welcome to my family , my name is jean sears,nee whelan,
 the whelan ,s came from tipperary ireland , with patrick and mary ann, and 5  children,more than likely they moved from their home because of the potato  famine,they settled in clayton le moors lancashire england, another son was  then born in clayton le moors. patrick,s son dennis married his friends  daughter mary calvert, he worked with james calvert who was a stone mason, and  so created some more gt grandparents for me and my large family of  cousins,aunts and uncles,as all people know who start a tree ,you go off onto  another branch, and another name is added.
 i started to do my husbands tree of sears, but hit a very large brick wall, please have a good look round, leave me a message in the guest book,       love to all jean