Compiled by Caroline Gould, 27 February 2003
The records relate chiefly to the BALDERSTON family and to the FREARSON family of Broughton-in-Furness, Lancashire. Both families are related to the donor
Contains: General account book kept by a member of the Frearson family in Boughton-in-Furness, Lancashire 1854, 1857; loose accounts relating to the purchase of dwelling houses at Broughton-in-Furness 1898; extract from marriage register of the Scots Church, Melbourne, Australia, relating to the marriage of George Frearson and Agnes McLean 1853; certificate of the birth of Martha Agens Frearson of Dunolly, Victoria, Australia 1857; certificate of miner's right issued by George Frearson in the Colony of Victoria, Australia 1858; reciept issued by the Union Bank of Australia to George Frearson for alluvial gold 1861; receipts for free rent paid in the manor of Broughton-in-Furness, Lancashire by M Frearson 1922 and 1941; will of Thomas Cragg of Dalton, Lancashire 1860; will of Isaac Simm of Beancroft, near Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire 1874; notice of the requirements of vaccination issued by George Frearson of Broughton-in-Furness, Lancashire for Janet Frearson c 1867; military records relating to G Balderstone and H M Frearson 1918-1919
Presented 30 January 1969 by H. Helm, National Agricultural Advisory Service, (Farm Records Accession Number 522)
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