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is there any 1 out there who could tell me how far electoral rolls go back and how do i do a search as ive hit a dead end wth granma miller there is no birth or death for her dad snowdon? i no they were in cross row pegswood in 1906 year of her marriage as no marriage cert it has her dad snowdon? but cant find any deaths in that name the electoral role is my last hope to even find who her parents were or siblings

Carol, Im sorry but its very difficult to read the above message with no capitals, punctuation, etc.

You want to know how far electoral rolls go back to find your gran? Women werent allowed to vote til about 1919 so your gran wouldnt be on an electoral roll before that.

You need to rewrite your message to say who you are looking for as "granma miller" will mean nothing to the rest of us. Are you saying that you cant find her birth certificate?

What is your grandmothers name and when did she marry and who did she marry and how old was she when she married?

And where is Pegswood?

Are you say you have her marriage certificate and her maiden name is Snowdon? What is her fathers name and occupation on the marriage certificate?

NB, Just googled, Pegswood is Northumberland for anyone interested.

thanks heather my gran ellen miller was living in cross row pegswood on her wed cert in 1906 her dad was named snowdon miller? deceased i have been unable to find any thing about him birth or death ellen was born about 1886 as her age on grave 71 in 1956 that is all ive got i thought i had em with a tom as the dad until i got wed cert and hit a dead end i no nothintg of electorals til i saw somewhere on this site and it give me an idea

Right, thank you.

Snowdon Miller is her father and her name is Ellen Miller and she was born about 1886.

But you dont say who she married and what was on the cert.

I take it Im right about Pegswood being in Northumberland?

Well, this looks likely her fathers marriage - there cant be many people with that first name:

Name: Snowdon Miller
Year of Registration: 1880
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Newcastle Upon Tyne
County: Northumberland, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10b
Page: 103 (


Slight problem on freebmd they seem to have included a Snowdon Miller twice for the quarter:

Marriages Mar 1880 (>99%)
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BREWIS William Blake Newcastle T. 10b 103
Carver Agnes Newcastle T 10b 103
Miller Snowdon Newcastle T 10b 103
Moore John Newcastle T 10b 103
Watson Mary Newcastle T. 10b 103

Marriages Mar 1880 (>99%)
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Brown David Newcastle upon Tyne 10b 160
Craig Annie Newcastle T.. 10b 160
Miller Snowdon Newcastle T. 10b 160
Moultars Hannah Alice Newcastle T. 10b 160
MOULTASS Hannah Alice Newcastle T 10b 160

yes she married george edward jackson they were in northumberland but i cant get any futher with her as there is nothing

i dont no who he married and there is no death or birth registered for him in that name thats why im hitting dead end

Well, you can order Snowdons marriage certificate using the reference above - you dont need the wifes name to order it from GRO - just the groom will do - for £7.

If you want to have another search - check for one of the brides first names plus Miller on the 1881 census which is free to search on familysearch.org. But its likely with a name like that, he used another one! But you have a lead now - just buy the marriage cert above.

yes you are right pegswood is northumberland

Carol, Ill let you catch up with the rest of the messages Ive left and check back later

ido you no if there is a death in that name

Have you tried freebmd? It may well be that the family could be in scotland at some census dates as they are so near the border.

Have you seen the above marriage for Snowdon?

There is also this marriage which I would consider is very likely his son or relative:

Name: James Snowdon Miller
Year of Registration: 1908
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Morpeth
County: Durham, Northumberland
Volume: 10b
Page: 773


Get the marriage cert for Snowdon - then you can work from that information.

Possible spouse for James Snowdon Miller. Amy Harbit.

birth James S Miller 1913 dec qt Morpeth gro ref 10b 868 Mother Harbit.

heather ive just been on fbdm and saw that and the funny thing is the family that i found a few months ago had a james in i wrote all i had down but with movin home a month and a half ago i put it somewhere and dont no where that is the family with tom at longhirst morpeth i no he was deceased by 1901 census il just have to try and find em again as it could be thomas snowdon

Get Snowdons marriage cert as above in 1880 and you can work from there. I would have thought a man with that name would very likely choose to use another one for every day.

But get the marriage cert!!

Snowdon was a popular given name in Morpeth...

Deaths Dec 1914 (>99%)
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Sunter Snowdon 63 Morpeth 10b 613

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Deaths Mar 1915 (>99%)
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Milburn Snowdon 64 Morpeth 10b 717

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Deaths Jun 1915 (>99%)
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Wilson Snowdon 33 Morpeth 10b 584

Carol,

here is a Miller family in Pegswood in 1901..... any relation to yourself?

1901 England Census
about Isabella Miller
Name: Isabella Miller
Age: 18
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: William
Gender: Female
Where born: Pegswood, Northumberland, England

Civil Parish: Ashington
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Sepulchre
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Morpeth
Sub-registration district: Bedlington
ED, institution, or vessel: 20
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 263
Household Members: Name Age
Isabella M Bell 43
William Bell 4
Benjamin B Miller 2
Isabella Miller 18
John Miller 24
William Miller 52

thanks wayne his death would of been in the late 1800s and surname miller i think it could be a thomas miller as there was a james on the census with family i found in longhirst and pegswood is not far from there thank you once again

the main person i no is ellen miller

Hi guys - Carol called me out on this one in a "success" post but I hadn't seen it, so I missed out on the fun.

Just re the duplicate listing for the Snowdon Miller marriage at FreeBMD -- one's an error, and they haven't done the "resolution" phase yet where they delete all the wrong transcriptions, so the wrong one is still sitting there with the right one.

I checked the images for both entries at Ancestry, where they tend to be clearer, and the correct page number is definitely 160.

So this is the info you need for ordering the cert, Carol:

Name: Snowdon Miller
Year of Registration: 1880
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Newcastle Upon Tyne
County: Northumberland, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10b
Page: 160

And like Heather says, that's what you need to do! That will give you his wife's and father's names.