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« on: Thursday 26 November 09 21:04 GMT (UK) »
Hi Sandymc and again Colin. The William Rushworth in Pudsey looks a possibility and thank you for the additional information you gave me which could tie in. As to further information Colin, I am trying to find the parents of one of my grandmothers who was a Mary Rishworth/Rushworth who was born around 1803 Leeds. I have traced Mary's marriage and birth of children throughout the censuses and her subsequent death in 1876. She was buried in Haworth.
Her parents however have always been a mystery. Someone pointed out to me that a William and Mary Rushworth had a daughter Mary in 1802 in Bradford (IGI) and I note in the 1841 census which I have a copy of Mary the daughter (now married and living with her husband John Whitham and two daughters, Ellen and Hannah and a son John 3 mnths) was listed on the same page as William and Mary Rushworth. May be a coincidence but I know that it was not uncommon for families to live in close proximity to each other.
There were possibly siblings of Mary also but I have been unable to find any and unfortunately the IGI listing number is K 107658 and I'm not sure how to follow this up otherwise I may find some other children born to Mary and William.