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Ali

Ali Report 22 Jan 2008 15:59

Please can anyone look on the census to find JAMES BANFIELD c1885 & MARY AYRES c1886, both from brighton area, they were married about 1908 in brighton or poss southapton they had three children , Beatrice, Elsie and Bert,
thank you
alison

Thelma

Thelma Report 22 Jan 2008 16:10

England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1983
about James Banfield
Name: James Banfield
Year of Registration: 1908
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Brighton
County: Sussex, East Sussex
Volume: 2b
Page: 44[35] <<<<<<<<<???
Mary Eliza Draper???????


ErikaH

ErikaH Report 22 Jan 2008 16:13

Where did you get the info about their ages? Do you have the marriage cert?

Reg

Ali

Ali Report 22 Jan 2008 16:15

thanks jim

Ali

Ali Report 22 Jan 2008 16:16

no Reg i don't have it, i know they were married in 1908, my father-in-law thinks they may have been that age, bit of a mistery these two

Ali

Ali Report 22 Jan 2008 16:18

i got Mary Eliza Ayres could that be wrong then?

Thelma

Thelma Report 22 Jan 2008 16:23

I have had a look at the images .
there is no Mary Ayres marrying in 1908

Thelma

Thelma Report 22 Jan 2008 16:29

1901 A WIDOW??
Mary Eliza Draper abt 1869 Everleigh, Wiltshire, England Pauper Inmate (Pauper) Brighton, Sussex

Thelma

Thelma Report 22 Jan 2008 16:30

1881
Mary Eliza Ayres Jonathan,
Sarah abt 1869 Everleigh, Wiltshire, England Daughter Everleigh, Wiltshire

Thelma

Thelma Report 22 Jan 2008 16:32

1st marriage???
Mary Eliza Ayres 1893 Oct-Nov-Dec Brentford Middlesex

John Henry Draper 1893 Oct-Nov-Dec Brentford Middlesex

Thelma

Thelma Report 22 Jan 2008 16:34

death??
John Henry Draper abt 1851 1894 Apr-May-Jun Islington Greater London, London, Middlesex

Ali

Ali Report 22 Jan 2008 16:35

thanks Jim, i didn't think my father-in-law would of got her name wrong i didn't question it
i now wonder if the son bert was a Draper

Thelma

Thelma Report 22 Jan 2008 16:38

Well any children born between the marriages would be Draper.

Ali

Ali Report 22 Jan 2008 16:38

how odd the whole of my side of the family come from middlesex and surrey
all my husband side are from southampton area, this is the first in the same area

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 22 Jan 2008 16:41

Possible births........

Name: Beatrice Edith Banfield
Year of Registration: 1909
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Brighton
County: Sussex, East Sussex
Volume: 2b
Page: 192


Name: Elsie B Banfield
Year of Registration: 1910
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Brighton
County: Sussex, East Sussex
Volume: 2b
Page: 191


Can't speculate about the male......I doubt if he was registered as Bert.

Reg

Ali

Ali Report 22 Jan 2008 16:45

thanks Reg yes thats them
i've looked for a long time for him under banfield i'll have to try draper i been told he was younger than the girls and he jumped ship but no one can remember his real name

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 22 Jan 2008 16:46

Name: James Banfield
Year of Registration: 1908
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Brighton
County: Sussex, East Sussex
Volume: 2b
Page: 44[35

Page number is clear on the 'other half'

Name: Mary Eliza Draper
Year of Registration: 1908
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Brighton
County: Sussex, East Sussex
Volume: 2b
Page: 445


The cert will tell you their ages, and names of each of their fathers. With those details, census searches will be more reliable........

Reg

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 22 Jan 2008 16:46

If he was younger than the girls, he would hardly be called Draper.......

Reg

Ali

Ali Report 22 Jan 2008 16:53

thanks Reggie i'llsend for it, yes i know that but there's a bit of a mistery around family and i can't get to the bottom of it yet lol

Thelma

Thelma Report 22 Jan 2008 17:02

As Bert is younger,maybe you have to look at the full images not freebmd.