Folio: 153; Page: 23
72 Milton Street, Burnley
Abraham Leaver, Head, Mar, 62yrs, Cotton Weaver, b. Hagg, Burnley
Ann Leaver, Wife, Mar, 62yrs, b. Altham

1871 Census - RG10; Piece: 4148; Folio: 78; Page: 40
Byerden Mill, Burnley
Sarah Shoesmith, Head, Widow, 61yrs, House Maid, b. Briercliffe
Margaret Leaver, Daughter, Mar, 27yrs, Cotton Weaver, b. Briercliffe
Stephen Shoesmith, Son, Unm, 20yrs, Cotton Weaver, b. Burnley
Benjamin Shoesmith, Son, Unm, 15yrs, Cotton Weaver, b. Burnley

1861 Census - RG9; Piece: 3073; Folio: 95; Page: 1;
Pighole, Briercliffe
Abraham Leaver, Head, Mar, 22yrs, Weaver, b. Briercliffe
Ellen Leaver, Wife, Mar, 21yrs, Weaver, b. Marsden

1851 Census - HO107; Piece: 2251; Folio: 125; Page: 4
Mill, Briercliffe
John Nutter, Head, Mar, 35yrs, Hand Loom Weaver, b. Briercliffe
Olive Nutter, Wife, Mar, 34yrs, House Work, b. Briercliffe
Banister Nutter, Son, 8yrs, Scholar, b. Briercliffe
Robert Nutter, Son, 6yrs, Scholar, b. Briercliffe
Ann Nutter, Daughter, 2yrs, b. Briercliffe
Abram Leaver, Lodger, 12yrs, Winder, b. Briercliffe

1841 Census - HO107; Piece 506; Book: 15; Civil Parish: Whalley; County: Lancashire; Enumeration District: 26; Folio: ; Page: 1; Line: 12
Lane House, Briercliffe
John Nutter, 25yrs, Weaver, b. Lancs
Olive Nutter, 24yrs, Weaver, b. Lancs
Abraham Leaver, 2yrs, b. Lancs
Elizabeth Leaver, 15yrs, b. Lancs

Hi

I have only just discovered this forum and am really interested in what I have read so far as it brings back so many happy memories, and moreso when I read about people I know, or knew.

I do remember Marjorie (Shoesmith) very well, and have often wondered of her whereabouts over the years. I lived at 75 for a lot of years, and we grew up together, although she was a few years older than me. She did indeed live at 79 with her mother, Nellie, and moved to 73 after she got married I think. (I remember Auntie Nellie once giving me dinner of sausage and mash served up on a 'Bunnikins' plate, telling me if I ate it all there would be a surprise picture underneath the mash!). I'm afraid I don't remember your grandad Donald at all.

The previous tenants of 73 were Fred and Winnie Bamber with their two boys Malcolm and Stephen. They moved into Proctors Farm at the bottom of the hill and I think that's when Marjorie moved in. Fred passed away some years later, but whether Winnie continued to live at the farm I don't know. I don't know who the previous tenants were before the Bambers I'm afraid.

Marjorie's best friend was Sylvia Sunderland who was the same age, and later became a teacher at Haggate school. The Sunderlands lived in the shop at the end of 'skenning row' as it was known, and they late moved to the big detached house across the road higher up and across from what was 'Owd William's Farm'.

I will be interested to know about your parents now, particularly your mother with being childhood friends.

Rockyrobin

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You can take a lass out of Lancashire, but you can't take the Lancashire out of a lass!

Thank you for all your help, im on with Shoesmith family tree

Regards Martin Payne