1881 census 23 Baker Street, Newcastle under Lyme Frederick Moston - head - labourer in iron works - age 28 - born Cheshire Jane Moston - wife - age 28 - born Bagilt Jane E. Moston - daughter - age 5 - born Hanley Amy Moston - daughter - age 1 - born Hanley 1881 census 45 Denbigh Street, Shelton Robert Hughes - head - Engine Man Colliery - age 50 - born Holywell Margaret Hughes - wife - age 52 - born Holywell Sarah Hughes - daughter - age 25 - born Holywell Margaret Hughes - daughter - age 17 - pupil teacher - born Holywell Edward Hughes son - age 12 - born Hanley Regards Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: dorothy JONES <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 6:07 PM Subject: Re: [Pots] Posting Potteries interests > Hello Everyone > > I'm more or less a newbie to this list although I have been on the FH trail > for almost thirty years. Anyone on the old Staffordshire list might have > known me > by my old Netscape or Freeserve addresses. Hello again to Norman Holt if > he's on this list, also Dave Grahl and Lauren Brockman, also Joy Stacey in > Oz. > It is because of these three that I am back on the Potteries trail, still > chasing my > HUGHES family in Hanley but have just had a break through due to unearthing > their past emails to me. Another success is the change over from pay per > telephone call to monthly fee for my Internet, and a bigger PC. What a > difference! It has opened up a new > world of FH research for me. No more worrying about how long I'm on the net, > and able to do more extensive research, especially on the Freebmd site. > Last night I found the marriages of two of my gr-grandfather's sisters, > subject to confirmation by certificate. Joy in Australia found the marriage > of their > brother EDWARD HUGHES to an EMILY HARVEY, in 1902, although his age is wrong > by about six years and needs investigating further. He was defiantly born in > 1867 and not 1836 as the marriage details suggest. > What I'm after now are possible sightings of the sisters in the 1881 and > 1891 census for the Shelton area. > The parents were ROBERT HUGHES and MARGARET nee TAYLOR both born in BAGILLT, > NORTH WALES and resident in 45 Denbigh St, Hanley in the 1881 census. > The eldest daughter JANE born 1852 in Bagillt, married FREDERICK MOSTON in > the first quarter of 1874 and their son Robert Hughes Moston died in Denbigh > Street in 1879, so it's possible they were living in Denbigh Street in the > 1881 census. > > For the second daughter SARAH, born 1856 in Bagillt, and living with her > parents in 1881,1 there are three possible marriages. To JAMES GOODWIN or > JOHN LOWNDES in 1881, or HARRY PLANT in 1890. > I think Edward's wife died on 6/12/1940 as there is an entry in my > G-grandfather's birthday book for that date which just says Emma Hughes, but > still checking on this. > Can anyone help my search, pretty please? > > Dorothy J (Llandudno) > > > > ==== ENG-STS-THE-POTTERIES Mailing List ==== > The List for the Pottery Towns of the Ancient County of Staffordshire > >