My 3rd great uncle Silas Fereday married Louisa Preece in the Black Country. SHe must have died though I have not found that record. I have their wedding info. Silas He later came to the US and married a widow Ann Griffiths. They lived in PA. Wanda Lee On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 3:00 AM, <eng-black-country-request@rootsweb.com>wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. my brick wall PREECE (A durn) > 2. Re: my brick wall PREECE (Polly Rubery) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 09:46:38 +0100 (BST) > From: A durn <rosableu08@yahoo.co.uk> > Subject: [Black Country] my brick wall PREECE > To: eng-black-country@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <696682.42291.qm@web28004.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > struggling with my family, I > have Florence Martha PREECE > marrying Charles Frderick PIT in Birmingham 1899, I have established her > father > > as James PREECE > again marrying in Birmingham, his father is Charles PREECE (stamper) who > married > > Emma CORBETT in 1842 > St George Wolverhampton Stafford. both bride and grrom given as full age > His father given as James PREECE ( labourer) > according to the 1881 census > charles and Emily living in Birmingham, he a stamper and from Hereford she > is > from Wellington Shropshire, > he is given as 61 born 1820. > 1871 census he gives his birth as what looks like yarpole hereford > 1861 census he gives Birchell Common hereford > > This is where I come unstuck, I cannot find any baptism record an cannot > find > his family > > Any help gratefully received > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 10:20:38 +0100 > From: "Polly Rubery" <polly@rowberry.org> > Subject: Re: [Black Country] my brick wall PREECE > To: <eng-black-country@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <F600EBA412ED4B4598668AD6C19C5599@polly4655622de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Where have you looked for his baptism record? If it is just the IGI or > Family Search be aware that the LDS was not originally allowed to film the > Parish Registers in Herefordshire, and what is on the IGI/Family Search is > just the BTs, with many, many gaps and not all of them were indexed > completely either. > > So I would suggest that you start by examining the actual parish regsters > for Yarpole and Bircher and see if you can find it that way. > > According to the HFHS pre-1837 marriage index there are many possible > marriages for a James PREEC before 1820 - none in either of those parishes, > but many in nearby parishes. > > Also have you tried finding Charles in previous census returns, before > 1861? > You might just be lucky enough to find him still with his parents in 1841. > > Finally when looking for people from Herefordshire it would be a good idea > to post your query to the two lists which cover that county, which are: > > ENG-HEREFORD@rootsweb.com > MIDMARCH@rootsweb.com > > Finally there is a PREECE One-Name Study. For details check the Register > on > www.one-name.org > HTH > Polly > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "A durn" <rosableu08@yahoo.co.uk> > To: <eng-black-country@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 9:46 AM > Subject: [Black Country] my brick wall PREECE > > > struggling with my family, I > have Florence Martha PREECE > marrying Charles Frderick PIT in Birmingham 1899, I have established her > father > > as James PREECE > again marrying in Birmingham, his father is Charles PREECE (stamper) who > married > > Emma CORBETT in 1842 > St George Wolverhampton Stafford. both bride and grrom given as full age > His father given as James PREECE ( labourer) > according to the 1881 census > charles and Emily living in Birmingham, he a stamper and from Hereford she > is > from Wellington Shropshire, > he is given as 61 born 1820. > 1871 census he gives his birth as what looks like yarpole hereford > 1861 census he gives Birchell Common hereford > > This is where I come unstuck, I cannot find any baptism record an cannot > find > his family > > Any help gratefully received > > > ------------------------------------- > The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. 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