Black Country (Bilston) Friends and Neighbours - more names

[littleclaire]

Claire, I have a Thomas Hartill as a godfather in 1887? 
I'm very interested in your Mary Dudley.  My GGGGrandfather was Benjamin Dudley and he married a Mary Johnson in 1810.  Although they had several girls, who all seem to have been baptised in Bilston,  none of them were called Mary but if he'd been married before (it doesn't say in the parish record) and already had a Mary, that would make sense.  Do you know anything more about her?

Sorry - took my time!
I haven't gone down my tree on the Harthill side so not sure about Thomas - will keep him in mind!
Mary Dudley was born in 1807 in Sedgeley. She married John Nicholls on 30 Jul 1827 in St Peters, Wolverhampton. They had a number of children - Thomas (1829), John (1831), Mary A (1833), Eleanor (1835) all born in Bilston, Jane (1837) (born Leamington), David Dudley (1841) (born Sedgeley), William Dudley (1845), Martha (1847), both born Tipton.
I have no information on her parents, but I hope this info helps!

Claire

[RoDe]

Hi all

Just a wee note for anyone searching for people actually born in Bilston pre GRO records bear in mind details recorded at St Leonards Church. These records are now held at Staffordshire Record Office, Stafford @ www.staffordshire.gov.uk though probably all you experienced researchers know this already.

Regards

[Trees]

Thank you RoDe for that reminder by the way welcome to Roots chat I hope you are getting plenty of help and having fun exploring all the boards 
Trees

[RoDe]

Hi Trees
Yeh, finding it a great help though still trying to navigate round the available tools etc. I am very much a novice at the moment (only started in December 2007) and my research hasn't been helped due to family documents disappearing when my surviving parent, my mother, started to suffer with dementia some years before I had even started to get interested in my family history. With hindsight I should have taken any surviving documents into 'safe custody' but didn't so I have had to start from scratch.  Getting hooked now.  It's rather like hiil walking. As soon as you get over one crest there is a immediate desire to see what's over the next.  Got back so far to my great great granddad, B.1828 - D.1866 (38 years old) leaving a wife and six children.  Must have been very hard in those days without any state help.  Sorry to rabbit on but once I start I can't stop.
That's all for now
Cheers
Roy
 

[Trees]

Do you have any dates for the Sarahs Hughes and Caddick I assume you have seen that there are several in the Family Search parish register transcript C010562?
Trees

[DudleyWinchurch]

Hi Roy and Trees,

what a good idea to add links to local resources here too.

Don't forget www.FREEREG.org already has a lot of trascriptions for Bilston (and also for Wolverhampton, St Peter's where many of the marriages took place).

Also the Wolverhampton Archives web site not only has older register transcriptions for Bilston, St Leonard's and W'ton, St Peters but also lists of the victims and the families receiving groceries (presumably because they were quarantined) during the 1832 Bilston Cholera epidemic.

[Trees]

Thanks for that Dudley I think this is the link we need http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/Bilston/index.html
Wish I'd found that Cholera information when I was preparing my page on the disease for our web wouldn't it be wonderful if we could access all parish records like these?
Trees

[DudleyWinchurch]

Just done a quick trawl through the first set of images I have from Holy Trinity register and found a few records wth names that have been mentioned here.  If they belong to any of you then let me know and I can transcribe them properly.

December 1841, Daniel Caddick s/o John and Mary(Maria) Manney, godmother Ellen (Helena) Caddick

March 1843 John Nicholls (or could be Nicholds) godfather to David Barwick s/o Patrick and Margaret (Reigney)

Aug 1851, Denis Durkan witness to marrige of Ambrose Cummins and Mary Ann Regan

June 1839 John Durkan s/o Patrick & Bridget (McDonney)

Dec 1846, John Durkin godfather to Catherine McDonough d/o Richard & Bridget (Fagan)

Oct 1852, Patrick Durkin, godfather to Mary Fahi d/o John & Mary (or Maria) (Kelly)

The handwriting is not good and some of the pages badly faded so apologies in advance for inaccuracies.

[Trees]

I got excited thought I'd found my Joseph 1789 from the 51 census it looked like he was son of Thomas & Elizabeth until I saw his death the nearest is Joseph son of Joseph and Martha  1793 I wonder is he too far out though I think he dies between the 51 and 61 censuses probably in Willenhall must find his death to confirm his birth year.
Trees