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Question 1: Boxing Day: Cuthbert Coates married on 26 December 1821 at Christchurch, Tynmouth, Northumberland, England.  Who was his bride?    
Answer: Mary Ann Bell 

Question 2: 27 December 2016: Name the parents of Jessie Frost Merry, born in 1882, Queensland?
Answer: George Merry and Fanny Frost

Question 3: 28 December 2016: In what year did Geoffrey Frank Christmas marry Dorothy Patricia Holliday in Manly, Australia?
Answer: 1947

Question 4: 29 December 2016: In the 1891 English census Joseph J Christmas and family were living in the Portobello Road, Kensington. What is the name of his wife and daughter? 
Answer: Wife: Mary A Daughter: Caroline A
Found: www.familysearch.org

 Question 5: 30 December 2016: On 26 May 1835 Mary Christmas arrived in New York.  What was the name of the ship she travelled on? 
Answer: Neptune

Question 6: New Year's Eve: Name the twins born to Joseph and Mary Starr in 1867 St Leonard's district in NSW.
Answer: Louisa and Hannah

Question 7: New Year's Day: Who was indicted on 1 January 1844 at the London Central Criminal Court for feloniously entering an address in Chelsea on 17 December and stealing therein 1 spoon, value 2s., and 1 box-cover, 2s?
Answer: Charles Johnson

Question 8: 2 January 2017: On the 1881 Canadian census Mary Bell aged 5 can be found residing in Nova Scotia.  What is her religion?
Answer: Church of England
Found: www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/genealogy/Pages/introduction.aspx

 Question 9: 3 January 2017: Who did Joseph Natale marry on August 27th 1905, in Manhattan?
Answer:Josephina Mazzarisi
Found: www.familysearch.org

 Question 10: 4 January 2017:  On the 1881 census Christmas Lark can be found residing at 9 Church Alley, Norwich St Margaret, Norfolk, England. How many little Larks appear with him?
Answer: 6
Found: www.familysearch.org

Question 11: 5 January 2017: Who did Grace YULE marry in South Australia in 1888?  
Answer: William Crawford
Found: www.genealogysa.org.au/resources/online-databases.html

Question 12: 6 January 2017:  Who did Coralie Christmas marry in 1903 in New Zealand?
Answer: Walter John Allpress
Found: www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/home/
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