Genealogy Chat

Thank you for your time and replies she is not the Catton one as in1901 census was living in a America st Tunstall with her adoptive family should have said have been looking on Ancestry and family search and at one time Scotland people as my dad said she was from Ayr. Her dad was a coalminer Valxxx

Val Yes, you could lie your head off and did not need to produce any documentation at all to get married. However, I notice she married in an RC church and I think it extremely unlikely she would lie to the priest. People were happy to lie to the Registrar, but usually drew the line at lying to one of God's agents. OC

If that is her, then I am pretty sure that this is her on the 1891 census, place of birth given as Calton staffordshire, image says Catton and that is in Derbyshire not Staffordshire! also father is John. Name: Mary Elizabeth Featherstone Age: 5 Estimated birth year: abt 1886 Relation: Daughter Father's name: John Mother's name: Alice Gould Gender: Female Where born: Calton, Staffordshire, England Civil parish: Ilam Ecclesiastical parish: Ilam Town: Ilam County/Island: Staffordshire Country: England Street address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status: View image Registration district: Ashbourne Sub-registration district: Calton ED, institution, or vessel: 5 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Alice Gould Featherstone 26 John Featherstone 29 Mary Elizabeth Featherstone 5 View Original Record View original image View blank form Save This Record Attach this record to a person in your tree as a source record, or save for later evaluation. Save Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 2754; Folio 44; Page 5; GSU roll: 6097864.

Do you think this is Mary in 1901? 1901 England Census about Mary Featherstone Name: Mary Featherstone Age: 15 Estimated birth year: abt 1886 Relation: Servant Gender: Female Where born: Catton, Derbyshire, England Civil parish: Rolleston Ecclesiastical parish: Anslow Holy Trinity County/Island: Staffordshire Country: England Registration district: Burton upon Trent Sub-registration district: Tutbury Rose

Do you have an occupation for John? Rose

I have my just bought gran and gdad's marriage cert could you get married in 1906 without a birth cert and could you say your father was dead if you did not know Thomas Andrew Barlow 1885 Tunstall father Thomas Barlow 1862 Tunstall Mary Featherstone 1886 Burslem father John Featherstone? Know all about the Barlow,s it,s the Featherstones i am having problems with. T.A Barlow m M Featherstone on Christmas day 1906 ST Mary,s R.C.Church Tunstall both father's are deceased on cert. the thing is Mary was left at the workhouse age 8 and adopeted out of the workhouse at 13 abd as far as i know she never saw her mum and dad after she was left sorry if have wrote this out wrong thanks for your time reading it Valxxx