Ann and Andrew You wrote :- >I now need to research the marriage of WILLIAM (snr) and JANE. In a post three days ago I suggested this as a possibility :- 30 July 1821 Liverpool St Peter William STEWART and Jane ROBERTS A very kind person on another list has looked up this marriage for me in the Liverpool St Peter PR's and tells me that that the entry actually reads :- 30th July 1821, William Stuart, stone mason & Jane Roberts, spinster, by Banns. Both of the parish of Liverpool. It's not proof-positive, of course, but as father's occupation is given as mason in the Neston St Mary/St Helen PR baptism entry for your William STEWART (11 February 1827) this is a good pointer to it being the right marriage? Regards Gordon 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