Ethel Blackburn and Edward Smith of Northallerton.

[Pels.]

Here it is :

[Pels.]

Did you send an email to TeesValley Indexes to try and determine whether one of those might be the right birth registration - per my reply on the 9th October ?

It would be worth it, otherwise the only place she exists is on the 1881 census.

Pels.

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Hi Pels.
Thankyou for your reply, you are correct, i did misread the census place of birth.
I didnt send the query thinking that the christian name was not Mainner, yours is Martha and Marion s, therefore i discounted it. However I have now done as you suggested and sent the query.

I will let you know.
Thanks
Dave.

[Pels.]

I don't think the ones I suggested are necessarily right - it's more a process of elimination. Dave's idea of Mariana sounds better but there was already a child fitting her birth description in 1881 - obviously she wasn't yours because your Mainner was with her parents.

Fingers crossed, if they aren't her at least we know.

Pels.

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Just had a reply from my enquiries Marion. S Blackburn. Confirmed parents are Christopher and Mary.

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I find that Marion Smith, BLACKBURN is correct, her mothers maiden name was SMITH so that ties in.
It also brings me back to the Smiths of Northallerton with our friend who first posted.

I dont understand though, how the name on the Census, giving the name MAINNER as christian name of Christopher Blackburns daughter, turns out to be later given as Marion?
Could it have been a nick name, or just a misinterpretation by the recorder of the document?

From this record on, i am unable to find anything else, except there is a Marion born on her birth year who travels to Quebec I think.

Thankyou to all who have helped me so far.

Dave.

[Pels.]

The 1891 census has her recorded as 'Mignon' - or that's what I read it as ?

Pels.

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Thanks Pels, I have looked for this listing but cant find it, can you tell me where to look please.

Thanks.

Dave.

[Pels.]

Sorry it's taken me so long to reply.

If you search for Mignon Blackburn, born 1877 in Darlington, you should find her, age 14 years and living with Christopher and Elizabeth.

Pels.