Date of birth record

[Rosinish]

There's a good possibility the missing Elizabeth in 1841 could be the mother of Alfred Henry i.e. it would be good to know where she was & her occ.

Most of the 1851 census' I've looked at, looking for mother & son, only give England as a PoB which is of no help whatsoever.

Annie

[Mr.Brown.]

Hi Annie - its all coming back to me now, I had found a marriage of 'a' Elizabeth Brown to John Armstrong at Woodhorn in 1834 but it doenst give the fathers name on these.
Chances are it is the correct one as some records of her on later census say she is from Cresswell. Its a bit vague  but probably her.
In fact I think I will now add the Armstrong records to her...

[Rosinish]

Oh, well, If Elizabeth married in 1834 then she isn't likely to be the mother.

Annie

[Rosinish]

What about Mary b 1820, what happened to her?

Annie

[Mr.Brown.]

yes - I think this will have to go onto the back burner again until I get that marriage you found of Henry Brown - GRO say it will take 7 days but I normally get them well in advance - probably because I'm their best paying customer!

I've got Mary married in 1839 to Wm Taylor...

[Mr.Brown.]

see if you can follow this - if AHC was a child of a child of Tom's second wife (Mary) from her first marriage to unknown & if Mary was the sister of Margaret (Toms first wife) i think I would still have a distant DNA match to the family of AHCookson (as I have Rufhead dna) from his Maternal side and the Grandson on the 1861 census could be referring to AHC as the grandson of his wife....

[Rosinish]

In all honesty it's difficult to say one way or another.

The relationship on census' is of that to the 'Head'...

I've seen many census' with step - children referred to in different ways i.e. it's not impossible.

Another thought I had was, could Alfred Henry have been a g g/child rather than g/child?

I also started to wonder if one of the married daughters had had an affair...

What were the names of Alfred Henry' daughters in order?

The question is, is any of them named after his mother?

Annie