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Hi, I have just joined this forum as trying research my father's family tree. I haven't t got very far as I have hit a stumbling block. Backtracked show my greatgrandmother as Tamar Pulley married to John Pulley, but marriage records on the web show she was married to George Pulley. Can anyone shed any light on this - was she married to George or was John also known as George? Any help would be appreciated.

Hi good luck in your research and wellcome to the forum , but for more help you need to give more info such as dates and whereabouts ? Kind Regards RF

Is it this one,

Staffordshire.
Place (link for place information) Brierley Hill.
Church name St Michael.
Register type Parish Register.
Register entry number 39.
Marriage date 17 Sep 1893.
Groom forename George
Groom surname PULLEY.
Groom age 26.
Groom condition bachelor.
Groom abode Fenton Street.
Groom occupation Labourer.
Bride forename Tamar
Bride surname HAINES.
Bride age 22.
Bride condition spinster.
Bride abode Moor Street.
Groom father forename George
Groom father surname PULLEY.
Groom father occupation Iron worker.
Bride father forename Charles
Bride father surname HAINES.
Bride father occupation Brick burner deceased.
Witness Joseph CARTWRIGHT.
Witness Mary HAINES.
Register note By banns. All signed.

Yes this is as far as I have got because my grandfather's birth certificate shows John as father and Tamar nee Haines as mother. His Army papers show father as John Pulley and mother, Tamar and lists brothers George, Sidney and Charles. Address given was 144 Bloomfield Road, Tipton.

But when trying to find the marriage record it shows George as husband. Before I continued going down that route I wanted to find out of John/George were the same person or if there had been 2 marriages for Tamar.

There is a birth record for a George, but not John,

PULLEY, GEORGE mothers maiden name blank. -
GRO Reference: 1866 M Quarter in STOURBRIDGE Volume 06C Page 213.

I can't find a George anywhere that fits

1871. Brockmoor.
John Pulley 50. Miner.
Mary Ann Pulley 47.
Maria Pulley 25.
Caroline Pulley 20.
John Pulley 19.
Martha Pulley 17.
John Pulley 5.
Elia Pulley 2.
Jeremiah Pulley 1 Month.


1881. High Strret, Kingswinford.
Mary Ann Pulley 58.
Martha Pulley 27.
John Pulley 15.
Eliza Pulley 12.
Caroline Pulley 9.
George Pulley 5.

1891. High Strret, Kingswinford.
Mary A Pulley 70.
Martha Pulley 36.
John Pulley 25. Grandson. Puddler.
Samuel Pulley 17.
George Pulley 14.
Sarah J Pulley 9.
Thomas Pulley 9.

1901. Tipton.
John Pulley 34. Brick yard.
Tamar Pulley 29.
George Pulley 3.
Florence Alice Pulley 2.
Beatrice Martha Pulley 1.

I can only assume that George and John are the same person. The 1911 census shows John as head and Tamar as wife. It shows my grandfather William (Willie) with his siblings John, George, Florence, Beatrice, Charles, Nellie and Sidney.

I know this is correct as my grandfather had a newspaper cutting relating to Sidney in his personal possessions and told my father that was his brother.

That's what I thought and his mother could be Martha.

That would make sense Martha being John's mother. It gets very confusing as the census returns are not consistent - on 1871 shown as son of Mary Ann and John, but then on 1891 census shown as grandson. I had made the same conclusion.

I have added to Bcc
will put a note re John/George

Susie will move this to archived unless you need anything else on this thread.

also if you would like me to add in your username to Bcc and that you connect to John/ George let me know
then if anyone else connects they can contact you via forum.