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Evie - the date of 1816 comes from 1861 census - Mary is shown as being 45.

Ref: RG9/1928/12/17

Got her death as well:

Wolstanton Dec 1876 6b 81 aged 58

WHich again makes it about 1816ish.

As for the lithp.....

For ages, my family reckoned my Sarah Ector was really Sarah Hector, but spoke with a Manchester accent - so when asked her name, she probably said Surur 'Ector...... LOL

Going to bed now ladies - got to teach in the morning!!!!

Night night

Lynne

Maybe they had a speech impediment and thpoke wiff a lithp !

You thought you could hide by changing your name?


Mary in 1851:

Name: Mary Hector
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
Relation: Lodger (with husband John and two kids)
Where born: Manchester, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: Burslem


Where does dob 1816 come from?


About the only candidate in Lancashire in 1841:

William Coppock 45
Mary Coppock 45
Elizabeth Coppock 20
Annie Coppock 15
Mary Coppock 15 (c1822-1826)
Jane Coppock 11
Samuel Coppock 7
Ellen Coppock 5
Amelia Coppock 1

Right. Just ordered certificate (thank you, god of the internet) so will keep you posted when I find out more. Thought I was going mad for a minute there...

And, Evie - should this one's family turn out to be lunatics in a workhouse as well, I'm not telling you.....

LOL

Lynne

That is the only COPPOTH entry in the entire GRO index. No birth, no marriage, no death apart from that marriage.

I make it a mistranscription of COPPOCK somewhere along the way.

Ector/Hector threads for ref:

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.asp?wci=thread&tk=1142482

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.asp?wci=thread&tk=1137732

Good idea and then put us all out of our misery when you get it ! The only likely is born 1815 0n the igi ?

Hi Lindsey

Think I'm going to send for marriage cert and see what it says on there. Hopefully, it will have John Ector born in Dublin, and a clue as to Mary's surname proper!

I agree, the Coppocks look interesting. Thought I'd have it easy, such an unusual surname - although I have to say, when I started all this, I thought I'd have a fairly easy time - lots of unusual surnames!! However - strangely, it has been a lot harder to find the quirky ones, and much easier to find all the Hughes and Berry families!

Thanks

Lynne

Coppock looks interesting?

Duhhh - sorry! According to the censuses she was born about 1816. I've checked through IGI, ANcestry etc, and can't come up with anything.

Lynne

Would you like to share when she was born with us ?

For her fathers name this might help to find them

Marriages Dec 1844 (>99%)
COPPOTH Mary Manchester 20 697
ECTOR John Manchester 20 697

Mary Coppoth married John Ector Dec 1844 Manchester (ref 20 697) - this much I know thanks to Ann of Green Gables!

However, I've been looking all day for the said Mary - can't find a single trace before the marriage. I have the family from the 1851 census right through to her death in 1876, and then John through to his death in 1887.

According to all the censuses Mary was born in Dukinfield, Lancashire. Can anyone find her, or do yo think it's a mistranscription?

Incidentally - discovered that there are lots of Lynnes on these boards so have changed my name to Merlynne.

Hope that hasn't caused confusion for anyone!!!

Lynne