Abraham BLACKSHAW b 1806/7 Mobberley

[Rod Blackshaw]

Abraham BLACKSHAW was born the William BLACKSHAW and Hannah WALLEY in Mobberely in 1806/7. Hannah died in 1808 and William remarried (Betty MOLLINEUX) in 1809. William can be found still in Mobberley in the 1841 and 1851 census. It is 1861 before Abraham turns up in a census by which time he is in Wilmslow. He married Sarah BESWICK in Wilmslow in 1831. They had a daughter, Sarah, in 1838 who died in 1847 and another, Sarah Ann, who was born and died in 1848. Sarah BESWICK also died in 1848 and in 1849 Abraham married Mary HEWITT. They had 4 children before Mary died in 1867. There is another Wilmslow marriage (1876) to Elizabeth WARREN that seems to be him as well. The 1881 census has Abraham as 74, wife Elizabeth aged 28 and an Elizabeth PARKER, aged 34, listed as daughter. Elizabeth PARKER is also on Abraham's death certificate as his daughter in 1881. I have a possible Elizabeth BLACKSHAW marrying a James Edwin PARKER in Bury in 1865 but have failed to find any link between her and her father Abraham. If anyone can shed any light on the relationship between Elizabeth and Abraham BLACKSHAW or where he might have been when the 1841 and 1851 census were conducted I would appreciate it.
 

[Milliepede]

There's an Abraham born 1807 who was imprisoned 5 Jan 1842 for larceny 6 months.

[Milliepede]

1851? under Abel Blackshaw age 40 lodger born Moberley Cheshire

with Mary Blackshaw 30
Eliza 17
Martha 1

[Mabel Bagshawe]

Was also going to suggest this

There's a Martha registered in 1850 at Altrincham., mmn Hewitt

Added: Eliza b "Chisley"  (possibly Chorley??)

[Milliepede]

What about this one for the Elizabeth who marries Parker?

Elizabeth Blackshaw Sep 1843 Macclesfield Union mothers name Beswick

Maybe not, there is an Elizabeth who dies age 7 in 1850, don't know if that was her though 

[Mabel Bagshawe]

Eliza's age as transcribed on 1851 doesn't fit the Elizabeth whose birth is found (b 1843) or E Parker in 1881  (b c1847). However I wonder if it's actually age 7 not 17 - the image is a bit feint and it might be a cross in front of a 7 that's been read as 17?

And a possible from 1861 in Cheadle Bulkeley?

Sarah Warburton    49
Ann Warburton    30
Sarah Ann Warburton    18
Elizh Warburton    11
Elizh Blackshaw    17  b Wilmslow, card room cotton. Boarder

RG 9; 2568; 35; 22;

[Mabel Bagshawe]

What about this one for the Elizabeth who marries Parker?

Elizabeth Blackshaw Sep 1843 Macclesfield Union mothers name Beswick

Maybe not, there is an Elizabeth who dies age 7 in 1850, don't know if that was her though 

Elizabeth Blackshaw
Birth    19 Jul 1842
Baptism    29 Jul 1842,     Mobberley, Cheshire,
Father:    William Blackshaw
Mother:    Elizabeth

Elizabeth Blackshaw
Death Age:    7
Burial    24 Feb 1850 All Saints, Mobberley, Cheshire,

[Rod Blackshaw]

Thanks for the responses even though nothing is yet conclusive! I have tracked Elizabeth PARKER through the census and am fairly confident she was in Bury in 1871, Wilmslow (with Abraham) in 1881 and in Heaton Norris in 1891 and 1901. Her husband and two daughters were also in Heaton Norris in 1881 which suggests she was visiting Abraham rather than living with him; he may have been ill since he died of cirrhosis later that year. The census returns provide dates of birth from 1844 to 1847. That being so, I rather fancy the 1843 Macclesfield - in part because Abraham was still married to Sarah BESWICK until 1848 but will need to get the birth certificate to confirm this. I will follow up if I can identify the right one from Cheshire BMD. 

The Martha (mmn Hewitt) is the first child of Abraham's second marriage. She died in 1864.

The 1851 census record from Cheadle Buckley fits the names though, as ever, the dates/ages are a bit flaky. And, if this is true, it ties in with Elizabeth continuing to live and work in Cheadle Buckley and lodge with the WARBURTONS in 1861. It would put Abraham/Abel in the greater Stockport area and I know his next child Peter was born on Chestergate in 1852. By 1854 the next child of Abraham BLACKSHAW and Mary HEWITT, William, is born in Wilmslow.

I had heard from one of my father's cousins that she had seen a newspaper extract that Abraham had been locked up for stealing a goat. This may, or may not be the incarceration cited here and I don't know if criminal procedures then would have precluded him being recorded during the 1841 census so that remains a mystery.

With your help, I feel a lot closer to sorting out this story. I might never be able to confirm it, but the narrative hangs together.

 

[Mabel Bagshawe]

Elizabeth the 1861 boarder is working in a card room. Fairly close to the occupation here

Marriage: 24 Dec 1865 All Saints, Stand, Lancashire, England
James Edwin Parker - full, Dyer, Bachelor, Stand Lane
Elizabeth Blackshaw - (X), full, Carder, Spinster, Stand Lane
Groom's Father: Holland Parker, Porter
Bride's Father: Abraham Blackshaw, Labourer
Witness: Isaac Ogden; Thomas Fidler
Married by Banns by: Thos. Corser, Rector of Stand