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Hi Nat,   your last message mentioned John Haslett who gave his occupation as a clerk. My gt gt grandfather was James Haslett, born around 1844. He married Anna Winters at Belfast on 25 /12 /1865.  What is interesting is that on the marriage record he names his father as John Haslett. His occupation is given with the first word difficult to read but possibly "shipping", the second word "clerk".
It is possibly the same John Haslett as although the name was fairly common there couldnt be too many with the same name and occupation.
If you have any more details on his children I would be very grateful for any information you might have.
Stephen Haslett

Thanks for your replies.

I already have the 1901 census info on James.
It is tracing his father John that has me stuck. Also he must surely have had brothers and sisters.

The confusing problem I have is not only having Hasletts from my maternal grandmothers line but also Hasletts/Hazletts from my paternal grandfathers line. The weird thing is that they both go back to a gt,gt,gt grandfather John Haslett . I know that John on my fathers side married an Isabella. I dont know whether they are two different people or the same person. Both families also lived in Belfast from the 1840s on.

Again thanks for the suggestions and any further help will be very welcome.

Stephen

Hello jimchealsea,

Thanks for your reply

 Both lines of Haslett lived in Belfast at least from the 1840s onwards though they may have lived somewhere else before then. I know that Hughs father John married Isabella (no surname ) and they are buried in Belfast city cemetery.

 Thank you for your suggestions anyway.

            Stephen