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Originally Posted by Bearkins
Hi , on the same thread , I am trying to find out what Mary Ecclestons name was before marriage ., was she also from the same area . I have looked on the BMD for the names of the children but it does not state the mothers maiden name . All I can go on his a marriage . But there is two marriages of William Eccleston , one in 1843 to a Mary , the other in 1846 in the st Helens area . Thanks
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The 1843 marriage is to Elizabeth Marsh (I looked at Lancs OPC). The 1846 marriage is to Mary Lester:
Marriage: 29 Aug 1846 St Mary the Virgin, Prescot, Lancashire, England
William Eccleston - (X), Full, Collier, Bachelor, Windle
Mary Lester - (X), Full, Spinster, Windle
Groom's Father: Thomas Eccleston, Collier
Bride's Father: George Lester, Collier
Witness: William Nailor, (X); Elizabeth Beetle, (X)
Married by Banns by: L. Parker Snow
Register: Marriages 1845 - 1854, Page 21, Entry 42
Source: LDS Film 1657597
I did check that William and Mary were a couple in 1861 and 1851 before considering this marriage. In 1851 Mary's details were b 1825, at Sutton which matches with this baptism (and the father's details match with the marriage record to William Eccleston):
Baptism: 21 Aug 1825 St Mary (now St Helen), St Helens, Lancashire, England
Mary Leicester - Daughter of George Leicester & Elizabeth
Abode: Sutton
Occupation: Collier
Baptised by: T. Pigot
Register: Baptisms 1824 - 1833 from the Bishop's Transcripts, Page [32], Entry 251
Source: LDS Film 1469036
It would still be sensible to purchase the birth cert for one of the children to confirm the mmn.
Elizabeth is 14 months old in 1851 so this birth reg may be her:
Births Mar 1850
Eccleston Elizabeth Ann Prescott 20 784
Looks hopeful as that birth reg fits with this bap:
Baptism: 27 Jan 1850 St Mary, St Helens, Lancashire, England
Elizabeth Ann Eccleston - Daughter of William Eccleston & Mary
Abode: St. Helens
Occupation: Collier
Notes: [The surname appears to have been overwritten and could be Eccleston or
Edleston. Evidence from the civil register suggests the name should be Eccleston.]
Baptised by: Edward Carr
Register: Baptisms 1846 - 1850 from the Bishop's Transcripts, Entry 2241
Source: LDS Film 1469036