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Merry Christmas, indeed!!! thank you oh so much.. I have been working on this family for so long and have only struck dead ends wherever I turned. I even looked thru familysearch for William Wright Stainthorp, so how did you find him when I couldn't? I can't tell you how excited I am..
Kathy

Hi,
I don't know if I am in the right area of Yorkshire.
I am looking for any information on William Wright Stainthorp and his wife, Mary Ann Bainbridge. He was born in Hutton, Rudby around 1811 and she, of course, was born around Greatham in the Durham area. I have their marriage license record from 1833 in Greatham. I have census records and the names of their children. Where were they buried and where were they born?
Thanks,
Kathy

According to the census records, Margaret was born in Shields. I do not have a birth place for Joseph. In the 1841 census, it states that he was not born in the county and it does not state where. I cannot find him in the 1851 census and his wife is a widow by the 1861 census. The first two of their children were born in South Shields so I thought maybe they were married there. Margaret Stephenson married in South Shields so that is why she is most likely. Margaret Scott married in Gateshead and Margaret Mustard married in Jarrow. I believe they are all close to each other?
Thanks for all of the suggestions. They help tremendously.
Kathy

Have you traced the couple through all the census?  Did they survive until 1851?   What did they call their children?   Often these are family names so looking at the parents of the various Margarets might give you a clue.
I have not often seen occupations on the IGI for anything that early but you can always order the original parish register films to search at your nearest LDS centre as there may be further information on them.   The witnesses on each marriage record might help too.   I assume you do know that the IGI is not full coverage so it is entirely possible that they married in a parish that is not on it and you may have to look at other places too.
Have a look at the genuki site and follow up some of the links for various Durham marriage indexes on there.

Andrea,
I have traced the couple through the censuses and lose them after 1861 where Margaret is now a widow. They had 4 children, Joseph(named after John's father), Thomas, Amelia and Margaret(have had a difficult time as there are Margarets in every generation, either a daughter or a wife). As for the various Margaret's, I don't know any of the names of their parents. I got their names through various sites (Durham records, Joiner marriages,etc). Thanks for your help.
Kathy

Thanks for checking. It means a lot to me.
Kathy