Hello
, I am hoping that somebody could do me a huge favor and have the time and patience to look up the folowing in the 1861 census:
Thomas Crossley/Crosley born between 1800 -1806, Leeds, a cloth presser and his wife Ann Crossley/Crosley b 1813, Leeds.
I had believed that Thomas had died in january 1861, and therefore would not appear in the 1861 census, but I have just found the burial record (Leeds General Cemetery) for his wife Ann, who died on the 6th march 1865 and is down as wife, not widow, presuming therefore that her husband Thomas was still alive at this time.
Looking up the burial record for the Thomas Crosley who died in january 1861 (also in Leeds Gen. Cemetery) I realised that it is a different Thomas (born 1786, different profesion, area and different parents).
My Thomas' wife Ann was born Ann Harrison, baptised on the 19th sept 1813, parents Edward and Sarah. In 1829 she married Joseph Giles (1811-1841) and on the 11 aug 1845, at St Peter's, Leeds she married Thomas Crossley, also a widow.
In 1851 Thomas and Ann are living in Holbeck, with Ann's mother Sarah Harrison.
In 1856 Ann Crossley is a witness at the trial for bigamy of her brother Henry Harrison b 1815 (the Wizard of Leeds) and she states 'My husband and I live in Canon Street. He is a cloth presser. And on her burial record in 1865 her abode is down as Canon Street. So presumably they were living in Canon street in 1861.
Also, on 29 June 1857 Thomas' daughter Ann from his first marriage marries a Luther Smith and she gives Canon street as her abode, father Thomas, cloth presser.
There is a possible death for Thomas Crosley in jul/aug/sept 1870 but I have looked in Leeds General Cemetery and he doesn't appear, although his son, grandson and various family members are buried there.
I believe that Canon Street is in North leeds, in Leylands. If anyone could have a look I'd really apreciate it since I'm not subscribed to ancestry at this time.