Hi guys, don't know if anyone can help me further but I have hit a brick wall with my ancestor James Carr.
He was born between 1871 - 1875 (marriage cert suggests it was 1874), and gives his birth place as 'Black Hill, County Durham, England' on the 1911 census. He married Catherine McGuigan in 1902 in the Gateshead district, on the marriage certificate he gives his father's name as 'James Carr', who was deceased at the time of wedding, but had been a 'general labourer'. James junior had two children, Catherine Carr and James Bernard Carr.
It is the marriage certificate that threw my research off, because I found a family I thought matched him in 1881 in Black Hill, but the father was William Carr...so it can't have been my James. It seemed a perfect match too, because there was a brother 'Bernard Carr' in this family, which made sense since my James named one of his sons 'James Bernard'. Anyway, turns out to be wrong family in 1881 according to the marriage certificate.
In 1902, James was living at 15 Field Street, Felling. I can't find any more info to go on to find the right James's birth certificate or family. I did find a WW1 document which I think was him, except his wife's maiden name was 'McGuiggs', but I can't seem to find this document on Ancestry now.
Can anyone help me break through this brick wall and get further back then this James? I had no problems getting further back with Catherine, just fyi. Thank you so much