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Raymond

Raymond Report 30 Oct 2014 20:11

I am trying to find out more information about my farther Thomas Ackers who was born in Lancashire on 1928. His farther was called Ernist. He married Muriel Hill.
Thanks in advance for any help.

Raymond Hill (Ackers)

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 30 Oct 2014 20:16

Welcome to the boards Raymond.

England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005
about Thomas Ackers Name:Thomas Ackers
Spouse Name:Muriel R Hill
Date of Registration:Apr-May-Jun 1952
Registration district:Willesden
Inferred County:Middlesex
Volume Number:5f
Page Number:463

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 30 Oct 2014 20:25

Was Thomas born in Wigan?


England & Wales, Birth Index, 1916-2005
about Thomas Ackers Name:Thomas Ackers
Mother's Maiden Surname:Coulshed
Date of Registration:Jul-Aug-Sep 1928
Registration district:Wigan
Inferred County:Lancashire
Volume Number:8c
Page Number:157

Might his father be Ernest and not Ernist?

??

Marriages Dec 1927 (>99%)
ACKERS Ernest Coulshed Wigan 8c 78
COULSHED Mary Ackers Wigan 8c 78

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 30 Oct 2014 20:30

What did you want to know about your father? As you sign yourself as Hill, did you lose touch with him? We do need to be careful in case he is still living.....unless you know differently

Is this relevant, or where you wanting to know about your heritage?


England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007 about Thomas Ackers
Name: Thomas Ackers
Birth Date: 12 Jun 1928
Date of Registration: Feb 1999
Age at Death: 70
Registration district: Waltham Forest
Inferred County: London
Register Number: B56
District and Subdistrict: 2551B
Entry Number: 236

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 30 Oct 2014 20:37

In 1959/1960, he and Muriel were living at 56 Gowan Rd, Willsden

London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 about Thomas Ackers
Name: Thomas Ackers
Year: 1959 (& 1960)
County or Borough: Willesden
Reference Number: MR/PER/C/1039

Later ER are not online

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 30 Oct 2014 21:00


London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965
about Muriel R Ackers Name:Muriel R Ackers
Year:1956
County or Borough:Willesden
Ward or Division/Constituency:Kensal Green
Reference Number:MR/PER/C/0989

With Thomas........65 Gowan Road.

Raymond

Raymond Report 31 Oct 2014 07:03

Hi guys,
Thanks for all your help. My mother Muriel Ruby Hill devoiced my farther when I was about 11, she changed our surname back to her maiden name of Hill. I last saw my farther Thomas Ackers in 1993 about six months before he died.
I have no information on my father’s side of the family other than:
His father was Ernest Ackers born in 1903. He Married Mary Coulshed born 1905. They had two sons Thomas and Gordon. Gordon died I think when he was about 5years old.
If anyone has any information about the above and would like to share I would be most grateful.
Many Thanks
Raymond Hill (Ackers)

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 31 Oct 2014 07:55

England & Wales, Birth Index, 1916-2005
about Gordon E Ackers Name:Gordon E Ackers
Mother's Maiden Surname:Coulshed
Date of Registration:Jul-Aug-Sep 1937
Registration district:Ince
Inferred County:Lancashire
Volume Number:8c
Page Number:139



England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
about Gordon E Ackers Name:Gordon E Ackers
Birth Date:abt 1937
Date of Registration:Dec 1942
Age at Death:5
Registration district:St Helens
Inferred County:Lancashire
Volume:8b
Page:671

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PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 31 Oct 2014 09:22

The best way to start would be to purchase a copy of Ernest and Mary's marriage cert.
It will give you information as to how old they were when they married, where they were living at the time and the names and occupations of their fathers.

The best place to order certificates is online here.....

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ £9.25

Possibly..........


England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
about Ernest Ackers Name:Ernest Ackers
Registration Year:1903
Registration Quarter:Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration district:Wigan
Inferred County:Lancashire
Volume:8c
Page:159


1911 England Census
about Ernest Ackers Name:Ernest Ackers
Age in 1911:7
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1904
Relation to Head:Son
Gender:Male
Birth Place:Upholland, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish:Upholland
County/Island:Lancashire Country:
England
Street address:27 Pimbo Lane Upholland
Occupation:School
Registration district:Wigan
Sub-registration district:Pemberton

Household Members:

Thomas Ackers 50 (Colliery Horse Keeper Below Ground) Halsall, Lancashire
Eliza Ackers 47 (Married 25 years.....7 children born, 6 living, 1 had died)
Catherine Hellen Ackers 19
James Ackers 16
Thomas Ackers 14
Henry Ackers 11
Ernest Ackers 7
Christopher Sinclair 72 (Boarder)


England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
about Ernest Ackers Name:Ernest Ackers
Birth Date:23 Jul 1903
Date of Registration:Dec 1978
Age at Death:75
Registration district:Knowsley
Inferred County:Merseyside
Volume:36
Page:0146


Is it possible that Ernest remarried......

??
England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005
about Ernest Ackers Name:Ernest Ackers
Spouse Name: Irene M Burgoyne
Date of Registration:Apr-May-Jun 1954
Registration district:Wigan
Inferred County:Lancashire
Volume Number:10f
Page Number:1165





PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 31 Oct 2014 09:41

There is this birth for a Mary Coulshed......

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
about Mary Coulshed Name:Mary Coulshed
Registration Year:1904
Registration Quarter:Apr-May-Jun
Registration district:Wigan
Inferred County:Lancashire
Volume:8c
Page:135

I'm not seeing an appropriate death so maybe she remarried too?

??

1911 England Census
about Mary Coulshed Name:Mary Coulshed
Age in 1911:6
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1905
Relation to Head:Daughter
Gender:Female
Birth Place:Orrell, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish:Orrell
County/Island:Lancashire
Country:England
Street address:46 Chapel Lamberhead Green Orrell Near Wigan
Registration district:Wigan
Registration District Number:458
Sub-registration district:Pemberton

Household Members:

Thomas Coulshed 31 (Coal Miner (Hewer)) Billinge, Lancashire
Margaret Coulshed 30 (Married 7 years.....2 children born and living)
Mary Coulshed 6
Arthur Coulshed 8/12
Elizabeth Lowe 49 (Sister In Law) Married 5 years.....No children

The marriage cert would confirm.

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 31 Oct 2014 15:56

Name: Ernest Ackers
Event Type: Death Registration
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration Year: 1978
Registration District: Knowsley
County: Lancashire
Event Place: Knowsley, Lancashire, England
Birth Date (available after June quarter 1969): 23 Jul 1903
Volume: 36
Page: 0146
Line Number: 84

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 31 Oct 2014 15:57

Name: Ernest Ackers
Event Type: Marriage Registration
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration Year: 1927
Registration District: Wigan
County: Lancashire
Event Place: Wigan, Lancashire, England
Spouse Name (available after 1911): Coulshed
Volume: 8C
Page: 78
Line Number: 98

Ernest Ackers probably married one of the following people
Name: Mary Coulshed

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 31 Oct 2014 16:04

Ackers in Wigan in the 1700s/1800s

Three of the sons Thomas, Hamlet and Ralph out of the 8 children born in Newton and Wigan in the 1730/40s appear to have stayed in Wigan. A number of the Ackers living in Wigan in the 1800s seem to have come from that source. There doesn't appear to be any other Ackers families actually living in Wigan in the 1730s/40s but there is a family in West Houghton that includes a number of children born in the same era and with the same christian names as our family. The father of the West Houghton family is also called Hamlet which suggests the families may be linked but this is unknown.

The youngest 3 siblings out of the 8 are listed as born in Ince, Wigan so it can be assumed that is where the family lived in the 1740/50s. Later on, Ralph is recorded as a Husbandsman ( tenant farmer ) living in Wallgate, Wigan in the 1780s and as there arent any other Ralph's around must be the right one. There are 2 Thomas Ackers around in the right era, one a farmer/weaver in Hindley ( married to Frances ) and one who marries Betty Ashurst in Wigan in 1764 and appears to be the correct Thomas due to the children's names agreeing with the will of William Ackers. This Thomas appears to move to Winstanley, Wigan and his offspring are baptised at Billinge church and are farmers on the Winstanley estate. There was an Ackers farm there in living memory. There is a Hamlet Ackers, a weaver, living in Hindley in 1780s, the assumption is he is our Hamlet but there is one born in 1750 in West Houghton also ?

In the 1851 census there are 2 Ackers families on farms in the Winstanley area, and a number of familes in Hindley and Wigan itself.



Ackers in Wigan in the 1700s/1800s - Peter Ackers 1800


members.tripod.com/jonathan_ackers/wigan1800s.html

Ackers in Wigan in the 1700s/1800s. ... The father of the West Houghton family is also called Hamlet which suggests the families may be linked but this is unknown.

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 31 Oct 2014 16:05

Old Historic Families (1)



Families of the Northwest of England, Greater Manchester, Cheshire & Lancashire


Many of the old families of Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire can trace their ancestries back to the Norman Conquest of 1066. Their names effectively echo the long history of the region and are imprinted in districts and townships whose streets and placenames record their passing.


Alphabetical Order:


The Acker family of Little Moreton, Congleton


An old Anglo-Saxon surname, referring to a plot of arable land, deriving from the old English pre-7th Century word "aecer", meaning a ploughed field or cultivated land, which became "acker" (or 'acre') in Middle English. There are a number of spelling variations, including Acres, Ackers, Acors, Akers, Akess and Akker. The first recorded spelling of the family name is that of William del Acr',1214, in the "Curia Regis Rolls of Sussex", during the reign of King John. A Coat of Arms granted to the Ackers family is a silver shield with three gold acorns, husked green, on a black bend, the Crest being a dove rising proper, in the beak an acorn of the arms, and the Motto: "La Liberté" (Liberty).
One George Ackers (born 1788) owned Little Moreton Hall near Congleton, Cheshire and his son, George Holland Ackers, was High Sheriff for the County of Cheshire in 1852. The Ackers of Moreton Hall were landed gentry who also built Christ Church, in Wheelock near Sandbach. There is also an Ackers Crossing in the same area. James Ackers ( 1752 - 1824 ), described as the 'father of the silk trade' in Manchester, built Lark Hill Mansion on the site of what is now Salford Museum and Art Gallery. In 1792 he was Borough Reeve to the City of Manchester, later Deputy Lieutenant for Lancashire and in 1800 was appointed High Sheriff of Lancashire. The Ackers also had a branch in Merseyside, where Ackers Hall was located and lands were held in the surrounding districts and townships of Roby, Huyton, Whiston, Prescot and Rainhill.




Old Historic Families of Manchester, Cheshire and Lancashire 1


www.manchester2002-uk.com/history/old-families2.html

... family names in Greater Manchester ... A Coat of Arms granted to the Ackers family is a ... later Deputy Lieutenant for Lancashire and in 1800 was ...

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 31 Oct 2014 16:09

Early Victorian Abram - Leigh Lancashire


www.leighlife.com/?page=wiki&id=leighlife:earlyabram

The staff of the Wigan Record Office have given assistance in providing ... The Ackers family first came into the Bickershaw estate ... Directory of Lancashire,

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 31 Oct 2014 16:11

Book List, Wigan Family & Local History Society


www.wiganworld.co.uk/familyhistory/booklist.php

ACKERS, Norma: The Civil War in ... Family Hist: ADVICE: Wigan Heritage Leaflets, ... Family Hist: FRANCE, R Sharpe: Lancashire Acts of Parliament 1415-1800: Local Hist.

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 31 Oct 2014 16:13

The Acker family of Little Moreton, Congleton

An old Anglo-Saxon surname, referring to a plot of arable land, deriving from the old English pre-7th Century word "aecer", meaning a ploughed field or cultivated land, which became "acker" (or 'acre') in Middle English. There are a number of spelling variations, including Acres, Ackers, Acors, Akers, Akess and Akker. The first recorded spelling of the family name is that of William del Acr',1214, in the "Curia Regis Rolls of Sussex", during the reign of King John. A Coat of Arms granted to the Ackers family is a silver shield with three gold acorns, husked green, on a black bend, the Crest being a dove rising proper, in the beak an acorn of the arms, and the Motto: "La Liberté" (Liberty).

One George Ackers (born 1788) owned Little Moreton Hall near Congleton, Cheshire and his son, George Holland Ackers, was High Sheriff for the County of Cheshire in 1852. The Ackers of Moreton Hall were landed gentry who also built Christ Church, in Wheelock near Sandbach. There is also an Ackers Crossing in the same area. James Ackers ( 1752 - 1824 ), described as the 'father of the silk trade' in Manchester, built Lark Hill Mansion on the site of what is now Salford Museum and Art Gallery. In 1792 he was Borough Reeve to the City of Manchester, later Deputy Lieutenant for Lancashire and in 1800 was appointed High Sheriff of Lancashire. The Ackers also had a branch in Merseyside, where Ackers Hall was located and lands were held in the surrounding districts and townships of Roby, Huyton, Whiston, Prescot and Rainhill.



Old Historic Families of Lancashire - geni family tree


www.geni.com/projects/Old-Historic-Families-of-Lancashire/15657

The Acker family of ... later Deputy Lieutenant for Lancashire and in 1800 was appointed ... The start of the old Lancashire family of Standish came into

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 31 Oct 2014 16:16

go on this site and see the picture of this enormous house!!!!

Ackers of Great Moreton Hall

The Great Moreton estate was bought for £57,107 in 1793 by James and Holland Ackers of Bank House, Manchester, the sons of a fustian manufacturer from Bolton (Lancs), who had made a fortune from land speculation in Manchester. Holland Ackers died in 1801, leaving a young son, and during his minority James lived at Great Moreton. In 1809, when his nephew came of age, James built Lark Hill House, Salford as an alternative residence, and Great Moreton passed to Holland’s descendants. His grandson, George Holland Ackers (1812-72) inherited in 1836 and employed Edward Blore to build a large new house on a new site in 1841-46. On the expiry of his widow’s life interest in about 1900, the house passed to his elder daughter Georgiana (d. 1907), the wife of Sir Charles Shakerley, bt.. At her death it passed to her second son, who changed his name to Shackerley-Ackers in 1908, but later reverted to Shakerley. He sold the house for use as a school in 1931, and inherited the family baronetcy on the death of his elder brother in 1943.




Landed families of Britain and Ireland: (12) Ackers of ...


landedfamilies.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/12-ackers-of-great-moreton...

Ackers family of Great Moreton Hall (Cheshire) Ackers, Holland ... High Sheriff of Lancashire, 1800. He was unmarried but had a mistress, Ann Coops, ...



AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 31 Oct 2014 16:27

Baptism: 21 Jul 1822 All Saints, Wigan, Lancashire, England
James Ackers - 2 Son of Robert Ackers & Ann
Born: 17 May
Abode: Pemberton
Occupation: Farmer
Baptised by: Edwd. Hill Curate
Register: Baptisms 1822 - 1825, Page 7, Entry 52
Source: LDS Film 1885677


Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerk Project


www.lan-opc.org.uk/Wigan/Wigan/allsaints/baptisms_1822s.html

... Wigan, Lancashire, England James Ackers - 2 Son of Robert Ackers & Ann Born: 17 May ... Wigan, Lancashire, England John Melling - 3 Son of John Melling ...

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 31 Oct 2014 21:45

What the............

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