Hello everyone!
After years of searching I finally think I may be on the way to cracking a brick wall in my tree.
My gg grandfather was always known to us as Daniel Duffy born 1877 in Stockton however there are no records of a Daniel Duffy being born in Stockton at that time. Following a DNA test and unearthing his youngest child's baptism record we are fairly sure the Daniel Jackson born 1878 in Stockton is actually him!
Now, we have found the birth record and also the 1881 census record where he is living in Stockton with his mother Mary Ann Jackson (b.1851 Wolviston) however from there the trail for Mary Ann goes cold. Between 1881 and 1891 Daniel changes from being Daniel Jackson to Daniel Duffy so I thought that maybe Mary married a Duffy but I cant find a birth record. Can anyone suggest anything else I could look for? Daniel was found in an industrial school in Newcastle in 1891. I've tried searching newspaper archives etc too but no joy. The only record from the industrial school was a confirmation in 1889 'Daniel Patrick Duffy'. He lists his father as Daniel Duffy labourer on his marriage cert in 1903 but this could just be made up. I've been unable to find any potential fathers called Daniel Duffy in Stockton area at that time. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! All his info is on my tree on ancestry which is public.
Thanks in advance
Andrew