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Parentage Confirmation/Dates

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Mark

Mark Report 26 Feb 2015 15:14

Please could I ask for assistance with this enquiry please...

Mary Elizabeth Heys 1774-1879 I have the parents as William Heys and Jennet. No surname for Jennet. Mary's husband Charles Holt is ancestral line. Mary and Charles married 20/09/1783 in Haslingden, Lancs

Thanks

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 26 Feb 2015 15:24

Do you have sources or where the dates taken from someone elses' tree?

Born 1774-1879 means she was 105 when she died. Typo or confirmed?

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 26 Feb 2015 15:27

County Lancashire
Place Haslingden
Church St James
RegisterNumber 824
MarriageDate 20 Sep 1783
GroomForename Charles
GroomSurname HOLT
GroomAbode Of this Chapelry
BrideForename Mary
BrideSurname HEYS
BrideAbode Of this Chapelry
WitnessOneForename R
WitnessOneSurname DUGDALE
WitnessTwoForename Henry
WitnessTwoSurname HEYHURST
Notes X Brides mark

http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/Search.pl

(from above free to use link)

Chris :)

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1319172

(relating)

http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Search/indexp.html

(if anything Lancs. on above)

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 26 Feb 2015 15:31

Not Elizabeth but?

Name: Mary Heys
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 13 Aug 1774
Christening Place: Haslingden, Lancashire, England
Father's name: John Heys
Mother's name: Jennet

Source Citation
Place: Haslingden, Lancashire, England; Collection: ; BTs; Date Range: 1741 - 1814; Film Number: 1068835
.............

Name: Mary Heys
Gender: Female
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 20 Sep 1783
Parish: Haslingden, Lancashire, England
Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Map:
View this parish
Spouse: Charles Holt
Register Type: Parish Register
Image says married after Banns
Witness Rd Dugdale, Henry Hayhurst

It's too early for father's names to be on the register, but as Mary was baptised in Halingden its a good chance the records are for the same person.

Source Information
Ancestry.com. Lancashire, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Original data: Lancashire Anglican Parish Registers. Preston, England: Lancashire Archives.





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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 26 Feb 2015 15:36

A tree on Ancestry as her burial as
1870 29 Jun Age: 96 Haslingden, Lancashire, England

Mark

Mark Report 26 Feb 2015 15:38

Thank you +++DetEcTive+++ i shall make contact to view there sources

+++DetEcTive+++

+++DetEcTive+++ Report 26 Feb 2015 15:41

Chris Ho gave the most useful links ;-)

malyon

malyon Report 26 Feb 2015 16:12


Jenny Heys
England and Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007
Name: Jenny Heys
Event Type: Death
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration Year: 1846
Registration District: Haslingden
County: Lancashire
Event Place: Haslingden, Lancashire, England