Elizabeth Laycock Born: 19 Apr 1896, Nags Head, West Rainton

[cheesemaker]

found his parents, Abram (Abraham) and Elizabeth, but trying to back on both of them

[Kay99]

OK - this is the 1871 census for Aaron and his parents from the previous link I posted list Abraham as born about 1847 in Yorkshire https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WV3N-N2M

I opened a link to FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/search/  and entered Abraham's basic details and came up with this http://www.rootschat.com/links/01h04/ and it looks as though Abraham was born in Flockton

Good luck Kay

[cheesemaker]

thanks! So the census were every 10 years? is there a link for census'? Maybe I could hunt that way...

[Millmoor]

Yes there are censuses for every ten years from 1841 onwards.

Think this is William in 1841 in Flockton 30 He was a miner

William 30 (adult ages were usually rounded down to the nearest multiple of five)
Ann 30
Samuel 12
Joseph 10
Francis 8
John 6
Emma 2
Elizabeth 0

1851 in Wortley
William 43 (unusually other family members are shown by initials)
H 42 wife
J 20 son
F 18 son
J 16 son
E 10 daughter
S 8 daughter
W 6 son
A 4 son
M 2 daughter

1861 the family would seem to be in Coundon, Co Durham

There are baptisms in Flockton for Joseph Laycock 1831, Samuel 1829, Elizabeth 1841, Abraham 1847, and Sarah 1843. Parents are shown as either William and Hannah or William and Ann. Ann can be a pet name for Hannah . There is a marriage in Thornhill (of which Flockton would appear to be part) 24 Aug 1828 between William Laycock and Hannah Mountain. My suspicion(but not proved!) is that they were Abraham's parents.

William

[stanmapstone]

Aaron appears in the 1881 census  with his parents, Abraham Laycock, 34, Elizabeth Laycock 34, and family in Stanley,  County Durham RG11 Piece 4955 Folio 87 Page 45

Stan

[Kay99]

Family trees on the subscription site Ancestry list Abraham as marrying Elizabeth Dickinson on 5 Dec 1866 in Lanchester, Durham and this Elizabeth fits well with her birthplace etc in 1851  https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKV6-4N96

Kay

[Millmoor]

Marriage to Elizabeth Dickinson would appear to have been in 1866 Apr - Jun in Durham reg district

1871 census has Abraham in Crook and Billy Row, co Durham. His place of birth is given as Stockton, Durham but note that Stockton and Flockton could have been muddled by the enumerator.

1891 has him in Brandon, co Durham and in 1901 in Lanchester - there is a death for him in Lanchester district Oct - Dec 1914.

William