Genealogy Chat

If you can get to a local latter day saints family centre, the majority have the irish GRO indexes on microfiche to view. If they don't have them, they can order them in for you. It would be worthwhile searching those for your marriage, if you think they may of married in Ireland.

I had a go at using familyrelatives.org but the first page that I looked at for a birth of a 'Cabutti' in 1932 did not have any entry for that name even though it had been brought up in the search. So did not seem very encouraging to try other pages and waste units. Could not find a marriage either for a Coney and Crosby from 1866 to 1920 - so I now think it could well have happened in Ireland as that year range was supposed to have been transcribed fully by the site. I'll have to have another try when I've got more time to work out everything properly. Thanks Claire p.s. the promotion code had expired!

Claire, yes, the Irish records at the LDS centres are great, but there are bits missing from the microfilms. Hope it's not the bits you need! When I went to look all the bits I really wanted to look at were missing... Kate.

Mum's birth grandmother was Irish and her adoptive mother was Irish so I'm going to have fun going back on their lines! Thank God for the LDS Family History Centres as I know they have the Irish birth index for about up to 1922 that may well help me. I had checked about 1910-1918 or so a couple of months ago, perhaps I need to go back earlier than that as they were already in Shepherd's Bush by 1910! Claire

Yes, may well be an Irish marriage. I dread finding any Irish in my lines - luckily only hubby has them!

Hi Heather, In 1910 Edith Rose ( a baby who died less than 3mths old) was born in Conningham Road, Shepherd's Bush, Fulham Registration District. In 1912 Ada was born & lived at Netherwood Road, Fulham In 1915 when Stanley was born they were living in Portland Road, Kensington in St. Marylebone Registration District. In 1910 Thomas Coney was an Insurance Agent on Edith Rose's birth certificate, which was a surprise to me, as he is a retired hotel waiter on other documents. I don't know what forced the change of occupation? I know the names of some of the other children that survived into adulthood - Dora G. Coney, Thomas Coney, Junior and Irene Victoria Coney but can't find any of their birth registrations in England and I've had quite a thorough look through the indexes. Irene's daughter thought Irene was born about 1910 but I can't locate it. Thomas Coney jnr's death registration in Westminster in 1954, would give his age about 1910, but I can't tie down his birth registration. There are a couple of possibilities in areas I would not have expected them to be in yet, such as: Greenwich (Oct-Dec qtr 1910), Bethnal Green (Oct-Dec qtr 1910 for Thomas A. Coney or in Bromwich (Jan-Mar 1910 qtr) for a Thomas Henry Coney. For Dora G. Coney I just can't find her birth! There is one Dora born in 1906 in Essex and I've even emailed a GR contact that has that one in her tree but had no response. I know who Dora married, George F. Porter in Maidenhead but can't find her birth registration at all. This is all making me wonder if they married in Ireland where Catherine Coney nee Crosby came from? I do have a LDS Family History Centre within reach so it may mean that I'll have to book a session to go down and search their Irish microfilm of marriage indexes if they have one. Thomas and Catherine Crosby were supposed to have had 12 or 16 children but I can't find them all. I just wish they'd had them after the Sept 1911 quarter when I could have seen her maiden name on the index for them all to make it easier to find them! I'm just about to try the familyrelatives.org site to look at that again and try to follow your instructions! I'll post up if it get any success in finding them! thanks everyone Claire

Sorry, I thought you had found one name and not the other and Glens message gave both (senile dementia, sorry). Where were the kids born?

Is Glen's one the wrong way around? Male as a Crosby instead of a Coney? Forgive me if I'm wrong! It is Thomas Coney, born abt. 1866, and Catherine Crosby, born about 1873 that I need to find the marriage for. I've just come in from an evening out and will need to double check tomorrow. Thanks to Glen if it is the right one and for trying to help so much anyway! It is appreciated! Claire

Claire, hasnt Glen found the right marriage for you?

Thank you everyone for your help! Just popped away to do the children's tea! I'd love to find the marriage as he is my great grandad on my mum's birth family's side. They settled in Maidenhead in the 1930's but were in Shepherd's Bush/Fulham area around 1910-1912. I got the Fulham marriage certificate for Thomas CONEY to Amy Herapath TUCKER (shown on your list) incase it was a cousin, but so far have not found the link between that Thomas Coney and mine! Have been told Catherine was Irish but don't know if they married in the UK or Ireland. Thomas was English. I know Thomas died in 1944 and he was said to be 78, so he would be born about 1866 if his son was right when he registered the death. Claire

Names for that ref are as follows James Henry Butcher Annie Burley Lizzie Couey >>>Lizzie Coney >>> Walter Thomas Crosby St Geo Hou Sq Mar 1900 1a 655 Glen

My units have almost expired, so I looked for all the Thomas Coney marriages 1901-1920 No Surname Forename1 Forename2 Forename3 Spouse District Page No Event Quarter Year 1 Coney Thomas Clough Auckland.10a 468 Marriage 4 1918 2 Coney Thomas O'boyle Burnley.8e 431 Marriage 4 1917 3 Coney Thomas W Thornton Caistor.7a 2035 Marriage 2 1915 4 Coney Thomas H G Priest Cardiff.11a 716 Marriage 2 1914 5 Coney Thomas Tucker Fulham.1a 689 Marriage 1 1913 6 Coney Thomas Drury Horncastle.7a 1597 Marriage 2 1915 7 Coney Thomas Islington.1b 561 Marriage 3 1908 8 Coney Thomas Worts St Thomas.5b 133 Marriage 1 1902 The two without the spouse surname (before 1912) are most likely on FreeBMD for the spouse, but I couldn't link one up with your spouse :o(( Merry

Claire for reference although it's from freebmd and lists more than the couple Marriages Mar 1900 St Geo House Sq Vol 1a Pg 655 Glen

Thanks I'll have a look at that one! You never know if the other siblings married between the families! It will be interesting to look at! Thanks Claire

There is a Coney/Crosby marriage in 1900,but the surnames are reversed,ie groom =Crosby,bride=Coney Glen

Thanks for this Heather! I'll give it a go later. Hopefully it will find them! I've trawled through several years on Ancestry, need to find the piece of paper that I wrote down the years on if I'm going back to that route...but fingers crossed! Claire

It is extremely handy for the period 1866-1920 which is name searchable. It will NOT have Irish records though Your alternative is to trawl all the quarters/years for the marriage. You may still be able to get 10 free units, go to the site, register, click on purchase units, two promo boxes come up, in the top box put LC2005 ignore the bottom box. Click and hopefully you will get 10 units free to see if you can find the marriage. Click on the 1866-1920 period box, enter the event, enter a time span - you can enter an area or click on the map for one or just cover the whole country. BTW, always check freebmd first, just in case they have been transcribed already on there. Good luck

I'm trying to find a marriage between Thomas Coney and Catherine Crosby they had 12-16 children possibly from 1900 to 1915. Thomas would have been born around 1866 and Catherine came from Ireland. I don't know if they married in the UK or Ireland (north or south - unknown which area at present)? Could this familyrelatives.org website be the answer? What do other people think that have used it before? Is it handy? I do have a UK Ancestry Subscription but I've not found the marriage through that. Thanks Claire