Tonight I've added some more information to the Horrocks Hunter blog. Stan (a new found cousin) has very kindly left more information about his great grandmother, Maria Horrocks. We haven't got Maria's birth certificate yet as it's being somewhat illusive. I did have a look on freeBMD.com to see if I could locate it & found an entry in the Manchester Registration District ... Maria Horrocks March quarter 1849. I will try & send a letter to the registrar tomorrow asking if this is "our" Maria. It may not be as all her siblings were born in Yorkshire but on some census records it does say she was born in Lancashire.
1871 Census: Maria Horrocks - Sister – 22 - Cotton Winder - Clayton, Lancashire
1881 Census: Maria Rowbotham - Wife - M - 32 - Yorks
1891 Census: Maria Rowbotham - Wife - M - 42 - Lancashire Manchester
I have just had a look on ancestry.com in the index for 1871 & it says Maria was born in Washton, Yorkshire. I could quite easily have written Clayton down by mistake as the rest of the family she was living with were born in Clayton. It was such a long time ago when I found the entry for the 1871 census. I can't have a look at the full entry as I haven't got a subscription, but I'm sure I must have a copy of the original entry somewhere???
In October we are hoping to spend a week in Derbyshire visiting family & friends. I would love to spend a day at the Manchester local study library but as Elena will be with us I'm torn between what I want to do and spending quality time with her. She's is nearly 14 & in another 2 or 3 years she won't want to spend time with us so I should make the most of it will I can. But then one side of me thinks one day wouldn't hurt. It's hard to know what to do for the best sometimes when you're a Mum lol.
OK, just ordered Maria's birth certificate from the ONS in Southport. Luckily the cost is still the same £7.00. Just keeping everything crossed now that it belongs to our Maria!
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