NOCKTON Brick Wall

[heywood]

This forum is, I think, for people willing to visit the Records Office to look but I may be wrong.
The other Lancashire boards are for general queries where everyone has a search around.
The moderator will set you right and transfer your posts if necessary with your own query title.
I am in Oldham and have been trying to find out about the parish records. Our local archives centre is in the process of moving and I can’t see online if film of St Pat’s marriages is held locally. I have accessed other Catholic records there in the past. I will ask at our library. I am going there later for books!
The parish record may show a bit more detail than the civil record.

This shows they are at Lancashire R O.
https://archivecat.lancashire.gov.uk/calmview/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=Catholic%2f229

[heywood]

I found the film at the library but not much help, really.
It says John was the son of James and Margaret but that is all I could see - it’s very feint.

[heywood]

With regard to the witnesses, the parish record had squiggly letters for the first one - I thought it might have been Jcb - Jacob- James but that is a bit of a wild guess.

1881 4065 /65/24
9, Barnfold, Oldham
Jas. Owens and Catherine with several children including Ellen, 12 yrs.

1891 3299/14
The family (no Ellen) are living at 3, Morgan Square, so that looks positive for Ellen.