Would be grateful if anyone can help me find the birth certificate of my great great grandmother Ann Ridgway. She married Robert Davies in Manchester on 9 November 1863 – I have that cert and the family in 1871 census RG10/3801/42/14. I have also found her death cert as Ann Davies in 1878. I also have the birth certs of her 3 sons between 1872 – 1875, all in Toxteth Park, Liverpool.
From what I have I can deduce/know:
She was born around 1840 in Shropshire (probably Ightfield or thereabouts)
Her father Thomas Ridgway was a farmer
From this I believe I have found her and family in 1841/1851 censuses:
HO107/899/8
H0106/1996
They show her grandparents as Hugh and Ann Ridgway and various other siblings (regrettably, born on or before 1837 so harder to trace) and relations. But no confirmation of her mum’s name so presumably her mum was dead.
I have sent for 2 birth certificates for Ann Ridgway, either one of which may be her – or not. Hard to tell as neither certificate shows either the father’s name or the mother’s maiden name. They are:
1838 Market Drayton Sept Vol 18 P109 – mother is Mary of Marchanby Hill
1840 Bollington, Macclesfield Union, June, Vol 19 P91, mother is Elizabeth of Hurdsfield
Any help gratefully received