My great grandfather, William Ward Swales, who was born 25 Feb 1873 in East Hetton or Kelloe, Co. Durham, to Yorkshire born parents Thomas Swales and Sarah Ann Ward, lived at 20 Bolckow St. in North Skelton (maddeningly to the South-East of Skelton in Cleveland, and in fact, I believe the southern-most of a number of Skelton's in Yorkshire), in 1881. My great grandmother, Esther Ann Bonfield, who was born 7 Feb 1873, in Liverton, to Dorset born parents, George Saunders Bonfield, and Sarah Barnes Harris, lived at 6 Railway Terrace, Brotton, in 1881. These two places are within easy walking distance (about one mile) of each other, along the northern edge of the North York Moors. They lived, thus, in close proximity for as many as 10 or 15 years. However.... there is no indication that they ever met in Yorkshire at all. They did of course eventually meet and married in 1897, after they had both separately emigrated to the USA where their families lived about 10 miles apart, she in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and he in Peckville, Pennsylvania. It was probably the Methodist Church,or perhaps the Free Masons, which brought them together, though I am not really certain how they first met in the US. -steve On Jun 7, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Trish Michael wrote: > Morning All. Roy said:- > > How did another of my great-great-grandparents, Mary > BUCHANAN, a Scottish lass born in Edinburgh about 1822, come to meet her husband, > Richard BRACEWELL, and marry him in the Yorkshire Dales at Arncliffe in 1840? My theory > is that they were hawkers and perhaps met on the road somewhere, but it's only a theory. > > I had a Scottish 2 x great grandmother, Orsilla ANDERSON born Barony, Glasgow and have often wondered how she came to meet and marry William WRIGHT from Whitby in Whitby in 1862. He was a mariner so i thought he'd probably met her on his travels. A few weeks ago I decided to go through the Scottish line and pick up the peripherals.....I found, by sheer chance, Orsilla's aunt Euphemia CAMPBELL married a gentleman called Joseph BALDWIN (another hypothetical question is where did she meet him?) and then started moving around the country before settling in Marylebone. Now in 1861 Aunt Euphemia is in....wait for it.....Whitby. > So.....my take is she went to Whitby as auntie had said what a lovely place it > was and she could stay with them.....so on. Met William and bingo. > I have yet to cross reference any addresses etc but my guess is they will match. Maybe even witnessess at their marriage I had previously not recognised. > In 1851 Auntie and husband were in Hull so I don't think it was a coincidence that Orsilla and William are in Hull in 1871...him being a mariner still. > Also, in 1851 there is Euphemia's sister as a married lady which also has to be researched but at least now I have something to go on. > > To those people, and I know few, who only follow male and or direct lines.....look outside the box. You just never know where that road will lead you. > > Hope you all have a great researching weekend cos I for one have plenty still to do. > > ttfn > Trish > Ex Hull lass on central coast of NSW > > ..... > Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; > www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; > www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message