Genealogy Chat

death certificate says road labourer, most of the birth certificates say road surface man , brickworks labourer or just labourer.

marriage certificates for a few of the children says Henry was a bricklayer or brickworks labourer.

opps sorry Coaxy occupation on first childs birth certificate says 'brickmaker'.

Joyce Are you able to give us the full 1871 info? Reg

You say you have the marriage cert for Mary's parents.......what were their names, and where did they marry? Reg

Hi Reg Mary's parents were Thomas Morris and Ann Byers (widow) formerly Parker. They married 3 Dec 1850 at Hexham Parish Church Northumberland. The info on the 1871 census is: Harry Freeman lodger aged 24 married brickmaker born Durham Darlington Mary Freeman lodger aged 17 married born Durham Darlington The census is in Bishop Auckland Durham.

Right.......got them in 1871.........I'd been searching for Henry, as per your earlier posting. Reg

I see that on the 1861 census, Mary's mother is described as being 'separated from husband'. Could this have any bearing on Mary's info about her father? Reg

Yes that is correct Reg. They are living with Ann Morris's mother .. Elizabeth Parker. She was the widow of Teasdale Parker. Ann... Mary's mother was the sister of The Rev Joseph Parker Independant minister who was responsible for the building of the city temple in London. Ann and the children disappear after the 1871 census but Ann reappears on the 1891 census living with her youngest son in Salford. She returns to Hexham on the 1901 census and dies there in 1902. The entry for Harry and Mary on the 1871 census is the only one that sort of fits apart from places of birth.

Hi Reg Mary's father on her second marriage as a widow is Thomas Morris stonemason dec'd. Ann never remarried. She was still Ann Morris at time of death.

Was Thomas a Stonemason when he married Ann? Reg

says 'mason' on marriage certificate to Ann.