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Correct re h/h

Incidentally, Matthew Birtwistle & John Pilkington look like professional witnesses - they both appear on all 6 marrs that day. John Pilkington appears on most of the marrs that year.

Of course! Yes I forgot about those at the top :-)

Not positive, but I think that h/h may mean household :-)

Thanks for those mgnv, sorry what is the h/h?
Is there any trace of Joseph in 1841 and 1851?

Thanks

Lovely, thanks very much. I'm confused as to where he is in 1851 and why he doesn't appear in 1841 but there's only so much you can work out from documents drawn up once a decade!
Thanks for your help

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1845
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
ROSTRON Joseph FEILDEN Elizabeth Blackburn, St Mary the Virgin (Blackburn Cathedral) Blackburn CE12/7/280

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1846
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
ROSTRON William Henry Blackburn Blackburn FIELDING B/25/47

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1847
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
ROSTRON James Blackburn Blackburn FIELDING B/31/73

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1851
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
ROSTRON James Blackburn Blackburn FIELDING B/46/35

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1854
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
ROSTRON James Blackburn Blackburn FIELDING B/57/7

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1856
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
ROSTRON Maria Blackburn Blackburn FIELDING B/65/50




Marriage: 10 May 1845 St Mary the Virgin, Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Joseph Rostron - full [age] Shoemaker Bachelor of Blackburn
Elizabeth Feilden - (X), full [age] Spinster of Blackburn
Groom's Father: William Rostron, Block Printer
Bride's Father: Jonathan Feilden, Farmer
Witness: Matthew Birtwistle; John Pilkington
Married by: J. F. Coates
Register: Marriages 1844 - 1845, Page 140, Entry 280
Source: LDS Film 1278817


Burial: 31 Dec 1857 St Mary the Virgin, Blackburn, Lancashire, England
James Rostron - Son of Joseph Rostron
Age: 3 1/2 Yrs.
Abode: 16 High St. Salford
Buried by: R. H. Hart Curate
Register: Burial 1851 - 1858, Page 611, Entry 4884
Source: LDS Film 1278820


Sheds rather a different light on the other Fieldings in the h/h

The husbands name on the 1861 is Josh (Joseph) - the J is so curly it's been transcribed as Cl and the small "h" easily mistaken as a K, hence Clark.

Hannah, we've crossed again!

Pretty sure her husband is Joseph, surname mis-spelled in 1871:

RAWSTRON, Joseph Head M 54 1817 Lancashire
RAWSTRON, Elizabeth Wife F 48 1823 Lancashire
RAWSTRON, William H Son M 24 1847 Lancashire
RAWSTRON, Mary Jane Daughter F 21 1850 Lancashire
RAWSTRON, Maria Daughter F 15 1856 Lancashire

Registration District: Blackburn
Sub District: Blackburn
Enumeration District: 53
Ecclesiastical Parish:

Civil Parish: Blackburn
Municipal Borough: Blackburn

Address: Moss Street, Blackburn County: Lancashire

All born Blackburn except Elizabeth who is Rishton

Elizabeth (Betty) is with her husband Joseph on other census and there is a possible corresponding marriage on FreeBMD in 1845.

Can I be a pain and ask you to check one last little thing for me.....in the 1861 census Elizabeth is with William and Jane at 8 Moore Street, Blackburn. The head is Clark but as I can't spot him in any other census years I'm just wondering if that is really his name. In the other sites you have access to, is he named Clark or something else? He's born c.1817

Thanks for all your help!

No, it's Rostron on the original.

FindMyPast transcribed it correctly, but Ancestry thought it said Norton (very frilly writing!)

Ahh great thanks. When you say Norton should be Rostron do you mean you can see it says Rostron on the original doc and it's been transcribed incorrectly? I'm just wondering if the "father" that is later on the 1861 census record with Elizabeth/Betty and the children was maybe someone who came along later and they took his name when they married.... if that makes sense....and Norton was actually William and Mary's original name?

Hannah, our posts crossed - see mine timed 21: 30

Does it say who the head is and how all the others are related to the head?

Thanks

Have had a look at the original image again, it originally said Betty was the head and then that's been crossed out and "lodger" written.

There has been a line drawn after John Preston. I would therefore say that Betty and the two children are a household on their own.

As to the lodger status - perhaps she was renting some rooms?

These are the other residents of 7 Canning street:

Name Age
Jonathan Fielding 51
Jane Fielding 56
Robert Fielding 19
Catharine Fielding 16
Jonathan Fielding 13
William Fielding 10
Ann Pretton 25
John Preston 1
Beth Norton 28
Wm Henry Norton 5
Mary Jane Norton 1

This is from a different transcription - the Nortons are actually the Rostrons.

It's hard to be sure if this is all one household , or if it's shared occupancy.

Thanks very much, appreciate it!

Hannah - the actual image appears to be missing!

Will keep looking.

Thanks very much, if Betty is a lodger and the rest are children, does it say who the head of the household is?

Thanks

Here it is:

PRESTON, John Son Unmarried M 1 1850 Blackburn Lancashire
ROSTRON, Betty Lodger Married F 28 1823 Cotton Power Loom Weaver Rishton Lancashire
ROSTRON, William Henry Son Unmarried M 5 1846 Scholar Blackburn Lancashire
ROSTRON, Mary Jane Daughter Unmarried F 1 1850 Rochdale Lancashire

Registration District: Blackburn Sub District: Blackburn Enumeration District: 1SS Ecclesiastical Parish:

Civil Parish: Blackburn Municipal Borough: Blackburn

Address: 7, Conning Street, Blackburn County: Lancashire

** Seems to be some missing, will search full address.