I have found a few Coulsheds living in Wigan in 1685, even using the modern spelling of the surname, but I have not yet managed to include them into the family line. The earliest with a direct line to our family are listed below.

December 12 1756 Thomas, son of Edmund and Ann Colshed, Billinge. baptism.

September 28 1777 Edmund, son of Thomas and Betty Coldshed, Winstanley. baptism.

February 4 1799 Edmund Couchit and Johanna Melling, All Saints Parish Church, Wigan. marriage.

January 31 1802 Thomas Coulshead and Betty Smith. marriage.

April 18 1802 William, son of Edmund Coulshead of Billinge, weaver. baptism.

May 16 1824 William Coulshed and Mary Appleton,All Saints Parish Church, Wigan. marriage.

 1841 Census    Sandy Lane, Orrell

William Coulchead, head, 39, agricultural worker.[born 1802;died 1876]

Mary, wife, 35. [Born 1805;married 1824;died 1885]

Margaret, daughter, 13, weaver.

Rachel, daughter, 6. [born 1835 married 1856]

William, 11, son. [born 1829 died 1881]

1851 Census    33 Sandy Lane, Orrell

William Coulshed, head, 49, agricultural worker. [born 1802;died 1876]

Mary, wife, 43.

William, son, 21, agricultural labourer. [born 1829 died 1881]

Rachel, daughter, 15. [born 1835 married 1856]

Edmund, son, 9. [ born 1841 married 1870 died 1906]

Nehemiah, son, 1. [born 1849 died 1913]

William Peet, son-in-law, 27, labourer.  [married 1850]

Margaret, daughter, 23. [born 1827 married William Peet 1850]

Mary, grandaughter, 1 month.

1861 Census    63 Farm House, Winstanley

John Abbott, head, 36, farmer, 22 acres employing one man, unmarried.

Edmund Coulshead, servant, 19, carter, unmarried.

1871 Census    127 New Fold, Upholland

William Coulshed, 69, head, bricklayer’s labourer. [born 1802; died 1876]

Mary, 65, wife, housekeeper.  [born 1805;married 1824;died 1885]

Edmund, 29, son, married, platelayer.

1871 Census    30 Great Moss, Billinge

Mary Daniels, head, widow, 81, retired farmer. >

Jane Coulshed, daughter, 22. [married Edmund 1870 died 1912]

 1881 Census    38 Rampart, Billinge

Edmund Coulshed, 39, head, railway signalman.

Jane, 32, wife.  [married 1870 died 1912]

William, 12, son, scholar. [born 1868 married 1889 died 1947]

Edmund, 10, son, scholar.  [born 1870 married 1894]

Mary, 8, daughter.  [born 1872 married 1897]

Joseph, 6, son, scholar. [born 1874 died 1886]

Thomas, 1, son.   [born  1879 married 1903]

Frances Coulshed, 10, niece, scholar. [born 1870 died 1906]

 1891 Census    Rock house, 57, Parliament Street, Upholland

Jane Ann Farrimond, servant, 22, single.[born 1869 married Edmund 1894 died 191

house owned by John Swift, shoemaker, widower, aged 65.

1891 Census    6 Townshend Road, Orrell

Edmund Coulshed, head, 49, railway pointsman.

Jane, wife, 43.  [married 1870 died 1912]

Edmund, son, 20, railway porter. [born 1870 married 1894]

Mary, daughter, 18, cotton skimmer. [born 1872 married 1897]

Thomas, son, 11, scholar. [born 1879 married 1903]

Elizabeth, daughter, 8, scholar.[born 1882 married 1919]

Daniel Appleton, son, 6, scholar.[born 1884 died 1896]

James Henry Roscoe, son, 5, scholar. [born 1886 married 1911]

1901  Census    57 Melverley Street, Wigan

Edmund Coulshed, head, 30, Railway Goods Guard, born Billinge

Jane Ann Coulshed, wife, 32, born Billinge [ born 1869 died 1912]

William Coulshed, son, 5, born Wigan. [married 1919]

Frances Coulshed, daughter, 2, born Wigan.

Edmund Coulshed, son,  9 months, born Wigan.[married 1919]

1911   Census    21 Sharp Street Wigan

Edmund Coulshed Head married  Age :40   Railway Guard  born Billinge

Jane Ann Coulshed Wife married Age: 42 born Billinge

William Coulshed  Son Age : 15 single schoolboy  Born Wigan

Frances Coulshed  daughter Age : 12 single schoolgirl born Wigan

Edmund Coulshed Son Age: 10 single schoolboy born Wigan

Dec 24 1919 William Coulshed and Margaret Howard, marriage, Whitworth.

1921 Census Return: ADDRESS: 21 Coulston Road, Lancaster, Lancashire

Albert H  Parsons         Head   born 1886 age 35                 Lancaster, Lancashire, England Bookkeeper The Claughton Manor Brick Co Ltd Red Brick & Land Main Tile Manufacturer

William Coulsled         Boarder   born 1896 age 25   Wigan, Lancashire,                     Student (School Teaching) Lancaster Training College

Margaret Coulsled   Visitor/wife born 1896 age 25      Whitworth, Lancashire

William F Coulsled         Visitor/son.    born 1920  age: >1 year   Wigan, Lancashire

 

January  9 1922 Norman Coulshed, son of William and Margaret, birth