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“My” Richard Gleadall is fairly consistent with his birthplace of Doncaster, and age, (dob 1814) on all censuses.
I could find no baptism at Doncaster between 1810-1817.

Richard named one of his daughters Dinah, so I searched for a previous Dinah.
Found Diana Gledhill, baptised by Hannah Molloy, reputed father William Gledhill in 1812 at Doncaster.

Searching then for Richard, son of Hannah Molloy – yes!
Baptised Doncaster, 1813, no mention of putative father though.

Hannah Molloy (widow) married William Gledhill (widower) in 1825 at Sheffield. 

I believe Hannah was previously married to James Molloy. Unfortunately, the Doncaster burial registers for the period are not in good condition.

William Gleadall died in 1834, buried at Doncaster.  Entry shows he was a gardener.
Hannah Gleadall died in 1852, buried at Doncaster.  Entry shows she was living at St. James Street, Doncaster.

My Richard Gleadall was a gardener.
In 1851, he was living at St James Street, Doncaster.

Is all this enough proof of Richards parentage do you think?

Thanks for reading,
Yorkslass

Hello all,

I'm searching for a marriage between Christopher Reed and Ann(e) ? in the Kirk Ella/Cottingam area.

The IGI has coverage of both for the dates I'm looking for (early 1800's) - but the only one I could find was an un-named "Read" marrying Ann Bursell, in 1810.

Christopher and Ann(e) had three children in Kirk Ella, between 1810 and 1816, including Jane, who is my direct ancestor. 

Jane's marriage certificate of 1849, shows her father, Christopher, as deceased.

Anyone any ideas how I can go forwards (or should I say backwards) with this?

Thanks for reading,
Yorkslass

Hello all,

These are photocopies of photos, not brilliant I'm afraid, but there is no way I can get the originals. 
The person who gave them to me has passed away (and she never had the originals, just these copies), but she did give me some "clues"....

Could any of you clever people give a date for both photos, and on the wedding photo, do you think the bride is the lady seated on the middle left, or right?  Look at those hats!!

Also (sorry to ask so many questions) do any of you think the lady in the second photo, on her own, is the same person as the lady seated middle right, but a bit younger?

And finally, are they too bad for any restoration?

Many thanks,
Yorkslass

Hello all,

Attached is a copy of marriage lines for George Deweese(?) and Harriett Salmon, married in Great Yarmouth in 1873.

At least I think it says Deweese.  I've tried looking at Dewerse, Derreese, even Dewhirst, thinking it might be a mistranscription.

Whatever it is, I can't find either of them after this marriage in 1873.

Can anyone help?

Thanks for reading this,
Yorkslass

Hello,

I think I’ve found a burial record of my 3x great grandfather in 1836.
He died at the Whitechapel workhouse. The entry, for St Mary, Whitechapel, is very brief, and his name appears with four others.  What disturbs me is there is no name in the column for the person “performing the ceremony”, whereas all other burials on that page show the Curate at the time.

I’ve “googled” the Anatomy Act, 1832, but I can’t find anything that tells me what the procedure was, apart from using “unclaimed bodies” from hospitals and workhouses.

As there is an actual burial record, am I right in thinking that his body would not have been used for dissection purposes?

Yorkslass