Hello Chris,
I am hoping to find the birth record of Samuel Pope. He was born 1836 in Alvanley. On another document he says, Helsby.
A KS found a person I believe to be my Samuel Pope on the Helsby, 1851 census. He is listed as being a lodger, u, 15 yrs, born Alvanley.
He is living with a Dixon/Ainsworth family( ag lab.)
On the 1841 census, for Frodsham, there is an Eliza Pope,
b about 1817-1821 who is described as what looks like FL or HL
Living with a Sarah Nickson( b 1767 - 1771) Publican and her family. so perhaps this Eliza Pope was an unmarried servant. She is old enough to be Samuel's mother.
Also on the 1841 census, there is a
Thomas Pope b 1807 - 1811 Labourer
Ann, wife b 1822-1826( so not likely to be Samuel's mother )
Ann dau 6
Thomas son 4
Esther dau 6 mo.
When Samuel Pope married in 1870 in Widnes( Wesleyan Methodist chapel) to Ann Chadwick, the section on his marriage certificate for his father's name was left blank. (The bride's father's name, however, was entered.)
I would love to have any 'Popes' you come across as they may turn out to be relatives.
(I was told a long time ago by a member of the family, that she thought they had originated in Sandbach but that might have been one of those family stories as I have found no reference to Sandbach.)
Thank you for your kindness in offering these lookups.
