My James William MARSHALL died here in New Zealand in Jan 1873, aged 49. He was described as from Loughborough, but I cannot find his family or his birth c 1822. We believe, but cannot prove, that his father was William, mother Mary Ann, & that in 1855 he had 2 brothers & a sister.
He arrived in 1852 & married in 1855, so he won't be in any census later than 1851.
In the 1851 UK census there is a JWM, ?home/flour agent, lodging in North Street, Barrow Upon Soar, and born about 1823 in Loughborough.
And in the 1841 census there is a family William (40, agent) & Hannah with 3 sons & a daughter that could be his family, in Derby Road, Loughborough.
James worked as an agent in NZ, so the 1841 entry seems possible even though the mother's name does not match. Of course, given the gap in age of children, the father may have married again.
I've searched for this birth at Leicester records office, IGI, Ancestry, Leicester Directory, & Find My Past, and various online resources. I've read the postings here re RAWSON & MARSHALL & though they are very interesting, I can't fit them in.
Any suggestions for the births of him, possible siblings Thomas, Joseph or Jane, or his parents' marriage? Or deaths of the parents?
Many thanks