Hi Folks, After many years of research on my husband family tree Rowley & Brand, I learnt that my very own great great grandfather also came from Newcastle Northumberland, a John Wilson br about 1836. In the 1861 & 1871 census he is living in Elswick with wife & family. 1881 & 1901 census he is in Kent & Greenwich. My problem is I can not find his marriage to a Helen or Ellen Bowshill. She is from Dalkeith Scotland, and my guess is she may have had a heavy accent. So her surname my have been misspelt. I have purchased two of her children's birth certificates Jessie & Peter. It looks very clear to be Bowshill, but I can not find her marriage any where. Would some kind soul, be able to suggest some thing? I have my fingers crossed. Regards Sue Rowley in Sydney Australia

Hi Sue, Getting into the realm of spelling variations can open up a whole can of worms so I'm not sure how much help this will be but here goes, there is a Helen Baswell 6 Mo. in the 1841 census for Scotland , Daughter of Alexander and Helen registered in Midlothian, she also occurs again in the 1851 Scotland Census this time with the surname Boswell ,she appears to be the correct age and area for your Helen/Ellen Bowshill .I could not however find a Wilson and Baswell or Bowshill or Boswell marriage , the IGI however does show a marriage between John Wilson and Hellen Bourhill ,11 Feb 1859 in Edinburgh Parish , Edinburgh , Midlothian (Batch #M116851 Source Call # 6035516) . These references may or may not be relevent but reseaching in the brides parish would probably be the best place to start. Good Hunting in 2010 All the best Phil Ritson > Hi Folks, After many years of research on my husband family tree Rowley & > Brand, I learnt that my very own great great grandfather also came from > Newcastle Northumberland, a John Wilson br about 1836. In the 1861 & 1871 > census he is living in Elswick with wife & family. 1881 & 1901 census he > is in Kent & Greenwich. My problem is I can not find his marriage to a > Helen or Ellen Bowshill. She is from Dalkeith Scotland, and my guess is > she may have had a heavy accent. So her surname my have been misspelt. I > have purchased two of her children's birth certificates Jessie & Peter. > It looks very clear to be Bowshill, but I can not find her marriage any > where. Would some kind soul, be able to suggest some thing? > > I have my fingers crossed. > > Regards Sue Rowley in Sydney Australia > > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at > http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message