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I am trying to find the parents of my 2 x great grandmother, Betsey Robinson.
Betsey Robinson married William Hackin(g) Gray on 27 February 1860 at Witton-Le-Wear, County Durham. Betsey names her father as Richard Robinson, laborer. She gives her age as 19.
Bride and Groom both sign with a mark and the witnesses are Henry Jackson and Elizabeth Walker.
On the 1861 census (3072/91 page 9) Betsey and William are at Habergham Eaves in Lancashire with their baby daughter, Alice Hacking Gray (Graf on Ancestry). Betsey gives her age as 19 and birthplace as Barnetby, Lincolnshire.
I have the family on all the census records until Betsey dies in 1910. In all the census from 1861 the family are living in Durham and all the children are born in Durham. Betsey consistently gives her year of birth as 1844 and her place of birth as either Barnetby or Wrawby in Lincolnshire.
On the 1901 census her widowed sister Mary A Jackson (nee Robinson) b. 1833, Wrawby is living with the family.
Most trees on Ancestry give her parents as Richard Robinson and Elizabeth Hall, but I’m sure these are NOT her parents.
Mary (Betsey' sister) appears on previous census returns ‘married’ to Henry Jackson (I’m not certain if this is the same Henry Jackson who is a witness to the marriage of Betsey Robinson and William Hacking Gray), but I can’t find a marriage for them to see who Mary names as her father.
I sent for the birth certificate of Betsy Robinson born 1844 GRO ref 1844 S Quarter Glanford Brigg Union Vol 14 Page 341 MMN Benton (I think this should be Belton) but the father’s name was George Robinson and the birthplace was Ashby
Any help to find her parents would be appreciated. Many thanks
Chris