Marriage Cert Question

[Galium]

Sorry, I didn't make it clear that this isn't your Meschach - yours was born later. But it is his family.

Births are hard to find, either as Housely or Moss, but Flora at least was registered:

Births Mar Q 1887
Moss    Flory Housley         Basford    7b   12

[shirls15]

Births are hard to find, either as Housely or Moss, but Flora at least was registered:

Births Mar Q 1887
Moss    Flory Housley         Basford    7b   12

so who is flory? (meschaks sister?), you didn't put it on the other list 
and housley is being used as a surname right? was it common for them to change their surnames? or am i totally confused haha

[Galium]

Apologies again - I jump ahead too much  .  Newf found Meshach with his family in 1901, among them a Florence H Moss aged 13 (so born c1887). 

This is the family in1891:

Class: RG12/ Piece: 2662/ Folio 112/ Page 18

Selston

James H Moss 44 Coal Miner
Martha H Moss 43
Mary A H Moss 19
Ruth H Moss 18
John H Moss 16
Mark H Moss 13
Meschach H Moss 8
Clara H Moss 6
Flora H Moss 4
Ethel H Moss 1
Kate H Moss 3m(grandaughter)

[shirls15]

wow breeding like rabbits... how do you actually find all this  is it on freebmd?
plus is florence a sister to meschach too? and kate is whose exactly? or can't you tell? lol ?

[carol8353]

Hi Shirl

Yes they do seem to be using Housley as their surname in 1881.
Don't know why yet though  

This looks like it could be James and Martha's marriage.


In Dec 1866  

GREGORY  Martha and HOUSLEY James   in  Basford ref  7b 171  

I have found the other couple on that page in 1871  and so have proved that this couple did marry each other.

Now to find why they swapped from Housley to Moss  

Carol
    

[shirls15]

oooh... my brain is getting carried away now  maybe there was a murder and they changed  *ok clear thoughts now*

[carol8353]

The name Mesach(or however you want to spell it) comes from Martha's family,the Gregory's.She has a brother with that name....and lots and lots of other siblings too 

See RG9/ 2433  Folio  33  Page  6 in 1861 

Do you have access to the censuses Shirl?

Carol

[shirls15]

erm i'm not entirelly sure  im quite new to this. is it online or town hall or somewhere else?

[carol8353]

All those Moss/ Wardle births are on Free BMD(except Clarence) ,when we talk about the censuses,it usually cos a few of us have access to them via the internet at home,sometimes on Ancestry and some of us subscribe to Find My Past(there are a few others too)

If you don't have access to them at home, then we'll know to type out what we've found in full for you.You can use a large library or record office..and the LDS centres have access to them too.

Your family seeem to have been Housely in 1881 but have changed to Moss by 1891. Why? Hmmmm......

Carol