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hello can anyone help me trace my family history. i was born in keighly yorkshire. My fathers name is david and his mothers name was zillah.

cheers Allan

Think this is your Grandfather's birth


Births Sep 1931
Murray Michael K - Williams- Keighley 9a 273

There is a tree on Ancestry with a photo of Michael Kevin
and the following info :



Michael K Murray
Birth 16 Aug 1931 in Keighley, Yorkshire, England
Death 8 Oct 2011 in Keighley, Yorkshire, England


Parents
Patrick Murray 1899 – 1973
Elsie May Williams 1905 – 1994

1911

Patrick Murray

Age in 1911:12
Estimated birth year:abt 1899
Relation to Head:Son

Birth Place:Kingham, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish:Keighley
County/Island:Yorkshire-West Riding

Street address:29 Green St Keighley Yorks

Marital Status:Single

John Murray 56 - Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland
Mary Ann Murray 54 - Brook, County Durham
Bernard Murray 14 - Darlington, County Durham
Patrick Murray 12
John W Keegan 21 - stepson- MiddlesBorough, Yorkshire

Marriages Sep 1893
Keegan Mary Ann - Darlington 10a 59
Murray John - Darlington 10a 59


possibly her first marriage ( 1911 says married 30 yrs but I think that refers to her total married life with 2 husbands.)


Marriages Jun 1881
CURRAN Mary Ann - Darlington 10a 51
KEEGAN Michael - Darlington 10a 51

1871

Bernard Curran 42 - Ireland
Margaret Curran 39 - Ireland
Margaret Curran 18 - Scotland
Mary Ann Curran 16 - Crook,Durham
Ellen Curran 14
James Curran 12
Theresa Curran 9
Mary Curran 6
Francis Curran 3

5 children born Darlington

Strange to have 2 daughters both called Mary !

There are photos of this lady on Ancestry too


Elsie May Williams
Birth 02 Jun 1905 in Ryhill, St James, Yorkshire, England



Elsie May Murray
Birth Date:2 Jun 1905
Date of Registration:Sep 1994
Age at Death:89

Registration district:Wrexham Maelor
Inferred County:Clwyd

Elsie May Williams

Age in 1911:5
Estimated birth year:abt 1906
Relation to Head:Daughter
Birth Place:Ryhill, Yorkshire, England

Civil Parish:Ryhill
County/Island:Yorkshire-West Riding

Street address:Station Rd Ryhill Nr Wakefield
Registration district:Hemsworth


Albert Williams 27 - coal miner - Tyldesley, Lancashire
Lydia Williams 29 - Stableford, Nottinghamshire
Elsie May Williams 5 - daughter
Doris Williams 3 - daughter
Ethel Ann Williams 6 Weeks
Winnifred Williams 2 - daghter
Joseph Albert Williams 14 - Nephew


married 6 yrs


Marriages Dec 1904
Hodgkinson Lydia - Hemsworth 9c 285
Williams Albert - Hemsworth 9c 285

1891

Lydia Hodgkinson
Age:9
Estimated birth year:abt 1882

Relation:Daughter

Father's Name:William Hy Hodgkinson
Mother's name:Eliza Hodgkinson

Where born:Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, England

Civil Parish:Havercroft with Cold Hiendley
Ecclesiastical parish:Felkirk
Town:Monckton
County/Island:Yorkshire

William Hy Hodgkinson 31 - Brick Maker - Sheffield, Yorkshire
Eliza Hodgkinson 39 - Wainfleet, Lincolnshire
Elizabeth Hodgkinson 12
Emily Hodgkinson 11
Lydia Hodgkinson 9
Frederick Hodgkinson 7
William Henry Hodgkinson 2

wow omg cheers Mike its seems like the right one. i have 3 sisters donna krystle and kerrie and my father david ex - royal marine who lives in ivybridge

Have you tried looking for info That's the best part of FH - finding things out yourself

A good place to start................

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

Only one of the Mary's are Mary Ann's daughter which is the younger one. The older Mary is the daughter of Michael Keegan who had been married previous prior to marrying Mary Ann Curran.