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There is a Samuel Hinchcliffe bap 2 June 1832 in Stockport near to Cheadle to parents Joseph & Mary

Excellent news!

My guess would be that they either died in a different parish, died in some inconvenient place (ie at sea) or simply disappeared presumed dead

Also aside from Parliamentarians & Royalists there were also vigilante groups of locals who banded together to protect their community from the excesses of both sides.
Alice Dybney's maiden name...

Another one here against using real names. Unless something has changed we can not ask questions about living people but very often the questions we ask about dead people have an impact upon other...

Hey glad you sorted it Colin. Looks like I didn't need to post after all :)

The way to do it on ancest. can be tricky but if you go "edit this person" - select "relationships" on the bar you should get a list father, mother etc. On mother go "add an alternative mother" you...

Welcome to the forum Alice. I know that feeling. Try explaining you your spouse why you think it is a good idea to spend one of your precious holiday days sitting in a records office :)

The last is the most likely. Mary was their second child after John

How about this for a confusing baptism!
Mary dau. of John of Alscroft (husbandman) and Geo. of Hallon & Eliz

How do you get two fathers?! Incidently Geo[rge Staunton] of Hallon is my direct...

As my old granddad used to say "don't climb a tree with dodgy roots" :)

Can anyone find me a William Stanton b. 1798 in Tipton, nailer or his brother Richard (also in Tipton) on the 1841 & 1851 census in Anc.?
Anc. search does not find them but they do appear in a...

Having had a similar problem with my Finneys I can sympathise. Family search gives two possibilities
William Mansbridge & Martha Chamberlin 12 Dec 1829 at St Mary's Portsea, Hamps
William...

You are right.
I have a feeling that die & dice are the same thing. ie. "the die is cast"

don't forget the plural of dice
of the abbreviated form of Diana
Also die - a stamp for impresssing coin
:)

No problem. :)

I should have said that James served in the first world war

I have just found the service record for my great Uncle James Finney who lived in Staffordshire but served with first the 12th Royal Scots (service) Battalion and later the 1st King's own Scottish...

Oooo now that is a useful bit of info thanks!

That clears it up nicely. Phoebe was Mary Malkin's sister.
I'll have to look elsewhere to find out what happened to Phoebe Finney
Thanks for the help

Can anyone find this couple?
On the marriage certificate for William Finney & Maria Malkin on 7 Dec 1867 at Christchurch, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs. They are listed as witnesses. I believe that...

A further question.
Charles Finney was born Wootton in Sept 1857. Yet his ship's record gives a birth date of Sept 1856 in Ellastone (the parish of Wootton). Seeing as how he joined ship in Nov 1872...

His family were not wealthy so I would be surprised if he was a dental surgeon. Domestic would make more sense to me but what would have been the duties of a domestic?
Thanks for all the help by...

Googling hasn't been much help.
From the list there I would have to say he was either Dental Surgeon leutenant/commander or Diver 2nd class/3rd class. Bit of a gap in rank there

I have the following Navel record for Charles Finney but I can not find what the rating abbreviations mean. Does anyone know?
Thanks for your help in advance
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