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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: MELLARD/MELLERD/MELLOR Yorkshire
« on: Monday 20 September 10 11:05 BST (UK)  »
Hi Emmi,

The birthplace of William on the 1851 census is shown as Greerbrook which I think is a misinterpretation of Greasbrough (see reply #27).  His age is shown as 41 on the census record although this has been incorrectly indexed as 44.  He was baptised at Greasbrough church on 4/2/1810 (see reply #8).

The William I'm still looking for was probably the brother of William's (1809/10) father, Samuel.

Regards,
marshall

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: MELLARD/MELLERD/MELLOR Yorkshire
« on: Sunday 19 September 10 16:40 BST (UK)  »
Nice to see you back on this thread Emmi.  I'm still chasing the William Mellard that was a witness to my 3xGrt Grandfather Samuel's first wedding (25/8/1808). I'm assuming they were brothers but can't find a christening for William.
Regards,
marshall

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: MELLARD/MELLERD/MELLOR Yorkshire
« on: Thursday 14 May 09 15:36 BST (UK)  »
Hi carolanne,

Well done! This is the marriage that Emmi was looking for (see reply #4), but she's not been on the site since November.  Did William sign the register or was it his mark? Nice to see the name is spelt correctly.

I noticed on the 1851 census that the enumerator has put William's birthplace as Greersbrook! He's obviously never heard of Greasbrough but that's an easy mistake to make when the pronunciation was Greersbro.

If you get any further back than William Mellard (1754) then please post it here.

Regards marshall

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: MELLARD/MELLERD/MELLOR Yorkshire
« on: Wednesday 13 May 09 10:56 BST (UK)  »
Hi carolanne,

I would have expected William and Ann to get married at Wath church but I cannot find any record of this.  The marriage at Barnsley sounds promising though.  I know William's father, Samuel, married Sarah Kelly from Little Houghton on 8/12/1828 at Barnsley.  This was his third wife; his first wife was Ann Burgin, William's mother and she was buried 8/8/1814; his second wife, Mary Cooper, was buried 21/6/1828.  Samuel and William were probably living and working at Little Houghton (coal mined there from 1675).  If Ann's parents where also living there, then this could explain why the marriage was at Barnsley.  I'll have to have a look at the church record at Barnsley library for the marriage between William and Ann.  It would be good if Samuel was a witness as I have a copy of his signature.

Regards marshall

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: MELLARD/MELLERD/MELLOR Yorkshire
« on: Wednesday 13 May 09 00:51 BST (UK)  »
Hi carolanne,

William & Ann Mellard had their first two children baptised at Wath, James on 8/11/1829 and Mary Ann on 9/9/1832. William Mellard/Meller/Mellor was a miner.  50 years ago, the pronunciation of Mellard sounded like Mellerd and the d was almost silent, so I assume it had been like that for generations in the West Melton / Brampton area.  If people could not complete their own census return, then the enumerator could easily record the name incorrectly.

Varah, the son of James, returned to the West Melton area and is recorded as Mellard in the 1871 census boarding with his father's half uncle (see reply #7).

Regards marshall

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: MELLARD/MELLERD/MELLOR Yorkshire
« on: Wednesday 18 March 09 18:31 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Dave,

John Mellard, son of Samuel, was buried 17/3/1859 age 12.  I think the one you're looking for is John Fieldend Mellard born Denby Dale about 1846.  The family is named Mellor in the 1851 and 1861 census records but the father William is later named Mellard in the 1881 census.  William was christened at Greasbrough but probably born at Nether Haugh, the family moved to West Melton before he was 3 years old.  The christening record (4/2/1810) shows William son of Samuel Mellors and Ann. Samuel Mellard and Ann Burgin were married at Rotherham church (only chistenings at Greasbrough) on 25/8/1806. This Samuel is the father of the one you mentioned. There are many different spellings in the christening records i.e. Mellard, Mellars, Mellar, Mellers, Mellor, Mellors.

Samuel is the son of William Mellard and Sarah Norton married at Wath on 22/11/1773.

1851 census> Denby> District 3c> record # 12
1861 census> Denby> District 6> record # 182

Regards,
John

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: MELLARD/MELLERD/MELLOR Yorkshire
« on: Sunday 25 January 09 18:16 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Emmi,

I know you said William's parent were Thomas and Rachel (married in Halifax) but I can't see how this can be so, given that William was from Brampton.

I think William was the son of Samuel (my 3xgrt grandfather) and Ann Burgin.  They had Sarah (bapt. Greasbrough 1/11/1807), William (bapt. Greasbrough 4/2/1810) and Mary (bapt. Wath 3/10/1813, died 22/5/1817).  The family would have moved to West Melton (part of Brampton at that time) by the time William was 3 years old as Mary was born there.  Samuel was widowed in 1814 and re-married in 1815. Children from this marriage were Samuel, Mary Ann, John and Elizabeth.  It was this John Mellard that Varah was boarding with in 1871, his father's half uncle.

William's grandmother, Sarah (nee Norton) was baptised at Netherton, which may explain the connection with this area of the West Riding.

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Sarah Kelly
« on: Sunday 25 January 09 16:35 GMT (UK)  »
Some info on Sarah Kelly, hope it's useful:
Widow Sarah married widower Samuel Mellard on 8/12/1828. The 1841 census shows them living at West Melton.  Although all the children are name Mellard, I suspect  Alford and William are Sarah's children and John is Samuel's.

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: MELLARD/MELLERD/MELLOR Yorkshire
« on: Thursday 31 May 07 11:11 BST (UK)  »
Hello Emmi,
I'm trying to identify a William Mellard that was a witness to my 3xGrt Grandfather Samuel's first wedding (25/8/1808).  It certainly wasn't his father William as he died in 1793.  William signed the Register and I want to see if he was a witness for William and Ann and if so compare signatures. I was working along the lines that the wedding witness William may have been the father of the William born in Brampton about 1809 but your findings have thrown a spanner in the works!   If I find the wedding record of William and Ann then I'll let you know.
Regards Marshall

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