Genealogy Chat

Please can anyone help, im looking for a mary mawdsley born in about 1845 i think in st helens which is prescot registered. I can find her in 1871 with her family married name taylor, but nothing before this, married, single or birth nothing at all or even a marriage to a james taylor. Can anyone help me Emma(going stare crazy lol) x

Not the same spelling, but close: Name: Mary Maudsley Year of Registration: 1845 Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar District: Prescot County: Lancashire Volume: 20 Page: 792 If you know her dad's name from her marriage cert you could use it as a checking point. Merry

thanks merry, i think my first spelling could be incorrect and the one you found is quite possibly the correct one, its so strange i cant find her between 1845-1861 until 1871 when she was living as mary taylor in wigan, i cant even find her marriage to James but i know she married him. confused

Was her dad Thomas, a collier?? 1851: Ann Maudsley abt 1842 St Helens, Lancashire, England Daughter Parr Lancashire Daniel Maudsley abt 1849 Parr, Lancashire, England Son Parr Lancashire George Maudsley abt 1850 Parr, Lancashire, England Son Parr Lancashire Henry Maudsley abt 1833 Prescot, Lancashire, England Son Parr Lancashire Jane Maudsley abt 1835 Prescot, Lancashire, England Daughter Parr Lancashire John Maudsley abt 1841 Parr, Lancashire, England Son Parr Lancashire Margaret Maudsley abt 1812 Prescot, Lancashire, England Wife Parr Lancashire Mary Maudsley abt 1845 Parr, Lancashire, England Daughter Parr Lancashire Thomas Maudsley abt 1813 Prescot, Lancashire, England Head Parr Lancashire Thomas Maudsley abt 1847 Parr, Lancashire, England Son Parr Lancashire William Maudsley abt 1837 Burham, Staffordshire, England Son Parr Lancashire Merry

thankyou once again merry, she called some of her children the same as her dad and siblings and she was from parr so this is the correct one. i dont know what i would do without all the help i get on here so thankyou again emma x

I think the marriage MAY be this one..... 1865 Q1 West Derby 8b Mary Mawdsley has her page as 579 and James Taylor has his page as 577 (these page numbers are what's on the GRO index) However, there are only three names transcribed for Mary's page. Two brides and one groom. and James' page has five names transcribed. Three grooms and two brides. Sooooo.....I think it's likely that James should have page 579, removing him from 577 where he is the extra groom and evening out the other page! Maybe it would be better to buy the cert locally, rather than through the GRO??? Merry

hi merry how would i do that, i have only ever ordered them online. I suscribe to ancestry is that what you have used because i cant find any of that :-( emma x oh what area does west derby cover?

Well, I'm sooo lazy I would prob chance it and go for Mary's page number through the GRO, but to save money if I'm wrong.....you might have to make a couple of phone calls/emails! The registers for West Derby are divided between several offices: Liverpool, Sefton South and Knowsley I would email Liverpool (email is registrar at liverpool.gov.uk) and ask which office you need to contact for a 1865 marriage in West Derby. (I can't see that West Derby is on lancashire BMD - if it was, you wouldn't have to do this!) Maybe someone else would know if Liverpool will do family history certs? Some large/busy offices won't...... Time for another thread?? Merry

In reply to your Q: I got the pages numbers from Ancestry transcribed records, but checked them on Ancestry GRO pages: Is 1865 about right for the marriage....once I had found this possible match, I didn't look any further?!! Merry

hi merry i live in st helens merseyside which is just not to far from liverpool, i was born in st helens but registered in prescot which is funny because so where my children but one of them has knowsley on their birth certificate even though we were all registered in the same place. thanks again emma i presume she got married between 1863-1865 she had her 1st child in 1865

West derby: WEST DERBY REGISTRATION DISTRICT Registration County : Lancashire. Created : 1.7.1837. Abolished : 1.10.1934 (succeeded by Bootle, Crosby, Liverpool North and Prescot districts). Sub-districts : Bootle; Crosby; Everton; Everton North; Everton North West; Everton; Everton South East; Fazakerley; Kirkdale; Litherland; Toxteth Park; Walton; Wavertree; West Derby; West Derby Eastern; West Derby Western. Merry

would it be strange to not find her in 1861 or is it normal to find her missing

A lot of the 1861 is missing...... Merry

oh right i didnt know that thanks