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Title: Mary Whitehead
Post by: l_bamboo on Wednesday 16 April 14 23:02 BST (UK)
I'm looking for any information about Mary whitehead. I know she married Robert Howarth and gave birth to a son Charles in 1838 in Heywood. I can't find any records about her other than her name on Charles BC. Any info or suggestion would be a great help!

Bonnie
Title: Re: Mary Whitehead
Post by: CaroleW on Wednesday 16 April 14 23:30 BST (UK)
The 1841 shows eldest child as Edmund aged 10 then a drop of 7yrs to Charles aged 3 so any marriage would be pre-1837.  Both Mary & Robert are shown as aged 30 so allowing for rounding they could be up to 34yrs old

Do you have the family on a later census showing her birthplace?
Title: Re: Mary Whitehead
Post by: l_bamboo on Wednesday 16 April 14 23:55 BST (UK)
I haven't yet as I haven't convinced myself that it's the right Mary &Robert.
Title: Re: Mary Whitehead
Post by: CaroleW on Thursday 17 April 14 00:46 BST (UK)
Is their son Charles your ancestor?  If so - who did Charles marry and when?

You appear to have Charles birth cert - what is Roberts occupation and what was their address on the cert

One of the problems with this surname is that it can be transcribed as Haworth or Heyworth as well as Howarth or Howorth - it's all down to pronunciation and how the enumerator interpreted the surname
Title: Re: Mary Whitehead
Post by: l_bamboo on Thursday 17 April 14 00:56 BST (UK)
Ok on Charles bc it says that his fathers occupation was "hand loom weaver". Their residence is stated as praty wood near heap bridge.  Charles married Mary Ann Hoyle abt 1857 then moved to Canada shortly after.
Title: Re: Mary Whitehead
Post by: CaroleW on Thursday 17 April 14 01:09 BST (UK)
The 1841 entry shows Robert as a woollen weaver

This is the same family in 1851 and on both censuses - their address matches that on Charles birth cert

Robert Howarth   43 wool weaver b Rochdale
Mary 41 b Rochdale
Edmund  19 b Rochdale
Charles  13 b Bury
Hannah  11  b Bury
Henry 5  b Bury
Alice  4  b Bury
HO107 Piece 2213 Folio 185 Page 67
Title: Re: Mary Whitehead
Post by: CaroleW on Thursday 17 April 14 01:20 BST (UK)
FS has several possibilities for Mary

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NFJR-XJ6
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NFP2-LR2
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N1Q1-4TL
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NJCS-C73
Title: Re: Mary Whitehead
Post by: l_bamboo on Thursday 17 April 14 01:53 BST (UK)
Thank you so much for confirming the census for me...  I found all those possibilities for Mary too, I will just keep working at it.