Hi Stephen
Just come across your post regarding Joseph Clegg and found it very interesting. My GG Grandmother was an Elizabeth Clegg who married John Cross in Preston in 1879. Very little is known about Elizabeth, so I am busy trying to trace her. According to the 1881 census, she was born in Hulme c1859, in future census records she just names her birthplace as Manchester. Because the Clegg/Cross family are Catholics I am struggling to find parish records for them. The closest birth I have found for Elizabeth is a Lizzie Clegg, registered Sep qtr 1858 in Chorlton (I believe Hulme is a subdistrict of Chorlton). This Lizzie Clegg seems to be the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Clegg, with Joseph recording himself as a landscape painter. Joseph, Elizabeth and children (including Lizzie) are at 273 North Rd Preston in 1861 and 41 Pole? St, Preston in 1871. Do you have any further information that may help me to work out if my GG Grandmother, Elizabeth Clegg, is the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Clegg?
Thank you for your time.
Kind regards
Sarah
Brisbane, Australia