Genealogy Chat

ive located my nanan's nan now my nan didnt know that this woman ever existed so trying to track down further back is becoming increasingly difficult for me.

i have found out that her dad was called william greenwood born c 1854 in rotherham and although i have found both these people in the census i cannot find her mother at all im wondering if anyone could give me a little extra tips on where to look

any help would be appriciated

thank you

becki raynor

So, just to re-cap - you have found your grandmother's grandmother, is that right? And you are trying to find her mother, that is go back another generation and find wife of William Greenwood??
Might help if you put what you have on here - names, dates, locations - then we can advise you.

Jan

I'm guessing this one?

1891 England Census
about William Greenwood
Name: William Greenwood
Age: 37
Estimated birth year: abt 1854
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Mary Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: Rotherham, Yorkshire, England

Civil parish: Rotherham
Ecclesiastical parish: All Saints
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Rotherham
Sub-registration district: Rotherham
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
William Greenwood 37
Mary Ann Greenwood 31
Betsy Greenwood 8
Isaac Greenwood 6
Fred Greenwood 4
Benjamin Jubb 64
Fred Jubb 18


1881 England Census
about William Greenwood
Name: William Greenwood
Age: 27
Estimated birth year: abt 1854
Relation: Son
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Gender: Male
Where born: Rotherham, Yorkshire, England

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

Street Address: 79 Drummond St
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Stone Mason

Registration district: Rotherham
Sub-registration district: Rotherham
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Elizabeth Greenwood 52
Betsy Greenwood 24
William Greenwood 27

thank you so much linda im kinda new to this and ive searched and searched and i just couldnt find her name at all

Probable marriage for William Greenwood:-

Name: William Greenwood
Year of Registration: 1881
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Rotherham
County: Derbyshire, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire - West Riding
Volume: 9c
Page: 888

Also on the same page is Mary Ann Jubb.

Kath. x

Probable birth for Mary Ann Jubb (going by her age on the census although there are others):-

Name: Mary Ann Jubb
Year of Registration: 1859
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Rotherham
County: Derbyshire, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire - West Riding
Volume: 9c
Page: 387

Kath. x

thank you so much kath

i subscribed to this site for the census etc but everytime i found william i couldnt pull up a list of people living with him in his younger days etc did i subscribe to the wrong site for the census ???

Becki which site have you subscribed to?

Most people on here would say that Genes is the most expensive way of researching as they don't hold any records themselves. I use Ancestry (which I think most people on here would recommend) but Findmypast is popular too.

I use a subscription to Ancestry and buy odd credits for Findmypast for some records that Ancestry don't have.

Kath. x

i subscribed to this site linda i did a 6 month gold membership

I think this is William Greenwood in the 1861 census with both of his parents:-

Name: William Greenwood
Age: 6
Estimated birth year: abt 1855
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Isac
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Gender: Male
Where born: Rotherham, Yorkshire, England
Civil parish: Rotherham
Ecclesiastical parish: Rotherham
Town: Rotherham
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Street Address: Alpha Place

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

View image
Registration district: Rotherham
Sub-registration district: Rotherham
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 149
Household Members:
Name Age

Isac Greenwood 34 ,stonemason
Elizabeth Greenwood 28
William Greenwood 6
Betsy Greenwood 4
Frederick Greenwood 1
Harriet Eyre 60

Source Citation: Class: RG9; Piece: 3504; Folio: 104; Page: 26; GSU roll: 543143.

Kath. x

Becki if you are going to continue tracing your family I would go for an ancestry subscription when your membership here runs out

i think ill definatly be doing that i only subscribed here the other day tho so i will have a long wait i think but ill try to make the best with what i got at the min.

Im 40+2 weeks pregnant and figured this would deffo be something i could get into once the baby arrives i did start this a while ago but on only a silver membership so figured i would wait until i had a bit of spare money so i could research properly

thank you so much for your help kath x

good luck with the baby!! spare time will be minimal with a little one around. If you get stuck just ask for help there are lots of helpful people here who will point you in the right direction

Good luck with the baby - I don't think I could have managed researching my family history while I had little ones. When I first started on here (in 2003) I used to spend nearly all day in front of the computer and rush around for half an hour before hubby came home from work trying to make it look as if I'd actually done something all day. A spray of furniture polish in the middle of the room was enough for him to think I'd actually polished the furniture, lol. He obviously doesn't notice the dust!!

I don't think a baby will leave you with much time on your hands!!

Kath. x