I think Catherine had died as there are a couple of Catherine Hughes deaths recorded for Manchester in 1864 and 65.
He had Robert and John with Catherine and all the other children were from his second marriage to Annie Gatenby.
I've spent hours going through the 1841, 51 and 61 censuses on both Ancestry and Findmypast trying to find John or Peter Hughes either a joiner or a coppersmith and the only one I can find is a Peter Hughes a house joiner on the 1861 an 1871 living Oldham Road, New Cross and Peter gives his address as Oldham Road on his marriage to Annie Gatenby.
Something that has been bothering me about Peter's marriage to Catherine is why if he lived in New Cross/Ancoats did he marry at All Saint's, Newton Heath? Catherine lived on Hulme Hall Lane and there are lots of churches closer to her home. I appreciate they may have been working or living close to the church but their parents weren't. That's the certificate that I think has incorrect information for some reason. Maybe Peter wasn't as old as he says.
I appreciate that the 1851 is incomplete and that Peter may not have been born in 1841 but there has to be a way to find his birth somehow. I've tried Peter/Peter John/John Peter with both fathers names and there doesn't seem to be a record of his birth or Baptism.
