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by Bejay
27 Jul 2021, 23:14
Forum: General research queries
Topic: Where was she born
Replies: 10
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Re: Where was she born

Hi VALMO9, Thanks for the link to Lancashire Archives, I'll look that up. Iv'e always wondered who Peter Brown was, perhaps her step-brother if she had one. I'll certainly have another search for him online. You have the same thoughts as me regarding how Mary got to Warrington, maybe she was a serva...
by Bejay
27 Jul 2021, 13:39
Forum: General research queries
Topic: Where was she born
Replies: 10
Views: 2940

Re: Where was she born

Hi Norfolk Nan, My apologies for not replying yesterday when I was on line, it was quite late ( or I should say early morning as I'm a bit of a 'night owl'). I'm 99% sure that I have the right family, going by what my late mum & her siblings told me. I suppose you can never be 100% in a case lik...
by Bejay
26 Jul 2021, 01:02
Forum: General research queries
Topic: Where was she born
Replies: 10
Views: 2940

Re: Where was she born

Hi Norfolk Nan, Thanks for your help. I also checked the Lancs Parish Reg's but didn't see Oggins & no Ogins at all. Yes there were quite a few Mary Hodgsons in the Regs but none around her birth year - if that is correct, of course. I have "kind of adopted" a Mary bapt 24th October 18...
by Bejay
24 Jul 2021, 22:27
Forum: General research queries
Topic: Where was she born
Replies: 10
Views: 2940

Where was she born

I'm trying to find my Gt<G.mothers birthplace. She was born c1819/20 & wed William Hillidge/Illidge in 1836 at Warrington parish church. The marriage cert states her maiden name as MARY OGINS, but on their childrens birth certs it says MARY HODGSON. On each census she gave five places of birth f...