In the early 1800's South Stockton not only included Thornaby-on-Tees but also parts of Middlesbrough. With the straitening of the River Tees several areas moved from Durham to Yorkshire, so I would recommend widening your area of search. Teesside Archives in Middlesbrough has most of the Parish Records for the area. http://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/leisure-and-culture/archives Keith > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:22:01 +0100 > From: "Sue Horn" <sue.horn@ntlworld.com> > Subject: Re: [ENG-DURHAM] Allen family- Durham - help appreciated > To: <ENG-DURHAM-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <001b01c9ed1d$042b7080$0c825180$@horn@ntlworld.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi Geoff , > Robert Allens first wife Elizabeth has to have died before 1832 as he > remarried in January 1832 to his second wife Jane .He remarried in > Stockton > , Durham .I was presuming she died in Stockton only because she had two > children in Stockton and at a later date Robert her husband remarried in > Stockton .My presumption on where she died may be wrong . > Roberts date of birth is c 1796 as i said as i know census are out by 5 > years sometimes more .However the census does have him born within county > Durham - could this mean that in 1841 he could be south Stockton ( > Yorkshire > )? > > sue