Research Sources
Information on the Land/Law/Sykes/Walker families was obtained from family members
and original documents.
For information on the sources used to research the
Land/Law/Sykes/Walker families see
Research Sources
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Special Thanks
To:-
My father, Bud Land (deceased), the son of Percy Land and Meta Petermann, and the
grandson of Law Land and Elizabeth Sykes for the information he collected on the family history and
for his stories about the family.
- My aunt, Helen Land, the daughter of Percy Land and Meta Petermann, and the granddaughter
of Law Land and Elizabeth Sykes, for the information she collected on the family history and
for the photos she gave me.
- Justina Land Leler, the daughter of Bud Land, for the photos and documents she has shared with me.
- Julia Land, the daughter of David Wiedenkeller Land and Mary Mc Cleary, the granddaughter
of Mary Land and David Wiedenkeller Land, and the great granddaughter of Law Land
and Elizabeth Sykes for the information she collected on the family.
- All the wonderful people that Tom and I met on our trip to Yorkshire June 2002.
So many people went out of their way to help us. Malcolm at the Batley Library, after helping
me make copies of some articles, took us to the Batley News where Barry Salmon pulled the file
on Benjamin Law and made copies of all the relevant articles.
On one occasion we stopped for directions and a gentleman let us for about 15 minutes to the
Armley Mill. Everywhere we went people were interested in our project and were exceedingly
kind and helpful.
- My husband, Tom, who did a fantastic job of driving on the left side of the road,
making many U-turns, finding parking places on narrow streets, and taking photos during our trip to Yorkshire in
2002.
- Dominic Lennon, descendent of Henrietta Sheard Johnson (1856) daughter of Joseph Sheard
(1820) and Sarah Colbeck, who first contacted me by email in
January 2003 and has sent maps, contributed information on the Sheards Batley and
put me in contact with other Sheard researchers.
- Bruce Cheesman, descendent of Emma Sheard Parker daughter of Joseph Sheard
(1820) and Sarah Colbeck, for information on Emma Sheard and Alfred Parker in Canada.
- Vivien Tomlinson, descendent of Elizabeth Rebecca Sheard (1846) daughter of John Sheard (1820)
and Sarah, for her article on shoddy Manufacturing in Batley and Berlin and information on her branch of the Sheard
family
- Susan Hazell, a descendent of George Sheard (1802), for information on Sheards in Batley and for
telling me about the Sheards in Herkimer
County, New York.
- Andy Coates another Sheard descendant for information on the family of James Sheard and
Ann Colbeck.
- Vivien Tomlinson for sharing her well researched and detailed information on the Sheards of
Batley, November 2004. Her addition is a real gold mine of Sheard information.
- Chris Godsmark, a descendant of Joseph Fenton Sykes, for information on Joseph Fenton
Sykes, August 2004
- Holly Wooler, the wife of a descendant of Polly Land Wooler of Philadelphia, for
information on the Woolers in Philadelphia, 2004
- Robert Crosslands, a descendant of Benjamin Law through Benjamin's son, William, for information
on his branch of the Law family, January 2005
- June Booth for informations of Sykes in Adwalton, January 2005
- Malcolm Bolton for information on the Siddles in Hunslet and Holbeck, January 2005.
- John Hall for information on the Siddles in Gildersome and for putting me on to
Yorkshire BMD, a really great site that finally
enabled me to find the marriage record of John Sykes that I had tried for years to find through other on line
services and LDS, January 2005. And for continuous input and information on the Siddles, 2006.
- Jean Land Bird, the daughter of Arnold Land and Jean Avery and the granddaughter of
Law Land and Elizabeth Sykes, for information on her mother's family, the Averys, and on her husband,
Donald Bird, January 2005
- Michael Tyrkala, a grandson of Joseph Land (the son of Law and Elizabeth Land) for
information on the family of Joseph's wife, Mary Elizabeth Lorah, April 7, 2002
- Pauline Gilhooley for information on James/John Siddle, his wife, Nancy, and their children
March 2005
- Dru, the daughter of Teddy Wiedenkeller and Doris Land, for corrections on the family of
Paul Theodore Wiedenkeller and Doris Wiedenkeller Land Wiedenkeller, May 2005
- Ruth Wooler Fry, the granddaughter of Polly Land Wooler and the Great-Great-granddaughter of
Lydia Law and John Land, who wrote August 2005 and included information about her grandmother
and her great aunt, Adelaide Land Daniels, and her family.
- Alan Farrah for information on the family of Ann Marie Sheard (1805-1891+) and Benjamin Farrar.
- David Walker for the genealogy of the family of John Parker (1690) born in
Thornhill Lees, whose descendants where woolen manufacturers in Batley and whose
descendant Alfred Parker married Emma Sheard (1842-1914).
- Kymberly Williams for information on Gordan Wiedenkeller, March 2006
- Ruth Wooler Fry and her sister Barbara Wooler Land for photos of Lydia Law Land, Adelaide Land Daniels and
the family of Polly Land and John Wooler. April 2006
- Alan Farrah and his daughter for photos of Batley, April 2006
- Cathy Ball and the Smithtown Library for photos of old Hauppauge and for a photo of Percy Land
when he sang at Carnegie Hall in 1911. April 2006
- Andy Michlethwaite, March, 2006 for information on the Michelthwaites
- Alan Farrar and David Williams for photos of the old rag trade mills in the Batley area, July 2006
- Wend Rose for transcriptions of old news articles from the Batley paper, May 2006
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