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I have one of OH's ancestors whom I am trying to sort out the correct father
On the marriage certificate, Alice Crompton, full age, marries John Waterhouse, in 1841.
Her father, as per the marriage certificate is James Crompton,and his occupation is Hatter.
In trying to find out more information, I have James Crompton as a cotton spinner.
I have a strong feeling that the two occupations are different, but would like someone else to confirm that feeling.
If that is so, it does mean that I will have to do some more digging to get the correct information about James Crompton.
Any comments would be very gratefully received.
A Chesters
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http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Search/indexp.html
19 Dec 1841 at St Mary the Virgin, Prestwich, Lancashire, England
John WATERHOUSE - full age, Printer, Bachelor, Whitefield
Father's name: John WATERHOUSE, Printer
Alice CROMPTON - (X), full age, Spinster, Whitefield
Father's father: James CROMPTON, Hatter
Witness: Edmund AINSWORTH; James SHELDRICK
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The occupations are different. My grandfather was a hatter working in Hat manufacture in Stockport but could her father have changed his occupation by the time his daughter married??
Kay
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".. My grandfather was a hatter working in Hat manufacture in Stockport "
Who is your grandfather,
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".. My grandfather was a hatter working in Hat manufacture in Stockport "
Who is your grandfather,
William Dean Sherratt - but not related to this family ;D
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Lancs OPC also has:
Marriage: 11 Apr 1841 St Mary the Virgin, Prestwich, Lancashire, England
William Bedford - (X), full age, Weaver, Bachelor, Bottom oth Moor Oldham
Sarah Crompton - (X), full age, Spinster, Bottom oth Moor Oldham
Groom's Father: James Bedford, Weaver
Bride's Father: James Crompton, Hatter
Witness: William Gleeson; James Sheldrick
Marriage: 12 Feb 1843 St Mary, Oldham, Lancashire, England
Thomas Crompton - (X), full, Hatter, Widower, Redtomnook
Sally Cooper - (X), full, Spinster, Cotton Street
Groom's Father: James Crompton, Hatter
Bride's Father: Thomas Cooper
Witness: Abram Jackson; John Jackson
http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/
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In trying to find out more information, I have James Crompton as a cotton spinner.
What & where is this other information?
My grandfather was a hatter working in Hat manufacture in Stockport
Off topic, but last year I visited the Hat Museum in Stockport - fascinating!
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You are researching the family of James CROMPTON, hatter.
What relevance does James CROMPTON, cotton spinner, have on your research.
It is not very helpful to say...."I have James Crompton as a cotton spinner."
How and why do you have .....James CROMPTON as a cotton spinner?
Are you seeing this name on a family tree?
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In trying to find out more information, I have James Crompton as a cotton spinner.
What & where is this other information?
My grandfather was a hatter working in Hat manufacture in Stockport
Off topic, but last year I visited the Hat Museum in Stockport - fascinating!
Haven't been to the Hat Museum yet - must try and get there!
Re James Crompton a Spinner - I think that A Chesters has found a baptism for Jane with father James who is a weaver but not one where he is Hatter
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Did Alice come from Bury?
This her in Elton in 1861?
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7Z9-8G9
Marriage at St Mary the Virgin, Bury, 2 January 1815
James Crompton, Hatter, Bachelor
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Ann Taylor, Spinster
BT here
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-68PC-YC?i=233&cat=598734
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Possible baptism of a child from the marriage that might tie in with the Sarah Crompton who married in 1841 that Bevo found
Baptism 18 Feb 1816 St Mary the Virgin, Bury, Lancashire
Sarah Crompton - Daughter of James Crompton & Ann
Born: 5 Jan 1816
Abode: Bury
Occupation: Hatter
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Thank you all for your interest and comments.
In following the tree, I found the the Alice Crompton I was following, after her marriage to John Waterhouse, the only Alice Crompton I could find, with a father of James, was James Crompton, born about 1800 in Lancashire, and married to Martha Simister..
I will admit freely, that at the time, I did not notice that Alice's father was a hatter :-[ I found a baptism for Alice in Oldham, and her father James was a spinner. It was only when I was doing more checking that I noticed that the marriage register had James as a hatter.
That is why I asked the question, as I was not sure about how different the occupations were.