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Hi,

Hoping someone can help me figure out this puzzle!

A Roland/Rowland Hill was married to xxx sometime between 1901 and 1905.

Family members have claimed that

* Rowland was from Pontefract
* Rowland died in Halifax Yorkshire circa 1943 aged about 63 (giving him  a birth year of 1880 plus or minus a few years) and is buried in "Illingworth"
* Rowland's wife was Kate (Rowland's grand-daughter told me this)
* Rowland's wife was Eliza Wormald (Rowland's daughter gave this info to someone else who gave it to me - not sure how accurately it ended up at my end)
*Rowland was Anglican

I have found Rowland in the 1901 census for Pontefract Park and Tanshelf, as a single man

I cannot find his marriage in the indexes online

I found the birth of one of his children in 1905 so sent for the certificate. It shows his wife as Kate Hill formerly Wormald

I was quite excited and immediately began a hunt for Kate Wormald in the 1901 census. I can find nothing that fits! I've tried Kate, Katie, Catherine, Katherine and other variations but nothing. The only woman who appears to be about the right age and in the right location is a Kate Wormald, nee Shaw -- and she is someone else's wife.

I am now starting to wonder -- would a woman put their former married name on a birth registration for their child or was it definitely always the maiden name?

Why can't I find Kate Wormald in ANY census from 1901 back?? The only ones I find are much older than Rowland, or already married.

Rowland's daughter said the family was from Pontefract but whether she meant just her father or her mother as well, I don't know.

Rowland's granddaughter born 1932 recalls visiting her grandmother Kate Hill (Wormald) in "Copley" but this may be no help at all to figuring out where Kate came from

Rowland and Kate lived in "Boothtown" after their marriage according to this same granddaughter

Just in case anyone recognizes some names -- here are the children of Rowland and Kate, from the memory of Rowland's granddaughter

--Dick/Richard Hill b 1905
--Susan Hill (twin to Dick) b 1905 m Jack Cameron
--Horace Hill b 1907 m. Minnie and buried with Rowland, also their son Royce
--Lillian Hill b 1912 m Jack Schulze
--Annie Joan (Joan) Hill m Kenneth Hilton
--Marjory Jean (Jean) Hill m twice - first to Charles xxx, from Wales, second to Max xxx, a German POW





 

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He is listed as "Private in Army" and is with dozens and dozens of other men listed with various such titles. Some say "Royal Army". Even going back to the first page of this census (and there are dozens of such pages) it does not provide the name of the barracks or give me any clues as to what army or military regiment my Charles was in.

Can anyone who is more familiar with these military bases shed light on this?

Thank you!

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I can't find him in 1861 either, can't narrow the search down to the right man. In 1871 he is married to Eliza (surname unknown) b ca 1841 Southwald Suffolk

Their children in 1871 are

Henry John Markham b Abt. 1863 Saxmundham Suffolk
Albert Charles Markham b abt 1865 Ipswich, Suffolk

The 1871 finds the family living in  Ipswich St Margaret ,  Norwich, Ipswich  Suffolk 

By 1881 census another son appears: Frederick James Markham b abt Abt. 1876 in Penzance, Cornwall

1871 is the furthest back I can go with Henry John Markham  and his unknown wife Eliza. Can anyone help?

Thanks!

Hello,

Crossing my fingers I can get a lookup in 1841 and 1851 census records for the following:

John Metcalf[e] born about 1831 Bradford, Yorkshire, Eng -- I'd like to find him on the 1841 and 1851 census to find out his parents. He's in Halifax YKS in 1861, married to Martha Schofield. Martha's another one I need help with

They all tie in to my Dewhirst/Dewhurst and Horner families -- Martha Schofield was born about 1830 in Halifax and her mother's name was Sarah.  I think Martha had a sister Hannah. I need her in the 1841 census to find out her father's name and any other info on the family.

Martha Schofield m. John Metcalf[e] about 1850 and had 8 children before she died around 1871.  In the 1851 census she might be married to John with a son Alfred Metcalf[e]

Thanks!