Re: Broadbents in Derbyshire
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In reply to:
Broadbents in Derbyshire
12/18/01
Hello Tina - and anyone else who might have some information...
My Broadbents also came from Derbyshire, and I would like to know of the family tree further back from my ancestor, Luke Broadbent, born 24 December in Hadfield, Glossop Dale, Derbyshire.He had many brothers and sisters.
He married Harriet Inman on 4 May, 1823 in Bradfield, Yorkshire, where they were both working in the same cotton mill, he as foreman, she a spinner.They had four sons and a daughter and an infant when they emigrated to Adelaide, South Australia, on the "Buffalo" in 1836, (the ship that also carried the first Governor of that colony).From that time the family is quite well documented, being one of the first families to colonise South Australia.
If you, Tina, or anyone else knows of Luke's forebears, I would love to hear from you.
Laurel