You were so helpful, so I am keeping you in the picture..........or not as you will see!!
The certificates have started to arrive, but I am going bonkers. If you remember, Georgiana Percival Stephenson was illegitimate and married John William Kay, subsequently giving birth to Mary Percival Kay in 1876 in Darlington, and this birth cert gives John William as a Tailor. There is a marriage for Georgiana and John William in 1864 (cert still awaited).
There, as far as I can see, is only one John William Kay, Tailor, in Darlington and I found him as follows:
1851 Class HO107 Piece 2382 Folio 455 Page 24
birth c 1839
with mother, widow, Jane Kay and brother and sisters, including Scythey Ann who appears regularly in future censuses and Mary Elizabeth shown married below.
1861Class RG9 Piece 293 Folio 54 Page 15
birth c. 1839
Down in Middlesex with his brother in law
Samuel Tule and his wife ( John William's sister) Mary E. Tule
1871 Class RG10 Piece 4881 Folio 9 Page 11
birth c. 1841
back in Darlington, living with his father and mother in law (??)
William Patton Todd (Master Tailor)
Jane Todd
and also his sister Scythey Ann Kay
Plus brother in law, William Cummins
1881 cannot find him
but................ have Georgiana, his wife
Class RG11 Piece 4934 Folio 51 Page 3
living in Darlington with her parents William and Margaret Dobinson and her two daughters.
1891 Class RG12 Piece 4043 Folio 49 Page 37
John William born c 1838 - married
in Darlington with his sister Scythey Ann who clearly never married.
I have put the references not because I expect anyone to do anything, but I AM very puzzled by the fact that at one point he is with parents in law with entirely the wrong name!
Also there does not seem to be one census where he is with his wife Georgiana, and by the time of the marriage of his daughter Mary Percival Kay, he has died.
Oh I do hope that the marriage and birth certs for this pair arrive tomorrow
The certificates have started to arrive, but I am going bonkers. If you remember, Georgiana Percival Stephenson was illegitimate and married John William Kay, subsequently giving birth to Mary Percival Kay in 1876 in Darlington, and this birth cert gives John William as a Tailor. There is a marriage for Georgiana and John William in 1864 (cert still awaited).
There, as far as I can see, is only one John William Kay, Tailor, in Darlington and I found him as follows:
1851 Class HO107 Piece 2382 Folio 455 Page 24
birth c 1839
with mother, widow, Jane Kay and brother and sisters, including Scythey Ann who appears regularly in future censuses and Mary Elizabeth shown married below.
1861Class RG9 Piece 293 Folio 54 Page 15
birth c. 1839
Down in Middlesex with his brother in law
Samuel Tule and his wife ( John William's sister) Mary E. Tule
1871 Class RG10 Piece 4881 Folio 9 Page 11
birth c. 1841
back in Darlington, living with his father and mother in law (??)
William Patton Todd (Master Tailor)
Jane Todd
and also his sister Scythey Ann Kay
Plus brother in law, William Cummins
1881 cannot find him
but................ have Georgiana, his wife
Class RG11 Piece 4934 Folio 51 Page 3
living in Darlington with her parents William and Margaret Dobinson and her two daughters.
1891 Class RG12 Piece 4043 Folio 49 Page 37
John William born c 1838 - married
in Darlington with his sister Scythey Ann who clearly never married.
I have put the references not because I expect anyone to do anything, but I AM very puzzled by the fact that at one point he is with parents in law with entirely the wrong name!
Also there does not seem to be one census where he is with his wife Georgiana, and by the time of the marriage of his daughter Mary Percival Kay, he has died.
Oh I do hope that the marriage and birth certs for this pair arrive tomorrow
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