Thread: Wonder where to go next ?

I am searching for my mother's family - 'Belton'. I have had success in 1901, 1891 and 1881 for William Belton(Balton?) and Susannah - william born 1842 manchester. I have searched some through ancestry.co.uk births and marriages records with little success as i know these are Manchester born and not from other areas of the UK. Wonder if anyone can give me any hints for pre 1881.

Many thanks

Maria

Hi Mariam,



I looked at the 1881 census record for the family and saw William listed as an engineer, aged 39, Susannah aged 31 and Lucy aged 13. All born Manchester and living in Ardwick. I found this census return and wonder what you think, could the enumerator have made a mistake with the surname, as all other details match.



1871 Ardwick



George Ball/28/lodger

Emily Burns/9 months/dau

Lucy Burns/3/dau

Susannah Burns/21/wife

William Burns/29/head/Engineer to Calico Printer



All born Manchester......Could be coincidence, but as everything except surname matches, it's worth considering.

Hello again, How about this?



1861 Hulme Manchester



Mary Bolton/60/wife/born Ireland

Peter Bolton/ 65/head/Calico Printer/born Ireland

William Bolton/19/son/Engraver/Manchester

Emma Price/17/General Servant



Looking at the original it does possibly read BELTON



OR........



1861 Ardwick St. Silas Manchester





Mary Burns/38/head/widow

Thomas Burns/ 7/son

William Burns/18/son

Hi Maria,



I think we are getting somewhere now, what do you think to this?



Marriages Jun 1867 Chorlton



BALL Susannah Chorlton 8c 674

BURNS William BELTON Chorlton 8c 674

NUTTALL Ellen Chorlton 8c 674

TAYLOR George Chorlton 8c 674



In 1871 the Burns family had George BALL lodging with them

Thank you so much for this - its a great help. Thought I had sent this reply yesterday - just getting used to the board. My mother is very impressed - being the Belton connection !

x Maria