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Hi,
Can someone help me in piecing together a family of Mayors and Wilsons?
I have the birth of Mary Wilson:
Baptisms: 17 Sep 1809 St Andrews, Leyland, Lancashire, England
Mary Wilson - Daughter of Hugh Wilson & Jennet
Abode: Longton
Register: Baptisms 1804 - 1812, Page 28, Entry 45
Source: LDS Film 93951
In 1841 she was with her presumed parents:
1841
Dole Lane, Chorley
Hugh Wilson, 65, labourer
Jane Wilson, 60
Mary Wilson, 30, weaver
Jane Wilson, 9
Ann Wilson, 9
Hugh Wilson, 4
source: HO107/525/7
In 1851 - start to get mysterious:
Astley St., Chorley
Hugh Wilson, head, married, 76, b. Rufford
Jane Wilson, wife, 73, b. Rufford
Mary Mayor, dau, widow, 43, handloom weaver, b. Longton
Ann Mayor, grand-dau, 19, b. Hutton
Jane Wilson, grand-dau, 19, reeler cotton, b. Hutton
Hugh Mayor, grandson, 13, b. Hutton
source:HO107/2263/p54
I cannot find marriage of a Mayor to Mary Wilson, and why does it appear that her children are named Mayor and Wilson - or are they not all hers?
Then in 1861:
1861
Dale lane, Chorley
Hugh Wilson, head, 90, b. Rufford
Mary Wilson, dau, unmarried, 53, cotton weaver, b. Longton
Ann Wilson, dau, unmarried, 29, washerwoman, b. Hutton
Thomas Wilson, grandson, 9, scholar, b. Chorley (illegitimate son of Ann)
source:RG9/3119/p39
I have both Ann, Thomas and Mary in later census' - no further evidence of Mayor/Wilson link.Can anyone shed some light on this?
Thanks,
Ian