hi Julia and listers This is another of my relatives the Son was named Richard John Merrifield he died in January 1857 and was buried at St Day . His mother was Catherine Edwards and she Died in July 1861 aged 28 yrs buried St Day But what I can't determine is what became of John Merrifield. In the 1861 census Catherine describes herself as a widow but i suspect he has " shot through" can't find a death listed that fits these dated 1856- 1861 in Cornwall I think he was born at Kea in 1832 and John and Catherine married in 1856 I say this because another family member who's marriage had ended both husband and wife describe themselves as widow or widower in in the records after the spilt in 1874. she lived to 1889 and he till 1909 this is something to concider when reading census / record doc's cheers denis edwards In sunny Sydney > > West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser > Friday, 25 July 1856 > . > BIRTHS > At Blackwater, on Tuesday last, the wife of Mr. JOHN MERRIFIELD, of a son.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Denis Edwards" <djedwds@bigpond.com> To: <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 11:19 AM Subject: Re: [CORNISH] West Briton, 25 July 1856 BMDs > hi Julia and listers > This is another of my relatives > the Son was named Richard John Merrifield he died in January 1857 and was > buried at St Day . His mother was Catherine Edwards and she Died in July > 1861 aged 28 yrs buried St Day > But what I can't determine is what became of John Merrifield. In the 1861 > census Catherine describes herself as a widow but i suspect he has " shot > through" can't find a death listed that fits these dated 1856- 1861 in > Cornwall I think he was born at Kea in 1832 and John and Catherine > married > in 1856 > I say this because another family member who's marriage had ended both > husband and wife describe themselves as widow or widower in in the records > after the spilt in 1874. she lived to 1889 and he till 1909 > this is something to concider when reading census / record doc's > cheers > denis edwards > In sunny Sydney > > >> >> West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser >> Friday, 25 July 1856 >> . >> BIRTHS > >> At Blackwater, on Tuesday last, the wife of Mr. JOHN MERRIFIELD, of a >> son. > > > ------------------------------- > Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com > with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, > MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to > CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message