Liverpool & South West Lancashire FHS - Forum

My great great great granddad John Oakes born born in Fazackerly in 1827, which church would he have got baptised in at that time, I have found him on the census in 1851 in ditton and that is as far as I have got. Also it say's he was brother in law to John Vickerstaff but how could he have been related, as far as I can find out he was a batchelor when he married Sarah Dennett in 1853? This has baffled me- it's probably easy and staring me in the eye, but any help will be apprieciated

Thanks Andrea

Hi Andrea,

John's sister's husband would have been his brother in law.

Possible marriage,

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NKTD-D8Z


On Anc,

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/2197/ ... turnRecord

I think Fazakerley was within the parish of Sefton.

Andrea,

Jane Vickerstaff died 1847,
March, 1847, Prescot 20 805.

Marriage,
John Vickerstaff
Elizabeth Taylor
June 1847, Prescot 20 676.


????
Catholic Baptism,
John Oakes
21, June, 1826,
St Swithin,
Father/Mother, John and Mary Oakes
Sponsors, Nathan and Ellen Hulme

Another meaning of brother in law is also step brother.

1851,
transcribed as John Cokes (Anc)

HO107; Piece: 2194; Folio: 36; Page: 31;

Thank you to all your replies, I accidently found the census of 1851(wrongly transcribed as cokes) last night whilst searching for someone else and that's why I enquired to you clever wonderful people. I found the birth of john on the parish records and also they had a daughter named Anna too, I will now search for the birth of Jane, I think we have solved the query of the brother in law (as well as adding some more ancestors).

Didn't the men in those day move quickly, Jane had only been dead three months and he got married to Elizabeth???


Thanks for your help and I will call for your help if I get stuck again

Andrea

hatton65 wrote:
Didn't the men in those day move quickly, Jane had only been dead three months and he got married to Elizabeth???

They certainly did! Out of necessity if they had children, I suppose.