Help, please

[Lynnn]

I'm looking for information on Fred Slater b. 1873 in Shropshire who married Ann Slater b. 1869 in Jun 1894 Macclesfield 8a/164.  I have been on another part of Rootschat with very helpful people trying to trace my mother's side of the family but we have hit a bit of a wall in terms of Fred, my mother's grandfather.  http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,337414.30.html.
My Mum,who is 89, has suddenly become very interested in tracing her roots.  Can anyone help, please?

[lizdb]

Hi

What have you already got?

Have you got them on 1901 census after their marraige (were they really both called Slater?)
Have you got them on any censuses befoe their marriage?
Have you got their marriage cert? If so, what are their dad's names and occupations etc?
Have you got thier birth certs? If so, names of parents etc.

All willing to help - but dont want to duplicate what you have already
Remember FreeBMD for births/marriages/deaths and 1881 census free to search - always more fun finding the info yourself!

[Lynnn]

Hi - yes I have them on the 1901 census after their marriage living at The Common, Over Alderley in Prestbury St. Peter.  It really does seem that before marriage they were both called Slater.   I have Ann in the 1871 census but we just couldn't find Fred any further back.

I don't have marriage or birth certificates for these two but this all started when I obtained a marriage certificate for my Grandfather Frank Slater (Fred and Ann's son)

[lizdb]

I think the next move, then, will be to get Fred's marriage cert. Hopefully this will give a clue about his father's name and occupation and might lead us to find the right family earlier on.

A quick glance at births on FreeBMD gives a Frederick Slater in 1875 Stourbridge area or a Frederick Thomas Slater in 1871 in West Brom area.  Does your Fred give any hint of a middle name?

[Lynnn]

Thanks for coming back to me.   I'm afraid I don't know if my Fred had a middle name.   Perhaps the marriage certificate is now the only option?    I'll report back, if you don't mind, if I can find anything further.   According to Mum, Fred was a very handsome chap who married three times.   They buried him at Prestbury church with his first wife and the other two are buried either side of them!!   Don't you just love these snippets of family info.