Hello Susanne, Thank you for the list of offspring and your suggestions. I should have mentioned that I had seen the IGI entries. William was married before 1837 so his marriage entry in Bradford parish records, which I have found, does not show any parents. It appears that young Nathan b. 1827 was living with him in 1841 so he appears to be a brother. The thing is until I find an actual record about William, I can't assume that Nancy is his mother. There is a marriage in the IGI for Nathan Halliday and Ann Hudson Sept 24, 1805 in Otley. Is this Ann Hudson aka Nancy? Would Otley also be considered Bradford? The marriage for Nathan Halliday and Sarah Rushforth in 1806 could be a second one if Ann Hudson died. Then were did Nancy come from? Or we are dealing with two Nathan Hallidays. You see why I'm confused? It seems too iffy to just grab Nancy as William's mother. This is why a baptismal record for William himself would be important to find. Even then it might not state the mother's name. I was hoping that listers who live near Bradford might have access to more or other records than those indexed in the IGI. Sorry to be fussy. I may just have to come to Bradford myself one day. Thanks for the help. Kind regards, Stephanie > Is this the marriage you are looking for? NATHAN HALLIDAY - International Genealogical Index SARAH RUSHFORTHGender: > Male Marriage: 25 DEC 1806 Bradford, Yorkshire, England M107655 >Susanne > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:22:20 -0500 > From: "Susanne & John Metcalfe" <john.metcalfe@sympatico.ca> > Subject: Re: [YKS-BRADFORD] Bradford antique and Halliday > To: <eng-yks-bradford@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <003e01c8644f$5eabcad0$0202a8c0@win2000> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Stephanie > > You most likely have seen this but there is also a Nathan & Nancy > [marriage > not found] who have a daughter Mary Ann but no Wm. listed. > > Do you have the names of any other siblings? > You only mention having Mary Ann's marriage certificate. Do you have > William's marriage certificate which would give his father's name? > > Children of Nathan & Nancy > MARTHA HALLIDAY - IGI Nathan & Nancy Gender: Female Christening: 27 SEP > 1815 > Bradford, Yorkshire, England C107651 > MARY HALLIDAY - IGI Nathan & Nancy Gender: Female Christening: 24 SEP > 1817 > Bradford, Yorkshire, England C107651 > ABRAHAM HOLLIDAY - IGI Nathan & Nancy Gender: Male Christening: 23 JUN > 1819 > Bradford, Yorkshire, England C107651 > ISAAC HALLIDAY - IGI Nathan & Nancy Gender: Male Christening: 15 AUG 1821 > Bradford, Yorkshire, England C107651 > MARY ANN HALLIDAY - IGI Nathan & Nancy Gender: Female Christening: 05 DEC > 1823 Bradford, Yorkshire, England C107651 > NATHAN HALLADAY - IGI Nathan & Nancy Gender: Male Christening: 04 MAY 1827 > Bradford, Yorkshire, England C107652 > > Susanne >