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Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 10,943 Send Message	Catherine	Report	26 Mar 2010 10:56
	1861 census show three Alice Horrocks born Salford, one mother Maria and another mother Sarah? Alice Horrocks Thomas,Martha abt 1851 Salford, Lancashire, England Daughter Ardwick, Lancashire Alice Horrocks Maria abt 1851 Salford, Lancashire, England Daughter Salford, Lancashire Alice Horrocks Sarah abt 1849 Salford, Lancashire, England Daughter Salford, Lancashire so maybe the confusion comes from there.
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 13,478 Send Message	rootgatherer	Report	26 Mar 2010 10:56
	Is this your Alice please? 1871 census Name: Alice Horrocks Age: 19 Estimated birth year: abt 1852 Relation: Sister Gender: Female Where born: Salford, Lancashire, England Civil parish: Pendleton Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul Town: Salford County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Registration district: Salford Sub-registration district: Pendleton ED, institution, or vessel: 2 Household schedule number: 66 Household Members: Name Age William Horrock 34 Esther Horrock 32 Joseph Horrock 8 Mary H Horrocks 25 Alice Horrocks 19 Weaver Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 4008; Folio: 27; Page: 14; GSU roll: 846104.
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Member Since: February 2010 Posts: 18,936 Send Message	Flick	Report	26 Mar 2010 10:55
	Three Alices in 1861 census - the child whose mother is Sarah was born 1848/9 Alice Horrocks Sarah abt 1849 Salford, Lancashire, England Daughter Salford, Lancashire Alice Horrocks Thomas, Martha abt 1851 Salford, Lancashire, England Daughter Ardwick, Lancashire Alice Horrocks Maria abt 1851 Salford, Lancashire, England Daughter Salford, Lancashire You really need to get firm facts based on documentary evidence, which means buying certs. Order before the price goes up next month
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 13,478 Send Message	rootgatherer	Report	26 Mar 2010 10:51
	Births Jun 1851 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Horrocks Alice Salford 20 982 No Alice birth registered in Salford in 1852.
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Member Since: February 2010 Posts: 18,936 Send Message	Flick	Report	26 Mar 2010 10:51
	Buy the marriage cert for the person of whom you are certain i.e. Alice That will tell you the name and occupation of her father Relying on anyone's research other than your own is liable to lead you down wrong lines. How do you know the names of her 'sisters' if you aren't sure of her parentage?
Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 10,943 Send Message	Catherine	Report	26 Mar 2010 10:50
	You could start by buying the birth cert. for the girls, that will give you their mothers name!
Member Since: November 2009 Posts: 184 Send Message	Harold	Report	26 Mar 2010 10:47
	My paternal gt grandmother was Alice Horrocks b1852 Salford. She had a sister Elizabeth and I think they both married Taylors, James and his eldest brother Joseph respectively. Sister Mary H Hoorocks lives with Joseph and Elizabeth in the 1881 census. Another GRU tree confirms this but says the girls parents are John Horrocks and Sarah Croft (and takes the Crofts way back) but I cannot ratify this. The only thing I do know is that the mother dies or leaves and John remarries in 1854 a Maria (Harding?) who can be found with the girls but widowed in the 1861 census. If anyone can help clarify and also take the Horrocks back further I would be grateful.

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