Loasby in Kettering

[di swaffield]

I am interested in the Loasby Family that lived in Kettering but I am now stuck on a John Loasby he states in census that I have found that he was born in Manchester but can find no proof of this

He married an Emma Ingram also from Kettering in 1869 although they married in Bedford, they went onto have 8 children Austin 1872, Florence 1876, Harry 1877, Edith 1879, Hilda 1882, Kate 1885, Laura 1887 and Albert 1891

John I am told only had one arm

[Hackstaple]

I see he used the same place of birth in 1881. There were few Loasby's born Manchester in those days. The only one of significance [incl. name variants in my search] is Henry Loasby Mar. 1848 vol. 20 p. 721. He may have been Henry John and used the name John because of other close family members who were Henry. The age diference is normal - they made mistakes or lied.
That is all supposition and you should fell free to ignore it 

[byron]

In 1891 he is listed as John L Loasby so this could be a clue.

Have you got his marriage cert? It should give his father's name & occupation

regards
byron

[di swaffield]

Hi Byron [again]

Yes I have the details from 1881/1981/1901 census and his marriage but am unable to locate a bc for Manchester, I have however found one for the kettering area but on it he has no father and yet on his marriage cert. he names his father as Samuel

So I think that he may have lived in Manchester for a while as a child and assumed that he was born there, what do you think?

regards Di

[byron]

Hi Di,

I have also looked for your John on the GRO and agree that the only likely one seems to be born in Kettering.
I suppose it could be possible that he was born in Manchester and for some reason never got registered
I gather that it wasn't that strictly enforced until the 1870s (don't quote me on that though )

I've looked on the 1851 index for Northants but there is no Samuel Loasby and no John of the right age that I could see.

The other possibility is that he was lying about his age for some reason.

Sorry that doesn't really help

regards
byron

[di swaffield]

Byron,

Thanks for your help anyway, if this problem is ever solved I will let you know.

I have tonight ordered a birth certificate for a john loasby kettering if this does not show a Samuel as his father then I will have to give up on this one, because the one that I previously sent for ties up with his age whereas the one I have sent for is about seven years out

Can you tell me why would he have got married in Bedford and then moved back to Kettering, as kettering is where his wife Emma Ingram came from I would have thought that they would have married there! 

Oh dear so many problems with this family

[byron]

Not sure whether this is relevant but I had a look for evidence of a Samuel Loasby in Kettering c 1845 - 1855 and there were lots of Loasbys but only one baptism with Samuel as father:

Mariann daur of Samuel & Hephzibah Loasby of Kettering, weaver, bapt 13 Feb 1848.
(from bishops transcript)

You didn't say what Samuel's occupation was on his son's marriage cert - if it was weaver we could be in business

Hope that doesn't throw too big a spanner in the works

regards
byron

[di swaffield]

Just looked on the marriage certificate, it states that Samuel was a shoemaker so it does not seem to be that one, will now have to wait for that certificate to turn up

Thanks for looking at the records and also the ones regarding the Ingrams

will be in touch if this problem is ever solved

Di

[AlexStewart]

May I ask a very different question here about the Loasby family in Kettering? I note that
on 7th June, 1807 at St Peter and St Paul church there was a marriage between a Loasby and Mary Larrett or Larratt. The Christian name of the groom appears to be Riconicile. Has anyone come across this name and its origin?
Alex