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I recently had the opportunity of visiting the Church in Hampsthwaite and found the grave of the father and mother-in-law of a 2nd great aunt.? This listed a number of grand children (children of my
By Bob Hunter · #2806 ·
GRO births and deaths
The GRO now has an option for instant access to a subset of birth and death certificate for ?2.50. You search their indexes as normal, and if the option is available, there's a button to click.
By Lin Duke · #2805 ·
Re: Horsforth Peace Garden
Hi Maureen, Have you tried the usual sources for burials?? Family Search, Find My Past, Ancestry etc?? They all have Yorkshire burials listed. Find a Grave has a few listings for the Peace Garden.
By Lesley Baxendale (FH) · #2804 ·
Horsforth Peace Garden
Hi Listers, I am looking for grave sites in the Horsforth Peace Garden as this was the old St.Margaret¡¯s Chapel. I have two ancestors buried there and would like to know how to find out if there is
By Maureen Farrer · #2803 ·
Re: Any ideas about age difference in marriage?
I would like to thank everyone for their advice and thoughts which have been helpful. Margaret wrote:
By Margaret Shearing · #2802 ·
Re: Any ideas about age difference in marriage?
I have always just put it down to there being the need for financial support and somewhere to live. The options for a single woman were very limited and not always good. One of my Great Great
By Martin Briscoe (W10 laptop) · #2801 ·
Re: Any ideas about age difference in marriage?
Could he simply have wanted companionship and a housekeeper? And could she have wanted stability and a comfortable home? Carole wrote:
By Carole Mason · #2800 ·
Re: Any ideas about age difference in marriage?
Just be aware that you won¡¯t find the licence for the marriage.? This was handed to the vicar and most are lost.? However, you may find the Bond and Allegation that was sworn to obtain the
By orange.wasps · #2799 ·
Re: Any ideas about age difference in marriage?
Thanks John. I found the record on fs years ago and refused to believe the ages. Then recently found the marriage record on fmp without ages. I liked that record! But then I checked fs again and
By Margaret Shearing · #2798 ·
Re: Any ideas about age difference in marriage?
The actual marriage registers for the parish are on FindMyPast They were married on 22nd December 1773 by licence There is no indication of age at all on the register nor anything to say that either
By John Hanson · #2797 ·
Re: Any ideas about age difference in marriage?
Hi Ken I sent for the marriage bond which shows the ages on fs were correct. It states that he was a bachelor. It says that she lived 'at the same place' as William. I assume she was working in Kirk
By Margaret Shearing · #2796 ·
Re: Any ideas about age difference in marriage?
Sometimes the younger one is hired to keep house and then marry.
By sdbryant_1 sdbryant_1 · #2795 ·
Re: Any ideas about age difference in marriage?
Margaret, I have a similar case about the same time and also in Yorkshire. Stephen Mainprice, a miller, born before 1715, married about 1735 and his wife died in September 1780 in Keyingham. His Will,
By Ken Harrison · #2794 ·
Re: Any ideas about age difference in marriage?
Margaret, As usual, don¡¯t rely on ¡°data¡± placed on FS or Ancestry, or any of the others, by individuals. Check the references and then arrange to view or obtain the original church record and
By Ken Harrison · #2793 ·
Re: Phillimore registers Rotherham
Thank you Nivard and apologies for the delay in replying. I have been travelling. I got my information initially from the Genuki site for Wath upon Dearne which give BMD for several churches. There
By Margaret ELLIOTT · #2792 ·
Re: Any ideas about age difference in marriage?
Hello I have a similar situation. Farmers often didn't marry until they were quite old because they started their working lives living at home with their parents and working for their fathers. They
By Elizabeth Youle <fh.researcher@...> · #2791 ·
Re: Any ideas about age difference in marriage?
I have just looked again and cannot find a previous marriage. The family was well established in Kirk Bramwith, Yorkshire. He was born in 1713 according to his marriage record on Familysearch. I have
By Margaret Shearing · #2790 ·
Re: Any ideas about age difference in marriage?
Are you really sure he had never been married before. I have people who got married late went down as single and one in particular had 3 previous marriages. Even women used their previous married name
By pam beilby · #2789 ·
Any ideas about age difference in marriage?
I wondered if any of you knowledgeable people may be able to explain the big age difference. My 4x great grandmother Ann WAITE married a bachelor William DUCKITT 6n 1773. She was 19 and he was a
By Margaret Shearing · #2788 ·
Re: Hull burial - STRAFFORD
It certainly does, and thank you again Jane Kind regards Margaret
By Margaret ELLIOTT · #2787 ·