Hi
I'm asking for help on behalf a friend who has been researching her 'Collins' line for some time.
Her Collins family originate in Ireland but settled in the BlackHill area of Benfieldside, now Consett.
She is trying to trace a marriage between Peter Collins and Bridget Rooney.
They can be found together, firstly, on the 1861 census, living in Blackhill, were Peter was a labourer.
His year of birth is given as 1829, Bridget's as 1833, (both Ireland) and they have their first two children, Mary Ann, born c1859 and Peter, born c1861.
I'm guessing that they may have married within a year of so of Mary Ann's birth, but cannot find any trace in Durham.
They remained in the Lanchester area, Peter dying in 1910 and Bridget in 1909 - which is a shame as the 1911 census may have given a clue as to how many years they had been wed.
My friend has a marriage certificate, from the Lanchester area, of a Patrick Collins and a Catherine Rooney, who married in 1873.
She believes that Patrick may have been Peter's brother, and that Catherine may have been Bridget's sister.
Patrick's father was named as Owen and Catherine's as Daniel.
Can anybody find any trace of a marriage for Peter and Bridget? Or find them with siblings, or their father's?
Thanks
Sue
