Pollard family help please Accrington

[nsledden]

Alice married John 9/12/1878 aged 21 , so John Pollard was born before they were married, but his fathers names were shown when he was registered.

Jennifer

These are his parents?
Keyboard86

Oh sorry I appear to have missed that one many thanks

Nathan

[Pennines]

I agree that John Richard Pollard is confusing.

What seems to have happened is;

Soldier number 7334 enlisted in the Militia in February 1897 giving an age of 18. (This would give him a birth year of 1879).
Name John Richard Pollard.
Address 12 Oak St Accrington.

Soldier 7334 was transferred from the Militia to East Lancs Regiment in April 1897 and given number 5398. Age 18 years and 1 month. (Again giving a birth year of 1879.)
Name John Richard Pollard.
Next of Kin - Mother Alice Ann (no surname given). HER address 15 Oak St Accrington. Step sister Emily Durbin -- Liverpool Industrial School.

This soldier was awarded the Queens South Africa medal and the Kings South Africa Medal.

From other evidence already presented and available on Free Web Sites as well as Ancestry, he UNDERSTATED his age on enlistment by 2 years!

As previously found by Jennifer, Mary, Keyboard -- he was born in 1877.

Baptism 22/3/1877 St James Accrington -- John Richard Cameron Pollard. Mother Alice Ann Pollard. (Family Search - free site).
Marriage of mother Alice Ann Pollard - 9/12/1878, Accrington to John Cameron Durbin. (family Search - free site).
Baptism of sister Emily Durbin --- 10/6/1880, St James Accrington -- father John Cawston Durbin (mistranscribed - should be John Cameron Durbin) - mother Alice Ann. (Family Search - free site)

1881 census found by Keyboard.
Address : 38 Bank St Accrington;
Jane Pollard 64 Widow
Alice Ann Durbin 23 married
John Richard C Durbin 4 (age correct - as correct birth year 1877)
Emily Durbin 10 mths

(Interestingly - as already mentioned ---the family tree on Ancestry for the Kemble family has a copy of the marriage certificate of John Richard Cameron Durbin Pollard in April 1814 to Hannah Kemble.

His age on this is given as 33! This would give him a birth year of 1881 -- so he has AGAIN understated his age).

From the 1881 census, on the face of it you would think Jane Pollard aged 64 may be the mother of Alice Ann Durbin (nee Pollard) aged 23.

Nathan -- a transcribed copy of this census is available on Family Search (free site).

So John Richard Cameron Durbin Pollard was illegitimate and had a sister Emily who was born after the parents married.

If you are seeking to find out if he was a cousin of an ancestor named Pollard -- you will need to look for brothers of Alice Ann Pollard, his mother.

I hope I have got this correct -- going to lie down in a darkened room for a while!

[keyboard86]

Hi again, the Jane above in 1881 b Church is married in 1861 to a Reuben Pollard 32 with an Alice A Pollard aged 3 b Accrington
Census ref RG09/3062/128/78
The daughters in 1861 Catherine b c 1855  and Alice A b c 1858 have mmn Broderick
 
EDIT would love to know about the John who was killed in action 1916 mother Jane?

So back to this potential family for Alice Ann?
Keyboard86

And the 1871 family headed by a RICHARD Pollard?
Census ref RG10/4442/94/16?

I can locate a baptism for a Catherine Pollard ( Elizabeth in 1871)?
Catherine Pollard 21st January 1855 St James' Church, Accrington Father Richard Mother Jane

[keyboard86]

Hi unless one of your Pollard relatives was a Wilson Pollard, I see no connection, Jane Broderick married a Preston Hoyle, Salesbury 26th February 1843 Fathers James Hoyle and George Broderick, believe he was in the Merchant Navy, one child a Catharine Hoyle June qtr 1845 Haslingden mmn Brodrick, Jane Hoyle married a Richard Pollard 8th March 1851 Accrington Fathers' Wilson Pollard and George Broderick
Keyboard86

[Pennines]

(Interestingly - as already mentioned ---the family tree on Ancestry for the Kemble family has a copy of the marriage certificate of John Richard Cameron Durbin Pollard in April 1814 to Hannah Kemble.

Sorry -- I wrote the above in my previous post - and the marriage date should of course have been 1914 and not 1814!!

Nathan --- I think that you now need to research the person in your own family who you think is a cousin of the soldier ---to see if the arrive at any of the families found by Keyboard.

[nsledden]

So looking at all your fantastic work my avenue to establish family connection whic I may have wrong after all is to find out if john Richard pollards mother Alice Anne pollard is related to my lot as john I assume is only a pollard as his mother was pollard and not yet taken the married name of durbin I have just signed up to ancestry , is there any way I can make contact with the person who made the tree with john Richard Cameron durbin pollard in ? Thanks again
Nathan

[jennifer c]

I have had another look Jane Pollard-

Born Jane Broderick c.1821 parents George & Ann Broderick

Jane married Preston Hoyle Haslinden 1843. Jane Hoyle then married Richard Pollard 8/3/1851

Richard Pollard father of Alice  Parents Wilson Pollard Calico Printer and Mary (Anderton?)

Not sure where Reuben came from as he is described as a Tailor, all the Pollard family seem to work within the calico / printing of calico occupation. Perhaps this is yet again another enumerator mistake?

Jennifer

[jennifer c]

If you now have Ancestry you can put the names I have just posted in to Search and it should all come up.

Jennifer

[jennifer c]

Looks like Wilson Pollard was base born 4/7/1802 Accrington to Ellen Taylor baptised and married as 'Taylor'.

Ellen Taylor married John Pollard 10/11/1803 St James Accrington as Nellie Taylor.

Ellen Pollard burial 4/9/1836 Chapelby address Lowerhouse.

Wilson Taylor married Mary Anderton Burnley 17/4/1828

Jennifer