I have the proverbial brickwall. The information I have is that a Katherine ????? born 1842 in Preston, Lancashire married Archibald HAMILTON around 1868 - 1871. Then the happy couple moved to Windermere, Westmorland and had several children. Archibald HAMILTON was a practising Doctor and JP according to the 1881, 1891 census. Since it was fairly common to marry in the brides parish, I am hoping that some wonderful person can help me with a marriage look up. I have tried the on-line IGI, and FreeBMD. I am unsure of direction now???? Thank you for listening Jocelyn

Hi Jocelyn, You may have missed this possibility in FreeBMD: Marriages Jun 1867 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HAMILTON Archibald Kendal 10b 902 HARRISON James Kendal 10b 902 JEFFRAY Katharine Kendal 10b 902 THEOBALD Sarah Kendal 10b 902 There is a Preston St. John's christening in the IGI for a Catherine JEFFRAY on 30 May 1841 to Lockhart William & Catherine JEFFRAY (see Batch C007134). Hope this may crack the brick wall. Brian Cooper bcooper@mts.net Manitoba Researching in Preston: COOPER, BARNFATHER, BRADSHAW, ELLITHORNE, HELME, ROBINSON, WILSON in Kendal: COWPER ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary/Jocelyn Harrold" <gharrold@telusplanet.net> To: <ENG-LANCS-PRESTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 6:17 PM Subject: New Lister-----HELP > I have the proverbial brickwall. The information I have is that a Katherine ????? born 1842 in Preston, Lancashire married Archibald HAMILTON around 1868 - 1871. Then the happy couple moved to Windermere, Westmorland and had several children. Archibald HAMILTON was a practising Doctor and JP according to the 1881, 1891 census. Since it was fairly common to marry in the brides parish, I am hoping that some wonderful person can help me with a marriage look up. > > I have tried the on-line IGI, and FreeBMD. I am unsure of direction now???? > > Thank you for listening > Jocelyn >