Re: Holding/Holden Family

By genealogy.com user September 14, 1998 at 02:01:44

Jennifer,

There is a Great Sankey in CheshireEngland which back before they redid the counties may well have been part of Lancashire. It's within 40 miles of Bolton...

There is a Great Sankey in CheshireEngland which back before they redid the counties may well have been part of Lancashire. It's within 40 miles of Bolton...

I have a copy of the Lancashire 1881 census with all the Holding's. I'll check to see if I can match up the names you list and advise.

I have a copy of the Lancashire 1881 census with all the Holding's. I'll check to see if I can match up the names you list and advise. The real shock is that there were over a thousand Holding's listed.

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