Hello fellow DUCKWORTHS, Can anyone help me in tracing my ancestry? I have just acquired the marriage certificate for John DUCKWORTH and Sarah CALVERY who were married in Bury, Lancashire on 20/12/1850. John, aged 26 was a bricklayer and Sarah, aged 20 was a spinster. They both lived in King street, Bury. John's father was James DUCKWORTH, who was a printer and Sarah's father was Thomas CALVERY, who was a mechanic. I think I may have found the birth details of John DUCKWORTH. He was born on 27/2/1825 and Christened on 27/3/1825 at St Mary's in Bury. His father's name was James and his mother's name was Betty. I have not been able to find the details of Sarah CALVERY (can anyone help me out?), however I do have details of her death. She died on 20/9/1872, at the age of 39 in Adelaide, South Australia. Therefore she was either born in 1830 or 1833, depending on which certificate was correct in stating her age. John and Sarah migrated to Adelaide, South Australia some time between their wedding date of 20/12/1850, and the birth of their first born, Thomas DUCKWORTH - 22/12/1855. They had three more children, all born in Adelaide, SA. They were: Emily Jane DUCKWORTH (b 18/11/1857), Ellen DUCKWORTH (b 4/10/1860) and Elizabeth DUCKWORTH (b 31/7/1864, d 4/2/1866). Thomas DUCKWORTH (also a bricklayer) married Elizabeth Anna Dorothy SECKER on 31/7/1882 at St Luke's, Adelaide, SA. Elizabeth was born in East Dereham, Norfolk, England in September, 1861(her father Jeremiah SECKER was a brickmaker). She died in 1938 at the age of 77 in Sydney. I have traced Elizabeth's ancestry back to 1759. Thomas and Elizabeth had five children, all born in Sydney. They were: Adelaide DUCKWORTH (b 26/4/1883, d 14/1/1884), Albert Thomas DUCKWORTH (b30/10/1886, d ?/1/1959 in Brisbane Q'Land), John (Jack) DUCKWORTH (b 1888), Emily E and Elsie DUCKWORTH (twins b1891). Albert Thomas DUCKWORTH married Rose Hanna CUNNINGHAM in Dubbo, NSW in 1911 and my father Albert Thomas DUCKWORTH was born on 21/9/1913 in Bellingen, NSW. Regards, Tom DUCKWORTH