Heap and Parsons families

Recent posts have looked at the Heap and Parsons families and their connection to the Hileys. 

The pedigree chart below shows Ethel Heap's ancestors on her father's side (the Heaps) and on her mother's side (the Parsonses). 

The map below shows the movement of members of the Parsons family from Bolton by Bowland to Sabden and Newchurch and then to Cornholme (red arrows), and also the journey of the Heaps from Bacup to Cornholme (yellow arrow). Whalley and Accrington, where Parsons marriages took place, are also on the map, along with Walsden where Ethel and Harold Hiley lived after their marriage.

Further east is the Upper Calder valley and Halifax. The Yorkshire Hileys originated in the township of Sowerby and a branch moved west to settle in Todmorden and Walsden.

Click on the map to magnify it.