--- ENG-SHEFFIELD-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > ENG-SHEFFIELD-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 135 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Marsden / Greaves / Smithson ["Joan > Marsden" <joan@marsden001.wa] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from ENG-SHEFFIELD-D, send a message > to > > ENG-SHEFFIELD-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, > but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, > too. > > To contact the ENG-SHEFFIELD-D list administrator, > send mail to > ENG-SHEFFIELD-admin@rootsweb.com. > > ______________________________> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 21:12:51 +0100 > From: "Joan Marsden" <joan@marsden001.wanadoo.co.uk> > To: ENG-SHEFFIELD-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Marsden / Greaves / Smithson > > Hi, > > I subscribed to this list a while ago. I then had > problems with my computer and unsubscribed to spend > what feels like a lifetime sorting out the Tree > again. > > I have come to the proverbial brickwall with two of > my husbands uncles - Charles William MARSDEN and > John Edward MARSDEN. I found their birth > certificates quite quickly but their marriages are a > different story. I have sent for several marriage > certificates but have had no luck in finding the > correct matches. I am hoping that someone, somewhere > will recognise the following family details and be > kind enough to contact me. > > Violet Ellen MARSDEN is also proving to be rather > elusive......... > > ********************************************** > > William MARSDEN married his first wife, Clara > BULLOSS, in the Parish Church of St Mary, Walkley, > Sheffield in 1888. > > He married his second wife, Ellen GREAVES, at the > Parish Church, Sheffield in 1904. On the marriage > certificate his age is given as 39 years, occupation > painter. The brides age is given as 32 years - > fathers name Charles GREAVES (dec'd) occupation > grinder. > > William and Ellen had the following children all > born in Sheffield except John Edward who was born in > Boulton, Derby. > > Charles William born 1895 - John Edward born 1898 - > Violet Ellen born 1899 - Elizabeth Jane born 1902- > Nellie born 1904 - Ernest William born 1907 - Elsie > born 1910 - Florence Winifred born 1916 > > Oral history says that John worked in the Labour > Exchange in Sheffield. Charles sold fruit and veg - > but we don't know if he had a shop, a market stall > or a barrow. Violet became a nurse and left > Sheffield. Did she marry? Where did she go? > > Ellen GREAVES first husband was Joseph SMITHSON - > they married 1895 in Sheffield.. > > Ellens second husband - William MARSDEN - details > above. > > Her third husband was George Thompson IRONMONGER - > they married 1933 in Lincolnshire. > > I am hoping that someone will recognise the above > family and can help me to fill in the gaps. > > TIA > Joan (in Buckinghamshire) >