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I agree you need to get the birth cert. If she turns out to be someone else's daughter you can then look for parent(s) 1861.
Jan

Looks like it does rule her out if Ann's maiden name was Winder, then.

according to lancashirebmd
1848
mmn Ainsworth Blackburn birth

I think I will order the birth certificate to make sure..

Thanks

I agree that Ann is probably too old to be her mother (not totally impossible, but unlikely).

Mark - how do you know that M A on the 1851 stands for Mary Ann, and not say Margaret Ann? (Or do you have other info that proves that it all fits?)

I really think you can discount the Blackburn birth. As you know, there was no compulsion to register births until c1874, my theory is that if a child was illegitimate the birth was even less likely to be registered. I think there's a good chance she could be the child of Jane or Agnes.

From LancashireBMD

Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1848
Surname Forename(s) Age Sub-District Registers At Reference
ARMISTEAD Mary Ann 0 Blackburn Blackburn B/25/28

Does look like the one born in Blackburn in 1848, that GlitterBaby posted, died soon after birth.

But her birth might not have been registered as it was not compulsory until 1870's.

You showed the birth for Blackburn and I posted a possible death.

1861 England Census about Margret Armistead
Name: Margret Armistead
Age: 17
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Relation: Daughter
Mother's name: Ann Armistead
Gender: Female
Where born: Lupton, Westmorland, England
Civil parish: Cabus
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street Address:Toll Barr

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

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Registration district: Garstang
Sub-registration district: Garstang
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 3
Piece: 3153
Folio: 20
Page Number: 1
Household Members:
Name Age
Ann Armistead 64 widow occ gatekeeper
Margret Armistead 17 occ assistant to mum

Source Citation: Class: RG 9; Piece: 3153; Folio: 20; Page: 1; GSU roll: 543088.

I wonder if she was really a daughter? While not impossible, An would have been 51 when she was born. I addition, apart from James (Whittington Lancs) the rest of the family were born In Westmorland.

Here is the family 1841. I am just speculating that (maybe) Mary was daughter to one of the older girls?

Just a thought!

1841 England Census
Name: James Armistead
Age: 50
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1791
Gender: Male

Civil parish: Kirkby Lonsdale
Hundred: Lonsdale
County/Island: Westmorland

Registration district: Kendal
Sub-registration district: Kirkby Lonsdale
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 1161
Book: 10
Folio: 8
Page Number: 11
Household Members:
Name Age
James Armistead 50
Ann Armistead 45
James Armistead 25
Agnes Armistead 14
Jane Armistead 12
William Armistead 10
George Armistead 5
George Alston 15

Jan

She is on the 1851 census so cannot be dead Glitterbaby

Mary Ann Armistead is a sister to Jane Armistead who is my 3x great grandmother

??

Births Mar 1848 (>99%)
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ARMISTEAD Mary Ann Blackburn 21 16

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Deaths Mar 1848 (>99%)
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Armistead Mary Ann Blackburn 21 16

So how are you related if your ancestor ?

I have found the following birth registration for my ancestor and also an entry in the 1851 census. Struggling to find any further details...

Name: Mary Ann Armistead
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1848
Registration district: Blackburn
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume:21
Page:16 (click to see others on page)

1851

James Armistead 62 Grocer
Ann Armistead 54 mmn Winder
Wm Armistead 20
Magaret Armistead 7
M A Armistead 3 Where born: Manchester, Lancashire, England

Many thanks