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The Common Room / 3 different birthdates?
« on: Thursday 05 August 21 11:07 BST (UK)  »
An ancestor of mine fathered a son as a young man with a single woman. He was named as the father in a bastardy bond which gives the child’s date of birth as 21 December 1880. The child’s baptism record gives the birthdate as 21 September and the birth certificate states that he was born 1 October! Perhaps not so coincidentally, the date given in the bastardy bond was the birthdate of the father, not the son. So which source do I believe?

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Leicestershire / Mary and Ann Rowley - related or just a coincidence?
« on: Thursday 24 June 21 19:48 BST (UK)  »
My ancestor Mary Rowley married Thomas Tebbett by license on 5 April 1797 at Netherseal. Thomas' father was John Tebbett, a butcher. To complicate things further, Thomas also had a brother named John Tebbett who followed his father in this trade. I have no details about Mary's life before her marriage, only that was born about 1775 (according to her 1826 burial at Netherseal).

There was another Rowley marriage at Netherseal a year after Mary and Thomas were married. Ann Rowley (born about 1763) married Nathan Granger by license on 24 April 1798. I have a copy of the license and a John Tebbett, a butcher, signed his name. This was either my Mary's father-in-law or brother-in-law. Ann Rowley died in 1846 in Stapenhill.

Two women, born within about ten years of each other, married in the same village, with one woman having the father/brother-in-law of the other sign the marriage license. My guess is they were either sisters or cousins but I have absolutely no way of confirming this as I haven't the faintest clue where my Mary was born. The marriages of Mary and Ann Rowley are the only Rowley entries in the parish registers of Netherseal so I would guess they weren't local girls  ???

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Staffordshire / Finding Ann after 1861
« on: Thursday 13 May 21 20:39 BST (UK)  »
Ann Collins (née Hill) was born 1830 in Wednesbury. She married Samuel Collins 19 September 1853 in Birmingham. They had two daughters - Mary (1856-1856) and Eliza Ann (1858). I have Ann and Samuel in 1861 living in Wednesbury, Samuel was a coach bolt maker. Ann was widowed in May 1861 and her daughter Eliza was living with James and Mary Stringer in 1871. I can’t find Ann anywhere  ???

I’ve searched for a second marriage and I’ve searched for a death and seem to have hit a brick wall! Perhaps fresh eyes can find her  ;D

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The Common Room / Receiving Poor Relief under her maiden name?
« on: Monday 05 April 21 21:29 BST (UK)  »
I have found an ancestor of mine in the West Yorkshire poor law records. She applied for poor relief several times in the 1910s for herself and her children after her husband deserted her. By this time she was receiving a weekly maintenance payment from her husband. However, I’ve noticed she is mentioned in one entry under her maiden name. The address is correct but her age is out by a few years. Does this mean she was potentially trying to claim twice - once under her maiden name and once under her married name? Or could she simply have reverted back to her maiden name after their separation? She died and was buried under her married name!

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England / Sarah Williamson - missing person in 1800
« on: Thursday 11 March 21 14:33 GMT (UK)  »
I have the will of my ancestor, Robert Tebbett, who was a "gentleman" of Enderby in Leicestershire. In his will, he provided for all of his children, including "Sarah the wife of John Williamson for her better support... who hath been absent and not heard of for a considerable time". Her father intended to leave her £30. I have not found a baptism for Sarah, this will is the only reason I know she existed! I would love to find out what happened to her if I can.

I have searched for a marriage between a Sarah Tebbett and a John Williamson but no luck. There was a marriage at Manchester on 16 December 1775 between "Sarah Tabbott" and "John Williams". Could this be her?

If so, can anyone think of why she would marry in Manchester?

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Confusing DNA matches
« on: Saturday 27 February 21 14:24 GMT (UK)  »
I have a DNA match with 45cM shared. We also share eleven other matches. Three of them have trees which I’ve been able to view and all three are descend from the same couple although I can’t work out how this couple fit into my tree yet.

At a guess, how far back are we talking for a match with 45cM? The other two matches with trees share 34cM and 44cM.  ???

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Yorkshire (North Riding) / Would a couple marry 27 years after birth of first child?
« on: Monday 15 February 21 13:50 GMT (UK)  »
Through DNA, I have confirmed I am descended from William Husband (he married Elizabeth Wardale in 1780) who was baptised 1 Sep 1754 in Liverton, the son of William Husband. He also had two sisters - Dinah and Elizabeth - who were both baptised at Liverton in 1752 and 1756. The parish register doesn't give a name for the mother for any of the children but I've found a marriage between a William Husband and a Dinah Cornforth which took place at Liverton on 3 Dec 1779 - 27 years after the birth of William Husband Jr. Is this likely to be the people I'm looking for? There aren't any obvious marriages prior to 1752 in the Liverton registers.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Bride’s surname
« on: Monday 08 February 21 23:10 GMT (UK)  »
Struggling to read the surname of Catherine who married John Norford at Clifton Campville in February 1734. FindMyPast has her transcribed as “Catherine Downbelon” but I’ve never heard of it before??  ???

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Hit a brick wall already!
« on: Wednesday 27 January 21 12:17 GMT (UK)  »
I have been helping out a friend with their family tree and seem to be stuck in a rut already. So far we have traced his ancestors to Elland in the 1901 census...

(Class: RG13; Piece: 4127; Folio: 102; Page: 43)

Caravans fairground, Elland, Yorkshire

Henry Crampton, Head, 34, Steam Roundabout Manager, born Leeds

Helen Crampton, Wife, 26, born Sheffield

John H Crampton, Son, 8m, born Clayton West



“John H Crampton” was actually John William Crampton. His birth was registered in 1900 in Wortley R.D. His father “Henry” was actually John Henry Crampton. We have no more information about his mother Helen at all because, by 1911, John Jr was living with his father’s sister Ellen Cookshaw.

What we are struggling with is finding a marriage for John Henry or Henry Crampton and Helen. I would love it if anyone could give us a nudge in the right direction please  ;D

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