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Thanks for your trouble, Mari.   At present I've no idea what the link with Staffordshire was, nor how it came about.   I've not found any other family there, prior to this.   I was hoping that someone might have the church records, so that I can follow up any leads to see if I can make definite links.   The Staffordshire website will certainly help, I presume, with Elizabeth's family, once I'm sure she's not a red herring!

Thanks again for your help.   Good luck with your own research.

Regards, Val.

Please could some kind person with access to the above named records look up the marriage of Joseph Catherall and Hannah Ibbs at Stoke-On-Trent in 1860 for me?   I would like to know all the given information.

If someone can help - thank you.

Regards, Val.

Please can anyone tell me if there were any mining disasters in Durham in 1872?

The above named collier died, aged 31, and I'm wondering if his death was work related.

Thanks, Val.

Is there anyone with access to Manchester church records who could look up the marriage between Mary Beaumont and James Shackleton, please?   I think it took place in the Sept.Q 1854, and James Shackleton was living  in the Hulme district at the time, and was a widower.

I'm interested in who Mary Beaumont's father was, and who signed the register, to see it there's a link to my family.

Any help will be much appreciated.   Thank you.   Val.

Yes, I think he is the one with William in 1841, but the one with Emma in 1851 has been ruled out from my tree after further research.   Thanks again.   Val.