Genealogy Forum UK

Hi,

I have managed to find a list of births and deaths for all William Light's but without knowing where he was born I am a bit stumped. When you found out about the marriage with William Light, was there any other info about him? The list I have shows no one from shropshire.

How can I find out when William Light died? I have no other info than his name and date of marriage as above?

Thats really interesting - A Mr Light was talked about by another relative recently as the husband of Emmie so that makes sense too. I have sent an email to the Parish church in Wem to enquire about the christening records for John Swain. The thing that I cant figure out is why we have the name Mack...

Poss 1911 CROFT, ELIZABETH HEAD WIDOWER F 87 HOUSE KEEPER WHITE GRITT SALOP CROFT, HARRY SON SINGLE M 24 WAGGONER ON FARM MARTON BEACH SALOP CROFT, TOM SON SINGLE M 20 WAGGONER ON FARM BIN WESTON SALOP SWAIN, EMMIE NIECE F 14 HADNALL SALOP Is this saying she was related to these people or worked fo...

looks like john was registered under his mothers name Births Dec 1915 SWAIN John W SWAIN Atcham 6a 924 were was emmie in 1911 poss servant ? If my Grandfather John was born and registered in his own name - why are my father and I Mackman's? There is a link between Charles Mackman and Emmie Swain bu...

here the marriage you got Marriages Sep 1926 BALL Gwenllian S Mackman Atcham 6a 1540 Mackman Charles W Ball Atcham 6a 1540 Is this saying Emmie married in 1926? Can you translate what you have put above - is it a marriage between Charles Mackman & Gwenllian Ball? What year was that?

Hello, I am new to this site and I am looking to see if anyone can help my family solve a mystery or at least tell me how I might go about it. When my Grandfather (John Swain) died in 1980 he called my father to his bedside and asked him to never reveal to my Grandmother that he was born out of wedl...