The 1861 census shows John Hyland and family living in Chelsea. The household contains, John Hyland aged 27 born Ireland, wife Mary aged 26, Bridget his unmarried sister aged 23, John's son John aged 6 & dau. Margaret aged 2. Only John senior has a birth place noted. They seem to be living in a multi occupancy building that looks like no. 6 Little College Street Chelsea. The ref. is RG9 piece 35 folio 50 page 5 Where did you find Bridget and Malachy Hyland with the children that you believe are those of John & Mary? was it in a census that you found Bridget and Malachy? if so which census was that? Do you have a reference for that census or any other census where you have perhaps found Bridget and Malachy. References are very important where you have them you should post them in your messages asking for help. The rest of us can then look at those item you have found to see if you can spot anything that you might have overlooked or haven't fully understood. If you give the list as much information a you can then there is more chance of us subscribers to the list helping you. Otherwise we are working blind so to speak. I have seen your later messages giving further information but there are still pieces of information missing from what you write, which information you must have and could share with us in order that we might help. Could it be that the Malachi used his wife's maiden name after their marriage? I have come across this happening once when helping a friend of mine with her ancestry. Whether that man had something to hide or not I have yet to discover, but he used his wife's maiden name as his own surname. We need to know exactly where you have found Bridget & Malachi Hyland with those children, which document they appear in together with those children. Regards Jenny DeAngelis -----Original Message----- From: COLEEN COLEMAN Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2012 10:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MDX] BRIDGET HYLAND 8d pg.847 found (7) marriages for a Bridget Hyland born 1818 age -23- 1861 Dec 1861 Ashton 8d pg.847 June 1864 W.Bromwich 6b pg.927 Sept. 1864 Birmingham 6d pg.316 June 1866 Rochdale 8e pg.84 Dec 1866 Warrington 8c pg.243 Dec 1867 Liverpool 8b pg.410 Mar 1869 Stourbridge 6c pg.228 If I could find the one listing her parents as Thomas and Catherine I could prove this was my John Hyland's sisiter once and for all. Said that John and Mary came to the US due to parental displeasure at the marriage due to them being Protestant and Catholic. Not to marry outside of their faiths.