Monday, December 15, 2025

X00374 Alice Hacking End of Line

I have mentioned Alice Hacking previously. She is my 4x great grandmother and is currently one of my end-of-line ancestors. So, I've been doing some research to see if I can find more information about her birth and the generation before her.

Below is a summary of her birth date and location information based on the records that I have found:

No Doc Year Age Birth Year Birth Place
D01529 1841 Census 1841 30 1811 Lancashire
D01628 1851 Census 1851 43 1808 Clitheroe, Lancashire
D01602 1861 Census 1861 55 1806 Ribchester, Lancashire
D02674 1871 Census 1871 66 1805 Clitheroe, Lancashire
D01347 1881 Census 1881 72 1809 Difficult to read
D02683 Death Certificate 1889 79 1810 N/A
D02680 Burial Record 1889 83 1806 N/A

The location information for the 1881 census is difficult to read and the ages in the 1841 census were rounded. So, I'm looking for a birth year between 1805 and 1809 and a location outside of Blackburn i.e. Clitheroe or Ribchester.

So, looking at the possible baptism records, I have found five possibilities
Possibility Name Birth Baptism Location Parents
01 Alice Hacking 22 Dec 1806 22 Feb 1807 Blackburn James Hacking & Jane Hacking
02 Alice Hacking 30 Nov 1809 19 Jan 1810 Blackburn Betty Hacking
03 Alice Hacking Unknown 31 July 1808 Blackburn Lawrence Hacking & Betty Hacking
04 Alice Hacking 5 Apr 1806 27 Apr 1806 Altham James Hacking & Ann Hacking
05 Alice Hacking 19 Oct 1805 10 Nov 1805 Mitton James Hacking & Mary Hacking


Given that Blackburn was a larger city nearby, it is possible that the baptism occurred in Blackburn. Mitton is part of Clitheroe and the baptism record says the family was from Aighton, which is just West of Clitheroe, so possibility number five seems to be the leading candidate, but more investigation is required.

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