Alice MELLINGS - Newport.

[eyelander]

Sorry I did read my note wrong she said 16 april 07!!! 

[Necromancer]

has to be the same one Tati ! Stafford etc .... hopefully the Stoke lass is a red herring ... but then again ....  

prob worth another poke at 1901 to see where our man was just before marriage ? Alto I couldnt see any J Melling* in Staffs at all ?

[eyelander]

And she knew they moved in 1946 now 

[Necromancer]

still nowt - a J Mellin in Wednesfield, but he's a Brickies Labourer ...

anyway, here's the probable Mrs Melling - Alice mother - just before marriage .. in service on a Farm in Seighford (check)..

Note she is from Newport, Salop ..

RG13/2569; Folio: 25; Page: 1

Cresswell Farm - owned by Henry Hidderley.
 
Emma Bennett 22  Single, domestic Servant, Newport Salop

[Necromancer]

I guess Seighford must be right on the Salop / Staffs border ? Not my neck of the woods, but it might explain why we dont see John in Staffs ....

[wotty]

Eyelander.

Here are addresses for the local newspapers. They often publish letters from people who are trying to contact relatives. There may still be some people living in the area who remember the family.

Telford
Edition: Shropshire Star - Midday & Last editions
Address: Ketley, Telford, TF1 5HU
Chief Reporter: Peter Johnson pjohnson@shropshirestar.co.uk
Phone: (01952) 242424
Fax: (01952) 254605
Email: newsroom@shropshirestar.co.uk

Newport
Edition: Newport Advertiser
Address: 32 St. Mary Street, Newport, TF10 7AL
Editor: Samantha Taylor staylor@newportadvertiser.co.uk
Phone: (01952) 811500
Fax: (01952) 820013
Email: staylor@newportadvertiser.co.uk

Wotty.

[eyelander]

Thanx wotty I might go for the newspaper thing!

Newfy I requested the B-cert for Alice at www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/ so lets see if they find something there...

/Marcus.

[eyelander]

Hi again!

I have got the birth-cert now and Alice is born the 11 april 1908. Burley Fields. Castle Church. R. D.

Itīs very strange since the registration in Finland say 16 april 1907 AND the tombstone say 14 april 1907!!!!!!

Well, there is no one to ask about this anymore but it is strange.

But I do belive this cert is the right one. Her father was John Charles Mellings and a agricultural labourer as the M-cert said he was (Farm Worker).  The mother was Emma Elizabeth Mellings formerly Bennet.

Newfy if you are there? I tried to order the M-cert for John Charles and Emma but they need a date for that so I dont know what to do next.

[Tati]

Hi Marcus 

Aren't they confusing us 

You don't need a date to order the marriage cert 

The reference Newfy gave you is perfectly enough to order the cert ...