A Tidswell Family Site


	Every family has an interesting story to tell. This item was taken from newspaper article provided by Michael J Tidswell of Stockport. Place curser over text to halt scrolling These are photographs of my ancestors. They include my Grandmother Elizabeth Tidswell ( Nee Mac Donald, her children (my aunts and uncles) Clifford, Leonard, Helen, Dorothy, Joseph, Leslie, and Joseph. Also shown are their children (my cousins). Where possible I have included at least the year that the photograph was taken, although this is not always possible, as they were given to me by family members who themselves didn't know for sure.	In order to view the Family Tree, it is necessary that you have installed on your computer GenoPro that can be obtained by downloading from http://www.genopro.com Once you have installed Genopro then click the above image and you will be able to view the diagram. GenoPro is intuitively easy to learn, simple to use, yet capable to handle the most complex genealogy tree. GenoPro is for visualizing, editing and printing genograms. The GenoPro files can be viewed through Microsoft IE browsers.

1923 My Dad aged 4 1919-1966	1944 Leslie A Tidswell	1941 Leslie A Tidswell
1934 Uncle Len	1941 Uncle Len	1930 Uncle Cliff
1944 in Jerusalem	1939
Dot & Jack Porteous	Dot & Helen	1950
1942 The only time they were all together during WW2	Joe age 9 - Len age 11 - Les age 13	1957 Aunty Dot in Glasgow
1943 Aunty Dot in the Isle of Man	Dad in Alexandria He is fifth from the left back row	Aunties Helen and Dot
Aunties Dot & Mary with gran	1952	Dad
Gran - Joe - Len - Cliff - Peter	Aunties Helen and Dot	Gran at T Millers her place of work
1955 Gran and Cousin Maureen	Gran	Gran with cousins Eileen and John
1950 Gran and Uncle Clifford	1950 Cousin Robert Porteous	1950 Cousins Peter and Maureen
Cousins	The Porteous cousins	Cousins Grant, Rob, Mike, Peter and John
		1950 Gran
1952	1950	1950
1950	1950	1950
1975 Aunty Helen, Tony, and Barbara	1983 Uncle Cliff	1966
	1976 Aunty Kit and Jack Porteous	Aunty Dot and cousin Grant
1950 Cousins Peter and Maureen	1950 Peter and Maureen	1950
1950	1950	1950
1950	1950	1953 Aunty Mary, Me, Peter and Maureen
Cousins Robert, John, and David	John Porteous
Helen & Bills Wedding	Dorothy & Jack Porteous Wedding	Len & Mary's' Wedding

Every family has an interesting story to tell.

This item was taken from newspaper article provided by Michael J Tidswell of Stockport.

Place curser over text to halt scrolling

These are photographs of my ancestors. They include my Grandmother Elizabeth Tidswell ( Nee Mac Donald, her children (my aunts and uncles) Clifford, Leonard, Helen, Dorothy, Joseph, Leslie, and Joseph. Also shown are their children (my cousins).

Where possible I have included at least the year that the photograph was taken, although this is not always possible, as they were given to me by family members who themselves didn't know for sure.

In order to view the Family Tree, it is necessary that you have installed on your computer GenoPro that can be obtained by downloading from

http://www.genopro.com

Once you have installed Genopro then click the above image and you will be able to view the diagram.

GenoPro is intuitively easy to learn, simple to use, yet capable to handle the most complex genealogy tree. GenoPro is for visualizing, editing and printing genograms. The GenoPro files can be viewed through Microsoft IE browsers.

1923

My Dad aged 4

1919-1966

1944

Leslie A Tidswell

1941

Leslie A Tidswell

1934

Uncle Len

1941

Uncle Len

1930

Uncle Cliff

1944 in Jerusalem

1939

Dot & Jack Porteous

Dot & Helen

1950

1942

The only time they were all together during WW2

Joe age 9 - Len age 11 - Les age 13

1957

Aunty Dot in Glasgow

1943

Aunty Dot in the Isle of Man

Dad in Alexandria

He is fifth from the left back row

Aunties Helen and Dot

Aunties Dot & Mary with gran

1952

Dad

Gran - Joe - Len - Cliff - Peter

Aunties Helen and Dot

Gran at T Millers her place of work

1955

Gran and Cousin Maureen

Gran

Gran with cousins Eileen and John

1950

Gran and Uncle Clifford

1950

Cousin Robert Porteous

1950

Cousins Peter and Maureen

Cousins

The Porteous cousins

Cousins Grant, Rob, Mike, Peter and John

1950

Gran

1952

1950

1975

Aunty Helen, Tony, and Barbara

1983

Uncle Cliff

1966

1976

Aunty Kit and Jack Porteous

Aunty Dot and cousin Grant

1950

Cousins Peter and Maureen

1950

Peter and Maureen

1950

1953

Aunty Mary, Me, Peter and Maureen

Cousins

Robert, John, and David

John Porteous

Helen & Bills Wedding

Dorothy & Jack Porteous Wedding

Len & Mary's' Wedding

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James Tidswell (1804-1874) an engineer lived at 21 Dean Street Ancoats in Manchester in early 1833 and between then and his death in 1874 also occupied No's 8, 23, 27, 29 and 72. Ancoats was a hive of industrial success for in the 1850s he was able to help his two sons, John Charles and Robert, to set up an engineering business which survived as Tidswell's - precision toolmakers of Pin Mill Brow. Nevertheless, perhaps the most remarkable incident involving James was the manner of his death in October 1874. He purchased a revolver from Mr Woodhouse, gunsmith of Shudehill with the expressed intention of 'committing depredations' against two of his children, thought to be John Charles and Robert. Fortunately, he quickly relented and returned the gun to the shop. For some reason, however, he told Mrs Woodhouse that it needed repairing and proceeded to pull it out of a cloth bag. As he did so, the hammer caught on the drawstring James tried to disengage the revolver but his hands trembled with age (he was 70) and he was not able. Ellen Woodhouse then took hold of the gun, and as she endeavoured to free it, it went off, shooting him in the arm. It was later discovered that all the chambers were loaded.

James was taken to the Royal Infirmary where the wound was dressed and he then discharged himself. However, a few hours later he returned feeling unwell, Erysipelas had set in and he died that night. At the inquest, the jury returned a verdict of accidental death. Later when Mr Woodhouse examined the gun, he could find "No sign that it was out of repair".