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[Tati]

Great! John Rylah is just what we wanted to see!  (was he a tailor too?)

1851
HO107/2324 350 23
Dewsbury, Yorkshire
Aspinal Square
Frank Dews, head, 41, Yarn Manufacturer, b. Soothill Yorks
Rachael, wife, 38, Home, b. Robert Town (?)
Martha, dau, 5, scholar, b. Dewsbury
Ruth, dau, 2, scholar, b. do.
Joseph, brother, unm, 21, Hand Loom Weaver, b. Soothill
Sarah Ann Simpson, lodger, 9, Home, b. Dewsbury
Frank Dews, son, 4 mo, Home, b. do.   

Was Francis a Yarn Manufacturer on the marriage cert? 

[Tati]

Francis and Rachel were already married in 1841 so we're looking for a marriage earlier than that:

1841
HO107/1268/1 47 24
Dewsbury, Yorkshire
Asman Square
Francis Dews, 30, Clothier, born Yorkshire
Rachel, 25, b. Yorkshire
Frost, 1 month, born Yorkshire

(ages were rounded down to the nearest five for adults)

Frost's christening is on the IGI:
FROST O. CONNER DEWS 25 JUL 1841 Dewsbury Father FRANCIS DEWS, Mother RACHEL 
They also had a son Stapleton Dews!

[Tati]

How about this marriage, found on the IGI at www.familysearch.org (extracted record) 

FRANCIS DEWS - RACHEL HOWARD
Marriage 11 OCT 1835   Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England
 

[Tati]

1861
RG9/3411 72 13
Dewsbury, Yorkshire
426 Assman Sq
Benjamin H Godley, head, 32, Stone Mason, b. Ossett
Rachel, wife, 48, b. Robert Town
Martha A Dews, stepdau, 15, Woollen Thread Piecer, b. Dewsbury
Ruth Dews, stepdau, 12, Woollen Thread Piecer, b. Dewsbury
Frank Dews, stepson, 10, scholar, b. do.
Richard Godley, lodger, 17, Stone Mason, b. Ossett

(marriage Rachel Dews - Benjamin Heaton Godley Dec 1853 Dewsbury 9b 695)

Rachel dies in 1868.

Who were the marriage witnesses? 

[CityTID]

1861
RG9/3411 72 13
Dewsbury, Yorkshire
426 Assman Sq
Benjamin H Godley, head, 32, Stone Mason, b. Ossett
Rachel, wife, 48, b. Robert Town
Martha A Dews, stepdau, 15, Woollen Thread Piecer, b. Dewsbury
Ruth Dews, stepdau, 12, Woollen Thread Piecer, b. Dewsbury
Frank Dews, stepson, 10, scholar, b. do.
Richard Godley, lodger, 17, Stone Mason, b. Ossett

(marriage Rachel Dews - Benjamin Heaton Godley Dec 1853 Dewsbury 9b 695)

Rachel dies in 1868.

Who were the marriage witnesses? 

Benjamin Heaton Godley was a witness!!!!

[Tati]

Hurrah 

[Niggy0]

Hi,
I know this is an old post and is going to sound like a con  - but I am 100% genuine.

Is your great grand father Ernest Rylah of the Durham Light Infantry?

If so I am in ownership of his remembrancer poppy pin from the RBL

http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/community/stories/remembrance/going-for-gold-the-somme-poppy/


As such I was just wondering wether you would like to take ownership (purely cost price)

If not I will continue to honour you grandfather each Remembrance Day

Respectfully yours

Nigel Rowland