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 > >