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- http://thepeerage.com/p30492.htm#i304917
https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/616047/I091317/jamesastley-birtwistle/pedigree?isText=false
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http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/i/r/Lester-A-Birtwhistle/GENE3-0127.html#CHILD1014
1014. JAMES ASTLEY25 BIRTWISTLE (ALBERT24, WILLIAM23, DAVID22, JAMES21, WILLIAM20, JAMES19, THOMAS18, JOHN17, HENRY16, HENRY15, JAMES14, HENRY13, RICHARD12, OLIVER11, JOHN10, NICHOLAS9, RICHARD8 BRIDTWISEL, WILLIAM7, RICHARD6 DE BRIDTWESELL, WILLIAM5, JOHN4, JOHN3, REYNER2, RALPH1) was born 1889, and died 1974. He married MURIEL MARWOOD 1915, daughter of FREDERICK MARWOOD and MARY WALKER. She was born 1893, and died 1988.
More About JAMES ASTLEY BIRTWISTLE:
Education: Cheltenham
Occupation: Managing Director/Part Owner of the Grange and Great Harwood Mills of Birtwistle & Fielding & Co., Ltd. & also J & A Leigh Ltd., Mill in Preston
Children of JAMES BIRTWISTLE and MURIEL MARWOOD are:
1163.i. MARY THERESA BIRTWISTLE, b. 1916.
1164.ii. IRIS MARY BIRTWISTLE, b. 1918.
1165.iii. MICHAEL ALBERT ASTLEY BIRTWISTLE, b. 1920.
1166.iv. ANNETTE MARY BIRTWISTLE, b. 1921.
1167.v. EDMUND FREDERICK ASTLEY BIRTWISTLE, b. 1924; d. 1986.
vi. DAVID WILLIAM ASTLEY BIRTWISTLE, b. May 14, 1926; d. January 1
1168.vii. ANTHONY GERARD ASTLEY BIRTWISTLE, b. 1928.
1169.viii. ANGELA MARY JULIE BIRTWISTLE, b. 1932
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see also
Generations 1-3: Biographies,Obituaries, etc
February 7, 2020 ~ Justin Kirby
https://descentfromadam.wordpress.com/2020/02/07/generations-1-3-biographiesobituaries-etc/
James or JAB or Nebby was one of 12 siblings, and a number married and had offspring ..
3 of his brothers served during WW1 (William, Henry and Norman). William was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and Norman the Military Cross (MC) and was later Killed In Action in one of the last cavalry charges of the war.
There’s a short entry for my grandfather in Birtwistle: A Family of East Lancashire Cotton Manufacturers by W.A. Birtwistle (2001) in chapter 10 on Birtwistle and Fielding as follows:
James Astley Birtwistle, born 1889, the second son of Albert and Annie married Mary Murial Birtwistle and lived first at Pleasington and then at Houghton Bank, near Blackburn with their family of 8 children. Astley took an active part in the management of the family’s mills after the First World War, especially the ones in Blackburn and Great Harwood. After the death of Henry Astley Bell in 1937, he also took over the responsibility of buying the cotton for all the mills including Brookhouse Mills, Preston. He retired from active participation in the trade after the company floatation in 1950.
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See a portrait of his wedding at "The digital portrait collection" at http://descentfromadam.wordpress.com/2013/09/12/the-digital-portrait-collection/ click on the names in bold to see portraits.
In the cotton business, and was managing Director/part owner of The Grange and Great Harwood Mills of Birtwistle & Fielding & Co Ltd.
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"James Astley Birtwistle Remembered"
April 20, 2011
http://descentfromadam.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/james-astley-birtwistle-remembered/
Wedding of James Astley Birtwistle and Muriel Mary Marwood
December 6, 2010
http://descentfromadam.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/wedding-of-james-astley-birtwistle-and-muriel-mary-marwood/
http://www.great-harwood.org.uk/index.htm
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Mills
Good evening
Birtwistle and Fielding Ltd modernised the spinning mill in 1928. A steam turbine was installed by Hick Hargreaves Ltd of Bolton. The tubine rotated at somewhere in the 5600 RPM region. It was then geared down to the main rope pulley to around 1000 RPM. The shaft diameter on the secondary gear (1000 RPM) was 8 inches in diameter.When the system was installed some pennies and half pennies were stood on end on the top of the bearing housing. When I left school and started work on 2/8/54 those coins were still standing.The mill was further modernised around 1960. All machines were driven by electrics. The weaving shed was modernised in 1948. British Northrop installed 248 LF60 automatic looms . I am not clued up on the weaving side, but more on the maintenance. Raymond Marsden might contribute if anyone wants further information. Later on in the late fifties 30 DROP BOX looms arrived on the scene(2 Shuttles). B&F closed in Mid 1968. I carried on working there until Jan 1969. Me,Ken Harrison, Stan Sutton, Roy Jones, Gordon Wilkinson and Benny Ireland scrapped lots of machines. We also dismantled a lot and sent to other factories.I had many happy hours up BUTTS. (B&F/Birtwistle and Fielding is the same as the Butts Mill, Delph Road, Great Harwood)
Regards
John Morton (18 Jan 2001)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/greatharwood/message/1409
His daugher Angela kindly pointed out
"we lived in HOGHTON, not HOUGHTON. A very important difference.Our house, Hoghton House had originally been the Dower House for Hoghton Tower, ancient castle, home of the de Hoghton family. Sir Cuthbert made the speech at my wedding, his youngest son, Bernard (now the current baronet), was my page. "
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Four daughters and four sons,
children of James Astley Birtwistle, 1989-1974), (& Mary Muriel Birtwistle, née Marwood, 1893-1988)
son of Albert Birtwistle, of Springfield House (1849-1921) (& Annie Mary Astley (Hartley) Bell, 1858-1942),
son of William Birtwistle (b1816) (& Rachel Holland, d.c1820)
son of David Birtwistle in Lower Fold (1791-1871) (& Letty/Lettice Hayes, 1786-1870)
son of James Birtwistle of Stoops, later of Rowley (1753-1832) (& Betty Eddleston, 1758-1793)
son of William Birtwistle (1729-1803) (& Ellen Mercer, 1730-1803)
son of James Birtwistle (1701-1770) (& Elizabeth Waddington, 1705-?)
son of Thomas Birtwistle of Moorside (1665-1729) (& Mary Waddington, 1658-1723)
son of John Birtwistle of Higham (1619-1699) (& Hannah Stephenson of Wiswel Hall, c1630-1672),
son of Henry Birtwistle (1597-1665) (& Helena (1600-1629),
son of Henry Birtwistle of Higham (1562-1607) (& Dorothy, c1564-1607)
son of James Birtwistle of Fillyclose (1540-?) (& Agnes Ormerod)
son of Henry Birtwistle of Pendle & Higham (1510-1577) (& Mary Loude, 1510-?)
son of Richard Birtwistle of Huncoat Hall, (1485-1543) (& Margaret Lowde of Gisburn & Gargave)
son of Oliver Birtwistle of Huncoat Hall (1455-1507 (& Anne Starkie of Symondstone Hall, 1464-?)
son of John Birtwistle of Huncoat Hall (1425-1490) (& Waddington, ?-1430)
son of Nicholas Birtwistle of Huncoat Hall (1396-1460) (& of Altham Banister)
son of Richard Birtwistle of Huncoat Hall (1365-1444) (& Alice Brownlow)
son of William Birtwistle of Huncoat Hall (1335-1408) (& ?)
son of Richard Birtwistle of Huncoat Hall (1305-1370)
son of William of Birtwistle & Huncoat (1275-1330) (& Alice)
son of John de Birdtwisell (1240-?)
son of John de Birdtwisell (1215-?)
son of Reyner de Bridtwisell (c1185-?) (of Bridtwisell in township of Hapton, Lancashire)
son of Ralph de Bridtwisell of Bridtwisell in Hapton (c1160, [christening 1160])
All born in Lancashire, England.
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