Other Events:

• Baptism: 9 Apr 1815, Middlewich

Notes:

With father in 1851 census as Elizabeth Hough, soldier's wife. She was probably unaware that John, absent for nine years, was still alive when she married John Minshall as Betty Hough that year. Age given as 68 in death record.

Elizabeth married John Hough about 1838. John (son of James Hough and Ann) was born on 25 Mar 1811 in Newton, Middlewich; died on 22 Jan 1856 in Middlewich; was buried on 26 Jan 1856 in Middlewich. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not known if John and Elizabeth formally married, though there is a possible record on 14.3.1836 in Cheadle (Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, Ancestry). This is some distance from their known residences, but would have been seven months after John deserted the Army and he may have deliberately chosen an unlikely location There is no evidence of another John or Elizabeth Hough around Cheadle in the 1841 census.

1. John Hough was born on 5 Nov 1838 in Congleton; died about Aug 1904 in Northwich.
2. William Hough was born in 1840 in Wigan; died on 10 Dec 1923 in Winnington, Cheshire; was buried on 13 Dec 1923 in Barnton.
3. Joseph Hough was born on 16 Aug 1842 in Leftwich Workhouse.

Elizabeth married John Minshall on 4 Sep 1851 in St Mary, Great Budworth. John (son of Joseph Minshall and Catherine Appleton) was born in 1825 in Barnton, Cheshire; died before 1881. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Walter Minshall was born in 1854 in Barnton, Cheshire.
2. Samuel Minshall was born in 1855 in Barnton, Cheshire; died in 1886 in Weaverham.
3. Mary Jane Minshall was born in 1857 in Barnton, Cheshire.
4. Thomas Minshall was born on 25 Apr 1859 in Barnton, Cheshire.

Other Events:

• Occupation: Boatman

William married Hannah Done on 16 May 1814 in Middlewich. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Possibly daugter of Mary Done, bapt 27.12.1795 Great Budworth (Ancestry christeneings).