I have been looking for years for earliest paternal line's origins (and his first wife, also my ancestor)
Joseph Hibbert was b. ca 1799, Lancashire, died 1852, Salford. He married ca 1819, Ann ?. I have not found his baptism or his first marriage, but have his second marriage to Ellen Clare.
Something I was hoping to give me a clue was the fact that his daughter, Harriet Hibbert Fletcher, b. 1824, and full-sister of my ancestor William, was living with Mary Kernon in 1851 (am quite sure Harriet's husband, William Fletcher, was alive but cannot find him in 1851, Harriet is listed as married). Also with them is Harriet's son John. They are at 5 Sykes Court, Hulme, Lancs.
In 1861 Mary Kernon is living next door, at 6 Pitt St., Hulme and Harriet is next door at #4. Both ladies have 19 year old female lodgers with them, and Harriet has her two surviving children, John and Elizabeth Ann. William died in 1858, and two other children died as infants.
Through doing a lot of digging, I am confident that Mary is the Mary Brownlow who married John Kiernan (notice difference in name) in 1838, daughter of Robert Brownlow. I found a marriage 1 Apr 1862, of Mary Kiernan, widow, daughter of Robert Brownlow, address is 6 Pitt Street, Hulme. She marries Joseph Wakefield.
Mary's age fluctuates a bit, from being born ca 1805 to ca 1812.
I found them living in Cheshire (Church Coppenhall) in 1871 and 1881. Their exact deaths are a bit hazy, but I think he is the Joseph who dies in Congleton dist. in 1888. Mary I am not sure about.
My hope is that Mary is somehow related to Harriet, but proving it might be impossible. I have not evidence that Mary had any children, so that means a DNA match is unlikely. Hoping someone has these folks in their tree.
