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I am so glad it was not me being dense!!!  And you did well to stay in Moray Well done 

Hi, I very much hope you can help me.  My great x 2 Grandfather John Mitchell was married in Liverpool in 1838 to Esther Bradshaw.  John was about 25 and Esther 19.  She was born and bred in Liverpool, but where John came from was a mystery.  On the marriage certificate his father was given as Alexander Mitchell a wood forester.   In the 1841 census (in Liverpool) it is at the bottom of the page and it says either I or S , but not born in county.  John was a gardener and to cut a long story short, I found his death , from tetanus , in 1845.  I eventually found his grave at All Saints , Childwall, near where they lived.  I presume, that because he died from a work accident, his employer paid for a stone.  This stone says "He was a proud native of Banffshire"".   I would now like to trace where in Banffshire he came from and  who his mother and any siblings were.  would there be any one who could help, please.  Where did Alexander do his Wood foresting?

I thought I had solved it one with John Mitchell b 1812 Mortlach; Alexander and Annie Stuart, but then I think they have their John whith them in 1841 census.  So back to the start.  I can't find any other likely families.
Thanks for your help  Lynne

Thanks for that info. I will get on with it straight away.  The marriage register says they are both of the parish of Kendal.  No help there.  The witnesses were Isaac Manglove and Josihh? Garnell  (Maybe Garnill).  Varley is a common surname in Yorkshire.  There is a Joseph Varley born North Yorkshire about the correct time, but that is only guess work.  There is a Margaret Atkinson baptised Burniside 19 th October 1783.  Daughter of Margaret and Joseph Atkinson and also Sarah, their daughter being 4 years old. 
Could they have been non conformist.  As some of the next generation down were buried in a Wesleyan Chapel???

Thanks for that Fretep.  That is exceedingly useful.  I will send for a copy of the license or bond or both if they are different.  The folks at Kendal records kindly photocopied the documents and posted them to me for a negligible cost.  They are lovely there and so helpful. (Just like you) 
Please could you send me the site to get these documents from??  Thanks again Lynne

Susannah Carter, b c 1818, in or close around Birmingham, is my Great x 2 grandmother. She married my great x 2 grandfather , Samuel Harvey, in 1836 at St Peter's Harborne, Nr Birmingham. He was a comb maker? A witness at this marriage was an Elizabeth Carter, perhaps mother or sister/ sister in law. They then lived in Sun St Birmingham and Kings Norton before moving to Liverpool. 1841 and 1851 census. They moved to Liverpool between 1851 and 1854 when my great g. mother (Eliza Agnes) was born. I have all the children, some baptised at St Philip's Birmingham (7) and born Liverpool (3). I connected the families by getting a birth certificate for Samuel Cade Harvey b Birmingham, Dec 1843 and my G Grandmother Eliza Agnes b Liverpool Jan. 1854. They matched as the same parents .
Children most of whom were known by their second names.
born Birmingham
Louisa Betsy 1838
James Thomas 1840
Ann Maria 1842
Samuel Cade 1843
Emily 1845
Catherine Alice 1847
Julia Clara 1849

Born Liverpool
Eliza Agnes 1854
(Sarah) Emily 1856
Margaret Ann 1859
Her first Husband Samuel Harvey died 1858 and she remarried 1866. She is on 1861 census at 102 Tarlton St Everton.
 A few areas of help please
1) Samuel Cade vanishes after 1851 census in Kings Norton. I can't find a death marriage or any thing. As I have his birth certificate I would like to trace him and where did "Cade" come from??
2) Baptisms of those born in Liverpool.
3) Any thing about Susannah b c 1818 before her marriage. I have her father as Samuel from her 2nd marriage to Abraham Webster July 1866 at St Peter's Everton. BUT could she have not known or forgotten her father's name and used her late husband or father in law's in stead?? I cannot find her birth or any siblings.
Any help would be gratefully accepted,  Thanks Lynne