Hello Gordon Apologies for the delay...couldnt understand why,but had copied your address minus one dot! Hope this one reaches you! Very many thanks for your info, and also to the kind person who found the marriage of WILLIAM (mason).This has sent me off on an interesting route, so please pass on my thanks.Thanks for the list of siblings for WILLIAM,this has proved extremely useful too. This is our first venture using this way of communicating with fellow addicts, and we aredelighted with the friendly and helpful response! Are you also researching STEWARTS/STUARTS? Regards ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon Evans" <gordon.w.evans@btinternet.com> To: <birkenhead@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 2:40 PM Subject: Re: [BIRKENHEAD] STEWART/STUART > Ann & Andrew > >>I now need to research the marriage of WILLIAM and JANE > > Presumably you've considered this, from the IGI? :- > > 30 July 1821 > Liverpool St Peter > William STEWART and Jane ROBERTS > > The Neston St Mary/St Helen PR's have the baptism of children of William > and > Jane STUART/STEWART, mason, of Neston, as follows :- > > 19 Jan 1823 Anne > 23 May 1823 Robert (d1843 aged 19?) > 4 Mar 1825 Jane > 11 Feb 1827 William (m Sarah SELLS 1860 Shoreditch?) > 1 Mar 1829 John (m Mary SMITH 1857 Liverpool St Nicholas) > 19 Apr 1833 Catherine > > The John born c1831 you ask about is probably the one above (b1829). > Although > his age was given as 21 in the 1851 Census, 39 in the 1871 and 50 in the > 1881 it was stated (probably correctly) to be 32 in the 1861. > > Regards > Gordon > >>Hello, I would be very grateful for any information/ advice please. We are >>researching >>the above family and the earliest record we have is from the parish >>records >>of Neston 1827 which recorded the baptism of WILLIAM STUART(jnr) >to >>WILLIAM (snr)AND JANE STUART.This supports info from1861 ->2001census's >>and >>up to WILLIAMS(jnr) death in Liverpool,his marriage certifcate,and the >>birth >>certificates of 2 children. >>I now need to research :- >>a)the marriage of WILLIAM(snr) and JANE >>b)their respective birth places(family hearsay has always been that the >>STEWARTS came from Scotland, and became farmer /owners of land in >and >>around >>NESTON.however:- >>c)The Ancestry 1841 census gave us WILLIAM'S(snr) p.o.b as >IRELAND >>BRITISH >>SUBJECT,as does the 1851 census.The latter also gave us 4 possible >>siblings >>for WILLIAM(jnr) ANN1822, JOHN1829 THOMAS1836, AND >SAMUEL1838.but of >>course >>this census gave no relationship info..see below >>d) The Ancestry1841 census gave JANE'S pob as NESTON, but as >HOLYHEAD IN >>1851. >>e) I am unable to find any trace of WILLIAM(snr) in the 1861 census >>f) I believe WILLIAM(snr) to be related to JOHN STEWART/STUART >born >>circa1831 in NESTON..Another son? maybe a nephew ? We think son, >from the >>1841 census. We are in contact with a direct(documented and thus verified) >>descendant of his,still living in CHESHIRE,but neither family can throw >>any >>light on the issues raised above >>We would very much appreciate any suggestions, information etc. >>There is also strong documentary evidence of close links between the >>STEWARTS/STUARTS >>and the MEALOR family for the same area,especially Parkgate.We would >also >>welcome any thoughts on that link! >>Kind regards >>Ann and Andrew > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BIRKENHEAD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.3/530 - Release Date: 11/11/2006 > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.6/565 - Release Date: 12/2/2006