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I have been battling with this family for years, it's a challenge I can tell you. below is the family on 1851 census. My grt grandmother Ruth was born 1854. Father John dies 1855. GRO have done a search from 1854 /1862 for death of mother Sarah and can't find one. The only one I can find on 1861 census is eldest child Elizabeth a servant in Staffs going by the name Betsey. 1871 I can find Elizabeth married to Henry Phillips , Ruth a servant in Staffs and John (son) a canal Boatman Tunstall S-o-t. So where are they in 1861??

John Richardson
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1811
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Sarah
Gender: Male
Where born: Whitby, Cheshire, England

Civil parish: Whitby
Ecclesiastical parish: Eastham
County/Island: Cheshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability:

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Registration district: Wirral
Sub-registration district: Neston
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 61
Household Members:
Name Age
John Richardson 40
Sarah Richardson 28
Elizabeth Richardson 8
Sarah Richardson 5
John Richardson 11 Mo

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could Sarah have remarried

Hi,
Yes that is what I am thinking, as yet though I can't find a marriage for her, it's like searching for a needle in a hay stack, I am still checking Cheshire and Staffs, can't find anything on IGI.
Gill

You did not say where Sarah was born

1851 for reference re birthplace


Name: Sarah Richardson
Age: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1823
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: John
Gender: Female
Where born: Clanfaier Fedco, Montgomeryshire, Wales

Civil parish: Whitby
Ecclesiastical parish: Eastham
County/Island: Cheshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View image

Registration district: Wirral
Sub-registration district: Neston
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 61
Household Members: Name Age
John Richardson 40
Sarah Richardson 28
Elizabeth Richardson 8
Sarah Richardson 5
John Richardson 11 Mo

Yes sorry. Thats another thing know one has heard of this parish in Montgomery even the record office there, so I am stumped there as well.
Gill

I remember your request a while ago re the parish. I thought it sounded familiar.

Thanks K. I keep bringing it up every so often in case it rings a bell with someone, always with fingers crossed. lol

If its any comfort I know where my Roberts family come from in Dolgellau but the Record Office has nothing that confirms their baptims or father's name!! A challenge it certainly is!

Hi Somerset Girl,
Thank you for taking the trouble. I believe Llanfair is a common name meaning something, but I forget what now, but does anyone know FEDW means ??

Looking at the image it appears to be Tedro - but that isn't helping either.

If you look at the Old Maps site there is only one Llanfair in Montgomery - Llanfair Caereinion. I wonder if it was shortened to Llanfair and Fed?? was the farm. Just a thought. Did you know her maiden name?

Sarah's name was Williams, her dad was Reece/Rees Williams, just say labourer on marriage cert

I missed something there are you saying Fed means farm or have I misread that?

No I don't think Fed.. means farm but I did think that maybe Llanfair was the shortened version of the village name and Fed..(or however it reads) could be the name of the farm - Just a thought

I remember looking into this last time and didn't get anywhere, but will relook. I could find no sign of her in 1861 or the majority of the children. I would have thought Ruth would have been easier to find with a relatively unusual name. I wonder if its worth a search of the Ellesmere Port images but there may be too many

Hi K,
I have trawled through the images once and I e-mailed NA to see if there were pages missing, there was 1 page but they checked for me and said the family wasn't there, I have also trawled through images for Maer & Whitmore Staffs where Elizabeth was at the time with know luck. So I am baffled!!!!
Thank you for your interest Gill x

I wonder if the family have been mistranscribed under a neighbours name.

I found a family once for a member who had been looking for a year. The father had a middle name Lawrence. On only one census he said he was from Paddington.

Using first name only and Paddington I found the family transcribed as Laurence. Member was over the moon

Hi Quinsgran,
I wish!!! I am rapidly coming to the conclusion they are just not there. I have tried everything I know, Knowing my great grandmother survived I have many times put her first name in (Ruth) and birth detailes and searched page after page even though surprisingly there arn't that many Ruths.
As I have said before I am baffled!!!!!!!