X00374: Alice Hacking EOL (Continued)

In previous blogposts I have talked about Alice Hacking and X00374 and finding her birth information, including her parents.

From the known documents I had determined that she was likely born between 1805 and 1809, outside of Blackburn, likely Clitheroe or Ribchester.

I had identified five possibilities for baptism records for Alice Hacking in the previous blogpost. Since then I have expanded the information further to look at where the families were living at the time:

Possibility	Name	Birth	Baptism	Location	Residence	Father	Mother
1	Alice Hacking	22 Dec 1806	22 Feb 1807	Blackburn	Lower Darwin	James Hacking	Jane Hacking
2	Alice Hacking	30 Nov 1809	19 Jan 1810	Blackburn	Blackburn		Betty Hacking
3	Alice Hacking	Unknown	31 Jul 1808	Blackburn	Lower Darwin	Lawrence Hacking	Betty Hacking
4	Alice Hacking	5 Apr 1806	27 Apr 1806	Altham	Clayton	James Hacking	Ann Hacking
5	Alice Hacking	19 Oct 1805	10 Nov 1805	Mitton	Aighton	James Hacking	Mary Hacking

This gives a better indication of which baptism record might the correct one. Lower Darwen is South of Blackburn, whereas Clitheroe and Ribchester are North East of Blackburn. Altham and Clayton are East of Blackburn.But Mitton and Aighton are located between Clitheroe and Ribchester, so they seem to be the most likely.

Doing some further research, I also found a death record for the fourth option in 1827, so that was clearly not the correct match

So, it is looking like possibiity 5 is the most likely one.

I'll need to do some more digging to see if I can find any other clues about this family

Next steps

• Look for a marriage record for James Hacking and Mary
• Look for James Hacking and Mary in the 1841 census
• Look for other records