> >Firstly, Mary Ann SHARVELL died in Wolverhampton on 1st January 1901 > >aged 79. Her obituary was apparently published in the North Eastern > >Daily Gazette - which I understand is a Middlesborough paper. Is any > >KS going to somewhere that keeps old copies and can look that obituary > >up for me. > > > >Her husband appears to have been John SHARVELL, who was 74, born > >Mouske, York, Secretary to a Building Society, in the 1901 census. > >Cannot trace them at all on the 1881 census, but believe they were in > >Wolverhampton. > >Many thanks > > > >John Cullwick > > Hello again John, > I think I have tracked down John in 1881 > > Dwelling: 62 Newport Rd > Census Place: Middlesbrough, York, England > Source: FHL Film 1342169 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 4856 Folio > 82 Page 2 > Marr Age Sex Birthplace > Richard SHAROELL M 58 M Marske, York, England > Rel: Head > Occ: Tea Merchant > Mary A. SHAROELL M 58 F Ayton, York, England > Rel: Wife > John SHAROELL M 54 M Marske, York, England > Rel: Brother > Occ: Secy Building Society (Clerk) > Louisa HINDSON W 62 F Marske, York, England > Rel: Sister > > > It would be advisable to try to look at the original 1881 census entry, > as from the above it looks like Mary A was the wife of Richard, unless > there is a mistake somewhere. > Now, I had a look at the 1851 census index to the Guisborough area > HO107/2375, which includes Marske (by the sea) > > at folio 102, which is Brotton parish (includes Brotton, Kilton, > Saltburn, Skinningrove), there was > > Richard SHARVEL age 61 born SSX Rye > Rebecca " " 62 " SSX Seaford > > They were the only people wit this name in the index. I wonder if they > could be John & Richard's parents? > > Hopefully this gives you a few more leads to follow. > > Good luck, > -- > Helen Oram Hi Helen You are brilliant. I could give you a hug! I think Richard and John were probably brothers. And I think their father was also Richard. It appears from the IGI that they were Wesleyans and that Richard junior married twice - first to Jane SIMPSON on 5 Aug 1850, then to Mary Ann COULSON on 8 Apr 1862. Both marriages on the Middlesborough Wesleyan Circuit - no idea which chapel. The Eskimo place Mouske must be Marske, as Helen suggests. Was ther am Wesleyan chapel at Marske on the circuit, I wonder. What a brilliant list. Now I must leave you like the Lone Ranger. To join Sussex list where these SHARVELLs seem to have originated in the previous generation. Many many thanks John