RESCUED FROM THE WAVES
Shipwrecks are of interest to genealogists not only because of their victims, but also because of their survivors. However, finding out about survivors is often less easy.
Was Susannah Priestly A Widow?
Q My late mother-in-law's research uncovered a Susannah Priestley, baptised at St Peter's, Leeds, on 9 July 1809, her father John Priestley (1787–1820). In 1831 she had an illegitimate son, John. In the 1851 Leeds census she was at 16 Randersons Yard
