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    MarkProctor
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    Lightbulb PROCTER Claughton Near Lancaster

    Got a Joshua Procter Born c 1825 in Claughton, any info on family and ancestors greatly appreciated. His Grandson, also named Joshua moved his family to Bacup, Lancashire (Rossendale Valley) to follow work as a stone mason.

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    a few details to help eith the search.
    The 1871 Census for Random Row, Spotland (RG10 Folio 131 Piece 4130) has:
    Joshua b. abt. 1828 occ: Stone Mason
    Elizabeth, wife b. abt. 1826
    Jane, daughter b. abt. 1846
    John, son b. abt. 1855
    George, son b. abt. 1857
    Joshua, son b. abt. 1860
    Robert, son b. abt. 1862
    Septimus, son b. abt. 1864
    Robert, Grandson b. abt. 1871

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    Hello Mark
    I have moved this post to the Lancashire forum because the surname forum is just to post the names you are researching and then it is locked.

    I see Nicolina is already on the trail.

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    In 1881 they were still at Random Row (RG11 Folio 54 Piece 4122)
    Joshua born Claughton abt. 1825
    Elizabeth born Bolton on Sands abt. 1822
    Jane born Skarton abt. 1855
    Robert born Claughton abt. 1862
    Elizabeth Ellen born Stacksteads abt. 1879 (Grand-daughter

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    Thanks Nicolina, I am originally from Stacksteads in Bacup (Spotland is the old name for the Blackwood area of Stacksteads) and I have the Census info through 1901. Elizabeth (nee Dawson) Bolton Le Sands abt 1822. It's the Joshua born abt 1825 that I am stuck at, Siblings/ Parents/ Uncles&Aunts/ Grandparents ? THX for the prompt reply though.

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    have you seen the 1841 Census for Claughton? There is a possible family:-
    Thomas b. abt. 1786
    Elizabeth b. abt. 1796
    Grace b. abt. 1833
    Jane b. abt. 1836
    John b. abt. 1841

    searching for PROCTOR and Claughton also brings up a family in Garstang:
    Henry b. abt. 1816
    Mary b. abt. 1816
    Anne b. abt. 1837
    Richard b. abt. 1838
    Elizabeth b. abt. 1840

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    in 1861 Joshua has been transcribed as Joseph.
    In 1901 there is also a John, born Claughton with a birth year of 1837 which would fit with the rounding up/down of ages in 1841.
    He is a widower and his occupation is Mason's Labourer

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    I wonder if Joshua is actually Joseph and he swaps between the two names. If so then this could be daughter Jane's bpt'. I can't see another Jane Proct*r in the 1851 census to fit this bpt.

    Jane Procter
    Christened 13 Nov 1846
    at Lancaster, Lancashire
    Born 18 Oct 1846
    Father - Joseph Procter
    Mother - Elizabeth
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    I can't see a marriage on familysearch.org for an Elizabeth Dawson and Joshua/Joseph Proct*r.
    You may have to buy the marriage cert to find out Joshua's father's name. (this is a messy page of entries- there are four Elizabeth's on the page and 3 grooms!) I take it you got Elizabeth's maiden name from a birth certificate of one of the children?
    On same page FreeBMD.
    Marriages Sep 1846
    Elizabeth Dawson
    Joshua Procter
    Lancaster
    vol 21 page 382
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    THX, also some were written/transcribed as Prockter in the Census for Spotland. I have just checked my saved sources on the "Free Family History" site (https://familysearch.org/) and I do have those census entries. The entry for John was there too, It's whether they are brothers/cousins/other ? I went to secondary school with a girl I found out was born 3 days before me in the same hospital (Blizzard of 1963) who was my mothers cousins G'Daughter, hence I do not want to assume that John is Joshua's brother as with large families there is a large gap in ages. Claughton-Garstang is a seperate location and is further south from Lancaster than the Claughton Nr Lancaster is. If surviving church registers for St Chad in Claughton do not provide the info, then neighbouring Caton, then Lancaster, then Garstang will be on my parish register research list. It's the access to those surviving parish registers that I do not have. Then there's the gravestones/monument inscriptions. I've been reading the threads a little, Lol.

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