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Having trouble with Emma! Can anyone help?

She is variously listed as Emma, Amy and Emy.

She married Richard Melling at Bolton le Moor, Lancashire Feb 1840.

Marriage certificate and censuses suggest DOB c.1820, place Manchester.

Father (on Marriage cert) is William Taylor, a mechanic.

I've found (IGI and Lancashire OPC) baptism 1817 Aimy? Taylor at Prestwich Lancs, daughter of William Taylor and Sarah Allen.

2 census records:

1841 Oldham
William Taylor age 45 mechanic born Lancashire
Margaret Taylor 40 born Lancashire
Squire Taylor 15 born Lancashire
Alice Taylor 14 born Lancashire

1851 Manchester
William Taylor age 51 mechanic born Edinburgh
Sarah Taylor age 53 schoolmistress, born Salford

So is Emma's dad a Lancashireman or a Scot?

Emma and her new husband Richard Melling don't appear on the 1841 census.

They possibly had a daughter Margaret who died as an infant about 1843-4 (named after Emma's mum?)

They definitely had a daughter Sarah born 1846 (named after Emma's mum?)

An intriguing coincidence is that Richard Melling's father, John, is listed on the marriage cert as a Schoolmaster. Were he and Sarah Taylor colleagues - all questions and no answers I'm afraid. He's another one of those "abducted by aliens" - John Melling only exists on his son's marriage cert, and baptism record, can't find anything else about him.

Any ideas gratefully received.

Cheers, Sue.

1861

Amy Melling
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Manchester, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Radcliffe
Ecclesiastical parish: St Thomas
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

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Registration district: Bury
Sub-registration district: Radcliffe
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 32
Household Members:
Name Age
Amy Melling 40 widow
Sarah Melling 15
John Melling 10
Twyford Melling 4

On the marriage of Emma and Richard what were their addresses

What is Richards DOB and place of birth

1841
??

Sarah Tayler
Age: 42
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1799
Gender: Female
Where born: Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Prestwich Cum Oldham
Hundred: Salford
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

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Registration district: Ashton and Oldham
Sub-registration district: Oldham below Town
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Wm Tayler 44 cotton weaver
Sarah Tayler 42
June Tayler 15
Joseph Tayler 14
Raebey Tayler 4
John Tayler 8
Johnson Tayler 6

might help find where Richard and Emma were in 1851
Births Mar 1850 (>99%)
Melling John Wigan 21 820 Scan available - click to view
Melling John W Derby 20 1062 Scan available - click to view
Births Jun 1850 (>99%)
Melling John Preston 21 757 Scan available - click to view
Melling John Chorlton 20 288 Scan available - click to view
Melling John Bury 21 411 Scan available - click to view
Births Dec 1850 (>99%)
Melling John Wigan 21 829 Scan available - click to view
Melling John Preston 21 644 Scan available - click to view

I would suggest that the 1841 & 1851 census you quote Sue are for 2 different Wliiam Taylors. In 1841 ages were rounded don so the 1st William would have been actually aged 45-49 and unlikely to have been 51 in 1851.
Also cannot find an Emma in the same baptism batch on the IGI though that does not actually prove anything

John Melling birth from lancsbmd

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1850
MELLING John
Radcliffe
mmn = TAYLOR

SARAH

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1850
MELLING Sarah
Holcombe
TAYLOR

TWYFORD

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1856
MELLING Twyforth Radcliffe
TAYLOR

there are also these with mmn = Taylor

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1840
MELLING Margaret Tottington

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1849
MELLING Ellen Tottington

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1852
MELLING William Holcombe

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1853
MELLING Ann Holcombe

Thanks everyone.

I'll look through all your suggestions in detail and see what fits with the info I already have.

Cheers, Sue.