I'm going to try again with this one.
My maternal grandfather was Marshall Bridson
He was born 3rd February 1907 and married my Nana, Clara Alice Kelly DOB 27/03/08 sometime in 1926.
His father, I belive was Robert Bridson, a baker,
but I have been very unsuccessful at finding out who his mother was.
He had quite a few siblings here are some of them Robert, James, John, Frances, Lillian and Ellen.
I am told his father may have been married twice
and that one of his wives was a Margaret Marshall,
hence many members of my family being given Marshall
as part of their Christian name, including some of my mother's sisters!!!!
I have also been told in the past that we had a grandmother who was a Gordon.
This is all very confusing.
I know that their are decendents of Marhsall's
siblings still on the Island but I have never met any of them.
If this is read by anyone who recognizes
these sparse traces of a family and could
fill in some blanks for me,
even get me started I would be most grateful.
I am returning to the Island this July and could then begin to research if I had a thread to start from.
Please help if you can
I have had someone kindly look at the 1891 census
and I can't find an absolute trace there.
I don't really want to wait till 2002
to hopefully consult the 1901 census,
but maybe it will come to that!
Any help would be gratefully received as always
Kind regards
Sue