Genealogy Chat

i have a frances akenhead in my tree i no she was born in carlton(stockton in 1822} she married in 1844 to John Westmoreland in hartlepool and i no she died in 1900 my problem is i have a marriage certificate showing both dads and her dad is called robert akenhead thats it i no nothing else i was hoping 1841 census would show she is living with her parents but she isnt lol ive looked at the igi site hoping i could find something but again it draws a blank where else can i look for frances please thanks

So, this is her in 1841? Frances Akinhead abt 1821 Durham, England Hartlepool Durham Edward Allison abt 1811 Hartlepool Durham Henry Burnett abt 1821 Hartlepool Durham Merry

yes that is her in 41 i cant find anything about her before this i do have her wedding certificate with dads name as robert but i havent a clue where he is born and when or who the mum is

There is this death entry that might be her dad in 1838: Name: Robert Akenhead Year of Registration: 1838 Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar District: Stockton County: Co. Durham, North Riding Of Yorkshire Volume: 24 Page: 145 (

Your going to have to track down the parish registers for her place of birth and see if they have a baptism then! I've just looked on the BIVRI, but nothing there :o(( Merry

thank u for ur replys where would i go for the parish registers? at stockton register office?

In 1851, there is a Robert Akenhead, born 1830 in Carlton Durham. I can't see him in 1841, but I'll bet he's the brother of your Frances.

Athena --- thank u for looking but i dont think that will b my man cos frances was married in 1844 and robert was on the certifcate

tracey i seen him as well and thought the same as u that he was the brother

When you say, ''Robert was on the certificate'' what do you mean? If you mean he wasn't recorded as dec'd......most vicar's didn't ask. if you mean he was a witness, that might be the bride's brother! Merry

Dee They didn't always remember to mention that their father was deceased. The father's name would appear on a cert even if he was deceased, but the only difference being that if the registrar was told he would normally put it in brackets after the name or in the occupation column. Does it show his occupation by the way?

where it says who the dad was on the marriage cert it says robert was frances dad

it says he was a labourer

If it was me I would def get that death cert for Robert that Athena posted the ref for. it's quite an unusual name so is pretty likely to be your rellie even if it isn't Frances father (but I bet it is him!!!!) If there's a Record Office at Stockton, I would phone and ask if they have what you want! Merry

ok thanks ill give em a try and c what i can get of em lol cos i have noticed there arnt many akenheads

Yes, that's what I would do, too. Not everything is 'black and white' in genealogy - sometimes the most obscure and unobvious path is the one that it turns out to be LOL And, as Merry says, with such an unusual name, from the area your family were from, even it turns out not to be her father, chances are high that it'll be a brother/cousin etc, so not a waste of money. Sometimes it's worth taking the plunge and going for those long shots!