Hi, Steve, I am a bit confused as to the dates that are relevant. You wrote - > James Edward born 1859 died 1919 married Rebekah Wills Lived in > Brierfield, Lancs. I am trying to trace his parents and have the following > info > > Register: Baptisms 1872 - 1880, Page 76, Entry 604. Source: ..... Notes: > [Father'sname was entered as William then changed] Baptised by: W. ..... > James Edward Ashworth - [Child] of Thomas Ashworth & Mary Born: 28 ...... > Abode: Haslingden [endquote] In which church did the baptism take place and are the dates correct.?? Assuming the date of birth (1859) you quote is correct, I checked in LancashireBMD (http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/births.php ) and found two possible entries for the birth in 1859 - Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1859 Surname, Forename(s); Sub-District; Registers At; Mother's Maiden Name; Reference ASHWORTH James Edward Newchurch Preston ASHWORTH NEW/28/66 ASHWORTH James Edward Rossendale Preston NUTTALL ROSS/15/54 I think, but am not certain, that Haslingden was in the Rossendale Registration Sub-District at that time. To get further details of these two births you would need to purchase the Birth Certificates from the Lancashire Registration Service - details on the LancsBMD site. Assuming the second birth is more likely, I looked for possible marriages in LancsBMD, and found for Thomas Ashworth with wife Mary Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1845 Surname, Forename(s); Surname, Forename(s); Church / Register Office; Registers At; Reference ASHWORTH Thomas HAWORTH Mary Newchurch, St Nicholas Preston CE21/1/493 Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1848 Surname, Forename(s); Surname, Forename(s); Church / Register Office; Registers At; Reference ASHWORTH Thomas BIRCH Mary Accrington, St James Preston CE6/1/482 Neither of these match the Birth registration where the Mother's Maiden Name is Nuttall. The only marriage of a Thomas Ashworth to a bride with surname Nuttall was - Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1839 Surname, Forename(s); Surname, Forename(s); Church / Register Office; Registers At; Reference ASHWORTH Thomas Ridge NUTTALL Fanny Newchurch, St Nicholas Preston CE21/1/122 Looking at the other possible date, the Lancashire On-Line Parish Clerk Project (http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/indexp.html ) has an entry that seem to match this data - Baptism: 9 Apr 1874 St James, Accrington, Lancashire, England James Edward Ashworth - [Child] of Thomas Ashworth & Mary Born: 28 Feb 1874 Abode: Cunliffe Court Occupation: Labourer Baptised by: J. Rogers Register: Baptisms 1872 - 1880, Page 89, Entry 710 Source: LDS Film 1278944 Checking LancsBMD gives - Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1874 Surname, Forename(s); Sub-District; Registers At; Mother's Maiden Name; Reference ASHWORTH James Edward Accrington Preston BIRCH ACC/41/88 and looking for a matching marriage shows only (as found above) - Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1848 Surname, Forename(s); Surname, Forename(s); Church / Register Office; Registers At; Reference ASHWORTH Thomas BIRCH Mary Accrington, St James Preston CE6/1/482 It seems a 'good' fit but a birth to a couple 26 years after their marriage must be quite rare though not impossible - bride at 18 years birth at 43. It would be wise to find this family in the 1871 Census and again in the 1881 Census to verify the family unit. Hope this helps. Jim Lancaster (Bury, Lancs.) -----Original Message----- From: ssndrs via Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2016 5:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LAN] Looking for Ashworth

Jim, Many thanks for your kind help on this. In reply: I don't know as to which church this event happened, the date of 1859 is correct, think your correct and I need to purchase his marriage certificate as this should give me more info. Hopefully the parents name. The snippet of info was from Google and I couldn't find the full info anywhere. You have given me some more research to do but at least I have been pointed in the correct direction Thank you Regards Steve > >> James Edward born 1859 died 1919 married Rebekah Wills Lived in Brierfield, Lancs. I am trying to trace his parents and have the following info >> >> Register: Baptisms 1872 - 1880, Page 76, Entry 604. Source: ..... Notes: [Father'sname was entered as William then changed] Baptised by: W. ..... James Edward Ashworth - [Child] of Thomas Ashworth & Mary Born: 28 ...... Abode: Haslingden >