Thomas RATCLIFFE, 1850-90

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In Q4 1856, Thomas RATCLIFFE m Emma ALCOCK in Cheadle, and the family appears in the '61, '71 and '81 censuses in Cheadle.

In Q4 1885, Thomas RATCLIFFE m Margaret HILL in Stoke, and this family is recorded in the '91 in Stoke.

I assume that Emma RATCLIFFE (nee ALCOCK) died between the '81 and late 1885, but I have been unable to find her death. Can anyone help, please?

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Looks as though Thomas, Emma and children went to Canada in 1883, image on Ancestry.

Emma appears to have died there in 1884 as below

Name:   Emma Ratcliffe
Gender:   Female
Age:   45
Birth Date:   abt 1839
Birth Place:   Staffordshire, England
Death Date:   1 Jan 1884
Death Place:   Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
Religion:   Episcopal
Cause of Death:   Typhoid Fever

Image of above on Ancestry.

John

Added, some of their children married and died in Canada, quite a few records again on Ancestry.

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Incoming passenger list 30 September 1883  arrived Quebec Ship Sarnia
Thomas Ratcliffe 45
Emma 44
Eliza 26
Frederick 22
Thomas 20
Margaret 18
Agnes 10
Wilfred 8
Roland 6
Ernest 3

Same names and children as 1881 census Cheadle.

After his wife died he must have decided to come home to England

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And on FamilySearch
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKWW-PZK

daughter Agnes Emma also died in Canada but in 1926

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JFGG-LVB

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Info only,

Daughter Margaret married Isaac Nelson Cassidy in York, Ontario, 4.11.1916, and died 3.1.1922 Wentworth, Ontario.

Daughter Laura Maria died 15.3.1948 as Laura Rayfield.

Name:   Laura Maria Boote
Age:   52
Birth Year:   abt 1861
Birth Place:   Staffordshire, England
Marriage Date:   23 Jun 1913
Marriage Place:   York, Ontario, Canada
Father:   
Thomas Ratcliff
Mother:   
Emme Alcock
Spouse:   
John Rayfield

Laura's first marriage
Marriages Jun 1889   

Boote    William Henry        Stoke T.    6b   316    
RADCLIFFE    Laura Maria    Stoke T.    6b   316   
RATCLIFFE    Laura Maria        Stoke T.    6b   316    
Salmon    Alice Mary        Stoke T.    6b   316    

John

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Son Ernest

RATCLIFFE, ERNEST  GEORGE     mmn ALCOCK 
GRO Reference: 1880  S Quarter in CHEADLE  Volume 06B  Page 318

Death

Name:   George Ratcliffe
Gender:   Male
Race:   English
Age:   67
Birth Date:   12 Jun 1880
Birth Place:   England
Death Date:   14 Jul 1947
Death Place:   Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada
Father:   
Thomas Ratcliffe
Mother:   
Emma Ratcliffe
Spouse:   
Jean Ratcliffe
Certificate Number:   022272

John

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Many thanks to you all - that's a lot of information!

I can only assume that Thomas returned to this country with some family members after Emma's death, which must have been expensive and somewhat unusual.

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Apologies to you all for my rather terse reply on Tuesday. Since then, I've had a chance to try to digest all the work you've done - and I'm still trying! I'm truly grateful - you've been a massive help.

Thank you.

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I noticed on the 1881 census, Thomas Ratcliffe was a farmer.  Some relations of mine emigrated to Canada.  They were offered a piece of land to farm.  I wonder if this was the case with Thomas?

Chris