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Lesley

Lesley Report 5 Feb 2011 18:20

Hi looking for birth of my Great Gran Lydia Charlotte Watkins born 1895 so i think can not find her on any census, fathers name was William Watkins a farmer from Warwickshire. she married a William Hope, had two children my Gran Irene Lydia and Harry dont know what happened to William or Harry, but she then married a Thomas Murray from canada i think then went on to marry a William Baker in 1935 i do have that marriage certificate and her death cert she died in 1963. Apart from this i dont know and carnt find out any thing else hit a bit of a brick wall.

Mark

Mark Report 5 Feb 2011 18:25

1891 census.. should be with her parents

jax

jax Report 5 Feb 2011 18:40

If she was not born until 1895 how would she be on the 1891 census?

jax

jax Report 5 Feb 2011 18:45

where and when did she marry William Hope please?

jax

Lesley

Lesley Report 5 Feb 2011 18:45

she has not come up on the 1911 census, cant even find a birth record for her.

Lesley

Lesley Report 5 Feb 2011 18:46

dont know when she married william hope

jax

jax Report 5 Feb 2011 18:47

Does not look like UK to me cannot see anything at the moment

jax

jax

jax Report 5 Feb 2011 18:48

When was your gran Irene born please and where if you know it

jax

 Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 5 Feb 2011 18:49

I cant see Irene or Harry with mothers name Watkins ?

Lesley

Lesley Report 5 Feb 2011 18:50

my Gran was born in whitchurch in 1916

Lesley

Lesley Report 5 Feb 2011 18:52

found my Gran Irene born to a wetkins think it is a spelling mistake, 7th feb 1916 she was born but cant find a harry

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 5 Feb 2011 18:56

do you have birth certs for Irene and Harry Hope

Andrew

Andrew Report 5 Feb 2011 18:57

England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005
about Lydia I Hope
Name: Lydia I Hope
Mother's Maiden Surname: Wetkins
Date of Registration: Jan Feb Mar 1916
Registration district: Whitchurch S
Registration County: Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Herefordshire
Volume Number: 6a

Andy

Lesley

Lesley Report 5 Feb 2011 18:57

just for irene

Lesley

Lesley Report 5 Feb 2011 18:58

Thanks Andrew got all that

jax

jax Report 5 Feb 2011 19:00

Thought you said her name was Irene?

jax

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 5 Feb 2011 19:03

so she was Lydia Irene not the other way round

Name: Lydia I Hope
Mother's Maiden Surname: Wetkins s/b Watkins
Date of Registration: Jan Feb Mar 1916
Registration district: Whitchurch S
Registration County: Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Herefordshire
Volume Number: 6a
Page Number: 1092

it is a trancription error .I have done an amendment !!

Lesley

Lesley Report 5 Feb 2011 19:03

sorry she called herself irene but she was named after her mother

jax

jax Report 5 Feb 2011 19:07

Are we meant to know that if you have the cert you could have told us

jax

Lesley

Lesley Report 5 Feb 2011 19:08

as far as i know harry was born in 1914 dont know much about him other than we think he was in the army ,and his dad william was in the army service corps as a saddler