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Peter Atherton 1808–1862 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 April 1808

Birth Location: Orrell (near Wigan), Lancashire, England

Death Date: Abt. Jan 1862

Death Location: Chorley, Lancashire

Father: Thomas Atherton

Mother: Mary Atherton

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Peter Atherton was born in 1808 in Orrell (near Wigan), Lancashire, England, the child of Thomas Atherton And Mary Lord Atherton. Peter Atherton passed away in 1862 in Chorley, Lancashire.

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Biography

  • Peter Atherton was born in 1808 in Orrell (near Wigan), Lancashire, England, the child of Thomas Atherton And Mary Lord Atherton.
  • Peter Atherton passed away in 1862 in Chorley, Lancashire.

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Peter Atherton's Ancestors

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Peter Atherton
1808–1862
Birth Place: Orrell (near Wigan), Lancashire, England
Parents
Thomas Atherton
1757–1794
Pemberton, Lancashire, England
Mary (Lord) Atherton
1763–1836
Wigan, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
James Atherton
1733–1807
Of Pemberton, Wigan, Lancashire, England
Elizabeth (Jane) Astley
1735–1812
Woodhouses, Lancashire, England
Peter Lord
1735–1801
All Saints Wigan
Ann ((Nanny)) Fairhurst
1733–1770
St Wilfrid, Standish, Lancashire, England.
Great-Grandparents
James Atherton
1710–1797
Mary Southworth
1705–1808
Thomas Ashley
–1749
Thomas Fairhurst
1703–1745
Jane Fairhurst
1702–1750
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Atherton
1670–1722
Martha Ashcroft
1670–1705
John Southworth
1644–1712
Ann Tildesley
1659–1743
John Fairhurst
1680–1748
Elizabeth Fairhurst
1682–1757
John Marsden
1673–1707
Marjorie
–1706

Peter Atherton's Timeline

2 Records

1808
8 April 1808
Birth of Peter Atherton in Orrell (near Wigan), Lancashire, England
Orrell (near Wigan), Lancashire, England
1862
Abt. Jan 1862
Age 54
Death of Peter Atherton in Chorley, Lancashire
Chorley, Lancashire

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 April 1808
    Event Place: Orrell (near Wigan), Lancashire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Abt. Jan 1862
    Event Place: Chorley, Lancashire

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