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William and Emily's first child was born in Hamilton, Ontario Canada in 1858, so I think we're looking at a marriage date between '51 and '58

I'm trying to trace a William Moore, but need information on his wife to really be able to get any further I believe! 

His wife was

Emily Kelk (b. 1828 Halifax, NS) daughter of Edward and Mary.
I have her listed on the 1851 Census with her parents, and then again on the 1871 Census with William and her children (William, Frederick, Emily, Mary, & Ellen). 

I'd love to find record of their marriage (to hopefully find William's parents names!) or record of her death.  Any help would be greatly appreciated! 

I've started a tree for the John (James?) Thomas whos parents were John and Maria - I'm working on the Alford line right now because it's easier to go from than the Thomas' (of which there are many) I'm hoping with enough I'll come across a name that holds a DNA connection for me.

Yes, his gravestone certainly says 1853
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=169361532&ref=acom

I was looking at this one in 1861 in Cardiff, just because James was a bootmaker, and here John was...

John Thomas   30
Mary Thomas   32
John Thomas   6
James Thomas   5
Henry Thomas   3
Mary Thomas   1

But that would make James 3 years too young - and that seems like a lot.
As for looking at this family before, perhaps??  I've been working on this for a while, so I may have asked questions about James before!

Have I looked at this family before?

The only John Thomas family that stands a chance possibly is this 1861 family:-

John Thomas 40 occ Drysalter b Plymouth ( A plate layer in 1871)?
Maria 38 b Trowbridge
JOHN 8 b Cardiff ( pob of James in 1881)
Margaret 5 b Trowbridge
Residing at Small Street, Bristol
Census ref RG09/1737/100/20
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So I think I may be at a dead end, but perhaps one of you lovely people can come up with something I haven't thought of.

The man in question is James Thomas. 

According to his tombstone - he was born on May 25th 1853, and according to various census' he was born in Cardiff Wales.

He married Jane Arthur Fry on the 12 Feb 1878 in Barnstaple, Devon, and they as a family moved back to Wales where he appears with Jane and some kids in Aberavon in 1881. 

The family arrived in Canada in May of 1886 on a ship called the Corian - they moved to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada where James continued his trade as a bootmaker until such time as something happened to have him committed to an asylum where he spent the rest of his life (while his wife claimed on census' that she was a widow)

He passed away on the 17th of December 1923.

I applied to receive his birth certificate, but GRO couldn't find it.  So is this as far as I can go?  Are there any records that might help my search for his parents along?  I would've assumed with a birthdate I'd have more luck, but nope!


* I should note I'm making my way over to Canada at christmas, so I'm going to try to get a hold of the asylum records which may hold some answers, but that'd be my last hope!