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| WHO IS MARY? |
Continuing searches April 2003 |
| 1841 census |
1841 census records that William's wife Mary is 'foreign' and born between 1811 & 1816 |
| 1851 census |
1851 census notes unhelpfully; William's wife Mary born 1821 place Not Known |
| 1861 census |
1861 census adds new information,William's wife Mary born 1815 On the sea |
| 1871 census |
1871 census Mary is a widow and states she was born 1816 in East India, "Indian"? |
| 1881 census |
1881 census Mary is a widow and states she was born 1819 in India |
| 1891 census |
1891 census Mary is living with son and shows her born 1815 in India Calcutta |
| Marriage certificate |
A search of the overseas index at FRC found an entry in Return of Marriages in the HM 39th Regiment for 1837; William marries Mary Reardon in Madras. I sent for the certificate, it is sparse, only showing names of William & Mary, date and place. |
| PRO records |
Search for 'Reardon' families in India drew a complete blank. |
| Birth certificates |
Continued search for son William’s birth certificate. Wakefield Record Office checked parent / child combination with no success. They offered to check for William's siblings (shown on parish baptisms); they found a registration certificate for Mary born 1840: Success! Now I had details of the parents, it all fitted apart for one minor problem! |
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What a shock ! |
| Daughter's birth certificate |
William had registered his daughter and claimed her mother was Mary REDMOUND. How was this possible, he had married Mary REARDON in India, at least that's what the marriage certificate says? This was definitely not an alternative spelling. William was literate, how had a mistake been made? |
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Who said genealogy is easy? |
| OFF TO INDIA |
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