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Worcestershire / Re: Reynolds in Hanley Castle Parish records
« on: Tuesday 12 January 16 14:45 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you, this is all tying in now.  I have a copy of Mary Ann's death certificate issued in Upton which shows she died 23.09.1903 age 41 of tumour of the ovary (recurrent) and exhaustion.  She died at Gilberts End, Hanley Castle and the death was registered by her husband Walter Spittle of 20 Station Rd, Old Hill who was present at the death.
Walter remarried 5 years later to Maria Hill of Wollaston

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Worcestershire / Re: Reynolds in Hanley Castle Parish records
« on: Saturday 01 June 13 19:35 BST (UK)  »
 It does look as though I made the elementary mistake of forgetting alternative spellings.  The marriage witnesses are E Harris and L? Reynolds which could tie in with a Lina Reynolds on 1881 census. The fathers occupation is different from that on M/cert but with Mary's year of birth confirmed that may not be relevant.
Thank you both, fresh eyes are very useful.

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Worcestershire / Reynolds in Hanley Castle Parish records
« on: Monday 27 May 13 16:38 BST (UK)  »
I am trying to trace Mary Ann Reynolds who was born in Hanley Castle whose date of birth is causing me problems  as it seems to be between 1862 and 1873.

 I have her marriage certificate to my Gt Uncle, Walter Spittle on 6.08.1900 at Parish Church, Hanley Castle when she was 27 (d/b 1873) her fathers name was William who was a mason.
 I have found several census records for what might be the family living in Gilberts End but her d/b is always shown as 1861/2 and I do not know her mother's name.  She possibly appears in Woolwich in 1891 with a d/b 1864
BMD records show a birth record for Mary Ann Reynolds 1862 and a death record for a Mary Ann Spittle showing 1862 - 1903 but both of these are in Upton. Would events in Hanley Castle be registered as Upton?
I know women are flexible with dates of birth when older than their husbands but 11 years seems a bit much and I am afraid I have 2 separate families with similar details. My thought is that checking parish records might clarify things but I'm not sure where they would be held.

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The Common Room / Re: Sims family in Riddings Derbys.
« on: Sunday 20 January 13 12:41 GMT (UK)  »
Yes, Louisa died 28 March 1893 from influenza while in premature labour - she was 5 months pregnant.  I have been told she was buried in a paupers grave in Heath Lane cemetery but the family were kind enough to  put her name on the large family gravestone when her father died 9 months later!
Hope it's been of help.

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The Common Room / Re: Sims family in Riddings Derbys.
« on: Saturday 19 January 13 12:15 GMT (UK)  »
I've been looking at certificates again this morning and found that when Robert Sims married Louisa Jones (6.8.1878) one of the witnesses was Hannah Williamson - looks as though that might solve the Williams/Williamson question if it was his sister.
The Samuel Simms I have traced married a Sarah Jane - am I on the right track?  There seems to be no standard spelling of Sims in the family which doesn't help does it.

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The Common Room / Re: Sims family in Riddings Derbys.
« on: Friday 18 January 13 12:27 GMT (UK)  »
The will is dated 29 October 1883 when he was living at 63 King St.  Wife is Mary and sons Robert, Joseph,Thomas,William, Edward and Samuel.
Eliza is wife of Isaac Garland, miner,
Mary Ann is wife of Zachariah Homer, forgeman.
Hannah is recorded as wife of Joseph Williams, forgeman.  However I haven't been able to trace a marriage for Williams.  There is one for a Joseph Williamson and Hannah Simms in 1873 and the 1881 census has the Williams family at 3 Fordrough and in 1891 the Williamson family at 3 Fordrough - I suppose it will take a certificate to decide which is correct. (the marriage in 1915 of Hannah Sims and Joseph Williams is that of Robert Sims daughter).
The will does not mention Ann who is on the 1871 census. (That is the only reference to her I have found so far)
John's signature was witnessed by Theophilus Shaw Batchford a pattern maker of Temple St and Joseph Westwood, roller, of Overend St. The executor was Reuben Shaw Batchford.
Hope this is of use but let me know if there is anything else.

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The Common Room / Re: Sims family in Riddings Derbys.
« on: Friday 18 January 13 10:17 GMT (UK)  »
Never mind, we will get there.  The will shows his daughters' married names and their husbands, would those be of any use to you?

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The Common Room / Re: Sims family in Riddings Derbys.
« on: Thursday 17 January 13 15:55 GMT (UK)  »
John Sims is my 2 x great grandfather through his son Robert (1846- 1923).  I have his marriage certificate for 5 Feb 1844 in West Bromwich showing wife Mary Ann Wright, father as John and his age as 27. I also have his death certificate 28 Dec 1883 and a copy of his will listing all his children but have had trouble tracing his birth and where he was prior to marriage so his birth details would be marvellous. I was hoping to "flesh out" the family - his granddaughter, my grandmother, never spoke of her family.

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The Common Room / Re: Sims family in Riddings Derbys.
« on: Monday 10 December 12 16:36 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you all very much.  This does seem to be "my" John.  He continues to use West Bromwich as place of birth on census' up to 1881 when he reverts to Derbyshire and I think I have traced one of the witnesses at his wedding (Robert Nelson) as being born in Alfreton

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