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    My Great Uncle Lawrence Metcalfe was born in 1900 and married Auntie Jenny in Leeds. It shouldn't have been to difficult to find the marriage?

    The only marriage that was a possible fit was one of Lawrence Metcalfe to Eliza J Appleton Leeds 1925. The assumption being that the J stood for Jenny.

    Ancestry have extended their parish records to 1935 so having realised this I set my mission to find their marriage. There was no marriage recorded for Lawrence Metcalfe to Eliza J Metcalfe 1925 Leeds. However, when I searched for Eliza J Appleton the marriage was there - Metcalfe being transcribed as Netcalfe. However in all fairness to ancestry I can understand why. And Eliza J turned out to be Eliza Jane??

    However, having the Certificate in front of me meant I could look at all the information and Lawrences father is shown as Richard a timekeeper (my Great Grandfather) and Eliza's father is shown as Edward. Having an age for Eliza and knowing who her father was I could begin to work out where she was born. This turned out to be Durham not Yorkshire as I thought.

    Ancestry doesn't always get it right but I would never have found the information with out access to the records.

    Sandra

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    Well done, Sandra.

    Jinny is a very common northern nickname for Jane, and I have also come across Jinny then being turned into Jenny.

    Jay
    Janet in Yorkshire



    Genealogists never die - they just swap places in the family tree

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    • #3
      Great news San

      if you happen to find my Harriot Nancy Lydall b. 1847 Yorkshire, lurking in the 1851 census give us a shout...lol..
      Julie
      They're coming to take me away haha hee hee..........

      .......I find dead people

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Darksecretz View Post
        Great news San

        if you happen to find my Harriot Nancy Lydall b. 1847 Yorkshire, lurking in the 1851 census give us a shout...lol..
        Ignore that!! just found her under Lidle!!!
        Julie
        They're coming to take me away haha hee hee..........

        .......I find dead people

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        • #5
          Your great Uncle is my Great Grandfather!!!!! We've been wondering why we could never find him, now we know it's because he's down as Netcalfe, not Metcalfe!!!

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          • #6
            What a good job that Sandra shared the story of the search with forum members. Did you find her post as a result of a general internet search?
            Oh, and welcome to the forum

            Jay
            Janet in Yorkshire



            Genealogists never die - they just swap places in the family tree

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            • #7
              I have sent a PM for you as she has not been on line for a few months, hope you get a reply

              Edna

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              • #8
                I literally just googled Lawrence and Elizas name casually after a family discussion about how frustrating it was to not be able to find him anywhere, and this page popped up!!

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