Please can anybody help me track her down

[kena]

Hi again, sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you again (leg situation again). Think I may have found Hannah and kids in Cheddleton now on the 1841, no sign of William though, Hannah down as being born about 1801 I think, There is also a death registration on StaffordshireBMD in 1844 for a Hannah Brindley aged 45 which fits in with mine. Please can anybody give me their opinion on this, would be most grateful. Please is it possible William could have just been away on a barge somewhere and just missed the census altogether please?. Also please has anybody been able to find them on the 1851, am still missing that.

Thanks

Anna

[sillgen]

I have had another look for them in 1851 but no luck.  I thought that knowing children's names and ages might help.  There are a suprising number of Brindleys around though.
Do you think it might be worth getting a birth certificate for James?   It would pin down address and occupation at that time.  Actually I realise now that that does not tally with your initial post when you said the youngest child was born in 1835.  James is only 2 in 1841.  Have you traced him later?
Andrea

[kena]

Hi Andrea, thanks very much for that, there is actually a James Brindley in the 1861 census entry when father William is living with his son William and family.

Anna

[sillgen]

Ah yes.  I found James in 1871 with wife Hannah too.  The elder William lives to a good age doesn't he?  Still going strong in 1881.   I should write to the local register office about the death or Hannah and ask if it is wife of William a boatman before you buy it.
Andrea

[kena]

Hi Andrea, Thanks very much for that, it looks pretty much like the Hannah and family in Cheddleton are the right Brindley's now especially with James claiming on a couple of later censuses that he was born in Cheddleton, fortunately have also been able to find a rootschatter who can very kindly look it up for me in the parish registers but will probably end up getting the death certificate as well so will take into account what you have said.

Thanks again

Anna

[HoldcroftJ]

Anna,

I think you've found her now, but I've just spotted this thread, and realised that the Hannah Brindley nee Fox that you have is my 3rd great-grandmother.  Her son Jame Brindley 1839 is my great great-grandfather.  Here's an extract from my ancestors' report:

4. William Brindley, son of John Brindley and Jane Dale, was born about 1798 in Baddeley Edge NORTON-IN-THEMOORS
Staffordshire England, was christened on 25 Dec 1798 in NORTON-IN-THE-MOORS Staffordshire England,1
and died about Feb 1886 in LEEK Staffordshire England2 aged about 88.
Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: 1839 Boat Man, 1861 Boat Man, 1881 Pauper.
William married Hannah Fox on 30 Dec 1822 in HANLEY Staffordshire England.3
Marriage Notes: Witnessed by Hannah's brother John Fox.
Children from this marriage were:

ii. John Brindley was born about 1823 in NORTON-IN-THE-MOORS Staffordshire England and was
christened on 12 Jan 1823 in NORTON-IN-THE-MOORS Staffordshire England.4
iii. Sarah Brindley was born about 1834 in Staffordshire England and died about Nov 1896 in LEEK
DISTRICT Staffordshire England5 aged about 62. Sarah married Sampson Meakin about Feb 1851 in St
Edwards LEEK Staffordshire England.6 Sarah next married Thomas Simpson about Aug 1853 in St
Edwards LEEK Staffordshire England.7 Sarah next married James Fowell about Nov 1864 in St Luke
LEEK Staffordshire England.8
iv. William Brindley was born about 1835 in NORTON-IN-THE-MOORS Staffordshire England and died
about Nov 1911 in WOLSTANTON DISTRICT Staffordshire England9 aged about 76. William married
Eliza Charlesworth about Nov 1857 in St Edwards LEEK Staffordshire England.10
2 v. James Brindley. James married Hannah Johnson on 21 Nov 1870 in St Bartholomew NORTON-IN-THEMOORS
Staffordshire England.11

5. Hannah Fox, daughter of Samuel Fox and Mary Braddock, was born about 1799 in Staffordshire England, was christened
on 6 Jan 1799 in NORTON-IN-THE-MOORS Staffordshire England,1 and died about May 1851 in LEEK Staffordshire
England12 aged about 52.
Hannah married William Brindley on 30 Dec 1822 in HANLEY Staffordshire England.13

 1. "IGI", Batch C010172, Source 0421581, Dates 1752-1812.
2. "FreeBMD", Mar 1886, Leek, Vol 6b, Page 200. .... "StaffordshireBMD", 1886, Reference LE/29/49.
3. "IGI", Batch M010583, Source 0426560, Dates 1816-1824. .... "IGI Source", Batch M010583, Source 0426560, Dates 1816-1824. William
Brindley of this Parish
Bachelor
and Hannah Fox of this Parish
Spinster
were married in this Chapel by Banns with Consent of
__________ this thirtieth Day of
December in the Year one Thousand eight Hundred and twenty two
By Me __________
This Marriage was solemnized between us { The Mark x of William Brindley, The mark x of Hannah Fox }
In the Presence of { John Fox, Jesse Shirley [professional witness] }
No. 127. Bishop's transcripts for Hanley, 1791-1835 Church of England. Parish Church of Hanley (Staffordshire).
4. "IGI", Batch C010173, Source 0435818, Printout 0932902, Dates 1813-1818.
5. "FreeBMD", Dec 1896, Leek, Vol 6b, Page 212.
6. "FreeBMD", Mar 1851, Leek, Vol 17, Page 70. .... "StaffordshireBMD", 1851, Reference 32C/2/238.
7. "FreeBMD", Sep 1853, Leek, Vol 6b, Page 279. .... "StaffordshireBMD", 1853, Reference 32C/2/354.
8. "FreeBMD", Dec 1864, Leek, Vol 6b, Page 391. .... "StaffordshireBMD", 1864, Reference 33C/1/401.
9. "FreeBMD", Dec 1911, Wolstanton, Vol 6b, Page 152.
10. "FreeBMD", Dec 1857, Leek, Vol 6b, Page 375. .... "StaffordshireBMD", 1857, Reference 32C/3/112.
11. "IGI", Batch M010176, Source 1040780, Dates 1852-1875. .... "FreeBMD", Dec 1870, Leek, Vol 6b, Page 428. .... "GRO", Dec 1870, Leek, Vol
6b, Page 428. .... "StaffordshireBMD", 1870, Reference 25/1/194. .... "Brindley Family Register", James and Hannah Brindley, 21 Nov 1870.
12. "FreeBMD", Jun 1851 Vol 17 Page 39. .... "StaffordshireBMD", 1851 Reference LE/08/020.
13. "IGI", Batch M010583, Source 0426560, Dates 1816-1824. .... "IGI Source", Batch M010583, Source 0426560, Dates 1816-1824.

Regards,

James.

[kena]

Hi James, many thanks for all that, I am descended from William and Hannah's daughter Sarah born 1833. Do you have details about Hannah's death. I can give you them if you don't. I also caught up with her on the 1841 near Cheddleton.

Anna

[wrjones]

Hi James,a warm welcome to Rootschat.

In your message you talk of a "Brindley Family Register".What do you refer to by this?

Regards
William Russell Jones.

[HoldcroftJ]

Anna,

I have in the past been in touch with GenesReunited Paul who is also descended from Sarah Brindley 1833.  He mentioned your name, but never gave me any more contact details, so I am very pleased to find you now.

For Hannah's death, I only have the FreeBMD and StaffordshireBMD references, so if you have more detail, then I would very much appreciate it:
Deaths Jun 1851
Brindley Hannah Leek 17 39
Staffordshire Death indexes for the years: 1851
BRINDLEY Hannah 50 Leek Newcastle-Under-Lyme LE/08/020

I have the 1841 census for Hannah and the 4 children at Cheddleton, thanks, but I have yet to find Hannah's husband William in 1841.  Presumably he's on a boat somewhere.

Regards,

James.