So I am stuck, I have too much information and I’ve over complicated things and I can’t get unstuck.
My second great Grandfather Joseph Slack
Born 1824 to Elizabeth Slack (only parent on baptism record)
Joseph married Martha Birchall (b.1826) in 1846 Cheshire, Thomas Hough was named as Joseph's father on marriage.
In the 1851 census there is a John Slack b. 1821 (servant), a Martha Birchall b.1828 (niece) living with a James Hough in Cheshire (1)
James Hough as far as my mediocre research tells me, is a brother to Thomas Hough.
There is also an 1851 census where Joseph Slack lived with Martha Slack and their daughter Elizabeth Slack (2) also in Cheshire
I know that census (2) is most likely to be the right one, I just can’t get over the coincidence of census (1)
Now add in some additional intrigue.
Elizabeth Slack b.1850 married in 1869 in Cheshire, she married Thomas Hough, Elizabeth’s father is John Slack.
Joseph Slack is a Tanner throughout the census (2) (1851/1861/1871) , so I really just think I’m over thinking it. It just seems too much a coincidence
Does anyone have any thoughts? How do I fix this mess I’ve got myself into?
Files with detail of above for info
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SZJk-LqkRmftD98pH-1BaCo2Jik5a_xU?usp=sharing
