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My 4X gr grandparents were William Beresford and Jane Mycocke who married at Longford in 1759. I have traced Jane's line but am having problems with William. He died in 1801 at Snelston age 65 which makes his birth 1734/5 but there is more than one possibility. I wondered if the actual marriage registration might show his father or witnesses that could give me a clue. Can anyone look it up for me?

Sylvia

I'm trying to find out more about my 5x great grandfather John Cattell who lived in Preston Bagot in the late 17 hundreds.

His eldest son Nicholas Hains Cattell was my 4x gr grandfather. His baptism gives parents as John and Sarah. I think Sarah was Sarah Mortiboys b Packwood 1750. She married a John Cattell in Warwick in 1771 and this fits with Nicholas being born 1772. The Mortiboys were from Nuthurst and 2 of Nicholas's brothers later moved to that area. Also several of the children's names are Mortiboy family names.

I haven't been able to find a possible baptism for John. One person on Family Search claims he is the John Cattell b Coventry 1750 but I have found no grounds for this claim and Coventry is quite a distance from Preston Bagot.

I did a search for a Cattell Hains marriage as I assume Nicholas's middle name was a maiden name of a family member. Since it isn't his mother's name I thought maybe grandmother. I found a marriage of a William Cattell to an Ann Haines in Kinwarton nr Alcester in 1722. This is about 8 miles from Preston Bagot and seemed likely but I can't find any trace of this couple after their marriage. There is a Hains family in Alcester in the 1800 who are malsters and Nicholas was a malster, that's interesting.

Nicholas married Mary Dadley and her brother's son Henry married a Jane Haines b 1816 whose father was a malster. I wondered if there was a connection there.

Can anyone with access to parish records for this part of Warwickshire help?
I'm looking for a possible baptism for John and also his death record in the hope that it gives his age at death. He almost certainly died in Preston Bagot as Sarah was living there when she died in 1839.
I'm also searching for any trace of William and Ann after their marriage.
I would also like to find the parents of Janes's father John to see if there was a link.

I've been trying to get further with this branch of my tree for years. Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

Hi,
I have a suspicion that my husband's grandfather was illegitimate.
He was Albert Underwood b 1886 either Shepshed or Loughborough.

His parents were George and Emma Underwood (nee Warner). In the 1881 census they are living in Shepshed with 3 children, but in 1891 George is with Louisa who is listed as his wife. The children are with him plus 2 others born since 1881. The younger child is Louisa's.

 Emma, however, is still alive and living in Baxter Gate Loughborough with son Albert. The birth reg for Albert doesn't give a mother's maiden name although his surname is Underwood.
Another odd thing is that in 1911 Emma states that 5 children were born to her marriage. There were actually 5 before Albert as another son died young, Albert was her 6th child so is she saying he was not of the marriage? She also states only one is still living. At least one of her other children was living at this time.

I assume Albert was baptised and I'm wondering if the baptism record might show his father's name. Unfortunately I don't know if he was born in Shepshed or Loughborough.
Does anyone have access to the Shepshed and/or Loughborough parish records? I would be most grateful for any help or any suggestions as to where I might find more out.

Sylvia

Hi,
I'm trying to discover the burials of my 3x gr grandparents. They are Thomas Brinkworth and Harriet Hogg of King's Stanley.

Thomas was b King's Stanley 1786.
He married Harriet 1809 King's Stanley.
They had 3 children -
May 1811
Thomas 1814 (my gr gr grandfather)
Harriet b 1816

Mary and Thomas were baptised at Ebley Chapel and Harriet at King's Stanley.

I have not been able to find out any more about Thomas and Harriet after 1816. Thomas Jr and Mary were married and still living in King's Stanley after that date. Thomas married there in 1842.
 
I especially would like to discover Harriet's burial record in case it gives her age as I would like to confirm my theory that she is the Harriet Hogg b Frampton on Severn 1776.

Is anyone able to do a look up for me?

Thanks

Sylvia

Has anyone else found out things that they wish they hadn't about their family history?
I was happily going through the newspaper archive at Find My Past a few days ago when I was delighted to find articles which included the names of some of my husband's ancestors. When I looked closer, however, I discovered that his grandfather was an army deserter in the late 18oos and his great grandfather was taken to court for assulting his wife. I have now found more things about other members of the family.
I haven't told my husband yet. I'm wondering if I should. This isn't some distant ancestor it's his grandfather and great grandfather and, of course, they are our children's ancestors too.
I don't want to judge but they do sound a bit like the Victorian equivalent of those problem families you read about in The Sun!
The ironic thing is that my husband's father was very proud of his service in the army as a reservist and in World War 2.
Am I taking this too seriously? It wouldn't be so bad if it was just one person but so far there are at least 4 members of the family who have been in court for everything from embezzling their employer to petty larceny and being drunk and disorderly. 

Sylvia