Can anyone help? : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "balenca" <[email protected]> : Subject: [STS] New Subscriber, DANDY & CUTTS : : : : Hello everyone, I am new the the list, my name is June Williams and I am : : originally from Stockport in Cheshire, now living in South Africa. : : Most of my research so far has been in Cheshire but has recently moved to : : Staffordshire. : : : : My great grandmother Mary Jane DANDY was born in Wolverhampton in 1856, : she : : married Ellis RATCLIFFE in Stockport in 1886. : : Her father was Samuel DANDY, mother Sarah CUTTS : : : : I have found the family on the 1881 census living at Walsall Road, : : Willenhall, Staffs. Mary Jane wasn't there but I think I have found her : : living as a general servant to a family in Tranmere Cheshire. : : If anyone has access to an earlier census, 1851/61/71 could they possibly : : look to see where they were. On Mary Jane's birth certificate 1856 they : were : : at Ablow Street, Wolverhampton. : : : : I have two possible entries from the IGI for a marriage between Samuel : DANDY : : and Sarah CUTTS. : : Both on 27 October 1851, one say's St Phillips, Birmingham, Warwick, the : : other say's Birmingham Stafford. I think these are the same marriage, can : : anyone tell me if Birmingham was in Staffs or Warwickshire at that time, : or : : was it on the border of the two Counties. : : : : Many thanks to anyone who can help me with the above query's : : : : Regards : : June