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we need a few more clues please.

Was Houghton her maiden name or her married name.

When & where did she marry

Where did she live after her marriage

when roughly was she born

There is another Thomas Elizabeth marriage in 1787 at Walton-le-dale. I know Thomas would have been quite old for a first marriage but there could have been a previous one

Eg marriage to a Margaret (known perhaps as Peggy) with a death of a Peggy wife of Thomas in 1781 (there are a couple of others)

Does the death certificate you have not give the relationship to the deceased as they often do?

Also noted in The Blackburn Standard on 30/3/1839

Age 75 & highly respected by numerous friends

This makes him sound to be a well known man in the area and probably fairly wealthy to have an obituary in 2 newspapers but still does not match the birth date you have by 10 years. Ages on death are often a few years out but not usually as much as 10

Do you have his death certificate to see who registered his death?

Walton-le-dale until I think 1866 was part of the parish of Blackburn which was very large and encompassed many areas which became parishes in their own right

I assume you have Arthur's death in the last quarter of 1947. A new pension card for his widow at 38 Lancaster St seems to have been prepared on 4/12/47

1939 recorded DOB 1881

There is a burial for a Arthur Walker Woodhead 11th November 1947