Can anyone help me solve this query about my Great Grandad? George McGowen was listed in the 1851 Census as being born in 1848, and also aged 3 years old in the Hulme census in Manchester. By family tales he walked it to Westhoughton Nr Bolton, (also known as Cheqerbent) aged 6 years old) to be an Apprentice Pit Boy. He was also listed in the 1871 Census in Bolton as being 22 years old, single, and living at the same address, in Westhoughton. He then married a local woman named Harriet Crompton from the Daubhill, Rumworth, and the rest is history. But the query is where was he living in the 1861 Census (aged 12)? He walked it to Westhoughton or Cheqerbent from Hulme, Manchester and was living at the following addrress- Cottages at the side of the Red Lion Public House, 4 Lane Ends Nr, Bolton Lancshire He is listed in in the 1871 Census as aged 22 years and living at the same address, but where was he living in the 1861 census? Could you please check your records, to solve this age old mystery.

Hi Jeffrey, Possibly this is just a coincidence, but I wonder if you've noticed: RG9-2810-115-4 16 Downs Row, Over Hulton, James McGowan, lodger, unmarried, 18, carpenter at a colliery, born Manchester. Incidentally, you said "Westhoughton Nr Bolton, (also known as Cheqerbent)", so just in case there might be any doubt, Chequerbent is in fact a village in the town of Westhoughton. Rgds, Bob Thornley, Bolton > From: "Jeffery McGowen" <gnasher49@yahoo.co.uk> > George McGowen was listed in the 1851 Census as being born in > 1848