After reviewing all your suggestions, I think that maybe the Barnes tip from the 1871 Census maybe a good area to search further!!
Also again I'm asking for opinions and advice, I know 100% for sure my Emmanuel Pickering died in a workhouse in 1909 and is buried in Blackburn Cemetery, so assume there was a Blackburn workhouse. To refresh the story of this family, from newspaper reports the 4 children were taken from the parents in 1906 and sent to a workhouse. From 1906 to 1909 at some point Emmanuel ends up in a workhouse and dies there. So, what happened to Annie Pickering (Mary Hannah)? Did she go into the workhouse to. Maybe I can find a way to search the Blackburn workhouse records for admissions?
Next and please bear with me, the youngest child, Rebecca Pickering born in 1900 (my husband's Grandmother) after being sent to Canada in 1913 with her sister Mary, years later in 1927 returns to Oswaldtwistle with her 2 children, Dorothy Mae (Husband's mother) and her son Robert Johnston after marrying in Canada. When they arrive, they stay with Rebecca's brother Robert and work in the cotton mill as weavers but live in Oswaldtwistle,.until after the until after the war (date not confirmed). My husband's Mum who is 94 remembers a lady she called Grandma Pickering (Annie). She can't remember what year they returned to Canada, after the war 1945-1950 but when she left, she is adamant that Grandma Pickering was still alive.
I found Rebecca Pickering and her son Robert on the 1939 National Register living at 1 Walkden Cottages, Oswaldtwistle her married name was now Johnston (1st husband) 2nd (Miller ) but no mention of Dorothy Mae (husband's Mum) and a few doors down the Uncle Robert Johnston lives at 7 Walkden Cottages with his wife. If Annie was still alive in Oswaldtwistle around the 1940's and her DOB was around 1865 she would have been in her 80's, so how many Annie's could there have been living in Oswaldtwistle?? I am going to try and find the workhouse in Blackburn and see if I can request a records check if possible, check cemetery records, and try working back.
Again thank you for all the support and suggestions. I need a few days to review all your information and again I will be away over the weekend, but come Monday morning I will be back at it.
You are all lovely, kind people, so keeping my fingers crossed I will not give up. You have all given me a boost of energy to get back it and keep searching.
Have a wonderful weekend!!!
Cheers,