Henry Hughes Staffordshire 1836

[MrsBW]

thank you so much, Dorothy certainly seems to be a strong contender!

[MrsBW]

I'm thinking maybe dorothy was a first wife and Hannah a second, will do some digging and see what i can find!

[ciderdrinker]

Hi
Children for Thomas and Dorothy puddler
Harriet 4.5.1834
Henry 27.3.1836
Anne 23.12.1838 -8.3.1840 15months
Alfred 10.1.1841
Fanny 10.12.1843 - 6.10.1844 11 months
Thomas 31.8.1845 -18.4.1849 3yrs 8 moths
William 16.4.1848

All the children baptised at St Leonards but buried at Swan Bank Wesleyan.

Ciderdrinker

[keyboard86]

Hi found another census/baptism for you:-

Baptism Thomas Hughes 4th April 1852 St Mary, Bilston Father Thomas occ Puddler Mother Dorothy

1861 Census

Thomas Hughes 49 occ Labourer in Iron Works b Bilston
Hannah 48 b Burton on Trent, Derbyshire
Henry?/William 13 b Bilston
Thomas 9 b Sedgley
Residing at Bilston Road, Wolverhampton
Census Ref RG09/1996/78/4

So it would appear the "pet" name of Dorothy was Hannah?!
Keyboard86

[MrsBW]

Thanks so much to you both for looking into this for me!

I think you could be right and Hannah could be a pet name,i assume it must be because I can't find any trace of her otherwise linking to Thomas and the children!