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Anyone any idea of the profession on the death cert. of Stephen Lightfoot?

Many thanks in anticipation.

Rowan Tree 

Hi,

Looking for baptisms of the children of John James LIGHTFOOT and wife, Louisa.

On the 1911 census the family are living at the Engine Inn, Parr, St. Helens.

John James LIGHTFOOT (c. 1867) m. Louisa
children;
Maud Mildred
Harold Herbert
Gladys Gertrude
Esma Hilda
Claude Cyril
Jack Miles
Horace Cedric
Clifford Eric
Louisa Alma

Many thanks 

Hi, trying to find the birth/baptism of John HEWITT c. 1789 in Prescot.

What I do know;

John fathered an illegitimate child in 1809. Ann daughter of Elizabeth PLATT, singlewoman.  Order of filiation and maintenance 06/02/1811.

17/07/1812 - John married Mary WILCOCK at All Saints, Rainford. Married by banns. Witnessed by James YATES, Jane HEWITT and George HEWITT.

Appeared on the 1841, 1851 and 1861 census living in Prescot and working as a watchmaker / watch and chronometer pinion maker.

Fathered the following children with wife, Mary;
Elizabeth 1812
Ann 1815
Mary 1817
Alice 1819
Thomas 1822
Joshua 1824
Jane 1827

John died 16/11/1866 in Prescot
Buried 21/10/1866 at St. Mary the Virgin, Prescot.

Anyone think they can come up with a birth/baptism for John and possible parents or siblings?

Many thanks for reading,

Rowan Tree 

Hi,

I'm trying to work out where John PINCH is from. This is what I have;

John PINCH, a stone mason, married Ellen BRADBOURN 08/02/1796 at St. Mary, Lancaster. Married by banns. One of the witnesses was Charles PINCH (I think anyway, It's tricky to read).

Marrying a few years before (1791) in the same church is a Christopher PINCH, stone mason.

I don't believe John PINCH was actually from Lancaster but I don't know where he did come from. I keep seeing the name PINCH pop up in Cornwall and Devon, so I thought it's possible he was from the south-west but it's only really a hunch.

John PINCH died in 1830 and was buried at St. Mary, Lancaster. The age with the burial record gives an aprox. year of birth of 1770.

Can anyone help?

Many thanks, Rowan Tree 

Hi All,

Found an interesting little puzzle in my tree and would love to get a fresh view on what I've found.

I'll try and keep this concise (and not too rambling or confusing - lol).

My main questions are: Was Margaret FORSTER ever really married and who was George FORSTER?

Here we go....

St. Mary, Astbury (BT off Find my Past - doesn't look like FindMyPast have the PR)
Bapt. 10/05/1812
Mary daughter of Margaret FORSTER, Somerford Booths

Mary's recorded age at burial, 58, gives a birth year of c. 1811 and her age on the 1851 and 1861 censuses give a birth year of c. 1812. These ages/aprox. birth years plus the fact that Margaret FORSTER lives next-door but one, on the 1841 Somerford Booths census, to her now married daughter, Mary ROBINSON, makes me think the above baptism is a good fit.

I've not found any siblings who look like a match for the above Mary and I've not found a marriage for Margaret FORSTER either before or after the baptism of her daughter.

I'd originally thought that Mary FORSTER was an illegitimate and only child.

Mary FORSTER goes on to marry Peter ROBINSON (31/12/1832 St. Mary, Astbury). Mary and Peter live their whole lives in Somerford Booths. Mary dies 1869 and is buried at St. Mary, Astbury.

I found Margaret FOSTER's burial as follows;
St. Mary, Astbury
02/05/1847
Margaret FORSTER, Somerford Booths, age 70

As I know so little about Margaret I decided to buy her death certificate (and this is where it gets puzzling).

For the most part the death cert. is pretty standard. For example, the death was registered by Margaret's son-in-law, Peter ROBINSON, which is what I would have expected. There is a slight anomaly in that both place of death and resident of informant is recorded as Congleton (both addresses should have been correctly recorded as either Newsbank, Somerford Booths or just plain old Somerford Booths). I believe the recording of 'Congleton' was the registrar being a bit lazy and simply entering the reg. district. Where the death cert. really sparks my interest is column 5 (occupation). Margaret FORSTER's occupation is recorded as; "Widow of George FORSTER, labourer".

If no father is recorded with Mary's baptism (not even posthumously) and if I can't find any marriage of a George FORSTER to a Margaret in the right time-frame, then who was the George FORSTER on Margaret's death cert. and was she ever really married?

I've looked through the local PR's for any likely suspects for George FORSTER and the only George I can find (who is old enough to be Mary's father) is the following;

St. Mary, Astbury
Burial 06/04/1828
George FORSTER, Lockbrook (or Lochbrook also known as Loachbrook), age 37 (so born c. 1791 making him around 21 at the time of Mary's birth).

There is a lady named Sue with a thread on RootsChat trying to find out more about the above George FORSTER. Sue is descended from a legitimate child of George's born through his marriage to Jane Bebington/Bebbington (George and Jane married 01/07/1816).

Any thoughts on this would be very much appreciated.

Many thanks, Rowan Tree