COLEEN COLEMAN wrote: > Yes I have a copy of the actual marriage records and since have been > sent e-mail a census return for 1861 listing Mary and John with Malachy > and Bridget along with 2 children John > born 1855 and Margaret born 1859 who do not appear with this family in > 1862 in Illinois USA. They appear in 1861 with the family. Apparently > when I did some searches on the internet > on Google and Ancestry.com I have come up with the fact that a John > Hyland born about 1854-55 married a Julia Charlotte Brown Kensington > Chelsea Middlesex and a Margaret born > 1859 married either a Joseph MILTON or James Mayler. Hallo You seem to be obsessed with the idea that Margaret married Joseph MILTON or James MAYLER. If she was born in 1859, she would only have been about 15 when she married. That wasn't illegal but it was very unlikely. England is slightly smaller than Louisiana. The two marriages you have found are at opposite ends of England. It's like saying that's like saying two marriages at the opposite ends of Louisiana are possibles. If John was born in 1855, it's highly unlikely he married in 1872. He would only have been about 17. I'm sorry, I've tried to give you help and guidance. I can't do any more. Good luck Connie in London