William Farley 1870 Marriage St Geo Hanover Square

[Necromancer]

Thats what I was saying - 'was her Birth entry (transcribed) Gasson'   


I think I've found that Mary (Jane) Gaston in 1851 - also in Newick, parents from Kent if I recall - so safely eliminated


Just no sign of Trayton or John in 1861 - so far ...

[lizdb]

Maybe not relevant but the IGI has the christenings of:

Ada Helen Farley 19 Aug 1877
Lucy Farley 26 Sep 1875

both at St Nicholas Brighton

both have parents William and Mary Ann

Are these younger children of 'your' couple, that you already know about?

If so, looks like the family moved on (or back) to Brighton

If they are not 'your' family  - then there is another William and Mary Ann Farley around (though her maiden name could be anything, of course

[lizdb]

These childrens births are on FreeBMD

Jul/Aug/Sep 1877 A Ellen Farley - Brighton
Jul/Aug/Sep 1877 Lucy Farley - Brighton

and their family can be found in 1881. Looks like it is 'your' family:

RG11 1087 90 32

42 Blackman Street Brighton
William 35 bn Isfield, labourer
MAry A 35 bn Newick
William 9 bn Chailey
Mary A 8 bn Salisbury
Lucy 5 bn Brighton
Roses? 2 bn Brighton
Lilly no age bn Brighton
+2 lodgers.

they seemed to move around - Chailey to Salisbury then back to Brighton. Unless Mary Ann just happened to be visiting Salisbury when she went into labour with Mary A junior.

 Ada Helen  died Jul/Aug / Sep 1879, Brighton .

[lizdb]

just for completeness, though you could well already have this info

IGI has christenings for
Lily Farley 27 MArch 1881
and
Rose Sarah Farley 2 March 1879

both at St Peter Brighton.

Obviously changed their allegiance from St Nicholas, or moved house.

Cant find William in Chailey or Mary Ann in Salisbury

...and it doesnt help with the original query!!

[faulknealder]

Hello Liz,

Yes these are the children of William and Mary Ann. His first child (William) was born in Chailey and then they moved to and lived in Hampshire for 2 years where he worked as a policeman (before being dismissed!). After that they returned to live in Brighton where they had their other children, and William worked on the expanding Railway like many people in Sussex at that time.

When I said earlier that Mary Ann was not known to be in Brighton at any other time, I meant BEFORE the 1861 census, not later after she was married. Sorry if that was misleading.

Peter.

[faulknealder]

Actually Liz I was a little hasty with that last post...

You found something that I hadn't:  Ada Ellen. It seems she died age 2 in 1879, so did not appear in the 1881 census (so I missed her from the list of children). So thanks very much for that!

Peter

[dawnsh]

Hello Peter

Sorry for the late reply to this thread.

I have some look-ups to do at the Westmister City Archives which is where St Georges Hanover Square registers are deposited.

I'm happy to do your original look-up request if you still need it.

Dawn

[faulknealder]

Hi Dawn,

Yes thanks very much, that would be great if you could! I'm 95% certain that this is the marriage I'm looking for, but it would really help to see if the church registration is the same or different to the civil one. This would at least confirm or rule out any human typographic error.

Thanks in advance,

Peter

[dawnsh]

Hi Peter

I've had a look at the microfilm of St Georges Hanover Square marriage register for December 11th 1870

William Farley, of full age, bachelor, Police Constable of Piccadilly, father Charles Farley, Labourer

Mary Ann Brooks, full age, spinster, no occupation, of Hyde Park Place, father James Brooks, Labourer

William Farley, signed his name

now here's the interesting bit

Mary Ann signed her name Brooks after she scribbled out something beginning with G, most probably Gaston based on your earlier posts

but with the passage of time, who knows why.

Dawn