Hello Carol Just a few comments on your request 1. I looked at the 1861 Census entry and the name of Henry's birthplace which has been transcribed as Rillo. To me it looks like Pills or Pillo or Pello etc That made me think of Pelaw. The first letter is very flourishing and hard to compare with anything else - could be B or P or perhaps R or K. The last letter is an o or an s. The second letter looks like an i but there is no dot so could be an e. the other two letters certainly look like double l Another place is Kyo Other people might have different ideas for you. 2. If the child Jane Carter was born in April 1871 then the birth would be registered in the June quarter. There is the birth of a Jane Carter registered in South Shields, Co Durham in that quarter, reference 10a 718 3. Fanny was usually a short form of Frances. If your Jane was born in April 71 in the UK, then her parents should be on the 1871 Census. I looked at the 1871 Census for a Henry and Frances or Fanny Carter - there were two - one in London and one in Manchester - no indication of a Tyneside birth for either of them The couple in London had no Carter Children, although he was 30 and she was 45 and there were step children The couple in Manchester had an 8 year old daughter Jane. Frances however was 28 years old so didn't match your birthdate of 1854 I hope this gives you some ideas and if you want more info just write back Heather Carol Bradford wrote: > Hello, > In the 1861 census RG 9/3873 for Barrington Colliery NBL I find Henry > Carter age 21 b. in Durham Rillo. I hope he's the Henry Carter whose > birth was registered 4/4 1841 in Chester le Street. But where is > Rillo? I can't find anything resembling it in Genuki. > > Henry Carter b. Nov 1841 in Durham (1900 US census) married Fanny ? > b. Mar 1854 and had a daughter Janey/Jennie b. Apr 1871. The family > emigrated to the USA in 1871. Henry and Fanny were witnesses to a > Carter family wedding in 1874 in Pennsylvania and I would love to > connect them. I haven't been able to find their marriage or the > birth and would appreciate any help. Was Fanny a name or a nickname? > > >