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Yes Jan! What do you think about this situation here? It is all a bit strange. Do you think I should follow this line or not?

I can't see John or Sarah Reed at first glance.
Re. the mother-in-law - to be fair it was her 2nd marriage, and her father had died years before! And her brother's name was similar.
I never asked her about it as she had passed away before I started the tree.
Her error led me up the wrong tree for quite a while I can tell you! I was lucky that my husband's cousin had also started researching and pointed it out before I got in a total mess.
Just goes to show you can never be too careful..
Jan

This is fascinating Brummiejan! Why did your mother-in-law do that?! How fascinating!

The marriage certificate definitley says Mary's father is: 'Anthony Reed', a 'Farmer'.

Is there any sign of James Reed and his wife in the census?!

If this is true, then thank goodness for the family memoir I found. It is full of mistakes but is a bit of a bridge.

William?

name: William Reed
spouse's name: Esther Dinsdale

event date: 1839
event place: Long Newton, Durham, England
father's name: James Reed
mother's name:
spouse's father's name: Thomas Dinsdale

spouse's previous husband's name:
indexing project (batch) number: M00068-2
system origin: England-VR
gs film number: 1514586
reference id: 2:1G7R8WT



1841 England Census about William Reed
Name: William Reed
Age: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
Gender: Male

Civil parish: Long Newton
Hundred: Stockton (South West Division)
County/Island: Durham
Country: England
Registration district: Stockton and Sedgefield
Sub-registration district: Yarm

Thos Dinsdale 70
Ann Dinsdale 55
Ann Dinsdale 9
William Reed 20
Esther Reed 20

Anthony is married to an An in 1861. I think this might be his marriage, which supports the father's name as James.
I just wonder if Mary inadvertently had her brother's name recorded when she married? (My mother-in-law did this very thing!!).

name: Anthony Reed
:
spouse's name: Ann Newby
event date: 1853
event place: Long Newton, Durham, England
father's name: James Reed

spouse's father's name: Matthew Newby

indexing project (batch) number: M00068-2
system origin: England-VR
gs film number: 1514586
reference id: 2:1G7R9ZF

Hi Brummie Jan,

Yes I would say the 1851 looks correct! I have pieced this information together somewhat sparodically.

And yes, I also saw the baptism in 1815 for Mary Reed, daughter of James Reed and Sarah Towers. All quite odd!

Peter

Wrong father, but just wondered if connected:

name: Anthony Reed
gender: Male
christening date: 20 Mar 1821
christening place: YARM,YORK,ENGLAND
father's name: James Reed
mother's name: Sarah
:
indexing project (batch) number: C10601-1
system origin: England-ODM
gs film number: 919090


name: Mary Reed
gender: Female
christening date: 21 Jul 1815
christening place: YARM,YORK,ENGLAND

father's name: James Reed
mother's name: Sarah
:
indexing project (batch) number: C10601-1
system origin: England-ODM
gs film number: 919090
reference id:

Looks like brothers 1851 maybe??:


1851 England Census
Name: Anthony Reed (ag lab)
Age: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1823
Relation: Brother
Gender: M (Male)
Where born: Yarm, Yorkshire, England

Civil parish: Long Newton
County/Island: Durham

Registration district: Stockton
Sub-registration district: Yarm

William Reed 32 shoemaker
Esther Reed 30
James Reed 9
Thomas Reed 5
John Reed 3
Richard Reed 1
Anthony Reed 28
Mary Ann Dinsdale 7

I have Shirley ... no avail.

Have you looked on Family Search site. They seem to have parish records

Hi there, my ancestor Mary REED was born c. 1815 in Yarm, Yorkshire.

From a family memoir it she had a brother William (born c. 1817) and from a newspaper source which was found from this memoir a brother Anthony Reed (c. 1822-1889).

From Mary's marriage in 1840, her father is Anthony REED, a farmer.

I can't find a baptism for any of the three people mentioned. Or ANYTHING on her father. What can I do for more information?

Thanks,

Peter