Forum: General Family History Queries

Harriet Giles married Richard Mutlow in 1852 in Cricklade and they went on to have 18 children and were married for 63 years by 1911 according to the census. Richard was 94 years by this point and probably unable to fill in the census which would explain why the length of marriage was out by 5...

I have a sister of my 3 x great grandmother who was named Emma Collins and was born in Brightwaltham, Berkshire in 1851. On the 1861 census, she is with her family at "Green, Brightwaltham" but on the 1871 census she is a dairy maid at "Elmley Park, Elmley Castle" near Pershore, Worcestershire....

I am trying to find information regarding the birth & parents of my g-g-grandmother, Sarah Baldock & am hoping if I detail what I have here, someone may help me get some clarity. Sarah married my g-g-grandfather, William GALE at St John the Baptist Middlesex on 30 November 1852. On the marriage...

I know this has been asked before, but for the life of me I can't find the answer. In the Jan-Mar q. 1847 in Helston, Cornwall, James Mollard got married. In the 1851 census, he was living with his wife Nancy and 3 children, all of whom were born of his 1st wife Nancy Mollard died in 1853 -...

on ancestry there is a person with part of my family on his family tree. a member of the family has told him we are not related to us and yet he has names of people which he would have difficulty finding if he did not know the family .he has pics of my father and grandparents graves and even how...

I have an ancester who married in 1815. In the 1841 Census his wife is said to be 40, thus making her 14 when they married. The Parish record I have seen is a marriage index, which simply lists the names of the bride and groom and their marital status. So my question is was it legal to marry...

Hi all, Once again, I don't know if I'm in the right place, but here goes anyway. My grandmother had three sisters, two of whom I can account for. However, the third one, known as Frances, married one Victor Leake. She was born around 1888, so give or take, she was probably married in...

Hi all I am looking for info on Thomas Boyes/Boyce and Mary(his sister) They were assisted immigrants to South Africa on the ship Sedgemoor, that arrived in Algoa bay in July 1860. Thomas got married to Elizabeth ?? in South Africa.Their son Frank Dixon Boyes was my grandfather. Any info will...

Sylvanus Jones married Sarah Fowler 17 July 1842 Wincanton, Somerset. Groom father: John Jones Bride father: Samuel Mitchell. I'm interested in this marriage from Familysearch but I can't seem to find a Sarah Fowler or Sarah Mitchell with a father named Samuel. I know absolutely nothing...

A family story has been told that does not quite work out as truth!!!! My Great Grandmother Florence Fletcher gave birth to twins 1901. William James and Walter Edward(junior) The story told was, that she died when the twins were small. Their Grandmother Ellen Blackman took them in ,but found...

Could anyone help me to find out how I can find the names of the 39 families that were killed in this awful bomb attack on March 19, 1941. There is a family story that my great grandmother was actually one of the injured, luckily she survived, but I am trying to find out whether a Lillian Cracknell...

Can anyone help me with directing me where I could possibly find out how this Henry Pratt, my great grand uncle could have had such an accident that resulted in him being "unable to work, due to disability, loss of both hands in an accident". He was working as a tram labourer in the 1891 census,...

How illegal would it have been to marry again before the first husband had died in 1915 please.

Need help to find when and why JOSEPH HATFIELD, b 1791, left his home town of WISBEACH. He married ELIZABETH NIXON at Wisbeach Dec. 1813.Sometime soon after this he left and weht to live at SUTTON Yorks.His first child was born in Yorks.Family stories say he was asked to leave by the family,may be...

I am just updating a person in my tree who had the misfortune, prior to her marriage, to have been involved in a bigamous marriage, that produced a child. Technically, she, her off-spring from the relationship and her future children with her rightfull mariage that were produced later, are not...

Have come across a marriage which states "after Notice". The following entry in the Register is "by "Licence". Can anyone tell me what the difference is?

I was hoping someone might be able to help me find Mary Carter's parents. She was quite an interesting woman if you ask me! She was born about 1804 in or near Shipbourne, Kent from what census records seem to say. At 18 she gave birth to a son, James Hayes, and married the child's father, John...

Have been searching for a death for my G Grandad for a while, have accumulated 6 "wrong" death certs so far.. Now a friend came across a burial in the National Burial Index which looks promising but I can find no death on free bmd or Lancs bmd that matches with the burial! William Jackson-31...

just a guick one can the name robert also be known as joseph as i have been told this by a genealogist who is local to the area that i am checking out

This question is about towns throughout England but it was the name of Great Dunmow, Essex that brought the question to mind. While looking through the Little Canfield Parish Register I came across the town names of Magna Dunmow, Much Dunmow and Great Dunmow. I went to the internet to try to find...