Marriage 1866 Ulverston John Hesketh/ Mary Ann Pratt

[GrannyM]

I am trying to find more details about the marriage of
John Hesketh to Mary Ann Pratt in 1866 , Q2 ,Ulverston. Vol 8e, page 946
Has anyone got access to church records from this area please? I am mainly trying to work out John's parents and his age .
Thank you

[KGarrad]

Marriage-Locator (https://one-name.org/marriage-locator/) can't find this marriage.

This means it was a Register Office, Catholic, Methodist or other non-Anglican marriage.
Getting the marriage certificate may be the best course of action.

Despite Ulverston Registration District being part of Lancashire at the time, Ulverston records do not appear on Lancashirebmd.org.uk, which would have mentioned the church, or whatever.

[rosie99]

The family are in Horwich in 1871 - John is 26 years old bn Preston, Lancashire

[KGarrad]

However, the marriage DOES appear on Cumbriabmd.org.uk!

Marriage at St George, Barrow-in-Furness.

[GrannyM]

Thank you everyone. I never thought to look on Cumbriabmd.
His place of birth seems to change depending which census you find him on so he's a bit confusing.

[softly softly]

Mary Ann’s parents were James Pratt & Jane leese/leece who married 14.5.1826 in dalton in Furness. Apart from 1871 census her pob is always Ulverston

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[GrannyM]

Thank you.
Mary Ann seems to be straight forward. John on the other hand gives Ulverston, Preston, Fylde and I think there is a census with Rosacre too ( which I know would come under Fylde).
Just want to make sure I'm following the right Hesketh branch going back.

[softly softly]

GrannyM is your thinking that John’s parents could be John hesketh & Alice Parkinson. Their marriage was 1843 in fylde.However freebmd does not record them together on its site, but separately

Added
Alice appears on 1851 census as a fisherman’s wife, with son John & several other children
John baptised 17.3.1853 lytham

[KGarrad]

GrannyM is your thinking that John’s parents could be John hesketh & Alice Parkinson. Their marriage was 1843 in fylde.However freebmd does not record them together on its site, but separately

Added
Alice appears on 1851 census as a fisherman’s wife, with son John & several other children
John baptised 17.3.1853 lytham

On the original image for Alice Parkinson, the page number is obliterated by an ink blot!
FreeBMD have transcribed that as an asterisk.

Quoting from FreeBMD:

Meaning of special characters
The following characters are used where the index is difficult to read:

_ (Underscore)    A single uncertain character. It could be anything but is definitely one character. It can be repeated for each uncertain character.
* (Asterisk)    Several adjacent uncertain characters. A single * is used when there are 1 or more adjacent uncertain characters. It is not used immediately before or after a _ or another *.
Note: If it is clear there is a space, then * * is used to represent 2 words, neither of which can be read.