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I think that's all I need, so many thanks - especially for the prompt reply.

Thanks for the replies, everyone. However, with the exception of one error on my part, I already have all the information you gave me.

Carole – I checked on the Elizabeth whose mmn was Eggerton and found her elsewhere later, so that one is not mine. So I agree that the one born Q1 1857 is the right one, but have found only the index you list, and no parish record with more information on it.

Ladyhawk - yes, I have deduced that William is the William Henry you mention, born in Congleton. Cheshirebmd shows it as Sandbach sub-district. I found a baptism record for Thomas at Odd Rode on 15.2.61 (as mentioned by Rosie).

Ladyhawk(2) – quite right that the groom’s father Thomas does not have an occupation listed. A slip of the digit on my part. The street is Goldschmidt Street in the Ardwick district.

However, my question is to try to identify Thomas the father of Elizabeth and Thomas. When was he born, where is he recorded in censuses ? He is not with Elizabeth, their grandmother and presumably his mother, in 1841 or any succeeding census.

Thanks for all the very helpful replies.
There are several Giles Makins who might fit but after some elimination, and together with my own research, I think I’ve now come to some conclusions. I’m listing in some detail just in case another Rootschat enquiry is submitted for this quite distinctive name.
GM no.1 born and baptised in October 1805 in Horwich, is probably the one buried at St Peter’s in Bolton in 1814, both having a father named John.
My Giles (no.2) is probably the one baptised in 1808 at St Peter’s, the son of Thomas and Mary of Great Bolton. He and Elizabeth married in 1826 at Prestwich,and I have identified them in censuses from 1841 on. He is also the one buried at Astley Bridge in 1870, which is also where his wife Elizabeth was buried in 1858. Carole W – thanks for pointing to the non-con baptisms for his daughters. A pity it doesn’t show which non-con church, but I’ll follow that up for his other children.
Giles no.3 married Mary Wood in 1839. She had died by 1841 when he (shown as a widower) married Alice Smith, and I have tracked them in subsequent censuses, where his age consistently shows him born in 1812-13.
Giles no.4 was born in Bolton in 1814, but spent most of his life in Salford, where he died in 1878.
Giles no.5 was born in 1815 and died in 1884, spending most of his life in Worsley.
There are, of course, quite a few others who I was able to discard fairly quickly.
As for the GM who was sent to prison for larceny, I think this is probably someone else entirely from another part of Lancashire.
Thanks again for all the help – some of these are probables rather than absolute certainties but if anyone can spot a snag in the logic, please let me know.

She must have died between the birth of her youngest child in 1838, and her husband's remarriage in 1847. So if the one in Chelsea is not her, it looks like we may be back to square one! I imagine a divorce was unlikely. Best bet (but with no evidence yet found) is that she died after the birth of her youngest so Q4 of 1838 or Q1 of 1839.
Alternatively, how clear is the age of 74 on the burial record?