Hi, I have a James Topping baptised in Lancaster in 1827 to a James Topping and Ellen. I have not yet found a marriage for James (Sr) and Ellen...though I have to admit I have not checked to see if there are updates for parish records online. Does anyone have any clues about this marriage and/or where James Topping (Sr) was baptised? Thank you to Ms Dowling for information on the family of James (Jr)'s wife Christiana Blezzard. Thanks, Elaine

Hi Elaine, I see from the baptism of the James born in 1827 (but baptised in 1830) - that father James was a Brushmaker. James, the Brushmaker and wife Ellen had several children all baptised in Lancaster -- at least; John 1813, Robert 1815, Sarah 1820, James 1827, Alice 1830, Joseph 1832. (I wonder if some are missing actually as the births are spaced out.)So James and Ellen should have married prior to John's birth in 1813, but I cannot see a marriage for them.As this is the second marriage we have looked for in that area without success, I am beginning to wonder if some marriage records for Lancaster are missing. Unless of course, someone else is able to find this! Regards June From: ehamm via <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, 13 October 2015, 21:33 Subject: [LAN] James Topping Hi, I have a James Topping baptised in Lancaster in 1827 to a James Topping and Ellen. I have not yet found a marriage for James (Sr) and Ellen...though I have to admit I have not checked to see if there are updates for parish records online. Does anyone have any clues about this marriage and/or where James Topping (Sr) was baptised? Thank you to Ms Dowling for information on the family of James (Jr)'s wife Christiana Blezzard. Thanks, Elaine ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message