Hello List I know a lot of you have a lot of experience of surmounting brickwalls in FH research and I wondered if anyone had any ideas of where to look for a marriage of a George Barnsley to Ann around 1798-1800. I am researching the history of the firm of George Barnsley and Sons who were toolmakers based in Cornish Steet. Sheffield. Barnsleys were cutlers in the locality back to at least the 1500s and a George Barnsley was Master Cutler in 1650 and in 1883. It is the grandparents' marriage of the 1883 GB that I have been unable to find over several years of searching. We have tried Familysearch, all parish records of churches functioning at the time in Sheffield, South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire. We have tried spelling variations. My 2 x greatgrandfather, Charles was bapitsed at St Peters in 1802 as was his brother George in 1810. No other siblings are recorded in between though there was another George born to parents of same name baptised in 18 01. He died and therefore the son born 1810 was given his father's name, George. I have reams of info about apprenticeships, marriages and deaths but nothing fits together to give any clear to where the marriage was and there fore to give a name for the father of George, husband of Ann. George (b. 1810) and his wife Elizabeth and Charles (b!802) and his wife also Elizabeth and second wife Hannah lived in Allen Street Any ideas of where to look next?? All suggestions greatly received. Best wishes Pauline Bell Southwell, Notts Researching: Bailey,Barnsley, Barber, Bell, Cooper, Froggatt, Leclere, Shaw

Hi Pauline, Just one quick observation. You mention that you have only found two children. Have you actually searched either at the Archives or the marriage CD indexed by SDFHS? The IGI only has baptisms up to 1812. We at Sheffield Indexers are gradually placing on line Sheffield Cathedral Baptisms from 1812 to 1842. These are a few Burials that might help you delete the non applicable Georges. BARNSLEY, George (, died on ?, at the age of 42). Resided at Carver St and buried on 20 Oct 1851 in ? ground, . Grave Number ?, Section ? of St. Paul Cemetery, Sheffield. BARNSLEY, George (, died on ?, at the age of 36). Resided at Sheffield,Moor and buried on 10 Jun 1817 in ? ground, . Grave Number ?, Section ? of Sheffield Cathedral Cemetery, Sheffield. BARNSLEY, George (, died on ?, at the age of 47). Resided at Sheffield,Tenter St and buried on 4 Jul 1816 in ? ground, . Grave Number ?, Section ? of Sheffield Cathedral Cemetery, Sheffield. BARNSLEY, George (, died on ?, at the age of 44). Resided at Ecclesall New Rd and buried on 4 Oct 1849 in ? ground, . Grave Number ?, Section ? of St. Mary, Bramall Lane Cemetery, Directories on our site show this. Barnsley, Geo. (~, File Mfr.). Residing at Corn Hill, House 251 Upper Allen St, in 1841. Recorded in: Henry & Thos. Rodgers Sheff & Roth Directory - 1841. Barnsley, George (, Steel, file and shoe and butcher knife manufacturer). Residing at Cornish Works, Cornish Street; h. Tower Hill, Pye Bank, in 1852. Recorded in: White's Gazetteer & General Directory of Sheffield - 1852. Hope this helps the URL is in my signature below there are others that you will need to check. Elaine Pickard Sheffield Indexers Site Admin. www.SheffieldIndexers.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pauline Bell" <pbell7@btinternet.com> To: <eng-sheffield@rootsweb.com> Sent: January 06, 2010 10:38 AM Subject: [SHEFF] Sumounting Brick walls Barnsley Family > Hello List > I know a lot of you have a lot of experience of surmounting brickwalls in > FH > research and I wondered if anyone had any ideas of where to look for a > marriage of a George Barnsley to Ann around 1798-1800. I am researching > the > history of the firm of George Barnsley and Sons who were toolmakers based > in > Cornish Steet. Sheffield. Barnsleys were cutlers in the locality back to > at > least the 1500s and a George Barnsley was Master Cutler in 1650 and in > 1883. > It is the grandparents' marriage of the 1883 GB that I have been unable to > find over several years of searching. We have tried Familysearch, all > parish > records of churches functioning at the time in Sheffield, South Yorkshire > and North Derbyshire. We have tried spelling variations. My 2 x > greatgrandfather, Charles was bapitsed at St Peters in 1802 as was his > brother George in 1810. No other siblings are recorded in between though > there was another George born to parents of same name baptised in 18 01. > He > died and therefore the son born 1810 was given his father's name, George. > I > have reams of info about apprenticeships, marriages and deaths but nothing > fits together to give any clear to where the marriage was and there fore > to > give a name for the father of George, husband of Ann. George (b. 1810) and > his wife Elizabeth and Charles (b!802) and his wife also Elizabeth and > second wife Hannah lived in Allen Street > Any ideas of where to look next?? All suggestions greatly received. > Best wishes > Pauline Bell > Southwell, Notts > Researching: Bailey,Barnsley, Barber, Bell, Cooper, Froggatt, Leclere, > Shaw > > > > ------------------------------- > 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