I'm not sure where this should go so hopefully the mods can help out please?
I'm also not sure of the look-up protocol & what if any ancestry websites I can refer to or if I can mention specific census records?
Anyway, here's my quandry; My 2nd G Grandmother is Margaret Grundy nee Halsall b. abt 1824 in Wigan. She married Daniel Grundy b 1823 a wheelwright from Worsley. They were married in 1845 with his father given as Peter from Worsley & hers as Richard a farmer also from Worsely & both dads were farmers.
Daniel & Margaret had 7 children, 5 of which were still living in 1911. All 7 are accounted for in 1861 but their father Daniel has died sometime in late 1860 or early '61. The 1911 record shows that 2 children have died. I know Mary died in 1905 and I'm certain that her first 3 older children Alice, Daniel & James are all accounted for in 1911. I am less certain about her other 3 sons; Peter b abt 1856, William b abt 1858 & Thomas b 1860. I can find no baptism records for any of these three, no marriage Banns & no confirmed deaths. My only records are census' records. I'm confident that Peter, an engraver like his brother Daniel, married a "Lizzie" or "Eliza", William I believe married an Abigail & if correct both were alive in 1911, leaving Thomas who was 31 on the 1891 census & a "striker" probably for a blacksmith ... a similar occupation to his late father?
So here's the rub; 87 year old Margaret, the mother, claims to have a daughter-in-law Catherine Grundy living with her on the 1911 census but I can find no record of a marriage to Thomas (or any son for that matter). A widow Catherine Grundy also shows up on a 1901 census as a lodger but not living with "family" as far as I can tell. Did Thomas marry a Catherine? If so when & where. He would have been in his mid 30's and seemingly had no children ... or at least Catherine doesn't seem to have any?
Any help would be much appreciated,
Thanks,
Grunge
