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My gggrandmother Olive Syncock ( Simcock) married Lawrence Anthony 5th Dragoon guards in Manchester Collegiate Church ( now the Cathedral) in Feb1835. Lawrence died 1837 and Olive then married my gggrandfather also a soldier in 5th Dragoon Guards. They were married Feb 1838 again in Manchester Collegiate Church. At the time of her second marriage  they were living 39 Queen Street Hulme.
As the 5th Dragoon guards were a cavalry regiment, I presume both her husbands were stationed at Hulme Barracks.
Both of her marriages were in Manchester Cathedral, who were very helpful in helping to search for the 1835 marriage certificate.
I cannot find the family anywhere in 1841 census.
does anyone know where the regiment was in 1841 if not in Manchester.
Angela.

Thank you so much. It is Olive Simcock that I am looking for.
I had wondered that if her birth was around 1815 then Hannah could not be her mother as she would be too old. Olive names Richard Simcock as her father on both her marriage certificates.Lettice was the daughter of Richard and Hannah Simcock, so Richard was her grandfather.It looks like her grandparents may have brought her up.
Letitia was my mothers name ( born 1910)and every generation of Olive Simcocks descendents  has had at least one and sometimes 2 Letties or Letitias in it. I was surprised that she had named none of her daughters after Hannah - her supposed mother.
 I am so delighted you have found this.
She ran away with a soldier ( Lawrence Anthony)and seems to have had no further contact with her relatives in Caverswall.They married in 1835 in Manchester, and had a daughter, Eliza. She was widowed and then married my Gggrandfather Andrew Reilly in 1838. According to family tales her Caverswall family were advertising in the Northern newspapers for information as to her whereabouts, and this link had some connection with the pottery industry.I could not find any connection with the pottery industry at all as Richard was a farmer. I found Lettice about 6 weeks ago ( sibling so I thought). Lettice Simcock and her subsequent family lived in Fenton & worked in the pottery industry.
Thank you all for your help,
Angela.

Thank you.
This was not the message I was looking for - but late last night after much searching I found the one about Andrew and Olive riley in Newcastle re 1841 census that I was looking for.It was in the Northumberland requests dated March 06.I have now replied to this with the information I have on the family - they are my gggrandparents.
This site is very good - but my computer skills need polishing up!
Angela.

I am interested to hear from anyone also researching my gggrandparents, Andrew and Olive Riley nee Simcock.

Olive was born Caverswall Staffs between 1807-15, and her fathers name was Richard Simcock.
She married her first husband Lawrence Anthony (widower) in 1835 in Manchester Cathedral - they had one daughter Eliza born Edinburgh abt1836. Lawrence died and she then married Andrew Riley in 1838 also in Manchester Cathedral.
 Olive died 1867 of typhoid in Newcastle on Tyne.Information of her early life has been difficult to find.

Andrew was born Co. Cavan Ireland abt 1802. He was a soldier with 5th Dragoon Guards.After his discharge from the army  they lived in Tyneside from around 1846-67. He then moved to Stockton on Tees where two of his children were living, and died there in Jan.1881.

Angela.

Thank you for your help. I have a lot of information on this family from 51-81 census and other scources already, but the early years are proving difficult.

Angela.