purcell family

[lyndy]

I am looking for  any information that contains the parents and siblings of Mary Purcell born 1850 in Dudley Staffordshire her fathers name was Thomas he was an engine driver any info would be appreciated

[CaroleW]

Her birth reg is on freebmd  www.freebmd.org.uk

Births June qtr 1850 
Mary Purcell  Dudley    18   267

[lyndy]

Thank you for that info I am hoping to find her mothers name

[CaroleW]

There is nothing on either the 1851 or 1861 so I suspect she may possibly have been illegitimate

[lyndy]

If she was illegitimate would it give her fathers name on her wedding certificate , which it does thats why I know he was called Thomas

[CaroleW]

It was a very common practice for illegitimate children to make up a fathers name when they married in order to appear "respectable"

Many used totally fictitious names whilst others used names/occupations of relatives (eg) if brought up by grandparents they would often use the grandfathers name/occupation

If her mother married before the 1851 census then Mary may be shown on both the 1851 and 1861 under her stepfathers surname

Who did Mary marry and when?

[chempat]

Her Mother's name will be on her birth certificate - saves speculation as to parentage.

Interesting, also registered on the same page:

Births Jun 1850 
Purcell    Joseph         Dudley    18   267   
Purcell    Mary         Dudley    18   267

No marriages showing in Dudley from 1850 to 1851 for any Purcells.

Added:
There is a death for a Joseph Purcell in Dudley later that year, which could be him as no ages recorded in 1850.

[Willow 4873]

Pearsall can be a variation but nothing coming up under that either - can you post the full details of the marriage certificate

Willow x

[stockton]

  Hiya

Purcell may even be a corruption of Portill { named found in Co Clare, Ireland }
my maternal gt gt grandmother was Jane Portill, she married Michael Murphy 1860,
Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire, iv'e seen the Portill spelt in all variations so Purcell might just be
connected
All the best.

Derek