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hi all i am trying to find any one else who is following this line to may be help me as i am stuck william cross b 1825 peterborough cambridgeshire living in stapleford and rotherham area from 1861 to 1891 wifes name sarah crooks b 1833 children john b 1852 ..joseph, 1859.. william 1866 i now have marraige cert for william and sarah 1855 at mansfield notts (father john cross labourer would like to know more about if any one out there has time to look up for me or any one doing this line thanks in advance for any help

Did you mean born Peterborough, Northamptonshire?
1871 census
Church St., Rawmarsh, Yorkshire
William Cross, head, 48, labourer at ironworks, born Northamptonshire, Peterboro
Sarah, wife, 41, born Nottinghamshire, Mansfield
Joseph, son, 9, born Yorkshire, Greasbro
William, son, 4, born Yorkshire, Rawmarsh

yes that looks like the one

1861 census
34 Church St., Rawmarsh, Yorkshire
William Cross, head, 37, bricktard labourer, born Northampton, Peterboro
Sarah, wife, 30, born Notts, Mansfield Woodhouse
Joseph, son, 4, born Yorks, Kimberworth
David Spitalhouse, boarder, 23, coal miner, born Notts, Misterton

hi margaret this appears to be the right one wonder wherejohn was?

1851 census
Hardingstone, Peterborough, Northamptonshire
May Burridge?, head, widow, 52, washerwoman
William Cross, son, 27, ag lab
Edmund Cross, son, 21, ag lab
John Cross, son, 18, ag lab
Elizabeth Sparrow, visitor, 23
All born Hardingston.

This looks like the family but father is Charles not John.

1841 census
Village Green, Hardingstone, Northamptonshire
Charles Cross, head, 45, ag lab
Mary, 40
Will'm, 14
Edmund, 11
John. 9
Charles, 5
All born in county.

hi margaret on the marraige cert it states john cross as the father is it usual to have a different fathers name?

Charles Cross died:

Deaths Mar 1844 (>99%)
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Cross Charles Hardingstone 15 203

Mary married Surridge not Burridge. (It was hard to read on the census)

Marriages Mar 1845 (>99%)
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CROSS Mary Hardingstone 15 359
Surridge Richard Hardingstone 15 359

Second husband died 1850:

Deaths Mar 1850 (>99%)
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SURRIDGE Richard Hardingstone 15 193

I really don't know, Pat. He was a teenager when his father died, you wouldn't think he would have forgotten his father's name!

hi margaret do you think it possible to be wrong family although i have looked for john cross and found nothing

Again, I really don't know, Pat. It seems to be the right family because wife Sarah was born in Mansfield and that's where they were married.
I'll do some more searching.

Just noticed, Pat, you have son John born 1852 but William & Sarah didn't marry till 1855.

Oops! Made a mistake on the 1861 census. Sarah was born Mansfield Woodhouse not Workhouse. I've corrected it.
Wonder if that son John was an illegitimate son of Sarah before she married. If so, could this be him with grandparents?
1861 census
Stevensons Buildings, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire
Thomas Crooke, head, 68, ag lab, born Notts, MD Woodhouse
Mary, wife, 65, born Leics, Loughbrough
John, grandson, 8, born MD Woodhouse
Charles Bennett, inmate?, 36, wheelwright, born Derby, Ilkeston

thanks margaret getting more info than i ever expected ..regarding john i thought he must have been born before they wed he could still be a cross ?

hi pat
possible baptism of sarah crooks 14 7 1833 to thomas and mary at finningley father a wheelwright
martha 15 11 1835 and ann 29 5 1833 all finningley
regards sharon

That seems to confirm the 1861 census, Sharon, where John Crooke is a grandson of Thomas & Mary.

try this site http://gdwilson.net/Woodhus/