Who did Bridget marry?

[Olde Crone]

In 1861, Bridget Ashton is 20, (born 1840) single and living with her widowed father and possibly her 4 year old daughter Bridget.

Bridget may have married Richard Lucas later in 1861, or Robert Collison in 1882 (this may be the junior Bridget's marriage, though!).

Please could someone look for Bridget in 1871 and see if she has married. All this took place in Chorley, Lancs.

Thanks!

OC

[ElizabethHerts]

OC, here is the marriage to Richard Lucas:

Groom's Name: Richard Lucas
Groom's Birth Date:
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age:
Bride's Name: Bridget Ashton
Bride's Birth Date:
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age:
Marriage Date: 21 Sep 1861
Marriage Place: Saint George, Chorley, Lancashire, England
Groom's Father's Name:
Groom's Mother's Name:
Bride's Father's Name:
Bride's Mother's Name:
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status:
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status:
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M16274-2
System Origin: England-ODM
Source Film Number: 1526078
Reference Number:
Collection: England Marriages, 1538–1973

[ElizabethHerts]

OK, now with more details:

Groom's Name: Richard Lucas
Groom's Birth Date: 1839
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age: 22
Bride's Name: Bridget Ashton
Bride's Birth Date: 1840
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age: 21
Marriage Date: 21 Sep 1861
Marriage Place: Saint George, Chorley, Lancashire, England
Groom's Father's Name: John Lucas
Groom's Mother's Name:
Bride's Father's Name: Robert Ashton
Bride's Mother's Name:
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status:
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status:
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M16274-2
System Origin: England-VR
Source Film Number: 1526078
Reference Number: 2:1PKTJBH
Collection: England Marriages, 1538–1973

[Olde Crone]

Thanks Elizabeth, sorry I didn't make myself clearer, I wanted to confirm that it was "my" Bridget Ashton marrying and not someone else's Bridget, lol. If the age is correct in 1871 for Mrs Bridget Lucas, then I expect it his her.

EDIT - oh, for goodness sake! I've just read her father's name in your post, thankyou Elizabeth, I can't help being stupid you know.

OC

[ElizabethHerts]

1871
RG10 piece 4228 folio 72 page 4
Back Of Salford Row, Ellel

LUCAS, Richard Head M 30 1841 Lancashire Engine Driver at Cotton Mill
LUCAS, Bridget Wife F 30 1841 Lancashire
LUCAS, Robert A Son M 1 1870 Lancashire
LUCAS, Elizabeth Daughter F 6 1865 Lancashire

[ElizabethHerts]

OC, no more idiotic than me - at first I posted completely the wrong marriage and had to delete it!!

[Olde Crone]

Ooooh, thankyou Elizabeth...yet another tiny crumb of circumstantial evidence for my theory.

Bridget's father Robert was a very naughty man and had loads of illegitimate children. A Bastardy Order exists in his name for the support of my 2 x GGF, James Holden.

James Holden does not exist until 1861 census. His occupation is "engine driver in factory mill", which is also the occupation of his half-sister Bridget's husband. A tiny straw I know, but give me enough straws and I'll build you a haystack, lol. (There are lots of other little straws too)

OC

[ElizabethHerts]

Glad to help, OC.

At first I thought you were suggesting that Richard Lucas and James Holden were one and the same person!!:D:d:d

[ElizabethHerts]

1881

PRESTON, Lancashire
RG11 piece 4243 folio 29 page 9
Eccles Houses, Walton-Le-Dale

LUCAS, Richard Head Married M 40 1841 Engine Tenter In Cotton Mill Ellel Lancashire
LUCAS, Bridget Wife Married F 40 1841 Chorley Lancashire
LUCAS, Mary E Daughter Single F 16 1865 Cotton Carder Ellel Lancashire LUCAS, Robert Son Single M 11 1870 Creeler In Spinning Room Ellel Lancashire
LUCAS, John Son Single M 8 1873 Scholar Walton Le Dale Lancashire
LUCAS, Thomas Son Single M 5 1876 Scholar Walton Le Dale Lancashire LUCAS, William Son Single M 3 1878 Scholar Walton Le Dale Lancashire

[Olde Crone]

Elizabeth

They still might be, lol.

OC