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hi Mazie, other postings for your family: * the Cotton family of Nelson * Cotton family of Nelson - Births * Cotton family of Nelson - Marriages * Cotton family of Nelson & Phillips...

Yes i also could easily be bitten by this same exciting bug...good on you for helping others....

All these plaecs of birth are not far from Madeley. 1851 England Census Name: John Rowley Age: 15 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1836 Relation: Son Father's Name: Edward Rowley Mother's Name:...

"England, Marriages, 1538?1973 " groom's name: John Rowley groom's birth date: 1834 groom's age: 23 bride's name: Mary Ann Barlow bride's birth date: 1830 bride's age: 27 marriage...

Have info on F W Deverereux, however no into on where mum Ellen was buried. Surname for Ellen is Gill not King in family records. Was second wife for William Checkley Devereux.

Thanks noggin, I believe that Henry Sherlins father was Byrd Sherlin sometimes spelled Bird Sherlen. I think the problem is that the spelling of the names depended on the census taker as some or...

The 1911 census: John Henry CLIMO b1878 Bodmin fish and fruit hawker Mary Ann b1876 Polperro John Leonard b1897 BODMIN Thomas Cecil b1899 Winifred Catherine b1901 Florence...

To trace them after the obituary will be a challenge because you typically can't see legal records of the living. I would look in the city directory of the town the obituary says they lived. If you...

Before searching down the wrong line is this your family in 1930? 1930 United States Federal Census Name: Carrie B Kieffer Gender: Female Birth Year: abt 1887 Birthplace: Maryland Race:...

I would find the local newspaper to where the person died and look through the issues the day of and a few days following the death in order to find the obituary. More often than not, it will list...

There is a mistake in the above: I found this census that looks like the right family but who does that make Hydin Sherling in the 1870 census unless he is a brother to Bird Sherling. Hydin...

I found this census that looks like the right family but who does that make Hydin Sherling in the 1870 census unless he is a brother to Hydin Sherling. 1850 United States Federal Census Name:...

1860 United States Federal Census Name: Henry Sherlin Age in 1860: 26 Birth Year: abt 1834 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1860: McDowell, North Carolina Gender: Male Post Office: Marion...

1900 United States Federal Census Name: Henry Sherlin Age: 65 Birth Date: Sep 1834 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1900: Silver Creek, Burke, North Carolina [Burke] Race: White Gender:...

This looks like the same family in 1870. Mothers name as changed Jane E to Betsey so Henry may have remarried or it is her middle name (Elizabeth ?) Spelling of surname is spelt different again. It...

This looks like the right family 1880 United States Federal Census Name: Henry Shirlin Age: 46 Birth Year: abt 1834 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1880: Marion, McDowell, North...

OK I think I have solved one part of the puzzle: Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958 Name: Mary Etta Webb [Mary Etta Sherlin] Gender: Female Birth Date: 29 Apr 1868 Birth Place: North...

1910 United States Federal Census Name: Ollie L Sherley [Ollie L Shirley] Age in 1910: 13 Birth Year: abt 1897 [1897] Birthplace: Tennessee Home in 1910: Civil District 4, Cocke, Tennessee...

Welcome Hereweir. This may be Ellen's birth. Name: Ellen Frances OBRIEN. Born: 1877 in Carlton, Victoria. Father: Cornelius Francis OBRIEN. Mother: Elizabeth Agnes HEALEY. Ref: Victorian...

As you can see by the numerous documents, the family are not directly related to our whakapapa and were originally from the Christchurch area.