Genealogy Chat

Hi Alison. Don't forget to post as soon as you have the cert. Are you going to try to put branches on your tree or just go directly back as far as possible?

Boing! AT LAST the marriage certificate turned up today! John Riley is listed as being 26 at the time of his marriage to Mary Mars in April 1872, she was 23. It's hard to read the handwriting but I think it says that John is a fireman - and his dad is listed as Thomas Riley, labourer. Mary's dad is listed as John Mars, bricklayer, which is what you sleuths had already worked out, so that confirms that!

So, now I have a father and a profession I will try and follow a trail from John :-D

Jill, I have mainly been concentrating on going back but I have also gone off down some other branches, I am more interested in my direct ancestry but as I run out of steam or fancy a change of direction I have also been looking down some branches to see what I can find :-D

Good result then!, well done, it's coming together...

Chris :)

Just popped on to computer for a quick look. Glad it's arrived

I get the same thing Alison. Trouble is I've done too many changes of direction. But I don't care and it's keeping the little grey cells excercised which is why I enjoy this.

I've found an absolutely fascinating family with absolutely no connection to me. They married into a family who married into a family who married into one of hubby's lot. And to top it all a couple of weeks ago, I was chatting to a friend who seems to be related to this family through her mother. It's all good fun :-D

With luck be back this evening so if you need something looking for.......

xxJ

Still not easy :-D I've found two possibilities in the 1851 census - one is Thomas and Ann Riley, farm labourers living with Thomas' in-laws the Olivers, with John Riley listed as born in Gringley. A quick looky at the map shows that this is north east of Worksop (Warsop, where my John Riley is later listed as being born) is south west of Worksop. Thomas is listed as a farm labourer, and John has no middle name.

The other one is a Thomas Riley, 75 year old widower living with his 32 year old daughter and John who is listed as his son. They are living in Stapleford and that is where it also says John was born - and that is south East of Worksop, on the edge of Nottingham itself. Thomas is listed as a farmer, from Dublin. This John is a John W though.

Number 2 seems more interesting, but number 1 seems easier to track back given that it tells me the wife's maiden name :-D