« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 09 August 16 17:12 BST (UK) »
Well I thought I had John in 1841 at a bobbin mill in Crooklands. Thought I would check Ackenthwaite in 1841 for Clarks, parents may still be living and Ackenthwaite onlt had about 20 households. Lo and behold, John Clark, age 25 carpenter ( he was a carpenter/joiner in 1851) John is living with a Nanny Clark aged 65 and Benjamin aged 30. Next door is James Clark and his family. They have swopped houses in 1851 and there are some Clark nephews, all cordwainers & apprentices.
On this basis I discovered Nanny was born to Robert Kidd at Thornton in Lonsdale and married Robert Clark, a shoemaker which ties in with census information. I found baptism records for 5 of Robert and Nanny's children at Heversham (James and Benjamin both match census info) and a Jhn son of Rbt Clark ch 25th June 1814.
Bearing all that in mind I am now fairly sure that this is my John Clark and his family. Such a good feeling to get another generation further back
Newson, Steavenson, Walker, Taylor, Dobson, Gardner, Clark, Wilson, Smith, Crossland, Goldfinch, Burnett, Hebdon, Peers, Strother, Askew, Bower, Beckwith, Patton, White, Turner, Nelson, Gilpin, Tomlinson, Thompson, Spedding, Wilkes, Carr, Butterfield, Ormandy, Wilkinson, Cocking, Glover, Pennington, Bowker, Kitching, Langhorn, Haworth, Kirkham.
