Mary Birtwistle
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Mary Birtwistle (daughter of Arthur Hillmen Birtwistle and Edith).
2. Arthur Hillmen Birtwistle (son of Brig General Arthur Birtwistle, C.B., C.M.G.,D.S.O., T.D., and Alice Hillmen); died in 1989. Arthur + Edith. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Edith Children:
Generation: 3
4. Brig General Arthur Birtwistle, C.B., C.M.G.,D.S.O., T.D., was born on 29 May 1877 (son of William Birtwistle); died in 1937. Notes:
Billinge Scar was built in 1876 for Daniel Thwaites, a wealthy Blackburn brewer and MP for Blackburn from 1875 to 1880. On his death and his daughter Elma's marriage in 1888 to MP Robert Yerburgh, the couple took over the house and added a conservatory with an Italian marble floor. They later sold Billinge Scar to cotton manufacturer William Birtwistle and moved to Woodfold Hall. In 1921 the hall passed to William Birtwistle's son Brigadier-General Arthur Birtwistle, who built what was said to be the largest private greenhouse in Lancashire, and on whose death in 1937 the property was unsuccessfully put up for sale. It was given over to public use as a training centre for telephonists during the Second World War and then demolished for building material in 1947.
210th (East Lancashire) Brigade, RFA.
Awarded the D.S.O. in the London Gazette of 1 January 1918.
CB 1919. Twice MID.
Lord Lieutenant of
the County Palatine of Lancaster.Arthur + Alice Hillmen. Alice (daughter of W. Hillmen) was born about 1877; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Alice Hillmen was born about 1877 (daughter of W. Hillmen); and died. Children:
- 2. Arthur Hillmen Birtwistle died in 1989.
- Violet May Birtwistle died in 1990.
Generation: 4
8. William Birtwistle was born in 1855 (son of Micah Birtwistle and Jane Holden); and died. Notes:
see also
The Birtwistle Family, 1200- 1850 AD"
by William A Birtwistle assisted by Ray Aspden.
Including Birtwells of Accrington and Whalley, Birtwhistles of
Yorkshire and other local spelling variations.
(c) William A.Birwistle 1989. Published in Great Britain 1990.
ISBN 09515337 0 3
W.A. Birtwistle, Brier Nook,Park Cresent,Blaclkburn,Lancashire. UK
Printed by Caxton Printing Co. (Accrington) Ltd.,
Tremellen Street,Accrington, UK.Children:
- Frederick Jay Birtwistle died in 1943.
- Ella May Birtwistle
- 4. Brig General Arthur Birtwistle, C.B., C.M.G.,D.S.O., T.D., was born on 29 May 1877; died in 1937.
10. W. Hillmen was born before 1877; and died. Notes:
It is said that his family controled more looms than any other in the world through Abbey, Carr and Woodfold mills and other interests.
Children:
- 5. Alice Hillmen was born about 1877; and died.