Ancestry hints suggested a marriage record, which turned out to be a marriage record between a Nancy Hacking and a James Hindle.
No age is given, which doesn't help identify to see if this is the right person. The only witness to the marriage appears to be from the Hindle side, which doesn't help. As well, there are some questionable details.
For one thing, her name is given as Nancy Hacking, which could mean that she went by her mother's name, which might make some sense, given that she was likely born out of wedlock.
As well, her father's name is listed as "Benjamin Farrar". This doesn't help in identify her as the correct Nancy, but it does lean to someone who was born out of wedlock, as the surname doesn't match and the marriage record does not indicate that she had a prior marriage. If this is the correct Nancy, it would shed some light on who her biological father is.
The location doesn't help in making any identifications either, as I haven't found any other connections to Bury, Lancashire at this point.
So, there isn't a whole lot of definite proof that the Nancy in the marriage record is the correct one, other than the name fitting.
But I had a look to see if I could find more records about the family and I managed to find them in the 1851 census.
In the 1851 census, they are living next door to Henry Rothwell and Alice Hacking and family, which would be too much of a coincidence for them not to be connected.
So, now having identified the correct Nancy in the marriage record, we now have found her up to 1851. Of course, we still have the question of what happened after 1851. I have not been able to definitely find the family in later census years, or in any death records. Plus, there is now the new question of who was Benjamin Farrar?
Next Steps:
- Continue looking for family members in the later census records
- Continue looking for death records for either Nancy or James Hindle
- Look for the children found in the 1851 census (Alice and Richard) in later records
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