This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MaryLou3358 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.shaw/6711.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi....there is a marriage of CHRISTOPHER SHAW & HANNAH COE (note spelling) that occurred in the September Qtr. 1871 registered in Ashton, Lancashire, England. Reference numbers are 8d 838 You can obtain the certificate which will tell you their father's names to get you back another generation. This can be obtained here: http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/ For more information on Ashton, Lancashire see here: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Ashton-under-Lyne/ I see that there was also an infant with them on board the ship called Mark, but that he doesn't appear on the 1880 census. Could it be that both Mark and Hannah died and Christopher married her sister, Ann? Do you have an idea of when Christopher,Jr. & Frank were born? It must have been before 1890....what makes you think that they moved from Illinois? Best wishes.....mary lou Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.