Births Mar 1841 (>99%) Singleton Matilda Morpeth 25 319
Births Mar 1843 (>99%) Singleton John Morpeth 25 322
1841 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQBC-7KN Joseph Milburn M 40-44 Cathrine Milburn F 40-44 Isabella Milburn F 10 Ann Shields F 65-69 Durham Thos Steward M 30-34 Joseph Singleton M 25-29 Durham Cathrine Singleton F 20-24 Matilda Singleton F 0 Durham [The northern part of Northunberland plus a few other scattered parishes were detached bits of Co Durham until 1844]
Marriages Jun 1838 (>99%) CLARK Ann Newcastle on Tyne 25 408 DOUGLASS Catharine Newcastle on Tyne 25 408 DOUGLASS Catherine Newcastle on Tyne 25 408 HATFIELD Daniel Newcastle on Tyne 25 408 HUME John Newcastle On Tyne 25 408 LEE William Nelson Newcastle upon Tyne 25 408 ROBINSON Eleanor Newcastle on Tyne 25 408 SINGLETON Joseph Newcastle on Tyne 25 408 White Dorothy Newcastle on Tyne 25 408
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N6GV-WLF Name Joseph Singleton Spouse's Name Cathrine Douglas Event Date 1838 Event Place Newcastle Upon Tyne, St.Nicholas, Northumberland, England Father's Name John Singleton Spouse's Father's Name Thomas Douglas
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These are (mostly) the URLs to stuff already posted - but they can have image links.
Marr https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDN2-G8S
1860 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCGF-5NL [with image link] [Image just gives him the single Initial of J] 1870 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6KY-59P [with image link] [Sandusky is on L Erie; Norwalk is abt 20km to the SW]
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6HB-BFX [with image link] Name Eliza A. Allan Event Type Birth Event Date 25 Jan 1872 Event Place , Erie, Ohio, United States Gender Female Race White Father's Name Thos. Allan Mother's Name Mathilda Singleton
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN7G-5PS [with image link] Event Place Sandusky, Erie, Ohio, United States
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As you may know, the UK nominal census day was 6/6/1841, and some Sunday (at midnight) at the end of March, beg of April in 1851-1911. The US nominal census day was 1st June for 1830-1900.
The census had to be conducted in different ways. In both censuses, an enumeration district was given to one one enumerator.
In the UK, this was supposed to be limited to a maximum distance travelled on the walk of 15 miles. In the UK, it was more efficient to have the enumerator do the walk at least twice. In the week before the census, he'ld go round and drop off census forms for folk to fill out, then on the Monday after census day, he'ld go round and pick up the filled in forms, checking them to make sure they were done OK, and helping folk fill them out when necessary. He might have to revisit some houses if they were out on the Monday. When he'd done that, he copied all the forms onto a census summary sheet. Thru 1901, the original completed forms were then destroyed, and only the summary sheets were kept.
In the US, especially out west, an enumerators walk could cover 1000sq miles in some cases, so just visiting every house once could take weeks. So, starting after census day, the enumerator visited each house, and asked the questions at the threshold (or the kitchen table in some more rural areas), and he filled out the answers. The actual day a h/h was visited was often written in the page header.
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Ann - Your initial post says: "James Lewis Laithwaite b: 1871 Turton, Lancashire possibly married either Clara Maude Allan(possible sister of Elizabeth Alice Allen) or Lillie Sarah Chalmers"
It looks to me like you've seen this hit from the GRO index:
Marriages Dec 1903 (>99%) Allan Clara Maude Bolton 8c 533 Bendall John Joseph Bolton 8c 533 CHALMERS Lillie Sarah Bolton 8c 533 LAITHWAITE James Lewis Bolton 8c 533
but you were unaware of the existence of local indexes. As you may lnow, one can buy BMD certs thru the local rego office that holds the original registers (except for official marr rego's that were held by each church) One can also buy BMD certs thru the GRO who hold copies of all the local rego's. (One can also buy m.certs from the church, if it's in their current rego. Their old rego's are usually deposited in some archive - typically the county records office. The point of that was that some local indexes are (at least partly) online - see: http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/local_bmd
What's of interest here is: http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/
Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1903 Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference ALLAN Clara M LAITHWAITE James L Bradshaw, St Maxentius Bolton 22/2/35
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4679264
The local office organizes their records differently from the GRO, so the local ref gives difft info from the GRO's ref. Most local refs have 3 elements: 1) a church or subdistrict code - they may not tell you code 22 is for Bradshaw, St Maxentius, but this index does. For a birth or death, they may not tell you ASPL is the code for Aspull subdistrict - this one does, although it's guessable. 2) the 2nd element is a sequence number for the register, sequenced within the code 1 set. 3) the last element is a page or entry number Bolton & Wigan both use entry numbers. Most local indexes use entry #s for marrs, so one knows who wed whom, even when they use page #s for Bs and Ds - e.g., Manchester.
As an aside, is I want to search FreeBMD or LancsBMD for just events occurring in Wigan or Bolton RDs, you can click on Bolton, then click on Wigan, but hold the Ctrl key down when clickin onthe second, third etc locations. For dates in Lancs BMD, this works too for isolated years, but if I want to search 1837-1861, say, click on 1837, then hold the shift key down when I click on 1861.
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1788853?collectionNameFilter=false FS has some parish rego's online. The collection England, Manchester, Parish Registers, 1603-1910 Includes some Bolton churches, viz
Bolton, All Souls Bolton, St James Deansgate, St John Farnworth with Kearsley, St. John The Evangelist Farnworth, St Peter Great Lever, St Bartholomew Great Lever, St Michael Halliwell, St Thomas Heywood, St James Heywood, St Luke Horwich, Holy Trinity Little Hulton, St John the Baptist Radcliffe, St Mary Spotland, St Clement Turton, St Anne Westhoughton, St James
Last time I checked, the collection was not fully indexed, so sometimes one has to "browse the images". Knowing the entry number one is after is a big help in locating images of the original marr rego's.
Another useful resource for Bolton is:
http://www.bolton.gov.uk/website/pages/Burials.aspx We operate seven cemeteries, these can be found in: Astley Bridge (Eden Street, Astley Bridge, Bolton, BL1 6NU) Blackrod (Manchester Rd, Blackrod, Bolton BL6 5LS) Farnworth (Cemetery Road, Farnworth, Bolton, BL4 7QY) Heaton (Gilnow Rd, Bolton BL1 4LH) Horwich, AKA Ridgmont (Chorley Old Road, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6BD) Tonge (Cemetery Road, Bolton, Lancashire BL2 6AG) Westhoughton (Cemetery Street, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 2BG)
From Deceasedonline All 415,000 burial and cremation records for Bolton Council in the county of Lancashire, North West England are available online. There are seven cemeteries and one crematorium. http://tinyurl.com/jjs5fm9
If this is your Thos: 1851 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SG56-DVY Event Place Borough And Township Of Wigan, Lancashire, England Registration District Wigan Registration Number HO107 Piece/Folio 2199 / 876 Page Number 47 Richard Allan Head M 33 Haigh, Lancashire Alice Allan Wife F 35 Norwich, Lancashire Thomas Allan Son M 13 Aspull, Lancashire Walter Allan Son M 11 Darcy Lever, Lancashire William Allan Son M 0 Wigan, Lancashire [Horwich seems more likely than Norwich, but I've not seen the image]
then the following is relevant [NB Haigh village is just 1km from Aspull village, and both are in the Aspull subdistrict of Wigan RD]
[I've appended the quarter of registration] Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference 1837[38q1] ALLAN Thomas Elisha Aspull Wigan & Leigh SUMNER ASPL/1/115 1839q3 ALLAN William S[Sumner] Lever Bolton SUMNER LEV/1/481 1850q3 ALLAN William Edward Wigan Wigan & Leigh SUMNER WIG/29/375
It would seem that William 1839 was renamed as Walter. There is a provision on b.certs for the name to be changed within 6 m - see col 10 of a b.cert. Actually, under English common law, all that was necessary for a legal change of name is that one starts using the new name, and that there be no fraudulent purpose. My niece took this route when she took on her stepdad's surname, i.e., my bro's surname. My bro said people love to see a bit of paper - it makes life easier when changing school records etc. He said the cheapest thing he could do was place an ad in the local paper saying Mary X would be known as Mary Y from such and such a date. He bought several copies of the newspaper, and xeroxed the ad several times. He said it made life easier and was worth the few quid the ad and papers cost. Of course as William/Walter was a minor (as was my niece), the decision was really up to the parent or guardian.
As one might guess, Richard and Alice wed before civil registration began.
This is also a useful site: http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/ Marriage: 28 Aug 1836 St Mary the Virgin, Deane, Lancashire, England Richard Allan - Agent to Earl Balcarres, the Parish of Wigan Alice Sumner - Spinster, this Parish [Deane] Witness: Abrm. Boardman; John Watmough; Eliza Sumner Married by Licence by: Thomas Bowman Curate Register: Marriages 1833 - 1837, Page 203, Entry 607 Source: LDS Film 2113070 [There were 39 marrs 15/8/1836-24/10/1836. Abrm. Boardman is a witnes on all of these - I would consider him to be a "professional witness"]
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1860 US Census Transcription Print transcription View image Household Members First name(s) Last name Gender Age Birth year Birth place J L Singleton Male 47 1813 England Transcription Catharine Singleton Female 40 1820 England Transcription Matilda Singleton Female 19 1841 England Transcription John Singleton Male 17 1843 England Transcription Census details First name(s) Matilda Last name Singleton Gender Female Age 19 Birth year 1841 Birth place England Race - Residence , Huron, Ohio Location Huron, Ohio City/township Norwalk Village County Huron State Ohio NARA series M653 Record set US Census 1860 Category Census, land & surveys Subcategory Census Collections from United States
Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl
Report an error in this transcription Print transcription View image Attach to tree j l singleton is a boilermaker
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1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription 311, Tonge Moor Road, Bolton, Lancashire, England
Learn more Print transcription View image Household Members First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place Thomas Allan Head Married Male 65 1836 Steam Engine Fitter (Retired) Haigh, Lancashire, England Transcription Matilda Allan Wife Married Female 60 1841 - Bedlington, Northumberland, England Transcription Clara M Allan Daughter Single Female 24 1877 - Harwich, Lancashire, England Transcription James R Allan Son Single Male 21 1880 Steam Engine Fitter Russia
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Matilda Singleton mentioned in the record of Thomas Allan and Matilda Singleton Name Thomas Allan Spouse's Name Matilda Singleton Event Date 22 Mar 1864 Event Place Huron,Ohio
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1870 US Census Transcription Print transcription View image Household Members First name(s) Last name Gender Age Birth year Birth place Thomas Allen Male 30 1840 England Transcription Matilda Allen Female 25 1845 England Transcription Thomas S Allen Male 3 1867 Ohio Transcription Charlotte M Allen Female 2 1868 Ohio Transcription Joseph Allen Male 0 1870 Ohio Transcription Census details First name(s) Charlotte M Last name Allen Gender Female Age 2 Birth year 1868 Birth place Ohio Race White Residence Ohio, United States City/township Sandusky, ward 1 County Erie State Ohio Record set US Census 1870 Category Census, land & surveys Subcategory Census Collections from United States
thomas allen works in machine shop
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1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census
29 Tower View Bromley Cross, Turton, Lancashire, England
James Lewis Laithwaite Head - Male Foreman Cloth Dyer 40 1871 Turton Lancs Clara Maud Laithwaite Wife - Female - 34 1877 Horwick Lancs
No children born
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1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription West Street, Sharples, Bolton, Lancashire, England
Learn more Print transcription View image Household Members First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place Charlotte M Allen Head Single Female 22 1869 Own Means United States Transcription Elizabeth A Allen Sister Single Female 19 1872 Own Means United States Transcription Clara M Allen Sister - Female 14 1877 Scholar Horwich, Lancashire, England Transcription James R Allen Brother - Male 11 1880 Scholar Russia
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1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription 2, Rigby Lane, Turton, Bolton, Lancashire, England
Learn more Print transcription View image Household Members First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place Vincent W Laithwaite Head Married Male 34 1867 Survevoy To Urban Distc Council Harewood, Lancashire, England Transcription Elizabeth A Laithwaite Wife Married Female 29 1872 - - Transcription Nora Laithwaite Daughter - Female 0 1901 - Lancashire, England
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