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Hi everyone,
I am currently trying to help my great auntie find her ancestors (all of whom have passed away).

The family tree starts with Audrey Rowland, who was born in March 1929 in Rossington, Doncaster (Yorkshire) according to her daughter.

I am trying to work with what my great auntie has told me, but I am really not getting anywhere.
I'll list the information below that I know.

- Audrey Rowland was born March 1929, likely in Rossington, Doncaster, Yorkshire. She may have been registered as a Griffin. I have found a birth registration in April-May-June 1929 in Doncaster for an Audrey Griffin, but the maiden name doesn't match what I've been told (I was told Sayles, but the record says Griffin).
- Audrey's mother's maiden name was Clara Sayles from Rotherham, Yorkshire. She married a man with the surname Griffin, but then left him and married Charles Anthony Rowland (or Anthony Charles Rowland), possibly from Nottingham. AC/CA Rowland's parents were perhaps from Heanor, Nottinghamshire (I'm presuming maybe Heanor, Derbyshire is this same place and the county boundaries have changed? She did say Heynor, Nottinghamshire).

Many thanks for any help offered 
Holly

Hello all,

After a long break from research, I've decided to start my search again for the ancestors of Abraham Ashforth, baptised September 1802 at Cathedral St Peter in Sheffield, son of John Ashforth (labourer, later said to be a Mason,  and a fettler) and Hannah. I thought starting afresh would be the best way to do this.

I have never found the marriage of John and Hannah. There is one at Rotherham, John Ashforth and Hannah Heaton, although they baptised their children elsewhere, so it would be strange for them to baptise only one child at Sheffield.

I have been working on the basis that 'Abraham' is a name passed down through the family. It's a rare name in my research, so decided to try this out.
I've found several Abraham Ashforth's in Sheffield, and have been putting little family trees together to see if they are linked to my Abraham.
I've attached two photos to show the family tree I've got so far.

I believe Thomas Ashforth, bap 5 Nov 1743 at Attercliffe (son of Joseph Ashforth), could be the grandfather of my Abraham. Thomas seems to have had a son called John, bap 01/05/1771 at Cathedral St Peter in Sheffield. This John could be the father of Abraham.

But the research is all based on it 'could be'. I could really use some help making links between these people, as all I have at the moment is a family name and some dates that seem to fit.

I've attached the two photos below. The first is the family tree I'm working with. The second is an additional Ashforth family in Sheffield with some Abraham's, who I suspect could be related to the other tree above it.

Thanks for any help or advice you can offer,
Holly



Added: I can't seem to add any photos at the moment, but will describe the family trees below until it is possible to add photos.

Hello all,

I am currently researching the Fletcher side of my family.
My ancestor is JAMES FLETCHER, an agricultural labourer, born apparently about 1797 in Clarborough in Nottinghamshire, according to the 1851 census. He married Elizabeth Dobb at Cathedral St Peter, Sheffield, on 30 May 1814. James and Elizabeth had the following children; Mary Ann, Vincent, Catherine, James, Martha, Jane, Elizabeth, Fanny and Joseph.

Now I was trying to trace the ancestry of James Fletcher (who married Elizabeth Dobb), and yet I'm struggling to find a baptism for him. Both the 1841 and 1851 censuses suggested the 1797 date and place (the 1841 suggested he wasn't born in Yorkshire, which was where he was living at the time).
Now with his son having the (quite) unusual name of Vincent, I decided to look for possible relatives called Vincent. I found a baptism for a VINCENT FLETCHER, bap 29 Apr 1770 in Clarborough, Notts, the son of Joseph. Could this be a brother of James? I found a sibling to Vincent called James, this James being baptised 11 Nov 1787 at Clarborough, but obviously this is 10 years too early from what I was given in the censuses.
Despite this, I'm thinking this could be the right man - my James had already been widowed when he married Elizabeth Dobb, and I believe his first marriage was to Jane Snidall in Sheffield in 1811 - which would invalidate the date given on the censuses as he would have been only 14.

What do the people of rootschat think? Could this be my James, but he's given the wrong birth date?
Many thanks for any help,

Holly

Hello all,
I've attached a photo of 'cause of death' on a death certificate of my ancestor Thomas Cullon, who was 31 years old when he died in 1882.

I can make out the words spinal sclerosis and paraplegia, but I'm struggling to read the other words.
Help would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks
Holly

Hello all,

I would really appreciate some help tracing these two lines in Shropshire.
Thomas DAVIES married Ann HILL at Wellington in Shropshire on 23rd August 1784.
They had many children, all baptized at Wellington.
- Martha bap 1785
- Thomas bap 1786
- Levi bap 1788
- Elisabeth bap 1792
- Evan bap 1796
- Richard bap 1798
- Robert bap 1801
- William bap 1802
- Henry bap 1803
- Sarah bap 1805
- Sarah bap 1806
- James bap 1807
- John bap 1808

I'm having a struggle however tracing Thomas Davies and Ann Hill's families - especially since they're such common names.
I hoped that the unusual names of some of their children (especially Evan and Levi) would help me finding their families (e.g. if relations had the same names), but I've had no luck so far.

Many thanks for any help and/or advice,
Holly