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finding maiden names/dates of marriage

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Paul

Paul Report 18 Feb 2007 17:08

I'm stuck on trying to find my grt grandmothers maiden name. her name was Jessie and she was married to Henry Williams,who was born about 1849 I'm guessing they were married about 1875.She, Jessie shows as being born in Ireland about 1855.They lived in W.Derby Liverpool in the 1891 census ,but I'm stuck now.I can't get a marriage cert without knowing her surname .Can anyone help,I still feel like I'm walking in treacle with all this geneology stuff. regards Paul

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 18 Feb 2007 17:17

Were they married in England? You only need one name to order a marriage certificate. You will find her maiden name on the birth certificate of one of their children. Kath. x

K

K Report 18 Feb 2007 17:31

Her maiden name was Wallace In 1881 they were living with her parents 1881 Name: Jessie Williams Age: 26 Estimated birth year: abt 1855 Relation: Daughter Spouse's name: Henry Father's name: Robert Mother's name: Jane Gender: Female Where born: Ireland Civil parish: West Derby County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street address: 9 Kensington Street Condition as to marriage: Married Education: Employment status: View image Registration district: West Derby Sub-registration district: West Derby (Municipal) ED, institution, or vessel: 29 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Jane Wallace 57 -B Ireland Morris Wallace 18 Robert Wallace 58 - Provision Porter b Ireland Henry Williams 32 Jessie Williams 26 Jessie Williams 7 Thos. Williams 7 months

Researching:
Anstee/Bucks; Russell/London; Durose; Pease/North Yorks; Kelly/IoM

Pete

Pete Report 18 Feb 2007 17:34

Name: Henry Williams Year of Registration: 1879 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep District: West Derby County: Lancashire Volume: 8b Page: 773 There is a corresponding entry for Jesse WALLACE The LancashireBMD website has the marriage also: Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1879 Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference WALLACE Jessie WILLIAMS Henry Edge Hill, St. Jude Liverpool 2110WD/3/176