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ElizabethHerts
10-02-10, 16:28
I am trying to trace the siblings of my great-grandmother, who was born Ellen Jackson on 27 September 1857 in Skircoat Yorkshire. She was the youngest.

Parents:
Henry Jackson
Sophia Charlotte (nee Stillings)

Siblings:
Sarah Eliza Married John Thomas. She died in 1874 in Barton Lancs.
Mary J Where did she go?
Emma Where did he go?
William Where did he go?
Betty Never married. My great-grandmother lived with her when she was widowed

1851 Census
HO107 2299 233 35
Lindwell Bank Elland cum Greetland
Henry Jackson Head Mar 31 Worsted Overlooker Yshire Sowerby
Sophia C Wife Mar 32 Yorkshire Skircoat
Sarah E Daur Un 6 Scholar Yorkshire Greetland
Mary Jane Daur U 4 Yorkshire Greetland
Emma Daur U 2 Yorkshire Greetland

1861 Census
RG9 2896 25 43
14 Harrowby Street Hulme
Henry Jackson Head Mar 39 Foreman Worsted spinning Halifax
Sophia Wife Mar 40 Yorkshire Halifax
Sarah Daur Un 17 Worsted Spinner Yorkshire Halifax
Mary J Daur Un 15 Worsted Spinner Yorkshire Halifax
Emma Daur Un 12 Worsted Spinner Yorkshire Halifax
William Son 8 Scholar Yorkshire Halifax
Betty Daur 6 Scholar Yorkshire Halifax
Ellen Daur 2 Yorkshire Halifax
John Stillings Visitor Mar 67 Corn Miller Yorkshire Halifax

1871 Census
RG10 4001 111 43
21 Henlock Street Hulme Manchester
Henry Jackson Head Mar 51 Overlooker Yorkshire Halifax
Sophia C Wife Mar 52 Yorkshire Halifax
Emma Daur Unm 22 Factory Operative Yorkshire
Halifax
William Son Unm 18 Warehouseman Yorkshire Halifax
Betty Daur Unm 16 Factory Operative Yorkshire
Halifax
Ellen Daur 13 Scholar Yorkshire Halifax
John Brook Lodger Widr 32 Woolsorter Yorkshire
Halifax

1881 Census
RG11 3885 103 29
122 Cornbrook Street Stretford Lancashire
Henry Jackson Head Mar 62 Overlooker Worsted Mill Yorkshire
Mytholroyd
Sophia C Wife Mar 63 Yorkshire Skircoat
Betty Daur Un 26 Yorkshire Skircoat
John Thomas Son in Law Widr 35 Salesman Calico Lancashire Salford


I have found it hard to find births for them all as Jackson is such a common name.

I would like to try to find some descendants.
kiterunner
10-02-10, 16:57
Starting by hoping that Mary Jane got married at the same church as Sarah Eliza did (St John, Manchester) there are a couple of possible marriages for her between 1861 and 1871:
1866 to William H Whittle or 1867 to John Mayor.

Off to try 1871 census for those...
ElizabethHerts
10-02-10, 16:59
Thanks Kate!
They have frustrated me so much over the past few years. Just finding my great-grandmother's birth certificate was tricky.
kiterunner
10-02-10, 17:02
Ooh, yes! She's transcribed as Mary F Mayor on ancestry but it says J on the image (1871):

36 Pickford St., Stretford, Lancashire
John Mayor Head Mar 26 Maker Up Lancashire Preston
Mary J Do Wife Mar 24 Yorkshire Halifax
John H Do Son 2 Lancashire Manchester
kiterunner
10-02-10, 17:04
Then there are a couple of possible marriages for Emma at the same church:

1871 to William Morris
1872 to Frederick Fox
ElizabethHerts
10-02-10, 17:04
Oh, brilliant - thanks!

She is correctly transcribed on FMP!
ElizabethHerts
10-02-10, 17:06
Are you using Lancs Free BMD? or something else, KiteRunner?
ElizabethHerts
10-02-10, 17:32
Mary and John Mayor named a daughter after her mother - Sophia. 1891 census!

Thanks Kiterunner for putting me onto this family.:)
ElizabethHerts
10-02-10, 18:05
OOOH!!! Kiterunner, look what I have found!

Mary Jane Mayor died aged 31
Jun qr 1875 Prestwich

1881 Census Barton under Irwell
RG11 3886 67 5
John Mayor Head Widower 36 Preston
John H Son 12
Sophia Daur 9
Emma Jackson Serv Un Yorks Bradford (wrong)

1891 Census
Stretford
John Mayor Head
Emma Wife 42 Yorkshire Greetland
John H
Sophia


However, I can't find a marriage for them.
kiterunner
10-02-10, 18:17
Are you using Lancs Free BMD? or something else, KiteRunner?

Lancashire BMD

However, I can't find a marriage for them.

They may not have actually got married, since it would have been illegal.
ElizabethHerts
10-02-10, 18:21
The two children died -
John Henry aged 30 in 1898 and Sophia in 1896.

Emma died as Emma Mayor in 1906 and John Mayor died in 1908, both in Stretford.

My grandfather must have known them as they lived there.


Thankyou Kiterunner for finding them for me.

I just need to find William now...
Mary from Italy
10-02-10, 20:52
Just in case you didn't know, Skircoat Green is part of Halifax. I don't think there's another Skircoat in Yorkshire.
ElizabethHerts
10-02-10, 21:03
Mary thank you - we were up there about 18 months ago and stayed in Halifax.

Sophia Jackson, nee Stillings, lived at Bolton Brow just outside Halifax where her father was a corn miller. We also went to Sowerby and also Heptonstall where the Jackson family originally came from. What an amazing place!
Mary from Italy
10-02-10, 21:33
Yes, Heptonstall's fascinating. I used to work in Hebden Bridge, so I know it quite well.
kiterunner
10-02-10, 21:57
I don't think it's going to be so easy to find William especially since he may well have changed his occupation after 1871.
ElizabethHerts
11-02-10, 06:59
Kiterunner, I agree with you. I'm resigned to the fact that I may never find him! I have tried searching using various places of birth such as "Halifax", "Greetland" and "Skircoat" as appear for his siblings, but nothing seems to help.

I also wonder whether he emigrated, not that I have any basis for this.:d