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Jennifer

Jennifer Report 27 Feb 2011 16:27

The reason I have picked up on the Percival link is from info given to me on your earlier posting of a marriage between a James Crawford and a Sarah A Percival in Blackburn District
In a later posting by lancashireanne she does in fact reveal that Sarah married a James Fielding and not James Crawford
So the next question who was Sarah A on the 1891 census

Thanks Jenny

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 27 Feb 2011 16:34

Have we had this yet - I seem to be overlooking stuff today!

1881 England Census

Name: John Crowford
Age: 26
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1855
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Crowford
Gender: Male
Where born: Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Over Darwen
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street Address: 19 Bury St
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Occupation: Tailor

Registration district: Blackburn
Sub-registration district: Darwen

John Crowford 26
Elizabeth Crowford 25 Where born: Cornwall, England



brummiejan

brummiejan Report 27 Feb 2011 16:36

Are you sure it was me who mentioned the name Sarah Percival first??

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 27 Feb 2011 16:37

No Jan, it was in the opening post ......

lancashireAnn

lancashireAnn Report 27 Feb 2011 16:51

what was father John's occupation on Beatrice's birth cert please?

did the birth cert just give the name 'formerly Goodman' for her mother or was there another surname as well

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 27 Feb 2011 16:57

Probably a red herring, but might be worth considering if all else fails:

Marriages Jun 1875 (>99%)
BARNETT Susan Jane Redruth 5c 348
GOODMAN Elizabeth Redruth 5c 348
Matthews John Redruth 5c 348
Toms Ralph Redruth 5c 348

lancashireAnn

lancashireAnn Report 27 Feb 2011 17:13

that 1881 looks good Jan. I've just found this - same occupation

Baptisms: 15 Jan 1899 St Cuthbert, Darwen, Lancashire, England
Laura Crawford - Child of John Crawford & Elizabeth
Abode: 55 Tockholes Rd.
Occupation: Tailor
Baptised by: Wm. Geo. Procter
Register: Baptisms 1895 - 1900, Page 40, Entry 317
Source: LDS Film 1595673

edit - on the other hand just noticed the Laura on 1901 was born a lot earlier

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 27 Feb 2011 17:26

Yes, Lara/Laura was born well before this. What a family! A true puzzle. I can't believe there was a different woman 1891, but why on earth call herself Sarah A.?? Unless they enumerator was having a bad day!
Jan

Jennifer

Jennifer Report 27 Feb 2011 17:30

John's occupation on Beatrices birth cert was a Tailor

only name on Beatrices birth cert for her mother is Elizabeth Goodman

Sorry if I am getting people a little confused
Jenny

lancashireAnn

lancashireAnn Report 27 Feb 2011 17:30

unless Laura was actually 15 on her baptism - needing to be baptised before confirmation? Clutching at straws here

It would help to know what John's occupation was on that birth certificate

starnger things have been know than the enumerator writing down the wrong name. I assume it is the same on the original (I don't have access)

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 27 Feb 2011 17:34

Yes, definitely Sarah - all the names on each census are very clear.
Jan

lancashireAnn

lancashireAnn Report 27 Feb 2011 18:24

does the address on 1901 match the baptism of Laura

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 27 Feb 2011 18:30

Address on 1901 is 55 Tockholes Road.

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 27 Feb 2011 18:37

Laura married William Riding in 1903:

Marriages Jun 1903
Crawford Laura Blackburn 8e 746
Ryding William Blackburn 8e 746

(Verified on 1911)

Maybe he was religious so she got baptised when she met him?

lancashireAnn

lancashireAnn Report 28 Feb 2011 13:20

At least we have proved it is the same laura. Who knows why she was not baptised until she was 15. I could not find any of the otherchildren so possibly they were not baptised either. I suppose they could have been at another church but given Laura's non-baptism unlikely