Hi Carol,
Must Bring it up again as Valda said!***make sure you have the correct 1841c Richard (No harm done double checking)
Earlier I said that elimination was part of finding the correct Richard & Ann Valda says about 7 baptisms of Richard or are 7 in the IGI and have already started looking. The (I stand corrected West of Birmingham & not West Birmingham but I was thinking of Manchester that is also Greater Manchester thinking Birmingham the same)
Both my Great grandfathers moved and married away from there home country One from Temple Balsall 1844 in Warwickshire to Yorkshire and the other Burslem 1850ish in Staffordshire to Derbyshire married a lass from Cheshire in Chester and settled in Chesterfield so anything is possible. Thus localising is does not always bring the correct result or correct result. Migration to find work in the new industrial era or people in service of the big wealthy familes moved around also taking staff with them.
Shoemaker could mean cobbler or Shoe factory (Hence not in the trade directories) and Walsall was heavy in the leather industry. Settlement , Examination and removal orders were a great source but were for the very poor and very sparse but are as Valda says is great source find.
I'll check this Yorkshire Richard out at Tadcaster very very lower dales? on the dales river wharf(dale) if only for Elimination.
Hugh Wallis IGI website
For checking Richard & Ann sibling in lowering year order or run of them.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.htmBMSGH A Barbra does marriage look ups of 3 marriages for about £4 through
BMSGH website with or or without a find (Or no refund if search is negative)
Dave in Yorkshire Summer residence Warwick