U.K.,Cheshire,West Yorkshire,Ukraine

My Woodhead family ancestors were from Silkstone, Almondbury, and lived in the villages of Cumberworth and Kirkburton. In the mid 1800's, my ancestors left to Stalybridge in Cheshire. Much of the family remained in Yorkshire. Other surnames in my Woodhead line are Armstead, Bottomley, Gee, Perkins, Tyne, Houldsworth, Hollingworth and Taylor.

My Gee ancestors were originally from France.  My ancestors lived in Werneth, Romiley and Bredbury in Cheshire. There is a village named Gee Cross in Werneth, possibly named for the Gee family.  As years went on, borders in the area changed. At different times, the area was in the counties of Lancashire and Derbyshire. Other surnames in my Gee line are Swindells, Shaw, Bardsley, Woodhead,  Kenyon, Linney, Booth, Boon, Higgenbotham, Bolton, Walton, Sykes and Bridge.

My Beck ancestors were from the Ukraine. My grandfather was from Proskurow, Podoldski and my grandmother, Lizzie Temkin, was from Lubitsch. My Becks emigrated to the United States in the early 1900's, settling in Rhode Island, New York and Mississippi. Other surnames were  Ball, Horenstein, Byk and Bolotow.

My husband's family were on his mothers' side are the Baldelli and Travaglini's of Italy. On his fathers' side, the family name was Knurowsky and Jaworek of Poland. Some family members changed Knurowsky to Swartz and settled in Marlborough, Massachusetts.