This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jimlancaster94 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.lan.general/4789.1.3.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Following Maureen's note, if you look at LancashireBMD (http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/index.php ) you can look for the marriage. I found - Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1858 Surname, Forename(s); Surname, Forename(s); Church / Register Office; Registers At; Reference HAILWOOD, John; LILLYRNAN, Mary A; Bolton Register Office or Registrar Attended; Bolton RO/15/133 The statement "Bolton Register Office or Registrar Attended" means that the civil aspects of the marriage were conducted by a Registrar rather than by an Anglican clergyman. This means that the marriage took place either in the Register Office or in a non-Anglican chapel, i.e., Methodist, Unitarian, Catholic, etc. If you look for births of children with surname HAILWOOD and mother's surname LILLYMAN, there are 10 hits, all from the same sub-district of Bolton (Halliwell). There are no twins. They could be from the same family. Looking at Maureen's list and comparing it with the LancsBMD list, I think that Maureen's source has just taken the number of Jane's age and not the units. I think Jane would have been 11 months old in 1871. Jim Lancaster (Bury, Lancs.) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>