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thanks julia thats great !
ann was john boddys sister, so he lived with her and her husband before he married. thanks for that
regards vanessa

Do you have the marriage cert for John Boddy and Mary Lavery as you said her name could be Lavery or Conley which is very confusing.

Christine

because of the misspelt surname on some of the birth certs of their children, she is registered as lavery on the marraige but on the birth certs she is dowm as lahey. but have been told by family members she was a conley which i also have record from the ancestry records. it is really confusing.

Hi Vanessa,

Can you explain what you mean that you have a record from the Ancestry records that her name was Conley?

If you have the marriage cert what is her father's name and occupation?

Christine

on the the marraige cert he is down as peter lavey, general labourer. he lived at 35 queen mary street.
mary is down as mary lavey 23 in 1902 when they married
john boddy 23 also
hope this helps.

Oh. That is confusing!
1901 census transcription details for: 35, Queen Mary Street, Middlesbrough
National Archive Reference:
RG number: RG13 Piece: 4578 Folio: 171 Page: 33

Reg. District: Middlesbrough Sub District: Middlesbrough
Parish: Middlesbrough Enum. District: 39
Ecclesiastical District: St Paul's City/Municipal Borough:
Address: 35, Queen Mary Street, Middlesbrough County: Yorkshire (North riding)
CONOLLY, Peter Head Married M 60 1841 Pudler (Iron Works)
Ireland
CONOLLY, Bridget Wife Married F 59 1842
Ireland
CONOLLY, Peter Son Single M 16 1885 Labourer (Ironworks)
Middlesbro
Yorkshire
CONOLLY, Mary Daughter Single F 23 1878 Charwoman
Sunderland
Durham

Maureen

It is confusing isn't it.

The family are Conley in 1881 but how did they become Lavey and where are Francis and Mary who are down as Boddy in 1911.


1881 England Census
about Mary Conley
Name: Mary Conley
Age: 4
Estimated birth year: abt 1877
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Peter
Mother's Name: Bridget
Gender: Female
Where born: Sunderland, Durham, England

Civil parish: Linthorpe
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Street Address: 96 Lower Calthorpe St
Education:

Employment status:

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Occupation: Scholar

Registration district: Middlesbrough
Sub-registration district: Middlesbrough
ED, institution, or vessel: 40
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Peter Conley 32
Bridget Conley 35
Margaret Conley 11
Michael Conley 6
Mary Conley 4
Francis Conley 2
Bridget Conley


I wondered if this could be the birth reg but there is no Mary on the same page and it appears from 1911 that they were twims.

Births Mar 1901 (>99%)
Conley Frank Middlesbro' 9d

Christine

im just confused because like you said why are they registered as lavey on the marraige cert mmmmm. thats why my aunty said they were connoly. so going by the address mary lavey who married my grandad john boddy was connoly but went by a different name when she got married
the part where she was born in sunderland is right and all the first names are right. and so the mystery continues!!!

now, if my grandad francis boddy and his twin siater mary were born in 1900 like ive been told and there is no record of their birth. then in theory they should of been living with mary conley in 1901 with her parents peter and bridget, because she didnt marry john boddy till 1902.

Cripes. Is this the same family in 1871? The handwriting is hard to read,so I'm not sure of the spelling of the surname:
1871
Name: Margaret Levey
Age: 1
Estimated birth year: abt 1870
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Peter
Mother's Name: Bridget
Gender: Female
Where born: Darlington, Durham, England
Civil parish: Middlesborough
County/Island: Durham
Country: England
Registration district: Stockton
Sub-registration district: Yarm Civil Parish, Township or Place
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Household schedule number: 153
Household Members:
Name Age
Peter Levey 25 Occ: Lab. Iron works born Ireland
Bridget Levey 25 born Ireland
James Levey 6 born Middlesborough
Margaret Levey 1
Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 4890; Folio: 73; Page: 33

Maureen

thats too much of a coinsidence!!! its got to be?
can u do me a favour please. by looking on the certs ive noticed a match with a surname that appears too often. im thinking that maybe mary conley/lavey maried before and had francis and mary (twins) out of wedlock or with anothre person??
the people who appear on the certs regually are martin joseph o'brien and thomas o'brien. could you check the 1901 cencus to see if maybe francis and mary were living with an o'brien in case they had a different dad??
thankyou

Sorry,I'm not seeing anything.
Confused again,though. Where do the O'Brien names appear? On christening records or something?

Maureen

ive just looked on the tees valley indexes to see if a mary conley married before she married john boddy and it said a mary conley married a thomas o'brien in 1898. then on my grandads marraige cert francis boddy who we cant find the birth cert to. there is a witness called martin joseph o'brien.

Oh. Still nothing on my part,though. Sorry.

Maureen

thats ok
its really strange how the family go by 2 different names!! lavey and conley...
i wish i could find the births of francis and mary!!

i just wanted to say thankyou, soo much for all your help. you have helped me put the missing pieces together on my family tree.
thanku again
regards vanessa