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I traced the wrong family

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Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 8 Jun 2010 14:21

You need to get the marriage cert of William Marks and his wife Catherine to find out who their fathers were. We know William's father was a Daniel Marks because we have seen him on the census. We need to know who Catherine's father was. If Catherine married William in 1904 then both the children you are talking about were born before their marriage so would be Lewis's if Catherine Lewis is who he married. So you would look for births of Mary Maud Lewis and Alice May Lewis. Unfortunately there are quite a few Alice May's born around the same years and areas. Or Catherine could have been married before to a Lewis.

Helen

Helen Report 8 Jun 2010 15:23

alice was living with dorothy marks when she away and that was at 28 uplands terrace morriston swansea .passed

Helen

Helen Report 8 Jun 2010 15:27

when my mum has spoken about catherine she has always reffered to her as catherine lewis.
all i know is that when i have asked my family about mary maud they have said that they have never heard of her and that alice was the grandmother to them

dorothy marks also had a brother named daniel marks not sure of he was a few yrs younger or older than dorothy.
he was an albino and he passed away in swansea roughly 10/12 years ago.
danile was married to a lady knowm as hazel dont know here maiden name,however daniel was also married befor and has 3 children names unknown.

my family are tending to be a bit vague on information ?

Helen

Helen Report 8 Jun 2010 15:28

all i know is that when i tended the family grave both dorothy and alice are named as marks so that is what started of this search as it indicated that 1 or maybe both of the them were unmarried.

Helen

Helen Report 8 Jun 2010 15:35

i came across the same problem mary wheni searched for william on the 1901 census i could not find him either.
but i think i found him on the 1891 census.
it had the following information.

william marks aged 13
year of birth 1878
son
tin worker
25 morris streeet
swansea
Llangyfelach

then it says place of birth rhondda?