My wife's great-grandmother, Elizabeth HUTCHINSON was born in Bradford on 30 May 1856. From the 1861 and later censuses, I knew that her father, Isaac, was enumerated as born in Kendal or Appleby, and her mother, Mary, in Windermere, Kendal, or Appleby. However, the last two locations were enumerated as ditto marks under Isaac's reported birthplace, so I was always more inclined to believe Windermere as the more likely location. After failing to find a definitive marriage for Isaac and Mary in Westmorland (GARTH and BARROW being likely candidates), I decided to purchase Elizabeth's birth certificate. When it came, I was more than surprised to see that her mother's maiden name was TAYLOR, but I'm certain this is the correct family as the address is the same as where they were living in the 1861 census, and Isaac's occupation was wood turner (he was a bobbin turner in 1861). >From this, I've managed to piece together what I believe to be the story of Isaac and Mary. Isaac was born in the Kendal area, the son of Christopher HUTCHINSON and Margaret (nee CLARK), and was baptised at Burneside on 06 Nov 1826. Burneside was a chapelry in Kendal parish, about 2 miles north west of the town (and 8 miles from Windermere). In the 19th century, it had a number of small factories making bobbins for the textile industry, and it would have been here that Isaac learned his trade. Isaac's father farmed at Hagg Foot, Burneside, but died before 1841 (probably in late 1840) and his mother probably in 1846. Isaac then migrated steadily from Burneside to Bradford, following his trade, and I have found him in Winksley, near Ripon, in the 1851 census, and in Kildwick (between Keighley and Skipton) when he married Mary TAYLOR in 1853. Mary TAYLOR has been more difficult to track down, but I believe she was born about 1829, and was baptised on 4 Mar 1830 at Crook (which is about 3 miles from Burneside), the daughter of William and Ann TAYLOR. He was also a farmer, and the family was at Undermillbeck, Windermere in 1841. I cannot find William and Ann in the 1851 census, so it is possible that they too had died. Mary also moved away, to Everton, Liverpool which is where she was living when she married Isaac at St Augustine's Parish Church, Walton-on-the-Hill on 7 Feb 1853. This is only possible marriage I can find for them, and Isaac's stated occupation as Wood Turner provides confidence that this is the correct marriage. I don't know why Mary went to Everton. It seems probable that Isaac and Mary were sweethearts in Burneside, and that they kept in contact when Isaac went to make his way in the world. When he had sufficient prospects, he asked Mary to marry him, and brought her back to Yorkshire to start their family. If anyone has information on the HUTCHINSON and TAYLOR families living in the area between Kendal and Windermere, I would be pleased to hear from you. In particular, could SKS please do some lookups (ideally copy images) in the Kendal Record Office for the baptisms of Isaac HUTCHINSON (1826) and Mary TAYLOR (1830), the marriages of their parents (both around 1811), and their burials. Many thanks.