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Hi I am trying to help a freind with her family hiistory and i am struggling to get back on her Buchannan line. Her grandfather Joseph buchannan was born 17 January 1909 or 17 January 1910(there is some confussion as to which year is correct) at 10 Backcauseway Glasgow (father James). I wonder if anyone access to baptism records or census returns. Any help will be most appreciated.

Hi,

I wonder if someone would be kind enough to have a look at a marriage for me? The marriage in question is between Joshua Drake and Mary White Doncaster 2 February 1801. I would like to know the status of the bride and groom and who the witnesses were. Many thanks in anticipation.

Sandra

I am having another go at trying to research William – he is a bit of a problem. William married Elizabeth Fletcher in 1839 Wolverhampton– his marriage details are on freereg

http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/SearchResults.pl?RecordType=Marriages&RecordID=3584162

This record shows his father to be John Wood, occupation miner. William is on two census’ in 1841 he is living with his wife and daughter in Staffordshire –

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=uki1841%2c&pgt=punt&rank=1&gsfn=sarah&gsln=wood&gsby=1840&gsb2co=3251%2cEngland&gsb2pl=5284%2cStaffordshire&gsdy=&gsd2co=1%2cAll+Countries&gsd2pl=1%2c+&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=5538&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=13&h=9662228&recoff=6+7&ml_rpos=14

On the 1851 census he is still living in Staffordshire –

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=uki1851%2c&pgt=punt&rank=1&gsfn=sarah&gsln=wood&gsby=1840&gsb2co=3251%2cEngland&gsb2pl=5284%2cStaffordshire&gsdy=&gsd2co=1%2cAll+Countries&gsd2pl=1%2c+&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=5538&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=11&h=8566101&recoff=5+6&ml_rpos=12

One of the problems I have is that his age varies depending on the source. In 1839, on his marriage details, his birth year is recorded as 1813, 1841 his age is given as 1816, and in 1851 his birth year is 1811.

According to the 1851 census his place of birth is Wrockwardine Shopshire. So as I am assuming this is accurate I have looked for a baptism in Wrockwardine. The only baptism was that of William Wood with parents John and Susannah (baptism -30 Nov 1817)However, when this is tracked through the census returns William is living with his parents in 1841 and his father is a wheelwright not a miner(occupation of William’s father given on the marriage record of Freereg).

Back to the drawing board. I have found another possible baptism in Wombridge, Shropshire – William Wood baptised 15 Apr1810 parents John and Dariety/Dorothey. Wombridge is not too far away from Wrockwardine and according to genuki  Wombridge is a mining area, so this would tie in with Williams father’s occupation.

I have tried to track William’s parents and siblings through bmd’s and census returns and this is where I am struggling.

There appears to be three other siblings:
Sarah christening 8 Mar 1812, Margaret christening 26 June 1808, John Christening 18 June 1807

However, once I tried to look for John and Dariety/Dorothy on the census returns the plot thickens.
There is a Dorothy wood born 1784 Wrockwardine living in the parish of Wrockwardine (Sub registration district Wombridge) with 4 children living at home. There is no record of a husband.

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&gsfn=dorothy&gsln=wood&gsby=1784&gsb2co=3251%2cEngland&gsb2pl=5282%2cShropshire&gsdy=&gsd2co=1%2cAll+Countries&gsd2pl=1%2c+&sbo=0&s

The other problem I have is I can’t find any baptisms for these children to establish if the children’s father is John. Also, I can’t find a marriage of John Wood and Dariety/Dorothy.

Thank you for staying with me on this one.  My ramblings are long but I wanted to fully explain my reasoning.

Any thoughts and help with William will be most welcome.

Sandra

My 3x Great Grand parents  John Mitchell and Ann Pike married in East Pennard 1 Mar 1813. I have record showing witnesses c/o freereg. However, I am hoping that the original marriage record may give a parish for John as I am struggling to find where and when John was baptised-he died in 1846 so I do not have a place of birth to help me.

Any help will be most welcome.

I am trying to find a baptism for James Swallow born c1803 Black Notley. I think he may be related to one of my direct ancestors as there is a James Swallow showing as a witness at a marriage between James Brewer and Elizabeth Hutley(James' mother was Ann Swallow). If any one could establish such a baptism I would be most grateful.

Sandra