Ooops sorry. Yes it should be Walter. Sorry my mistake rushing to typd it. Yes the above references are they. Benjamin was a city missionasy once he came back to the north west. He had been a schoolmaster before. I will see whether my Pucklechurch enquiry turns up anything further. Thanks once again
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I was just going to say about him being a 'Home City Missionary' MC - As you say, that would probably explain him travelling to diffenent places.
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Is this them in Oldham on 1871 census?
Only one William showing>
1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Lark Hill, Tonge, Oldham, Lancashire, England Print household transcription Household Members First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital condition Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place Benjamin Townend Head - Male 48 1823 - Yorkshire Elizabeth Townend Wife - Female 47 1824 - Yorkshire William G Townend Son - Male 21 1850 - Lancashire Anna E Townend Daughter - Female 20 1851 - Lancashire Emily A Townend Daughter - Female 17 1854 - Yorkshire Walter F Townend Son - Male 12 1859 - Gloucestershire Lucy J Townend Daughter - Female 9 1862 - Yorkshire Edwin H L Townend Son - Male 6 1865 - Gloucestershire Print individual transcription View image Individual transcription First name(s) Lucy J Last name Townend Relationship Daughter Marital condition - Gender Female Age 9 Birth year 1862 Birth town - Birth county Yorkshire House number - House name - Street Lark Hill Parish Tonge City or borough - Town - Village - County Lancashire Country England Municipal ward - Parliamentary borough - Ecclesiastical District - Registration district Oldham Enumeration district 18 Series RG10 Piece number 4106 Folio number 72 Page 6 Record set 1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Category Census, land & surveys Record collection Census Collections from Great Britain
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Also, the 1871 census states Benjamin is a "Home City Missionary" - perhaps they travelled.
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Did they really have two sons with first name William?
Should the younger of the two not be Walter F?
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Walter Frederick Townend Registration Year: 1858 Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Registration district: Chipping Sodbury Inferred County: Gloucestershire Volume: 6a Page: 144
He also seems to be recorded as Walter F on the 1871 census.
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My maiden name is TOWNEND and my great-great-grandfather was Benjamin TOWNEND who was born in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, in 1823. He married Elizabeth (nee Sutcliffe) of Todmorden and they went on to have 7 children:
William Greenwood TOWNEND, born 1849 in Todmorden Ellen, born 1850 in Todmorden Anna E, born 1851 in Todmorden Emily A, born 1854 in Morley, West Yorkshire
William Fredrick (my great-gradfather) born 1859 in Marshfield, Gloucs
Lucy J, born 1862, in Sowerby Bridge (again back near Todmorden)
Edwin Herbert Lawson TOWNEND, born 1865 in Pucklechurch, Gloucs
As you can see, the majority of the children are born in the West Yorshire area, as Benjamin himself was, but two of the children (William Fredrick TOWNEND (my great-grandfather) and the youngest son, Edwin HL TOWNEND were born in MARSHFIELD and PUCKLECHURCH which I believe are very close to each other yet Lucy J (born between the two of these boys) is born in Sowerby Bridge, a few miles from Todmorden where most of the others are born.
I have all the above information from copies of certificates and census records etc but to date I have not been able to discover a reason for two of the sons having been born in the Marshfield/Pucklechurch area and wonder if there are members of the TOWNEND family living in the area? Another possibility is that Benjamin (their father) may have been working in the area (he was a schoolmaster) or that he was connected with the chapel there as I do know that he was also a Congregationalist lay preacher.
Anyone researching/have TOWNENDs in that area of the UK?
I have searched online for any clues and have requested info from the Pucklechurch News but thought I might try the GR board in the hope that someone might be looking in who may be from that area and able to help.
Any help you might be able to offer or any pointers as to where to look further would be greatly welcomed.
Many thanks for your time
I will be out for an hour or two this evening but will look in on my return so please do not think I have posted and then abandoned the thread
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