William & Sarah married 1897 in Cardiff area. The marriage record is Transcribed as William Chamberlain (so the descendats were right about that) Marsh and Sarah Searles. William Chamberlain Marsh's birth is registered Q2 1868 Wells (Somerset) If you go to this site https://www.familysearch.org/search/recordDetails/show?uri=https://api.familysearch.org/records/pal:/MM9.1.r/971K-GQH/p1 you will see a christening 16 May 1847 - maybe a relative I think it might be him in 1881 in Llandaff, Glamorgan, Wales - that would give you his parents name So it seems he's definitely from Somerset. ======================================== Message Received: May 18 2011, 04:04 AM From: "Bob Aubie" To: [email protected] Cc: Subject: [ENG-SOM] The Marsh Family Hello there: Many thanks for taking the time to reply. I have hit a brick wall and do not know if my William Marsh comes from Somerset or Lancashire. Sure hope you can help. We are from North Bay, Ontario - 350 kms north of Toronto. The Marshes ended up as railway employees here in Ontario Researching the Marsh Family of Ontario, Canada. William Marsh was born in Somerset (1870) I believe and married a Sarah Searle (1876) from Cardiff, Wales about 1898 or 1899. They are listed as such in the 1911 Ontario Census. They came to Canada in 1906 and settled in Toronto. I am unable to locate, with certainty, his parents. He is referred to as William Chamberlain Marsh by his descendants - Blanche (1900) Wales, William (1902) Wales, Richard (1910) Wales and Ronald (1913 ) Canada. Ronald's son is William James Marsh born 1945. It is his interest which sparks this inquiry. ------------------------------- 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