William Hough, was listed as a Clock Maker of Sharples Bolton, when he married in 1852. He had a daughter with his Wife Fanny Hunt, Martha, Baptised on 23rd March 1856, when he was also listed as a Clockmaker.
He was Born in Bolton in 1828, he worked in the textile industry as a Stripper and Grinder, a precision engineering role, before moving into clockmaking. He was listed as Living at 38 Blackburn Road, Sharples, but as a lodger, and this was before he married.