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[Lynn the Forest Fan]

I have just sent my email, fingers crossed, but I am sure Betsy is going to be John's sister. I am hoping that she might be able to confirm that the mary Stevenson marriage in Caistor is the right one

[Lynn the Forest Fan]

I have heard back from her & although she couldn't remember where she got mary & James' details from, she did give me details of Elizabeth's birth cert which gave her father as James Smith Bricklayer. I am now desperate to go to the archives & check some details. Thank you so much for your help Shona x

[Shona]

Originally Posted by Lynn the Forest Fan

I have heard back from her & although she couldn't remember where she got mary & James' details from, she did give me details of Elizabeth's birth cert which gave her father as James Smith Bricklayer. I am now desperate to go to the archives & check some details. Thank you so much for your help Shona x

Brilliant! It was a pleasure to be of help.

[Lynn the Forest Fan]

Originally Posted by JayG

All these marriage are at St James, Louth, where the father is listed as James Smith. Taken from Lincolnshire 1837+ marriage indexes http://mi.lincolnshiremarriages.org.uk/

22/7/1849
Thomas Longstaff, son of John married Elizabeth Smith

17/5/1841
William Bordman, son of James married Ann Smith

23/12/1841
John Smith married Jane Pawson, widow daugther of Elvin Jackson

15/6/1843
George Smith married Emma Jane Gillott

12/12/1852
Roger Hall, son of John married Sabina Smith

19/12/1853
John Smith married Charlotte Walters

The Freeman caught my eye

25/4/1859
Freeman Smith son of Freeman married Eleanor Ann Topham

Assuming that the marriage for James Smith & Mary Stephenson in Caistor, is the correct one, I did a search for a Mary Smith born in Caistor & found one in 1861, shown as "Mother in law" and the head of the house was William Boordman and his wife was Ann (who came from Louth) and she is the right age for the Ann a baptism was found for! Just to find her in 1851 now!
Edit: Have now found Mary with the Bordman family in 1851, age given as 41, but I think it says 61. so I am fairly sure this is the right one. Yet another marriage to look up at the archives!