Hi, Thanks to all who helped with my STAINSBY query, it was very helpful. I subsequently found the family in the 1851 census with John, b: ca 1792, but cannot read the place of birth. It is transcribed as: John Stainsby Age: 59 Estimated birth year: abt 1792 Relation: Head Spouse's name: Eleanor Gender: Male Where born: Mounby Gerry, Yorkshire, England Civil parish: Darlington Ecclesiastical parish: St John Although it looks like Moarsby Ferry to me, but there no such place in my Gazetteer. The names are slightly different, Ellen Snr is Eleanor, Hellen is also Eleanor, Jane would not have been born on the 1841, Johnson is Jonathan. There ages are very close and I am sure this is the same family. Thanks, Terry.

Hi Terry, One way in which you could find John's parents is to get the birth certificate for his brother Johnson c.1838. I think that this was the only child born after 1837 when certificates were issued. Valerie ----- Original Message ----- From: "terry king" <tmking@hurworth99.freeserve.co.uk> To: <ENG-NORTH-YORKS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 11:44 AM Subject: [ENG-NORTH-YORKS] Stainsby > Hi, > > Thanks to all who helped with my STAINSBY query, it was very > helpful. I subsequently found the family in the 1851 census with John, b: > ca > 1792, but cannot read the place of birth. > > > > It is transcribed as: > > > > > John Stainsby > > > Age: > > 59 > > > Estimated birth year: > > abt 1792 > > > Relation: > > Head > > > Spouse's name: > > Eleanor > > > Gender: > > Male > > > Where born: > > Mounby Gerry, Yorkshire, England > > > > > > > > Civil parish: > > Darlington > > > Ecclesiastical parish: > > St John > > > > Although it looks like Moarsby Ferry to > me, but there no such place in my Gazetteer. > > > > The names are slightly different, Ellen Snr is > Eleanor, Hellen is also Eleanor, Jane would not have been born on the > 1841, Johnson is Jonathan. > > > > There ages are very close and I am sure this is the same > family. > Thanks, Terry. > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-NORTH-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Terry, > On 12 September 2007 16:44 Terry King wrote... > ... it looks like Moarsby Ferry to me, but there no such place in my Gazetteer. I've had a look at the 1851 census image and I agree that the name does look like Moarsby Ferry or Moaraby Ferry. I'm wondering if this is an instance of the enumerator struggling to read the handwriting on the original household return. Could it originally have been Thornaby Ferry? Thornaby is on the Tees and in Yorkshire and in those days there almost certainly would have been at least one ferry there. Just a thought for you throw into the melting pot with all the others! kindest regards, Peter Appleton