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After many years of searching for our nans birth and place of birth I have at last proof of her family being in Greater Grimsby at the time of her birth. Her father worked for the railway and the family had moved from area to area over a number of years until they settled in Derby. All of my nans siblings births have been registered at their time of birth but not nans. She had always told us she was born in Grimsby but after she died we could not find a birth certificate. Since then we have found her and her siblings of various ages all being baptised together in Derby nan being 11yrs old at that time and census records stating she was born in Grimsby. We had been able to pinpoint her family over many years at various places but could not until now prove that they had been in Grimsby at the time of nans birth. Through a news paper clipping of her father being fined for not having a dog license in Grimsby 1896 and also an address with him on in the electoral register for that time also we have proof of the Grimsby connection but how can I now try to find her birth reg when all other attempts have failed. My nans name was Jessie Louise Churchyard her date of birth given 12th Aug 1895.  Her father was Alfred James Churchyard born 1862/3 Yoxford her mother was Sarah Louise Churchyard nee Coldham born about 1867 West Dereham. The address in Grimsby was 24 Dover Street , West Marsh Grimsby. They had left Grimsby by 1897 and moved to Notts him still working for the railway as a signal man at that time. Any idea's anyone please.

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I,m researching my husbands family on his mothers side who were all born and lived in menai. His grandma leaving there in her teens to marry in Colechester leaving her parents and siblings. My husband remembers visiting her sisters with his mum when he was young but knows nothing really of his great grandad and ancesters who were all Anglesey born and bred. The aunts who he used to visit are all passed now as is his mother who apparently knew little other than her mothers sisters. The family grave is on church island which we have visited a few times but is very overgrown and has just a small squarish stone just visable. We understand that this stone was put there in about 1964 when my husbands gran passed away and two of her sons travelled to Anglesey with the stone and her ashes to place it on a grave that was already there. The part of the stone that was visable has inscribed on one side Jane Ellen ( my husbands nan ) on another side Henry ( her father ) I only discovered he was her father through research , the name Elizabeth on another side ( her mother ) again through research and another name which we could not make out. We did want to have a good dig around as we are sure there would be another larger slab or something underneath but as I say the ground  is solid and I don't think the vicar ect would think to good of us if we started digging about  . So I have Henry Jones boatman born about 1865 in menai bridge lived at port Llandegfan also later in Well st menai. I believe he married Elizabeth Williams in about 1895 at bangor. She was from Bethesda. Their children were
William H born 1897 Llandegfan port died falling from the bridge so family say in about the 1930's working on it I think.
Jane Ellen born 1899 Llandegfan port ( my husbands nan )
Lizzie born 1900 passed away 1979 married to Renig Merion Jones lived ryhdd menai
Richard m born 1901 Llandegfan port
kittie born 1902 Llandegfan port
Hugh born 1905 llandegfan port
Peggy born 1911ish well street menai bridge. The family of henry Jones were still at well street in 1917 other than that we do not know when Henry died, we think his parents were Hugh jones and Jane jones he being a mariner too. They lived in Bryn pilot during the 1880's/90's we think. Any information at all we would be very gratefull ,it is difficult for us to get back to menai ill health and distance but we will eventually . Sorry for a bit of a drawn out post

My great grandma was born in west dereham 1866 her father was Thomas coldham. I have found the births and baptisms for many of the children but none for her. On her marriage certificate of 1886 it states her father Thomas as dead I have traced him from fincham to Yorkshire she married in Middlesex later living in Bedfordshire Grimsby and finally Derby I was wondering if she was maybe one of thomases brothers or sisters child he had quite a few . Any info at all thanks