Re Richard Rawson b. 1762.....thanks, Annie. You wrote:
"Just checked Ancestry -- there is another George Rawson in the 1841 and 1861 censuses, living with his wife Ann and children in the St Margarets's district of Leicester, b 1811/1808 - he's a framework knitter."
This looks like him - He was chr 23 Feb. 1762 St. Margaret's, Leicester, son of Thomas Rawson and Mary. George married Ann Wood 24 Feb. 1784 at St. Margaret's, Leicester and had the following children:
Thomas Rawson, b. 18 March 1785/chr 20 March 1785 St. Margaret's Leicester;
George Rawson, b. 31 Oct. 1786/chr 01 Nov. 1786 St. Margaret's Leicester; Susannah Rawson b. 31 Dec. 1788/chr 01 Jan. 1789 St. Margaret's Leicester.
Another George Rawson for consideration as father of George Rawson who md. Eliza.
I found the following earlier today at -
http://www.broxtowehundred.co.uk/nottnew.htm....Nottingham in the News. A woman from N. S. W. did these transcriptions of births, marriages, deaths plus other snippets. You might already have seen this?
Wednesday 17 August 1831, Derby Mercury (5170)
Marriages - On Saturday *se'nnight by the Rev. George Wilkens, D.D., Mr. George Rawson, solicitor, Leicester, to Eliza, 4th daughter of Mr. Joseph Pearson of The High Pavement, Nottingham.
Wednesday 31 May 1826, Derby Mercury (4899)
Marriages - Thursday, the 25th instant, at St. Mary's, Nottingham, by the Rev. George Wilkens, D.D., Vicar, Mr. George Renshaw, to Sarah, eldest daughter of Mr. Joseph Pearson of The High Pavement.
Wednesday, 11 January 1832, Derby Mercury (5191)
Marriages - At. St. Mary's, Nottingham, on Tuesday, the 3rd instant, by the Rev. George Wilkens, D.D., Samuel, youngest son of the late John Renshaw, Esq. of Owthorpe Hall, to Elizabeth, second daughter of Mr. Joseph Pearson of The High Pavement.
*se'nnight: archaic (15 th century) phrase meaning a seven-day period.
Haven't posted on the Leicestershire board yet but will do so in the morning. I also intend to email the Leicester records office and see if they will give me the information on who George Rawson's (of Eliza) father (parents) were. Some of the record offices I have written over the years have been very helpful, not all, however.
Regards,
Dorothy