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I was born in Kent, England and my paternal family have a strong London England connection right back to the 1700s. I believe the family moved to London from the north of England though I have no idea whence or when they came. The Murgatroyd family has strong connections with Yorkshire going back centuries. I have discovered connections within the extended family to New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the USA. Unless otherwise stated, ancestors documented in the family tree are from the UK. We have researched our family tree back 6 generations or so, and represented a picture summary for each of my four grandparents: Rigg, Thompson, Murgatroyd, and Dewhirst.
Almost all of my g.g.g.grandparents have been identified:
The following quicklinks to others in the tree may be useful: Margaret Eleanor Allcock-Thompson Allcock Harriot Barber-Thompson Barber Charles Byford Byford - died in Australia in 1890 William Byford Byford - the Watchmaker and Freeman of City of London in 1815 Esther Causton-Green Causton Thomas Cramp Cramp Sarah Dewing Dewing Bridget Driscoll-Rigg Driscoll Ellen Edermaniger Edermaniger Annie Ross-Gevaux-Thompson/ Ross-Gevaux Ellen Edermaniger-Goodyear Edermaniger-Goodyear Margaret Jane Thompson-Green Green Mary Jane Haley-Murgatroyd Haley - maternal great grandmother Florence Alice Hamshaw Hamshaw Harper Harper family Eliza Rigg-Holland Holland Ann Deighton Murgatroyd-Hood Hood Alice Mary Murgatroyd-Hudson Hudson Mary Ann Rigg-Humphreys Humphreys Henrietta Metcalfe-Rigg Metcalf - my paternal great grandmother Emma Jane Ogden-Dewhirst Ogden Jack Phillips Phillips Powell Powell family Kate Shannon-Easterbrook Shannon William Stevens Stevens Henrietta Louisa Thorpe-Metcalfe Thorpe Florence Henrietta Rigg-Upton Upton Wainwright Wainwright family Charles Whitewood Whitewood - maternal uncle Emma Annie Cramp-Williams Cramp-Williams Emily Parker Murgatroyd-Woffenden Woffenden Amelia Wright-Rigg Amelia Wright-Rigg
My in-laws ( Easterbrook and
Ramsey) are partly researched. A distant cousin
has helped flesh out details of the Driscoll link with the Rigg family - see
Bridget Driscoll-Rigg (1898-??).
Feedback from any of the branches of the
expanded family tree would be much appreciated as there are gaps in my knowledge.
Identified ancestor photos appear with the information
I have researched of their lives (occupation, parents, children).
I have the original photo album started by my grandfather's aunt
Harriet Rigg (1863-1941)
in 1884 contents of which is viewable (in page by page format) at
HarrietRigg_photoalbum
The album of my great-grandmother
Henrietta Metcalfe
(1865-1947) has also been partly scanned and is viewable at
Henrietta Metcalfe photoalbum
There is an unidentified family connection with Melbourne, Australia.
Many photos from these albums are yet to be identified.
If you have researched your family tree, can identify some of
these un-named ancestors - especially the Melbourne connection, or would like to
compare notes and perhaps find
some long lost relatives in the United Kingdom, please get in touch with
Malcolm (see email addresses at foot of this page) some of whose
panoramic picturescan be found here.
Excel files of all BMD records for Rigg and Murgatroyd are being extended as far as this data is available and possibly including pre 1837 data at a later stage. Currently the following exist as password protected zipfiles - email me for the passwords: Rigg deaths as of February 2008 with about 7500 entries complete up to 1983 and including 1984-2005. Rigg births as of March 31st 2006 with 4389 entries up to 1900 inclusive. Rigg marriages as of 13 August 2006 almost 2200 entries up to 1900. Murgatroyd deaths 2000 entries 1837-1882 - started in 2008 Murgatroyd births - started in 2008 Murgatroyd marriages - started in 2008 No guarantee is possible for the transcription accuracy, or liability for inadvertent error in my transcription or in the original transcribed source as for example "e" and "c" in a poor quality page or image are easily confused; likewise some "1" and "4", "8" and "3". Also the index itself contains transcription errors of spelling and some entries are impossible to read except by close scrutiny and interpretation of the original entry. Please report any errors you notice. Where known, additional information appears in the marriage spreadsheet viz marriage partners forname and surname, and in the birth spreadsheet the mother's name is added if known. Specific entries known to be in my ancestral tree are highlighted. If you can add/correct any information to these spreadsheets please contact me.
 Malcolm Rigg |
 Descendants of John Rigg |
 jade (1984-2002) |
| Rigg_ancestors with photos | Thompson_ancestors with photos | Murgatroyd_ancestors with photos | Dewhirst_ancestors with photos |
| Ancestors of Alfred1889John | Ancestors of Harriet1883Thompson | Ancestors of Arthur1871HaleyMurgatroyd | Ancestors of Alice1873Dewhirst |
| Pedigree of Alfred1889John | Pedigree of Harriet1883Thompson | Pedigree of Arthur1871HaleyMurgatroyd | Pedigree of Alice1873Dewhirst |
The following section is of some unidentified photos.
Melbourne connection |
Aunt Martha |
Uncle Tom |
unknown lady |
Florrie Hopkinson |
whose wedding |
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