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Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 559 Send Message	BoroGirl	Report	13 Feb 2009 13:59
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 559 Send Message	Hi, this lady was my gg grandmother she married my gg grand father William Harris in March 1881. Now with a name like Euphratis you would think it an easy task to find her birth, well I can't, could somebody please look for me 'cos I'm inpatient , I have sent for the marriage cert this morning should receive it shortly. Lesley.
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 73,136 Send Message	AnnCardiff	Report	13 Feb 2009 14:02
	where did she live?
	Researching: Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 20,615 Send Message	Heather	Report	13 Feb 2009 14:03
	May be she wasnt registered with that name? Where did they marry? me: Euphratis Mary Chisholm Year of Registration: 1881 Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar District: Middlesbrough (1875-1968) County: Yorkshire - North Riding Volume: 9d Page: 611 (
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 559 Send Message	BoroGirl	Report	13 Feb 2009 14:05
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 559 Send Message	they lived married in Middlesbrough,
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 73,136 Send Message	AnnCardiff	Report	13 Feb 2009 14:05
	she could be down as Effie - the ennumerator may have had difficulty in spelling her real name or perhaps he though she was the more common Euphemia - there are lots of those on the census so where she lived would be a help Ann
	Researching: Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 4,268 Send Message	RutlandBelle	Report	13 Feb 2009 14:07
	This is her marriage so she used the name then: Marriages Mar 1881 CHISHOLM Euphratis Mary Middlesbro' 9d 611
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Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 559 Send Message	BoroGirl	Report	13 Feb 2009 14:08
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 559 Send Message	that is her marriage yes, but she used Mary,
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 20,615 Send Message	Heather	Report	13 Feb 2009 14:09
	So many Mary Chisholms who may be her. Best to wait for that cert and then do the job properly.
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 559 Send Message	BoroGirl	Report	13 Feb 2009 14:11
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 559 Send Message	hearsay tells me she could have been born in Sunderland but don't know how much truth is in that.
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 73,136 Send Message	AnnCardiff	Report	13 Feb 2009 14:11
	1881 Margaret CHISHOLM Wife (Head) M Female 53 Shadwell, Middlesex, England Seamans Wife John W. CHISHOLM Son U Male 20 Sunderland, Durham, England Fitter At Engine Works (Eng) Irwin CHISHOLM Son U Male 18 Sunderland, Durham, England Mary E. CHISHOLM Daur U Female 16 Sunderland, Durham, England Anthony A. CHISHOLM Son U Male 13 Sunderland, Durham, England Agnes CHISHOLM Daur U Female 10 Sunderland, Durham, England -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Dwelling 26 Silksworth Row Census Place Bishopwearmouth, Durham, England Family History Library Film 1342199 Public Records Office Reference RG11 Piece / Folio 4987 / 83A Page Number 1 we donlt know where she was born - could this be her?
	Researching: Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 11,745 Send Message	FannyByGaslight	Report	13 Feb 2009 14:17
	patience is a virtue and looks like your going to have to have some to be sure,a week should do it,got a cert today and only 5 days! viv
	Researching: PLEASE REPLY ON YOUR POST AND NOT BY PERSONAL MESSAGE unless it is of a "sensitve"matter...Thank you
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 559 Send Message	BoroGirl	Report	13 Feb 2009 14:17
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 559 Send Message	maybe theres a lot more truth in the hearsay than I thought thankyou AoGG
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 559 Send Message	BoroGirl	Report	13 Feb 2009 14:19
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 559 Send Message	I got a cert. this morning that I ordered yesterday, think it's 'cos I'm lazy ordering instead of walking to registry office which is about 40 mins walk lol
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 11,745 Send Message	FannyByGaslight	Report	13 Feb 2009 14:25
	i have found that gro is quicker than most of the reg offices i have dealt with and only use reg office now if i want a search done to find something
	Researching: PLEASE REPLY ON YOUR POST AND NOT BY PERSONAL MESSAGE unless it is of a "sensitve"matter...Thank you
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 559 Send Message	BoroGirl	Report	16 Feb 2009 13:45
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 559 Send Message	marriage cert has arrived. married at St Paul's Parish Church Middlesbrough 03/03/1881. William Harris age 27, batchelor, blast furnace man, living Monroe Cottage, father thomas Harris , foreman. Euphratii Mary Chisholm age 22,spinster living Yates House, father Robert Chisholm (deceased) Engineer. Witness's Joseph Harris and Rachel Harris.
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 11,745 Send Message	FannyByGaslight	Report	16 Feb 2009 16:10
	this one beats me,you found anything lesley? ive even been to scotlands people and the scots census but nothing! do you think she may have been born abroad and isnt euphrati a river?
	Researching: PLEASE REPLY ON YOUR POST AND NOT BY PERSONAL MESSAGE unless it is of a "sensitve"matter...Thank you
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 11,745 Send Message	FannyByGaslight	Report	16 Feb 2009 16:37
	have you got them on 1891 or 1901 to tell us where they may have been born?
	Researching: PLEASE REPLY ON YOUR POST AND NOT BY PERSONAL MESSAGE unless it is of a "sensitve"matter...Thank you
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 11,745 Send Message	FannyByGaslight	Report	16 Feb 2009 17:20
	1901?with hubby away 1901 England Census about Mary Harris Name: Mary Harris Age: 42 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859 Relation: Wife Gender: Female Where born: Sunderland, Durham, England Civil Parish: Middlesbrough Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul Town: Middlesborough County/Island: Yorkshire Country: England Street address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status: View Image Registration district: Middlesbrough Sub registration district: Middlesbrough ED, institution, or vessel: 49 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 43 Household Members: Name Age Mary Harris 42 Mary J Harris 19 Thomas H Harris 13 Robert C Harris 11 Gwondothline Harris 9 William Harris 7 George M Harris 4
	Researching: PLEASE REPLY ON YOUR POST AND NOT BY PERSONAL MESSAGE unless it is of a "sensitve"matter...Thank you
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 1,837 Send Message	doddsy1	Report	16 Feb 2009 17:31
	Munroe Cottage 1881 Thos. Harris 53 Mary Harris 48 Esther Harris 24 Rachel Harris 22 Joseph Harris 19 Sarah Harris 17 Jas. Harris 15 Margaret Harris 13 Thos.Rd. Harris 10
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 1,837 Send Message	doddsy1	Report	16 Feb 2009 17:35
	1871 Thos Harris 42 Mary Harris 37 William Harris 17 Esther Harris 14 Joseph Harris 9 Sarah Harris 7 James Harris 5 Margaret Harris 3 Thos R Harris 11 months

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