Hello everyone, My husband's maternal 2x great grandparents were William Robertson and Rachel Tyrell perhaps from the Whitehaven area. I cannot find a marriage certificate for them. Can anyone help with this or any other leads to information about them, please? All I know about them is they had a daughter, Sarah Jane Robertson in 1859, born in Pipehouse Lane, New Town, Whitehaven. She married William Cooper in 1878 in the Primitive Methodist Chapel in Whitehaven. The marriage certificate states her father was deceased. Any help most appreciated. Jennifer from snowy Leeds.

This is about as 'far out' as one could get in genealogy, grin.......but I have a brick wall in Jamaica with an Englishman by name of "Wilkin COOPER".......who was allegedly married to a Lady Usherwood or Isherwood......according to Grandmother Cooper. And so far, her handwritten notes back to the early 1800's have been 100% right!!!! Wilkin had 5 children with an Elizabeth Evans and the name Evans was carried on down. However the names WILKIN & WILLIAM were always carried down into each generation. But I do realize how common William Cooper is. (G) They were not married, but that was either because of two reasons......he really was married in England to this Lady......or the fact that Elizabeth was 'a free woman of colour'......slavery had not been abolished at that time. So they could not be married as he was white. This was the early 1800's in Trelawney, Jamaica and Wilkin Cooper was a planter, a soldier and eventually a Coroner (but no medical background). I believe Coroner was purely a political 'award'. He was modestly well to do....but at a guess, was probably a second son. I got a lead from the CUL group once before and this kind soul found a Wilkins (note 'S') Cooper in Lincolnshire, but he was one generation back of my Wilkin (who was born 1877/78)......so you can see why the date rang a bell. To flip this around....could this Wilkins Cooper that I found tie into your family? He was from Halton Holgate in Lincoln. I have absolutely exhausted all avenues. Lady Usherwood, if she existed, would not be the name under which she was baptized.....and the IGI has not found me a Wilkin Cooper in England or Scotland. Grandma said they were from Dover......but they probably sailed from there. And that one is even harder than my mysterious John Bowness!! Cheers.....Heather Researching BOWNESS & ALLANBY in Cumberland. And FIGUEROA, COOPER & RITCHIE in Jamaica. > She married William Cooper in 1878 in the Primitive Methodist > Chapel in Whitehaven. The marriage certificate states her father was > deceased. > > Any help most appreciated. > > Jennifer from snowy Leeds. >