Forum: Yorkshire county-wide forum

I am looking for a marriage of James ROBERTS to Jemima ? All I know is that Jemima was born about 1783 and says her birthplace is "Holme" on the 1851 and then "Cartworth" in 1861 - the couple's children were then born at Cartworth too. MANY thanks to anyone who can help with this! ~...

Hi My interests are mainly in the STOREY family are you related to the family? some moved to London but what happen to the ones who stay in Yorkshire also were there more than i know First Generation 1. John Storey. On 23 Aug 1796 John married Hannah Haigh, in Leeds Parish Church,...

I am trying to find information on the caretaker / groundsman of Greasbrough cemetary / churchyard in the 1940's / 50's. (Rotherham South Yorkshire) He was married to my Husband's Grandfather's Sister Clara Gent born c1897 at Eastwood Rotherham. We believe they lived in the grounds of the...

Hello I'm trying to research my maternal grandmothers family. Her name was Lilian Gould (nee Dick, b 1914 in Myton, Yorkshire). Lilian's parents were Arthur Dick (b 1890, in Hull?, parents possibly David Dick and Clara Sanderson) and Elsie Elizabeth Eskrett (b. 1890/1891 in Yorkshire, most...

i am looking for levi walker born yorkshire 1835? father thomas walker his occupation white smith,levi walker migrated to australia around 1857died australia 1875 in melbourne,levi s,occupation was a boilermaker,i cannot find connection back to yorkshire.

I was wondering if anyone would be able to help me decipher an entry for Joseph Bottam in the 1851 census. H.O. 107/2342 I cannot make out Joseph's occupation or that of David, the other 14 year old lodger in the same household. I can read everything else on the page of course:) They are both...

Hello I'm trying to research my maternal grandmothers family. Her name was Lilian Gould (nee Dick, b 1914 in Myton, Yorkshire). Lilian's parents were Arthur Dick (b 1890, in Hull?, parents possibly David Dick and Clara Sanderson) and Elsie Elizabeth Eskrett (b. 1890/1891 in Yorkshire, most...

Hello, I have a New South Wales (Australia) marriage certificate for an ancestor (named Mary Ibbotson), and her place of birth in about 1845 is listed as 'Delf, Manchester, England'. I haven't been able to find a locality of this name - only a B&B named Delf Cottage. Can anyone please tell me...

Thomas Baker born c 1852 Staithes, Yorkshire. Married Sarah Anne Swales (nee Morgan) 1898 Middlesborough....(it would seem she had at least 8 children before she married Thomas Baker, although some had died young). As far as we can tell they moved to Northallerton or Wallsend.....and then it...

Can anyone help?. If an inmate died in the asylum in the early part of the 20th century, and the asylum record has no information on the burial place, where would that most likely be?. I have checked the local church (St Thomas, Thurstonland) and it was not there.

Hi I was wondering if anyone could help me with this family. George Hudson b 1856 Doncaster Anne Maria b 1857 Boston Lincolnshire I know that they married in 1880 in Doncaster and were living in Doncaster in 1881. Thank you Regards Fiona

Hi, Any help would be appreciated on the following Turner's living at the time of the 1841 Census. William Turner was a manufacturer in the Kirkheaton district and born Sept 1785, married to a Martha Mawson, born about 1786 and Thomas Haigh Turner, their son who was a Warehouse Manager /...

I've got Amelia ROBERTS in my family tree and I am having problems figuring out who her parents were. I've got an idea but no proof. Amelia said she was born in Brighthill, Yorkshire which is apparently near Holmfirth which is what she put on the 1861 census. Does anyone have any records for...

Does anyone have any info. on children of Nellie and Arthur Sedgewick please. They were married 1905 at Bramley.

Could SKS who has access to Terrington PRs help me. My GGGF, Samuel Warner,born 1817, was recorded in the 1851 Census for Warwickshire as born in Terrington, Warwicks, which has never existed. Having tried all the Warwicks variations of ***ingtons and the Norfolks Terringtons, I am stuck. ...

I am trying to find out about a link with The Calverts who owned the Ropeworks in Wrenthorpe, Wakefield and Scorton. It seems that The family who started the ropeworks originally came from Scorton the founder was called Samuel Calvert born about 1756. but up to now I have not found the link. can...

Am interested in going further back with my direct Peirson line in North Yorkshire. Grand-father Marshall , ( 1889), great-grandfather John (1849), and GGgrandfather Richard (1811) were all born in or near Egton. His father's name was most probably William, who was not christened at Egton, and may...

My gt. granmother was married twice. On the marriage certificate I have of her marrying my gt. grandfather, she is a widow.I have tried to find her first husbands death, But I don't think he died until much later! Details: William Lunn marries Sarah Merrifiled in Whitby 1865 Sarah Lunn...

I would welcome any advice or assistance with this problem, please. Having tried many posts for Harriet Swales and her son Thomas, without too much success in finding who Thomas' father was, we have finally tracked down Harriet with baby Tom in the Shambles York on the 1851 Census......Here she...