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Hi

I am looking for more help, please.

My gg.grandparents Henry Fielding and Mary Wright were married in 1832 in Oswaldtwistle, Lancs. Thye had the following children, John, 1833, Thomas Fielding, 1835, Eliza, 1839, Joseph, 1840 and James, 1841. Apart from Joseph, I have not been able to trace the others. Can anyone help?

Diane

So this is them in 1841 (all except James who was presumably born in the second half of 1841):

Class: HO107; Piece 509; Book: 20; Civil Parish: Whalley; County: Lancashire; Enumeration District: 8; Folio: 42; Page: 3; Line: 23; GSU roll: 306898.

Yes, this is them but I cannot find them as adults. Diane

- and all of them in 1851in Oswaldthistle

Class: HO107; Piece: 2260; Folio: 201; Page: 30; GSU roll: 87284.

- so you will have this?

1861, Eliza and Thomas still with their parents.

John possibly in Hyde in Cheshire?

Class: RG9; Piece: 2558; Folio: 6; Page: 6; GSU roll: 542989.

Hi Ivy

Thanks for taking the time to look. Apart from Joseph I cannot find any of the others as adults. Once they have left Henry and Mary they are lost to me. Diane

Can't immediately see Joseph and James in 1861.

In 1871 Joseph is back with Henry and Mary; James may have married Alice and be living in Oswaldthistle

James in 1871?

Class: RG10; Piece: 4185; Folio: 68; Page: 17; GSU roll: 846941.

Thomas may also have married an Alice and be living in Blackburn in 1871?

Class: RG10; Piece: 4175; Folio: 103; Page: 16; GSU roll: 846936.

Hi again Ivy

I have just looked at my notes and I too was thrown by the entry for Alice and James. I sent for the marriage cert and it wasn't my James Fielding. Complicates things having two James b same year in Oswaldtwistle. The other James has a father called Benjamin.

Diane

There is a death for an Eliza Fielding in the Sep qtr of 1870 in Blackburn

I'm always surprised just how unique most people's details are. I almost posted details of the other Thomas Fielding, but spotted the 1839 birth year just in time.

So for 1861 still to find are Joseph (who reappears in 1871), James, and perhaps John.

I know about Joseph. He married a Catherine Rothwell who dies shortly after they married. He returned home and later married Julia Brophy and went on to have Thomas Henry and Eliza, He is dead before the 1901 census was taken.

Diane

There are deaths for several James Fieldings per Free BMD in the 1851 to 1866 period. The Lancashire BMD site has the actual ages for these years, and has indexed the Blackburn registers. The only possible James (his age would have to be increased a little) is an 18 year old in 1856. There is also a John aged 21 in 1857 - this time the age would need to be rounded down for a match.

Thanks for all the information Ivy. I've got a lot to go on and will get busy trying to tie it all in. It becomes quite mind boggling!! This family are the hardest that I have tried to find, along with their mother Mary Wright, 1810, Hoghton Tower. I live in Spain and am mostly reliant on the internet.

Thanks again. Diane