Re: THOMAS BARNSLEY, Dudley Worcs. 1800s
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Re: THOMAS BARNSLEY, Dudley Worcs. 1800s
Yvonne Courtine Edmunds 12/07/06
Hello Yvonne
I hope that your move went well - Switzerland to Wales is quite a trip!
I have been thinking about the Barnsley connection to your family...
It was quite common amongst the Barnsley women, after they had married and so were no longer Barnsleys, to give their children 'Barnsley' as a middle name.
You mention that two of the MAYO children had Barnsley for a middle name - I know that Mary Ann was a Jones when she married Michael Mayo, but perhaps she was originally a Barnsley?
It's a bit of a wild guess but worth investigating!She may have married someone called Jones when she was younger, he could have died and then she married Michael Mayo... it's a possibility...do you know whether Mary Ann was a spinster or a widow when she married?If she was a widow then it is a possibility.If she was a spinster then I am stuck!!
I'll keep having a think about it :o)
Best wishes,
Cheryl