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The marriage of John Reeder Kershaw

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Wendy

Wendy Report 16 Sep 2018 20:40

One of my husband's ancesters is John Reeder Kershaw born in Bradford in 1877. I have found him on the 1901 census age 25 and single. On the 1911 census it shows him married for 8 years and his wife name is Eliza and he has 3 living children. I looked up their births and it shows there mothers maiden name as Blanchfield however when I look into the marriages for 1903 it shows John Reeder Kershaw as marrying a Sarah Alice White in 1902.As his is such an unusual name I am really puzzled as to finding his marriage to Eliza Blanchfield and not Sarah Alice White. Can anyone help me out here please. :-

greyghost

greyghost Report 16 Sep 2018 20:48

For our info -

1911 Census For England & Wales
173 Ingleby Street Bradford, Bradford, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West Riding), England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
John Reedes Kershaw Head Married Male 34 1877 Wool Combing Overlooker Bradford
Eliza Kershaw Wife Married Female 30 1881 - Bradford
Maggie Kershaw Daughter - Female 4 1907 - Bradford
Edmund Kershaw Son - Male 1 1910 - Bradford
John Kershaw Son - Male 0 1911 - Bradford

Gosh they were busy - married 8 years 6 children born 3 living, 3 have died


Name: Mother's Maiden Surname: Order:
KERSHAW, EDMUND BLANCHFIELD Order
GRO Reference: 1909 S Quarter in BRADFORD Volume 09B Page 80

greyghost

greyghost Report 16 Sep 2018 20:51

https://www.freebmd.org.uk
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

Marriages Sep 1902 (>99%)
Bailey John William Bradford 9b 279
Blanchefield Eliza Bradford 9b 279 <<<<<<<<<<<<<
Kershaw John Reader Bradford 9b 279 <<<<<<<<<<<<<
Nuttall Mary Hannah Bradford 9b 279

Andrew

Andrew Report 16 Sep 2018 20:53

???

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Sep 1902 (>99%)
Bailey John William Bradford 9b 279
>>>>Blanchefield Eliza Bradford 9b 279
>>>>Kershaw John Reader Bradford 9b 279
Nuttall Mary Hannah Bradford 9b 279

Andy

greyghost

greyghost Report 16 Sep 2018 21:04

England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005

On FMP - John has been wrongly transcribed with the GRO reference 9b 249
Will report

MarriageFinder ™
John Reader Kershaw married one of these people
Sarah Alice White, Mary Jane Hill
District Bradford
District number -
County Yorkshire
Country England
Volume 9B
Volume as transcribed 9B
Page number 249

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 16 Sep 2018 21:11

This is from FreeBMD. No John Kershaw.


Marriages Sep 1902 (>99%)

Baldwin George William Bradford 9b 249 Scan available - click to view
Hill Mary Jane Bradford 9b 249 Scan available - click to view
Rhodes Abraham Thomas Bradford 9b 249 Scan available - click to view
WHITE Sarah Alice Bradford 9b 249 Scan available - click to view

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

Wendy

Wendy Report 16 Sep 2018 21:14

Thank you for this information, a great help.!!