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Hello, I am trying to find a baptism for my mother's great-grandfather, Anthony Turnbull.
Anthony's birth registration gives his birthdate as 10 Nov 1862 in Kenton, Northumberland. There is no baptism record for him in Gosforth which Kenton was part of.

However, his mother, Mary Jane Turnbull, married David Nixon (NOT Anthony's dad - proven by DNA and he never claimed David to be his father in any records) in June 1863 in St John, Newcastle and she is listed as a resident of the parish.

I am wondering if perhaps she gave birth in Kenton, at her parents' house, and then had Anthony baptised in St John where she might have lived at that time?

I am hoping his baptism might shed any sort of light on his parentage - I know it's a long shot.

If someone might be willing to check St John 1862 and 1863 baptisms for Anthony, I would appreciate it!

I am so confused. Through DNA, I've identified Charles/Carl Hebner/Hubner as a candidate for my mother's mystery great-great grandfather (her great-great grandmother had her great-grandfather, Anthony, out of wedlock in Nov 1862 in Kenton, Northumberland and the father's name is not listed on the certificate).

But he is making my head spin. Per my DNA matches' family trees, he was born in Prussia in 1832 and married Elizabeth Atkinson in Sunderland, Durham in 1856. Elizabeth is home alone as "Ship carpenter's wife" in the 1861 census and Charles/Carl is nowhere to be found. They are together in subsequent censuses and appear to have a few children, and she dies in 1885.

I did a search in the FindMyPast newspapers for him and was really confused to see two separate obituaries for wives of Charles Hebner of Sunderland: one in 1885 (Elizabeth) and one in 1876 (Lydia).

I then did a search and found 2 marriages: Carl Hubner and Lydia Belcham in 1862 in Sunderland district, and Charles Hubner and Elizabeth Atkinson in Sunderland in 1856.

Naturally, I would assume these were 2 different couples, but when I looked for census records, I found in 1871 two different families in Sunderland:
Charles   Hebner   Head   -   Male   30   1841   -   Scotland
Lydia   Hebner   Wife   -   Female   30   1841   -   -
Frederick F   Hebner   Son   -   Male   7   1864   -   Durham, England
Lydia   Hebner   Daughter   -   Female   5   1866   -   Durham, England
Frances B   Hebner   Daughter   -   Female   2   1869   -   Durham, England

And then:
Charles   Hebner   Head   -   Male   39   1832   -   Germany
Elizabeth   Hebner   Wife   -   Female   33   1838   -   Durham, England
Regina   Hebner   Daughter   -   Female   8   1863   -   Durham, England
Frederick W   Hebner   Son   -   Male   5   1866   -   Durham, England

But after 1871 I can only find 1 Charles Hebner anywhere in England. So are these two different people? His oldest son with Lydia, Frederick Fountain Belcham Hebner, doesn't re-appear until 1911 in Kent. His daughter Lydia appears in 1881 as a housemaid to another family in Sunderland. I cannot find Frances, his youngest, anywhere in 1881.

To make matters more confusing, Ancestry trees assign both these Charleses to the same parents in Pomerania, Germany so it seems I am not the only one confused. Any help sorting these people out is greatly appreciated and then I can get back to work on whether Charles could also have been the spurious father of Anthony!

Mark Wyse was born as Michael Wyse to Irish-born parents Andrew and Jane Nickle Wyse in Buffalo, NY in Nov. 1851. His father was Catholic and his mother was Protestant but they married in a Catholic Church and Michael was baptised a Catholic.

By 1861, the family moved to Eramosa, ON, Canada. In 1870, they had moved to Sleeping Bear, Michigan. And the Michael/Mark disappears.

When he reappears, it’s 1898 and he is marrying Anne Hatt in Lions Head (Eastnor), Ontario and he how goes by Mark. He also seems to be Protestant now, as he marries in a Protestant ceremony and lists himself as Church of England in future records. He says he is a Bachelor and a mason.

He stays in the Lions Head area and appears in 1901, 1911, and 1921 census before dying there in 1928.

So where did he go for 28 years? Why did he change his name? Worth mentioning is that his entire family stayed in Michigan. He may have left for work, but I cannot find him in any census records in either Canada or the States.

Also unusual is how late he married Anne. He was 47, an unusual age for a first marriage at that time. They had several children.

Any help on where he might have disappeared to is much appreciated!

Hello, I’m stuck on my ancestor Jane Roberts. On FindMyPast, I found her Banns with William Edwards on 1 June 1807. William was of the parish of Llangollen and I’ve been able to trace his line a good distance. But Jane says she is of this parish (Llanelidan). And I know little about her. Witnesses to Banns were Margaret Davies and David Wynne. The couple then went to live in Trevor Uchaf in Llangollen.

Jane says she is age 50 and born in Denbighshire in the 1841 Llangollen census. She then dies between 1841-1851 (need to find the burial record). Jane and William had 10 children, last being born in 1831, all born in Llangollen. Their names in order: Mary, William, Ann, Eliza, Edward, Richard, Sarah, Harriet, another Edward and another Ann.

Any help finding Jane’s baptism and/or family would be very much appreciated. Only my father’s paternal line (Ellis) is Welsh so I am not as familiar as their records as I should be!