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Looking for the parents/siblings of Mary Hamilton. I have her marriage cert, she married George Thomas Griffiths in Manchester in 1882 and she states her father as Edwin Hamilton, Labourer. On the 1891. 1901 and 1911 states she was born in Hull Yorkshire.

Have been stuck at this point for a few years.

Christine :-)

Ref


1901 England Census
about Mary Griffiths
Name: Mary Griffiths
Age: 43
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1858
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: George Thomas Griffiths
Gender: Female
Where born: Hull, Yorkshire, England

Civil parish: Portsmouth
Ecclesiastical parish: St. Johns
County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England


Registration district: Portsmouth
Sub-registration district: Portsea and Landport
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 55
Piece: 993
Folio: 104
Page Number: 7
Household Members: Name Age
George Thomas Griffiths 46
Mary Griffiths 43
George Thomas Griffiths 16
Maud Winfred Griffiths 19
Dora Irene Griffiths 11
Richard Henry Griffiths 8
Ethel May Griffiths 6
Albert Edward Griffiths 4
Ruby Evelyn Griffiths 2
Rosina Shepard 19

Can you give us the address and the witnesses on the marriage cert please

x

Yep that is the family,

George Thomas (senior) was actually born in 1851 Manchester.

Not sure where to go from here.

Christine

I think you missed the post asking about the address and witnesses?

The Witness were William Allen and M A Walley,

For George Rudholme Grove (Manchester)
and for Mary Abercrombie Hotel, Great Ancoats St (Manchester)

Christine

A second opinion on the marriage certificate, Mary's father maybe Edward but the writing is really poor and to be honest here the 'd' on the end is just a squigle.

Christine

Hi Ginny
Don't know if this will help From Lancashire online --I can't find her before marriage


Marriage: 27 Jun 1882 St James, Birch in Rusholme, Lancashire, England
George Griffiths - 28 Stationer Bachelor of Rusholme Grove
Mary Eleanor Hamilton - 25 Spinster of Abercrombie Hotel, Great Ancoats St.
Groom's Father: Richard Griffiths, Warehouseman
Bride's Father: Edwin Hamilton, Deceased, Traveller
Witness: William Allen; M. A. Whalley
Married by Banns by: Henry Norburn
Register: Marriages 1837 - 1896, Page 163, Entry 325
Source: LDS Film 2356549

Barbara x

Thank you

On the certificate we have there is no mention of a middle name for Mary.

I will have to have another look at the census, but another tme.

Thank you for your help.

Christine

Hi Christine

It doesn't mention any middle names on the index either --very odd--

Is this the one ?

Marriages Jun 1882

>>>>GRIFFITHS George Chorlton 8c 840
>>>>HAMILTON Mary Chorlton 8c 840
Heyward Emily Chorlton 8c 840
NELSON Richard Chorlton 8c 840
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Barbara x

Yes it is.

Christine

Christine

Id be inclined to have a mooch through ScotlandsPeople. The name Hamilton fits with the Scots

There is no death that matches Edwin Hamilton between the birth and marriage of Mary and as they cant be found on any census this again would lead me to SP

Mary could have been illegitimate (or not) born in Scotland and brought back to Hull without her ever knowing she was born there?

She has to be somewhere so you just have to go through every bit of available info there is

One question, do you know if she had siblings or indeed do you know anything else about her at all? And she was a spinster on her marriage to George?

Have you got her death cert to see if there are any clues?

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
about Mary Griffiths
Name: Mary Griffiths
Birth Date: abt 1856
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1932
Age at Death: 76
Registration district: Portsmouth
Inferred County: Hampshire
Volume: 9b
Page: 886

This birth is out by 8 years according to the censuses but you never know, she may have added years to her age as she would have only have been 16 at the time of her marriage?


England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
about Mary Hamilton
Name: Mary Hamilton
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1864
Registration district: Hull
Inferred County: Yorkshire - East Riding, Humberside
Volume: 9d
Page: 191