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BENJAMIN RAMSDEN
Pedigree
Male
Marriages:
Spouse: SARAH COOKSON
Family
Marriage:
09 OCT 1836 Halifax, Yorkshire, England

Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:
M007492 1813 - 1837
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1841 census transcription details for: South Gate, Halifax, Elland With Greetland

National Archive Reference:
RG number: HO107 Piece: 1299 Book/Folio: 3/12 Page: 17

Reg. District: Halifax Sub District: Elland
Parish: Halifax Enum. District:
Ecclesiastical District: City/Municipal Borough:
Address: South Gate, Halifax, Elland With Greetland
County: Yorkshire
RAMSDEN, Benjamin Occ:Butcher M 20 1821 Yorkshire
RAMSDEN, Sarah F 20 1821 Yorkshire
RAMSDEN, Eliza F 3 1838 Yorkshire
RAMSDEN, Joseph M 1 1840 Yorkshire

Plus a few Ramsdens close by.

Maureen

Wow - a big thank you to all that have contributed ( and I have learned more about the info available) - it makes up for my many hours spent this afternoon - so much progress made - I will now update my tree and move on to verifying other details tomorrow.

Robert...

1911 Law Ramsden dyers labourer born 1865 elland
Rachel 1865 huddersfield married 26 years
Arthur son born 1900 in Ovenden.
They had 3 children all living
7,Carlyle St Ovenden.

Maryb

The Cookson middle name maybe his dads mums maiden name.

Cookson is likely to be either his mother's maiden name, or perhaps a grandmother's maiden name. It was not unknown in the Victorian period for women to keep their names going by using them as middle names for their sons. I have numerous cases of it in my own tree.

Have also edited to say I think that this is particularly likely given that he is the first son born in the family after two girls.
hth
Kate x

William Standing and Emma Thirkill are not witnesses. They are just another couple who are on the same page of the register.

Kath. x

William Standing was the other person on the page.....!

Robert, there are two separate marriages recorded on the same page at the GRO, so both have the same reference. The other one between William Standing and Emma has nothing to do with the marriage you are interested in.

Thanks for getting back SomersetGirl,

In your reply you had a reference to:

STANDING William Huddersfield 9a 499
Thirkill Emma Jane Huddersfield 9a 499

Which I do not understand

Robert..

Thanksto all of you - so quick - yes a typo 1884 sorry - I was too eager to post.

Cookson - I have not come across such a name before.

ps.... as a newbie ....what is the STANDING reference - I am presuming witnesses at marriage.

If you mean 1884 and it's a Huddersfield marriage, then the Ancestry image is a typed one and is Law Cookson Ramsden.

My GG Grandfather was Law Ramsden - I have looked at his marriage to Rachel Jepson Q4 1864 on GR, but I find it difficult to read his middle name - the middle name is not shown on the 1901 census.

I have googled unusual names but can not find anything similar to this Coo (possibly k) ??

If anyone can help I would be very pleased.

Robert.....