Genealogy Chat

looking at the mary ann on ancestry birth, could they have been late registered, as mary should be c 1868 if its the right one and the only one close is 1870

Sandra I'm just checking out free Bmd for Mary ann's i'm sure i once found one for around 1865-66. Were they allowed to register them late back then? DebX

deb i can't find anything else, the only other thing i can suggest is a parish record look up for a baptism, sometime they give the birth date as well. happy hunting sandra

Harriet looks like being registered in 1879!

Tracy where did you find that information from? Deb X

Birth Mar 1866 Burke Mary A Wolverhampton 6b 577 Birth Dec 1866 Burke Mary A Stafford 6b 8 Birth Dec 1866 Burke Mary A Walsall 6b 569 Birth Sep 1868 Burke Mary Ann Walsall 6b 621

Sandra Thanks anyhow for your help, told you it was a tricky family eh!! LOL. Cheers Deb X

Deb, I tried every permutation of Harriet and Burke I could think of, and only these ones showed up... Birth Sep 1871 Burke Harriet Elizabeth Gloucester 6a 290 Birth Dec 1879 Burke Harriet Birmingham 6d 79 3 Birth Sep 1883 Burke Harriet Birmingham 6d 89 4 Birth 3 1891 Burke Harriet Aston 6d 230

Tracy Now i'm getting more confused, which site did you find those on LOL Deb X

It was FamilyRelatives.

Tracy I have a birth certificate for a Harriet Burke born 1873 but i can't as yet confirm if its the right one because there isnt a fathers name on it. But saying that ive noticed Harriets mother was widowed on the 1871 census and obviously harriet was born after this time but still took on the Burke name ;-0 so it could have been that she didnt put it on. I also got the birth certificate of her brother (James)my gr gr grandad (or at least i thought it was his). But his fathers name didnt match up with the one on James's Marraige certificate, BUT the mothers name was the same as the one i got for HARRIET. Are you still with me on this one LOL . Deb X

Wonder why that one's not on there. Was she born in Staffs too?

Yes Tracy she was it says on the 1881 census she was born Ivesy Bank Stafford but cant find where it is. Deb X

I think I'd probably not bother ordering certs. You have all their names from the censuses etc. I'd leave it at that - I'm lazy lol

I meant on the cert you have for her.... is it from Staffs?

Tracy Yes on the certificate she was born in Bradley and her mother was living in union House Sedgley Dont worry i have been tempted to leave it at that believe me. But i need to find out the mothers maiden name and were abouts the father came from so i can get back further. Thanks for your help Deb X

Birth certificates should show mother's maiden name. Try looking for a Mary X marrying a Burke. The father may have had two christian names that he used interchangeably.

Brenda I have tried searching for the marraige too but with no luck. The 2 birth certificates i ordered had the same mothers name which is a coincidense i think but only one had a fathers name on , which was a John Burke but on James's marraige certificate his father was called James Burke. Do you think John and James could have been the same father? Deb X

Another question you may or may not want to answer - who is Harriet's father? It ca't be James and Catherine's dad cause he's dead by 1871 lol I found 3 John Burke's marrying Mary, but no James'.

Tracy Can you give me the details of the John Burkes Marrying a Mary , does is say the surname for the mary's? As for harriets father i have no idea how to go about that on, but that depends on whether the certificate i have for her is correct, as there is no father on there. Can't you just tell it's a Irish family LOL. Deb X