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I am hoping someone with better access to records (I'm in Australia) can help me find a marriage (and anything else) for the parents of William Hampton (b. Dudley, 1822, d. 1892 Upton on Severn).  I know quite a lot about William and his descendants, but am struggling to get any further back than the names of his parents (and some siblings).

Here is what I do know about them:

  * William's marriage certificate (to Eliza Price) in 1838 states his father is John Hampton, Nailer.  As
  it doesn't say John is deceased, I assume he is still alive at that time.

  * On the 1841 census, William is in Tower St, Dudley.  His mother, Honor, is shown as the Head, so I
  assume that his father John has died between 1838 and the time of the census.

  * Honor(a) Hampton appears once more in the 1851 census, giving her birthplace as Rowley,
  Staffordshire around 1781.  She dies in Jan 1854 - I have seen a copy of her death registration.

If anyone can help locate John Hampton & Honor's marriage and Honor's maiden name, it would be much appreciated. 

Others doing the same research have her as Honour Bridge, marrying John Hampton, 1804 in Kingswinford.  I find it hard to wrap my head around this, as neither of them were from there (as far as I know), and I can't find any births to John & Honour before 1810 (which is long gap).

Any and all help is appreciated.

Hi.  I was hoping someone could give me some more info on the military service on the attached picture.  Especially if anyone can confirm if "p.w" means "prisoner of war" or "post war" and what the initials after it may stand for?

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

If anyone has access to parish registers for Blyth for the 17th century, can you please look up any baptisms, marriages and deaths? 

I am trying to see if there is a relationship between my ancestor Edward Buck(e) who married Dorothy Porter in 1670 and Thomas Buck(e) who married Ann Hawke in 1666.

Info on any Buck(e)'s of Blyth from the registers during this period would be much appreciated.

thanks
Lisa

Hi,

I was hoping someone would be able to look at a marriage bond?  I have found it on the indexes, but was wondering if the actual bond contained any further information.

The licence was for John Drummond and Elizabeth Davies, who were married on 29 May 1816 in Liverpool.

If anyone can assist, I would be most grateful.

thanks
Lisa

Hi,

I am stumped and was hoping someone out there may be able to help.  My ancestors, Richard Francis (b. 1786, St Austell, d. 1860 St Austell) and wife Mary Francis (b 1784 St Austell, d. 1861 St. Austell) are missing from the 1851 census.

Richard Francis is a tallow chandler.

I have them both in the 1841 census in St Austell living in Kiln Lane.  I then have Mary as a widow in the 1861 census living in Kiln Lane & Mary's burial record of 1861 also shows that her residence was Kiln Lane.  I can place them in Kiln Lane as far back as 1825 from one of their children's baptism records.

However, try as I might, I cannot find them in the 1851 census.    I have even looked many times at the census pieces that include Kiln Lane, St Austell to see if they are mistranscribed - but no luck.

There are another Richard  (also a tallow chandler) and Mary Francis with approximately the same birth years in both the 1841 and 1851 census located at Madron, but this can't be them as I have them in Kiln Lane, St Austell in 1841.  And Madron isn't exactly a stone's throw away from St Austell.

If anyone has any ideas, or can find what I cannot, I would be most grateful.

thanks