Hello, Thank you so much for your reply and for your help, I really appreciate it. Have a lovely day, Tamara. > maquis@maquis.karoo.co.uk <maquis@maquis.karoo.co.uk> wrote: > > Hello Tamara > You are bound to have a long and interesting search with a JOHN SMITH! > LINCOLNSHIRE has 5 different Burtons:- > BURTON (nr Lincoln) > BURTON WATERS (nr Lincoln on the R. Fosse) > BURTON COGGLES > BURTON PEDWARDINE > BURTON UPON STATHER. > The last one is on the R Trent and navigable to both the Humber & North > Sea. I know it was a ship building place as one of my family sailed from > there in 19th Century. It is possible that John Smith had something to > do > with this area. > I looked for marriages in Lincolnshire & over the border in Yorkshire, > no > joy. > I found two John Smith marriages to a Harriet (note spellings) in > Kent-both > in coastal places which might offer you a lead:- > J Smith to HARRIOT DEVERSON 1828-Sandwich, Kent > J Smith to HARRIOTT LANGLEY 1827-Strood nr Rochester, Kent > > Good luck with your searching > Jenny from Hull. > > > Original Message: > ----------------- > From: tamweller@optusnet.com.au > Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:05:37 +1000 > To: ENG-YORKSHIRE@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [YORKSHIRE] new to list - selby/hull area > > > Hi Christine :) > Thank you so much for replying to my post! I would love it if this were > my > couple but I'm certain that the christenings in Castleford can't belong > to > my family. This is what I know of the family so far: > > JOHN SMITH b ?Burton Lincs (1861 census) Naval Captain/Mariner/Inn > Keeper > (census records/daughters wedding certificate) > HARRIET?? b Canterbury Kent (1851 census) > > children: > > 1. Mary Jane 1830 Selby Yorkshire (IGI) > 2. Harriet Ann 1831 Selby Yorkshire (1851 census) > 3. Henry Harrison 1833 Kingston Upon Hull Yorkshire (1861 census) > 4. Eliza 1835 Kingston Upon Hull (IGI) > 5. Eliza 1836 Kingston Upon Hull (IGI) > 6. EMMA JULIA SMITH 1839 Great Yarmouth Norfolk (my ancestor) > > > The couple in Castleford had children in 1829, 1831, 1834, 1836, 1839 > and > 1845 so sadly I don't think it can be the same couple. > > John and Harriet must have married sometime between 1825-1830 though it > was > probably between 1828-1830, as Harriet was recorded as being about 30 > years > old in 1841. John was a mariner so he probably married Harriet when he > was > a bit older than usual (he was about 25 years older than her!), or > perhaps > Harriet was a second wife. > > It's going to be a frustrating and difficult search to look for their > marriage I think! I think it must have been in Yorkshire, it would have > been a long distance for John to travel, he was probably up north and > near > the coast at the time if he was in the Navy or a Seaman and met Harriet > when he was on land for a time....I don't know, it's a mystery, > > Thanks again, > > Tamara. > > > > > york_lanc_FH <york_lanc_FH@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > - > > > > > > JOHN SMITH Pedigree > > Male Family > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Event(s): > > Birth: > > Christening: > > Death: > > Burial: > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Marriages: > > Spouse: HARRIET TOWNEND Family > > Marriage: 04 NOV 1828 Castleford, Yorkshire, England > > > > > > > > > > Your route details - View summary results | Plan a new route > > > > From: Selby,North Yorkshire > > > > To: Castleford,West Yorkshire Reverse this route > > > > Distance: 15.4 miles Show in kilometres > > > > Time: 0 hr 28 min > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <tamweller@optusnet.com.au> > > To: <ENG-YORKSHIRE@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 5:34 AM > > Subject: [YORKSHIRE] new to list - selby/hull > > > > > > > > > > Hello everyone :) > > > I recently discovered that I have a link to Yorkshire in my family > > tree. > > > I'm really struggling however to know what to do from here. > > > My ancestor was a JOHN SMITH who was actually born in Lincolnshire, > I > > > haven't found his birth/baptism but I believe it may have been > > 'Burton' > > > (that's what it seems to read in the 1861 census) circa 1787. He > was > > a > > > Naval Captain/Seaman and was having children in Selby and in > Kingston > > Upon > > > Hull in Yorkshire. The oldest child of his that I can find (so far) > > > is a > > > Mary Jane Smith who was christened at Selby in 1830, I know she > > definately > > > belongs to them because the other child christened at Selby - > Harriet > > Ann > > > in 1831 - is with her mother in 1851 (however I don't know if Mary > > Jane > > > survived infancy). > > > My problem is that I would really love to find his marriage to his > > wife > > > HARRIET so that I can discover more information about them. I > presume > > > > > that they probably married at Selby or surrounds but have had no > luck > > with > > > IGI. Does anyone have any records for surrounding towns or have any > > > > advice for me? > > > John Smith was also apparently an Inn Keeper. > > > Thank you so much > > > Tamara > > > Australia > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > ENG-YORKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > > the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.8/904 - Release Date: > > 16/07/2007 > > > 17:42 > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-YORKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web.com – Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on > Microsoft® > Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-YORKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message