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LadyKira

LadyKira Report 17 Sep 2011 15:31

Hi Kim

It is a wonderful site but as you say over &00 Thomas's to choose from. I have already checked for Thomas Annie and her siblings bu I have not as yet found a match.

I have also checked on Liverpool marriage records on Ancestry.

It is definitely the marriage certificate you need between Henry and Annie. You have been asked several times if you have it. If you do not have it I have posted the reference. It will give fathers name and occupation.

You have the mothers name from 1901 cencus and a sibling too.

Kim

Kim Report 17 Sep 2011 15:38

I have deleted the marriage I found as it was clearly far too early

Margaret, there were a lot of Thomas Molyneuxes around in Lancashire at the time. The only way you can sort them out is by working backwards through the BMD certificates until you get to a stage where you can pinpoint them successfully on the census, otherwise you will get into an awful tangle. We would like to help but we need to know what you have already - and what you are sure of - so that we, too, are not chasing our tails. Do you have the birth certificates for your direct ancestors back Henry Mills and Ann(ie) Molyneux? If so and if you are absolutely sure they are the correct parents, do you have their marriage certificate? If you could post the details of that certificate on your thread, including the names of witnesses, then I for one would happily have another look at it for you.

Incidentally, if the 1861 census entry found by LadyKira is correct, then the baptism of Matthew appears to be on Ancestry but Thomas's occupation is shown as labourer....if they were unskilled or semiskilled they did not always follow the same occupation, unfortunately.

Best wishes

Kim in Hull

Kim

Kim Report 18 Sep 2011 14:06

Margaret,

The Matthew Molyneux I referred to above was born on 30 Sep 1860 and baptised in St Peter's, Liverpool on 16 Oct 1860. His parents were Thomas (a labourer) and Ann of Slade Street - the address LadyKira has given you for the 1861, where Thomas is shown as a carter. Matthew died in 1867.

It looks like he may well have had a couple of brothers born in the 1860s:

George Molyneux born 29 Dec 1865 and baptised 15 Jan 1866 in St Peter's, son Of Thomas (labourer) and Ann of Bostock Street. He died in 1869

Thomas William Molyneux born 29 Aug 1868 and baptised on the 9 Sep 1868. Other details as George above. Thomas Wm died in 1870

Is it only the slightly skewiff birth years that you are unsure about? I wouldn't be too worried about it - they were often a bit out perhaps because of clerical error or they wanted to appear younger or older than they actually were. Everything else about the census entries seems to fit:

1861 in 42 Slade Street: Thomas (30), Ann (24), Margaret (2) & Matthew (6months)

1881 in 25 Paxton Street: Thomas (50), Ann (43), Ann (11) & Mary (8) My only concern with this one is that Thomas was not at home but there are various reasons I can think of as to why he would be absent...or perhaps he was adopted.

1891 in 25 Teulon Street: Thomas (60), Ann (64), Ann (30), Mary A (15) & Thomas (12). BUT the enumerator has scored through the ages and they are virtually impossible to read. To me, on the original the ages of Ann and Mary A look like 20 and 17 respectively.

1901 in 43 Medlock Street, Kirkdale, Liverpool: Harry Mills (36), Annie (29), Ethel (4), Thomas (2), Annie (6 mo), Thomas Molyneux (21), Mary Ann (21), Thomas (9 mo) and Annie senior, widow (74)

1911 in 74 Arlington Street Henry Mills (45), Ann (39), Mary Alice (19), Anna (16), Ethel (15), Thomas Henry (13), Annie (11), Mary Elizabeth (6) & May (4). The return shows that they have had 7 children, of whom 4 are still living but all of the children listed above are listed as son/daughter, so some of them were adopted.

I have been unable to trace them in 1871 or the earlier census years of 1841 and 1851. You could really do with getting hold of a birth certificate for one of the children but there were several Anns born about the same time. Matthew would be the best choice as we have his exact date of birth and can pinpoint him on a census but it looks as if his birth may not have been registered :-P

The only one I seem to be able to pin down is Thomas William, whose birth was registered in Liverpool Sep qr 1868 vol 8b pg 65. Perhaps if you told Liverpool registrars that you only wanted the certificate if he was the son of Thomas & Ann, they might not cash your cheque if it turned out he was the wrong one!

I did have a look for the marriage of Thomas & Ann. There was an 1851 marriage between Thomas Molyneux & Ann Weadell at the register office but it seems a little early and I suspect "Weadell" may be misspelt.

I hope this goes some way towards clarifying, rather than confusing, the issue. Please, do let us know what you think and whether there are any other issues which need resolution.

Best wishes

Kim in Hull

LadyKira

LadyKira Report 18 Sep 2011 14:19

Ahh I think I see what you are saying

Marriages Mar 1890
MILLS Henry W. Derby 8b 556
Molyneux Ann W.Derby 8b 556

1891 census - household transcription
Person: MOLYNEUX, Ann
Address: 25, Teulon Street, Kirkdale, Liverpool
MOLYNEUX, Thomas Head Married M 60 1831 Carter Liverpool
MOLYNEUX, Ann Wife Married F 64 1827 Liverpool
MOLYNEUX, Ann Daughter Single F 30 1861 Liverpool <<<<<<<
MOLYNEUX, Mary A Daughter Single F 15 1876 Liverpool
MOLYNEUX, Thomas Son M 12 1879 Liverpool

She should be married in 1891.

You have still not come back with your source for date of marriage and address. It would help tremendously.

Kim

Kim Report 18 Sep 2011 14:36

I've been looking for Henry Mills married to Ann in the 1891 without success - perhaps he was away at sea and she was at home with parents and the enumerator has assumed she was single.

Bets wishes

Kim

LadyKira

LadyKira Report 18 Sep 2011 14:55

How about you step back a bit further and tell us what you know of the children of Henry and Annie?

Kim

Kim Report 18 Sep 2011 17:58

???
Just had a thought about that marriage for a Thomas posted yesterday (and which I deleted today as the age & occupation did not fit with our previous findings) and found these in 1891 @ 55 Saxon Street, West Derby:

Thomas Molyneux 49 carter b Simonswood
Hannah wife 49 b Rainford
Thomas son 22 printer/compositer b Liverpool
John son 17 printer/compositer b Liverpool

Unfortunately, there's no Ann with them in 1881!

Kim

Kim Report 18 Sep 2011 18:23

Hannah would not be old enough to be the "Annie" of 1901. As brother Thomas and his wife are with Ann and Henry Mills in 1901 and if Margaret has the marriage certificate for Ann stating she is the daughter of Thomas, a carter, I think it's almost certain that it's the family we tracked back yesterday.

BWs

Kim

Gary

Gary Report 4 Mar 2012 21:07

Hello, I was going thru the Molyneux posts here on GRU and came across this post.
Although it isn't relative to the question. I see you mentioned a Thomas Molyneux and his wife Ann with children Ann, Mary & son Thomas.
[I know Thomas Jr's.wife and children and their spouses but it ends there.]
I was wondering if mother Ann's of which you mentioned could maiden name could of been Johnson.
If so then it's the Thomas I'm trying to tie into my data.
I had Thomas & Ann with son Thomas but had no sisters.
I'd like to add any info on Ann And Mary
I personally am descended from the older Thomas's sister Ellen Molyneux.my gg-grandmother. Of which I can't seem to get to much info on other than birth and marrige data. thanks ...Gary