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PHOTOGRAPHS RELATED TO MRS ROWAN AND FAMILY

Catalogue reference: 1340

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This record is about the PHOTOGRAPHS RELATED TO MRS ROWAN AND FAMILY dating from 1927.

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Reference
1340
Title
PHOTOGRAPHS RELATED TO MRS ROWAN AND FAMILY
Date
1927
Held by
Greater Manchester County Record Office (with Manchester Archives)
Language
English
Creator(s)
<persname>Rowan, Lilian, b 1909, of Neston, Cheshire</persname>
Physical description
32 PHOTOGRAPHS
Administrative / biographical background

The donor was born Lilia Clarkson in 1909 in Walton where she lived until 1970. Her father Samuel Clarkson was the blacksmith in Walton and her mother, Hannah (nee Royde born 1890) was one of 8 or 9 children. The Roydens had a farm in Bidston opposite the Church. The donor married William Rowan who worked as a clerk on the railways.

The donor does not know the identities of many of the people in the album, although they are mostly of the Royden family.

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PHOTOGRAPHS RELATED TO MRS ROWAN AND FAMILY