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From the census returns it seems that William Harding was born c.1840 in Norton, Stockton-on-Tees.

This could possibly be his birth (the certificate would give you his parents names):-


Name: HARDING, William
Registration district: Stockton
County: Durham
Year of registration: 1840
Quarter of registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Mother's maiden name: Not available before 1911 Q3
Volume no: 24
Page no: 196

Kath. x

Hi Ann

Have you got the certificate for the marriage?


Marriages Mar 1838 (>99%)
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Harding Mary Stokesley 24 415
MELONBY George Stokesley 24 415

Glitterbaby
Thanks. I guess that suggests there may be a string of Mellanby children starting from about 1838 onwards. My ancestor (born 21 years later) was presumably the youngest!
Any documentation to show if Mary Jane Mellanby (born c.1843) was her sister? It seems Mary Jane kept house for William Harding for all her adult life and inherited his house and much of his wealth when he died in 1910.
Ann

Slightly different spelling on marriage details

Name: George Melonby
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1838
Registration District: Stokesley
Inferred County: Yorkshire North Riding
Volume Number: 24
Page Number: 415
Records on Page: Name
Mary Brunton
Mary Harding
Isaac Hugill
George Melonby

From my gt grandmother's birth certificate (Margaret Elizabeth Mellaby born 1859 Ormesby, Yorks) I know that her parents were George Mellanby (ag.lab.) and Mary, nee Harding (who made her mark rather than signed the certificate). From the 1851 census I know that these two were born in about 1813/14 and 1815/16 respectively. I think I've found - on Familysearch - a parish record of Mary Harding's christening on 24 sept 1815 in Danby, Yorks - no image available unfortunately.
Can anyone help me find out more about this couple and the children they had?
In 1881 at age 21, Margaret Elizabeth was living with an unmarried cousin William Harding, age 41 a sharebroker who became a wealthy man, mayor of Darlington, JP, pillar of the Society of Friends, several paragraphs about his funeral in 1910 in the local newspaper etc. He appears to have sheltered various Mellanby cousins and I am trying to find out how exactly he was related to them, to Mary Harding, and thus to her daughter Margaret Elizabeth Mellanby and indeed to her son Sidney Harlock, who I understand also was sent to live with William Harding when his own father fell on hard times (late 1890's/1900's perhaps). I suspect William sponsored Sidney (my grandfather) through boarding school and professional training and I'd like to know what his link was to my family.