Find Ancestors

Top tip - using the Genes Reunited community

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

  • The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
  • You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
  • And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
  • The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

Boards

Quick Search

Single word search

Tools

Findmypast DNA Banner

Icons

  • New posts
  • No new posts
  • Thread closed
  • Stickied, new posts
  • Stickied, no new posts

Sarah McAlister and John Heinen

Login to Add Reply Watch This
ProfilePosted byOptionsPost Date

Mary

Mary Report 15 Oct 2012 22:50

Can anyone help me locate a marriage certificate for Sarah and John? They were both born around 1879.
Many thanks.
Mary

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 15 Oct 2012 22:54

Hello Mary - whereabouts in the world did they come from?

Did they have any children? If so - who, where and when?

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 15 Oct 2012 22:59

If this refers to England/Wales.....look for a record on freebmd

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/

Very easy site to use.

If it isn't England/Wales............where do you think it might have been?

How did you get back to them? What leads you to think they married?

patchem

patchem Report 15 Oct 2012 23:02

Neither of them appear to be in Mary's tree, and no-one appears to have any John Heinen's around that age.

patchem

patchem Report 15 Oct 2012 23:05

???
1901 census:
John Heinen
Age: 23
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
Relation: Nephew
Gender: Male
Where born: Oldham, Lancashire, England

Hernen, probably.

No, married to Mary Ellen.

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 15 Oct 2012 23:08

Couple of trees on Ancestry have a John married to a Sarah but no maiden name for her. With John born and dying in USA

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

patchem

patchem Report 15 Oct 2012 23:09

So this one?
John Heinen
Census Date: 19 Jun 1905
County: Scott
Locality: Credit River
Birth Location: Minnesota
Gender: Male
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1879
Race: White
Father's Birth Location: Germany
Mother's Birth Location: Germany
Roll: MNSC_153

Added: Possibly not.

More information needed.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 15 Oct 2012 23:19

Why do people think it unnecessary to give location info when asking for others to help them?

Mary

Mary Report 16 Oct 2012 17:01

Thank you for all replies.
The reason I did not put in any country is because I don't know in which one they were married.
She sailed under the married name of Heinen. Sarah was from Scotland,she was my great aunt.John did die Minneapolis and Sarah then travelled to New Zealand,where she died in 1948.I don't think they had any children but you never know!
Anymore info. would be great and thanks again.

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 16 Oct 2012 19:51

Mary, it would have helped enormously if you'd given that info in the first place! :-)

Have you looked on Scotlands People for a marriage?
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

I was in a good mood and used one credit to get this:
2 1917 HEINEN JOHN MCALLISTER SARAH BELL PLANTATION GLASGOW CITY/LANARK 644/20 0116

If you want to see all the details then you need to register and buy some credits.

EDIT: I must be daft but I've sent Mary the image. Couldn't help peeking after I'd done the search!

She was Sarah Bell McAllister, spinster age 38. Grocery manageress.
He was John Heinen, bachelor also 38. A farmer and also private in 15th Canadian Reserve Brigade. Normally resided Saskatoon, Canada.

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 16 Oct 2012 20:15

John's service record:

Canada, Soldiers of the First World War, 1914-1918
Name: John Heinen
Residence: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Birth Date: 11 May 1879
Birth Location: Leineger, Minnesota, United States of America
Relative: Mrs John Heinen - Glasgow
Relationship: Wife
Regiment Number: 1051233

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 16 Oct 2012 20:22

There were a lot of John Heinen's born Minnesota around that time. This one's father was "Bens" a farmer on the marriage