I note that his wife Elizabeth was born Stockport, Cheshire and that in 1871 were living with his wife's family so there is definitely a Cheshire connection.
However, you state that Elizabeth remarried in 1885 but on the 1901 Census she is listed as Elizabeth Hazlett, widow i.e. no remarriage!!
Annette
This info is transcribed on the Lancashire OPC site where Elizabeth Hazlett had a child baptised at Salford St Clement:
Elizabeth married Henry Twigg at St Clements as well, also on the OPC (do a search for the surname Hazlett in Salford, they all come up)
Something to do with this family happened in 1884 as well, if you look at the baptism for John Willie Hazlett :
"19 Apr 1882 St Clement, Salford, Lancashire, England
John Willie Hazlett - Child of James Hazlett, deceased & Elizabeth
Born: 2 Mar 1877
Abode: 98 Oxford Street
Occupation: Artist
Notes: certificate 3rd Sepr. 1884 for ___sham? to 48 Rop__? R___? Lane"