trying to trace Elizabeth Barclay 's birth and ancestors

[Merry]

If this is Edward:

BARKLEY, EDWARD ROBERTS
GRO Reference: 1842 D Quarter in WEST DERBY Volume 20 Page 825

then this could be William:

BARKLEY, WILLIAM ROBERT ROBERTS
GRO Reference: 1851 D Quarter in WEST DERBY Volume 20 Page 1071

William was said to be aged 20 in March 1871, when he and Hannah married.

I'm still bothered about the names Hague and Halsall though

[kiterunner]

1891 census, John and Mary Hague are at the top of the page and halfway down the page, across the road from them, is George Hague, who was next door to them in 1881. Presumably John's brother. In 1891 George is a widower and has mother-in-law Elizabeth Coxhead, age 61, and niece Mary Coxhead, age 6, with him. So it is going to fit together somehow!

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interacti...=successSource

[Merry]

So it is going to fit together somehow!

That's making my head hurt!

I suppose 'niece' for Mary Elizabeth Barclay in 1881 might be one of those situations where she calles her relations 'aunt' and 'uncle' when that's not the exact relationship.

[kiterunner]

For ref, this is the 1881 census:

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interacti...=successSource

John Burton Hague Head Mar 36 Labourer Lancashire Manchester
Mary Do Wife Mar 32 Do
Mary Eliz Barclay Niece 6 Scholar Lpool

George Hague Head Mar 27 Bricklayer Lpool
Rebecca Do Wife Mar 30 do
Mary Ann Do Daur 3 do
Martha Do Do 1 do.

[kiterunner]

Rebecca Hague died Apr-Jun 1882 W Derby, age 31. I'm not sure yet whether she was Elizabeth Coxhead's daughter, or if George remarried and was widowed again before 1891,or if Elizabeth Coxhead was maybe his stepmother rather than wife's mother.

[Merry]

In 1871 Elizabeth Coxhead, George Hague's supposed Mo-in-law, is a widow with Coxhead children aged 17 and 10, but she is also the mother of Mary Halsall aged 22 who is later the wife of John Burton Hague.

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interacti...&usePUBJs=true

[Merry]

So, Hannah Coxhead (who was the mother of Mary Elizabeth Barclay) and Mary Halsall, who married John B Hague, might be half sisters (both the children of Elizabeth Halsall who married Thomas Coxhead as a spinster in 1851. As yet, I have only found that Mary Halsall lived with her grandparents after her mother married, and I've not found the Coxheads on the census to see if that had a daughter called Hannah (or Ann etc).

[Merry]

Here we are - 1861 Hannah Coxhead aged 9 with her parents. Half sister is with the grandparents elsewhere.

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interacti...&usePUBJs=true

Hannah was 19 when she married in Mar 1871.

[Merry]

Originally Posted by kiterunner

For ref, this is the 1881 census:

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interacti...=successSource

John Burton Hague Head Mar 36 Labourer Lancashire Manchester
Mary Do Wife Mar 32 Do
Mary Eliz Barclay Niece 6 Scholar Lpool

George Hague Head Mar 27 Bricklayer Lpool
Rebecca Do Wife Mar 30 do
Mary Ann Do Daur 3 do
Martha Do Do 1 do.

HAGUE, MARTHA MATHERS
GRO Reference: 1880 M Quarter in WEST DERBY AND TOXTETH PARK Volume 08B Page 341

George Hague m Rebecca Mather(s) in 1874 at St Peter's Liverpool. Rebecca was a spinster.

[Merry]

Ah, George (widower) did re-marry in 1887 to widow Elizabeth Ann Sloane, nee Coxhead. She was aged 27 and the dau of Thomas Coxhead dec'd.

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interacti...en-3-3_m_00088