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Hi Could anyone find any marriage details for a John Wood and a Mary Fearn please. It will be the Leek, Staffordshire area. I found a possible on freeBMD

Marriages Jun 1838
BRINSLEY James Leek &c 17 51
FEARN Mary Leek 17 51
HOROBIN Elizabeth Leek &c. 17 51
WOOD John Leek &c. 17 51

The John i'm looking for did have a wife called Mary and a son called Samuel born in 1843.
I cant find any children listed for a Wood/ Fearn marriage though. Can anyone help with this? Thankyou

Here is the family and the other children if that helps...

1851. Flash Toll Gate, Quarnford.
John Wood 33. Gamekeeper. Colshaw, Staffordshire.
Mary Wood 39. Hollingclough, Staffordshire.
Saml Wood 8.
Sarah Wood 5.
John Wood 4.
Ann Wood 1.

I dont have the 1841 census im afraid

The marriage for John Wood here is Elizabeth Horobin

John WOOD and Elizabeth HOROBIN, 1838 St Luke Sheen, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, 43C/1/4 (Staffordshire BMD)

Maggie

Oh so not the right one then Is there anywhere else I can look?

There are a couple here : http://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk/cgi/marrind.cgi

You might need to get a birth cert for one of the children

Looks like the children might have been born in Quarnford, which is possibly the registration district of Leek or Uttoxeter

There is a possibility for Ann here :

http://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk/cgi/birthind.cgi

and a possibility for Sarah here :

http://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk/cgi/birthind.cgi

and a possibility for Samuel here :

http://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk/cgi/birthind.cgi

Maggie

Thanks My computer is not letting me see the links but yes they were all born in Quarnford The whole family seem to be from there and not moved very far at all. I know the local parish church there is St Paul's and a lot of my family are buried there so maybe John was married there too? I think you're right that I need a certificate...

dolly - just google staffordshire BMD and you can access them there

Maggie

This site is really useful Dolly - because some births even give you the mother's maiden name - long before 1911

Maggie

Thanks I have had a lool and not sure which you thought were possibles My family seem to fall into the Longnor area and even though I can find possibles for all the others except Samuel there are no mother's maiden names I think I have hit a brick wall

It's really unusual to find a birth registration before 1911 with a mother'a maiden name. Some of these have that information, because the information has been input by volunteers. Don't lose heart, just send for a birth cert for one of the children telling the register office the names of the parents, then you won't waste your money. You can e mail the local reg office here : registrarsenquiries@staffordshire.gov.uk, this is where the registrations from Longnor are kept.

Maggie

dolly wrote:Thanks My computer is not letting me see the links but yes they were all born in Quarnford The whole family seem to be from there and not moved very far at all. I know the local parish church there is St Paul's and a lot of my family are buried there so maybe John was married there too? I think you're right that I need a certificate...

I'm not able to view any of the links on this page, can anyone else?

Nope i carnt either

Sorry - don't know why - I just copied the address line.

Dolly, if you find Staffordshire BMD, and look down the births, you should find the ones you need there

The Tel No for Staffordshire register office is 0300 111 8001.

Maggie