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Kit
18-09-12, 06:00
Robert Killerby marries Rachel Whitaker. Ancestry has a copy of the banns and this states, I think, his occupation. My problem is that I can't read it. Could someone kindly have a look?

Robert Killerby (http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=2256&iid=32355_249741-00643&fn=Robert&ln=Killerby&st=d&ssrc=&pid=4783622)

Of course the marriage record is very clear and legible and mentions nothing more than their names and place of residence. :rolleyes:
Merry
18-09-12, 06:36
Which bit were you thinking was his occ? I can't see anything!

The Banns of marriage between (him) and (her) were published (dates)

and then it moves on the the marriage info.
Kit
18-09-12, 07:02
It says banns were called on whatever dates then it says the said Robert Killerby of this parish ???? and Rachel Whitaker spinster ...

It's in the marriage info. What I was referring to above was the marriage recording without the banns.
kiterunner
18-09-12, 07:46
I can't view the image at the moment but will have a go if you post a screenshot of the bit you can't read. Could it be bachelor, widower, singleman, or something like that, perhaps?
Merry
18-09-12, 07:50
Oh yes, I see the blob you are refering to now! lol I'm just looking at it in Photoshop......................
Merry
18-09-12, 08:00
I'm not sure......


http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m13/merry_monty_montgomery/Other%20Research/WestYorkshireEnglandBaptismsMarriagesandBurials1_2 25629125.jpg
kiterunner
18-09-12, 08:13
Is it Carter with a mark on it? Or an abbreviation of Carpenter?
Merry
18-09-12, 09:49
I wondeed about Carter, but also thought the apparent C doesn't look like the C in Curate but does look like the F in February and the ......the first letter in the first name of the curate, but I'm not sure what he's written!
kiterunner
18-09-12, 09:51
the first letter in the first name of the curate, but I'm not sure what he's written! Tho.
kiterunner
18-09-12, 09:52
So it could be Taylor? i.e. Tailor.
Merry
18-09-12, 10:32
Oh yes!! lol I think it could :)

(Of course I did think that name said Tho :o)
Kit
18-09-12, 13:00
I would like it to be Taylor as that would make it more likely to be my man. I didn't want to say it before as it took me a while to work it out and I didn't want to influence you.

Thank you all for looking. :)
Shona
18-09-12, 14:31
This is what I see:

Banns of marriage between Robert Killerby abd Rachel Whitaker and publish on the ????? in the year 1767 the said Robt Killerby of the parish ????? Rachel Whitaker of this parish spinster were married in this church by banns this second day of February in the year one thousand and seven hundred and sixty seven by me Tho Turner Curate. This marriage was solemised between us Robert Killerby bride of the above her mark. In presense of Stephen Taylor and Robt Ward.
Merry
18-09-12, 14:41
the said Robt Killerby of the parish ?????

This bit is:

the said Robt Killerby of this parish ?????

and the other men on the page have their occupation where your question marks are :)
Shona
18-09-12, 15:36
It looks like Tayler.
Janet
19-09-12, 01:34
I don't think the witness is Stephen Taylor, I think it's Stephen Sugden.

EDIT:
Could be this one, christened 19 Mar 1743??? I don't see another Stephen Sugden baptised at Bradford St Peter in the right time frame. I'm guessing the witness might be a young man in his early 20s if he is a friend or close cousin.
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=2256&iid=32355_249693-00656&fn=Stephen&ln=Sugden&st=d&ssrc=&pid=9890848

There's a Mara Kellerby christened 7 Dec 1743 at the top of the same page. (At least that's how Ancestry has transcribed it. I think the image says Killerby. And is 'Mar' followed by superscript 'a' an abbreviation for something else?) She is a daughter of Zecariah Killerby, who I think is a clothier (abbreviated Clor on the image).
Kit
19-09-12, 02:57
oh Janet Kellerby. :) That's a mistranscription I haven't thought about. The most common are Hillerby or H/Killerbee.

I thought I'd struck gold with this surname, there aren't many even in 1911 so I thought it wouldn't be too hard but I was wrong.

Historically Mr Sugden will not be a relative. I have come across the name a lot but not once I have I found a marriage with that name.