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Hello all,

I'm trying to find the marriage William Rushton (born 1814) to Mary Luick (born abt 1819). Her surname is unusual so may have been mis-transcribed or mis-spelt. Both were from Liverpool so probably would have married there.

Their first child was born in 1843, so I'd expect the wedding to be a year or two before.

Thanks,
Andy

Name: William Rushton
Year of Registration: 1852
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Liverpool (1837-1934)
County: Lancashire
Volume: 8b
Page: 216 (click to see others on page)

Name: Alice Buck
Year of Registration: 1852
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Liverpool (1837-1934)
County: Lancashire
Volume: 8b
Page: 216 (click to see others on page)

Ah, just realised she is Mary not Alice. but surname is similar !

However it is the only William Rushton married in Liverpool between 1843 and 1853

That is an interesting find and could be Luick misspelt as Buck, I'm sure they were married prior to the children being born though, wouldn't it have beenhighly unusual to co-habit back then?

Andy

There's this one. The image looks like Quirk but I wonder whether it may have been an original mistranscription - if the writing on the certificate was not particularly clear at the time the index was drawn up ...

Marriages Sep 1838 (>99%)
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CARROL Mary Liverpool 20 281
DOWDALL Thomas Liverpool 20 281
HIGGINS John Liverpool 20 281
Ker Robert Preston Liverpool 20 281
** QUIRK Mary Liverpool 20 281
Rushton William Liverpool 20 281
STEWART Martha Liverpool 20 281
WILSON Jane Liverpool 20 281

Andy, no it was not unusual, there were more "out of wedlock" births than we may think.

It wasn't that unusual to get married after the first child was born - at least it showed promise of fertility and in some cases that mattered.

Andy, have you got record of him in 1851 census ?

Do you know William's parents names ?

I have, by then he and Mary were living in Wetherall, Cumberland where they'd moved to find work.

William's parents were Thomas & Lydia Rushton

here they are on 1861, looks like their first child was born 1843, so maybe a marriage before then

Name: William Rushton
Age: 47
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1814
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: Old Swan West Derby, Lancashire, England

Civil Parish: Wetheral
Ecclesiastical parish: Carlisle
County/Island: Cumberland
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

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Registration district: Carlisle
Sub-registration district: Wetheral
ED, institution, or vessel: 3c
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 63
Household Members:
Name Age
David Rushton 3
Esther Ellen Rushton 8
George Rushton 12
Henry Rushton 14
James Rushton 1
Mary Ann Rushton 42
Mary Ann Rushton 7
William Rushton 47
William T Rushton 18

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Name: William Rushton
Year of Registration: 1841
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Chorley
County: Lancashire
Volume: 21
Page: 197 (click to see others on page)

Name: Mary Ann Kik
Year of Registration: 1841
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Chorley
County: Lancashire
Volume: 21
Page: 197 (click to see others on page)

His birth and baptism are on IGI but I can't see a marriage on there for him.

Jill

Think we've cracked it !

Just had another look and that marriage to Mary Kik shows up on IGI. That's a likely mishearing/mistranscription.

Jill

Thanks ladies, it looks a real possibility. I'll get the certificate ordered and take a close look at the surname.

Andy

Hope you haven't sent for the cert yet

1841

William Rushton
Age: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1816
Gender: Male
Where born: Cumberland, England

Civil Parish: Wetheral
Hundred: Cumberland
County/Island: Cumberland
Country: England

Registration district: Carlisle
Sub-registration district: Wetheral
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Mary Rushton 20
William Rushton 25 currier

ource Citation: Class: HO107; Piece 166; Book: 5; Civil Parish: Wetheral; County: Cumberland; Enumeration District: 5; Folio: 4; Page: 3; Line: 12; GSU roll: 241280.

living in Scotby where most of their children were born


I think that she will be the Mary Quick found above as a Q written like a figure 2 looks awfully like an L

Andy (another one)