james hill and catherine assel

[carolynb]

hi more help please I have a marriage for James and Catherine assel 21sep1823 st Marys on the hill chester but i am now looking for their parents i think she is the daughter of William and Annie ?? but not sure but i cant find James he says on the 1851 census born hawarden but on 1861 states pulford also the name ASSEL is it a spelling mistake as astle or hassel is more usual  thanks in advance Carolyn

[patrish]

What ages are they on the 51 census. you could post the reference

If you have not found her birth, why do you think she is the daughter of  William and Annie 

[carolynb]

hi 1851 census both 49 living broughton flintshire 1841 both 39 living marston cum lache she is listed as born lache  to be honest the William and Anne are a bit of a guess i have found a birth for Hannah ass el  19DEC1828 with William and Anne as parents James and Catherine's marriage has  them as witnesses along with a john moulton then a marriage for Sarah Assel has Ann ass el   and again john moulton as witnesses im found birth and marriage details on Cheshire parish records project  version 3 does this make sense to you  if so can you help Carolyn

[patrish]

I cant help with Scotland I am afraid, dont have acces to scottish records.

You might do better to post again on the Scotland board.

It does sound as if they are the right parents though.

[carolynb]

hi  this is not scotland it is cheshire  all the places they have lived are small villages around chester  carolyn

[patrish]

I should have read thoroughly, I just saw Flintshire which I had always thought was Scotland..... will have to brush up on my geography 

[patrish]

Not having much luck, I cannot see the marriage on the IGI nor a baptism for Catherine Assel in Cheshire.

[carolynb]

hi again do you think it is a wrong spelling perhaps hassel or astle ?  can you suggest any other route i can take i would like to trace James their first son was thomas b 1824 then Charles followed by john and James  and William daughters Elizabeth  then Sarah  on to Ellen then a second Ellen and Martha  they seem to have kept most of these names through the family  my grandfather was a thomas hill born 1902 thanks again Carolyn

[patrish]

Looking on the IGI I cant see any Assels but Hassell is a very common surname in Cheshire so it might be that 

 Unfortunately the IGI does not seem to have very good coverage for Cheshire, its not even  showing Thomas b 1824  the only other thing I can suggest is to look at the actual parish records themselves.