My goodness - thank you for all your researching. I have been printing off all your messages and doing numerous family tree scribblings and have realised that I'll need a roll of lining paper to review it all !!
My interest began with a quest to find out about Henrietta who I believe must be my Great Grandma, in order to find out more about Emily's early life. I've sent off for Henrietta's death certificate and I will investigate her baptism records, thanks to you all. I'm muckstruck though! Could I just set out what I'm understanding so far - which could so easily be way off the mark.
I'll refer to RONSON every time rather than the other variations of the spelling.
WILLIAM RONSON (b1812) marries MARY PICKERBY RONSON (nee Moor?) (b1820)
1851 census there's :
HANNAH PICKERBY RONSON (2)
MARY ELISA (4)
SARAH ANN (10) which confirms Keyboard 86 findings in the 1841 Census where she was 0.
JOHN (11)
Henrietta hasn't been born yet, she comes along in 1855.
1861 Census.Henrietta is 6.
1871 CensusShe's living with her unmarried Uncle ANTHONY RONSON and his sister .. Who is he then?
1881 CensusHenrietta is "with" JOHN HODGSON and has
ELIZABETH (4)
ROBERT (1)
[Meanwhile My Grandma Emily is living with her grandparents]
1891 Census[Emily aged 16 is now a lodger with the Thompson family]
Henrietta still with HODGSON but listed as HANNAH (just coincidence that her sister was Hannah, but she died in 1864) and she now has the following children:
*ELIZABETH (14)
William ROBERT (12) (this is presumably the ROBERT mentioned in 1881)
*MARY ELIZABETH (is she the same one as above ie.(14)
SARAH (4)
JOHN (2)
[Meanwhile My Grandma EMILY has got married to my Grandad in December quarter 1894]
1901 CensusHenrietta still with John Hodgson and has
ELIZH (20) (can't work out if this age could be right...shouldn't she be 24?)
SARAH (14)
JOHN T (12)
[Hope you are all still awake !!!!)
OK, if that is basically right.....then I'm not sure I am going to follow up on the Moor (Moore) side and this Francis chap. I think I'd get too distracted from my objective if I start to follow "that lot" (for want of a more respectful way of putting it)!
I'd be grateful for any comments as to whether I've understood and linked everything properly and if so, this puts me in a really good position now to move on to my next bit of the family !!! Sorry - that means
I'll be back !!
Thank you for all your help so far, it's been invaluable. I just wish I knew more about the people and their lives rather than statistics - but hey ho. It's just so good to have my Mum's handwritten memories and photos which add such a lovely dimension to all this.
Signing off....
There's another cold cup of tea waiting !!!