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'Not much gap between wives....barely 6 months'

not sure what you mean here - there was 20 years between his 1st & 2nd marriages

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sorry just realised what you meant - 6mths between death of st and marriage to 2nd!
Put it down to the fact it is time for sleep

Ann
I think that's probably what was happening in this family.

Thank you for the very full records.... Not much gap between wives....barely 6 months.

Gwyn

his main occupation was blacksmith on his marriages but many people did have a 'sideline' which perhaps their wives ran

Marriage: 27 May 1893 St Mary, Ince, Lancashire, England
Daniel Peak - 27 Blacksmith Bachelor of Chorley Street
Mary Jane Lowe - 21 Spinster of William Street
Groom's Father: Daniel Peak, deceased, Sawyer
Bride's Father: Samuel Lowe, Collier
Witness: Robert Lowe; Rosa Wilford
Married by Banns by: Thos. Taylor Incumbent
Register: Marriages 1888 - 1897, Page 149, Entry 298
Source: Original register at Wigan Archives

Marriage: 30 Apr 1913 St Mary, Ince, Lancashire, England
Daniel Peak - 46 Blacksmith Widower of 106 Warrington Road
Clara Beatrice Readdy - 34 Widow of 5 Brynn Street
Groom's Father: Daniel Peak, deceased, Sawyer
Bride's Father: John Lunn, deceased, Stocktaker
Witness: Frederick Hope; Jane Hope
Married by Banns by: J. A. Cooil
Register: Marriages 1905 - 1915, Page 197, Entry 394
Source: Original register at Wigan Archives

OK Roy. Thanks for that....Will do.

Gwyn

Gwyn, your OP shows the address as 106 Warrington Rd Lower Ince,

I no this area and i can say that their is still and was in 1911 plenty of open spaces where he could have grown veg

I would not class it as a town in the context of being densely populated

look it up on google map, then go to street view

Roy

Daniel lived in a town , so not much room for growing veg.and has previously been seen as a blacksmith and today I have found him in parish registers online, still a blacksmith after the census.
Perhaps his childless wife ran the greengrocers ?

Gwyn

My great grandad was a Miner and greengrocer he worked down the pit and also had his own small holding where he grew veg and then sold the veg from the house

Roy

Hi Gwyn, I think it's quite feasible that he was a "blacksmith and greengrocer" as the original image says. He worked from home so may well have sold fruit and veg to supplement income, especially if he grew it himself.

I have just been looking for an extended family member in 1911 and found that he is a blacksmith, connected to a greengrocer.
I can't understand that combination.
Any thoughts anyone?

He is Daniel PEAK b. Gloucestershire living in Lancashire.

Name: Daniel Peak
Age in 1911: 45
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1866
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
Civil parish: Ince in Makerfield
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street Address: 106 Warrington Rd Lower Ince
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Blacksmith
Registration district: Wigan
Registration District Number: 458
Sub-registration district: Hindley
ED, institution, or vessel: 30
Piece: 23045
Household Members: Name Age
Daniel Peak 45
Mary Jane Peak 38