http://www.hoylakejunction.com/hoylake-1810-memorial-fund Hoylake News, Views and much more! Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:31:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.hoylakejunction.com/hoylake-1810-memorial-fund#comment-21841 Georgina Jacobs Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:46:40 +0000 http://www.hoylakejunction.com/?p=1591#comment-21841 We have just discovered that my grandson-in-law Kevin Duncan is a direct descendant of Joseph Hughes.Joseph,s daughter Jane married Thomas Duncan in 1827.It is interesting that ( acording to my records ) Two of Joseph,s sons also died at sea. Thomas b 1804 and Joseph 1809. They were lost together in 1830.How proud we all are of these wonderful brave men.Thank you and thanks also to our wonderful lifeboat men who still risk their life to save others today. Georgina. Credit to Margaret Hotchkiss for her amazing research and info on the Duncan, Hughes, Eccles and other families connected to above. We have just discovered that my grandson-in-law Kevin Duncan is a direct descendant of Joseph Hughes.Joseph,s daughter Jane married Thomas Duncan in 1827.It is interesting that ( acording to my records ) Two of Joseph,s sons also died at sea. Thomas b 1804 and Joseph 1809. They were lost together in 1830.How proud we all are of these wonderful brave men.Thank you and thanks also to our wonderful lifeboat men who still risk their life to save others today. Georgina. Credit to Margaret Hotchkiss for her amazing research and info on the Duncan, Hughes, Eccles and other families connected to above.

]]> http://www.hoylakejunction.com/hoylake-1810-memorial-fund#comment-7598 Bill Hughes Sat, 03 Apr 2010 03:20:36 +0000 http://www.hoylakejunction.com/?p=1591#comment-7598 I wish I could have attended the Lifeboat Memorial. I am a descendant of Joseph Hughes who lost his life in the Lifeboat Tragedy of 1810. Thanks, Bill Hughes I wish I could have attended the Lifeboat Memorial. I am a descendant of Joseph Hughes who lost his life in the Lifeboat Tragedy of 1810. Thanks, Bill Hughes

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