Hi,
This is my first visit to your forum and I wanted to tell you about my family links to Burnley. I have already done quite a lot of research and am happy to help anyone with shared interests. If anyone can help me, I would be over the moon.
James CRUMMETT (1851-1938) and Annie SHACKLETON (1854-1925) were my 2 x gt grandparents and lived at 40 Bridge Street, Burnley. James wasn't from Burnley but was born in Attleborough, Norfolk. He moved to Burnley with his parents, William CRUMMETT and Eliza PAGE and in 1871 married Annie who was a local girl. James, Annie, William and Eliza are all buried in Burnley Cemetery.
Samuel John OSBORNE (1865-1923) and Rebecca SINGLETON (1865-1945) are also my 2 gt grandparents and lived at 47 Hargher Street, Burnley. Samuel John was born in Truro, Cornwall but lived most of his life in Burnley were he was first a coal miner and then around 1900 he set up his own coal dealing business. He was also involved in local politics being a prominent member of the Social Democratic Federation who had a brief relationship with the Labour Party. They disaffiliated at the beginning of the 20th Centry and whilst the Labour Party flourished, the SDF rapidly declined. I understand Samuel and Rebecca's granddaughter was the Mayoress of Burnley 1980/81 (their eldest daughter Elizabeth Ann married Fred Catlow and their daughter, Lily Catlow became Mrs Hudson in 1936 and it was Councillor and Mrs John Hudson who were the Mayor and Mayoress in 1980/81).
I have followed these families with certificates and the census (although James Crummett seems to have avoided the 1911 census totally), and am hoping for more information now to flesh out my family tree. I have been looking for a photograph of the property at 40 Bridge Street for a while and whilst I have found some general views of Bridge Street, I am still hoping to find one with number 40 on it. I have photographs of both Annie Shackleton and Samuel John Osborne as they both appeared in the local newspapers but I am still searching for photographs of James Crummett and Rebecca Singleton. I have some fairly recent photographs of Hargher Street, the houses on which were boarded up (maybe they have gone altogether now) but it would be interesting to know what the street looked like in the early part of the 20th century.
Thank you for reading.
Denise
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