Gosh -- you did SO well having a good 'Bash' at those obstacles in your tree, 'Lad'! Well done you.
I also had 2 colourful, paternal great grandfathers, both living in Accrington, a small town adjacent to Blackburn - where those naughty parishioners were shamed.
One died in 1896 in Lancashire Asylum aged only 46. He came from a staunch Methodist family. The cause of his death was 'Paralysis' - which I took at face value, but later discovered that it meant 'Paralysis of the Insane' and was caused by Syphillis! How dreadful. I don't think the family could have known the real cause of his illness.
The other one was Irish, but had moved over to this area in the 1870s - he had 10 children by his wife - but in the 1901 census, in his 60s - he was living with a 24 year old 'Wardrobe Dealer' shown as his wife on the census. His wife was living with one of her (their) daughters.
The irony of this is -- my own father, when he was born, was named after BOTH these grandfathers of his!
It is entertaining though, just to have a bit of 'colour' in your family tree.
Well done again on working your way through your winding family lines.
