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I may have posted this before, a long time ago, but hopefully new people, new resources, new thoughts have appeared since then.
I have all relevant certificates.
Born Preston 1863.
1871 England Census
about James Weaver
Name: James Weaver
Age: 8
Estimated birth year: abt 1863
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Richard
Mother's Name: Sarah (nee Cross)
Gender: Male
Where born: Preston, Lancashire, England
Civil parish: Farington
Ecclesiastical parish: Farington St Paul
Town: Farrington
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Registration district: Preston
Sub-registration district: Longton
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Household schedule number: 180
Household Members: Name Age
Richard Weaver 42
Sarah Weaver 30
Thomas Weaver 11
Ann Weaver 10
James Weaver 8
Elizabeth Weaver 7
Miles Weaver 5
Richard Weaver 3
Mary Weaver 3 weeks
1901 England Census
about James White Weaver
Name: James White Weaver
Age: 38
Estimated birth year: abt 1863
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Francis Ellen
Gender: Male
Where born: Buston, (Preston, I have reported it) Lancashire, England
Civil parish: MacClesfield
Ecclesiastical parish: Macclesfield St George
Town: MacClesfield
County/Island: Cheshire
Country: England
Registration district: Macclesfield
Sub-registration district: Sutton
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 62
Household Members: Name Age
James White Weaver 38
Francis Ellen Weaver 23
Nellie White Weaver 4
James Weaver 3
Lily Weaver 2
Marriage to Frances Ellen Holland:
Name: James White Weaver
Year of Registration: 1896
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: MacClesfield
County: Cheshire, Derbyshire
Volume: 8a
Page: 157 (click to see others on page)
Witnesses E Weaver (presume father in law) and E Gaskille (not known).
None of his Lancashire relatives came to Macclesfield, though a few Macclesfield descendants recall visiting Preston where a female member of the family was a solicitor in the 1960s. Never traced.
My question. Where is he in 1881 and 1891?
Family stories say he lied about his age in order to join the army. Then he deserted cos he didn't get send to anywhere exciting. Then he rejoined using the name James White. I have researched this family almost to the ark, there is no White in the family. He fabricated the name. And then became James White Weaver on marriage in 1896.
He was "defintely" in the army cos family members recall photos and a painting of him in army uniform. After marriage he became a chimney sweep.
There is a James White at Alverstoke in 1881, age 18, unmarried, gunner, a blacksmith, born Christchurch. Who knowns?
Can anyone find him or make any suggestions?
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