Here is a long shot for you. Can you find a death for Joseph and was it before the birth of George. Then he would be illegit, and may grow up knowing it, despite what his mother said at his baptism.
Dave

Hi Dave,

Any advice or long shots welcome, i am currently trying to research the joseph and sarah family to either find the link between them and the william im looking for or to confirm this isnt the family im looking for...

I havent yet found the death for Joseph but from what i can piece together so far it looks like he died in 1839.

Im confused where you ask if the death of Joseph was before George? Im not sure which George your referring to here? sorry if i sound daft!

Do you mean was the death of Joseph before william? if so william was born in 1831 and joseph dies in 1839.

George is who im trying to find and connect to william if that makes sense?

Sorry, yes I meant before the death of William
Dave

Hi Wendy,

on looking for the marriage you have seen for a george bramall in 1819 to a sarah raby i have now found 3 marriages so even more confusion...

1.

First name(s) George
Last name Bramhall
Residence Sheffield
Marriage year 1819
Marriage date 11 Apr 1819
Marriage place Sheffield, Cathedral Church of St Peter & St Paul
Spouse's first name(s) Sarah
Spouse's last name Raby
Spouse's residence Sheffield
Father's first name(s) -
Spouse's father's first name(s) -
County Yorkshire (West Riding)
Country England
Archive Sheffield Archives & Local Studies
Archive reference PR-138-3-17
Event type Marriages
Event year range 1818-1821
Page 63
Record set Yorkshire Marriages
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Collections from England, Great Britain

2.
First name(s) George
Last name Bramhall
Residence Sheffield
Marriage year 1820
Marriage date 16 Aug 1820
Marriage place Sheffield, Cathedral Church of St Peter & St Paul
Spouse's first name(s) Ann
Spouse's last name Reaney
Spouse's residence Sheffield
Father's first name(s) -
Spouse's father's first name(s) -
County Yorkshire (West Riding)
Country England
Archive Sheffield Archives & Local Studies
Archive reference PR-138-3-17
Event type Marriages
Event year range 1818-1821
Page 332
Record set Yorkshire Marriages
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Collections from England, Great Britain

3.
First name(s) George
Last name Bramhall
Residence Sheffield
Marriage year 1821
Marriage date 02 Jul 1821
Marriage place Sheffield, Cathedral Church of St Peter & St Paul
Spouse's first name(s) Hannah
Spouse's last name Fearn
Spouse's residence Sheffield
Father's first name(s) -
Spouse's father's first name(s) -
County Yorkshire (West Riding)
Country England
Archive Sheffield Archives & Local Studies
Archive reference PR-138-3-17
Event type Marriages
Event year range 1818-1821
Page 519
Record set Yorkshire Marriages
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Collections from England, Great Britain

now more confused than ever, going to keep plugging away but think if i may need a break from this family for a while and come back with a fresh head, i like a puzzle but this is stressful

Another Scenario (other indexers what do you think)

What if and a big if I think if the baptism you found for william with father Josep and mother Sarah is correct.

Then lets say Joseph died circa 1832 and Sarah then married George and George was a relative ie Joseph's brother so the Bramall name continued or

was George the middle name of Joseph and was not registered as such

or

was Joseph upto no good and changed his name to avoid being tracked down

been a long day at work so could be all rubbish