Hello everyone I have just subscribed to this list and would like to post my current Chesterfield interests as follows: MARSHALL JOHNSON WALL RODGERS CLAYTON CANTRILL Mary WALL (gt grandmother) married Samuel RODGERS in Chesterfield Register Office on 23rd November 1862, aged 23. At the time of their marriage her address is given as Holywell Cross, but unfortunately there are no details of Mary's family either at this address, or on the marriage certificate (could her father be dead, or perhaps didn't approve of the marriage?). Were there many Register Office weddings in the 19th Century? I found a Mary WALL on Free BMD in 1838, but this Mary was born in Ashover, and in the 1871 and 1881 Census my Mary is recorded as born in Hasland or in Chesterfield. My sister says Mary WALL had Irish origins, but no one else in the family has heard of this. Could the fact she was married in the Register Office imply she was a Roman Catholic? Witnesses were John and Mary Ann CLAYTON - does anyone know this family? Also looking for the family of Maria JOHNSON (gt grandma) who married William MARSHALL on 11th November 1852 in Chesterfield Parish Church. Maria was 23 and born in Chesterfield and William 27, born in Hady. Maria's father was Charles JOHNSON, farmer and miller, from Chesterfield, William's father was also William MARSHALL, a labourer. Witnesses were Joseph CANTRILL and Hannah JOHNSON. Does anyone have any connections with these families? I would be very grateful for ANY information or ideas regarding the above. Kind regards, Aileen (from Notts)