« Reply #14 on: Tuesday 10 November 20 09:47 GMT (UK) »
I have written to the local history society.
Looks like a very interesting site Jen! I will have to look at it more closely when I get more time. I have just noticed some familiar names on the census on this site. Eliza's Mother was the Lucy (Louisa) Simpson nee Gamesby. Lucy was the illegitimate daughter of Eliza Gamesby who married William Ditchburn. On this website I think I see familiar Ditchburn names. Perhaps Eliza moved back to be near these relatives who might have stayed in the area. I think there might be a lead in this to be investigated.
I should add my parents were mixed marriage Dad was Catholic and Mam C of E. They married in a registry but then a priest insisted they go through a Catholic ceremony too. Mam never considered herself Catholic though. I tend to think that my Mother would only have sent my sister to a Catholic school if it wasn't too far away. So I think the Lingdale school is still the likeliest one.
Thanks so much again Jen.
Conroy, Fitzpatrick, Watson, Miller, Davis/Davies, Brown, Senior, Dodds, Grieveson, Gamesby, Simpson, Rose, Gilboy, Malloy, Dalton, Young, Saint, Anderson, Allen, McKetterick, McCabe, Drummond, Parkinson, Armstrong, McCarroll, Innes, Marshall, Atkinson, Glendinning, Fenwick, Bonner