Preston Record Office Look up request

[terry jackson]

:oops: I'm not sure if this is asking too much of you kind people but when I finally made it to Lancs over the Bank Holiday I didn't have much luck looking for my Smiths and Hattons in various church yards :cry: and someone mentioned that Preston Record Office has some excellent Roman Catholic Records with much more detail than the usual CofE records. As my family back then seemed to be RC this is excellent news 8) but the Record Office was closed while I was up there :evil: so I am looking form SKS who would be willing to look up my SMITHS & HATTONS for me. My Smiths thankfully have some unusual forenames and actually it seems quite a rare name in the Croston, Mawdsley, Eccleston and Chorley area where mine came from.
I travel hopefully :) and below are my SMITH/HATTON details:
These are all siblings of one family and as you can see many of their
forenames appear to be surnames. HATTON was the
maiden name of their mother and I am hoping that the other names will turn
out to have similar significance.

Ann Hatton Smith
Thomas Barton Smith
James Henry Smith
Elizabeth Taylor Smith
Barton Smith (my3xgt grandfather C: Croston)
Richard Hatton Smith
Rigby Davies Smith
William Henry Smith
Charlotte Hatton Smith
Jane Annesley Smith
John Winstanley Smith

Most of those so far found were cordwainers/shoemakers or boot and shoe
retailers. This seems more important than their religion!

THOMAS SMITH
(My Great Great Great Great Grandfather)
Born: n/k

Married: 7 September 1801, Eccleston by Chorley, Lancs to:Barbara Hatton
(IGI ~ not confirmed)
Occupation: 1828-9 and 1837 Pigots
Chorley:
Chapel Street
Boot & shoe maker

I have no more information at all on Barbara HATTON but noticed that there seemed to be no Hattons in the areas above-mentioned in the churchyards or in the 1881 census or Free BMD so I suspect she came from one of the areas where there were Hattons eg Leigh, Warrington, Wigan

Thanks in advance
:lol:

[george]

Hi
I found the following familysearch.com

Barton SMITH
Sex: M

Event(s):
Christening: 4 Dec 1807
Croston, Lancashire, England

Parents:
Father: Thomas SMITH
Mother: Barbara

Barton SMITH
Sex: M

Marriage(s):
Spouse: Ellen CROASDALE
Marriage: 16 Aug 1829
Chorley, Lancashire, England

Rigby Davies SMITH
Sex: M

Event(s):
Christening: 17 Apr 1811
Croston, Lancashire, England

Parents:
Father: Thomas SMITH
Mother: Barbara

a poss marriage for Rigby

Rigby Davies SMITH
Sex: M

Marriage(s):
Spouse: Martha PEGRANE
Marriage: 15 Apr 1840
Allhallows London Wall, London, London, England

Hope this helps

George

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[terry jackson]

Thanks George but I did already have all this information and more. What i really need is what is NOT available online ie Preston Records Office. I have all that could be found on the LDS site also Christenings for Barton Smiths Children at St Gregory's, Chorley and St Mary's Chorley.

Thanks anyway I guess I didn't make myself clear enough. :oops: