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I am researching a Richard Cooper Boatman and got stuck as Ancestry and FMP had significant errors/poor transcription on 1861 Census resulting in numerous incorrect family trees

Following are correct transcriptions with notes below identifying what Ancestry and FMP and trees have

1851 Census Woodside Dudley Worcestershire
William Hingley Head 28 Boat Labourer
Mary Ann Hingley wife 27
Thos. Hingley son 5
All born Dudley Worcs.
Note:- Thos. is Benjamin Thomas on 1861

1861 Census Blake Brook Dudley Worcs.
William Hingley Head 41 Canal Carrier
Mary Ann Hingley wife 36
Benjamin Thos. Hingley son 15
Mary Cooper mother.in.law 57 (wid) born Tipton Staffs.
Richard Cooper brother.in.law 22 Boatman
Mary Ann Round niece 24 Servant
George Johnston boarder 21 Boatman
Rest born Woodside Dudley Worcs.
Note :-Ancestry and Trees have Hingley as Dingley and FMP have Cooper as Corper.

The research is complicated by fact that Mary Cooper married twice to a Leech and a Cooper and thus Mary Ann Hingley her daughter was Mary Ann Leech before marriage to William Hingley

I am adding with notes but need marriage of William Hingley to Mary Ann Leech to confirm

LEECH Mary A HINGLEY William Kingswinford, St Mary Dudley Register Office 213/001/287 1842

Record Transcription
4th October 1842. Kingswinford
William Hingley, Boatman of Wordsley, Benjamin Hingley
Mary Anne Leech, 18,

Found that grangers14 but thought original marriage record would show more detail so I will post for look up

Hi, Although I don't have the marriage certificate details, I have found the following information that supports the information posted. Apologies if you already have this.

GRO births for Hingleys, mother Leech:
HINGLEY, BENJAMIN, mother LEECH , GRO Reference: 1843 J Quarter in DUDLEY UNION Volume 18 Page 268
HINGLEY, JOSEPH , mother LEECH, GRO Reference: 1844 S Quarter in DUDLEY UNION Volume 18 Page 254
HINGLEY, THOMAS , mother LEECH , GRO Reference: 1846 J Quarter in DUDLEY UNION Volume 18 Page 378
HINGLEY, WILLIAM , mother LEECH ,GRO Reference: 1848 S Quarter in DUDLEY Volume 18 Page 257

Ancestry: Baptisms St Thomas, Dudley
Joseph Hingley, 25 Aug 1844, (birth 18 June 1844,) father William Hingley, mother Mary Ann
Benjamin Thomas Hingley, 7 June 1846 (birth 14 Mar 1846) father William Hingley, mother Mary Ann
William Hingley, 1 Oct 1848 (death 23 Oct 1849) father William Hingley, mother Mary Ann

FreeReg: Burials St Thomas, Dudley
Benjamin Hingley buried 30 June 1843, aged 1m, abode Woodside (died 26 June)
Joseph Hingley buried 14 June 1847, aged 2y7m, abode Woodside (died 10 Jan)
William Hingley buried 28 Oct 1849, aged 1 y, abode Woodside (died 23 Oct)

So the Hingley boy who survived to be included on the 1851 census was birth registered Thomas, but was called Benjamin Thomas on the 1861 Census (supporting what was previously said), perhaps after the brother who died.

His mother Mary Leech on the 1841 census and her baptism details:

C1841 Woodside, Dudley, Worcestershire and Staffordshire
Thomas Cooper Male 40 1801 Worcestershire, England
Mary Cooper Female 35 1806 Worcestershire, England
Mary Leech Female 17 1824 Worcestershire, England
Elizabeth Leech Female 15 1826 Worcestershire, England
Benjamin Leech Male 13 1828 Worcestershire, England
Sarah Leech Female 11 1830 Worcestershire, England
Selina Leech Female 8 1833 Worcestershire, England
John Cooper Male 13 1828 Worcestershire, England
Thomas Cooper Male 11 1830 Worcestershire, England

Free Reg Baptism Dudley 27 Jun 1824 St Thomas Dudley
May Ann Leech, father Joseph Leech, mother Mary, abode Woodside, father Boatman

Thanks Jayneh
I have managed to sort out and I am connecting to Cooper and Gill families already on bcc

Marriage Look up by RF completes this