John R Challoner: Oswaldtwistle/Manchester

[GINLOVER]

Hello all,

I'm at a brick wall on my Great Great Grandfather, John R Challoner.

He is very trackable on the census records (1891, 1881 and 1901), but for the life of me I can't find a birth record or a marriage record. I'm doing all this on-line over the pond, so there might be something more locally that I'm missing.

He was born (according to census) in 1853 in Manchester and married Mary (?Bury) who was from Oswaldtwistle. They had quiet the brood of children too! I have a death record that he passed away in 1923.

Anyone come across John, or have two minutes to spare double check that I'm not missing something here?

Cheers xoxo

[heywood]

Hello,

There is this chap -John R Harrop born Manchester living in Oswaldtwistle in 1871

1871 4185/11/16

Varlow Harrop   47 yrs
Mary R Harrop   40 yrs
John R Harrop   19 yrs

With younger children

Varlow Harrop married Mary Challinor in 1855

Looks promising

Heywood

[heywood]

Varlow Harrop was married to Fanny Oldham in 1846 Ashton under Lyne.
Fanny dies 1852

1861 2945/43/7

Varlow and Mary Harrop with children including John R Harrop 8 yrs.

[heywood]

Marriage 1874

John R C Harrop and Mary Bury in Blackburn

[heywood]

At last 

December quarter 1852  Chorlton 8c 494
John Robert Challiner     mother Challiner

    

[GINLOVER]

Oh! Thank you so much for this, the cogs are turning and slotting into place on this one.

Funnily enough John and Mary and a son called Parlow on the census. Also thought it was an odd name, and I wondered if this was a spelling mistake and should have been Varlow.

[GINLOVER]

Oh! Thank you so much for this, the cogs are turning and slotting into place on this one.

Funnily enough John and Mary and a son called Parlow on the census. Also thought it was an odd name, and I wondered if this was a spelling mistake and should have been Varlow.

Parlow was then registered at Varley on the next census in 1901.

[heywood]

Probably would be Varlow then - unusual name.


I will leave it there for now. 

It looks as though he returned to his birth name after marriage.