I'm doing a tree for a friend and it's turning out to be anything but straight-forward. My latest dead-end is this:
I now have a marriage certificate for
Harry Clements, 23, batchelor, miner, lived Newthorpe, Notts, s/o William Thomas Clements, miner
and
Mary Alice Smith, 24, spinster, - , lived Newthorpe, Notts, d/o Harry Smith, lace maker
from Parish Church, Greasley, Notts on 23 Aug 1913.
Witnesses were William Thomas Clements (father of groom), Nellie (Ellen) Clements (sister of groom), Alice Clements (sister of groom) and William Henry Stanley (soon to be huband of Ellen Clements) - so, no-one from Mary Alice's family!
I have Mary Alice Clements death in Chesterfield Reg District in 1958, which confirms an approx 1890 dob, which ties in with her age on her marriage certificate.
Problem is, I can't really pinpoint her at all with a father called Harry in any of the census records from 1891, 1901 or 1911. There is a Mary Alice with a father Harry in Yorks, but she's 2-3 years too old, and others similarly "out" in terms of dates etc.
If she was born locally there are a couple of possibles:
Q3, 1889 Basford
and
Q1, 1890 Basford
I've had a rummage around the IGI without any success and wondered if anyone here had any bright ideas.
HELP ! Please. Pretty please!
STG
I now have a marriage certificate for
Harry Clements, 23, batchelor, miner, lived Newthorpe, Notts, s/o William Thomas Clements, miner
and
Mary Alice Smith, 24, spinster, - , lived Newthorpe, Notts, d/o Harry Smith, lace maker
from Parish Church, Greasley, Notts on 23 Aug 1913.
Witnesses were William Thomas Clements (father of groom), Nellie (Ellen) Clements (sister of groom), Alice Clements (sister of groom) and William Henry Stanley (soon to be huband of Ellen Clements) - so, no-one from Mary Alice's family!
I have Mary Alice Clements death in Chesterfield Reg District in 1958, which confirms an approx 1890 dob, which ties in with her age on her marriage certificate.
Problem is, I can't really pinpoint her at all with a father called Harry in any of the census records from 1891, 1901 or 1911. There is a Mary Alice with a father Harry in Yorks, but she's 2-3 years too old, and others similarly "out" in terms of dates etc.
If she was born locally there are a couple of possibles:
Q3, 1889 Basford
and
Q1, 1890 Basford
I've had a rummage around the IGI without any success and wondered if anyone here had any bright ideas.
HELP ! Please. Pretty please!
STG
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