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John Ratcliffe 1805–1868 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1805

Birth Location: Bold Heath, Lancashire, England

Death Date: 23 Dec 1868

Death Location: Bold Heath, Lancashire, England

Father: Thomas Ratcliff

Mother: Catherine Darbyshire

Spouse(s): Ellen Walmsley

Children(s): Mary Ratcliffe

John Ratcliffe was born in 1805 in Bold Heath, Lancashire, England, the child of Thomas Ratcliff And Catherine Darbyshire. John Ratcliffe married Ellen Walmsley, and had children including Mary Ratcliffe. John Ratcliffe passed away in 1868 in Bold Heath, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • John Ratcliffe was born in 1805 in Bold Heath, Lancashire, England, the child of Thomas Ratcliff And Catherine Darbyshire.
  • John Ratcliffe married Ellen Walmsley, and had children including Mary Ratcliffe.
  • John Ratcliffe passed away in 1868 in Bold Heath, Lancashire, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Ratcliffe's Ancestors

Self
John Ratcliffe
1805–1868
Birth Place: Bold Heath, Lancashire, England
Parents
Thomas Ratcliff
1773–1829
Penketh, Lancashire, England
Catherine Darbyshire
1772–1850
Ditton, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
John Radcliff
1740–1804
Halton, Lancashire, England
Elizabeth ((Betty)) Whittle
1748–1797
Bold, Lancashire, England
William Darbyshire
1744–1780
Sutton, Lancashire, England
Catharine Rigby
–1781
Great-Grandparents
Nathaniel Radcliffe
1747–
Alice Barnes
1750–1826
John Whittle
1725–1780
Ellen Eaton
1723–1787
WILLIAM DARBISHIRE
1718–1746
CATHERINE
1722–1781
ALEXANDER RIGBY
1720–1793
Elizabeth Whitaker
1728–1793
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Eaton
1699–1740
Elizabeth Hawksey
1662–1766
Henry Darbyshire
1696–1777
Martha Floyd
1697–1730
Mary Lyon
1688–1748

John Ratcliffe's Descendants

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John Ratcliffe (1805–23 Dec 1868) m. Ellen Walmsley (abt 1805–Jul 1866)
  1. 1. Mary Ratcliffe 1838– m. John Woods 1834–1889
    1. 1. Samuel Wood 1869–1935 m. Martha (Ann) Harrison 1877–1918
      1. 1. Martha (Jane) Wood 1915–1967 m. Frederick Harrop 1916–1992
        1. 1. Peter Harrop 1939–1939
        2. 2. Gloria (Patricia) Harrop 1945–2006
      2. 2. Edith (Jane) Wood 1902–1993 m. Albert Smith 1904–1951
        1. 1. Muriel (Winifred) Smith 1930–2001
      3. 3. Hilda (Mary) Wood 1912–1941 m. Joseph (Stephen) Fleming 1904–1951
        1. 1. Catherine (Anne) Fleming 1931–1996 m. Terence (Patrick) Worsley 1928–1992
        2. 2. James (Joseph) Fleming 1929–1992 m. Ivy Ellis 1923–1981
        3. 3. Eileen Fleming 1933–1989 m. John Woodward 1928–2001
        4. 4. Margaret Fleming 1935–1987 m. Vincent McKeown 1910–1973
      4. 4. John (Sidney) Wood 1904–1977 m. Catherine (Mabel) Catherall 1906–1990
        1. 1. John (Alan) Wood 1935–2017
      5. 5. Margaret (Ellen) Wood 1900–1955 m. Ernest Hunter 1900–1967
        1. 1. Margaret Hunter 1922–2007 m. Albert Carrington 1919–1972
        2. 2. Robert (William) Hunter 1926–1995 m. Margaret Salmon 1928–2010
      6. 6. James (Samuel) Wood 1909–1979 m. Nellie Parton 1911–1977
      7. 7. Mary (Elizabeth) Wood 1896–1971 m. Thomas Follon 1888–1966
        1. 1. Ada Follon 1923–
        2. 2. James Follon 1928–2017 m. Patricia Sadler 1928–2018
        3. 3. Mary Follon 1926–
        4. 4. Thomas Follon 1930–1977
        5. 5. Mary (Elizabeth) Jones 1916–
        6. 6. Edith Jones 1919–
      8. 8. Annie Wood 1907–
    2. 2. John Wood 1875–
    3. 3. Elizabeth Wood 1864–1893 m. Levi Barnett 1864–
      1. 1. Mary Barnett 1889–
    4. 4. Ann Wood 1861–

John Ratcliffe's Timeline

2 Records

1805
1805
Birth of John Ratcliffe in Bold Heath, Lancashire, England
Bold Heath, Lancashire, England
1868
23 Dec 1868
Age 63
Death of John Ratcliffe in Bold Heath, Lancashire, England
Bold Heath, Lancashire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1805
    Event Place: Bold Heath, Lancashire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Dec 1868
    Event Place: Bold Heath, Lancashire, England

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