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West Yorkshire, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910
Name: Sarah Ann Swann
Birth Date: 28 Mar 1875
Parish: Leeds, St Peter
Baptism Date: 11 Apr 1875
Father's Name: Thomas Swann - Press setter
Mother's Name: Dinah Swann
Address: Waterloo Place
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Looks like her marriage:

West Yorkshire, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935

Name: Sarah Ann Swann, spinster. A tailoress of 7 Middleton Street
Birth Year: abt 1876
Age: 22
Marriage or Bann Date: 30 Apr 1898
Parish: Burmantofts, St Agnes and St Stephen
Father's Name: Thomas Swann - Press Setter
Spouse's Name: Gilbert Rawson Hobson - , bachelor. A plumber age 24 of 4 Spink Road.
Spouse's Father's Name: Joseph Hobson - Moulder

Witnesses: Charles Mills and Clara Jane Hobson.
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1911 for her:

HOBSON, Gilbert Head Married 12 years M 36 1875 Glazier Leeds Yorkshire
HOBSON, Sarah Ann Wife Married F 35 1876 Leeds Yorkshire
HOBSON, Gladys Daughter Single F 12 1899 School Leeds Yorkshire

RG number: RG14 Piece: 23769
Reference: RG14PN23769 RG78PN1378B RD464 SD2 ED68 SN336
Registration District: Chorlton
Sub District: Ardwick
Enumeration District: 68
Parish: South Manchester

Address: 15 Tintern Street Rusholme Manchester County: Lancashire

3 children born, 2 had died.
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Not seeing any death that could be her in the Cheltenham area.

Looks like John Thomas had 3 sisters on the 1881:

SWANN, Thomas Head Married M 40 1841 Cloth Press Setter (U) Leeds, Yorkshire
SWANN, Dinah Wife Married F 42 1839 Leeds, Yorkshire
SWANN, Edith S A Daughter Single F 19 1862 Boot Machinist Leeds, Yorkshire
SWANN, James E Son Single M 16 1865 Clerk (Loan Office) Leeds, Yorkshire
SWANN, Lucy S Daughter Single F 14 1867 Boot Fitter Leeds, Yorkshire
SWANN, John T Son Single M 10 1871 Scholar Leeds, Yorkshire
SWANN, Sarah A Daughter Single F 6 1875 Scholar Leeds, Yorkshire
LONGBRIDGE, George Boarder Single M 10 1871 Scholar Leeds, Yorkshire

Piece: 4520 Folio: 116 Page: 22
Registration District: Leeds
Civil Parish: Leeds

Address: 6, Waterloo Pl, Leeds County: Yorkshire (West riding)

I've sent Dave images of the records that I'd already posted but I hadn't thought of looking up Dorothy's marriage.

When I've been looking at various records and census it seems that the Colleys, Broadheads and Swanns all lived around Freehold Street so it appears Dorothy would have still had contact with her dad and siblings, which is nice.

Hi Dave,

Can't help with the relation I'm afraid - it looks like your grandmother kept in touch with her birth family as well as her adopted family. There are 6 witnesses on her marriage certificate, including 2 Colleys!

Her father is named as Isaac Tempest Colley, carrier. If you haven't already got the certificate I can download and send by PM. Let me know

Hi Marie Celeste
Thanks for that ,sorry it's a bit vague , maybe it was a sister of Agnes's husband John Thomas Swann?? My dad says his mum took him on holiday to Prestbury to a house that backed onto the racecourse and it was a relatives house!

Baptism of Dorothy's mother:

West Yorkshire, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910
Name: Ada Green
Birth Date: 4 Nov 1872
Parish: Leeds, St Peter
Baptism Date: 14 Sep 1873
Father's Name: Joseph Green - Stonecutter.
Mother's Name: Jane Ann Green
Address: Crossmill Street

Baptised the same day was a brother James William born 4 November 1869.

What was Agnes' sisters name?

EDIT: I really don't think Agnes had a surviving sister. According to the 1911 census Josiah Charles and Hannah Broadhead had 6 children to the marriage and stated 4 of them had died. This is what I found:-

Agnes Owen b1873 (before parent's marriage) married John Thomas Swann, alive in 1911
William b1885 married 1907 to Amelia Rhodes and alive in 1911
Charles Arthur b1875 d1895
Mary Ann b1877 d1884
Sarah Jane b1880 d1880
John Henry b1890 d1891

Do you think your dad might mean Dorothy's sister?

Great I've finally found it , having put in the mis-spelted names. This is what my dad wanted to see , I think he'll be a bit emotional !! He now wants me to find Agnes Swann's sister who moved to Prestbury in Cheltenam but that's another story and I guess another separate thread, cheers everyone!

Always a pleasure to help Dave especially when the poster stays around to see what has been found and gives feedback.

Good luck with your research.

Mrs. Rootie.

Thanks Rootgather and MarieCelste I'm so impressed your both stars

Aah - found it, really bad mis-transcriptions:

SWAM, John Thomas Head Married 14 years M 40 1871 House Printer Yorkshire Leeds
SWAM, Agnes Wife Married F 38 1873 Yorkshire Leeds
CALLEY, Dorothy Adopted Daughter F 8 1903 School Yorkshire Leeds

RG number: RG14 Piece: 27099
Reference: RG14PN27099 RG78PN1550 RD500 SD5 ED8 SN134
Registration District: Leeds
Sub District: North East Leeds
Enumeration District: 8
Parish: Leeds

Address: 88 Freehold St York Road Leeds County: Yorkshire (West riding)

So if you search for Dorothy Calley you should find her!

It looks like Ancestry is the only site that is fetching up the correct census for Dorothy.

I've tried Genes, FindMyPast and 1911census and none of them are finding Dorothy. I've tried census reference search and address search so Brightsolid (owners of those sites) are missing some records somewhere.

Dave, if you click on my name to send a personal message with an email address I'll send you the original image from ancestry.

Dave, I used Ancestry for the 1911 census. I just put in Dorothy, born Leeds and her year of birth. I didn't put in a surname as we weren't sure whether she would be Swann or Colley. She came up as Colley with her Swann adopted parents.

When you search put in Dorothy Colley born 1903 Leeds, Yorkshire and you should find her.

Ok thanks Kay

Dave,

There wont be any formal records as Doroth married in 1924 as Dorothy Colley,so never legally changed her surname to Swann,it appears a surname she was known under only.

And what about the adoption records guys any advice or is it going to be too difficult to establish?

Rootgatherer what was your source for this I still cant find her in the 1911 census what am I doing wrong?

Name: Dorothy Colley
Age in 1911: 8
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1903
Relation to Head: Adopted Daughter
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Civil parish: Leeds
County/Island: Yorkshire-West Riding
Country: England
Street Address: 88 Freehold St Yorks Road Leeds

Might as well throw in Isaac's baptism:

West Yorkshire, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910
Name: Isaac Tempest Colley
Birth Date: 25 Apr 1862
Parish: Leeds, St Peter
Baptism Date: 31 Aug 1862
Father's Name: Phillip Colley - Currier
Mother's Name: Mary Ann Colley

Freehold Street address.

Mary Ann's probate (Dorothy's paternal grandmother):

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
Name: Mary Ann Colley
Probate Date: 12 Nov 1914
Death Date: 30 Sep 1914
Death Place: Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Registry: Wakefield

Widow of 4 St Agnes Mount, Burmantofts, Leeds. Probate to Henry Colley, boot manufacturer and Frank Leake, butcher. Effects £58 9s 7d

Dave - give your dad a hug from us!

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