Anderson of Yorkshire

[Annie65115]

Freebmd has an 1868 marriage in Notts for a William Anderson - one of the females on the same page is Mary Hall

1869 in Notts - William Henry Anderson but 2 possible spouses both called Mary Ann

1870 Leeds - William Goodall Anderson with a Mary Sirrs on the same page

You are not going to know which marriage it was without getting a birth cert to get her maiden name

The 1868 marriage is not the one as this William m Elizabeth Auckland in Ordsall.
There's another possible in Notts -- 1867, South Leverton, William Anderson and Mary Brown.
S Leverton is not particularly close to Worksop!
Norton Cuckney, in Notts, is 1/2way between Worksop and Warsop.

Another possibility might be Norton which is nowadays part of Sheffield but back then was in Derbyshire -----

[Annie65115]

That 1870 Leeds marriage is looking good given that there is a "Surr" lodging with them in 1871 ---

[Annie65115]

There's only 1 William Sirr/Syre/Surr/Siers b around 1851 in Herefordshire in the censuses and guess where in Herefordshire he was born?

Norton Canon   


------- but no sister Mary in the censuses   

[CaroleW]

I also wondered about that connection but the 1871 and 1881 both give Notts as her birthplace but there is nothing under Sirrs or Surrs in 1861

[Annie65115]

No suitable Mary "Surr" (or anything similar) baptisms in the Norton/Worksop areas in Notts in the appropriate time period.

[CaroleW]

The only safe solution to Mary's maiden name is a copy of a birth cert. Anything else is guesswork and there is then a danger you could end up researching the wrong family

[old1945man]

Marriage from the NOtts FHS CD

1869 09 28
groom  William Henry ANDERSON   
bride    Mary Ann WALKER   
parish   NOTTINGHAM St Mark

(edited to add -- however, in 1891 Mary is said to come from Norton, Yorkshire, and in 1871 from Norton, Notts--so beware of jumping to conclusions with this marriage!)

Hi thank you for the information. David