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That sounds more like it as she appears in this one place and then vanishes. Thank you.
I couldn’t find Mary in 1861 census which is what threw me a bit

Mary Blackey
in the 1861 England Census
Name: Mary Blackey
Age: 45
Estimated Birth Year: 1816
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: Lower Bebington
County/Island: Cheshire
Country: England
Street address: 2 [ Weston ?? ] Terrace
Registration district: Wirral
Sub-registration district: Eastham
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors:
Household schedule number: 61
Piece: 2637
Folio: 44
Page Number: 12
Household Members:
Name Age
Mary Blackey 45
Sarah Simpson 42 - sister, widow
Richard Addison 46 - lodger

Richard's still lodging with them in 1871.

That’s great. Thank you.

Also you were all great going back another generation to Thomas Blackey and Hannah Sutton and their children. I’ve found many Thomas Blackey’s ( common name!!) but I can’t get further back than him and Hannah.
Can anyone help go further back please?
Thanks again
Glyn

Another confusing thing I’ve found relating to previous information about Thomas Blackey. I looked up the Family search site as suggested and found Land Tax Assessments for Thomas Blackey for 1784, 1786, 1789 and 1791.
I’m not really sure what these are, but I assumed they were rent for land and a house.
I had Thomas death as 1786 but if he’s being taxed for land etc ( he’s a farmer) then is this posthumous charges or can anyone find another da The for his death as I’ve searched in vain.
Can’t find a date of death for his wife Hannah either!
Thank you
Glyn

Help needed with this missing link.....
I think as the rest of the census information is on this post, I will carry on from here so everyone can see the information I have to date.
William Blackey, brother to Hannah (1806/7-?), Mary (1810/1813-?), and Sarah, now Sarah Simpson, widowed, (1815-?), emigrated to New Zealand with his family in 1854.
It seems he made a number of journeys back to U.K. I have found a voyage 1872 from Victoria to Liverpool. Also 1888/9 coming from London to NSW, Sydney.
It is possible he made other trips back as well.

Can anyone find other trips he made?
Or help me trace what happened to Hannah, last mentioned on the 1851 census as far as I’ve discovered, Mary, on 1851,1861,and 1871 census living with Sarah, and at Birkenhead.
I wondered if the journeys William made to U.K. coincided with deaths or family matters relating to the 3 sisters.
Finally how would I go about finding out if they owned these properties rather than renting?

It’s a big ask I know to get information on all of this, but I’ve drawn a blank, and I know how helpful and resourceful you all are.
Thanks a lot
Glyn :-)

Help needed with this missing link.....
I think as the rest of the census information is on this post, I will carry on from here so everyone can see the information I have to date.
William Blackey, brother to Hannah (1806/7-?), Mary (1810/1813-?), and Sarah, now Sarah Simpson, widowed, (1815-?), emigrated to New Zealand with his family in 1854.
It seems he made a number of journeys back to U.K. I have found a voyage 1872 from Victoria to Liverpool. Also 1888/9 coming from London to NSW, Sydney.
It is possible he made other trips back as well.

Can anyone find other trips he made?
Or help me trace what happened to Hannah, last mentioned on the 1851 census as far as I’ve discovered, Mary, on 1851,1861,and 1871 census living with Sarah, and at Birkenhead.
I wondered if the journeys William made to U.K. coincided with deaths or family matters relating to the 3 sisters.
Finally how would I go about finding out if they owned these properties rather than renting?

It’s a big ask I know to get information on all of this, but I’ve drawn a blank, and I know how helpful and resourceful you all are.
Thanks a lot
Glyn :-)

Which Hannah in 1851 do you mean?
Hannah 1807 or Hannah 1846?


Re Hannah 1846 -

her probable birth:
BLACKEY, HANNAH mms DIMILOW
GRO Reference: 1845 D Quarter in WEST DERBY Volume 20 Page 1026

so she's presumably a daughter of a son of Thomas 1766

Re Hannah 1807 (actually born 1806, but census suggests 1807) -


???
Hannah Blackey
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915
Name: Hannah Blackey
Registration Year: 1852
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration District: West Derby
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8b
Page: 686
Records on Page:
Name
Hannah Blackey <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Margaret Conoly
John Deegan
John Thompson <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<


Ancestry also suggests this as a possibility:

Hannah Blackey
in the New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1937
Name: Hannah Blackey
Marriage Year: 1862
Marriage Place: New Zealand
Folio Number: 62/273

Unfortunately there are lots of Hannah Blackey ‘s in the family. It’s Williams sister Hannah, 1806, that I’m trying to find out about, along with her sisters Mary 1810 and Sarah 1815. The other Hannah 1846 is Williams daughter, and she did marry in New Zealand.
It’s the 3 sisters life, and how many times William came back from NZ to either see them or settle their affairs, that I’m interested in, but can’t get any further than the information I’ve already mentioned
Thanks ArgyllGran

????????

Name: Hannah Blackey
Age: 46
Birth Year: abt 1806
Burial Date: 19 Sep 1852
Burial Place: Holbeck, St Matthew and New Wortley, St John the Baptist, Yorkshire, England
Parish: Holbeck, St Matthew and New Wortley, St John the Baptist

LancsBMD version of the marriage posted earlier

BLACKEY Hannah THOMPSON John 1852 Liverpool, Register Office or Registrar Attended Liverpool REG_LP/8/142
BLACKEY Hannah THOMPSON John 1852 West Derby, Register Office or Registrar Attended Liverpool REG_WD/8/142

Not CofE - were they RC? Or Non-conformist?

I don’t know for sure but non Conformist church on occasion. Maybe the husband was. Thanks Erika and Argyll Gran for that. So Hannah married and died in the same year. Very sad. That was before William went to NZ.
That leaves Sarah who may also have died, and then Mary.
And the mystery of why William made 2 or more journeys back to U.K.
THANKS
Glyn

In 1871 (already posted), Mary Blackey 1811 and Sarah Simpson were living in Tranmere, Birkenhead.

Possible death??

Deaths Mar 1890 (>99%)
Blackey Mary 79 Birkenhead 8a 411



Mary and Sarah in 1881:

Mary Blackie
in the 1881 England Census
Name: Mary Blackie
Age: 70
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1811
Relationship to Head: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Lpool, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: Tranmere
County/Island: Cheshire
Country: England
Street Address: 68 Mersey Rd
Education:
Employment status:
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Occupation: Housekeeper
Registration District: Birkenhead
ED, institution, or vessel: 20
Neighbors:
Piece: 3587
Folio: 109
Page Number: 43
Household Members:
Name Age
Mary Blackie 70
Sarah Simpson 68

Possibly Sarah in 1891 ??

Sarah Simpson
in the 1891 England Census
Name: Sarah Simpson
Gender: Female
Age: 74
Relationship: Visitor
Birth Year: 1817
Birth Place: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: Tranmere
Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul
Residence Place: Tranmere, Cheshire, England
Registration District: Birkenhead
Sub registration district: Tranmere
ED, Institution or Vessel: 18
Neighbors:
Piece: 2891
Folio: 111
Household Members:
Name Age
Tom Y Hetherington 41
Elizabeth Hetherington 36
Robert G Hetherington 10
William Hetherington 9
Tom G Hetherington 4
Donald F Hetherington 3
Sarah Simpson 74


Ancestry's transcription lumps a couple of other families in with them, calling them all Hetherington, even though they're at different addresses.

Possibly Sarah's death?? Age a little out, but depends on what the informant thought was correct.

Deaths Jun 1903 (>99%)
Simpson Sarah 85 Birkenhead 8a 310

She was still with the Hetheringtons in 1901:

Sarah Simpson
in the 1901 England Census
Name: Sarah Simpson
Age: 83
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1818
Relation to Head: Visitor
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: Birkenhead
Ecclesiastical parish: Rock Ferry St Peter
County/Island: Cheshire
Country: England
Street Address:
Registration District: Birkenhead
Sub-registration District: Tranmere
ED, institution, or vessel: 24
Neighbors:
Piece: 3398
Folio: 110
Page Number: 53
Household Schedule Number: 312
Household Members:
Name Age
Tom J Hetherington 51
Elizabeth Hetherington 46
Robert Y Hetherington 20
Tom Y Hetherington 14
Donald F Hetherington 13
Sarah Simpson 83


The Hetheringtons' marriage:

Marriages Jun 1879 (>99%)
Foster Elizabeth Wirral 8a 537
HETHERINGTON Tom Yeoward Wirral 8a 537

In 1881 the Hetheringtons were fairly close neighbours of Mary and Sarah.

Mary and Sarah at 68 Mersey Road, and the Hetheringtons at 9 Lilly Street.

These streets don't seem to exist today, but on the census form Mersey Road is the next one after Lilly Street .
Working through the form, there's 9, 7, 5, 3, and 1 Lilly Street, then 70 and 68 Mersey Road.

If the 1852 death is your Hannah, the 1852 marriage can’t be.

From a geographical point of view, the marriage seems more likely than the death.

So far, I can't see Hannah and John in later censuses.

Just noticed that you already knew Mary's history, Glyn.

In 2018 you wrote:

So Thomas Blackey 1766-1854 had a daughter called Mary Blackey.
She never married. I’ve found her on the 1851 and 1871 and 1881 censuses. She was born Dec 1810 and died 1890 in Birkenhead.