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Old 21-06-18, 05:51
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Hi , it s took me a while to understand the Smallshaw , Holland connection , I think I get it now . Margeret Smallshaw had illigimate children before she married into the Holland Family so they would have taken the Holland name once she married . She had a lot of Children . ! So Mary Thomas and Esther are illegitimate. And then Margeret marries into the Holland Family . I think I've got it !
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Margaret was born a Smallshaw but used her stepfather's name of Holland (at least on the 1841 census. She had three illegitimate children registered as Holland and were Holland in 1841, but used Smallshaw on the 1851 census. The child we have looked at married as a Smallshaw.

Margaret married widower Thomas Gaskell who already had some children. She had two Gaskell children during the marriage. Then Thomas died.

Next Margaret had another illegitimate child, Henry Gaskell. Then she re-married to William Holland and had more children. I don't know how many as I didn't look after 1861, but she was in her mid-40s by then, so maybe just the three that were on the 1861 census with her.

I think the family were pretty fluid with what surnames they decided to use at which date and why! (Smallshaw, Holland, Gaskell, Holland)
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Thank you .
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Hi , i am trying now to trace back . Ancestors on the Whalley side in Prescot and Rainford pre 1840s can you help. ? thanks
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You haven't given us any details of what you are looking for or what entries are the furthest back you have at the moment!

I have spent all the available time I had just reading back this thread and wonder if these three posts are where you are up to with the Whalley line?

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This looks to be his family in 1841:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interacti...=successSource

Brushey Lane, Rainford, Prescot, Lancashire
John Whalley 40 Labourer Y
Mary Do 40 Y
Ellen Do 10 Y
Joseph Do 5 Y
Mary Do 4 Y
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This looks to be Joseph's baptism on ancestry:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interacti...=successSource

Rainford Bishop's Transcripts:
Born 28 Apr 1833, baptised 26 May 1833, Joseph, son of John and Mary Whalley of Rainford, father's occupation husbandman.
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First it's helpful if you can find the potential surname of the bride (esp as, if you had looked at Rainford PRs on Lancs OPC you would have seen there were no Whalley marriages in Rainford).

In this case you have a child named Mary aged 4 in 1841 and aged 14 in 1851 (born in Rainford), showing as John's daughter in 1851. (Mary the mother is dec'd by then).

Next I looked at Lancs OPC for Mary junr's baptism:

Baptism: 20 May 1838 All Saints, Rainford, Lancashire, England
Mary Whalley - Daughter of John Whalley & Mary
Born: 20 Apr 1838
Abode: Rainford
Occupation: Husbandman
Baptised by: Wm Ellam
Register: Baptisms 1813 - 1840, Page 183, Entry 1460
Source: LDS Film 1657568

Her age was a little off on the census, but helpfully her dob was recorded at baptism. Next, to the GRO indexes to see if she was registered. Rainford is in Prescot District:

WHALLEY, MARY mmn SWIFT
GRO Reference: 1838 J Quarter in PRESCOT Volume 20 Page 680

At the moment we don't know this is her for certain - many children went unregistered at the start of civil registration...…

Look for a Whalley to Swift marriage.....

Marriage: 4 Dec 1820 St Mary The Virgin, Prescot, Lancashire, England
John Whalley - (X), Labourer, Bachelor, this Parish
Mary Swift - (X), Spinster, this Parish
Witness: Ralph Blackburn, (X); Ann Swift, (X)
Married by Banns by: Wm. Vernon, Curate
Register: Marriages 1813 - 1830, Page 119, Entry 355
Source: LDS Film 1657584


Looks like the right one. Rainford Baptisms have the first match for a child of a John and Mary Whalley in 1821 (Thomas born 20 Aug 1821).
So, do you have any more than:

John Walley and wife Mary Swift both rounded down (probably) to age 40 in 1841, married in 1920 in Prescot.

I don't know if the 1851 census for the above couple is also on this thread. I may have missed it, but that's what you need next, in the hope you can get a better idea of their ages and pick up their birth places.
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I don't have time to type this out now, but this may be what's left of the family in 1851:

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interacti...2195_2195-1578

John Whalley aged 49 b Rainford labourer. Widower.
Still has Ellen and Mary at home, but Ellen's age may have been rounded down in error in 1841 (aged 10 to aged 24)
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Ooh, John may have remarried to Jane before 1861 (think the address is the same as 1851?) so there's a chance of finding his father's name from the 2nd marriage.
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Marriage: 25 Dec 1854 St Mary the Virgin, Prescot, Lancashire, England
John Whaley - (X), Labourer, widower, Rainford
Jane Ball - (X), widow, Rainford
Groom's Father: John Whaley, Labourer
Bride's Father: George Derbyshire, Labourer
Witness: Peter Dearden, (X); Elizabeth Dearden, (X)
Married by Banns by: S Cavan
Register: Marriages 1854 - 1860, Page 30, Entry 59
Source: LDS Film 1657597 item 2

Baptism: 25 Nov 1798 All Saints, Rainford, Lancashire, England
John Whalley - Son of John Whalley & Sapphyra
Born: 7 Nov 1798
Abode: Rainford
Occupation: Husbandman
Register: Baptisms 1765 - 1812, Page 52, Entry 9
Source: LDS Film 1657568
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I think Sapphyra is probably supposed to be Sophia!

Siblings:

Baptism: 2 Oct 1796 All Saints, Rainford, Lancashire, England
Robert Whalley - Son of John Whalley & Sophia
Born: 16 Sep 1796
Abode: Rainford
Occupation: Husbandman
Register: Baptisms 1765 - 1812, Page 47, Entry 7
Source: LDS Film 1657568

Baptism: 7 Mar 1802 St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
Mary Whalley - Daughter of John Whalley & Sophia
Performed at: Skelmersdale Chapel
Register: Baptisms 1794 - 1812, Page 5, Entry 41

Likely marriage:

Marriage: 16 Dec 1793 St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
John Whalley - (X), this parish
Sophia Rothwell - (X), this parish
Witness: John Hesketh; Jno Hankin
Married by Banns by: Jno Kirkby Curate
Register: Marriages 1784 - 1812, Page 103, Entry 415
Source: LDS Film 1849664
Source: LDS Film 1849663
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I found these too.

All at St Peter and St Paul, Skelmersdale Chapel

Ellen, bp 17 Mar 1805
James bp 20 Dec 1807
Mary bp 3 Mar 1811

Parents John Whalley and Fiah.

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