Hello,
I am having a bit of trouble with my poor lost Lambs. According to Alexander Lamb's wedding certificate to Mary Ann Lamb (nee Harriman), he was born 1857 and she in 1861. I know from a later census and a later marriage that she was born in Montreal, Quebec (although I would believe it if you found her being born in Ilkeston as her family lived there, despite the fact I have her Canadian birth record). I *think* my Alexander was born in Durham, due to other linking infos I have been researching, but I want to find him on a census with Mary Ann, to prove that Alexander is definitely my Alexander (as I don't want to bark up the wrong tree).
The problem is, I can't find any Alexander and Mary Ann Lamb on the 1881 census. They married in 1876 in Barnsley Register Office and he was living in Stairfoot, and she was living in Hoyle Mill. 1884-1886 they were in Stairfoot as 2 of their children were born there. 1887 they were in South Kirby, Pontefract as their 3rd child was born there. Alexander died in 1890, so the 1891 census is no good as Mary Ann by this time has remarried and is living with her children and new husband Walter G. Asquith in Ardsley. If we have no luck I will try the Derbyshire board as her parents, Mary (b. 1841, Quebec, Canada) and James Harriman (b. 1839 Ilkeston) are also missing in 1881, only for James to resurface, a widower in 1891, also in Ardsley.
I have tried A*******, FindMyPast and IGI so if anyone has any other 1881 census transcripts for the Barnsley/Ardsley/South Kirby areas I would be very thankful as it will allow me to confirm my Durham suspicions about Alexander and work further back on the Lamb family tree, which will make my Mum's day.
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