From: "Liz Holdsworth" <yzzil.yrruc@virgin.net> > Hi Christine and Roy, > > It says on the marriage cert that Mary Ellen (sorry I said Mary Ann > earlier) was of full age when she married David, as was he. According > to all census records after her marriage (1861 - 1891 inclusive) she > was born circa 1839 in either Hunslet or Rodley, Leeds. > > The marriage took place at Shipley Church, Mary was a ?Draft? Maker ( > I am unsure of the first word as I have problems with my sight). David > was a wood turner which ties in with his occupation of > joiner/carpenter following his marriage. John Croft was a Comber and > John Holdsworth, father to David, was a tailor. > > I have not found any clues in the witnesses to the marruiage as yet - > William Butterfield and Joshua Boddy.> The only Joshua Boddy found in Bradford in 1861 was a 44-year-old innkeeper in Westgate and immediately next door was a 28-year-old butcher called Thomas Holdsworth with a wife and two children. It seems possible Thomas was David's brother. -- Roy Stockdill Professional genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE