Hi Marigold > Hi everyone > > I wonder if anyone is already planning a visit to the Sheffield Archives > as I would be very grateful indeed for a lookup in the marriage register > of St. Mary's, Ecclesfield. > > George Albert Flower married Mary Agnes Allott in 1886, between September > and December of that year. > > George Albert appears to have been illegitimate (his mother Selina never > married, although she lived with a Joseph Bennett in later life and > pretended to be Mrs Bennett. Selina did not register George Albert's > birth, nor those of his two sisters who were also illegitimate. > > I am very keen to know who is put down as George Albert Flower's father in > the marriage record of the parish register. > > If all else fails I shall have to order the marriage certificate from > Southport, but I am reluctant to do this at the new prices unless > absolutely necessary and hope you will understand why I am requesting this > lookup. > > If anyone else in researching the Flower, Allott, and Mollart families of > Ecclesfield and Grenoside I would be delighted to hear from them and to > swap information. There is a birth for George Albert Flowers June Q 1866 Wortley 9c 217 although the birth certificate may not give the father's name as he appears to be illegitimate on the 1871 Census, giving his mother Selina as unmarried. Christine

> There is a birth for George Albert Flowers June Q 1866 Wortley 9c 217 > although the birth certificate may not give the father's name as he > appears > to be illegitimate on the 1871 Census, giving his mother Selina as > unmarried. > > Christine And I think these are likely to be George's sisters: GRO Births JUN Qtr 1871 FLOWERS Mary Ann Wortley 9c 220 GRO Births MAR Qtr 1877 FLOWERS Sarah Ellen Wortley 9c 309 Hugh

Very many thanks indeed for this information. Somehow I must have fallen into the hole of not checking the surname Flowers as well as Flower! Kind regards Marigold ________________________________________ From: eng-sheffield-bounces@rootsweb.com [eng-sheffield-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Hugh Waterhouse [dalum@blueyonder.co.uk] Sent: 20 June 2010 10:16 To: ENG-SHEFFIELD@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SHEFF] George Albert Flowers > There is a birth for George Albert Flowers June Q 1866 Wortley 9c 217 > although the birth certificate may not give the father's name as he > appears > to be illegitimate on the 1871 Census, giving his mother Selina as > unmarried. > > Christine And I think these are likely to be George's sisters: GRO Births JUN Qtr 1871 FLOWERS Mary Ann Wortley 9c 220 GRO Births MAR Qtr 1877 FLOWERS Sarah Ellen Wortley 9c 309 Hugh ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SHEFFIELD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message