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This is Eliza Danks
4 Jul 1847 St Edmund Dudley Worcestershire
Solomon DANKS F B Engineer Dudley Father Edward Danks (Dec)No other information
Eliza MACKAY F S Dudley Father James Mackay Cordwainer
Wit;Joseph Mackay Martha Danks X

6 children were bap the same day
Bap 20 Nov 1831
St Thomas Dudley Worcestershire
Eliza Daur of James & Elizabeth Mackay Cordwainer From Netherton
Born 26 Nov 1829

David Mackay was Bap 15 Sep 1833
St Thomas Dudley Worcestershire
David son of James & Elizabeth MACKAY Cordwainer From Netherton


Burial
1897 12 May
St Andrew Netherton Dudley Worcestershire
Eliza DANKS 21 Hill St Age 67 Yrs


Burial
1898 5 Sep
St Andrew Netherton Dudley Worcestershire
David MACKAY 21 Hill Street age 65yrs

in BCC http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/tr ... onnections

1841
MACKEY, James M 40 1801 Sextant
MACKEY, William M 18 1823 Worcestershire
MACKEY, Joseph M 14 1827 Worcestershire
MACKEY, Elizabeth F 13 1828 Worcestershire
MACKEY, Esther F 9 1832 Worcestershire
MACKEY, David M 7 1834 Worcestershire
MACKEY, Sarah F 4 1837 Worcestershire
Address: Primrose, Dudley

County: Worcestershire

Marriage for adding to BCC
2 Dec 1877 St Andrews Netherton
William Woolly MAYER Full B Tailor Netherton Father Henry MAYER Hairdresser.
Ann Rebecca CADMAN Full Sp Netherton Father (Dec)
Wit; David Mackay and Eliza Danks.

http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/fa ... man-Family

Photo here

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This is very interesting , they must have all been friends. I cannot find a family link ,but then i don't know who everybody married . I will keep the info you have given me and attach it to my tree, and hope I can find out more . Thank you all. To be on my great grandmothers and my great aunts marriage must mean they were well liked,or just bought good pressies Thanks to everyone.

David Mackay and Eliza Danks are on lots of marriages at St Andrews as wits
so they may have been something to do with the church?

I think you are right Nl ,about it to do with the church. I think because they were brother and sister,the brother being a sexton for St Andrews, they probably suggested they would witness the marriage especially if they married without the family's knowledge. Still its nice to know who they were . Many thanks.

He was a sexton same as his father and she was the church cleaner for many years its on the headstone

I read the headstone Pete, and i found it very interesting that you can gain so much information from so little. Thank you for showing it to me

William Woolley Mayer not on BCC

Hi everyone, its been a while since I've posted on this site. Just had a quick look at this post and thought I'd let you know Solomon Danks is already on bcconnections. His first wife Eliza Mackay left the family home after a short time and went to live with her brother David. Solomon then had a family with Eliza Jones but I have never found a confirmed marriage for them. You did look up a 'supposed' date but it was not confirmed. If you look for Florence Dean (my gd mother), her gd father was Solomon.

Who is researching this family or are they after the Mackays. Haven't fully read the post as I have limited access at the library, will do now, have 30 mins left.

Silver surfer wrote:Hi everyone, its been a while since I've posted on this site. Just had a quick look at this post and thought I'd let you know Solomon Danks is already on bcconnections. His first wife Eliza Mackay left the family home after a short time and went to live with her brother David. Solomon then had a family with Eliza Jones but I have never found a confirmed marriage for them. You did look up a 'supposed' date but it was not confirmed. If you look for Florence Dean (my gd mother), her gd father was Solomon.

Who is researching this family or are they after the Mackays. Haven't fully read the post as I have limited access at the library, will do now, have 30 mins left.

Tink the post was trigger due to eliza danks & david mackay croping up as witnesses on a marriages it looks like bro and sis were a part of the church and must of stood in when couples need witness for there marriages

Silver surfer wrote:Hi everyone, its been a while since I've posted on this site. Just had a quick look at this post and thought I'd let you know Solomon Danks is already on bcconnections. His first wife Eliza Mackay left the family home after a short time and went to live with her brother David. Solomon then had a family with Eliza Jones but I have never found a confirmed marriage for them. You did look up a 'supposed' date but it was not confirmed. If you look for Florence Dean (my gd mother), her gd father was Solomon.

Who is researching this family or are they after the Mackays. Haven't fully read the post as I have limited access at the library, will do now, have 30 mins left.

Hi SS welcome back...you ok?
You coming to our 3rd Bcc do? see post here
viewtopic.php?f=53&t=14565&p=159748#p159748

Added info now