Help please to understand the relationships

[bigjon]

I am researching Thomas Arnold b.1850 in Orston Notts.
I have him and I think his mother in 1851 in Orston.

Thomas    Shipsides                   57    Ag lab.                        Orston
Elizabeth  Shipsides                   55                                       Nottingham
James       Shipsides son-in law  22   Ag lab                          Orston
Elizabeth Arnold dau.-in law       19 Railway labs. wife          Orston
Thomas Arnold g-son in law        3 months                            Orston

I know daughter-in-law could also mean step-daughter but Istill can't make the connections here - can anyone help?


Although I have Thomas on 1881 and later census' I can't find him in 1871 or 1861.

[MaryA]

Christening of Thomas Arnold 10 FEB 1851       Orston, Nottingham
Parents William Arnold and Elizabeth

[JenB]

The simplest scenario is this was a second marriage for Thomas and Elizabeth, and that Elizabeth (Arnold) was the child of Elizabeth senior's first marriage.

[JenB]

Two possible marriages from freeBMD:

Thomas Shipsides married Elizabeth Whitehead. 3rd quarter 1846, Bingham 15, 677

Elizabeth Whitehead married William Arnold 2nd quarter 1850, Bingham 15, 785.

[larkspur]

Hi, bear with me here goes.
Thomas Shipsides married Elizabeth Whitehead 1846 Jul Bingham 15/677.
How did I get Whitehead? On the 1871 census Thomas Shipsides is with wife Elizabeth and son in law James Whitehead- James is "ditto"Shipsides on the earlier census.

1841 census sees Elizabeth Whitehead in Orston no husband listed but with children
John 20
William 15
 JAMES14
Sarah 11
ELIZABETH 9
George 5
 I looked on IGI but the only Marriage I could find for Elizabeth to a Whitehead was Thomas W and Elizabeth Chackling 10-7-1822 in St Marys Nottingham.

[bigjon]

Thanks  larkspur , Mary A and Jen B. That was great - I still had to draw it out.  It becomes easier once you realise you have 2 different Elizabeth Whiteheads and that Elizabeth senior had been married twice.