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The comments so far deal with the legalities of the age at marriage but not the practicalities. Were they able to support themselves and a family if they married young? Was there family wealth, so...

It may be a typo, but the H Fagan near Cardiff is probably meant to be St Fagan. It is the location of an important museum of Welsh Life. pwholt

Quite a collection of these are in the Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre, and these books ( not all surviving) have been published on a CD by WFHS. The information is somewhat limited as no...

Here are a few more variants of the name to consider; I garnered them in my search for the REELEY family who lived in Manchester in the 1830s and 1840s: O'Reilly, Riley, Reilly, Railey. Even O'Leary!...

All of this is super background; I thank you very much for your efforts. I was especially interested in the fact that there was a bomb in the street, although not at the end where the properties...

Thanks to all. I have been able to find it. Interestingly, the street names don't all match those on my A-Z which suggests there was some re-building going on at the time or else lots of re-naming....

A friend in Canada has asked my help in locating this London address of at least 1930. It doesn't appear on my modern A=Z of London, and isn't indexed in my A-Z of Victorian London. My London...

If he was born in 1917, he may still be alive. My aunt is, born in 1916. She now lives in Canada, so perhaps Frank James also emigrated. pwholt

The Ceylon Green Book was an annual publication by the Times of Ceylon, similar to Ferguson's. It began about 1920. The books are hard to come by. Further information by private message. pwholt

You have correctly identified the baptism concerned, although I didn't give the name. The family appears at Kennington Oval address on the 1871 census. According to Old Bailey online, Charles and...

Thanks for these opinions. Now, do you think that the child would have been in prison with the mother? And as the father was also incarcerated, what happened to the other children? Who cared for...

The abbreviation follows the signature of the officiating person at a baptism of 1871 at Wandsworth St Anne. In between the signature and the letters is the word "chaplain". Would I be correct in...

Parish registers of Longbridge Deverill have been transcribed, along with Bishops' Transcripts to 1837 from the original registers by Wiltshire FHS and are for purchase. In fact, all of the...

Why not contact WFHS to ask them? I expect the research team would check to see if the surname is missing from the index. I have seen the index for some parishes get quite muddled; perhaps the...

Do consider whether Martha was actually 41 in 1841 as per census. That census should have ages rounded down to nearest 5 years, so she might have been older, perhaps enough for a birth in 1797....

That is absolutely brilliant, Ken. Given the transcription for the last two, it is no wonder I couldn't find them. Reeby and Ruley. I have put in corrections to FMP. Riley doesn't come up as a...

Thank you, Ken. That looks very much like them.
Any more help, please, with John in 1861, 1891 and 1901?
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I need help in locating this relative in the census. So far, I have only found him on 4, although he appears on both 1841 and 1911. Only 1881 gives any real detail. I have FMP

John was son of...

No one else seems to have commented, but I think the last name is Sarah. Only the strongest part of the pen strokes have been picked up in the copying. And I agree that Barlo is actually Kate, with...

The Wiltshire Regiment had a journal which was published between the wars, so should cover your period. It mentions the results of all sorts of competitions which were held with members of the...

If you think the papermaking angle is worth pursuing, Jean Stirk runs an index of papermakers, including the workers and the bosses. Google "papermakers index" and it will come up.
I assume you...

In some lists of names that I have for historical period, William comes first in 1800 and 1850 and second in 1700. In fact, for much of the period, John and William interchange in first and second...

Two things to point out, albeit a bit late.
1. Ludgershall is on the county boundary, and so don't forget to look in Hampshire in the adjoining parish.
2. Haberfield sometimes appears as...

I don't see mention of the possibility that James' mother Emily Hudson remarried to a Mr Stainforth. Is this something that you have investigated? pwholt

Re the I Lee above, consider whether this might be a variant of J Lee. In the 18th century, I & J were sometimes interchanged in printed materials. pwholt