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Many thanks Zoe - problem is, the address on the marriage certificate was the same as her husbands... Take care.. John

John All I can suggest (don't know if it's poss) is to try to get electoral records for the address on the marriage cert and see if that unveils any info. As we do not have an esablished birth year or place I cannot find anything that is watertight Sorry Zoe

hi zoe after another pair of eyes. im looking into 1891 census for charles edward williams b1867 and alice louisa williams b1871. i have the marriage in 1889 between charles and alice(millard) they have a son born 1890/1891(found in both but not yet confirmed date). in 1901 charles e williams b1867 bromley,kent, butcher(sausage manufature) and wife alice b1871 st pancras living with children in st pancras area. any help will be great kerry

hi zoe tryint find info about my great grandfather and his fatherthis is wat i know: his name is william morgan all i know about him is that he had 2 children : william alfred morgan born 20th march 1907 in ystrad mynuch caerphilly and harold morgan (my grandfather) born 14th june 1908 in bedwellty tredegar. he married elizabeth jane phillips on the 29th april 1913 in st margrets church mountain ash and they were living in 18 victor street mountain ash over the next few years the moved a few time within the mountain ash area, then in 1936 they were living in 59 woodland terrace mountain ash where his father also william morgan died at the age of 89,then in the late 30s earley 40s they opened a cafe or tea shop in penrhiwceiber, then on the 10th of december 1948 william died at the age of 71 at ty pontypridd if anyone can relate to this family i would love to hear from u as im stuck and cant go any further thank you clare if you could help in any way thanks

Hi Zoe I have something that is intriguing me, if you can help in any way I will be eternally grateful. In my family tree their was a Trust Fund left to my maternal grandmohter named Ellen Blanche Cocks (birthname was actually Cock), b: 1896 Putney. She married a Thomas William Nichols around 1912 and was left this KELLY TRUST which we know came from her Mother's side of the family (Godsiff)in Ireland. George Robert Godsiff , Ellen's maternal Grandfather is the farthest I have been able to go back on that side. b:1828 in Rochester Kent. I think at that time they were probably one of the 1st Godsiff families recorded online in England at that time. As yet I have not found any Kelly connection apart from Robert Godsiff who was born 1841 in Ireland (must be some relation but not sure) and Mary Gogarty b: 1865 Co Meath who married a son of George's called Henry Godsiff, I think in 1898. I have no further details on that. Can you point me in the right direction to treace this. Any more information you need let me know. Regards Ingrid PS If you can't help with this I have another Godsiff lookup on 1881 census which George's family are not traceable. I'll give you details later

Gloria Do you have the childrens birth years please and I will see what I can do Zoe

Chris Do you know where she was born or when Ralph was born & where (was Ralph born under his mothers maiden name or was Hayes her married name), Do you know who Ralphs father was? Zoe

Brenda Have looked and looked they are either badly mostranscribed or did not want to be found. I would advise you to try and follow Robert back in the census in the hope of establishing a family connection Maybe even get his marriage cert to confirm his father. Sorry couldn't be more help Zoe

Irene Do you have your great grandfathers marriage cert? Who does it name his father as and what is the occupation? Do you have Thomas in any other census as it's easier to track backwards through censuses than forward. Have you found this family in 1881/1891/1901 if so please post info Zoe

Elizabeth Sites to use http://freebmd.rootsweb*com BMD's upto around 1910ish incomplete www.ancestrry*co*uk Census 1881 free BMD's www.familysearch.org Parish records BMD Replace * with . Have found this Right area right parents names but No William maybe William is down as John Head is a Ag Lab! Eliza Ketley abt 1818 Roxwell, Essex, England Wife Roxwell Essex Francis Ketley abt 1860 Roxwell, Essex, England Son Roxwell Essex George Ketley abt 1840 Caster, Essex, England Son Roxwell Essex James Ketley abt 1819 Great Easton, Essex, England Head Roxwell Essex John Ketley abt 1851 Caster, Essex, England Son Roxwell Essex Sarah A Ketley abt 1859 Roxwell, Essex, England Daughter Roxwell Essex Stephen Ketley abt 1854 Roxwell, Essex, England Son Roxwell Essex Don't know if you have this Marriages Mar 1840 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KETLEY James Chelmsford 12 55 Eliza ayley on same page The above marriage cert would confirm parents ages as I can find no others that match on census. Williams birth cert ref ~ this may help if address is same on 1851 census Births Dec 1852 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ketley William Chelmsford 4a 118 Zoe

Lisa Have looke din March 1903 not Frederick William Foot getting married that month, all I can suggest is you go through the marriage index of Foot for the years 1901-1905 and see if you find a Frederick William Foot, if so then check in the Clements names for a marriage under that page and volume number. You can do this for free at Ancestry BMD BETA Zoe

Hi Zoe - sort this one out and I'll call you 'HOLMES'.... Mother - Bertha Elizabeth Walsh. Born 1895 (possibly, could be earlier, no official date of berth), place of birth, unknown, could be Lancashire/Yorkshire. May have spent early years in a 'home' in the Yorkshire area, possibly brought up by nuns. Father was called Edward, down as deceased on marriage certificate in 1920. (Her date of birth was alo down as 1895, but this could have been simply because her husband's dob was also 1895). No record of this woman being born anywhere with this dob.. She was in service, employed as a Nursery Maid with a 'Major Robert Bell TURTON, in Stokesley at 'Kildale Hall' (Rosebury Topping Cleveland Hicks) possibly between 1910 - 1917. (I did find a Bertha Walsh born 1892 with father called Edward in Charnock Richard, Lancashire. But not certain if this is the same person. no one in the family seemed to have had any info on her before 1920. If you can find anything at all on Bertha Elizabeth Walsh before 1920, I will be absolutely amazed ( and happy). Best wishes Zoe... John (alias Sir Arthur Connan Doyle) !!!!!!!

Hi Zoe Someone told me that the Scottish/English border changed a lot, so if I have a family with some children born in Roxburghshire, Scotland and some baptised in Wooler, Northumberland, ENG around 1839-1850, do you know how (or where) I could find their birth information? They are the children of Robert and Margaret HOPE (MOIR):- Charles, Margaret, Isabella, Jane and Thomas. These are the ones I have listed on the 1851 Census in Coldstream, BER, Scotland. I have only been searching the IGI and Scotland's People on-line. I don't know what is available on-line for England. I am really hoping that you can give me some advice. Thanks, if you can! Regards Gloria J Moloney Caboolture, Australia

hi hi from new zealand looking for history of edith hayes born 1881 think her full name was edith jane hayes moved to australia early 1900s son named ralph

Hi there Have been rather busy this weekend so apologise for the delay will catch up later today after my appointments Zo xx

Hi Zoe, I hope it will be 3rd time lucky ! The 1861 Census shows William and George Phipps, as sons of Robert & Sarah. Robert was 21 years of age and as William was born 1846 and George in 1851 then they were clearly not his sons. Presume he was a relative (cousin) as all the males were born in St Clement Danes. The address was 52 Chapter St. William's birth certificate gives the family address as 10 Milford Lane in the Sub-district of St.Clement Danes and his father shown as a Coal Porter (makes a change from all the Ag-Labs !). William's marriage certificate (September 1867) also states same occupation for father who was deceased; William's address by then was Houghton St, Clare Market. He was married by Banns at St Clement Danes. No certificates yet for George but he was shown living with William and his family in 1871, marrying in December 1872 at St.Clement Danes then in 1881 was on Census for Walthamstow where he claimed he was born in Bethnal Green ! The Robert Phipps I am looking for appears to have died June 1855 in the Strand area and IGi has thrown up a Robert Skinner Phips (different spelling) born Jan 1811 in St Clement Danes plus a Rebecca Elizabeth Clark (also different spelling) born Aug 1811 in St Martin in the Fields. There are so many Phipps/Phips/Fipps/Phibbs etc. all in this Strand area of Westminster a new pair of eyes might solve it. I sincerely hope so and will be eternally grateful, as the saying goes, if you do. MAny thanks, Brenda.

Zoe, This message has disappeared for the 2nd time !!! Boards are playing up. Will try again later, if still no joy then will send as an e-mail. Apologies.

Zoe, This message has disappeared for the 2nd time !!! Boards are playing up. Will try again later, if still no joy then will send as an e-mail. Apologies.

Hi Zoe, Many thanks for the info about the Electoral Rolls, will give them a go. Without people like yourself Zoe, I would still be up my Tree without a Ladder!!! Really appreciate all your time and help. My Best Wishes to you, Georgina

Hello Zoe, Thanks for the kind offer. My biggest mystery is where people get their info from. I'm in Australia but find it difficult to get out. Can you give me any websites I could subscribe to or thing I could buy. I use Family search and all the free ones. My second mystery is the KETLEY family. James and Eliza (Ayley). Son William born Oct 1852 Good Easter, Essex. Anyway of finding any other children or what happened to James and Eliza. William came to Australia in 1874 so I have him. If you solve my first mystery I might be able to do the second myself. Thanks.