Hi Meli, I can't be much help to you other than to suggest that now that you have the marriage info, you order the certificate for the marriage of John & Edith. That should get you his father's name and occupation, and then you can go hunting for him in the 1841 census and work on figuring out John's connection to Edith. If they were first cousins, it should be do-able. The first explanation that springs to mind is that John's mother was a sister of Elizabeth WITHIEL. The GRO reference is Edith PHILLIPS & John THOMAS, December quarter of 1849, registration district of Wirral, Vol.19, page 330. Wirral is in Cheshire. Also, the marriage took place at Bebington, Chester (in the county of Cheshire), not in Cornwall. If you read the marriage notice again, you'll see that it was Edith's late father, William, that was "of Nance, in Illogan" Cornwall. You also have (from a previous post to the list) a letter written by Robert Withiel PHILLIPS that speaks of the PHILLIPS family living at "Nance Farm" in Illogan. You might also find it helpful to contact the WITHEL One Name Study at http://withell.org/perranzabuloe.php and/or request a lookup in Perranzabuloe parish marriage records at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~blanchec/Perran2.htm Joanne Toronto, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Meli" <melibob4@texasbb.com> To: <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 7:37 PM Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Thomas ~ Phillips marriage from 1849 > This notice of the following marriage excited me, as I hadn't found the > date > before. > > WEST BRITON AND CORNWALL ADVERTISER transcribed by Julia Mosman > 21 December, 1849 MARRIAGES > > > At Bebington, Chester, on the 13th instant, Mr. JOHN THOMAS, of > Liverpool, > to EDITH, youngest daughter of the late Mr. WILLIAM PHILLIPS, of Nance, in > the parish of Illogan. > > > I believe this to be EDITH WITHIEL PHILLIPS, daughter of WILLIAM > PHILLIPS > and his wife ELIZABETH WITHIEL who married 16 Feb 1809 in Perranzabuloe. > My great great grandfather was Edith's older brother HUGH PHILLIPS who had > immigrated to Wisconsin in 1846 with his wife ELIZABETH DONNITHORNE. > EDITH W. PHILLIPS is said to have married her cousin, JOHN THOMAS, whose > middle name was also WITHIEL. I have John and Elizabeth's descendants, > but > am eager to learn more about John and how he might be related via the > WITHIEL line. I have his birth as 4th quarter 1823 in Redruth so don't > know > how or when he went to Liverpool. > > Also am interested in learning more about ELIZABETH WITHIEL PHILLIPS. I > have her parents as ROBERT WITHIEL, born abt 1747 in Cornwall and died 25 > Sep 1820 in Perranzabuloe, and wife ANN JOHNS born about Abt. 1744 in > Cornwall and died 25 Jun 1822 in Perranzabuloe. Their children might have > been , in addition to my Elizabeth, GRACE, PHILLIPA, and ANN. > > Anyone out there have any ties or documentation to these families? I am > happy to share what I have on the William and Elizabeth (Withiel) Phillips > families. And who can tell me more about Bebington, Chester in Illogan? > > Blessings...Melibob in Texas > > > ------------------------------- > Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information > http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >