Other Interests

Other Interests

My Family Tree

Apart from mapping Paxos, the Author has another interest, namely investigating the Family Trees of his and his mother's families.

The former is the Bleasdale family of Furness, Barrow, Coniston, Fleetwood and later Blackpool starting with James Bleasdale, farm labourer living in Greengate, Barrow- in-Furness,1863 down through Charles Bleasdale 1833-1896 m.1863 Mary Jane Rawlinson and on to numerous offsprings, scattered all over the world, hardly any of which now bear the Bleasdale surname.

The Rawlinson root goes back a little bit further to Thomas Rawlinson c.1733-1811 Officer in the Custom Service at Rampside.

My Mother's Family is the Coopers of Finedon, Northants, starting with John Cooper ,m.c.1785 Mary ? and down through William Arthur Cooper, shoemaker, 1872-1948 who m.1895, Frances Alice Ellson. They moved to Blackpool from where their descendants have also spread worldwide.

The Ellson root goes back to John Ellson whose son Thomas, labourer, 1785-1866, m.Elizabeth ? , living in Harlock's Yard, Finedon in 1851

I have amassed a vast pile of information and material about these families and if anyone out there knows, or has any further information about any of them, or thinks they might be connected in some way (or might even be working on a similar or parallel project) I would be delighted to hear from them.