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Hi

I'm trying to confirm the surname of Elizabeth , the wife of Isaac Tunnicliff [1784-1859]. A number of family trees on Ancestry have it as Coates but there's no marriage details.

What I can glean from census records is that she was born about 1793 in Hanbury Staffordshire.

She's living with Isaac in 1841 at Birmingham Row Barton Under Needwood Staffordshire; [Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece 976; Book: 20; Civil Parish: Tatenhill; County: Staffordshire; Enumeration District: 10; Folio: 9; Page: 11; Line: 15; GSU roll: 474613.].

In 1851 she, & Isaac, are at Crowberry Lane Barton Under Needwood Staffordshire; [Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 2012; Folio: 360; Page: 18; GSU roll: 87415.].

Then in 1861 she's a widow living at Wales End Barton Under Needwood Staffordshire; [Source Citation: Class: RG9; Piece: 1964; Folio: 13; Page: 20; GSU roll: 542895.]

I believe she died in 1862 at Barton Under Needwood.

Can anyone help

Doug

Hi Doug I would try and get a copy of the Hanbury Parish Records, see if there were any Coates there circa 1790 - 1800. I can pop into Stafford Archives after Xmas and have a look for you if that is any help. Linell.

They were Primative Methodists so you have to look under the Non-Conformist registers. (The only site that have them online is TheGenelogist).

Piece Description Register of Births and Baptisms at the Primitive Methodist Chapel of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire from 1826 to 1837
TNA Reference RG4 / Piece 3088 / Folio 12
[Chapel/Registry]
Full Name Aaron Tunnicliffe
Date of Baptism 14 July 1833
Place of Baptism
Date of Birth 21 June 1833
Place of Abode Barton, Under Needwood Staffordshire
Parish of Abode Barton, Under Needwood
County of Abode Staffordshire
Registration Date
Registration Town/County Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire
Ceremony Performed by James Peet
Godparents
Godfather
Godmother
Parents
Father Isaac Tunnicliffe
Father's Profession Labourer
Mother Elizabeth Tunnicliffe
Mother's Maiden Name Coates
Mother's Parish
Date of Marriage
Place of Marriage
Maternal Parents
Name(s)
Profession
Town & County
Paternal Parents
Name(s)
Profession

Piece Description Register of Births and Baptisms at the Primitive Methodist Chapel of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire from 1826 to 1837
TNA Reference RG4 / Piece 3088 / Folio 9
[Chapel/Registry]
Full Name Moses Tunney
Date of Baptism 28 February 1832
Place of Baptism
Date of Birth 0 August 1831
Place of Abode Barton
Parish of Abode Barton
County of Abode Staffordshire
Registration Date
Registration Town/County Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire
Ceremony Performed by William Gotherd
Godparents
Godfather
Godmother
Parents
Father Isaac Tunney
Father's Profession Labourer
Mother Elizabeth Tunney
Mother's Maiden Name Coates
Mother's Parish
Date of Marriage
Place of Marriage
Maternal Parents
Name(s)
Profession
Town & County
Paternal Parents
Name(s)
Profession


Looked at the original register entry and it is spelt Tunny...not Tunney.

Your problem with Non Conformists is that some of them moved around a bit as they "spread the word".

They also tend to use the same biblical names over and over and over.....

The three baptisms before Moses in the register are Noah, Calib and Jabez!!

Thanks for the quick response - it looks confirmation of what's in the other trees.

Doug

Is this now completed Doug?

Hi

Yes, indeed, it's fininished [for now!].

Doug