James Reynolds born 1877

[quiffdo]

Hello everyone

My gg grandad James Reynolds according to his marriage cert was 30years old in 1907 where he married in Stockport.
His father was James Reynolds also and his occupation was a Doubler.
I have looked on Ancestry and have come across a James living with his grandparents By the name of Dean.
I then searched the tree's on GR and found a James born in stockport in 1877 and i msged the lady.
She replied saying that her James's parents were James Reynolds and Maria Dean.

Can anybody see any alternatives or does this look like the right family?
I will order his birth cert to check mothers name.

Danny

[KiteRunner]

Reynolds is such a common name that you would need more evidence to be sure that this is your James - for instance, if you can find something to show that the father of this James was a doubler too (whatever that is). who were the witnesses at your James's marriage?

[quiffdo]

A Doubler is someone who operates a machine that spins yarn and something to do with Bobbin lol.
The witnesses were Sarah Jane Griffith and John Bradshaw.

Danny

[Christine in Herts]

The nearest to a reliable way of settling this is to try to prove that he can't be yours. If you can't, then he probably is - but you can't be certain without something more specific, as KR says.

Christine

[quiffdo]

So basically i need to try and find the father (James Reynolds - doubler) born c1850 in Stockport.

And try and see if that James has a son James born 1877 also Stockport.

Danny

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

No James Reynolds occ doubler on 1881, 1891 or 1901 census :o I could only check variable spellings in 1881 and 1891 as I don't know how to do it in 1901!!


Was it a church wedding in 1906?

[quiffdo]

They were married in 1907 in Trinity Methodist church Wellington road Stockport.

His occupation might be down as anything to do with a cotton mill or manufacturers.

Doubler - Operated a machine twisting yarn in cotton/woolen mills. The yarn on different bobbins is combined onto another bobbin.

Danny

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

On the 1871 census there's a 22 year old James Reynolds (hatter) and on the 1881 there's a Maria Reynolds aged 41 Widow. Both in Stockport, but I'll have a l;ook to see if Maria was already married in 1871. The marriage for James Reynolds and Maria Dean was in 1875............

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

Not too sure how hatter sits with doubler??! (well, I would have thought it didnt! lol)

Maybe someone else could have a look at the 1871 as the writing is a bit feint!?

[quiffdo]

James son James was born in 1877 and on his marriage cert his father was deceased.
And on the 1881 little James was with his grandparents on the 1881 Thomas and Fanny Dean.

Danny

[quiffdo]

A hatter is a maker of hats or a seller.

Danny

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

I can't see a second Maria Reynolds in 1871 so maybe the 41-year-old is Maria Dean? If so, she is about ten years older than her husband. (doesn't seem fabulously likely!)

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

A hatter is a maker of hats or a seller.

Danny

Exactly - many hatters died of mercury poisoning! (maybe that's what happened to this James Reynolds? Or was he too young??! I don't see why a hatter might end up being recorded as a doubler?

Maybe your James didn't come from the Stockport area?

[quiffdo]

So Maria's husband is James? And does her husband only show up on the one census?

Danny

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

His father was James Reynolds also and his occupation was a Doubler.

Oh, I've just read your first post again and realise I read the occupation of doubler as relating to the father, but depending on how I read the sentence perhaps you mean the son? What was the occupation of the other James (whichever one is the other! lol)

[quiffdo]

I did see a James Reynolds born in 1850/49 that was a Cotton manufacturer.

Danny

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

So Maria's husband is James? And does her husband only show up on the one census?

Danny

I don't know I'm looking at the right people, but James seems to vanish after 1871 and Maria appears in 1881! lol (have not looked at alternative spellings or anything yet!)

[quiffdo]

James snr was a Doubler and James jnr was a Coal dealer and later a Furniture remover.

Danny

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

I did see a James Reynolds born in 1850/49 that was a Cotton manufacturer.

Danny

Rather implies her was the factory owner rather than a worker.........

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

What was the groom's occ?