Hello fellow DUCKWORTHS, Can anyone help me in tracing my ancestry? I have just acquired the marriage certificate for John DUCKWORTH and Sarah CALVERY who were married in Bury, Lancashire on 20/12/1850. John, aged 26 was a bricklayer and Sarah, aged 20 was a spinster. They both lived in King street, Bury. John's father was James DUCKWORTH, who was a printer and Sarah's father was Thomas CALVERY, who was a mechanic. I think I may have found the birth details of John DUCKWORTH. He was born on 27/2/1825 and Christened on 27/3/1825 at St Mary's in Bury. His father's name was James and his mother's name was Betty. I have not been able to find the details of Sarah CALVERY (can anyone help me out?), however I do have details of her death. She died on 20/9/1872, at the age of 39 in Adelaide, South Australia. Therefore she was either born in 1830 or 1833, depending on which certificate was correct in stating her age. John and Sarah migrated to Adelaide, South Australia some time between their wedding date of 20/12/1850, and the birth of their first born, Thomas DUCKWORTH - 22/12/1855. They had three more children, all born in Adelaide, SA. They were: Emily Jane DUCKWORTH (b 18/11/1857), Ellen DUCKWORTH (b 4/10/1860) and Elizabeth DUCKWORTH (b 31/7/1864, d 4/2/1866). Thomas DUCKWORTH (also a bricklayer) married Elizabeth Anna Dorothy SECKER on 31/7/1882 at St Luke's, Adelaide, SA. Elizabeth was born in East Dereham, Norfolk, England in September, 1861(her father Jeremiah SECKER was a brickmaker). She died in 1938 at the age of 77 in Sydney. I have traced Elizabeth's ancestry back to 1759. Thomas and Elizabeth had five children, all born in Sydney. They were: Adelaide DUCKWORTH (b 26/4/1883, d 14/1/1884), Albert Thomas DUCKWORTH (b30/10/1886, d ?/1/1959 in Brisbane Q'Land), John (Jack) DUCKWORTH (b 1888), Emily E and Elsie DUCKWORTH (twins b1891). Albert Thomas DUCKWORTH married Rose Hanna CUNNINGHAM in Dubbo, NSW in 1911 and my father Albert Thomas DUCKWORTH was born on 21/9/1913 in Bellingen, NSW. Regards, Tom DUCKWORTH

Hi Tom and all, I too have Duckworths from this neck of the woods and quite honestly they are my second hardest line to untangle. With few exceptions, they all seem to be called John, James, Mary, Ellen etc. And it doesn't help when they move around either.... I think, after a lot of head-scratching, that my own Duckworths are from Haslingden, along with my Chadwicks (Ellen Duckworth married Ellis Chadwick in Haslingden in 1829). However, I have a little Bury mystery which may interest you. Ormerod Duckworth, son of Henry and Jane, was born in Haslingden in 1825. However he married in Bury parish church in 1848, giving his occupation as tailor. He married Alice Ashworth, and both parties give their residence as Musbury. Ormerod and Alice had a daughter Jane Ann who sadly died in 1857 aged 8 years. This child is buried in Glossop Derbyshire, her memorial on the same grave as my Chadwick forebears, including Ellen Duckworth. Why is she there? What happened to Ormerod and Alice? They are not in Derbyshire on the 1851 census. It is possible that Ormerod was Ellen's nephew. If you come across Ormerod at all, please let me know! Any suggestions please! Marion