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Looking for any relative of William Gill or Eliza Gill.  Eliza left for America in 1890's and William was left behind.  She took his three sisters.  Help

I need further clarification of a marriage transcription I found at familysearch.org. of Isaac Laney to Mary Porter at St James, Bristol Gloucestershire on the 24 Sept, 1863. Does someone have access to the original parish record to elaborate further on this following transcription; that is add more information that is missing.

Event: Marriage
Event Date: 24 Sep 1863
Event Place: St James, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Groom: Isaac Laney 
His Occupation:
Age: 46
Marital Status: Widowed
Abode:
Father of Groom: Isaac Laney
Occupation of Father:
Bride: Mary Porter
Her Occupation:
Spouse's Marital Status: Widowed 
Age: 40
Abode:
Father of Bride: Wm Pitt
Occupation of Father:
Witnesses of the Marriage:
By Whom Marriage performed:
Film Number: 4197545
Digital Folder Number: 4197545
Image Number: 00220

At Free BMD's I found a Mary Pitts has married a John Porter in 1847 and this marriage was registered in the Dec Qtr., at Axbridge, Somerset.

John Porter was a Carpenter on the 1841 Census, residing at Hardings Lane, Banwell.

John Porter (Carpenter, 30yrs, born Banwell, Somerset) with his wife Mary (31yrs, born Clifton, Gloucestershire) were residing at Beach Willow Cottages, Weston Super Mare on the 1851 Census.

John Porter (Carpenter, 39yrs, born Worle, Somerset) with his wife Mary (39yrs, born Clifton, Gloucestershire) were residing at Mendip View House, Weston Super Mare on the 1861 Census.

The death of a John Porter was registered in the June Qtr., 1863 at Clifton.

Does anyone have any information on the history of Eastern House, Landemann Circus? It was formerly Lewisham House Boys School (1891-1932) when it became Eastern House girls school. The school closed around 1939 and the house was then used as a Red Cross Hospital during the Second World War.  After the war in 1947 Joseph Lucas Ltd of Birmingham bought the house for use as a convalescent home for its employees.  In 1967 the house was bought by the Regional Hospital Board and was converted to a 60 bed hospital to treat elderly and chronically sick patients.  The hospital closed in 1986. Any further information or photos would be much appreciated

She led an interesting, and frankly, sad, life in many ways.

She was born in Axbridge in c. 1835-36 and appears in the 1841 census as living in the village with her family which consisted of Mother (Mary - listed as a schoolmistress), 3 sisters and a brother.

She next appears in history in 1951 when she married my 1st cousin x3, Percival Horatio COOME in Cheltenham Registry Office.  Later reports claim that he was her 1st cousin which makes her some sort of relative of mine I think.  His family came from Locking (his father was John Valentine Coome baptised on 22 March 1799 in Locking church).

Apparently Percival was not a nice person and caused her to leave him soon after the marriage.  For the next 40 years she assumed the guise of a man, Charlie Wilson, and worked as a steward on board a P&O liner and at various jobs in the building trade.  She fell on hard times, was sentenced to 4 months hard labour (at the age of c. 64!!) in Wormwood Scrubs for obtaining money by false pretences and died in hospital in Chelsea in 1911.

I am working on a comprehensive story of her life as I can discover it which I will be happy to share with the Society at some point.  The purpose of this query is to ask if anyone has any information, particularly about her early life, which could help to fix the relationship between her family and that of Percival (and therefore me).

hi im trying to find out about job mitchell his daughter martha married benjamin hayes, i think job was married more than once any help in finding out about him would be great.

For some years I have tried to find the date of the birth of William Gadd, so I can purchase a copy of his birth certificate. He is a direct ancestor. He was born about 1846, in Luxborough, Somerset, the local parish register gives his date of baptism as 13 September 1846. I have the certificates for other siblings, all were baptised within some six weeks of birth, suggesting he was born around late summer 1846.

I would be delighted with any information.

 Thank you