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there this one at school

1861 Collegiate (Manchester Cathedral (formerly Manchester Collegiate Church)

William Nicholls
Age: 9
Estimated birth year: abt 1852
Relation: Scholar
Gender: Male
Where born: Salford, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Manchester
Ecclesiastical parish: Collegiate

morrisseyfan wrote:Thank you, yes thats the one! Will I need to order the marriage certificate in order to find out Williams parents name?

Yes, to be absolutely certain it's always best to get the cert.

ELSON Herbert NICHOLLS Elizabeth 1901 Ashton under Lyne, St Peter Cheshire Tameside CE5/6/338

cid wrote:

morrisseyfan wrote:Thank you, yes thats the one! Will I need to order the marriage certificate in order to find out Williams parents name?

Yes, to be absolutely certain it's always best to get the cert.

im think im right the gro will do it online, others will put me right if im wrong ?

here the link

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

Thank you for all of this, certainly lots to think about. Cid, thanks for this, would he not be down as a widower, instead of single? If that isnt the case, then it looks promising

morrisseyfan wrote:Thank you for all of this, certainly lots to think about. Cid, thanks for this, would he not be down as a widower, instead of single? If that isnt the case, then it looks promising

Yes, I would have thought it would say widower, but the image definately says single. It also has a word crossed out and boarder written across the top , unfortunately I can't make out the word that's crossed out.

I believe that Gowker is really Golcar, and that whoever wrote the census wrote what he heard, apparantly locals pronounce Golcar as 'Gowker'. Im still unsure as to why he is listed as being born in Yorkshire on one census and Manchester, Lancashire on the others.

It could be that others on the page were born there and the enumerator just put that down for his birth place as well??????
the 1911 census form was filled in by Herbert, and it just says Manchester for Williams birth place.

That sounds right to me too - he obviously did come from Manchester. I think I will have to try to get William and Elizabeths 1868 marriage certificate to be absolutely sure.

Is this completed?
Jo

No its not completed, I am in Canada at the moment, and cant really follow any more up until I go back to the UK, which hopefully will be before too long.

Have you managed to get back to this morriseyfan?
Jo

Hi, no not yet, I am returning to the UK in a couple of months when I should be able to do some more research.

If I archive it for now and when you are home send me a message and I will put it back on for you.
Jo

Ok thank you very much.