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Trying to find George Rigby's birth date, (my maternal gt grandfather). He was born about 1870 in Haydock, Lancs to James and Elizabeth Rigby(nee Swift). He married Mary Ellen WALTON. Think he died 1950's. So far have got 2 wrong birth certificates, and an expensive exercise from New Zealand!
Trish White

I think this is likely to be his birth as Haydock comes under the Warrington registration district and on the 1871 census he is 11 months old so this seems right:-

Name: RIGBY, George
Registration District: Warrington
County: Lancashire
Year of Registration: 1870
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
Mother's Maiden Name: Not available before 1911 Q3
Volume No: 8C
Page No: 131

Is this one of the certificates you already have?

Possible death:-

Name: RIGBY, George
Registration District: Darwen
County: Lancashire
Year of Registration: 1952
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Age at death: 84
Volume No: 10C
Page No: 148

This looks like the family in the 1871 census:-

RIGBY, James Head M 22 1849 Lancashire
RIGBY, Elizth Wife F 21 1850 Lancashire
RIGBY, George Son M 0 1871 Lancashire

Address:
Elephant Lane, Sutton, St Helen

RG number: RG10
Piece: 3867
Folio: 135
Page: 33

James's occupation is Engine Tenter.

Old occupations site gives this as:-

Engine Tenter 1) Oversaw the operation of the steam engine driving factory machinery. 2) Operated woolen mill machinery stretching cloth whilst drying.

George's marriage to Mary Ellen Walton:-

Name: RIGBY, George
Registration District: Prescot
County: Lancashire
Year of Registration: 1890
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Spouse's last name: Not available before 1912
Volume No: 8B
Page No: 835

Kath. x

The family in the 1881 census (Elizabeth's father is with them):-

RIGBY, James Head Married M 32 1849 Engine Driver St Helens Lancashire
RIGBY, Elizabeth Wife Married F 31 1850 Housewife Prescot Lancashire
RIGBY, George Son Single M 10 1871 Scholar Haydock Lancashire
RIGBY, Faith Daughter Single F 6 1875 Scholar
Sutton Lancashire
RIGBY, Margaret Daughter Single F 3 1878 Scholar
Sutton Lancashire
RIGBY, Elizabeth Daughter Single F 0 1881
Sutton Lancashire
SWIFT, William Fath In Law Widower M 58 1823 Coal Miner
Prescot Lancashire

Address:
134, Elephant Lane, Sutton

RG number: RG11
Piece: 3740
Folio: 87
Page: 49

Kath. x

Possible for George and Mary Ellen in the 1891 census:-

RIGBY, George Head Married M 21 1870 Engine Winder St Helens Lancashire
RIGBY, Mary Ellen Wife Married F 20 1871 St Helens Lancashire
RIGBY, Eliz Daughter Single F 0 (8M) 1891 St Helens Lancashire

Address:
51, Parliament Street, St Helens

RG number: RG12
Piece: 3026
Folio: 101
Page: 36

Kath. x

George Rigby
England and Wales Census, 1881

birth: 1871 —Haydock, Lancashire, England
residence: 1881 —Sutton, Lancashire, England
census: 1881 —Sutton, Lancashire, England
parents: James Rigby, Elizabeth Rigby

record title: England and Wales Census, 1881
name: George Rigby
age: 10
gender: Male
birth year: 1871
birthplace: Haydock, Lancashire, England
relationship to head of household: Son
marital condition: Single
profession/occupation: Scholar
address: 134 Elephant Lane
census place: Sutton, Lancashire, England
record type: Household
family history library film: 1341895
the national archives reference: RG11
piece/folio: 3740 / 87
page number: 49

Don't forget that until 1875, there were no penalties for not registering births!

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1868

RIGBY James SWIFT Elizabeth Prescot Register Office or Registrar Attended Prescot R/17/5

??

Elizabeth Swift
England and Wales Census, 1861

birth: 1850 —Prescot, Lancashire
residence: 1861 —Prescot, Lancashire, England
census: 1861 —Prescot, Lancashire, England

record title: England and Wales Census, 1861
name: Elizabeth Swift
event: Census
event date: 1861
gender: Female
age: 11
relationship to head of household: Daughter
birthplace: Prescot, Lancashire
record type: Household
registration district: Prescot
sub-district: 5 Prescot
civil parish: Prescot
county: Lancashire

I've checked Lancs OPC, and there isn't a baptism for him in Haydock.

I can't see baptisms for his sisters, either.

As the parents' marriage was Registrar attended (or in the Register Office), it is unlikely that they were C of E, which would explain the absence of Parish records