Brick wall: can you help me leap over it? Henry FRIEND . born 1844 Gombin, Poland (sponge-maker, lived 2 Northfield Villas, Leeds, married Mary (Martha) SILVERBURG. In 1871, they were living in Leeds together. They had 3 children, Abraham, Lipman (Jack) & Rebecca, last born Sep 1870. Then he seems to have married again Selina (Lena) FRANKEL.. I know this from the birth certs of the children named below. They had 9 children -born between 1880 & 1897. Children were: Etty, Dinah, Jack, Isadore, Ethel, Cissie, Morris, Gertrude, Cyril. Selena died in 1919. Henry in 1908. But I cannot find either a death for Mary (1st wife) or a marriage for Selina. There is a Mary FRIEND who died in West Hartlepool aged 29 10a 103. That's not her (husband George, a stone mason.) Where can I search for the marriage: there's nothing in find my past.com If a synagogue marriage only, where would the Austhorizations be: in London, in Leeds? Help appreciated: Miriam Margolyes New Yorl

Hello, Miriam, Bear with me... Where has the name Mary/Martha SILVERBURG come from? Are you sure that Mary & Selina are not one and the same person? I know that the ages from 1871 Mary was 28, yet Selina in 1881 was 28. But, do you have anything else? Leeds in the 1870s can be a bit tricky regarding deaths/burials. For marriages it could be that a marriage authorisation exists at Beth Din. However, I think we need to narrow the search a bit or it'll cost a fortune for a search. Do you have a precise DOB for Rebecca (assuming her mother is Mary/Martha) and for Etty/Henrietta (I only have a 1875/1876 for her)? Let me know and I'll try searching the Leeds things I have again for "vague" matches, in case I have missed something somewhere. Best Sherry On 01/02/2008, Miriam Margolyes <75342.3217@compuserve.com> wrote: > Brick wall: can you help me leap over it? > > Henry FRIEND married Mary (Martha) SILVERBURG. They had 3 children, Abraham, Lipman (Jack) & Rebecca, > Then he seems to have married again Selina (Lena) FRANKEL.. I know this > from the birth certs of the children named below. > But I cannot find either a death for Mary (1st wife) or a marriage for > Selina. > Where can I search for the marriage: there's nothing in find my past.com > If a synagogue marriage only, where would the Austhorizations be: in > London, in Leeds?