Hi Peter thanks for reply I think it must be Hindley,this is what Iknow about them, Marriage of Henry Seddon to Elizabeth Mills. April 23rd 1865.St Philips Church, Henry Seddon age full,batchelor private Hm 12th Lancers residence Barracks. Father John Seddon profession collier. Elizabeth Mills age full,spinster residence white croft. Father William Henry Mills. profession file cutter. Married at St Philips after banns.signature Henry Seddon his mark. signature of Elizabeth Mills her mark. witness Thomas Short and James Marsh. In 1871 Elizabeth living at white croft with my Ggrandmother Ann my ancestry sub is finished but I am sure the name there was spelt Sedan,Ihave looked before on ancestry for Henry but cannot find anything in 41-51census,would appreciate any help at all my GGgrandmother is burried in Sheffield but not sure what happened to Henry.....Many Thanks Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Wood" <st.peter@paradise.net.nz> To: <eng-lan-wigan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 5:03 AM Subject: Re: [WIGAN] seddon > Margaret > > There is a lot of information that might help that you have not told us: > > When did Henry & Elizabeth marry? What was his father's occupation on the > M.Cert? What was Elizabeth's father's name & occupation? Where was > Elizabeth in 1871 when Henry is apparently an unmarried soldier at Aldershot? > > In 1871 the birthplace Wardley looks like a mistranscription. It actually > appears to be Hendley (if you have the census image compare the H with the > H in Hereford, the first e with the e in Sheffield (first line) and the n > with the n in Lancaster. So if Siddon=Seddon, and Hendley is probably > Hindley, which is in Wigan district, whereas Wardley is in Salford. > > Regards > Peter Wood > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > Each poster owns his/her own post. Before forwarding someone else's message to another list, be sure to receive permission from the author. > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LAN-WIGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message