I am hoping someone can help me crack this. I need about 4 years of missing time and I might be able to figure out what I am looking for.
I am trying to locate my gg grandmother, who was born in 1864 and died in 1888. I believe she was born in Ireland, as that is what all of her daughters' census records state for her, although her death certificate says born in England. She married my gg grandfather, James Hayes, somewhere between the 1881 British census and 1884, when their first child was born. I don't know where they got married. James is on the 1881 census in Staffordshire (working at the insane asylum). By 1884 he is married to Sarah and living in Orange, Essex County, NJ. The death cert also says she was a resident of New Jersey for 4 years. They have another daughter in 1886 (my great-grandmother) and Sarah dies from an infection after childbirth in 1888. We also don't know what happened to the babies (family rumor is that it was twins).
We have many theories about Sarah, and when and how Sarah and James met, but we can't find anything concrete. It seems quite a whirlwind for James, new country, married, with baby in less than 4 years. I would love some ideas as to how to crack this. Thanks.
Kathleen
Kathleen