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Yes, I'd already found the Wiki and was looking for a bit more in addition to that.

Have you read the link I posted as it gives a lot of info about it's history. 

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I was under the impression that the castle was ruins by this time, but if the family is living  and working there, then that must not be the case.

They would not have been living/working in the castle - just living and working in the town called Barnard Castle

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and the Abode being Bernard Castle.

Is it more likely to be Barnard Castle?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnard_Castle

AHHHH.... thank you


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Yup I spelled it wrong here in the original posting, but this is the same information I was looking at before.  So the question still stands....

I am looking into the Barker family ... the daughter, Alice, married Joseph Gills and emigrated to America.

I found her Christening Record on FamilySearch

It listed her Christening date as 27 Sept 1854 in Whickham, Durham, England.  It listed her parents as William Barker and Isabel (Note: From Alice's death cert I did get the name of her father, but the mother's name was listed as UNK)

So then I did a search for a William Barker and Isabel and got a hit for the 1851 census that had a William Barker and his wife Bell living in Windgate P, Durham. This location is a familiar one for me and the dates seemed correct so I tentatively have begun to explore this as being the family of Alice Barker.

In the 1851 Census, it also has William's brother in law living with the family.  He is listed as "William Lenax" and I have deduced that is a mis-spelling of Lenox (or Lennox).

My next step was to see if I could find an Isabel Lenox with a birth date near to what was stated in the census in Northumberland (since the census stated she was not of Durham but rather North'd...and her brother was born there as well). 

On Freereg.org.uk I located a christening record of a "Isabella Lenox" babp in Nov 1828 Wallsend, North'd to parents--- William and Alice (which I thought was a good indication that my Alice could very well have been named for her grandmother). Incidently, I also located a marriage record for a William Linox and Alice Atkinson in April 1826--- I believe this to be her parents marriage.

Here is where I have an issue. 

I have searched FreeReg and Durham Records Online-- and I cannot find a record of William Barker and Isabella Lenox being married; however, on FreeBMD I did searches on both their names and came up with the same order information :

Jun 1845 Gateshead vol 24 pg 134

Under both William Barker and Isabella Lennox.

The date makes sense with the family I have in 1851 Census--- the oldest Child, William, has an approx birth of 1846.

I am wondering if there is a reason why there isn't anything coming up specifically on Durham Records (at the very least)?  It is unusual to not have a parish record? Or would that record possibly not be transcribed as of yet?


I hope this wasn't too convoluted.  I wanted to lay out why I was looking for this. 

I will be getting the D/C for my own files, and it has already been added to my growing list of "to order" certificates.

The uterine wall issue was my own assumption

Now I am researching another ancestor of Mary Ann's: Ann Green.

I found her christening record on FreeReg...and it lists her mother as a woman named Grace.  Only thing is...the man was married to Ann Dixon in that time period.  As a result, my primary assumption was that Ann Green was the Daughter of Ann Dixon.

And now I have another mystery.... who in the world is Grace?!

One thing or another in genealogy!! LOL

Thanks Janis for looking that up for me!

Sorry it has taken me so long to pop back in here, some family issues going on.

I promise I'll come back and read through!