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I cannot for the life of me work out the parentage of William Houghton 1808 Scarisbrick I have looked on the IGI and Ancestry. His wife Frances Newton I believe may of married before so her maiden name would not be Newton she was 31 when she married William in1828 in Ormskirk .

Banns: St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
William Houghton - Wheelwright, Scarisbrick
Frances Newton - Spinster, Ormskirk
Banns Read: 3 Feb 1828
Register: Banns 1826 - 1834, Page 13, Entry 2
Source: LDS Film 1849664#


Why don't you use LancsOPC?

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First name(s) William
Last name Houghton
Gender Male
Birth year 1808
Birth place Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Baptism year -
Residence Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Place -
County Lancashire
Country England
Father's first name(s) John
Father's last name Houghton
Mother's first name(s) Sarah
Mother's last name Castlehouse

1841 suggests that they were both born somewhat earlier than they say in 1851



1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
High Blowick, Meols, North, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England


First name(s) Last name Gender Age Birth year Birth place
William Houghton Male 40 1801 Lancashire, England Transcription
Frances Houghton Female 44 1797 Lancashire, England Transcription
Samuel Houghton Male 13 1828 Lancashire, England Transcription
Jane Houghton Female 8 1833 Lancashire, England Transcription
Nancy Houghton Female 3 1838 Lancashire, England Transcription
John Houghton Male 0 1841 Lancashire, England Transcription

Baptism: 18 Apr 1830 St Cuthbert, Halsall, Lancashire, England
John Houghton - Son of William Houghton & Frances
Abode: Liverpool
Occupation: Wheelwright
Baptised by: Richd.Appleton Curate
Register: Baptisms 1813 - 1837, Page 117, Entry 929
Source: LDS Film 1849658

hi
this is where he was christened

William Houghton
England Births and Christenings
Name: William Houghton
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 19 Feb 1809
Christening Place: ST NICHOLAS,LIVERPOOL,LANCASHIRE,ENGLAND
Birth Date: 29 Dec 1808
Father's Name: John Houghton
Mother's Name: Sarah Castlehouse

Name: Thomas Haughton
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 16 Dec 1810
Christening Place: St Peters, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Father's Name: John Haughton
Mother's Name: Sarah Castlehouse

Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I04835-7 , System Origin: England-EASy , GS Film number: 93873 , Reference ID: yr 1810 rn 1810

Name: Mary Houghton
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 23 May 1802
Christening Place: ST NICHOLAS,LIVERPOOL,LANCASHIRE,ENGLAND
Birth Date: 16 Apr 1802
Father's Name: John Houghton
Mother's Name: Sarah Castlehouse

Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C00599-7 , System Origin: England-ODM , GS Film number: 93833

Name: John Houghton
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 17 Feb 1805
Christening Place: St. Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Father's Name: John Houghton
Mother's Name: Sarah Castlehouse

Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I04684-6 , System Origin: England-EASy , GS Film number: 1068889

Name: William Houghton
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 29 Dec 1808
Birthplace: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Father's Name: John Houghton
Mother's Name: Sarah Castlehouse

Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I04685-2 , System Origin: England-EASy , GS Film number: 1068889

Marjory Castlehouse married John Pearson sometime and had a daughter Ann Pearson 1805 Ormskirk. Cannot find any other children or a marriage for Marjory Castlehouse to John Pearson

Thanks

For source info

Baptism: 1 Jan 1806 St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Ann Pearson - Daughter of John Pearson & Margery (formerly Castlehouse), His Wife
Born: 9 Dec 1805
Abode: Westmorland St.
Occupation: Brass Founder
Register: Baptisms 1806, Page 1, Entry 18
Source: LDS Film 1068889

Any chance of feedback on the info provided above in response to your first request on here?

Did you miss this?

Baptism: 25 Mar 1807 St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Catharine Pearson - Daughter of John Pearson & Margery (formerly Castlett), His Wife
Born: 14 Feb 1807
Abode: Kay Street
Occupation: Brass Founder
Register: Baptisms 1807, Page 312, Entry 379
Source: LDS Film 93833

I presume you have this?

Baptism: 26 Jan 1777 St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
Marjery Castlehouse - Daughter of Robert Castlehouse & Betty
Abode: Orms[kirk]
Register: Baptisms 1771 - 1794, Page 26, Entry 20
Source: LDS Film 1849663

Thank you I didn't have any details of the child Catherine in 1807 but I did have the baptism for her mother. Much appreciated. Thanks

hi
this could be john houghton born 1830


John Houghton
England, Lancashire, Parish Registers 1538-1910
Name: John Houghton
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 25 Aug 1831
Event Place: Halsall, Halsall, Lancashire, England
Age: 1
Birth Year (Estimated): 1830



John Houghton
England Births and Christenings
Name: John Houghton
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 1830
Christening Place: HALSALL, BTS, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND
Father's Name: William Houghton
Mother's Name: Frances
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C13574-9 ,

then they named their son john born in 1841 after the son they lost

found this child she is not on the 1841 census could be staying with someone else


Mary Houghton
England Births and Christenings
Name: Mary Houghton
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 25 Oct 1835
Christening Place: Halsall, Lancashire, England
Father's Name: William Houghton
Mother's Name: Francis

this could be her death could be a mistake in the date

ary Houghton
England, Lancashire, Parish Registers 1538-1910
Name: Mary Houghton
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 16 Aug 1835
Event Place: Halsall, Halsall, Lancashire, England
Age: 0

Here are 2 consecutive enties from http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/

Burial: 15 Aug 1835 St Cuthbert, Halsall, Lancs.
Anne Kirby -
Age: 2 Years
Abode: Halsall
Buried by: R.Leigh
Register: Burials 1813 - 1844, Page 125, Entry 997
Source: LDS Film 1849658

Burial: 25 Aug 1835 St Cuthbert, Halsall, Lancs.
Thomas Cheetham -
Age: 3 Months
Abode: Haskayne
Buried by: R.Leigh
Register: Burials 1813 - 1844, Page 125, Entry 998
Source: LDS Film 1849658

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Births Dec 1838 (>99%)
Houghton Ann Ormskirk 21 499

Births Jun 1841 (>99%)
Houghton John Ormskirk 21 572


Even if you've got a hit in the GRO index, it's worth checking if there's also a local index online, see http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/local_bmd so, using http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1838
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
HOUGHTON Ann North Meols North Sefton NEWTON NM/1/180

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1841
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
HOUGHTON John North Meols North Sefton NEWTON NM/2/227


I have no problems identifying folk named Nancy as Ann - both my gran Nan and my Auntie Nancy had their births rego'ed as Annie.
However, the age is more problematic - if (as was likely) Ann was rego'ed week in Oct abt 1 w in, then she probably was 3-4 m shy of age 3 on 6/6/1841.

Ormskirk RD births in 1838q4 occupied pp 483-517, and one can guess from its position when a birth on p 499 occured.
HOWEVER, it's not it's position in the Ormskirk RD births that matters - what matters is its position in the North Meols subdistrict births that matters.

I've appended the local ref to some GRO index hits:

Births Sep 1838 (>99%)
HESKETH Peter Ormskirk 21 488 NM/1/175

Births Dec 1838 (>99%)
STOPFORTH William Ormskirk 21 498 LAT/1/39
HESKETH Margaret Ormskirk 21 499 NM/1/176
>> Houghton Ann Ormskirk 21 499 NM/1/180
BEARMAN Margaret Ormskirk 21 504 NM/1/230
SHEPHERD Catherine Ormskirk 21 505 OK/1/37

Births Mar 1839 (>99%)
Spencer Mary Ann Ormskirk 21 527 NM/1/231


Here we can see there were 55 North Meols subdistrict births rego'ed in 1838q4, and our Ann is the 5th entry, so with a steady daily rate of registration, that is 8-9 d. (Obviously a steady daily rate is a fiction - e/e's alone see to that - but it does give a ballpark guess.)
One has 6 w to rego a birth. LancsBMD indexes by year of event, not quarter of registration. Usually, this only effects late Dec births who weren't rego'ed before the new year - e.g., Mary Ann Spencer above is indexed in 1838.
The local ref has 3 elements - a subdistrict code like NM=North Meols (or church code for marrs); a register sequence # like 1 here; an entry # or page #.
The local registrars' books had 100 p - 5 entries per page for Bs & Ds, and 2 for Ms; - church regos had 250 pp (at 2 entries per p).
Entry #s are usually used for marrs, so one knows who wed whom - here entry #s are used in North Meols, and page #s in the preceeding and following subdistricts - Lathom & Ormskirk.
The local registrars made copies of the updates in the previous quarter on special (initially double-sized) sheets for the GRO, and sent them this copy to serve as a back-up copy.