William is my 6x grandfather, I know nothing of his parents, he married in Tanfield when he was 37 years of age to Isabel Ramsay/Ramshaw. I have always thought he was rather old to be marrying for the first time but have been unable to find an earlier marriage. It was suggested to me several years ago by a lady in New Zealand that he did marry earlier and had four children that she knew of, although she did not know of a second marriage. I lost her data & address when I suffered a lightning strike on the house which destroyed my hard disk. There appeared to be a son born to each marriage with the same name the earlier one surviving until after the birth of the second one. Hence my doubt that the marriages were for the same person. I seek help in establishing or otherwise the earlier marriage etc. Any & all help advice offered will be greatly appreciated. Regards, Bill Adams in Sri Lanka

Bill: I see there was a wedding at Lanchester in 1835 between a William Thirlaway and an Elizabeth Burnip. Perhaps that was the one referred to by your previous correspondent. I also noted a wedding which might just have been quoted by someone although it was clearly too early for someone born in 1710. That was the wedding at Jarrow on 14 April 1722 of a William Thirlaway who was specifically described as "of Lamesley". The bride's name was Mary Scaife Gray. Geoff Nicholson -----Original Message----- From: Bill Adams via <northumbria@rootsweb.com> To: NORTHUMBRIA <NORTHUMBRIA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 2:12 Subject: [NMB] William Thirlaway born 1710 in Lamesley William is my 6x grandfather, I know nothing of his parents, he married in Tanfield when he was 37 years of age to Isabel Ramsay/Ramshaw. I have always thought he was rather old to be marrying for the first time but have been unable to find an earlier marriage. It was suggested to me several years ago by a lady in New Zealand that he did marry earlier and had four children that she knew of, although she did not know of a second marriage. I lost her data & address when I suffered a lightning strike on the house which destroyed my hard disk. There appeared to be a son born to each marriage with the same name the earlier one surviving until after the birth of the second one. Hence my doubt that the marriages were for the same person. I seek help in establishing or otherwise the earlier marriage etc. Any & all help advice offered will be greatly appreciated. Regards, Bill Adams in Sri Lanka .. Please quote the minimum necessary to put your reply on context. Please introduce yourself at the top of every post. 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

Bill William & Isabel are my 5X gt grandparents. They married at Whickham 7 Jun 1747 & had children Francis, William, John, Anne, Robert, Isabel (all baptised at Whickham). William was buried at Whickham on 25 May 1805. I've not found an earlier marriage for William, but this is not a branch I've looked at very closely. Brian On 15/09/2014 02:02, Bill Adams via wrote: > William is my 6x grandfather, I know nothing of his parents, he married in > Tanfield when he was 37 years of age to Isabel Ramsay/Ramshaw. I have always > thought he was rather old to be marrying for the first time but have been > unable to find an earlier marriage. It was suggested to me several years ago > by a lady in New Zealand that he did marry earlier and had four children > that she knew of, although she did not know of a second marriage. I lost her > data & address when I suffered a lightning strike on the house which > destroyed my hard disk. There appeared to be a son born to each marriage > with the same name the earlier one surviving until after the birth of the > second one. Hence my doubt that the marriages were for the same person. -- Brian Pears (Gateshead)