Hi Mary,I think I have the Clarkes 1891 at 12 Queen St.Withington. Head Harry Clarke 39y House painter,wife Sarah Jane. Ref. RG12 piece 3162 folio 95 page 46 GSU roll 6098272. 1901 still at 12 Queen St. Sarah J is a widow, Charles is transcribed as Charles J (ancestry) RG13 piece 3670 folio 136 page 30 Haven't looked for McCormacs yet! HTH,Anne On 22 June 2011 15:45, Mary <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Listers, > I recently got marriage certificates for 2 couples thinking that after that > their parents could be traced back on the censuses. I seem to have gone in > circles all morning and got nowhere. > The first couple were Charles Edward Clarke and Emily Hubbard who married > 19 Sept. 1903 in Withington, Chorlton. Charles' father was given as Harry > Clarke, decorator master, deceased. One of the witnesses was Harry Everett > Clarke, who I assumed, perhaps wrongly, was Charles's brother. Charles was > born circ 1877 in Hulme and I found a birth for a Harry Everett Clarke in > 1874. My searching has not found a family with both Harry and Charles in it, > nor with a father called Harry. > The second couple were Ada MacCormac and William Edward Winterbottom, born > c,. 1884 and married in 1907 in Salford. Ada's father was given as Joseph > MacCormac, labourer. I've tried a variety of spellings but can't find > Joseph. I know Ada was already living independently in 1901. > I've got to the stage of not seeing the wood for the trees. > Can anyone help please? > Best wishes, > Mary > > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > PLEASE and THANK YOU -- Don't cost a thing and mean so much. > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >