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William richard 1858
small world eh
will be offline for a while
see you then

the tricky bit is that the name 
Sarah Partington was. very common in Lancashire. Found one of same age with day Lily but
then found them in 1901 so
not correct lady..best wishes
with your search.

Wendy,  those were very different times, the church looked after folks spiritual welfare but also helped support the school, the poor, the widows & orphaned. There were no vast sums, the church lands had been grabbed by the nobility at the Reformation, The Kirk was permanently skint as a result and the heritors were reluctant to part with a shilling in return. Illegitimate births placed an extra burden on a congregation who largely lived on oatmeal and supported their own families in a largely hand to mouth existance. There was no centrally funded welfare or social security, it was a very hard life.

Skoosh.

Hi Skoosh..
   but also cognisant of the fact that the kirk or church ruled
the lives of the inhabitants with an iron fist to to the degree whereby it was
demanding monies from the poor to seemingly feather its own nest;
 with paltry sums being occasionally handed out to those in dire need of assistance.
Just my impression gleaned from  the session notes.

I must add here that my late husbands grandfather  worked
as a gamekeeper for and was highly regarded by the Duke in the latter
half of the 1800s and into the early 1900s..so he wasnt exactly
a poor man.

Being a kiwi it is also difficult for me to understand
at times the views of Scottish people
but thats what makes life  interesting eh.. we can all learn
to appreciate the views and opinions of others without
judging them.

kind regards
Wendy

  ahem .. just found my lost Thompson ancestors in 41 census by varying the spelling of the surname