Helping sister inlaw find family in Britain

[heywood]

well done Cathy,
that's brilliant 
heywood

[cath151]

Hi,
Thanks,   how jammy was that, nearly the first quarter i searched, never usually that easy!

[CelticEvie]

Everyone,

 Thanks so much for the Welcome and replies! My sister
would like to know about both parents and her Ancestors!
Please excuse my replies taking so long as I have to type
one handed and even that is hard! So all that is found will
be a great help and such a joy to her and her children. Its
actually her grandaughter who asked me to do this! James
North was born abt 1898! All records I have found says he
was born in Minnesota, USA, but he is not there, I have searched St. Paul, Minnesota and I have had no luck!!! So
thought it was time to seek help!!!  I do not know dates
for marriage, but would assume middle to late 1920's, beginning 1930's, her parents would not discuss any of
thier history! Your All Great, Thanks...


                                                    Evie
                                                      Evie  

[tazzie]

  Hi Evie......

  As you say no sign of a James Leo North b Minnesota showing on 1900 census or 1910....by 1920 he could be anywhere of course.

  However the name Rux does appear in Minnesota but the only one are not in St Paul.

  Wille Rux   b 1897 Excel Marshall Minn.
  Rudolf Rux b 1899Excel (brother to above)
 Henry Rux b 1899 Sanders Red Lake
 Emil Rux b 1898 Sanders Red Lake
 Harry Rux b 1899 Hammond Wabasha.

  The marriage found above by Cath  may give some clues and would be well worth the money ordering.

                          Tazzie

[CelticEvie]

 Here is their dob's:

Frances Kathleen Donohue- 17 Oct 1906

James Leo North- 1 Jul 1898


           As she knows nothing of her British heritage, anything that can be found would be great! On one of
the records it says she is Irish and yet it shows her born
Kingston, Jamaica , this has me confused as on the other it says London, would I assume both are her or that there was another woman with the same name? I would like to
know more on her mothers family and see how far back they
can go? Her father is going to be quite the task so it is probably better to tackle one at a time...

                                                                    Evie

[CelticEvie]

 Where and how do I go about ordering these records?
I would also like to find out if those are her parents and
how do I find more? Where do I look or can I, being that
I am in USA? Finding and tracing family can sometimes be
easy in USA, but then you run across a relative like James
North and the hunt is on!!! I guess I could upgrade my
Ancestry account to World! Any suggestions?


                                                         Evie

[heywood]

There are the two Kingstons, but all points to Kingston Surrey. This may well be her family but the marriage certificate would be needed to verify her father's name and the birth certificate would get both parents names.

You can order online - http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

1901 http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

105 Gibbon Road Kingston on Thames Surrey

John Downey head 60 yrs watchmaker b Devonshire
Elizabeth wife 58 yrs b Devonshire
William son 25 yrs house painter b London Bermondsey
Dorothea daur 17 yrs wine merchant's shop assistant b Surrey Kingston
Winfred Donohue married daur 30 yrs b London Bermondsey
Winifred Donohue grand daur 1 yr b Surrey Kingston
Margery -do- grand daur 7 months b Kingston

there is no real evidence as to John Walter Donohue - the birth cerificate and marriage certificate would perhaps help.

rootschatters are always willing to help.

Now we don't knpw whether this is the family you need  

[heywood]

Marriage

March quarter 1899 John Walter Donohue Hackney vol 1b pg 669 - possible bride Winifred Downey

Birth

December quarter 1906 Kingston vol 2a pg 416
Frances Kathleen Donohue

both on http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

[heywood]

as often happens- designed just to irritate us and keep us on our toes - there is no Winifred with her family in 1891- nor can I find a birth for her 
Can't see the family yet in 1881