borthwick /haswell marriage

[Beckey]

Hi ann31,

I see what you mean, getting birth certs. wouldn't do you any good there is not enough information on the English ones.

My wife has Borthwick's in her tree but they are all in Midlothian and can't see a connection anywhere and there isn't any Haswell's at all.  I see that there was a Isabella died 1901 Berwick, but no James.

Looks like you will have to keep trying and hope you get lucky.
Have you put your request on the Northumberland site?

[ann31]

Hi Beckey
                Thankyou for trying to help i will put a post on the northumberland site
                                                                                                                                         Ann

[April]

They may have been married in 1841 as there is a 15 year old Isa Haswell in the same household as 15 yr old Jas Haswell. They both would have been 18 in 1841 so ages would have been rounded down to 15.

[Beckey]

Hi ann31,

This is a suggestion if you haven't tried already, my wife says that there is those families in Berwick.

Try the Berwick Advertiser www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk   we did and found connections., it also goes on a few others in the Borders

It gets put on the Readers Page.Letters:                                                                             advertiserletters[at]tweedalepress.co.uk (replace [at] with @)

[ann31]

Hi beckey
                Thanks for that im new to this and im very grateful for your help just when i think im getting somewhere i loose the plot
                                                                                           ann

[ann31]

Hi April
            i know that is my James in the 1841 census i just presumed Isa was his sister as you will gather I'm new to all this why would you round down the ages? would you know how to find an irregular marriage ?  i think that is the next step (if they bothered to get married at all   )

[April]

Here is an explanation for the rounding down in the 1841 censuses:

http://durhamrecordsonline.com/updates/2010/09/17/added-explanation-of-1841-census-age-rounding/

April

[ann31]

Hi April
            Thanks for that  i couldn't for the life of me understand why James haswell was 15 in1841 and 28 ten years later. i only joined  a few days ago and Ive learnt so much you never know i might get the hang of this ancestry searching thankyou
                                                                          Ann

[Beckey]

Hi Ann,

Holy Trinity Church, known to my wife as the Parish Church, was back of Wallace Green.

Do you know of "GenesReunited"?  have found 2 people looking for the family you quoted and have sent messages to both of them, see what happens.

Barry