BlueSavannah
20-08-15, 16:44
My Great x 3 Grandmother Lydia Sykes' first husband was Benjamin Wadsworth. Both were born in Charlton Brook, Ecclesfield (near Sheffield) and they married at Sheffield St Peter/Paul (Cathedral) on the 12th August 1849. They are residing at the home of Lydia's brother Daniel Sykes on the 1851 census in Attercliffe, Sheffield with their son Benjamin.
There appears to be two baptisms for the child Benjamin both at St Mary, Ecclesfield. The first being in 1850 and the second being in 1859 both giving Benjamin's occupation as a Shoemaker.
By 1861, Lydia is now calling herself Lydia Rowland, the wife of Robert Rowland. There is no marriage of this couple and that is probably because Benjamin was still alive. The problem is that I cannot find any trace of Benjamin after the 1851 census. Would he have had to be present at the 1859 second baptism for his son?
There is another child, Mary Ellen Beaumont Wadsworth who was born in Kimberworth, Rotherham in 1856. She is also with her mother Lydia in 1861. I don't know at this stage if she is actually a child of Benjamin. Mary Ellen is with her mother and 'step father' up to 1871 and then I can't find a trace of her either.
Benjamin junior is on the 1881 census aged 31, unmarried and a commercial traveller in Liverpool. There is a death of a Benjamin Wadsworth in 1886 aged 36 in the district of Chorlton. I think this is likely Benjamin junior's death but I don't have the cert.
Can anyone find Benjamin senior at all after 1851?
There appears to be two baptisms for the child Benjamin both at St Mary, Ecclesfield. The first being in 1850 and the second being in 1859 both giving Benjamin's occupation as a Shoemaker.
By 1861, Lydia is now calling herself Lydia Rowland, the wife of Robert Rowland. There is no marriage of this couple and that is probably because Benjamin was still alive. The problem is that I cannot find any trace of Benjamin after the 1851 census. Would he have had to be present at the 1859 second baptism for his son?
There is another child, Mary Ellen Beaumont Wadsworth who was born in Kimberworth, Rotherham in 1856. She is also with her mother Lydia in 1861. I don't know at this stage if she is actually a child of Benjamin. Mary Ellen is with her mother and 'step father' up to 1871 and then I can't find a trace of her either.
Benjamin junior is on the 1881 census aged 31, unmarried and a commercial traveller in Liverpool. There is a death of a Benjamin Wadsworth in 1886 aged 36 in the district of Chorlton. I think this is likely Benjamin junior's death but I don't have the cert.
Can anyone find Benjamin senior at all after 1851?