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hi everyone
i have recived the marriaage cert for my gt gt grandfather JOSEPH MAY the reason i sent for it was that the lady who he married SUSANNAH WALKER yep walker theres hundreds of them so thats why i sent for it but having now got it its a very badly written one it was his 1st marriage they were only married a few months & she died anyway back to the cert it states that susannnah,s father was called john walker but his occupation is unreadable i have loooked for her with her parents prio to her marraige but coming up with nothing i can find one with a james but not a john can anyone help locate her here is what i know

she married in july 1871 to joseph may her age is given as 19 spinster so i calculate her birth to be c 1852 at time of marriage she was living at close street in leeds west yorkshier the marriage took place at st marks woodhouse leeds she died & was burried in leeds
can anyone see a susannah walker with father john that i,m missing

many thanks in advance for any help or infomation given

jacky

Hi Jacky,

We could really do with John's occupation - you say it is unreadable??

Can't promise but I have had a lot of success in the past reading very poorly written certs.

If you wan't to scan it and e-mail me a copy I would be willing to have a try.

Let me know and I will send you my direct e-mail address.

Dea x

P.S. - Who are the witnesses - they are often usefull?

Dea x

hi dea
that would be great if you could pm your email addy
thank you
jacky


one witness was his step sister & other one i don,t know of john robinson
jacky

There are these:-

Occupation: Ribbon Weaver

1861 England Census
about John Walker
Name: John Walker
Age: 36
Estimated birth year: abt 1825
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Amelia
Gender: Male
Where born: Foleshill, Warwickshire, England

Civil parish: Foleshill St Lawrence
Ecclesiastical parish: Foleshill St Lawrence
County/Island: Warwickshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage: View image

Registration district: Foleshill
Sub-registration district: Foleshill
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 56
Household Members: Name Age
John Walker 36
Amelia Walker 36
Mary Walker 16
Alfred Hy Walker 14
John Walker 12
Susannah Walker 9
William Walker 7
Jesse James 1
James Elliott 76

On it's way Jacky.

Dea x

hi barbara
i did see that one but with all the events taking place in leeds i presumed she was born leeds i did find a birth that could be hers but sent for marriage cert in stead so i,m thinking i may have to send for the birth cert phew big headache coming on lol
thank you for looking
jacky

hi dea
on its way & thank you
jacky

hope i sent it right
jacky

Hi Jacky,

Just received it - Occupation looks like 'Mason' to me.

Dea x

lol well you got further than me HA HA
what do you think of her fathers name i,m saying its says john & not james as the person who married them was called james abbott & it looks like it was him that filled out the marrige cert & where he has signed his own name james to me doesn,t look the same as where he has put john for fathers name

jacky

Is there an exact address in Close Street given? Just wondered if we could narrow down who was there on the 1871 census.

Maureen

hi MaureeninNY

no excact address just says they were both living in close street at time of marrige i have found joseph may with his mother & grandmotrher who is the head at 44 close street on the 1871 census but no susannah

jacky

I would say you are correct - the father is John Walker - a Mason!

Dea x

i wonder i wonder

i have just found this on the 1881 census they live at 1 close street i wonder if thsi is ehr father but

1881 England Census
about John Walker
Name: John Walker
Age: 63
Estimated birth year: abt 1818
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Martha
Gender: Male
Where born: Holbeck Leeds, Yorkshire, England

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

Street Address: 1 Close Street
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Mechanic (SPM)

Registration district: Hunslet
Sub-registration district: Hunslet
ED, institution, or vessel: 39
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
John Walker 63
Martha Walker 58
Harriet A. Walker 22




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what do you think of the occupation could it say Mechanic ???

and then i have gone to try & find him on the 1861 & 1871 census & i can,t so johnis proving to be elusive the blegger he is
nay help would be brilliant thanks in advance again

jacky

Sorry Jacky - the occupation is definitely 'Mason'

Dea x

ok thanks dea back to the drawing board lol
jacky

hi dea
if i get her death cert would it name her parents or would it just name her husband & maiden name & what she died of ???

jacky

It would not name her parents, unless one of them was the informant on her death cert - then that one would be mentioned.

Sorry,

Dea x

Don't rely on info from a death certificate. Sometimes it's not even a family member who registers the death. My gt. grandfather's death certicicate told me nothing other than what he died from. It was registered by someone who worked for him.

thank you both for that
i guess thats where her branch ends then as i,m at a loss as to where to go from here once again thanks everyone
jacky