Ormskirk marriage 1771

[Pennines]

Thank you for that Andrew -- I am ashamed! I come from Lancashire and didn't know Lancaster had been a port!

In that case it does make it likely that John Tuson was a mariner.

Funnily enough Ormskirk and District do have a Boat People website! Many inhabitants of townships around there were Boatmen (including a couple of my own) -- but they travelled the rivers I think, probably into and out of Liverpool.

http://www.boatfamilies.website/

Maybe Elizabeth's family were Boat people also!

[seasider]

Thank you for looking. I may have to go back to the drawing board on this one, it's proving difficult.
I thought that John Tuson may have had a job travelling, which was connected to the docks like commercial trading. It's a shame that I can't find his proffesion. I would have sent for the death certificate but it was in 1831.

[Pennines]

It's certainly a difficult one for you. Maybe he originated from Lancashire -- there are some - although not in the immediate area of Ormskirk.

Chorley and Penwortham are not that far away, but again it would be a guess.

Alternatively have you checked for Elizabeth's with a surname something like Beasley born in the south of England who married nearer to the time the couple's first child was born? At that time -it was generally the bride's parish where a marriage took place.

[back2back]

Hi tracing my Wife's family in the Aughton/ Ormskirk area, I found a marriage from 1830 in Wigan.
 The name Tellfay had, over the years subsequently become Trellfall. The children of the marriage when drawn up by the G.R.O. had said the Mother's maiden name was Trellfall!
Tellfay was an Huguenot name of people who had settle in the area after persecution in France.
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[back2back]

Hi Lancaster is the name given to parishes in the area north of Liverpool the West Derby hundreds. It includes Ormskirk, Aughton, Upholland, Downholland, Latham, Hallsall Walton on the Hill.
I know Lancaster is by Heysham!
Ormskirk was the administrative part.
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[Pennines]

Hi back2back -- just to say Lancaster wasn't the name of parishes (except for Lancaster itself) - however, on old records it is often shown as the County in which that parish fell-- although the county was actually 'Lancashire'.