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Hello forum members.
I would so appreciate your help on two dead ends on my Barfoot side of the family.

Great grandfathers sister Elizabeth Langley married Frederick George Barfoot in Barnsley, Yorks. in 1898. His parents were Frederick George Barfoot born 1858 in Corfe Hills Dorset and died in Barnsley, buried in our local cemetery in Stairfoot in 1895. He 'apparently' married Fanny BEND...but where and when??
     Fanny was born 7th January 1860 in Bottesford, Lincolnshire. I find no death record for her nor a second marriage since she would only have been 35 when he died.

So their marriage and a possible second marriage for Fanny, and her death please if anyone can spend some time on this.

The second situation is regarding Frederick George seniors mother Elizabeth Mary Barfoot who as "a single woman" had a son Frederick George Barfoot baptized in Canford Magna 25th July 1851. He is on the 1861 census in Canford Dorset aged 9, with Elizabeth's now husband Frederick DUKE.
         Did this son Frederick George die before 1st April 1859 when Elizabeth, still single, baptized a son also named Frederick George Barfoot at Great Canford? Surely this can't be the same son baptized twice and surely the first one would have passed to have her comfortably name another son as Frederick George and not have two living sons with the same two Christian names.
                     Thank you. Kevin. 
 

Hello forum members.
I have been trying to place my g. g. grandfather William Taylor with his family since 1978, but no luck.

This might be a long message-sorry.

He was born 1839-1840 in Leicester and died at my g. grandfathers home on Industry road 'Ardsley' in 1906. Old Ardsley was part of the now Stairfoot near Barnsley.

On the 1901 census he is living with my g. grandfather and family William Langley born 1875 and wife Helen (Ellen actually) born 1875 in York along with several children.
Although G. grandfather William put 'William LANGLEY" as his father on his marriage certificate to Ellen Holdstock, that threw me for years until great aunt Nellie finally admitted her grandfather was in fact 'Willy Taylor'. Unfortunately she couldn't remember anything about him since she was just 8 when he died and this was 70 years on.

On that 1901 census William Taylor is down as 'Father' and 'widowed'. Father was correct as far as my g. grandfather is concerned and possibly other children to mother Annis Langley nee Turner after Annis' husband Abraham Langley died in 1866 (I have the death certificate).
    Abraham is buried in the Worsborough Yorkshire graveyard originating from Belper Derbyshire.
I have Abrahams family back several generations, and the Turners too.

We believe since Abraham died in 1866 that possibly son Robert Langley born 1868 and Elizabeth Langley (married Barfoot) born 1879 as well as children in-between 'could' have been fathered by Taylor although there is no written proof and Robert put ABE Langley on his marriage certificate and Elizabeth put William LANGLEY??

Although William Taylor and Annice Langley are buried together they never married and she died as Langley in 1907, so if they did have several children together why didn't they marry??
Taylor on the 1901 census is 'w' (widow??).

I have located W. Taylor on the earlier Yorkshire censuses (always a single man) but have not 100% found the correct William Taylor in Leicester since there are several that could fit.
 Annice and Abrahams only child to survive was George born 1861 in Worsborough and died 1923 in Stairfoot.

At this time I might add that I was told decades ago that on an electoral roll from around 1871-74 he was living at 44 Boundary street Maestro Dyke (Stairfoot), and living with his was William Taylor SENIOR and Annice TAYLOR....Taylor? I know for sure that g. grandfather was born at that address.
 
I haven't been able to locate any such electoral roll information but if this is correct, then we have his fathers name.
            It's complicated, sorry.
                     Any help is appreciated.
                                Thank you. Kevin.

Hello friends reading this.
Can anyone help me in how to obtain a birth entry (or baptism) in Jamaica, to locate parents' information, especially the mother?

My relative George William Cooper died in Barnsley, Yorkshire in 1975 and was born 12th November 1904 in 'Jamaica'. That's all we have although he and his wife Lily nee Houchin are found on an incoming ships passenger log from leaving Port Antonio in 1954. Possibly they had visited Jamaica due to the death of one of his parents and so George could have been from that area.
     On George's marriage certificate in Richmond Yorkshire from 1936 his father has the same name, so we have that at least.

One other question for anyone who might be able to help; I have wondered why George and wife Lily were both stationed in Catterick and in the military three years before the war broke out!!

Also they are not to be found on the 1939 register, neither is my father who also served. Was such preclusion to keep military personal safe during that time I wonder?   
                Thank you for any help.
                         Kevin.