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My great grandparents said you must marry before children and this was VERY stricked in their house ...very very
HAHA they didnt marry till after their 3rd of 18 children were born ....what people say and do are two different things! as we all know now

Good Luck BrendaC

Brenda, it most certainly was done a lot!!

Our ancestors were nowhere near as straight-laced as we might have been led to believe. There were very many couples who didn't trouble the vicar, as well as bigamy.

Oh dear, I didn`t know that. I have found out on mums side of family, my nan was 6 her brother was 4, when her parents married. That wasn`t done a lot in those days either.

Brenda, describing yourself as a "widow" was a very common thing for unmarried mothers back then.

Oh maybe they were married and he died. you ppl are so kind, helping me out, thank you.

Is this Elizabeth and her mother as Fairhurst in 1871?

FAIRHURST, Mary Head F 30 1841 Lancashire - Charwoman
FAIRHURST, Elizabeth Daughter F 10 1861 Lancashire
FAIRHURST, Richard J Son M 8 1863 Lancashire

Piece: 3791 Folio: 12 Page: 17
Registration District: Liverpool
Civil Parish: Liverpool
Municipal Borough: Liverpool

Address: Richmond Row, Liverpool County: Lancashire

Mary's marital status = W
All born Liverpool

England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
about Phoebe Hignett
Name: Phoebe Hignett
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 4 May 1890
Christening Date: 14 May 1890
Christening Place: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Age at Christening: 0
Father's Name: James Hignett
Mother's name: Elizabeth



Now I,m very lost!!!! But there are two phoebes born that area that year or months apart so the other is with middle name may!!! so this one could be her

Oh, thanks for that info. Not the done thing in those days. So it seems Macready brought her up. Wonder what happened to Fairhurst. Interesting mmm.

Oh, thanks for that info. Not the done thing in those days. So it seems Macready brought her up. Wonder what happened to Fairhurst. Interesting mmm.

1911 England Census
about Pheobe Hignett
Name: Pheobe Hignett
Age in 1911: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1891
Relation to Head: Relative (Other Relative)
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Civil parish: Everton
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street Address: 9 Anderson Street
Marital Status: Single
Registration district: West Derby
Registration District Number: 455
Sub-registration district: North Everton
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Piece: 22491
Household Members: Name Age
Harry Thomas Hughes 31
May Louisa Hughes 31
Walter Hughes 7
Elizabeth May Hughes 5
Pheobe Hughes 4
Elsie Hughes 6/12
James Hignett 51
Ernest Hignett 24
Charlie Hignett 18
Pheobe Hignett 20
Drem Ann Hignett 15
Arthur Hignett 13

In the original hand written entry it says Elizabeth macready (child) mother Mary unmarried

Liverpool, England, Baptisms, 1813-1906
about Elizabeth McCready
Name: Elizabeth McCready
Baptism Date: 26 Feb 1860
Parish: Liverpool St Martin-in-the-Fields
Father's Name: McCready
Mother's name: Mary McCready

Found this!!

we will look when the website we are using works again!!!!! :-( :-\

Thanks for your help. I wonder why she was Macready and her father Fairhurst? She must have got adopted by her stepfather. I doubt she would be on a second marriage at 17. looks like I have more delving to do.
Thanks again guys xx :-)

1891 England Census
about Elizabeth Hignett
Name: Elizabeth Hignett
Age: 29
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: James Hignett
Gender: Female
Where born: Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Liverpool
Ecclesiastical parish: St Matthew
Town: Liverpool
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Liverpool
Sub-registration district: St Martin
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 2899
Folio: 47
Page Number: 5
Household Members: Name Age
James Hignett 30
Elizabeth Hignett 29
Mary L Hignett 11
Florence J Hignett 10
Elizabeth Hignett 8
Walter J Hignett 6
Ernest T Hignett 4
John Hignett 2
Phoebe Mary Hignett 10/12
Phoebe Hill 22
Esther Hill 19

Name: Elizabeth Macready
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1878
Registration district: Liverpool
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume Number: 8b
Page Number: 5

spouse James Hignett

1881 England Census
about Elizabeth Hignett
Name: Elizabeth Hignett
Age: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: James Hignett
Gender: Female
Where born: Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Liverpool
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street Address: 46 Eldon Place
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Liverpool
Sub-registration district: St Martin
ED, institution, or vessel: 18
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 3596
Folio: 14
Page Number: 21
Household Members: Name Age
James Hignett 21
Elizabeth Hignett 20
Louisa Hignett 1
Florence Hignett 1 month

Liverpool, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921
about Elizabeth Macready
Name: Elizabeth Macready
Birth Year: abt 1861
Age: 17
Marriage Date: 20 Oct 1878
Parish: Liverpool All Saints
Spouse's Name: James Hignett
Father's Name: William Fairhurst
Spouse Father's Name: William Hignett

groom's name: James Hignett
groom's birth date: 1859
groom's birthplace:
groom's age: 19
bride's name: Elizabeth Macready
bride's birth date: 1861
bride's birthplace:
bride's age: 17
marriage date: 20 Oct 1878
marriage place: All Saints Church, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
groom's father's name: William Hignett
groom's mother's name:
bride's father's name: William Fairhurst
bride's mother's name:
groom's race:
groom's marital status: Single
groom's previous wife's name:
bride's race:
bride's marital status: Single
bride's previous husband's name:
indexing project (batch) number: M01671-4
system origin: England-EASy
source film number: 1655766
reference number: 100


Marriage: 20 Oct 1878 All Saints, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
James Hignett - 19, Carter, Bachelor, 10 Aintree Street
Elizabeth Macready - 17, Spinster, 33 Lime Kiln Lane
Groom's Father: William Hignett, Labourer
Bride's Father: William Fairhurst, Warehouseman
Witness: Edward Gore; Jane Hignett
Married by Banns by: Frank B. Tyrer M. A. Vicar
Register: Marriages 1876 - 1882, Page 100, Entry 199
Source: LDS Film 1655766

have you got their marriage cert it will gve their ages and dads names if known