Sarah Winterbottom from Mottram
My grandmother (paternal) had the maiden name of Brooks and her ancestor Joseph Brooks married Sarah Winterbottom in Mottram (Cheshire) in 1772.
The only birth on the IGI for a Sarah Winterbottom in Mottram (at an appropriate time) is the daughter of George Winterbottom and Ann Lord born 1851. There is a lot about this family tree on the IGI.
Is there anyone actively reseraching this family now, or has a connection to it, who might know if I have found the birth of the Sarah Winterbottom who married Joseph Brooks or can confirm otherwise from their knowledge about the Sarah Winterbottom on the IGI.
The marriage record is of little help since the witness names are pretty illegible and at least one seems to have witnessed so many marriages at the parish church that I suspect he was the church warden or similar.
My great grandfather Walter Irwin Mason (paternal) also married a Harriet Winterbottom so we have two Winterbottom families, one on each side of my grandparent's family tree, unless Harriet turns out to be related to Sarah!
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Re: Sarah Winterbottom from Mottram
10/31/01