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Wow! Thanks everybody... you've been very busy on my behalf.

I think that we have now cracked Elizabeth Anne's husband and that I'm sure he was John Freak. I cross-checked the record for Ralph Phillipson's wife Elizabeth on the 1891 Census and it shows her born in Willington in 1853 and they married in 1873...

And that 1901 Census reference for William and Alice living at Esh is certainly correct.

It looks as though there's more work to do to find Alice.

Again, my thanks to you all for your help

To find 'missing' names on freebmd, simply look through the list which comes up when you input the year/qtr/district in the 'search' boxes

Don't input the page/volume.........that will give you only what you already have, and the reason for a 'missing' name is almost always mistranscription of the page number............

If a local index exists, they often resolve problems like this - see http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/local_bmd
In particular:
http://www.northeastbmd.org.uk/

[Here, I also check the postal application form]

Surname Forename(s) Year District
BEE Elizabeth A 1865 Durham Western
FREAK John 1865 Durham Western
Register No. - Entry No. - District
C31A/1 - 492 - Durham Western (1865)
[I think church C31A was St John’s Chapel Stanhope]

Surname Forename(s) Year District
BROWN William 1895 Durham Northern
HORNSBY Annie 1895 Durham Northern
Register No. - Entry No. - District
DNCH1 - 98 - Durham Northern (1895)
[I think church CH is St John's Dipton, abt 6km N of Lanchester]

There are 2 possible marriages for a William Brown to a Alice in 1896 Lanchester on Freebmd

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Roy

1901

RG number: RG13
Piece: 4674
Folio: 96
Page: 34
Reg. District: Lanchester
Sub District: Lanchester
Parish: Esh
Enum. District: 21
Ecclesiastical District: St Michael
City/Municipal Borough:
Address: 11, West Street, Esh, Esh Winning
County: Durham

BROWN, William Head Married M 50 1851 Coal Miner
Weardale, Durham
BROWN, Alice Wife Married F 47 1854
Easington, Durham
BROWN, Elizabeth Daughter Single F 15 1886 Dressmaker Apprentice
Esh, Durham
BROWN, Mary A Daughter F 1 1900
Esh, Durham

I usually find that FMPs transcriptions are quite reliable:

Civil Registration event: Marriage

Name: BEE, Elizabeth Ann
Registration district: Weardale
County: Durham
Year of registration: 1865
Quarter of registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Spouse's last name: Not available before 1912
Volume no: 10A
Page no: 391

MarriageFinder: Elizabeth Ann Bee married one of the following people:

FREAK, John
PHILIPSON, Ralph
HODGSON, Elizabeth

They've managed to get the 4 correct parties.

1901 possible

Class: RG13; Piece: 4674; Folio: 96; Page: 34.

Margee,

The wife's name was Alice - not Annie...

At 1911 Census William was married, aged 60, a Coal miner, living with wife (Alice) & daughter at 11 West Terrace, Esh Colliery, Durham. Record shows him married to Alice for 16 years, having had 2 children, 1 still living.

I couldn't find a 1901 record for him - but at 1891 my record says:
At 1891 Census was married, aged 39, a Coal miner, living with wife (Mary) & widowed father-in-law at 11 West Terrace, Esh Colliery, Durham.

Note that it's the same address - different wife! His first wife (Mary Bee) had died c 1892.

S

Thanks Margee. That's useful - but I'm not sure what you have found helps me tie down my individuals! I'll try to have another look at it tomorrow.

Simon

Could this be him married to Annie Hornsby?

1901 England Census
about William Brown Name: William Brown
Age: 56
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1845
Relation: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Nottinghamshire, England

Civil Parish: Lanchester
Ecclesiastical parish: Lanchester St Mary
County/Island: Durham
Country: England

Registration District: Lanchester
Sub-registration District: Lanchester
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Schedule Number: 97
Piece: 4672
Folio: 13
Page Number: 17
Household Members: Name Age
David Champney 46
Hannah Champney 48
Frances Jane Champney 17
Mary Lizz Champney 15
Margaret Annie Champney 11
David Champney 7
William Brown 56
Annie Brown 26
Mary Lizz Brown 5
Putt Carr 37
Richard Gasson 33
John Davis 70
Edward Freeman 44
Kate Cambel 45
Luke Cambel 50

Hint: Use FreeBMD, as the name suggests it's free and you can look at the originals.

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/

Marriages Mar 1895 (>99%)
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Brown William Lanchester 10a 332
Flood Ellen Lanchester 10a 332
Hornsby Annie Lanchester 10a 332
Moore Thomas William Lanchester 10a 332

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it's easy to see that William Brown has been mistranscribed, the other names are all in S. Shields.

Marriages Mar 1895 (>99%)
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Bower Thomas S. Shields 10a 832
Brown William Lanchester 10a 832
Clark John S. Shields 10a 832
Irving Jane S. Shields 10a 832
Smith Mary Ann S. Shields 10a 832

Looking at the original William is Vol.10a Page 332.

From FreeBMD:

Marriages Dec 1865 (>99%)
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Bee Elizabeth Ann Weardale 10a 391
FREAK John Weardale 10a 391
Hodgson Elizabeth Weardale 10a 391

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Thanks.

The details are these:

England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915 about Elizabeth Ann Bee
Name: Elizabeth Ann Bee
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1865
Registration District: Weardale
Inferred County: Durham
Volume Number: 10a
Page Number: 31
Records on Page:
Name
Elizabeth Ann Bee
Elizabeth Newton
John Thompson

The 'missing' name is 'x Freak' - I think

The other record was:

England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915 about William Brown
Name: William Brown
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1895
Registration District: Lanchester
Inferred County: Durham
Volume Number: 10a
Page Number: 832
Records on Page:
Name
Thomas Bower
William Brown
John Clark
Jane Irving
Mary Ann Smith

The 'missing' name is 'Alice x' - I think

Use the surname of the missing spouse .if it's after 1911,in the top surname and the area and year . Its quite often one part of the GRO record is mistranscribed. I usually find its a difference in the page nos so the records don't cross match

Look at the original to see if the volume or page number has been mistranscribed.

If you post the details someone may be able to help.

I've come to a grinding halt twice this afternoon when trying to find marriages on BMD. In one case two females were named but only one male, and in the other instance there were three males and only two females!

Is it possible to 'find' the missing people in any way (other than, presumably, buying the relevant certificate on the off chance that it's the person I need)?

I tried searching using the volume number and page number but that didn't seem to get me what I needed.

Any suggestions would be welcome,

Thanks,
Simon