Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Richard Houghton
Date and place of birth
1799 Pickup Bank, Lancashire
Names of parents
Edward Houghton and Betty Southworth
Date and place of baptism - if applicable
21 Aug 1799 St Mary the Virgin, Blackburn, Lancashire
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
24 Apr 1820 at St Mary the Virgin, Blackburn
Richard Houghton, weaver, bachelor of Blackburn married Peggy Duxbury, spinter of Blackburn. Witnesses Henry Houghton and Jas Bolton
Second marriage 22 Nov 1830 at the same church, Richard Houghton, weaver, widower of Blackburn, married Ann Duerden, spinster of Blackburn. Witnesses Joseph Fairbrother and James Neville.
Occupation(s) - if any
Weaver, carter, labourer, watchman on railway
Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!).
Until about 1835 - Pickup Bank, Lancashire
1835 - about 1840 Haslingden, Lancashire
1841 - Woodnook, New Accrington, Lancashire
1842 - 1845 Shoe Mill, Accrington
1851 - 2 Nelson St., Blackburn, Lancashire
1861 - 1863 - Nelson St., Clayton le Moors, Lancashire (not sure whether this is the same Nelson St as in 1851)
Date, place and cause of death
1863 Clayton le Moors, Lancashire
Date and place of burial.
17 May 1863 All Saints, Clayton le Moors
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
None
Memorial inscription - if any
Not found
Link to daughter's thread:
Betty Houghton