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I've been trying to find the marriage between Walter Thomas HURREN and Minnie LYNAM so far without success.  It probably took place between 1913 and 1917.  I know virtually nothing of Walter except his name and the fact that he and Minnie were living at Hanley, Staffordshire in 1917.  Minnie was born in Douglas Isle of Man in 1892 the daughter of Samuel LYNAM and his wife Hannah (nee CLARKE) [my great grandfather's sister].

I've searched the GRO Marriage Indexes and the "Lawson" marriage indexes on the I.O.M. F.H.S. website and found not a sniff of a clue. Does anyone have any ideas where else I could search? 

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I'm trying to find out what happened to Thomas William FISHER.  He was born in 1874 at Barnsley, Yorkshire (of a family that came mainly from Lancashire) and christened at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancs. Dec 1874   His father was John FISHER and his mother Sarah FISHER nee HIRD.  I have a contact who is Tom's great great grand-daughter and she is anxious to visit his grave if possible this summer.  (Tom was my grandmother's brother).  We know from family knowledge that Tom died during the First World War. His widow, Lucy, remarried in March 1922.

Thomas enlisted in the army at the beginning of 1894 joining the Cheshire Regiment, by 1900 he was a corporal and in 1902 he acquired his sergeant's stripes.  In 1907 he married Lucy BARNES at Chester.  Thomas left the army in August 1908 and was placed on the reserve.  He and Lucy had three children so far as I know  - Thomas Herbert born 1908 at Chester, Elsie born in 1911 and Bertha in 1913 both at Barrow-in-Furness.

At the outbreak of war in 1914 Thomas was called up but I can find no trace of his service thereafter.  He is not mentioned on the Roll of Honour nor on Soldiers died in the Great War.  I've also tried looking for a death certificate but cannot find one that would fit the conditions - having a common name like FISHER makes it more difficult to work out the possibilities.    Would he have been drafted into a local Lancashire Regiment rather than going back to serve with the Cheshires?

As things stand Thomas just disappears into thin air.    I'd be very grateful for any suggestions where to look next

Missprim

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Some weeks ago someone uncovered a gravestone which had been lain flat and had become covered with grass in the churchyard at Southwell Minster.  The Inscription was brought to my attention and I was asked if it would be possible to find out about the people mentioned thereon. 

They were William CADDICK of Basford, Nottinghamshire father of Susanna WEDGE who was buried aged 30 with her infant son William John aged 3 days in April 1826.  Susanna was the wife of John WEDGE governor of a local workhouse.

 I have been able to trace Susanna's family at Basford and back to Birmingham.  She was christened at St Phillip's Birmingham in 1795 the daughter of William CADDICK and Susanna SHORT. However I have been unable to find any trace of her marriage to John WEDGE.  I have looked on the IGI and have run a search on the Notts FHS marriage index which has most of the Nottinghamshire Parish Register marriages listed but there was nothing relevant.  So I am now wondering if the marriage took place in the Birmingham area but given the type of work John and Susanna seem to have been in they could have married anywhere in the country. Does anyone know of any on-line indexes or places to search for marriages?

I've found the CADDICK family but I know next to nothing about John WEDGE.  Is anyone researching the surname WEDGE?

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Can anyone tell me where I can find a list of burials for Burngreave Cemetery in Sheffield?  Annie DOWSWELL was buried there in 1927 (died 26 June) and I'm wondering if her husband William is also buried there.  He died in 1895 aged 39 years.