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Hi
Could some kind person look uo 1861 census for a Martha Ward b1856 thought to be living at Hunstanworth,Weardale.
Would like to know others in same household.

Thank you
David :-D

where is that please

it is in County Durham
Blanchland area

1861 England Census about Martha Ward
Name: Martha Ward
Age: 5
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856
Relation: Granddaughter
Gender: Female
Where born: Hunstanworth, Durham, England
Civil Parish: Hunstanworth
County/Island: Durham
Country: England
Street Address:

Registration District: Weardale
Sub-registration District: Stanhope
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Schedule Number: 123
Piece: 3726
Folio: 44
Page Number: 29
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Ward 50 born: Stanhope, Durham (formerly Lead Miner)
Robert Ward 23 born: Miggleswick, Durham
Thomas Ward 19 born: Miggleswick, Durham
Martha Ward 5

Thank you
is her father named

Father is not named I'm afraid. The two boys are noted as being sons of Thomas and single but that doesn't mean that one of them is not Martha's father. To find that out you will probably have to buy the birth certificate I'm afraid.

ok thank you

If she married her father's name may be named on that certificate?

Thomas the father, wife was named Martha but died in 1843 Muggleswick .

is there a record of any marriage for her

This looks to be the same family in 1851:-

1851 England Census about Thomas Ward
Name: Thomas Ward
Age: 45
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1806
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Armstrong
Gender: M (Male)
Where born: Stanhope, Durham, England
Civil Parish: Blanchland or Shotley High Quarter
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England
Street Address:

Occupation: Lead Miner

Registration District: Hexham
Sub-registration District: Bywell
ED, institution, or vessel: 18b
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Schedule Number: 9
Piece: 2414
Folio: 177
Page Number: 3
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Ward 45 - Widower
Mary Ward 17
Sarah Ward 15
Robt Ward 12
William Ward 10
Thomas Ward 8
Alice Ward 6
Thomas Armstrong 43
Elizabeth Armstrong 37
Mary Ann Armstrong 10
John Richard Armstrong 6
Thomas Armstrong 3
Jane R Appleby 25

................... so, Thomas also had two daughters who would have been old enough to have a baby in 1856 so there is also the possibility that Martha was the illegitimate child of one of the girls?

Would this be her in 1881?

1881 England Census
about Martha Thompson Name: Martha Thompson
Age: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: John Thompson
Gender: Female
Where born: Hunstanworth, Durham, England

Civil Parish: Collierley
County/Island: Durham
Country: England

Street Address: Burnhill Gate
Condition as to marriage: Married
Registration District: Lanchester
Sub-registration District: Tanfield
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4943
Folio: 145
Page Number: 62
Household Members: Name Age
John Thompson 30
Martha Thompson 25
Mary Jane Thompson 4
Martin Thompson 3
Edith Thompson

If so here's her marriage. Father's name would be on certificate:

Marriages Dec 1875 (>99%)
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MADDISON John Lanchester 10a 503
Robson Mary Lanchester 10a 503
+++THOMPSON John Lanchester 10a 503
+++WARD Martha Lanchester 10a 503

Her birth:-

Births Sep 1855 (>99%)
Ward Martha Weardale 10a 184

Possible marriages:-

Marriages Dec 1875 (>99%)
MADDISON John Lanchester 10a 503
Robson Mary Lanchester 10a 503
THOMPSON John Lanchester 10a 503
WARD Martha Lanchester 10a 503

or

Marriages Jun 1884 (>99%)
Fiddes William Lanchester 10a 377
Jameson Sarah Ann Lanchester 10a 377
Ward Martha Lanchester 10a 377
Wylam Edward Lanchester 10a 377

If I were you I would get the birth cert. first as if she turns out to be the illegitimate child of one of the girls then she may not know the name of her father so it will not be noted on marrige cert.

1841 just to see if there are any more possible children that may be parents to Martha.

1841 England Census about Thomas Ward
Name: Thomas Ward
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1811
Gender: Male
Where born: Durham, England
Civil Parish: Muggleswick
Hundred: Chester (West Division)
County/Island: Durham
Country: England
Street Address:

Registration District: Durham and Lanchester
Sub-registration District: Lanchester
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 302
Book: 1
Folio: 10
Page Number: 15
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Ward 30
Martha Ward 30
Mary Ward 7
Sarah Ward 5
Robert Ward 3
William Ward 2

Here you are this looks to be Martha's baptism:-


County Durham
Place Hunstanworth
Church St James
RegisterNumber
DateOfBirth
BaptismDate 21 Mar 1856
Forename Martha
Sex F
FatherForename
MotherForename Mary
FatherSurname
MotherSurname WARD
Abode Midge Holme
FatherOccupation

xxxxxx Notes Single Woman xxxx

FileNumber 30487

.............so she is the illegitimate daughter of Mary Ward.

My you have been busy ,you have been a great help

Will try and follow up her marriages

Thanks again

One last query where was her mother in 1861 census??

Just found on Durham records on line Mary Ward of Midge Holme,Hunstanworth
buried 2nd march 1857 aged 221/2 years old.
How sad

shame

Oh, that is sad poor Mary.