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lancashireAnn

lancashireAnn Report 13 Jan 2011 23:31

do you know what the occupation of Mary's father Peter was?

MarilynB

MarilynB Report 14 Jan 2011 19:35

Thanks safc but it says on Lidia`s Atherton`s baptism that her mother Mary is the daughter of Peter and Alice Atherton, so two Athertons married.

Lancashire Ann, dont know more information about Marys father Peter, just that from Lidia`s baptism. Think I decided that Peter Atherton married an Alice Culcheth in 1764, having first child in 1765 according to Family Search, just got to check this out sometime when we visit Wigan Archives.

Madmeg

Madmeg Report 15 Jan 2011 00:24

I'm sure that Ann of GG will forgive you, she likes to zoom off like a woman possessed, there is no stopping her!

Marilyn, that baptism doesn't mean her mother was Atherton at birth, it just means she was known as Atherton at the time of Lidia's birth. Parish records rarely recorded the maiden name of the mother. Some just said Peter Atherton and his wife! Cos she wasn't at all important was she?

Madmeg

Madmeg Report 15 Jan 2011 00:29

Sorry, just reading through again, and you say that Mary was described on the baptism of Lidia as the daugher of Peter and Alice Atherton.

Lancashire Ann, is that likely right?

(LA being the guru of Lancashire records).

I suppose no reason why not.

So, being a bit slow, an Atherton may have married an Atherton.

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 15 Jan 2011 08:28

no probs!! as has been said, I do get carried away - not far enough I hear you all cry!!!!