Dear Peter,

Thanks for your quick reply. we would love to be able to give you more details about Thomas, but we are starting to wonder if whether our ancestor James actually had a father at all.
The only information we have is from James birth death and marriage certificates.
The birth certificate gives James' birth place as Bollington, regristration district Macclesfield in 1838.
His marriage to Rachel Valentine was in the registration district Ashton Under Lynne, St Paul's Church Stayley on May 19 1861
He immigrated to Australia circa 1864 and he died in Gympie, Queensland, Australia in 1911.
On each certificate his father is listed as Thomas Deane, labourer. His mother is listed as Mary
Thanks again
Rosndel
