anyone need help ?

[TheOtherHalf]

Im not doing any family trees at the moment and am really missing it. Does anyone need anything looking up please ?

[TheOtherHalf]

Ann86- Elsie Selby Darch (nee Brown) m 1922 George Darch

Cannot find a death for George but Elsie died in 1985. I have looked around the same date but cannot find anything at the moment. Do you know who died first ?

[craft1948]

A George Darch born 1899 died in Plymouth in 1938.

[TheOtherHalf]

Thanks Craft. wonder if thats the one. hope so x

[237SJ]

I found an old brooch in a tin the other day. It was black enamel and a jeweller said it`s a mourning brooch. Apparently they used to put a lock of the dead person`s hair in the back. It was inscribed - Ann Clarke died 7/3/1866 aged 65. I wondered if she was a relative of mine (probably North Devon if she was).

[craft1948]

It would seem likely....................8 children were born named Darch with the mother's maiden name as Brown, between 1922 and 1938, the last one being born in Plymouth.

[craft1948]

I assume this would be George in 1911 at High Street Combe Martin Devon

DARCH, Samuel Head Single M 30 1881 Gardener Domestic Swansea Glam
DARCH, Jeanette Mother Widow F 51 1860 Pembrikeshiore Milford
DARCH, Selena Sister Single F 18 1893 Dressmaker Assistant Cambemartin Devon
DARCH, Elizabeth Sister Single F 15 1896 Housemaid Domestic Cambemartin Devon
DARCH, George Brother M 12 1899 School Cambemartin Devon
DARCH, Kathleen Sister F 3 1908 Cambemartin Devon

[237SJ]

There are still Darches in Combe Martin. I went out with one when I was a college.

[Ann]

Gosh thanks everyone - that is so helpful to find info on the Darch family. You are brilliant :)

[dotty.]

annasquith: could this be Frank?
1901 Scotland Census
Name: Frank Haldane
Age: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1873
Relationship: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Renfrewshire, Paisley
Registration number: 644/9
Registration district: Kelvin
Civil parish: Glasgow Park
County: Lanarkshire
Address: 51 Grant St
Occupation: Chemist
ED: 57
Household schedule number: 157
Line: 7
Roll: CSSCT1901_300
Household Members:
Name Age
Elizabeth Glen Little 44
Frank Haldane 28

[trt]

Thanks Dotty, your so helpful but still a bit confused though, mind you I am a bit thick with dates etc :- (

'' No there is only one daughter called mabel the other mabel is the mother aged 24. Winifred Melia was born late 1911 and her mother's maiden name was Mabel Hickson, another lead for you there trt ''

Any chance you could send me a link to the information you found out above?

[dotty.]

hi trt, if you sign into your ancestry account and then look at the England and Qales freeBMD, birth index 1837 - 1915, search the index for Winifred Melia born 1911in Chorlton reg district and you get this:
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Winifred Melia
Mother's Maiden Name: Hickson
Date of registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1911
Registration district: Chorlton
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 1581

If you then go to the index for marriages and look for Mabel Hickson marrying in Chorlton you get this:

Quarter 2 1907, Mabel Lydia Hickson married William Melia , Chorlton District Ref 8c1404

[dotty.]

it took 5 mins to check mabel hickson's family back to 1857 in manchester via her father, but I'll leave that to you to find trt.

[anneasquith]

dotty, many thanks, it may well be a further generation back, is it possible to trace the above frank re children,

[TheOtherHalf]

annasquith - I thought it was only a marriage cert you wanted, sorry. I couldnt find one anywhere. Couldnt even find him on 1901 or 1911 census, but I dont know if the census` for Scotland for those dates is available yet

[anneasquith]

sorry, im not very good at this stuff, is it possible to find any info re the parents of a frank haldane who was born 1923 ? thanks

[Traci66]

A Canadian relative of mine is trying to find where her paternal grandparents are buried and when they died. She has their birth and marriage certificates but can't seem to get any further.
Grandfather Tom Wallis born 10/06/1889 at 16 Hilltop, Armley, Leeds. He married a widow, Emily Sowden nee Fotherby.
She is away from home at the moment on holiday and this is the only information she can remember. Can you help from this please. Thank you.

[craft1948]

The best I can find is Emily Fotherby born 1894 in Leeds married William H Sowden in 1913 in Holbeck, William born 1891, died 1919.
Emily married Tom Wallis in 1923 in Holbeck.
I think they both died in Leeds, Emily in 1945, and Tom in 1943. As Wallis is not a uncommon name you may need the certificates to make sure.
Emily is Leeds, Q3, 9b 337
Tom is Leeds, Q2, 9b 432

[Traci66]

Thanks Craft, I will pass that on to her.

[tinkerbell23]

Are there any free sites i can start out on xx

[craft1948]

You can use ancestry.co.uk free at your local library tinks...........then if you like it subscribe from home.