> Hi Dorne > > Thank you for your reply. I have Mary's marriage certificate to Jesse > Elston but unfortunately neither parents of Jesse or Mary are shown only the > fact that because she was underage her guardian James Farrant gave consent > for her marriage. > > The year before Mary married Jesse [1864] she had a son William James b > 1863, William died 1864....I have his birth record and it gave the info > that Mary was born "England" and she was 18 and it stated William was illeg. > > On Mary's death record [age 83] in Mudgee in 1929 her 2nd youngest son was > the informant and he states Mary was born in Mudgee but I know you have to > be wary of informant's info on death records. It looks as though I had > best get the birth record of a Mary Stockton in 1858 to Richard and > Elizabeth A in Mudgee and perhaps the death record of her son William James > in 1864 although I have a feeling she is covering up her tracks. I also > have a feeling that Mary's father's name may be William as she named Jesse & > her 1st born son William that is why I hesitated in getting the birth of > Mary in 1858 to Richard & Elizabeth although she did call her first daughter > Elizabeth but then again Jesse's mother's name was Elizabeth also. > > Mary's 2nd marriage to John Frederick Smith in 1874 also did not give any > birthplace or parent's names. > > Thank you once again for your input. > Joan in NSW > > > > > Hi Joan, > > Mary's marriage certificate and / or children's birth certficates should > > state where and when she was born and her paren's names as should her > death > > certficate if the informant knew those details. > > Regards, > > Dorne. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.9/382 - Release Date: 4/07/06