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Hi

This photo may be my paternal grandfather born 1877 who was a marine fireman and died 1919

OR

It may be his son (my uncle) born 1903 died 1966 who served in India in the 1940's but I have no details of his regiment etc

Can anybody find any info about this ancestor in the USA (possibly Kentucky)

Sarah Carlin (no  middle name) was born 22.6.1866 in Liverpool - her parents Matthew & Jane (nee King) both born Ireland were my great grandparents.   

I have her up to the 1881 census then nothing.  Over the years I have checked all possible marriages and deaths between 1881-1891 and afterwards without success.

Back in 2001 I was contacted by an American lady from Kentucky  who seemed to be connected to this branch of the family and told me that Sarah and her married sister Martha plus Martha's daughter had emigrated to the USA. 

Sarah allegedly married a Cherokee Indian and Martha  "shacked up" with another man who may have been English and whose surname was “Smith”.  She also gave me a great deal of info about Martha’s daughter “Ellen”.  When I tried to contact her again a couple of years ago, her email address was no longer valid.

Martha Ann Carlin only married in 1900 to James Michael McDonald. In 1911 is living with another of her sisters and shown as having no children.  Martha died in 1915 so I now have doubts about the info given about Sarah.

Sarah’s eldest brother William J (not known what the J stands for)  b 1853 Ireland disappears after the 1871 census and is rumoured to have emigrated to the USA but I have not found anything to support that. 

Her brother in law William Toft went to Philadelphia and died there on 16.9.1886 from Typhoid.  His wife had given birth in England on 10.8.1886 so it’s possible there is a USA connection with Sarah & William.

Hi

If anybody could manage to find me the name(s) of the residents of a particular address in Whiston between 2011-last available could they pm me for details

Is anybody else seeing this error message on Ancestry?

Only happened today.   I am getting the following message when I input anything on any Ancestry search page.  It does not affect me using the site in any way

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I won't post further details at this stage in case the problem is only on my pc

Please note that I have everything else for this family – it’s just the 1881 that’s a problem. 

This is the FH of a friend who will be 100yrs old in February.  I have done every search possible including FS plus the Scottish and Welsh 1881 census. 

If anybody finds them – they have my undying gratitude and the noise you hear will be the gun to my head because I failed

I am looking for Mary Ann Dean (nee Marsden) born Liverpool 1859
Her son Walter Dean born Liverpool 1879 (ish) see below
Her son John Marsden Dean born November 1880 Liverpool (birth reg March 1881) - my friends father

It would be an added bonus if her husband Henry Dean was with them because apart from his name/birthyear and his father was William (a blacksmith) I haven’t a clue about him.  However,  being a mariner he may have been at sea.

Background

23 .9.1878 Liverpool - Mary Ann Marsden aged 18 born Liverpool  married Henry Dean aged 19 a mariner b 1858/59.   

By 1882 Henry was dead and Mary Ann had re-married to Clifford Tomlinson.  1891 census shows
stepson John M Dean living with them but the 1901 entry also shows a son Walter Dean aged 21.  I     then found Walter in 1891 living with his maternal grandmother Emma (Marsden) and her new husband David Morris.

There is a December 1878 birth reg on freebmd for a Walter Dean which may be him but there is another Walter Dean aged 2yrs on the 1881 belonging to a different family.  There is only one Walter Dean birth reg 1878-1880 in Liverpool.  I also checked for a birth under Marsden in view of his birthyear being the same year as the marriage.

I have checked Clifford Tomlinson in 1881 in case they were living together and I have searched under Marsden as well.