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Post by carole on Apr 27, 2010 2:06:46 GMT
Hello , I would like some help and advice please finding the correct birth of my GG Grandfather, Alexander Cross. I have his marriage certificate to my GG Grandmother Mary Ann Howard, they were married in the Parish Church, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire in 1875. It states they were both 19 years of age at the time of their marriage. Alexander's father was a John Cross, Weaver. They were residents of Ashton. The witness's were James Glover and Ann Glover. I found Alexander and his wife Mary Ann and their children on the 1891 census living in Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire. It states Alexander was born in 1856, Chester, Stayleybridge, Lancashire. My problem is I cant find a birth reg so that I may order his birth certificate. The only one that comes close is one for a George Alexander Cross born in Staleybridge in 1855. I would be sincerely grateful for some advice, thank you. Regards Carole.
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Woody
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Post by Woody on Apr 27, 2010 14:45:01 GMT
Hi Carole You might want to investigate this reference which you’ll find listed at www.cheshirebmd.org.ukCheshire Birth indexes for the years: 1855 Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Reference CROSS George Alexander Stayley Tameside STY/7/43 I don't think anyone, including myself, has completely got to grips with the frequent and successive boundary changes in the Stalybridge/ Mossley area since the 1840s so I wouldn’t worry too much about being confused. I’d be tempted to go with the birth reference above for the following reasons. The origins of the twonship name ‘Staley’ are in the family name ‘de Stavelegh’, formerly medieval ‘lords of the manor and owners of the soil’. Staveley, or more often Staley, became an extensive township in the parish of Mottram-in-Longdendale and, in the 1870s, constituted a fair portion of Stalybridge Borough on the Cheshire side of the River Tame. It certainly included Millbrook, and the boundary at that end was nearer Mossley than Stalybridge. The other side of the Tame was Lancashire and the original stone bridge (1707) over the river is where the modern name, Stalybridge, derives. Staley was absorbed into Stalybridge in about 1880, and its proximity to Lancashire is probably the source of the confusion about the birthplace. Others might have different suggestions for you to consider ?
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Post by carole on Apr 28, 2010 12:46:21 GMT
Hi Woody,
Thank you for your reply. I think I'll take the plunge and order that birth certificate, I know for sure that Alexander's father was John - so I will put that in my order.
Thank you again.
Regards, Carole.
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