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Welcome to our family Ancestors website. My name is Wendy, currently in California. To contact me please use the following email address without any spaces: wendyrushton @ frontiernet.net Sorry for the inconvenience, but this prevents spam feeders searching the website and grabbing my email address.
This website is about the Crabtree’s, Fry’s, Rigg’s, Roll’s, and Little’s. There are photo’s.
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Brief Family tree:
Margaret Alice Rigg -m- Lucas Crabtree in 1890 (he drowned at age 31- SEE INQUEST) = Raymond Crabtree Born 1895, James Crabtree 1892.
John Fry -m- Annie Rolls in Dec.1886 = Adalaide Fry born 1887, Annie Fry 1889, Emily 1891, Blanche 1894, John 1896, William 1899, Harry 1898, Edwin 1900, George & Arthur after 1901..
Raymond Crabtree -m- Adalaide Fry = Doris Margaret, Olive, Dennis John & Sonny/Raymond Jr. Adelaide also had three other children from a previous marriage to Arthur Little = Gladys 1914, Dorothy and Daisy
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Rigg, Fry & Crabtree Ancestry began in Todmorden & Berkshire UK.
- Rigg Ancestors: Thomas Rigg, 1816 Todmorden.
- Crabtree: Grace Crabtree 1841 Todmorden, England
- Fry: James Fry 1806, Hurst, Berkshire, England.
Google Earth Ariel view of Riggs and Crabtrees homes in Todmorden.
Lunchtime at the Mill - Cotton Blossoms (1940s/b&w/sound)
Workers enjoying a well earned break in their newly built canteen where lunch is often accompanied by an impromptu concert. (46 seconds ©Lancashire Textile Manufacturers)
Leaving Work - Milnrow and Newhey Gazette (1913/b&w/silent) NOTE: the small children leaving the Mill: Working conditions in the mills were extremely harsh. After a long and busy shift in hot, humid and noisy conditions, workers eagerly head for home." (32 seconds ©NWFA)
This is the BBC website with a lot more videos’
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