Hi
I`m trying to piece together the Grieves family from Blyth. My husbands great grandfather was born Robert Grieves in 1864 in Blyth Northumberland to Eleanor Grieves (Ellen) who was unmarried. She also has a daughter Ellen in 1866. On the 1871 census Elleanor, Robert and Ellen are living in Blyth with Edward Clark and they have a baby girl named Frances Clark. I haven`t found a marriage for Eleanor Grieves and Edward Clark but by the 1881 census Robert and Ellen have their step fathers surname Clark and Edward and Elleanor go on to have another 3 daughters.
On the 1841 census I found an Elleanor Grieves age 2, with sister Elizabeth age 6 with parents Thomas and Sarah in Earsdon. The name on the census states Griener.
On the 1851 census Elizabeth aged 16, Eleanor aged 12, George 10, William 8, Charles 6, Mary A 3 and James 11 Months are living in Blyth with parents Thomas Grieves born abt 1805 in Foxdale, Westmoreland and Sarah ? born abt 1811 in Scotland. The family are living in Blyth
I tried looking at GRO to see if I could get a maiden name for Sarah to help search for a possible marriage but I have found either it dosent recognise the information from the birth indexes from ancestry or family search or the ones it does recognise I am getting different maiden names.
Elizabeth Grieves born abt 1835 Blyth Northumberland, No Birth found
Eleanor Grieves born 1838 Oct=Nov-Dec reg Tynemouth volume 25, page 357 no matching results found
George Grieves born abt 1841 Blyth, Northumberland No birth found
William Grieves born 1844 Jan-Feb-Mar reg Tynemouth volume 25 page 429 Mothers maiden name Jewels
Charles Grieves born abt 1846 Jan-Feb-Mar reg Tynemouth volume 25 page 410 no matching results found
Mary Ann Grieves born about 1848 Blyth, Northumberland No birth found
James Grieves born 1850 April-May-June reg Tynemouth vol 25 page 462 no matching results found
There is a marriage of a Thomas Grieves in 1825 in Gosforth to Sarah Ogilvy but there just seems too big of a gap from the marriage to the first child
Where do I go to from here. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated
Susan