Good morning all, I have a Thomas Darrall who was the son of Benjamin and Margaret (nee Tranter) baptised on the 5-3-1815. The family lived in Holywell Lane, Dawley (1841 census).
Thomas married an Eliza prior to 1846 and they went to live at Lightmoor where their son, William was christened on the 12-4-1846 (birth cert). Thomas, William's father died on the 3-2-1847 at Stocking according to his death cert and William, now aged 10 months old appears to have been raised by his grandparents, Benjamin and Margaret according to the 1851 and 1861 census. By 1871 William, now married to Elizabeth (nee Martin), with two children of their own, was living in Holywell Lane.
My queries are:- (1) Who was the Eliza who married Thomas Darrall (I do not have a surname for her - primary name is written in a family bible so likely correct). I can't find a marriage entry.
(2) What happened to Eliza after Thomas died in 1847. I can find no record of her. She appears not to have been taken in by Thomas's parents, Benjamin and Margaret as the censii don't mention her. Did she remarry? Did she die?
Does anyone have any suggestion on where I could find the answers to my quandries?
Thank you all. Paul Darrall in Hamilton, New Zealand.