Hi, Some of my husband's ROSS and WILCOX family from the Pleck area of Walsall seem to have been Catholic pre 1850. I have some Catholic baptisms for both families from 1805 at Bloxwich RC but does anyone know where Catholics may have been baptised before this? I'm specifically looking for the baptisms of RHODA ROSS, SIMON ROSS, JEREMIAH ROSS born between 1775 and 1790. A second question connected to the ROSS family and Catholics is that both Rhoda Ross and Jeremiah Ross seem to have married the same person twice. Rhoda married Thomas WILCOX at St. Bartholomew's C of E, Wednesbury on 7 Sep 1810 but then again at Bloxwich RC on 17th Sep 1810. Jeremiah married his second wife Ann HURBIDGE (both widows) on 26 July 1812 at Bloxwich RC and then on the next day 27 July 1812 at St. Martin's, Birmingham. Why would they have married twice? Thanks, Judy

Hi Judy Between 1754 and 1837 the only legal place to get married was a Church of England church, a Quaker Meeting House or a Synagog. Therefore they married twice, once a legal marriage and once a marriage according with the tenants of their faith. As to the baptism query, it is quite possible that no records of earlier baptims were kept or survived. HTH Polly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Evans" <[email protected]> To: "Staffordshire-L" <[email protected]>; "ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 10:46 AM Subject: [Black Country] Early Catholic baptisms in Walsall and Catholicdouble marriages re ROSS family Hi, Some of my husband's ROSS and WILCOX family from the Pleck area of Walsall seem to have been Catholic pre 1850. I have some Catholic baptisms for both families from 1805 at Bloxwich RC but does anyone know where Catholics may have been baptised before this? I'm specifically looking for the baptisms of RHODA ROSS, SIMON ROSS, JEREMIAH ROSS born between 1775 and 1790. A second question connected to the ROSS family and Catholics is that both Rhoda Ross and Jeremiah Ross seem to have married the same person twice. Rhoda married Thomas WILCOX at St. Bartholomew's C of E, Wednesbury on 7 Sep 1810 but then again at Bloxwich RC on 17th Sep 1810. Jeremiah married his second wife Ann HURBIDGE (both widows) on 26 July 1812 at Bloxwich RC and then on the next day 27 July 1812 at St. Martin's, Birmingham. Why would they have married twice? Thanks, Judy ------------------------------------- The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. Run by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message