Hi Doreen, I really appreciate this reply, any help is always appreciated. Unfortunately I can't narrow her birth to just one year, only an either/or, which is 1840/41. According to all the records I have for her it could be either. Thank you for your kind offer though. I am fascinated that you say it wasn't usual for Middleton people to be baptised in Manchester, as I had a reply saying just the opposite!! Cheers, Anne - Melbourne ----- Original Message ----- From: "doreen EL-AHWANY" <doreen@elahwany.freeserve.co.uk> To: <ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 12:18 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON-L] Re: ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON-D Digest V05 #118 > Hi Anne, > > Have you got the family on the 1841 and 51 census records at all? > If Elizabeth shows up on the 41 census, it would give a better idea of when > she was born. > > It wasn`t normal for Middleton people to be baptised at Manchester > Cathedral. > The baptism registers for St Leonards Middleton are quite large, but if you > can narrow the date to the approx year (instead of two yrs), I may be able > to look this up for you. > Baptisms are not yet indexed for the 1840s for St Leonards, though the > Methodist churches and St Michaels Tonge have been done (Elizabeth not > there). > > Doreen. > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.9.0/47 - Release Date: 16/07/2005 > > > ==== ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON Mailing List ==== > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~emmaw/ for free Web Editor software. > Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi

Hi Anne, Is this the family in 1841? HO107/544/9. ED3. 16/24. Rhodes. Middleton. John Wilson. 25. Block Printer. Mary Wilson. 25. Rachal Wilson. 2. Elizabeth Wilson. ?6 mths or 4 mths (hard to read). All born in county. This family is not to be found in Rhodes or Middleton areas in the 1851 census. If they had moved to Manchester, perhaps, the baptism found at the Cathedral is the correct one. Where were they living in 1861? There isn`t a baptism at St Leonards Middleton in 1841 for Elizabeth. Normally, its the marriages that are to be found out of the parish. The baptisms usually take place in the parish where they are living. Doreen. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.9.0/47 - Release Date: 16/07/2005