Hi listers, I have William John Galley born 18 Jun 1878 in Romford, Essex. On his marriage certificate to Annie Mundy on 24 Oct 1896 at St Andrew's Church, Romford, Essex he has a stepfather named as John Everington. I have no details of this John Everington, William's mother, or where they all lived on the census prior to 1901 when I have William and his wife Annie in Marks Road, Romford. Can anyone shed any more light on this ancestor for me? Many thanks. Diana

Hello Diana There doesn't seem to be an entry in the GRO indexes for Jun 1878 or Sept 1878 for your William John Galley - so what evidence do you have for his birth in Romford on 18 June 1878? There are a few births on FreeBMD for Galley in Romford, one of which is John William S, in Dec 1875, which seems more likely for someone marrying in 1896 - even though his 1901 census entry does show him as aged 23. I can't find your William, or John William S, in any pre 1901 census - althought there is a Robert Galley and wife Mary Ann in Barking in 1891 who have five children named Galley and a four year old named William Mills born East Ham who is described as 'son'. RG12/1372,Folio 109, Page 11 refers. Ancestry has indexed this child as Galley, but that's clearly wrong - especially since they have a son of their own aged seven named William, born Barking. Who are the witnesses at William's marriage? What is John Everington's occupation? What were the addresses of the bride and groom? Dick Mathews Dianadiluca@aol.com wrote: > Hi listers, > > I have William John Galley born 18 Jun 1878 in Romford, Essex. On his > marriage certificate to Annie Mundy on 24 Oct 1896 at St Andrew's Church, Romford, > Essex he has a stepfather named as John Everington. I have no details of > this John Everington, William's mother, or where they all lived on the census > prior to 1901 when I have William and his wife Annie in Marks Road, Romford. > Can anyone shed any more light on this ancestor for me? > > Many thanks. > > Diana > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-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 - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.7.5/1708 - Release Date: 10/4/2008 11:35 AM >