Thank you so much for your help. I notice that the children's surname was misspelt RUSTHON on the 1851 census. How clever of you to find it.
I also note your suggestion about getting the birth certificates for Ellen's siblings. It is possible they were all born before 1837. Where should I look to find details of their father's name?
Yours, petewins
Mel wrote:
Found them in 1851. Birthplace is listed as Briercliffe but I would take this with a pinch of salt. I have some families who have a different birthplace on each census.
HO107/2251 folio 125 pg 4
Mill, Briercliffe
Ann Atkinson Head W 40 Housework b.Briercliffe
Ann Rushton Dau 17 Power loom weaver b.Briercliffe
Mary Rushton dau 14 Power loom weaver b.Briercliffe
Ellen Rushton dau 11 scholar b.Briercliffe
As you can see, mother is now named Atkinson so I searched for a marriage for Ann Rushton and founf the following one -
Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1844
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
RUSHTON Ann ATKINSON Stephen Colne, St Bartholomew Preston CE118/2/381
As Ann is listed as widow, I searched for death of Stephen and found this.
Deaths Dec 1847 Atkinson Stephen Burnley 21 183
I also found this marriage on the LDS site - not guaranteed to be the marriage you want, you could do with the birth of one Ellens older siblings to find out dads name
IGI Individual Record FamilySearchâ„¢ International Genealogical Index v5.0
NANNY DUERDEN
Marriages:
Spouse: ROBERT RUSHTON Family
Marriage: 24 JAN 1830 Colne, Lancashire, England
Messages:
Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the marriage date. Source Information:
Batch No.: M005606