Andertons of Pennsylvania & Ireland
Debbie Anderton posted a query on the Anderton Board looking for Joseph Anderton, b.May 1832 England and his wife Elizabeth b. June 1822 Ireland From 1900 census Beaver Co, Penn. She believes his son to be Joseph Henry Anderton b. June 1861 Penn.
I've been helping follow up on the Andertons of the Kirkham - Clifton area near Preston in Lancashire recently and we have come across a Pennsylvannia / Irish / Lancashire connection. This is a summary of the household in Clifton with a child born in the States. Richard is, I am told, the only Anderton in the 1881 UK census born in America.
3. Marsh Cottage
Francis ANDERTON
|b.1852/4 Galway, Ir <1,2> [28 in 1881, 39 in 1891]
|d.post 1891 <2>
|m.1874/5 <1>
Margaret [Unknown]
b.pre 1858/9 Galway, Ir <2>
d.post 1891 <2>
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|___Richard ANDERTON
|b.1874/5 Pennsylvania, USA <2>
|d.post 1891 <2>
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|___Julia ANDERTON
|b.1875/8 Ir <2> ">3" in 1881
|d.post 1881 <2> NB Not in the household in 1891
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|___Ann ANDERTON
|b.1881 Clifton With Salwick, La, En <1>
|d.post 1891 <2>
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|___Lily ANDERTON
|b.1882/3 Clifton, La, En <2>
|d.post 1891 <2>
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|___Thomas ANDERTON
|b.1884/5 Clifton, La, En <2>
|d.post 1891 <2>
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|___Mary ANDERTON
|b.1887/8 Clifton, La, En <2>
|d.post 1891 <2>
|
|___Margaret ANDERTON
|b.1888/9 Newton With Scales, La, En <2>
|d.post 1891 <2>
|
|___Isabela ANDERTON
b.1890/1 Clifton, La, En <2>
d.post 1891 <2>
Francis is probably the eldest son of Richard & Mary Anderton of Newton With
Scales.
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SOURCES
<1> 1881 Census
<2> 1891 Census
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What it appears like to me is that Richard (and possibly a younger brother Thomas) left his birthplace of Clifton in Lancashire for Renvyle, Galway, where he married and raised quite a large family, including Francis. From the age ofMargaret, they must have married the year of Richards birth, so perhaps there is a record of their marriage in Pa as well? Both Francis and his father Richard returned to Clifton although not before they (Francis & Margaret) had Julia in Ireland sometime between 1875-8. My interest in this is not simply academic - this family could give us information to the generation previous from which my friends are descended - although I must admit to being intrigued as to all these comings-and-goings
Hope this rings a bell with someone. Good Hunting all
Alan Anderton, Bargo NSW Australia