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    1. [NTT] Could the GRO indexes be wrong? This is a mystery.
    2. P WILLIAMS
    3. I have a real mind-boggler and It would take a genius to crack it. It isn't easy to follow, but without all the facts it would be difficult to understand.   1818 Sarah Stych b. Wolverhampton parents James and Mary 1838 Sarah Stych Marries Jerimiah Williams 1840 Jerimiah dies (they have no children) 1842 Sarah Marries Richard Grafton (miner) 1846 Daughter Eliza Grafton is born 1848 Son James Grafton is born 1851 Sarah is on the census co-habiting with Joseph Cartwright with her 2 children 1851 June 1/4 son James dies. 1852 Daughter Hannah is born parents Sarah and Richard Grafton 1854 Daughter Hannah is baptised. On freereg, it states mother Sarah deceased father Richard Grafton. 1856 Sarah Grafton marries William Felton...her sister Hannah Illedge is a witness and James Stych father. So she is not dead as it says on FREEREG in 1854. 1858 William Felton is dead  1859 Son Richard Grafton is born parents Sarah and Richard Son born 10/11mths after husband William Felton dies. 1861 Sarah reverts back to her previous husbands name of Grafton and is on the census with daughter Hannah and son Richard and is widowed. 1865 Sarah marries Edward Wootton (caster) Jane Stych sister is a witness, James Stych father. Note she marries as Grafton and not Felton. 1871 Sarah and Edward Wootton are together with wife's son Richard Grafton. living on shakespeare Street.   This is my complication: 1871 son Richard dies 12ys  April 1871 on Shakespear Street Wolverhampton..on the death cert it clearly says the son of Richard Grafton deceased miner. Please note the street. 1871 Mary Wootton dies wife of Edward Wootton (caster) Shakespear Street 19th November 1871. There are no other Wootton's on Shakespear Street and no other Edward Wootton a caster. I am unable to find a death for my Sarah or another marriage for Edward Wootton in that time period. I have rang Wolverhampton and they have checked through the old books that were written at the said time and indexed as part of the GRO, but it clearly says Mary. 1878 Edward Wootton dies widow on Hallets Row, it is believed that he goes to live with his son's or daughter's from his previous marriage who live on Hallets Row.   I have the same occurring with William Felton's wife.....Where do I go from here? She is registered as Hannah, but should say Harriet, but again Wolverhampton have checked the original documents and have been assured it clearly says Hannah.   Help would be much appreciated on this and I have been around this list for nearly a decade and i have faith in all. Pat Williams

    12/19/2008 02:14:32