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Ah ha just my luck, thanks anyway for taking the time to look up for me.  How strange to just get the one random entry.  Maybe they were moving through and were only there a short time.

If you do ever come across more Terry's in your travels, I'd be interested to learn more,

thanks again for your time

deby

Clive,  you are an absolute star. 

Could never have got so far without the amazing help from kind people like you doing so much to help us all across the country and indeed the world with all of our 'local' lookups.

Visiting the records office for any of my lines is currently out of the question from the Cayman Islands!

Thanks once again, and good luck with all of your research

deby

My ancestors are:

Henry Terry born abt 1842 in Leeds who married Mary Creed born abt 1839.  They were married 21 Mar 1861 in Woolwich Parish Church, Greenwich, with Mary's father shown as William Creed.

I have not been able to identify Mary, her father or the family CREED in any earlier census returns either 1841 or 1851 as I can't find a family that seems to fit.  She is shown in later returns as having been born in London, Middx, and died in Leeds age 33 of convulsions.

I have Henry Terry on the 1841 and 1851 census, but can't find them both on the 1861 census anywhere at all, nor pick out Mary Creed and her family in 1841 or 1851.

Can anyone help - I know a fresh pair of eyes sometimes can sortt much easier than me continually looking at the same info and making no sense of it.

1871 England Census
Alfred Terry 4  Leeds, Yorkshire, England Son  Leeds  Yorkshire
Benjamin Terry 6  Leeds, Yorkshire, England Son  Leeds  Yorkshire
Henry Terry 30  Leeds, Yorkshire, England Head  Leeds  Yorkshire
Joshua Terry 1  Leeds, Yorkshire, England Son  Leeds  Yorkshire
Mary Terry 32  London, Middlesex, England Wife  Leeds  Yorkshire
William Terry 8  Leeds, Yorkshire, England Son  Leeds  Yorkshire

Thanks in advance for any help sorting out Mary and her family.....

I attach a photo taken by the police of a serious accident involving my grandfather.  He was just recently married and my father had not yet been conceived so I'm glad he survived or I would not be here.

He was the driver of the lorry on the left and had just left a large factory with a load of hot spent coals in the back when he was hit head on by the steam lorry on the right (and above!).  The coals in the back slid forward into the cab.

My grandfather was dug out - spade in the foreground, but he had terrible burns.  He was in hospital for 9 months in a blacked out room and eventually the sight in one eye was saved.  His body was covered in deep round burns from the coals burning into his skin.

I remember him as being quite scary looking when I was a little child.  Many years later he had trouble with his blind eye and my father took him to Bristol Eye Hospital where he was amazed that they produced the original patient file for his accident decades earlier.

My grandfather is my happiest memory - he was a park warden when I was a very little girl and my favourite happy memory is sitting with him in his little wooden shed in the park brewing up a cup of tea in the freezing cold on a little stove.  Doesn't seem much but it is the happiest day I can remember.

I appreciate that it is a tall order to do much with this photo but would be really grateful for any work you can do.

I have a bigger and better scan which I would be happy to send to anyone by email if they would like to have a go.

Thanks very much.

She looks 'lovely' and a lot less wrinkly than before.  Thanks everso.

Any ideas what that might be in her hand?  She definiately has a walking stick - but the silver handle thing looks a bit like the handle bars of a bike - but where is the rest of it?  Must be something else.

Thanks again