ARC TBC - Hawkards from Rochdale.

[Hawkard]

I am researching my ancestors and have gone back as far as 1808 with James Hawkard who was born that year. He married Alice Mills at St Chads Church, Rochdale in 1831 and she was born in 1810. Since that date I have been very successful in tracing ancestors but I hit a brick wall at this point. James lived in the Littleborough area and worked in cotton mills eventually becoming the proprietor of Whitelees Mill at Littleborough. There are a number of relatives buried in the local churchyard with the surname Hawkard. Searching through records there are a good number of Hawkard's in the area but I cannot get back further. One of the problems is that the records for churches in Littleborough are not on line for that period as far as I can see.
When he married the spelling of his name was Halkyard. The 1841 census shows him as Hawkwood. The 1851 census and subsequent ones show it s Hawkard. Now we know spellings as well as years of birth were variable to say the least. Also there is a story that he was the son of a doctor from Ripponden, Yorkshire who fell out with his father and moved to the Rochdale area and changed some of the letters in his surname. How do I check the register of medical practitioners for that period?

Can anyone help me get past this brick wall...

[peterd]

withnesses on marriage give any clues ?

[peterd]

seen this rochdale wouldnt of been that big of a place any relation ?

JAMES HAWKARD
MARY HAIGH
Marriage: 22 MAY 1804 St Chad'S,Rochadale, , Lancashire

[peterd]

Marriage: 31 Jul 1831 St Chad, Rochdale, Lancashire, England
James Halkyard - (X), Weaver of Littleborough
Alice Mills - (X), Spinster of Littleborough
Witness: W. Hollows; D. Nield
Married by Banns by: F. R. Raines Curate
Register: Marriages 1831, Page 102, Entry 306
Source: LDS Film 1484380



source see here

http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Search/indexp.html

[Hawkard]

I am aware of these details but they do not give me the parents of James Hawkard. The marriage in 1831 gives me his wedding details and witnesses but not the parents. That is unless the film will give me them. Any other suggestions? What about the Medical Register any suggestions there?

[Antie Em]

You could try ordering the film into your local LDS Centre. Not all records have been added to the IGI records, but they probably are held on film.

[Hawkard]

I appreciate that I could go to LDS resource center but there in lies a problem. I live on the Isle of Man and our resource center has no facilities for viewing film.

[grangers14]

Marriages that far back dont often have fathers name.
Jo

[BC Wench]

Is this still a Brickwall, or have you solved it?

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