Trying to find Granfather s family

[kiterunner]

1873 or 1893? There are loads of Winstanley / Moss births on Lancashire BMD from 1893 onwards.

[Qwackers]

1873 onwards pemberton or wigan

[Qwackers]

yes winstanley is a very common name in lancashire

[Merry]

Is this for the children of Peter and Rebecca?

Marriage: 19 Oct 1873 St Thomas, Wigan, Lancashire, England
Peter Winstanley - 20, Collier, Bachelor, Miry Lane
Rebecca Moss - (X), 23, Spinster, Miry Lane
Groom's Father: Thomas Winstanley, Collier
Bride's Father: James Moss, Stonemason
Witness: James Leicester; Elizabeth Leicester, (X)
Married by Certificate by: Jas. Cronshaw, Vicar
Register: Marriages 1870 - 1878, Page 104, Entry 208
Source: Original register at Wigan Archives

[Merry]

If not, can you please give the parents names.

[Qwackers]

rebecca moss and peter winstanley

[kiterunner]

Okay, there are no Winstanley / Moss births in the right area on the GRO site between 1873 and 1892.

[kiterunner]

On the 1881 census they only have one child, Rachel Moss age 12, and she would have been born before the marriage.

[Qwackers]

thanks for looking for me .

[JBee]

Have you found them on the census so can find names of children and place they were born