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1851 Details for Margaret Dewhurst please

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Mike *

Mike * Report 30 Oct 2012 11:40

Please could someone give the details for this 1851 entry

name: Margaret Dewhurst
age: 43
gender: Female
birthplace: Preston, Lancashire
relationship to head of household: Wife

I'm hoping her husband is Henry and son James.

Thank you

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 30 Oct 2012 11:45


1851 England Census

Name: Margaret Dewhurst
Age: 43
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1808
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Henry Dewhurst
Gender: F (Female)
Where born: Preston, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Preston
Ecclesiastical parish: St Thomas
Town: Preston
County/Island: Lancashire

Registration district: Preston
Sub-registration district: Preston

Henry Dewhurst 43
Margaret Dewhurst 43
Edward Thomas Dewhurst 15
Ann Dewhurst 13
Henry Dewhurst 9
Margaret Dewhurst 6
James Dewhurst 4

Mike *

Mike * Report 30 Oct 2012 11:46

Thanks very much Jan.
Looks like the right family.
Does it say where father Henry was born please ?

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 30 Oct 2012 11:48

Looks like everybody was born in Preston!
Do you want the image? Send me your email address via PM and I'll send it to you.
Jan

Mike *

Mike * Report 30 Oct 2012 11:53

No, thats fine, Thanks
Just tryng to confirm some notes.

Cheers.

mgnv

mgnv Report 30 Oct 2012 14:39

Jan's partial transcription of 1851 [ho107/2266/58/4] omitted the addy=Walker Street

Using http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/
Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1837
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
DEWHURST Ann Preston Preston DEWHURST PRES/2/1

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1841
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
DEWHURST Henry Preston Preston DEWHURST PRES/16/53

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1844
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
DEWHURST Margaret Preston Preston DEWHURST PRES/29/64

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1847
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
DEWHURST James Preston Preston DEWHURST PRES/39/59

Using http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/
Marriage: 7 Sep 1829 St John, Preston, Lancashire, England
Henry Dewhurst - Bachelor of this Parish
Margaret Dewhurst - (X), Spinster of this Parish
Witness: John Dewhurst; Ann Fairclough, (X)
Married by Banns by: James Gratrix. Curate
Register: Marriages 1829 - 1833, Page 60, Entry 179
Source: LDS Film 94014

Baptism: 24 Jan 1836 St John, Preston, Lancashire, England
Edward Thomas Dewhurst - [Child] of Henry Dewhurst & Margaret
Abode: Walker St
Occupation: Joiner
Baptised by: Thos. Clark Curate
Register: Baptisms 1832 - 1836, Page 457
Source: LDS Film 1278755

Baptism: 17 Jan 1847 St John, Preston, Lancashire, England
James Dewhurst - [Child] of Henry Dewhurst & Margaret
Abode: Walker St
Occupation: Overlooker
Baptised by: W M Colles Curate
Register: Baptisms 1845 - 1847, Page 352, Entry 2812
Source: LDS Film 1278755

Mike *

Mike * Report 30 Oct 2012 17:01

Yes, I had the marriage and all the births. Just needed to find Henry's age and birthplace.
Pity there are no fathers names on the marriage record.

Thanks