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O that’s amazing! I’m going to look for that straight away. I love trying to find the stories behind everything too, not just when things happened but why and how. I don’t have any aunts down for John Herbert. My grandmother said John James might have gone to his aunt (he was her father) but the new...

Oh I’ll definitely be ordering his military record in the end. Even if it has no answers to this brick wall it’ll be interesting

Oh wow, thank you all so much for so many replies and so much information. Sorry I haven't replied sooner and I'm also orry this is going to be a long reply now :lol: Adrian - with the Professor of music it need to look at directories etc to see if he's advertised anywhere. I know at the time it did...

Hi VALLMO9, I hadn't seen the Burns marriage but I'll have a look at that one and what might have happened to her. I did think maybe he could be registered under her maiden name but like you say whatever that might be! I haven't got Matthew on the 1911 census - John Herbert is living with his first ...

Hi everyone. I would be so grateful for any help getting past this brick wall. I’m looking for the birth record for John Herbert Walsh (1884-1993) he lived in Liverpool but all censuses etc list his place of birth as the Isle of Man (his father is listed as a musician which might explain that). His ...

Hi Thank you for all the searching you’ve done to help. It does seem she’s signed the certificates herself (both husbands say mark of whereas she doesn’t). I think Roberts is correct in the most part because of the child’s birth certificate, I’ve ordered a birth certificate for the first union child...

Hi, I'm really sorry I've not answered sooner, I hadn't realised the post had had approval and was live. Another relative did most of the work on this but the links makes sense except for the father's name. So we've got both marriage certificates and starting with the second in 1871 which is the mar...

Hi, I'm having some trouble with one specific ancestor which means i can't move forward (or backwards i guess :lol: ) on her line. The trouble is, on her marriage certificates there is a different surname for her father on both (she's an ancestor through marriage - the familial link is the second hu...