Hello Mike Both the FamilySearch.org and Ancestry databases have a Fanny Rebecca GERRISH baptised 14 Feb 1864 in Melksham, Wiltshire, England. Parents were John GERRISH and Mary. Appears to be a reliable extraction from parish registers. Could Floorie be Fanny ?? Two possible marriages - need more investigation. There are other possibilities in Wiltshire.: John GERRISH m Mary Hobbs COOPER 1864 St James, Bristol. John Henry GERRISH m Mary SHORT 3 May 1864 St Peter, Bristol. Cheers Ian Logan ----- Original Message ----- From: "pyd_zac7" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 10:49 AM Subject: [ENG-SOM] A family brick wall > > Having spent many hours trawling through the BDM records and Censuses > trying to track down my Step Grandmother who married my grandfather in > 1906 in Weston Super Mare I have now have to admit defeat in confirming > when she was born and if and when her parents married in Bristol > > The marriage certificate of my grandfather Henry Rose states my step > G/mother Florrie Gerrish was aged 43 therefore born in 1863 and that her > father was John Gerrish a Cab Proprietor was deceased. > > All the indications are that they originated in Clifton Bristol BUT I > cannot find her actual birth records in 1863 > There appears to be two John Gerrish marrying in 1864 a Mary Short who > had a daughter Mary Ann and the second John Gerrish marrying a Rosabella > Dyer. BUT again cannot find any trace of them in subsequent censuses. > > Except for a married John Gerrish - a Fly driver in 1881 without any > family living with him in Bristol. The only possibilty seems to be that > before the Rosabella married John in 1864 there was an unnamed female > Dyer child born in the Jul Aug Sep quarter which would coincide with > Florries Birth date of 3rd August 1863 which I obtained from the Old > Folks home where she died in 1952. > > It is very frustrating not to be able to find a trace of John Gerrish > before or after 1881 census and also for Florrie Gerrish before she > married my grandfather > > The marriage of my grandfather took place in the Wadham Street Baptist > Church in Weston Super Mare which is now a civic theatre and I wonder if > any knowleable lister can tell me if any records still exist for this > church and if the wedding couple may have had to provide any documents > to substantiate who and what they were - hopefully a birth certificate > which might give me a clue > > I hope this is not too long a question and thanks to anyone who can assist > > Mike . > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >