Re Heeley family

[sparrett]

Birth

Births Dec 1869   
HAYLEY  Stephen
W. Bromwich  6b 668

GRO gives us--

HAYLEY, Stephen   MMS  -     
GRO  1869
D Quarter
WEST BROMWICH  Vol  06B  Pg 668 

[brigidmac]

So was Steven s Mother  called Ellen or Eliza Healey
 ( I'm not very good at looking at births)

*in case  jono  hasnt seen these replies I have sent a pm

[heywood]

So was Steven s Mother  called Ellen or Eliza Healey
 ( I'm not very good at looking at births)

*in case  jono  hasnt seen these replies I have sent a pm

Stephen’s mother was Eliza and her parents were Michael and Ellen posted earlier by Mabel.

[heywood]

Could a ‘Marine Gatherer’ be a Rag and Bone Man?

[brigidmac]

Rag and Bone man ....that's a good possibility could specialise in  marine  things. If he had relatives who were mariners..ropes were valuable

Thanks for clearing up Eliza Ellen relationship. .I got confused thinking Sabina was too young to be her daughter ..now understand "Lavina "her daughter  was transcribed as Sabina

[heywood]

Yes it can get a bit complicated with spellings etc.

I don’t think  ‘marine’ was connected to the sea in this case - just waste materials. Perhaps origins of the name were sea related.

[PaulineJ]

There has been more than one discussion about "Marine store dealers" on here.
Basically, it IS Rag-and-bone men

[heywood]

That is what I thought Pauline. Thank you.

[sparrett]

HI. Can anyone please help me i am researching my great grandfather Stephen Heeley/Healey parents. He was  born 1871 ...died 1897. Lived in oldbury / langley Staffordshire think is mothers name was eliza. Please any help would be very gratefull thank you.

So Jono58, in answer to your original inquiry, mother seems to be Eliza HEALEY (various spellings) and father unknown. An exnuptial child if the birth I have posted above is correct. Also, if correct,   she was quite young at the time of Stephen's birth and I have not seen her on 1871 census.

Sue