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Hi

Can't find anyone today must be losing my touch

Samuel Richards Rudd married Mary Ann Thornton 23 June 1872 at St Augustine, Everton according to Lancs OPC. Her father is John, a Joiner.

They are on census with Mary showing as Margaret, b Liverpool c 1849
there is a birth reg in 1849.

1891
RG12; Piece: 2991; Folio 15; Page 23
Samuel R Rudd 44
Margaret Rudd 42
Alfred E Rudd 16

1881
RG11; Piece: 3700; Folio: 28; Page: 50
Samuel R. Rudd 34
Margaret A. Rudd 31
Alfred E. Rudd 6


I believe I have Margaret with her parents in 1861
RG9; Piece: 2710; Folio: 14; Page: 25
John Thornton 54 b Manchester
Elizabeth Thornton 46 b Wrexham, Denbughshire
Margaret A Thornton 11 b Liverpool
John Thornton 7 b Liverpool
George W Thornton 5 b liverpool


Anyway, top and bottom of it is I can't find the Thornton family in 1851


Simone x

Ooh not sure now

found this

Marriage: 29 Sep 1847 St Catherine, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
John Thornton - Full Joiner Bachelor of Liverpool
Elizabeth Williams - (X), Full Spinster of Liverpool
Groom's Father: John Thornton, Joiner
Bride's Father: John Williams, Joiner
Witness: John Davies; Thomas Jones
Married by Banns by: James North

can't see this couple in 1851

found this in 1871

RG10; Piece: 3816; Folio: 135; Page: 41
at Severn? St, Everton
Robert Williams 40 b Chester Publican
Elizabeth Williams 42 b Blackpool
Margaret A Thornton 15 daughter
Mary Kitchen 21


back to the drawing board, going to have try and confirm who Margarets mum is somehow I think

Simone x

1871 census
RG10; Piece: 3814; Folio: 72; Page: 23
Gordon St, Everton

John Thornton 65 joiner b Manchester
Elizabeth Thornton 54 b Wrexham
George Thornton 15
Mary Jane Thornton 9


so is that is Margaret with the Williams family

wonder when she was born then could she have been born a Williams

getting a bit confused now will have to go away and think

Simone x