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Well MarieCeleste and Mel, the Fairy Godmother is well deserved. I had better make another batch of rock buns.....
It has taken me half the morning to 'copy & paste' all your posts into my file and it will probably take the rest of the day to get my shrunken brain round it all. Although it is Zelda's tree I still make a GenoPro version and I find this is a great help in seeing the relationships. Perhaps I should 'Attach' this for you but may be you don't have the free GenoPro software?

Thank you both so much and so pleased to be of service in providing the questions. When I have got all this lot added I will be able to study it and find your next quest.....?

Frances

Still think it was heard wrong and as William and Mary could'nt write maybe they could'nt read either.

The S is also like a J on the name of her father Joseph I a\m wondering now if it should have been Jigger.

A Jiggerman operated a spinning wheel (jigger) to form the foot (back Side) of a ceramic plate.

I think on most census he is down as a Dyer.

I was thinking of sewing machines to sew the cloth after it was woven ....

I wonder if it was heard wrong and it should read Spinner?

I have never had one through GR before as an attachment. Thanks.

It does look like Singer but I am wondering if it is something to do with weaving?

Yes Mel - do you want me to send the image in case you can make it out better? (I'm not so good at old handwriting).

Yes I think I have worked with her before too.

It's nice to get one youcan really get your teeth into as some lately are a bit few and far between and you can't find things either.

Can you actually see the marriages between William and Mary Ann where you have put singer?

It can't be Singer surely.

I know I did Mel, I was hoping I could be sneaky and get away with it!!

I have to say, Frances has posed some interesting queries lately.

You edited that while I was looking.

Name Spouse Surname Date of Registration Registration district County (inferred) View Image
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William Appleyard Oct-Nov-Dec 1846 Halifax Yorkshire West Riding
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England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915
about William Ashworth
Name: William Ashworth
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1846
Registration district: Halifax
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume Number: 22
Page Number: 207


********* William Ashworth Oct-Nov-Dec 1846 Halifax Yorkshire West Riding

Emmanuel Brooke Oct-Nov-Dec 1846 Halifax Yorkshire West Riding

Richard Cawthrey Oct-Nov-Dec 1846 Halifax Yorkshire West Riding

***************Mary Ann Chapman Oct-Nov-Dec 1846 Halifax Yorkshire West Riding


Frances Dawson Oct-Nov-Dec 1846 Halifax Yorkshire West Riding


Mary Gledhill Oct-Nov-Dec 1846 Halifax Yorkshire West Riding

Sarah Hinchcliffe Oct-Nov-Dec 1846 Halifax Yorkshire West Riding

You talking about that I hav'nt seen Dawson as a stone mason on any census either!

O yes I see it now. I just had to go and washup the lunch things as oh was wanting his afternoon tea. I gave him hotcross bun loaf and a scon with strawberry jam and coffee as he dos'nt drink tea. Iv'e got a cuppa.

When Dawson "married" in 1881 his wife's name was given as Eliza Emma Ashworth Chapman and father William Chapman, a dyer. Not sure where the Chapman bit came from?

West Yorkshire, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910

Name: Eliza Ashworth (Eliza Emma Ashworth on image)
Birth Date: 3 Nov 1846
Parish: Halifax, St John the Baptist
Baptism Date: 29 Aug 1847
Father's Name: William Ashworth - a dyer
Mother's name: Mary Ann Ashworth
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EDIT: Found this, she was "legally" a Chapman as born before parent's marriage

West Yorkshire, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935

Name: William Ashworth - singer??
Birth Year: abt 1823
Age: 23
Marriage or Bann Date: 25 Dec 1846
Parish: Halifax, St John the Baptist
Father's Name: Robert Ashworth - dyer
Spouse's Name: Mary Ann Chapman
Spouse's Father's Name: Joseph Chapman - cloth duper ??

Neither previously married.

Witnesses: John Smith and John Thomas

Mel - he did!! I saw the original image on Ancestry, posted it on page 1

Have edited baptism and marriage posts to reflect the situation.

Do you think Frances may be making us some more Rock Cakes?

I would like to see thier marriage cert to see if he put widower or not.

Funny that she went back to her maiden name though. |I wonder if thats why Sarah left him??? naughty boy.

This birth ties in nicely with the 1897 marriage:

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915

Name: Herbert Clapham Ashworth
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1872
Registration district: Halifax
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume: 9a
Page: 541

His siblings were registered with the same surname combination.

1911 England Census
about Sarah Keighley
Name: Sarah Keighley
Age in 1911: 64
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847
Relation to Head: Servant
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Manchester, Lancashire, England
Civil parish: Brighouse
County/Island: Yorkshire-West Riding
Country: England
Street Address: Myrtle Bank Lightcliffe, Halifax
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Domestic Servant General
Registration district: Halifax
Registration District Number: 496
Sub-registration district: Brighouse
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Piece: 26375
Household Members: Name Age
Martha Allen 70
Lucy Allen 33
Arthur Rideal 22
Sarah Keighley 64