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From: "Sheila Martin" <>
Subject: Barkisland Christenings
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 16:24:01 +0100


Hello John,
Thanks for that.
I have the marriage certificate, but the details don't give me any clues as
to her family, except her age (not always reliable), and her fathers name
Joseph SIMPSON, stone mason.
In the 1891 census she gives her birth place as Barkisland, but that could
be her mothers family home, although she was living in Halifax, Orange
Court, at the time of her marriage.
There is no sign of her on the IGI, and unfortunately I'm tied to the house
as a full time carer, so am not able to get anywhere where the 1841 census
would be available. Even if the LDS have copies, the nearest is over 60
miles away.
The nearest non conformist chapel to Barkisland is Old Chapel Independent
(Sowerby) but hoew old that is I don't know.
A real brick wall!
All the best,
Sheila
----- Original Message -----
From: "J.S.Wilkinson" <>
To: "'Sheila Martin'" <>
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 11:15 PM
Subject: RE: [WRY] Barkisland christenings


> Hi Sheila
>
> I think the first place to look, is the census return for 1841 in order to
> find where her home was, so that you can make an educated guess.
> A marriage at the Ebenezer Chapel in 1845 should have had the Registrar in
> attendance to record the marriage (only the C of E, Jews and Quakers could
> register marriages in their own right). If I remember correctly, the
chapel
> was in the centre of Halifax, so they may not have lived nearby.
> The Halifax area is reasonably well covered by the IGI, so that may be
> another site to look at. I think the church at Barkisland is C of E,
> although if they were nonconformists I do not know which chapel could be
> considered as the nearest. If you find a likely entry in the IGI, you
would
> need to check it's proximity to Barkisland.
>
> Regards John
>

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