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So to summarise,
If there was no father on the certificate we are unlikely to get farther on the paternal side unfortunately.

So the next clue is the address on the certificate, please post the address up/ occupation when you get it as it will give us a definite fix on the mother's location then.

This could be quite delicate as she may have gone on and married and had children.


Tx

Do you know John Wells/Walls rough birth date or children, when did John and Elizabeth marry?

There only appears to be one Lawrence Wells b. abt 1810 on the census for Dumfries, ha has a son called John b abt 1846, but then disappears off the census, so without looking deeper he may have died. This Lawrence was a farmer.

Working backwards there are two possible John Wells married to Elisabeth/Elizabeth, both born about 1829/1820.

I cant find anyone under Walls/Dumfries. You will find lots of anomalies with regards to spelling so you will have to think laterally a lot of the time!

So, do you have more we can go from? We should be able to point you in the right direction then!

Thanks
Tracey

Very upsetting. I think there are some of my relatives in there

I wish they would come up with a better solution than 'topple' testing the stones... but its the cheap option.....

I just found the same info as Anna (I'm too slow ),

I also found:

Birth: Violet Ruth WATSON Bromley Jun qtr 1908 vol 2a p616

The best thing you can do is send off for certificates for Percy which will get you off to a good start.

Tx

Hi,
My Maternal side have the surname JEFFREY, although it seems to mutate into JAFFREY, JEFFEREY and JAFFEREY due to illiteracy which makes going backwards confusing. Almost exclusively that part of my family hail from the Borders, generally Berwickshire in Scotland and occasionally across the Border to England in Nothumberland.

This link shows the surname distribution in 1881:
http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/Map.aspx?name=JEFFREY&year=1881&altyear=1998&country=GB&type=name
And indicates it is a Celtic name.

The story about your grandfather sound awful There is a good chance it may have been reported in the local papers at the time.

Unfortunately I know little about US documentation. The key is really getting hold of your parents/grandparents birth/marriage details and working backwards. Have a good read of these forums, and I'm sure you will soon be searching backwards in no time
Tx