Edwin Walmsley

Edwin was born in 1847 in Ormskirk.¹ 

• Birth Notes

  Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1847
  WALMSLEY    Edwin    MATHER    Ormskirk        OK/4/73

Edwin's father was Richard Walmsley and his mother was Rachel Mather.  His paternal grandparents were Richard Walmsley and Martha Forshaw; his maternal grandparents were Matthias Mather and Mary Priestley. He had two brothers and four sisters, named Fredric, Thomas, Martha, Mary, Caroline and Sophia.  He was the second oldest of the seven known children.