Hi Philip, Thank you very much for this info and for the link. I will put it in my favourites and study it when no-one is pestering me for the use of the computer! I do appreciate your time and effort. It is another crack in the brick wall of this problem! Thanks again Julie. On 11/02/07, Philip Maddocks <[email protected]> wrote: > try familyhistoryonline.net. Banns and marriage for George in 1824 > > Philip Maddocks > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Julie Cooper" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 6:39 PM > Subject: Re: [ENG-CAMS] Hi > > > > Hello Cath, > > > > Thank you for your kind offer on Rootsweb. I wonder if you could help > > me if you get time? > > > > This is my "Brick wall" My paternal Grandmother had a cousin but I > > cant find out which relatives he was related through. If I could find > > out his mothers maiden name, that might give me a clue. He was born > > before the BMD records were started and didn't have any children which > > makes it worse. Also, I have a marriage cert for him but her name is > > completely different from his wife's name on their gravestone in Old > > Humberstone Churchyard. I cant find any record of him becoming a > > widower and marrying again. > > > > His name is Elliot John Norman Galer, according to census he was born > > in Cambridge but I don't know the Parish. I cant find him on the CFHS. > > > > Although I have found info on the internet and in his Will, I have had > > no luck in finding out who they were related through. > > According to the IGI,he was Christened on 24 AUG 1823 in Toft, Cambridge. > > > > I cant find him on census 1841 to1861. He turns up in Leicester in > > 1871. He married Mary Ann HODSON nee BASSETT in London 1858. They were > > both actors and opera singers and his wife''s stage name was Fanny > > REEVES and her name on their gravestone (in Humberstone, > > Leicestershire) is Annie Reeves Galer. They > > did not have children which makes them more difficult to trace. > > Elliott''s father was George Galer, a farmer according to his marriage > > cert, and I think he had a sister Anne who is somehow related to the > > MALLANDAINES. > > > > Somehow Elliot is related to the WADSWORTH and/or ODAMS families > > of Cambridge/Huntingdonshire > > > > Sorry if this is a bit garbled but I thought it might help to put down > > all I know. > > > > Many thanks, > > Regard, > > Julie > > > > > > > > > > > > On 25/01/07, catherine <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hi im new to the cambridge bit. My main interest is Berkshire, and people > >> down that way help me, > >> by looking up things. So i thought i would offer my time to anyone > >> needing things checked out, ie > >> finding grave stones in Cambridge uk. Seeing as i live in Cambridge and I > >> need the exercise and an > >> excuse for a walk, i thought i would offer. But not too many at once > >> though i'm still weaning > >> myself off the car ! > >> Cath > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ___________________________________________________________ > >> The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address > >> from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> 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 > >> > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >