From: "Frank Turner" <frank@cyberscotia.com> > Hi Lin > Some great clues here. William's baptism confirms that his father > was a farmer which gives me another generation of farmers, so that > fits well with what I know. William was educated enough to write his > name as were his brothers and sisters so that eliminates a couple of > marriages. The parishes of Rawmarsh and Huddersfield seem less > likely and I dont yet know of a John in the family which leaves me > with my first guess, Mary Spurr and Sarah Stockdale. I assume that > her marriage is in St. Johns ? On balance of probabilities since > William would be 17 at the time I would think it the less likely of > the two.Farmers tended to marry later in life, but I'm open to > persuasion. They all farmed around Carr Gate for many years just > east of the present M1. > Many thanks for these records and the trouble you have taken.< Unless I'm losing my marbles (quite possibly) I can still see no marriage for a William Turner to Sarah Stockdale (in any variant of the name) on the IGI at Wakefield. I can only presume Lin got this record from the Ancestry West Riding records and, as I refuse to have an Ancestry subscription, maybe this is one I've missed! Would this be the case and is the record from Ancestry? I wonder why it hasn't been extracted to the IGI? Doing an IGI search on Sarah Stockdale (with exact box unticked) doesn't produce it either. I agree, though, that if William was only 17 in 1807, then the marriage is unlikely. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE

Hi Roy Sorry to be such a pain but if you enter William Turner Marriage Wakefield Yorkshire 1800 to 1820 it's the first one to come up.It gives index project 103723-7 and source film 1542102. Marbles at the ready ? You are right about Lin's source though. Cheers Frank ----- Original Message ----- From: <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> To: "Frank Turner" <frank@cyberscotia.com> Cc: <YORKSGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2012 11:35 AM Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] William TURNER m. Sarah STOCKDALE > From: "Frank Turner" <frank@cyberscotia.com> > >> Hi Lin >> Some great clues here. William's baptism confirms that his father >> was a farmer which gives me another generation of farmers, so that >> fits well with what I know. William was educated enough to write his >> name as were his brothers and sisters so that eliminates a couple of >> marriages. The parishes of Rawmarsh and Huddersfield seem less >> likely and I dont yet know of a John in the family which leaves me >> with my first guess, Mary Spurr and Sarah Stockdale. I assume that >> her marriage is in St. Johns ? On balance of probabilities since >> William would be 17 at the time I would think it the less likely of >> the two.Farmers tended to marry later in life, but I'm open to >> persuasion. They all farmed around Carr Gate for many years just >> east of the present M1. >> Many thanks for these records and the trouble you have taken.< > > Unless I'm losing my marbles (quite possibly) I can still see no marriage > for a William Turner > to Sarah Stockdale (in any variant of the name) on the IGI at Wakefield. I > can only presume > Lin got this record from the Ancestry West Riding records and, as I refuse > to have an > Ancestry subscription, maybe this is one I've missed! > > Would this be the case and is the record from Ancestry? I wonder why it > hasn't been > extracted to the IGI? Doing an IGI search on Sarah Stockdale (with exact > box unticked) > doesn't produce it either. > > I agree, though, that if William was only 17 in 1807, then the marriage is > unlikely. > > -- > Roy Stockdill > Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer > Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: > www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html > > "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, > and that is not being talked about." > OSCAR WILDE > > > >