Genealogy Chat

Thanks Kath. I think you're right abut her name - she's Janette on the other censuses too. I guess I'll never really know. I'm not researching Emmas line as she's not a blood relation. Shame we can't travel back in time and ask them!

There is this birth on Ancestry:- Name: SMITH, Emma Record Type: Births Quarter: September Year: 1838 District: Dewsbury County: West Riding of Yorkshire Volume: 22 Page: 40 Looks about the right time. Kath. x

There is a Jematte Askey Smith on the 1871 census in Leeds. Wonder if it could be a relative? Her mother was Elizabeth from Scotland. Wonder if it was Elizabeth's maiden name, as they tend to do that in Scotland. (I think the Jematte could be Janette). Kath. x

stop laughing! we are no nearer the answer to you question than we were an hour ago!!

lol Jess - I hadn't thought of that. I'm sat laughing at my desk now :)

Looks good Gloria x

Try giving a copper your name when a bit tiddled if your name is Asquith Smith... I'm struggling stone cold sober!

Hmm... there's a couple of Asquith Smiths on Ancestry. Perhaps that's where it's from.

Thank you so much for that, Kath :) I was going to look for her after I found their son, Smith's marriages.

Tracy, Your thinking was spot on!! With the same reference as the marriage for Eli in Dewsbury is an Emma Smith. I'd say they were definitely your couple. Kath. x p.s. still doesn't help with your 'Askey' though.

Kathleen, that could be him! Thank you. It would come under Dewsbury in the GRO. Now all I have to do is find Emma :)

There is this marriage on 1837online for Eli Chappell:- Sept. qtr. 1860, Dewsbury, 9b, 624 Ossett and Dewsbury are quite close. Kath. x

Found the marriage of an Emma Askey, Leeds 1859 not to Eli though, to either Alfred Barron or Patrick Casey. She might have left the first husband and gone off with Eli, and because she never married him (Eli) gave the daughter her maiden name. That doesn't explain why the others don't have that bit in their names unless, she just gave it her being the only daughter. Just found the death of Patrick Casey age 26 Leeds 1866. Interesting Gloria

Thanks Gloria. I think that guiy is actually Alban. Not one of mine unfortunately. Alban Chapel abt 1840 Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Head Barnsley Yorkshire Elizabeth Chapel abt 1838 Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Wife Barnsley Yorkshire There is another marriage for an Eli Chappel in 1849. He is this Elis cousin.

This is the only marriage for an Eli Chappell I could find on Ancestry in Yorkshire Name Year Quarter Record Type District County Beckett, Robert 1859 September Marriages Barnsley West Riding of Yorkshire Booth, Mary Ann 1859 September Marriages Barnsley West Riding of Yorkshire Chappell, Ali* 1859 September Marriages Barnsley West Riding of Yorkshire Wainwright, Elizabeth 1859 September Marriages Barnsley West Riding of Yorkshire Gloria

Could be Jess, but I was thinking it would be Smith, given their first childs name. I can't find an Emma Askey in 1851.

Just wondering if her mothers maiden name is Askey, her own middle name is Ann..and the two just sort of roll together...

That's what I first though, Gloria, but I have Elis family back to 1700, and there is no other name like this anywhere. Perhaps it's from Emmas side? Think I'll have to trawl for a marriage.

Must be some sort of old family name, do you know the names of any earlier relatives that could be jumbled together---just a thought. Gloria

That's them Jess. I don't know Emmas maiden name yet. I can't find their marriage. Only just added them to my tree today, so I'm jumping ahead again lol