I came across this oddment whilst looking for something else: 1880 US Census, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts Steven SHOESMITH, Self, Marr Male White 30 birthplace ENG, Works In Cotton Mill mother & father b England Hannah SHOESMITH, Wife, Marr Fem White 26 birthplace ENG, Keeping House, mother & father b England. George T. SHOESMITH, Son, Single, Male, White, 4, birthplace ENG, mother & father b England. Harriet A. SHOESMITH, Dau, Single, Female, White, 7Mths, birthplace Massachussets. mother & father b England.
Which appears to be this family: 1871 Census - RG10; Piece: 4148; Folio: 78; Page: 40 Byerden Mill, Burnley Sarah Shoesmith, Head, Widow, 61yrs, House Maid, b. Briercliffe Margaret Leaver, Daughter, Mar, 27yrs, Cotton Weaver, b. Briercliffe Stephen Shoesmith, Son, Unm, 20yrs, Cotton Weaver, b. Burnley Benjamin Shoesmith, Son, Unm, 15yrs, Cotton Weaver, b. Burnley
Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1874 SHOESMITH Stephen & WHITTAKER Hannah at Colne, St Bartholomew. Registers at Preston CE118/8/233
Stephen's sister Margaret married Abraham in 1863. Another sister, Alice, married John Leaver 12 Sep 1872.
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