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    28 Dec 1874 St Mark Bolton
    Mary BOOTH age 45, sp, servant (made her X); lived Reservoir St, Bolton
    (father = Thomas BOOTH, lab)
    &
    William DAVIES (made his X) age 56, "b", excavator; lived Park St, Bolton
    (father = David DAVIES, servt);

    Witn: Robert NAYLOR & Emma QUIBELL (both made X)

    Lancs RO: BOOTH Mary, DAVIES William, Bolton, St Mark Bolton 63/1/110;
    GRO: 1874q4 Bolton 8c-347)

    I have based this on Mary, b about 1827-8, Alton, Staffs, who appears to be d of Thomas BOOTH and Mary (née ?WEBB)
    1841 HO107-1006-1 Fo24
    1861 RG9-3002 fo71 p28
    1871 RG10-3717 fo79 p9
    1881 RG11-3460 fo96 p17
    She had three children without a change of surname: Hannah 1846 (no father named), and two more c 1847, and 1849-50. Then there are four DAVI(E)S children, 1857-68, of which the earliest may not be hers. She and William were together by 1861.

    William, b 1821-2 Oswestry, I have matched with:
    1841 HO107/915/1 fo? p5
    1851 HO107/2316 fo376 p6
    1861 RG9-3002 fo71 p28
    1871 RG10-3717 fo79 p9
    1881 ?RG11/2653 fo40 p11
    He usually appears as a labourer of some kind, but 1861 "lab railway", and 1871 "navvie", both tie in with "excavator" on the marriage entry.

    The ages seem within sight of expectation; the marital status for Mary seems right - not so sure about William (I have an unsourced :o ref to a possible wife - Mary Ann WILLIAMSON, dtr of James WILLIAMSON); the occupations are right; her father's name was what I expected. It also ties in with Hannah's first child being baptised at Holy Trinity, Bolton in 1872 (Hannah's third child is also registered in a district compatible with being at her mother's house for the birth).

    It seems right - but those names are none too unusual, nor the occupations. It's just that the combinations of circumstantial evidence seem convincing to me.

    Thanks for struggling through this far!

    Christine
    Researching: BENNETT (Leics/Birmingham-ish) - incl. Leonard BENNETT in Detroit & Florida ; WARR/WOR, STRATFORD & GARDNER/GARNAR (Oxon); CHRISTMAS, RUSSELL, PAFOOT/PAFFORD (Hants); BIGWOOD, HAYLER/HAILOR (Sussex); LANCASTER (Beds, Berks, Wilts) - plus - COCKS (Spitalfields, Liverpool, Plymouth); RUSE/ROWSE, TREMEER, WADLIN(G)/WADLETON (Devonport, E Cornwall); GOULD (S Devon); CHAPMAN, HALL/HOLE, HORN (N Devon); BARRON, SCANTLEBURY (Mevagissey)...

  • #2
    well, it looks correct christine. but it's your family, you would no them better than us.

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    • #3
      Have you managed to connect the witnesses with your William and Mary?
      KiteRunner

      Every five years or so I look back on my life and I have a good... laugh"
      (Indigo Girls, "Watershed")

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      • #4
        Originally posted by KiteRunner View Post
        Have you managed to connect the witnesses with your William and Mary?
        Sorry - not ignoring everyone - had chance to go to TNA yesterday, and then have had web-connection problems.

        Anyway - I haven't made any connection yet. Certainly there's nothing immediately obvious with info I have already, and I haven't had time to work on the names since getting the image. But thanks for reminding me of the possibility.

        I think I shall regard them as mine, but with that allowance that it's not a certainty (but then, it's not often that these things are, is it!).

        Christine
        Researching: BENNETT (Leics/Birmingham-ish) - incl. Leonard BENNETT in Detroit & Florida ; WARR/WOR, STRATFORD & GARDNER/GARNAR (Oxon); CHRISTMAS, RUSSELL, PAFOOT/PAFFORD (Hants); BIGWOOD, HAYLER/HAILOR (Sussex); LANCASTER (Beds, Berks, Wilts) - plus - COCKS (Spitalfields, Liverpool, Plymouth); RUSE/ROWSE, TREMEER, WADLIN(G)/WADLETON (Devonport, E Cornwall); GOULD (S Devon); CHAPMAN, HALL/HOLE, HORN (N Devon); BARRON, SCANTLEBURY (Mevagissey)...

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