Genealogy Chat

thankyou all. marie i will try that now thanks.x

If your William King was born 1881 and the marriage certificate gives his father as William King Quarryman - then I'd suggest looking for a family in 1891 with both William's in it and the father a quarreyman. the 1891 is available on Ancestry.com which can be access at a Family History center or through the link on this site or you may be able to get someone to look for you (try this board - there are some offering to do lookups) ( give them ALL the clues you have from the marriage certificate.)

I found my GGrandfathers regiment on my nan's marriage cert Jeanette

hi lal, thanks have tried this and keep doubting i may have over looked something but...tried all w kings rather than william king just incase,found nothing..thought he'd be easy to find as he had catherine(his widow)and five children..tried all regiments in the north west areas manchester,lancs fusiliers etc....so fustrating!! anyone any other suggestions please getting desperate now(causing sleep deprevation)lol.x

sorry ive been referee-ing the kids lol. tracy.thanks for that..will write it down as you never know. janette..tried looking on there but didnt come up with much..wish i knew which reg he was in might help?thanks for your suggestion. grandpa jim, was william King mcmanus was his wifes maiden name...but thanksim not sure of his regiment either?? open to any other suggestions please...the brick wall doesnt taste too good lol.x

Cherie, Try Googling CWGC, Commonwealth War Graves Commission. There are 4 or 5 W McManus deaths recorded. If you click on the name it gives some details of the individual. I saw one from the Irish Guards on there.

For look up for war dead at Somme www(.)cwgc(.)org/cwgcinternet don't forget to take brackets out Jeanette

Only Catherine I can see on the 1901 is this... Catherine Mcmanus 19 Bermondsey, Surrey, England Stepdaughter Bermondsey London Mother Catherine, from Ireland.

hiya talk about brick walls!! please read the info i have below any help or advice greatly accepted please...got my gtr grt grandparents William King b.1881c and Catherine Mcmanus b.1883c know for definate they married on 21st june 1902 at St Marys rc church,bacup haslingden in lancs.william was 21 and catherine 19 lists their occupations as (w)stone quarry man and (c) cotton rover both living in bacup up to the marriage william at brewery street and cath at 17 fullers terrace bacup.lists their fathers as william king, quarryman and John Mcmanus deceased breadmaker.i tried looking on 1901 census with a ladys help yesterday but they wasnt at these addresses the yr before the marriage..ive no idea of places of birth? im told through a rellative that Catherine mcmnaus hailed from ireland but no-one knows about williams origin.I believe he died in the battle of the somme,and is buried in one of the war graves over there? again not proven ,without reg ideas i got no-where with that.what can i do now to get further with these two please??or any advice would be brill and a shove in the right direction please....many thanks.x