List, I am a member of the Cheshire list and recently there was a request for information on an Ann Davenport, born about 1830 in Marton, Cheshire. There was a lengthy and informative response by Allen Peterson, which I thought might be of interest to anyone searching for this line. So with Allen's permission, I posting his response below. Bill Davenport >wbdave@aol.com Original request: -------------- "Searching for information on Ann DAVENPORT, born about 1830 in Marton, Cheshire Found in 1866 married to Robert BAILEY, with son James Henry, in Cheetham, Manchester On 1881, they are at Broughton, Salford" --------------- Allen's response: --------------- Here's some possibilities: Since Ann Bailey was shown as age 50 in the 1881 census on 6 Fawcett Street, Boughton in Salford Lancs, it would suggest that she was born about 1831. The census says that she was born in Marton. A batch number search in the IGI (batch #7410113) records the following as children of Daniel and Rachel Davenport: Elizabeth d of Daniel & Rachel Davenport c 1 Aug 1830 Hannah d of Daniel & Rachel Davenport c 1 Apr 1832 *possibly your ancestor Richard s " " " c 3 Aug 1834 Edna d " " " c 14 July 1839 Charles s " " " c 22 Aug 1841 Harriet d " " " c 4 Aug 1844 The 1881 census also records the following: Marton in Prestbury John Davenport 52 born Congleton Brickmaker Betty " wife 41 born Northwich John " son 12 born Siddington Hannah " dau 9 born Marton Florence " dau 6 " " Margaret " dau 4 " " Frank " son 11 mo " " Daniel Davenport Father 75 born Somerford Booth Cheshire Retired Labourer *possibly your ancestor I think Daniel Davenport the father, age 75 in 1881, was possibly the same person as the Daniel listed above as the father of Hannah christened in 1832. This Hannah may be your Ann Davenport born about 1831 and christened 1 April 1832. The problem with the above analysis is this: There was another Hannah born to Charles and Judith Davenport and christened 18 July 1830 in Marton (batch #7410113). Here are Charles and Judith's children in addition to Hannah: Richard c 16 Sep 1832 Ann c 24 Aug 1834 Edna c 4 Sep 1836 James c 23 Dec 1838 Jonathan c 14 mar 1841 George c 12 may 1844 Richard c 2 Jun 1848 By my way of thinking the Hannah christened in 1830 must have died because there was another Hannah (Ann) christened in 1834. Since your Ann (Hannah) indicated she was born in 1831, her age does not fit well with the Ann christened in 1834. So, I would tend to think that the Hannah christened as the daughter of Daniel and Rachel in 1832 is possibly your ancestor. Using the batch numbers again (7410112) these were the children of Thomas and Mary Davenport: Thomas c 11 Nov 1798 Marton William c 22 Mar 1801 " James c 4 Sep 1803 " Daniel c 9 Feb 1806 " *possibly your ancestor Daniel christened in 1806 fits nicely as the Daniel listed as the father of John Davenport of Marton in the 1881 census, being 75 years old born in Somerford Booth, which I think is near Marton. I would order the parish register index for Marton by Congleton, LDS Fiche #6906860 and 6906861, to verify the above IGI references. I would then order the PRs of Marton LDS Film #1656603 to fruther verify the index above. Perhaps there will be more information in the actual PRs vs the Index I would order the Land Tax Assessment LDS Film #1564458 to see if I could find the Davenport family in Marton. They may have not been proprietors, but they would still have been paying the taxes on the home they were leasing at least. This record runs from 1784 to 1831 and you might find both Daniel and Thomas living close-by. Order fiche #6343436, which are the monumental inscriptions for St James and St Peters churchyards. Look for the family burials. There were two admons filed that you should probably order from the Cheshire will site: Admon - Thomas Davenport Congleton Widower 1809 Admon - Thomas Davenport Congleton Joiner 1845 *this one is of interest because Robert Bailey (Ann's husband) was shown to be a joiner in the 1881 census at Broughton. Hope this makes sense, Allen Peterson