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Corner shop.... Thank you, and Please can you email what you found
feeling more hopeful
Mel

Hi corner shop
That's really kind of you.... it's been such a mystery for so long; hopefully you might find something which will shed some light on the mystery of Jane Rickards
Kind Regards
Mel

Jane Rickards born c 1847 Worcester - this is based on census information from 1871 onwards; I have been unable to find any information re birth, but have confirmation of her name from 3 of her childrens' birth certificates. Jane shows as 'wife' of Joseph Beard on censuses, although on the original...

Hi 'peterd' and 'gardener'
Thanks for your help; yes it does look like this is the Jane I'm looking for.
All I have to do now is find the marriage of her to Joseph Beard!!!!
So far nothing.
Mel

to 'gardener'
Thanks that looks interesting and promising, although a little confusing re the 2 baptisms being on different dates...... could one of them be the birth and the other the baptism?!
What are FHL files & where do you find them?
Mel

Ok... thanks peterd... I'll give that a go
Mel

Hi Jimmy I have birth certificates for 2 of the children and they are in different hand-writing clearly showing a 'K'; I also checked the writing on them to see what an 'h' looked like & it is definitely RicKards.... Further to that the possible marriage I had found is a dead end too.... money r...

Hi corner_shop
Now I'm really really confused!
What name do I look for re a birth for her; on the childrens birth certificates she's named as 'Jane Beard formerly Rickards'!!!!!
HELP! HELP!

In the 1871 census Joseph Beard and his wife Jane Beard are showing as visitors at an address in Dudley. I have found one marriage for 1865 in Dudley and as their first son (my Granddad) was born Dudley, in 1872, I have requested the certificate, stating the wife's name as 'Jane formerly Rickards' a...

Hi SRD
She shows in all censuses she is on as being born 1847 in Worcester, no district or extra information showing.
Mel

Hi Rockyfowler
Sorry no sig on either cert 'mark of' only
Mel

Hi Northern Lass Yes the link to black country pages is the correct person & is part of my family tree. I have birth certificates for 2 of the children both stating that the mother is 'Jane Beard formerly Rickards'.... 2 different lots of writing & clearly a 'k' not an 'h' as may have been t...

Hi... I posted request a few years ago and have now substantiated, by certificate & censuses the following- a Jane Rickards married Joseph Beard sometime between 1861-1871; she was born c 1847 in Worcester but Joseph and his wife Jane were living in Dudley at the 1871 census. Joseph and Jane wen...

Hi... I posted request a few years ago and have now substantiated, by certificate & censuses the following- a Jane Rickards married Joseph Beard sometime between 1861-1871; she was born c 1847 Joseph and Jane went on to have children Herbert Thomas Beard 1872 (my maternal grandfather); William H...

Hi Adrian Thank you so much. Please could you post privately for me when you have the time. I'm extremely grateful as I didn't have any information about my grandfather, prior to my mother's death, except that I knew he had died in WW1. I found it very moving to see the memorials, and see where my g...